ROTFL :>) Goo goo ga Joob to you!
George
PS: WHo's at this moment listening to "Let it Bleed" live on HBO. "we all
need someone to bleed on"...
> I didn't pick this fight but I intend to win it. :)
>
> George, you said,
> >Most of [Paul's Beatle songs] are a bit
> > trite by comparison to 'John's' (- compare "Hello, Goodbye" to
> "Strawberry
> > Fields eg)
> > and, in Paul's own words, many are just 'Silly Love Songs'. Though
> there's
> > nothing wrong with that:>)
> > John's songs, OTOH are more complex and though-provoking.
> Though sometimes
> > complete BS!
>
> Okay, the gloves are off! Compare these lyrics, if you dare:
>
> John:
> "Goo
> goo
> ka-
> joob.
> Ga
> goo-
> goo-
> ka-
> joob.
> Ga joob.
> Jooba
> Joob.
> Jooba
> Joob." (or something similar.)
>
> Paul:
> "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.
> Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
> Oh, I believe in yesterday."
>
> John secured his place in history not by the quality of his lyrics but by
> his enthusiasm, and by choosing McCartney to be in the Quareymen.
>
> George's words might apporpriately have just as well been aimed at John as
> himself:
> "I was there-
> at the right time,
> cheaper than a dime."
>
> I readily admit that John had his moments but I can't forgive the Yoko
> tracks on the solo albums. Consider this: which you'd rather take to a
> desert island:
> "Ram" or "Double Fantasy"?
>
> Lama
>
> Speed along the highway,
> honey I want it my way.
> But listen to her daddy's song,
> "Making love is wrong."
> Oooh, we was only hiding
> sittin' in the back seat of my car.
>
> <chills> It's side two of Abbey Road all over again.
>
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