> Many many years in fact, since I heard a new Beatles track. Tonight,
> not several minutes ago, VCR played Hey Bulldog by the Fab Four, and
> d'ya know what Uncle enzo, I'd never heard it before.
>
> I thought, at first, I was listening to a John Lennon track, I mean,
> it's very possible, nay probable, that there are Lennon tracks that
> have passed me by, but then the hook, the chorus and the words 'Hey
> bulldog' and I knew where we were. the Yellow Sub album. Only
> available, in this house, on a donated MP3 discfull, and unplayed
> since YelSub does not rate *that* highly on my list of fave Beatle
> tracks.
>
> Enny rode up, just for a momento, I was back in my yoof 'digging' a
> Beatles song for the first time. Good track too. I shall play it
> several times...

> To be honest, I've always thought Lennon and McCartney were overrated.
> They are supposed to be the greatest songwriting team ever. So, how
> does that explain "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"?
>
> "Yes, but..." I hear you say. "That was at the start of their
> collaboration. They improved after that."
>
> So... explain "I am the walrus. You are the eggman. Goo goo ga joob"
> to me.

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:41:29 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>

>> To be honest, I've always thought Lennon and McCartney were
>> overrated. They are supposed to be the greatest songwriting team
>> ever. So, how does that explain "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"?
>>
>> "Yes, but..." I hear you say. "That was at the start of their
>> collaboration. They improved after that."
>>
>> So... explain "I am the walrus. You are the eggman. Goo goo ga
>> joob" to me.

>
> Indeed they are/were overrated. What I wrote about not wanting to
> relive the sixties is all about what was overrated then and looked
> back on with nostalgia, stuff that wasn't particularly good anyway.
>
> The Beatles and by extension Lennon/McCartney were of their time. They
> *were* great in that period. I don't deny loving them then and
> enjoying the music to this day, but I have no illusions about *any* ...

> nodnodnod although I recognise and enjoy a lot of 60s music, it simply
> doesn't have the same emotional resonance for me that 70s and 80s music
> does. During the recent series of "Ashes To Ashes" I was able to relate
> virtually every song on the soundtrack to something that I was doing at the
> time.

>> Where you complain that all modern bands sound like Super Fluffy
>> Animals,

>
> Psychedelic Furs

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:14 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>

>> nodnodnod although I recognise and enjoy a lot of 60s music, it
>> simply doesn't have the same emotional resonance for me that 70s and
>> 80s music does. During the recent series of "Ashes To Ashes" I was
>> able to relate virtually every song on the soundtrack to something
>> that I was doing at the time.

>
> For me, it was the exact reverse. I knew the music but it did now (or
> very little) for me. Be different now that Mr Gary has opened my ears.
>

>>> Where you complain that all modern bands sound like Super Fluffy
>>> Animals,

>>
>> Psychedelic Furs

>
> What? They sound like Super Fluffy Animals?

> You're thinking of Super Furry Animals, which are sort of like a psychedelic
> version of the Manic Street Preachers.

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:34:42 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>

>> You're thinking of Super Furry Animals, which are sort of like a
>> psychedelic version of the Manic Street Preachers.

>
> No. I'm taking the piss.

> Mick the Merciless wrote:

>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:34:42 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>

>>> You're thinking of Super Furry Animals, which are sort of like a
>>> psychedelic version of the Manic Street Preachers.

>>
>> No. I'm taking the piss.

>
> That's not like you, Mick...

> Mick the Merciless wrote:

>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:34:42 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>

>>> You're thinking of Super Furry Animals, which are sort of like a
>>> psychedelic version of the Manic Street Preachers.

>>
>> No. I'm taking the piss.

>
> That's not like you, Mick...