Archive for the ‘1973’ Category
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You and Me (Babe)
31 Dec 2023The last song on Ringo is not just the best closer of the 1973 solo albums but, for my money,…
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Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
29 Dec 2023So why did Paul set his album closer in 1985, then 12 years in the future? Partly because it rhymed.…
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Meat City
28 Dec 2023I want to wrap up this thread before the end of the year, so the plan is to do three…
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All Filler, No Killer
16 Dec 2023(Note: That title is not exactly accurate. But how could I resist?) The goal of this post is to cover…
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The Third Most Important Song
11 Dec 2023The most important songs on any album are the first and the last. On a vinyl record, the third most…
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In Search of the Nutopian Dream
09 Dec 2023The A side of Band on the Run ends with “Let Me Roll It,” a song with a lot of…
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December 5, 1973
05 Dec 2023As I was about to publish this, I happened to flip on BBC America and saw that Denny Laine had…
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Mind Games & Ringo, Pt. 3
30 Nov 2023Following the apologetic “Aisumasen,” Lennon continued to try to get back into Yoko’s good graces with “One Day (at a Time).”…
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Mind Games & Ringo, Pt. 2
28 Nov 2023Having dealt in romantic mysticism for the title track, in the second song of Mind Games Lennon shifted gears into…
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Mind Games & Ringo, Pt. 1
16 Nov 2023Since Mind Games and Ringo came out four days apart in 1973, I figured I’d tackle them together, starting with…