I am headed to the airport soon, but instead of thinking about what I need to pack, I am thinking about John Lennon's song "In My Life". So I am taking 5 to jot my thoughts down.
A few years ago, I saw the hand written lyrics to this song hanging on the wall at the Rock and Roll HoF, and I welled up. Yup, I got all emotional.
The words are poetry to me, and my interpretation of his words hit hard. For me, the song is about old stomping grounds and old relationships, and how they are both wonderful things. It's ok to reflect and save your treasures from the past, even though today, you love what you have more.
Funny thing about Love, it doesn't ask permission, and typically doesn't apologize.
I get that.
John lived that.
RIP (you socialist bastard).... Oh, don't get all twisted up about that statement, both are essentially true, and you know it. I love John and it's my blog, so I say what I want, kinda like John did.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, there's a NAGO hanging over me.
Earliest coagulated memory of the Beatles for me? I almost hate to admit this, but although I had heard their music since the womb (my mother is an admitted Mop Top fan), I can honestly say that Mork and Mindy had something to do with it.
That's right, Robin Williams and that Pam Dawber creep into my Beatles Fanboy memory...in the form of a montage. Yup, I can say with 80% confidence that there was a montage of Mork and Mindy done to the tune of "Yesterday" somewhere in the shows history. I was 6 to 8 years old when I saw it, but I knew it was the Beatles (through osmosis I guess).
I looked on YouTube and could not find the clip, which bums me out, but not enough to stop this blog. Enjoy the following anyway:
My second (and more palatable) encounter with Beatles fandom? I was barely 11 years old when I bought a compilation tape from Millcreek Mall McCory's bargain bin called "Beatles Hits Volume 2"(or some shit like that). I was with a foster family at the time, and my foster parents giggled at me for actually being interested in the Beatles. To be fair, I remember being infatuated by the fact that Paul McCartney wrote the song Helter Skelter, as I was a freshly minted Motley Crue poser at that time.
The cassette blew me away... Back in the USSR was the bomb for me back then. Unfortunately, I was also into Dokken, so take that for what it is worth... (and F-U 'cause Tooth and Nail owns, and George Lynch is a beast).
I bring all of this up because I am feeling especially connected to George Harrison today. Hare Krishna bitches....
I should be sleeping, but instead I am thinking about you....stupid Beatles.
Whatever happened to, the nerd that we once knew? Can we really live without each other?
The following post is dedicated to all the bands that have, or have had, flaws in the live department (aka PA - premature amplification) and sucked an egg.
Before you get too defensive about your favorite band on this list, keep in mind that I have also played out a time or two, and I too have been guilty of sucketry (new word) once or twice in my own right...
I have also been to a few professional touring concerts and club shows (no idea on the count, it's in the hundreds easily). I used to tip back more than my share, so for a long time my opinion was somewhat flawed. Every concert rocks when you are into the band and LOADED, and every show sucks when you hate the band.
For this blog, I have decided to focus on the legendary suckyness.
