John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Well Nico, I WILL be buying that CD, though I might 'donate' it to 'charity' afterwards and I must confess I don't own the John box (some fan I know) though I have heard from a close friend that it's FAB, no? But I will be building up my John collection, for sure!

Excellent. You SHOULD have that box. What's up with that?

Also, get the Lennon Anthology if you don't...it's the most brilliant collection of music ever.

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

Excellent. You SHOULD have that box. What's up with that?

Also, get the Lennon Anthology if you don't...it's the most brilliant collection of music ever.

Thank you! I appreciate good music advice, and so far you've given me nothing but great advice, so again Most of the time I am pretty smug about how good MY music taste is, but then I get a cold slap in the face and a wake-up call and realize something I had been missing for years and someday I will be slapping someone with XTC and The Flaming Lips, but this is a JOHN thread, so I won't digress

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Thank you! I appreciate good music advice, and so far you've given me nothing but great advice, so again Most of the time I am pretty smug about how good MY music taste is, but then I get a cold slap in the face and a wake-up call and realize something I had been missing for years and someday I will be slapping someone with XTC and The Flaming Lips, but this is a JOHN thread, so I won't digress

I heard a rumor that the FL were touring. Would be cool if the GOASTT could join them for something like that. *sigh* Anyway, tell me...do you have the Lennon Anthology and if so what is your favorite disc/song on it? I love talking about John's music more than any other music. lol!

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

I heard a rumor that the FL were touring. Would be cool if the GOASTT could join them for something like that. *sigh* Anyway, tell me...do you have the Lennon Anthology and if so what is your favorite disc/song on it? I love talking about John's music more than any other music. lol!

Well I love John's music, but the only actual John CD I have right now is Plastic Ono Band, which I love I had Double Fantasy on vinyl (when it came out) and I want as my next John purchase to be Double Fantasy Stripped. I heard that whole CD and it was AMAZING. What order would you recommend for building a John collection?

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Well I love John's music, but the only actual John CD I have right now is Plastic Ono Band, which I love I had Double Fantasy on vinyl (when it came out) and I want as my next John purchase to be Double Fantasy Stripped. I heard that whole CD and it was AMAZING. What order would you recommend for building a John collection?

The frick!!! You only have Plastic Ono Band. Dude, no. That is pitiful.

I mean, POB is a work of art. In undergrad I wrote a fantastic paper arguing the significance of POB as a confessional piece of musical art in the 20th century. It was a one-of-a-kind, never done before masterpiece. I can't praise it enough. POB is so different from the Beatles that it really shook people up a little and, obviously, some even stopped following John in favor of Paul because Paul's stuff was pretty Beatle-lite.

I would go with these next...

1. Double Fantasy stripped + Double Fantasy remastered
2. Walls & Bridges
3. Imagine
4. Rock and Roll
5. Mind Games
6. Milk & Honey
7. Sometime in NYC
8. Live Peace In Toronto
9. Lennon Anthology box
10. Lennon compilation that has all his songs including singles released

**after this I would start looking for some hard-to-find demos, man. There is some BRILLIANT stuff out there. I have some if you want and I'm happy to share.**

John is da MAN.

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

OMG. I love him so...

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

The frick!!! You only have Plastic Ono Band. Dude, no. That is pitiful.

Well yes, I agree, that is pathetic, but I DO have more John, just **sheepishly** it's somewhat of a copy, but I have Anthology [Box set] , Greatest Hits and others, plus I have the real deal of Sean's Friendly Fire CD/DVD, Into The Sun and Half-Man/Half-Horse...does that give me any points back my good music trading friend has been slacking lately

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Well yes, I agree, that is pathetic, but I DO have more John, just **sheepishly** it's somewhat of a copy, but I have Anthology [Box set] , Greatest Hits and others, plus I have the real deal of Sean's Friendly Fire CD/DVD, Into The Sun and Half-Man/Half-Horse...does that give me any points back

Well, well, well...you DO have the Anthology. What's your favorite track? Come on? I want to know...

Also, owning Sean gives you tons of brownie points. Tons. Sean is John's more innovative offspring, so just on that alone you earn tons of points. If you'd had Julian's stuff it wouldn't count until you at least bought Imagine.

So, which are you going to buy next?

And have you decided yet to purchase some Julian stuff? Come on!

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

Well, well, well...you DO have the Anthology. What's your favorite track? Come on? I want to know...

Also, owning Sean gives you tons of brownie points. Tons. Sean is John's more innovative offspring, so just on that alone you earn tons of points. If you'd had Julian's stuff it wouldn't count until you at least bought Imagine.

So, which are you going to buy next?

And have you decided yet to purchase some Julian stuff? Come on!

Ok...now the track listing ALONE for Anthology is amazing. I'm gonna need a minute...
SO here it is:

