Reply #206: Hi, JeffR. Out of tune? REVOLVER? Well, he must have heard it in some

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different way than the rest of the world did. A good deal of us thought it struck the right chord, struck the nerves that needed striking. Pete Townshend said that some of McCartney's compositions were "gauche," a word you didn't run across very often in the early editions of THE SOHO NEWS or ROLLING STONE.

"Silly Love Songs" is kind of like one of those marshmallow bunnies grown-ups put in little kids' Easter baskets and which the little kids in turn ignore summarily to rip thru the fake green grass to get to the chocolate. My theory is his wife was ill and wrote the song and he put his brand on it to give it heft. It didn't work. There are high schoolers who can out-write that tune, and it may be that I need to titrate my dose of lysergic acid to understand how the same person who wrote that song also wrote "Eleanor Rigby."

Have to agree on Barber -- (I rate "Adagio for Strings" pretty high) -- he gets top honors in composition in most circles but Gershwin & Duke know where my psyche hangs out, plus, they're often up after hours. Although I've not been to that bar where that woman picked "Tupelo Honey" for a strip soundtrack. Has to be a first, that one. And an impressive one at that.

But then I was always at the wrong bar. JeffR, good god, but I'm thinking you should be doing some book-writing if you aren't already. I'd buy a copy, to be sure.

A hug & a hallelujah your way.