The Beatles - "Now And Then"
Discussion
Technologically impressive, not sure about the song though, kinda weak.
There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
Personally a massive Beatles fan and buy everything they put out - not heard this yet as I’m away and want to hear it for the first time on a proper hi-fi.
I did order the coloured vinyl special edition of the new expanded blue and red albums last week so looking forward to hearing that too.
I did order the coloured vinyl special edition of the new expanded blue and red albums last week so looking forward to hearing that too.
I can see why George thought this wasn't worth doing and anyone who has heard the original demo knows it's not a great song. The technological advances that made it happen are incredible however.
Free As a Bird and Real Love are much better songs though. Plus as the previous article mentioned, Pauls voice in the mid-90s was still intact.
Free As a Bird and Real Love are much better songs though. Plus as the previous article mentioned, Pauls voice in the mid-90s was still intact.
robsa said:
Technologically impressive, not sure about the song though, kinda weak.
There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
Neil Young for me still turns out good material.There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
robsa said:
Technologically impressive, not sure about the song though, kinda weak.
There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
Tom Petty, David Bowie, Lindsey Buckingham solo efforts are normally pretty strong (last one excluded).There is something about old artists, the fire has gone out and all their work seems passionless and a bit flat. I absolutely love Macca but his recent stuff is like this.
Has there been any artist who continued to produce brilliant music when they were older? (Accepting Mark E. Smith is one, of course)
Macca does seem to churn out a cracker every 7 years or so. Flaming Pie, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and NEW were great.
Listened to it for the first time this morning, an a couple of times since and it is rowing on me. I would describe it as great, but not up to the standard of the original greats. The construction is good, especially the way they worked in the key changes, but of course the mot impressive thing about it is the technology that made it possible in the first place.
I agree that the Beatle split up at the right time. Sgt Pepper was their peak and they went downhill from there. The White Album was not just their worst album, but is in my top ten of the worst album from anybody, anywhere, ever. And Let It Be is little better.
The only problem with their splitting up is that it affected everyone else, With the Beatles gone there was nobody to complete with so they didn't bother, and pop (so-called) music went back to the same old crap it had been before the Beatles came along.
I agree that the Beatle split up at the right time. Sgt Pepper was their peak and they went downhill from there. The White Album was not just their worst album, but is in my top ten of the worst album from anybody, anywhere, ever. And Let It Be is little better.
The only problem with their splitting up is that it affected everyone else, With the Beatles gone there was nobody to complete with so they didn't bother, and pop (so-called) music went back to the same old crap it had been before the Beatles came along.
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