No. Pretty cool. My favorite version is still the one on Here and There, though...Originally Posted by ronmac
No. Pretty cool. My favorite version is still the one on Here and There, though...
Impera littera designata delenda est.
Elton John appeared in the Tommy movie, performing Pinball Wizard. Another cover for which Elton was quite famous.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
No, I hadn't. I liked it better than the album version, but I still think it's kinda weak, compared to the others. "Ya Ya", notwithstanding.
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
My bad.
In my defense...
Despite its international appeal, [Mull of Kintyre] was not a major hit in North America, where the flipside "Girls' School" received more airplay and reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Canadian RPM charts. "Mull of Kintyre" was not a pop hit at all in the US, but did manage to reach #45 on the Easy Listening chart. (Wikipedia)
Which is why I never thought of it or even considered it.
Odd, tho, because the hits we normally think of (Imagine, Band on the Run, Give Me Love (Give Me Peach On Earth), It Don't Come Easy, et al) did not have the same success as My Sweet Lord. Also, MSL was the first #1 hit by a former Beatle.
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But this brings up something I have always wondered about: I have a somewhat vivid memory of seeing George play Give Me Love at the Grammys. It was, in fact, the first time I heard it. From what I recall, we never watched the Grammys, so I've always assumed it was a clip shown elsewhere, especially since I also recall that the song wasn't shown in its entirety. The thing is, tho, that the song was not nominated for the award so why would he be there performing it? I've tried searching for info on this, but have come up blank, other than him having performed "My Sweet Lord" during the Grammy awards in 1972 and videos of him playing it from 1991 or later.
And, yes, I know I saw a clip of him playing it, because it was one of those songs that grabbed me immediately and I didn't know what the name of the song was until I heard it on the compilation album, The Best of George Harrison (1976), and immediately recognized it. And I don't think I'm confusing it with MSL.
Does anyone know anything about this?
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
I've never heard of him performing "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" on the Grammies. I have a lot of unreleased Beatles music and I think I'd have heard that by now.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Granted, it might not have been the Grammys, but that's what I remember.
I wondered if maybe I conflated his performance of My Sweet Lord at the 14th Grammys with the release of Give Me Love. The problem there is the 14th Grammys were on March 14, 1972 and GML was released May 7, 1973. So that seems very unlikely to me.
Also, according to the Grammys' website, he only ever performed at the show once.
The only other thing I can think of is that he played GML on some other show and I saw a clip of that.
IDFK. <shrugs>
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
It's good not to be alone! Once it was brought up, I remembered it. I really like both versions of the song.
Here is another trivia question...what song popular at the time was Lennon's "inspiration" for Whatever Gets...?"
And a non-Beatle one: What did the 4 members of Queen achieve, and the only band in history to do so?
I go, and come back, like memories and symptoms.
I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
Part of me remains abandoned in a circle.
Part of me moves on.
Re: Queen
I'm guessing that all four members wrote a top ten single (maybe #1?) on their own for the band.
Bingo! Yes, each member wrote a #1 hit.
I go, and come back, like memories and symptoms.
I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
Part of me remains abandoned in a circle.
Part of me moves on.
Let's just say that it wasn't the first time a song of his was inspired by TV.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
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Same here on both counts. Since we are talking about Elton covering Lennon songs, definitely find EJ's cover of Give Peace a Chance. I guarantee you will want to thank me, scratch that, you will want to boot me out of this group. It's that bad. I hope Elton was just having some fun. The person who put it on Elton's To Be Continued... box set together and decided he wanted to waste almost 4 minutes of space had to be a big Lennon fan to include it. Also on the box another Lennon penned tune called One Day At A Time. That ballad is quite good.
Nope, according to him it was "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae.
I go, and come back, like memories and symptoms.
I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
Part of me remains abandoned in a circle.
Part of me moves on.
I had to look that up and I see no connection in the lyrics. Apparently the music was, but not the lyrics. The title was inspired by a TV preacher, from what I understand. I just looked it up and that story came from May Pang.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Ah, yes. I had completely forgotten that until you mentioned it.
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
Yeah, sorry, l was referring to the lyrics, not the music. I didn't know the TV preacher story.
I go, and come back, like memories and symptoms.
I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
Part of me remains abandoned in a circle.
Part of me moves on.
But it's the music, not the lyrics, that were inspired by the song you referenced.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Yeah, l got that backwards. I blame heavy sedation.
I go, and come back, like memories and symptoms.
I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
Part of me remains abandoned in a circle.
Part of me moves on.
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