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By: riffraff

riffraff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:39:58 +0000

slapping it on to an anthology is one thing,
now if old man Paul were just to release into the wild NIN style? who could complain then?

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:33:10 +0000

@Captain Wrong: I would argue that Paul is at least as avant if not more.

By: Nicolars

Nicolars — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:29:45 +0000

My only objection to this song is that it dredges up bad memories of the mediocre Ride album.

By: Silverfuture

Silverfuture — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:12:31 +0000

@Captain Wrong: @Lucas Jensen: Yeah. I think that Paul brought John into the avant-garde world with him, and John kinda ran with it, but I think Paul was the weird one first...

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:32:24 +0000

I'm with Al Shipley and sydbarrett05 on this one. If it's crap then so be it - but at least it's out there for us to judge. I've known about this fabled recording and, although I don't expect to be riveted, I am interested in hearing it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:55:23 +0000

Wanting to put half-assed, self-ingulgent crap out on a Beatles album? Who does he think he is? John Lennon?
It can't be more useless than #9.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:42:29 +0000

Nobody has heard this thing…
Calling it “shitty” is a bit much don’t we think?

It’s a piece of history…and nobody has heard it since….the versions that are being put up on the internet are just creepy fan-boy frauds…nothing to see there…move along…

It’s The Beatles…we’re fascinated…now please get those mono mixes out already!!!!

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:19:02 +0000

@Hyman Decent: DING. All of the Anthologys were fully stuffed as it was.

I'm also glad "Carnival of Light" didn't make those albums, because (don't laugh) I think it would've wrecked the flow. I particularly love Anthology 2, which I have ripped to my iPod and still listen to, in toto; it's this wonderful summation of the most fruitful phase of their recording (roughly 1965-very beginning of 1968). I even enjoy the multiple takes of everything; the three-draft build of "Strawberry Fields Forever" is like a Beatles ur-text.

Since I assume the 1967 "Carnival" would've qualified for A2, I'm really, really relieved it didn't make it on there. Again, not that it would have fit without making it a three-disc set.

(For the record, A3 is nearly as good as A2 but a little puffed up. And I never listen to A1 unless I want to hear something for archival reasons; it's the most odds-and-endsy of the three Anthologys. Ironically, because it was released the same week as the ABC special, it sold the best, by far.)

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:14:53 +0000

Sure it's popular to rip on McCartney, but he makes it so easy. This seems like an extension of his stance in Anthology that really he was the avant garde guy and John was just along for the ride.

Honestly though, who cares? Releasing/not releasing isn't going to change my day either way so let him knock himself out.

By: mackro

mackro — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:02:52 +0000

“BARCELONA!”

By: Hyman Decent

Hyman Decent — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:59:14 +0000

Hasn't it occurred to anyone that the reason the others vetoed it is, it didn't fit? It is 14 minutes long, after all.

They should offer it as a free download.

By: mackro

mackro — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:53:14 +0000

I'm excited about seeing thousands of Beatles fanatics being disappointed again.

I mean if "What's The New Mary Jane?" was accepted (and sorry guys, I barely remember that track after a dozen listens) and "Carnival Of Light" was vetoed, what does that say about "Carnival Of Light"?

And I'm a big fan of "Revolution 9" here, and a good chunk of the experimental side of the Beatles and thereafter. I'm not a melody-only Beatles guy.

By: Marth

Marth — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:43:56 +0000

I kind of want run my hand through George’s hair in that photo. Is that wrong?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:43:20 +0000

As someone who’s sat through George Harrison’s “Wonderwall Music”, I can testify that “beatles” + “experimental electronica = dental drill

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:09:59 +0000

Recording over John Lennon demos from well after the band broke up was a “George Lucas move.” Releasing something the band actually recording while they were together that might show a different side of the band is a great idea and something they should’ve done ages ago, whether it turns out to be shitty or not.