tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post8979665663235616140..comments2023-10-31T09:33:01.781-04:00Comments on McilWeb: It was 40 years ago today...Keith H. McIlwainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-77412388379531995682007-06-05T00:35:00.000-04:002007-06-05T00:35:00.000-04:00Fair enough brother. Thanks for filling in the bl...Fair enough brother. Thanks for filling in the blanks and clarify your post for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772168718321735432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-52159307065926681102007-06-02T07:24:00.000-04:002007-06-02T07:24:00.000-04:00Well, the musical gifts of the Beatles were certai...Well, the musical gifts of the Beatles were certainly from God. They abused their bodies with drugs, which is unfortunate. Their gifts still shone through, though, and, thankfully. Later, John Lennon got into much "harder" drugs and began down an even more dangerous path, but, again, thankfully, all four Beatles were able to get past these indiscretions of their youth (although George Harrion's tobacco smoking habit ultimately cost him his life).<BR/><BR/>In short, the musical gifts of the Beatles were from God, and were in use even while the band was abusing these gifts as well as their own bodies.Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-25454136777321784582007-06-01T23:49:00.000-04:002007-06-01T23:49:00.000-04:00Soo.... you ike the Beatles? LOL Oh man. I reme...Soo.... you ike the Beatles? LOL Oh man. I remember the days when we were kids. You, Kevin, Jim, and me pretended to be the fab four. We would sing their songs all over the place. Do you remember the four of us posing for pictures in an effort to recreate different album covers? I think I have one in an old photo album somewhere...<BR/><BR/>Hey, can you help me connect two of your thoughts? Connect for me the idea of "an LSD feuled trip to the past" with the ideal that this is "God's gift." ???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772168718321735432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-43358957161866995622007-06-01T22:41:00.000-04:002007-06-01T22:41:00.000-04:00I really have no clue...All I know is that it is g...I really have no clue...All I know is that it is great music!Randy Rodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611170269567077219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-6749489199029152402007-06-01T22:06:00.000-04:002007-06-01T22:06:00.000-04:00Essentially, it's an LSD-fueled trip into the past...Essentially, it's an LSD-fueled trip into the past, led by an old band with a singer named Billy Shears. So, there are bits of older styles ("When I'm 64", "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"), nursery rhymes ("Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), and songs about the generation gap ("She's Leaving Home"), spiritual growth ("Within You Without You"), and adolescent sexual frustration ("Lovely Rita", which was also the name of my bass guitar). The album ends with an adult look back at the old days, from the view of a somewhat perverse male ("Good Morning, Good Morning") and the <I>coup de grace</I>, the hauntingly beautiful "A Day in the Life".<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps; what do <I>you</I> think its about?Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-82356341877496230582007-06-01T16:15:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:15:00.000-04:00Keith...thank you for affirming what I always thou...Keith...thank you for affirming what I always thought about that flick. Can you give me a synopsis about what Sgt. Pepper ia about? I've listened to it many times and have it in my collection, but have never really understood the underlying theme.Randy Rodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611170269567077219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-3371655368122136942007-06-01T15:22:00.000-04:002007-06-01T15:22:00.000-04:00Crap.Frampton's OK, and I love the Bee Gees. But t...Crap.<BR/><BR/>Frampton's OK, and I love the Bee Gees. But that movie was <I>awful</I>. Aerosmith's take on "Come Together" was the only decent thing about that whole project.Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-18140620469321455812007-06-01T14:31:00.000-04:002007-06-01T14:31:00.000-04:00Keith...you never said what you thought of the Sgt...Keith...you never said what you thought of the Sgt. Peppers movie with Frampton and the Bee Gees...I'm curious to know.Randy Rodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611170269567077219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-90964271375688493652007-06-01T12:26:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:26:00.000-04:00Interestingly, although Stravinsky was born in Rus...Interestingly, although Stravinsky was born in Russia, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1945. He lived in the States from 1939 until his death in 1971.<BR/><BR/>He definitely was a musical iconoclast.<BR/><BR/>Also, let's not forget that he was one of Fletch's pseudonyms: "Uh...yeah...this is Igor Stravinsky..."<BR/><BR/>By the way, may I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo?!Eric Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484569506084519086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-42863826605682854642007-06-01T11:13:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:13:00.000-04:00Stravinsky was an early twentieth century composer...Stravinsky was an early twentieth century composer (Russian, I think). <I>Rite of Spring</I> is his masterpiece, and was very revolutionary in its day for its unusual structures, strange rhythms, and overall groundbreaking sound. Part of it is in Disney's <I>Fanstasia</I>, though I haven't seen that film in a while, so I can't remember the exact sequence. Stravinsky was, like the Beatles, <I>way</I> ahead of his time. The <I>Rite</I> is definitely worth a listen.<BR/><BR/><I>Sgt. Pepper</I> is usually considered by critics & historians to be the best, most influential & important album ever made, though some claim <I>Revolver</I> or <I>Pet Sounds</I> should have that honor.<BR/><BR/><I>The Wall</I> and <I>Dark Side of the Moon</I> both make the Top 40 list, but neither can really compare.<BR/><BR/>As I've said before, the Beatles mastered the album in the way that Mozart mastered opera or Beethoven the symphony. Others, like Bob Dylan or Brian Wilson, came close, but the Beatles remain at the top.<BR/><BR/>Just one man's opinion...which happens to be the correct opinion.Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-46420804244229701032007-06-01T09:50:00.000-04:002007-06-01T09:50:00.000-04:00Keith...you have made a convincing argument. What...Keith...you have made a convincing argument. What do you think about the movie starring Frampton and the Bee Gees?<BR/>I always felt that Pink Floyd's "The Wall" was the most influential record I've ever heard, but you've caused me to reconsider. By the way...who the heck is Stravinsky?Randy Rodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611170269567077219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-481997752947302602007-06-01T08:37:00.000-04:002007-06-01T08:37:00.000-04:00Unaware of the 40th anniversary, I just listened t...Unaware of the 40th anniversary, I just listened to the Sgt. Pepper's CD about half an hour ago, as I was driving home from dropping off Tara at the park and ride in Large--not far from your neck of the woods.<BR/><BR/>In my head, I'm still singing those wonderful lyrics from "A Day in the Life:"<BR/><BR/>I read the news today oh, boy <BR/>Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire <BR/>And though the holes were rather small <BR/>They had to count them all <BR/>Now they know how many holes <BR/>it takes to fill the Albert Hall <BR/><BR/>The song always makes me think back to the semester that I spent in London. I lived right across from Hyde Park. I would jog by the Royal Albert Hall five days a week. The song came to mind every single time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for marking the anniversary. I share your fondness for the album.Eric Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484569506084519086noreply@blogger.com