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KDS
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Re: Why the hate for \
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August 28, 2015, 06:52:50 AM »
Quote from: Shady on August 27, 2015, 11:10:43 AM
Yeah, every band has a Barbara Ann in their catalogue but please don't compare it to 'obladi oblada', it's not that bad.
I don't mind hearing Barbara Ann at a BB/BW show. But I thank my lucky stars that Ob-blah-blah-blah-blah was left off McCartney's setlist both times I saw him.
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August 28, 2015, 07:05:36 AM »
Well said KDS. I think singing Barbara Ann is like singing a nursery rhyme or any other simple song. It's very unpretentious. One cannot attach any meaning to it -- or feel as if they have some greater point to make.
Yet someone walking along the street singing Obladi Oblada -- you'd have to wonder. I would any way. Why? What are they singing that for? To me, it's likely that they're thinking they're original or interesting or God-forbid -- "intelligent."
Eck.
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Quote from: Bean Bag on August 28, 2015, 07:05:36 AM
Well said KDS. I think singing Barbara Ann is like singing a nursery rhyme or any other simple song. It's very unpretentious. One cannot attach any meaning to it -- or feel as if they have some greater point to make.
Yet someone walking along the street singing Obladi Oblada -- you'd have to wonder. I would any way. Why? What are they singing that for? To me, it's likely that they're thinking they're original or interesting or God-forbid -- "intelligent."
Eck.
Oh, Bean Bag, I love Oh bla-di, Oh, bla-da! It's goofy, but, with all the Beatles' intensity, it's a place for them, and us, not to take ourselves so seriously. Same with Barbara Ann!
This is "only a movie."
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August 28, 2015, 07:11:49 AM »
At least Barbara Ann was a cover. Paul McCartney wrote Oblahdee Obladuh.
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August 28, 2015, 07:20:36 AM »
Quote from: KDS on August 28, 2015, 07:11:49 AM
At least Barbara Ann was a cover. Paul McCartney wrote Oblahdee Obladuh.
Point is..."life goes on..."
And I like Yellow Submarine, too!
Their "light" and fun!
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KDS
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August 28, 2015, 07:24:32 AM »
I enjoy The Beatles' lighter moments too:
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Yellow Submarine
Why Don't We Do It in the Road
Only a Northern Song
Savoy Truffle
Octapus's Garden
etc
I can't say I hate OBD OBD, but I rate it wayyyyy down on my Beatles song list. And I definitely prefer Barbara Ann to it.
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August 28, 2015, 09:23:24 AM »
Quote from: filledeplage on August 28, 2015, 07:09:36 AM
Quote from: Bean Bag on August 28, 2015, 07:05:36 AM
Well said KDS. I think singing Barbara Ann is like singing a nursery rhyme or any other simple song. It's very unpretentious. One cannot attach any meaning to it -- or feel as if they have some greater point to make.
Yet someone walking along the street singing Obladi Oblada -- you'd have to wonder. I would any way. Why? What are they singing that for? To me, it's likely that they're thinking they're original or interesting or God-forbid -- "intelligent."
Eck.
Oh, Bean Bag, I love Oh bla-di, Oh, bla-da! It's goofy, but, with all the Beatles' intensity, it's a place for them, and us, not to take ourselves so seriously. Same with Barbara Ann!
This is "only a movie."
Nothing wrong with that! And to further contradict myself -- "silly songs" are often the best!
But I do stumble through the White Album. Even though I like it, I tend to fight it! Weird. I know. Maybe because there's a war within them? Just thinking out loud here (and derailing the thread). But I've always a detected a tinge of intellectualism in much of the Beatles... and mixing in with their dopey sing-along whimsical side -- the White Album is where it kind of gurgles its way to the fore. Abbey Road -- is where it mixes perfectly. White Album, however, is a war! A war!!
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August 28, 2015, 09:25:10 AM »
Quote from: KDS on August 28, 2015, 07:24:32 AM
I enjoy The Beatles' lighter moments too:
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Yellow Submarine
Why Don't We Do It in the Road
Only a Northern Song
Savoy Truffle
Octapus's Garden
etc
I can't say I hate OBD OBD, but I rate it wayyyyy down on my Beatles song list. And I definitely prefer Barbara Ann to it.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, I love.
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KDS
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Quote from: Bean Bag on August 28, 2015, 09:23:24 AM
Quote from: filledeplage on August 28, 2015, 07:09:36 AM
Quote from: Bean Bag on August 28, 2015, 07:05:36 AM
Well said KDS. I think singing Barbara Ann is like singing a nursery rhyme or any other simple song. It's very unpretentious. One cannot attach any meaning to it -- or feel as if they have some greater point to make.
Yet someone walking along the street singing Obladi Oblada -- you'd have to wonder. I would any way. Why? What are they singing that for? To me, it's likely that they're thinking they're original or interesting or God-forbid -- "intelligent."
Eck.
Oh, Bean Bag, I love Oh bla-di, Oh, bla-da! It's goofy, but, with all the Beatles' intensity, it's a place for them, and us, not to take ourselves so seriously. Same with Barbara Ann!
This is "only a movie."
Nothing wrong with that! And to further contradict myself -- "silly songs" are often the best!
But I do stumble through the White Album. Even though I like it, I tend to fight it! Weird. I know. Maybe because there's a war within them? Just thinking out loud here (and derailing the thread). But I've always a detected a tinge of intellectualism in much of the Beatles... and mixing in with their dopey sing-along whimsical side -- the White Album is where it kind of gurgles its way to the fore. Abbey Road -- is where it mixes perfectly. White Album, however, is a war! A war!!
I probably like about 85% of whats on the White Album. Its really the only Beatles album that I never listen to in its entirety (with the obvious exception of the Yellow Submarine soundtrack). It's got something rare on Beatles albums - filler. That's why I'm always a little miffed when I see The White Album on greatest album lists.
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