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Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men
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“Harrison told Guitar Player in 1987 that he liked McCartney’s solo on ‘Taxman’.”
In a 1979 Rolling Stone interview, he had this to say:
Q. It seems as if Paul was the Beatle with whom you were least compatible musically – you’ve gone on record as saying you wouldn’t play with him again.
A. Yeah, well now we don’t have any problems whatsoever as far as being people is concerned, and it’s quite nice to see him. But I don’t know about being in a band with him, how that would work out. It’s like, we all have our own tunes to do. And my problem was that it would always be very difficult to get in on the act, because Paul was very pushy in that respect. When he succumbed to playing on one of your tunes, he’d always do good. But you’d have to do fifty-nine of Paul’s songs before he’d even listen to one of yours. So, in that respect, it would be very difficult to ever play with him. But, you know, we’re cool as far as being pals goes.
In fact, McCartney didn’t play all that many lead guitar parts on Beatles albums. It’s just that the ones he did play (‘Taxman’, ‘Good Morning Good Morning’, ‘Back in the USSR’) tend to be rather memorable.“ -
What will Paul McCartney be remembered for?
John Lennon died in 1980
George Harrison died in 2001
Both are best known as one fourth of the Beatles, although they made highly regarded albums as solo artists..
Ringo Starr’s main claim to fame is also as a Beatle. He still records albums and tours with his All Starr Band.
Paul McCartney will celebrate his 50th year as a former Beatle. He gained fame again as the leader of Wings, the 70’s pop group that had many #1 albums and singles, and toured to greater crowds of fans than the Beatles did. This year he had the #1 song on the Billboard Top 100 list of albums!
He is the most prolific, creative, richest and famous musician in the world!
And he will be forever remembered as a Beatle first and foremost.

(But the rest of his eventual obituary will be filled with a long lifetime of great successes both professional and personal! Hopefully it will be a long time until we have to read it!)
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Interesting suggestion John. I’ve no doubt they could do a rocking version. This is an indication of what a rocking version of their “Little Drummer Boy” might sound like.
I’d love to see/hear a version like this with Papa Rudi on bass, Mona on drums, Lisa on lead guitar and either Mona or Lisa on lead vocals! It would be awesome!
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Welcome to the Club Stephen. You’ve certainly made the right decision. I still remember the excitement and pleasure I felt when I first discovered the MonaLisa Twins. In particular, their ‘Bus Stop’ and ‘You’re Going to Lose That Girl’ videos and then discovering that they also wrote beautiful songs themselves.
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South Park celebrates the 50th anniversary of Monty Python.
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Well David, the subject was discussed early on in the club and I suspect it is going to be a recurring theme, especially as new members join.
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The mid sixties were big on protest songs and The Turtles were amongst them!
The Turtles – Let Me Be
Yes, I can hear a little bit of their cover of Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe” here too!
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I know what you mean Gert. However, this isn’t actually a Dylan song. I included it because it sounds so much like a Dylan song and has similar Dylan lyrics.
Artist: Tommy Boyce
Composer: Hart, Boyce
Producer: Tommy Boyce, Bobby HartTommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were the chief song writers for the Monkees.
For those of you interested, here is more information from the web.
“In late 1965, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack of the pilot for The Monkees, including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast). It was Boyce and Hart who wrote, produced and recorded, accompanied by their backing band, the Candy Store Prophets, backing tracks for a large portion of the first season of The Monkees, and the band’s accompanying debut album.
The Monkees themselves re-recorded their vocals over Boyce and Hart’s when it came time to release the songs, including both “(Theme from) The Monkees” and “Last Train to Clarksville”, the latter being a huge hit. Kirshner suddenly relieved Boyce and Hart as producers, by claiming they were using studio time booked for Monkees songs to record tracks for their own solo project.
After their departure from the Monkees, and the negative publicity that erupted when word got out that the band hadn’t played the instruments on their early records, Boyce and Hart were unsure how the Monkees felt about them personally. Attending one of their concerts, though, the duo were spotted in the audience, and singer Davy Jones invited them onstage to introduce them: “These are the fellows who wrote our great hits — Tommy and Bobby!” Every original Monkees album (except for the Head soundtrack) included Boyce and Hart songs.
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Of course you do Jung!
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19th Nervous Breakdown – The Rolling Stones, live.
This was one of three songs The Stones performed on their Ed Sullivan Show appearance on February 13, 1966, the first time they were broadcast in color on US television.
Unbelievably, the three weeks “19th Nervous Breakdown” was at #2; the #1 record for all three of those weeks was “The Ballad of the Green Berets” by S/Sgt. Barry Sadler.
“Jagger came up with the title first and then wrote the lyrics around it. The opening guitar figure is played by Keith Richards while in the verses Brian Jones plays a bass-note figure that derives from “Diddley Daddy” by Bo Diddley, a major influence on the Rolling Stones’ style. Here the riff is extended into a long blues chord progression behind verbose lyrics similar to those of their previous UK single, “Get Off of My Cloud”, and the verse alternates with a bridge theme. The track is also known for Bill Wyman’s so-called “dive-bombing” bass line at the end. At almost four minutes’ duration, it is long by the standards of the time.”
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This is the Rolling Stones version of Bo Diddley’s ‘Mona’. It appeared on their debut album in 1964 in the UK and on the US album The Rolling Stones, Now! in 1965.
“According to Diddley’s obituary in The New York Times, “Mona” was a song of praise he wrote for a 45-year-old exotic dancer who worked at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit. The song also became the template for Buddy Holly’s ‘Not Fade Away’.”
Bo Diddley said the only white guy to ever get his beat right was Brian Jones! The Stones also had a hit single with Holly’s ‘Not Fade Away’.
“I say hey, Mona
Oh, Mona
I say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Mona
Oh, MonaI tell you Mona what I wanna do
I’ll build a house next door to you
Can I see you sometimes?
We can blow kisses through the blinds
Yeah can I out come out on the front
And listen to my heart go bumpety bump
I need you baby that’s no lie
Without your love I’d surely die” -
We could do with more Jackies posting in this Forum. I know there are some female members out there. They just seem to be the quiet types. Diversity is the spice of life!
Ironically, with the Beatles, females dominated their fan clubs and also unlike the MLT, most of them were teenyboppers!
Yes Jacki, perhaps us old male farts dominate a little too much here, but I guess we share the same interest in sixties music as Mona and Lisa.
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Not to worry Angelo. Hopefully there will be plenty more opportunities. Not such a silly idea about bikes and dogs. When I eventually get my own dog, they will be joining me on both my motorcycle and bicycle.
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Well Skip, there are also many differences from state to state in Australia too. In Queensland and NSW, we also call real potatoes cut into chunky pieces, chips. And that shopping centre that has taken over the street is a Mall (pronounced maul).
