There. I said it.

Nope nope nope nope nope!

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jonny
There. I said it.

But you would be wrong.

But you would be wrong.


He already said it, so he is wrong.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

There's a part of me that wants to write 'Don't feed the trolls', but I don't believe johnny is a troll.



Well, notwithstanding that absurd and ridiculous subject line.



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…….Maxwell…..(that’s) Smart…..????

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I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Ok. I am no huge fan of MSH but at least it's fun, weird, and toe-tapping.
On the other hand, Penny Lane; the older I get, the fewer redeeming features I hear in it. Apologies to the Stans, but the lyrics are saccharine, and the tune is pedestrian. I never understood why it's on so many Top 10 Beatles lists.
The best thing about it is that it's the b-side of Strawberry Fields.



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jonny
The best thing about it is that it's the b-side of Strawberry Fields.

Officially, it's a double-A.

I actually have that 45.

….groovy…..

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I reject your reality and substitute my own!

and nearly any George song is better than either.
there, I said it

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!#$@@$#!

proofraed by OwEn the c@t.

Neither is an example of a great Beatles song.

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jonny
Ok. I am no huge fan of MSH but at least it's fun, weird, and toe-tapping.
On the other hand, Penny Lane; the older I get, the fewer redeeming features I hear in it. Apologies to the Stans, but the lyrics are saccharine, and the tune is pedestrian. I never understood why it's on so many Top 10 Beatles lists.
The best thing about it is that it's the b-side of Strawberry Fields.

I agree - the older I get the more annoying that horn solo becomes

Ah yes.. the fantasy English Village album….

Hot Fuzz handles that quit nicely….

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S. Pupp
Neither is an example of a great Beatles song.

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Staunton, Virginia

We all know what John, George and Ringo had to say about MSH.

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JoeM
We all know what John, George and Ringo had to say about MSH.

By that point, there was no point in being polite.

Did you read the transcript of John bitching at Paul about MSH?

WE @#$%& DID IT FOR YOU!? AND NOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT??

Slightly unrelated, but I recently heard that McCartney wrote "When I'm sixty-four" when he was 14.

Time catches up with you; Paul turns 81 this month.

Oof!

Abbey Road is exactly one Maxwell's Silver Hammer from being a perfect album.

It's more of Paul's "granny music".
It's a chore to listen thru. Must have been worse to play.
It took the Beatles near a hundred takes to get thru it. As such, it was probably the final nail in the Beatles coffin, as Paul kept pushing the band to play this one.

And on top of all that, Paul insisted on this when he had "Come & And Get It" in his pocket and ready to roll. That is a fun sing-along! Next time you listen to Abbey Road , substitute "Come & Get It" for MSH and tell me how you like it.

Penny Lane is a lovely little pop song. I love it.

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