Meh

[eumelia]

I dunno about you... but Paul McCartney is a poor replacement for Leonard Cohen.

Yeah, Cohen isn't coming and Paul McCartney is charging 400 shekels (approx. 110 USD) starting price, because he's being paid - last I heard - 15 million shekels (approx. 4.1 million USD), which is, I'm sorry, is crazy.

I like the Beatles, but with half of them dead, one reclusing and the one coming here a bit of a schmuck - Heather deserves every penny, he was stupid enough not to write up a pre-nup, he has only himself to blame... and fuck the media for vilifying her as a shrew, I mean really! In any event, I don't think any one person or institution should have the amount of money that could pay the deficit of various countries in debt. But I digress.

I like Cohen more than McCartney, full stop.
If it were Lennon though...
Anybody know a good Necromancer? Though if you think about, Yoko probably hired a few years ago.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yes, I must admit, I think Paul is horribly over-rated these days.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I mean, yes, all four were in on the creative power back in the day... but him alone, compared to Lennon (at least for me)... as I said, "meh".

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I really dont think he's got any magic any more. The last half dozen times i've seen him perform anything, it's been lacklustre at best. And at worst, just plain bad.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

I don't care for any of the three of them as performers, really. Cohen is an amazing writer from the works I'm familiar with but I just cannot get past his voice to enjoy him as a singer, and though Lennon and McCartney were songwritng geniuses and I love them with George and Ringo, their solo stuff's never done it for me.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I admit, some covers of Cohen's songs are better (the same can be said about Bob Dylan, imo), but I love his voice, I can listen to him dirge forever.

[sabotabby]

I didn't even like the Beatles when they were good.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Because of the sexism, cultural appropriation or the rampant consumerism of their act?

Or am I off and you just don't like their style ;)

[sabotabby]

Mainly the latter, though I suppose I can use the former to justify it. :)

My taste in music is decidedly strange, it's all over the place, but the music that everyone is supposed to agree on—instrumental jazz, the Beatles, classic rock—does nothing for me. It's not that I despise all pop music or anything like that; I just want my music to do something interesting on one or more levels. Ninety-nine percent of Beatles songs don't.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Thought so :)

My own taste is fairly mainstream (I'm a conformist at heart :P), though I can't listen to MTV pop for leisure. Though I dunno how many people have Sarah Mclachlan next to Rammstein and Leonard Cohen next to Rob Zombie :)

[sabotabby]

I'm with you on all of those except for Rob Zombie.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Speaking of shared musical tastes -
I'm anxiously waiting for my order of The Kominas from CD Baby! Islamic Punk \m/.

Do you know The Shondes? Queercore, Riot Grrl, Political lyrics ahoy... and they're Jewish.

Yid Punk, Moslem Punk - I see Peace on the horizon :D

[sabotabby]

I love the Shondes. They remind me of a punker version of Pomegranate, or a less punk version of Dir Yassin.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I never really liked Dir Yassin.
I prefer Polianna Frank for Israeli anti-Zionism music.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Most music fans, I imagine.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Not in my experience. Most people have a type that they stick to with a little variation in theme.
Then again true music fans are not a major part of the population and tend to find each other :)

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Right. That's what I meant by music fans. Almost everyone listens to music but to most it's nothing more than background noise or something they won't really miss if it were to go away. I'd compare it to people who only read magazines or certain kinds of fiction (where I would put myself. I'm a genre geek) to those that read expansively.

[p-friedmann.livejournal.com]

.אם הוא היה חותם הסכם נישואין עם סטלה הוא היה וודי אלן
.סטלה זו הבת, וגם לה יש מספיק כסף כדי לממן מדינות אפריקאיות
.הגנבת בלי הרגל זו הת'ר

.וזה 500 ש"ח, לא 400

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

תוקן, תודה.

500?! אללי, זה יותר גרוע ממה שחשבתי.

[p-friedmann.livejournal.com]

ויש מי שבשמחה גדולה נפרדו מהכסף

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

מצפה לקרוא בל"ג שלך על ההופעה

:D