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Post by Curious on Nov 1, 2003 13:24:55 GMT
www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_834058.html?menu=In the UK, the finalists of Pop Idol are expected to release a dire cover version of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" in a bid to bag the Christmas number one slot. So what does John's record company do? They decide to re-release the original, on the 23rd anniversary of John's assassination. There was massive outrage when it was announced that it was going to be covered by a bunch of talentless wannabes.
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Post by IanSingleton777 on Dec 14, 2003 1:37:16 GMT
Good for the original! Accept no substitutes...not even Faul! This original Xmas song is by far one of the most touching...and sincere...of the holiday. Once again, John said it all....and when the Iraq war broke out, Yoko had the "War IS OVER (if you want it)" billboards put up again Internationally... Now, that is class.
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Post by PaulBearer on Dec 14, 2003 2:19:34 GMT
Sorry, but that song still reminds me of On Top of Old Smokey. If Paul had been alive and put his input into it, it would've been just a little bit better and more original-sounding.
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Post by Curious on Dec 14, 2003 14:15:03 GMT
The single was never released in the end - more's the pity!
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Post by IanSingleton777 on Dec 14, 2003 15:10:07 GMT
Sorry, but that song still reminds me of On Top of Old Smokey. If Paul had been alive and put his input into it, it would've been just a little bit better and more original-sounding. Everyone's a critic! LOL. I maintain the song stands up quite well to Faul's moronic Xmas tune, and at least they buried Yoko's vocals with the Harlem Children's choir. The melody and lyrical content of Faul's "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" is indeed upon a 3rd Grade level....as is a disarming majority of his solo catalog. I suppose one man's Bach is another man's Thin Lizzy, though. |
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Post by Pataphysical on Dec 14, 2003 19:30:05 GMT
Hello,
I remember reading awhile back that "Happy Xmas (War is over)" is a rip-off of "I Love How You Love Me" by The Paris Sisters. I believe Phil Spector produced them in the very early 1960's, and let John get away
with it because he was producing him at the time.
Faul's Xmas song was certainly sappy, but so was George's "Ding Dong", no? ;D
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Post by PaulBearer on Dec 14, 2003 23:45:30 GMT
Wasn't there someone who claimed that every one of John's songs was a ripoff of something else? This was someone who clearly believed that John being some sort of genius was nothing but hype and a mythI think I remember coming across it while cruising the net one day but didn't take note of the web page. Does anyone have any indication of who I might be talking about?
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Post by IanSingleton777 on Dec 17, 2003 11:13:10 GMT
Wasn't there someone who claimed that every one of John's songs was a ripoff of something else? This was someone who clearly believed that John being some sort of genius was nothing but hype and a mythI think I remember coming across it while cruising the net one day but didn't take note of the web page. Does anyone have any indication of who I might be talking about? No, but I recall the jist of the theory. The jist is, many of John's songs follow the three note descending riff archtypical by "Three Blind Mice." One can consider "All you need is love" to be the first of this genre. And, before running Lennon down, I'd check my own walls for the dozens of gold records first!  |
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