Disc: 1
1. Working Class Hero
2. God
3. I Found Out
4. Hold On
5. Isolation
6. Love
7. Mother
8. Remember
9. Imagine
10. "Fortunately"
11. Baby Please Don't Go
12. Oh My Love
13. Jealous Guy
14. Maggie Mae
15. How Do You Sleep
16. God Save Oz
17. Do The Oz
18. I Donít Want To Be A Soldier
19. Give Peace A Chance
20. Look At Me
21. Long Lost John
Disc: 2
1. New York City
2. Attica State (live)
3. Imagine (live)
4. Bring On The Lucie
5. Woman Is The Nigger of The World
6. Geraldo Rivera - One to One Concert
7. Woman Is The Nigger of The World (live)
8. It's So Hard (live)
9. Come Together (live)
10. Happy Xmas
11. Luck of the Irish (live)
12. John Sinclair (live)
13. The David Frost Show
14. Mind Games (I Promise)
15. Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)
16. One Day At A Time
17. I Know
18. I'm The Greatest
19. Goodnight Vienna
20. Jerry Lewis Telethon
21. "A Kiss Is Just A Kiss"
22. Real Love
23. You Are Here
Disc: 3
1. What You Got
2. Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
3. Whatever Gets You Through the Night (home)
4. Whatever Gets You Through the Night (studio)
5. Yesterday (parody)
6. Be Bop A Lula
7. Rip It Up/Ready Teddy
8. Scared
9. Steel And Glass
10. Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)
11. Bless You
12. Going Down On Love
13. Move Over Ms. L
14. Ainít She Sweet
15. Slippiní And Slidin'
16. Peggy Sue
17. Bring It On Home To Me/ Send Me Some Lovin'
18. Phil and John 1
19. Phil and John 2
20. Phil and John 3
21. "When In Doubt, **** It"
22. Be My Baby
23. Stranger's Room
24. Old Dirt Road
Disc: 4
1. I'm Losing You
2. Seans "Little Help"
3. Serve Yourself
4. My Life
5. Nobody Told Me
6. Life Begins At 40
7. I Don't Wanna Face It
8. Woman
9. Dear Yoko
10. Watching the Wheels
11. I'm Stepping Out
12. Borrowed Time
13. The Rishi Kesh Song
14. Sean's "Loud"
15. Beautiful Boy
16. Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)
17. Only You
18. Grow Old With Me
19. Dear John
20. The Great Wok
21. Mucho Mungo
22. Satire 1
23. Satire 2
24. Satire 3
25. Sean's "In The Sky"
26. It's Real

[3rd World Man]

Well, for starters, the first NINE tracks (coincidence, no?) are KILLER

Disc: 1
1. Working Class Hero
2. God
3. I Found Out
4. Hold On
5. Isolation
6. Love
7. Mother
8. Remember
9. Imagine

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Well, for starters, the first NINE tracks (coincidence, no?) are KILLER

Disc: 1
1. Working Class Hero
2. God
3. I Found Out
4. Hold On
5. Isolation
6. Love
7. Mother
8. Remember
9. Imagine

Ugh. I LOVE the POB songs on Anthology...some even more than the album versions. I can't lie. JL Anthology trumps everything I've bought since. Except I was almost equally mesmerized with Double Fantasy stripped. I have passionate love for that album as a whole, period. It's so great. John's solo music has always inspired me. It's stunning.

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

Ugh

Yikes! For a moment I thought you dreaded those first nine songs for some reason...whew! Well, looking back at the tracks, they are all amazing. You can't have one without the other three, disc four has all the great DF stuff, with cute little Sean adding his contributions

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

Yikes! For a moment I thought you dreaded those first nine songs for some reason...whew! Well, looking back at the tracks, they are all amazing. You can't have one without the other three, disc four has all the great DF stuff, with cute little Sean adding his contributions

Yeah and disc 4 also has Mucho Mungo, which I just love sooooo much. It makes me happy just to hear it.

I know a lot of people get sad, depressed, melancholy when thinking of John's music in those last years. I understand that. It's tough to come to grips with his death, even for those of us who were not old enough to realize it. But I try to appreciate all we got from him, which is so much. Most people's favorite artists...you normally choose an album or three and maybe have a total of 30 songs (if that) that you love and listen to on a regular basis. But with John there was so much more than just 30, and almost all of it is perfect.

I realize he isn't here to make music now, which I'm sure he would be doing with great fervor, but so many of his colleagues are putting out utter tripe that it doesn't make me feel that bad.

Anyway, those are all amazing songs.

Be My Baby, Real love, My Life, Freda People, Luck Of The Irish...there are so many wonderful gems to choose from on there. It's a must-own to be frank.

[3rd World Man]

Originally Posted by Nico

I heard a rumor that the FL were touring. Would be cool if the GOASTT could join them for something like that. *sigh* Anyway, tell me...do you have the Lennon Anthology and if so what is your favorite disc/song on it? I love talking about John's music more than any other music. lol!

OoooohOhhh! That's my cue to ramble on about my New Favorite Band In The World At The Moment, THE FLAMING LIPS! Another one of those "where in the hades was I?" .... these guys were churning out great albums and touring all over the 80s and 90s and I was totally in the dark. Sad, I know.
Well, thankfully they are still churning our great albums AND touring, and check this killer lineup that is coming up SOON:

Yes, The Flaming Lips are playing with GOASTT in Charlotte (appropos, no?) North Carolina on May 17th! I knew they had to be fans of each others work, what a great pairing. Now they are somewhat musical opposites, but it will be a great contrast nonetheless. I hope some Ledgies get to go to this show (me 1st!), so please post if you are going

Here's one of my favorite FL vdos:

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

OoooohOhhh! That's my cue to ramble on about my New Favorite Band In The World At The Moment, THE FLAMING LIPS! Another one of those "where in the hades was I?" .... these guys were churning out great albums and touring all over the 80s and 90s and I was totally in the dark. Sad, I know.
Well, thankfully they are still churning our great albums AND touring, and check this killer lineup that is coming up SOON:

Yes, The Flaming Lips are playing with GOASTT in Charlotte (appropos, no?) North Carolina on May 17th! I knew they had to be fans of each others work, what a great pairing. Now they are somewhat musical opposites, but it will be a great contrast nonetheless. I hope some Ledgies get to go to this show (me 1st!), so please post if you are going

Incredible!!!

I must go. And even though I work on that day I must find a way...

Oh and btw Mr. 3rd World Man this is a John Lennon/Beatles-related thread. I see you trying to slip in some random videos of your favorite band but let me clarify that we need to stay ON TOPIC here: