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Then Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band wouldn't be so overlooked and easily avoidable by Beatles fans. sigh.

Well, John's "Plastic Ono Band" would have been the worst Beatles album ever.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 6 October 2006 09:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Out of all things pathetic

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), October 5th, 2006.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 6 October 2006 10:07 (seventeen years ago) link

"Revolution #9"? I blame Zappa

― TS: Mick Ralphs v. Ariel Bender (Dada), Friday, 6 October 2006 10:18 (seventeen years ago) link

My overriding memory of the reception for ATMP is that it quickly made the list of the Most Boring Classic Albums or something, which was cruel but appropriate.

Was that from Dave Marsh's The Book of Rock Lists? Anyway, Alfred, five stars in the first RS Record Guide ('79 red cover edition).

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Revolution # 9 came about because of John's fascination with Fluxus happenings and contempary electronic music. Is it a grand avant-garde gesture? I hardly think so when compared to other electronic tape experiments of the time. What is noteworthy was placing it in a pop context. But there again I'm not sure if was the first. The United States of America album came out in 1968 too. I think it succeeds better as a recording than Revolution # 9 which to me is too static and academic.

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Friday, 6 October 2006 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

The United States Of America managed to combine electronic noise with good tunes. But then again, so did The Beatles (at least to some extent) on "Tomorrow Never Knows" too.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 7 October 2006 00:02 (seventeen years ago) link

tim OTM, just because fking dave marsh of all ppl (the same dip who thinks that there hasn't been a good british band since culture club) hates an album doesn't mean anyone who differs with him is a revisionist! ATMP would be better without the third disc but it's certainly a respectable piece of work.

my favorite solo beatles album, though, might be mccartney's first (and i'm pretty indifferent to pretty much all his post-'70 stuff, a few fun singles aside): as tossed off as it is, there's a real sense of something sad and lost in all those broken, throwaway tunes - it really does sound like an album made by a guy sitting alone in his house trying to cheer himself up. you can tell how bereft he felt without the other three. and the way the whole record builds up to "maybe i'm amazed" is incredible.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 7 October 2006 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link

To me, McCartney's first album sounds just like a bunch of sketches throw together by someone who is about to leave a group and needs to release a solo album as a statement. Apart from "Junk" and "Maybe I'm Amazed" nothing on that album was worthy of release. "Ram" was a huge leap in the right direction IMO.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 7 October 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link

you forgot "every night," easily one of my top 10 mccartney songs (and prob the only solo tune i'd include on that list).

i've always found ram totally unlistenable because of PM's habit of going "do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do" on every single fucking song.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 7 October 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link

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