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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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Back in the 1960s the UK still had a lot of notes left over from its period as "workshop of the world" which didn't get used up due to rationing in the 40s and 50s. It did mean that bands had to use up those NOS notes, hence "When I'm 64" and the whole folk revival.
In the case of the British Invasion, I think you'll find it was actually a re-export of American notes that the USA left behind in the UK after the end of WW2, and those stocks had been discovered and the warehouses raised by the Beatles, Stones, etc. Liverpool was one of the major ports for USA supplies during WW2, so sustained a number of groups on the back of opening up warehouses full of notes down on the Mersey.
Which is why, in winter, you can only play slow music. You have to wait for spring to get fast runs on maple.
And there was a large cache of unexploded notes that, when found, started punk rock.
The shuffle rhythm is most associated with jazz and blues. But the shuffle rhythm originated in the Soviet Union shortly after the Bolshevik revolution. It was a musical response to widespread shortages of all commodities. It was a way to get more out of the short supply of eighth notes that occurred following the implementation of communism.
The great shortages of notes through history, leading to stockpiling and subsequent flooding on to the market, is how the terms "noteworthy" and "notable" came to be, respectively.
Due to recent notable wasteful riffing, the world is destined for another shortage of notes. This may lead to a revival of coal-based energy spending, which is probably a conspiracy by the coal-miniing conglomerates who are encouraging the current rash of overplaying.
These conglomerates managed to cover up their previous scandalous attempt at reverting spending to coal: that attempt was known as Coal's Notes, but by transmorgriffying that debacle into an educational series of tomes known now as "Coles Notes", kids these days are none the wiser to the insidiousness of the coal-miners' dollars.
Such is the power of the coal lobby... Noteworthy, you might say...
Due to recent notable wasteful riffing, the world is destined for another shortage of notes. This may lead to a revival of coal-based energy spending, which is probably a conspiracy by the coal-miniing conglomerates who are encouraging the current rash of overplaying.
These conglomerates managed to cover up their previous scandalous attempt at reverting spending to coal: that attempt was known as Coal's Notes, but by transmorgriffying that debacle into an educational series of tomes known now as "Coles Notes", kids these days are none the wiser to the insidiousness of the coal-miners' dollars.
Such is the power of the coal lobby... Noteworthy, you might say...
The Beatles song Norwegian Wood is Lennon/McCartney's ode to Scandinavian furniture makers and their sustainable logging practices. That song was also the beginning of the end for the Beatles.
George Harrison did not like Scandinavian furniture, preferring the avante guard style of Dutch furniture designers. He also preferred exotic woods from south America for his furnishings. This lead to the Beatles spiritual retreat to India in an attempt to resolve the brewing resentment and allowed George to develop an interest in farmed rosewood from India.
George however made up his mind during that trip. He noted the tension between Lennon and McCartney and did subtle things to foment that resentment. He also stopped contributing his best songs to Beatles records saving them for his eventual solo career.
George Harrison did not like Scandinavian furniture, preferring the avante guard style of Dutch furniture designers. He also preferred exotic woods from south America for his furnishings. This lead to the Beatles spiritual retreat to India in an attempt to resolve the brewing resentment and allowed George to develop an interest in farmed rosewood from India.
George however made up his mind during that trip. He noted the tension between Lennon and McCartney and did subtle things to foment that resentment. He also stopped contributing his best songs to Beatles records saving them for his eventual solo career.
The reason for the breakup of the Beatles was not Yoko Ono, but was actually caused when Paul founded IKEA in order to supply the Beatles with Swedish pressed wood furniture and market a full line of Beatles Presswood Musical Instruments, available exclusively at Guitar Center.
Lennon/McCartney
Lenin/McCarthy
?
There was a generation gap between them, but with military weapons-grade anti-aging agents, the two lived a long time under many different identities and managed to broker a middle-ground of understanding by writing songs together.
Alas, a leopard can't change its spots any easier than a tiger its stripes, and the pair just couldn't get along on a fundamental level — that's the real reason the Beatles broke up. Well, that and Yoko Ono's failing to understand any political ideology of either Beatle let alone her own — hence the screaming...
George discovered the truth about those two, and that's about the time he became disinterested in their music (particularly "Norwegian Wood"), which lead him to become fascinated with plywood development icons Sori Yonagi, Roman Modzelewski, Alvar Aalto and the like... Alas, the tapes for that solo album ode to plywood were burned when Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire.
The lesson: Never hide your master tapes in plain site as a wig. I guess this wouldn't work nowadays anyways:
"Are those sideburns actually USB drives, or did you forget to shave this morning?"
Lenin/McCarthy
?
There was a generation gap between them, but with military weapons-grade anti-aging agents, the two lived a long time under many different identities and managed to broker a middle-ground of understanding by writing songs together.
Alas, a leopard can't change its spots any easier than a tiger its stripes, and the pair just couldn't get along on a fundamental level — that's the real reason the Beatles broke up. Well, that and Yoko Ono's failing to understand any political ideology of either Beatle let alone her own — hence the screaming...
George discovered the truth about those two, and that's about the time he became disinterested in their music (particularly "Norwegian Wood"), which lead him to become fascinated with plywood development icons Sori Yonagi, Roman Modzelewski, Alvar Aalto and the like... Alas, the tapes for that solo album ode to plywood were burned when Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire.
The lesson: Never hide your master tapes in plain site as a wig. I guess this wouldn't work nowadays anyways:
"Are those sideburns actually USB drives, or did you forget to shave this morning?"
Ah, hence the rosewood Telecaster. It all makes sense.
If you watch the video for Imagine you can definitely see the love for light, minimalist furnishing Lennon had. IKEA later named the Beddinge sofa bed range after Lennon and Yoko's reclining protest.
Going back to the song, it is based on a tune to a song listing the imports and exports between cities in the Hanseatic League.
Unless it's tort, because then the tort matters.
Until you use antitort and antiwood, which antimatters.
