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Bruce Cockburn High Winds White Sky

15 dec 06

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Cockburn is a "just man." Congratulations.

Yes Relayer

15 dec 06

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The last five minutes of the suite, with Anderson's high and powerful voice intertwining with Howe's lap steel, are perhaps the absolute peak of all Yes's work and make this album worthy of the "second tier" of the band's production, just behind the "sacred trinity" Yes Album/Fragile/Close to the Edge.

David Gilmour On An Island

15 dec 06

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The reception is lukewarm but the judgment is understandable. Personally, I was disappointed; I wasn't asking Gilmour to change his nature or to surprise me. I was hoping for at least three or four good songs, and there aren't any. Great sounds, the usual craftsmanship, but the songwriting is weak, especially considering all the years that have passed since his last compositional effort (Division Bell). There's no magic, charm, or incisiveness in simplicity, which were Gilmour and his band's past qualities.

The Beatles Abbey Road

15 dec 06

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On Zeppelin, I completely agree with you, Lord. The first four albums are too fantastic not to consider the following ones, while still excellent, a step back. If you apply the same reasoning to the last three years of the Beatles, you’re on my wavelength.

Metallica Metallica

14 dec 06

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You are young and rough, your blunt judgments are not very interesting but, deep down, they make sense. But who cares what genre this record is?

The Beatles Abbey Road

14 dec 06

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Lord, you only conceive two phases of a career: the beginnings (fresh and immature) and the maturity (grandiose and solemn)...but there are three phases, there is also decline...Abbey Road is a marvelous swan song, not the best of popular music from 1969 as the years before it were, like Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, and Pepper.

The Beatles Abbey Road

14 dec 06

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Let's summarize, Lord: we're talking about the Beatles, the most important band of all time or thereabouts. I say they were number one until 1967, maybe '68 at the latest, and that Abbey Road belongs to a time when there were SOME better things to buy in record stores. Do you believe the Beatles were the best from their first to their last album?

The Beatles Abbey Road

14 dec 06

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A top musical group gets overtaken when it stops "pushing," when it stops committing, working, setting new and higher projects and goals. The Beatles stopped "pushing" in 1967. By the time of the White Album, they were already angry with each other, jealous and bitter all four of them; McCartney was running at full speed while the others, sluggish and distracted, couldn't keep up with his assertiveness and his excessive taste. For example: Abbey Road was supposed to be called "Everest" but that didn’t happen because only Macca wanted to go to the Himalayas to take the photos...

The Beatles Abbey Road

14 dec 06

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Alright, Lord, regarding the effect that the Abbey Road medley has on each of us, we are in the realm of pure personal taste. The fact remains that at this point in their career, the Beatles were "borrowing" ideas from others, after a five-year period in which they had been at the absolute forefront. Without things like "Tommy," "Saucerful Of Secrets," and others, McCartney would never have come up with the idea for the medley. Lennon hated it.

The Beatles Abbey Road

14 dec 06

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I was talking about rock and guitars, Dave, and with Mick Taylor there's no competition for any of the Beatles. So I’ll take out Let It Bleed and put in Ummagumma, as another symbol of the Beatles being "overtaken" by many in 1969, OK?