KeepUnderCover
What Goes On In Your Heart
Across The Universe
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Post by KeepUnderCover on Jun 15, 2011 1:14:38 GMT
As objectively as you can.
Here are mine:
1. Mind Games 2. Imagine 3. Walls & Bridges 4. Plastic Ono Band 5. Some Time In New York City 6. Double Fantasy 7. Milk & Honey 8. Rock & Roll
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hmmmmm
What Goes On In Your Heart
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Post by hmmmmm on Jun 15, 2011 13:20:13 GMT
1) Plastic Ono Band. (I think John's best vocal ever is the middle-eight of Isolation) 2) Rock 'n' Roll. 3) Imagine 4) Walls and Bridges. 5) Mind Games. 6) STINYC 7) Double Fantasy. 8) Milk and Honey.
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Post by johnny103068 on Jul 14, 2011 19:34:10 GMT
1)Double Fantasy 2) Shaved Fish 3) Imagine 4) Milk and Honey
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Post by lennon9091 on Jul 14, 2011 22:03:20 GMT
1.Imagine 2.Plastic Ono Band 3 Rock & Roll 4.Walls and Bridges 5 Mind Games 6 Double Fantasy 7 Milk & Honey 8 Some Time in New York City
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Post by alfieknox on Oct 26, 2011 23:50:22 GMT
Plastic Ono Band Imagine Walls and Bridges Rock & Roll
Lennon really went into meltdown after Imagine; he was creatively at his best with the Beatles. The relentless exposure to drugs took it's toll in the later years
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Post by mrmustard on Oct 27, 2011 10:09:11 GMT
Plastic Ono Band Imagine Walls and Bridges Rock & Roll Lennon really went into meltdown after Imagine; he was creatively at his best with the Beatles. The relentless exposure to drugs took it's toll in the later years Hi Alfie and welcome to the forum! If we are being honest, all of The Beatles were at their creative best whilst together. McCartney had some highs, lows and lots of mediocrity to his songwriting throughtout his entire solo career and still does. Although Harrisons creative peak was clearly All Things Must Pass the majority of the songs were written whilst he was still a Beatle but Lennon and McCartney chose to ignore these songs. However he still continued to write exceptional songs sporadically throughout his solo career. The same with Lennon, there are great songs on every album right up to and including Double Fantasy but the albums as a whole lack consistency from Imagine onwards.
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Post by Amadeus on Dec 17, 2011 0:40:04 GMT
Not to be overly pendantic: John Lennon and Yoko Ono:1) Double Fantasy 2) Milk and Honey 3) Some Time In NYC John Lennon:1) Plastic Ono Band 2) Walls and Bridges 3) Rock and Roll 4) Imagine 5) Mind Games A cool but strange single: Cold Turkey/Don't Worry Kyoko.....
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trev1
I'll Be On My Way
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Post by trev1 on Jul 1, 2012 12:29:04 GMT
1. Plastic Ono Band 2. Imagine
the rest are awful. just my two cents. everything sounds the same after imagine like tracks 'only people' and other such rubbish. His voice seems to have deserted him around 1972.
In saying all that i do like the track Watching the wheels
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Post by mrmustard on Jul 1, 2012 19:56:40 GMT
1. Plastic Ono Band 2. Imagine the rest are awful. just my two cents. everything sounds the same after imagine like tracks 'only people' and other such rubbish. His voice seems to have deserted him around 1972. In saying all that i do like the track Watching the wheels These are clearly the best two albums but to say everything after imagine is 'rubbish' is wrong. Sure, the albums weren't as consistent as these two but there were great tracks on every album. Woman Is A Nigger of The World is a sorely overlooked track with a great Lennon vocal. Nobody Loves You When You're down and out is a total classic that you think is a standard. Double Fantasy is an excellent album. If Yokos songs were omitted and tracks from Milk and Honey/Menlove Avenue were included there would be an album to compete with Imagine. His vocal on Watching The Wheels is superb. I don't believe his voice ever deserted him. It changed because he no longer sang live much so it lost some edge and it became more a 'studio' voice. Had he gone on tour a dare say it would have changed again. None of The Beatles had any consistency in their solo work but all had great songs on every album. You can't compare one mans solo output to a body of work of four immensely talented individuals. I think you need to have a re-evaluation of Lennons solo work Trev.
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Post by Bobber on Jul 2, 2012 8:32:30 GMT
Double Fantasy is an excellent album. If Yokos songs were omitted and tracks from Milk and Honey/Menlove Avenue were included there would be an album to compete with Imagine. Well there you have it. Double Fantasy was a major disappointment for me when it came out in 1980. In the awe of everything that had happened in the years before, musically, John came up with this album. Half filled with Yoko crap which makes it almost unlistenable for me. There's a few good songs from John on it, but for example Starting Over was not a strong and overwhelming hit from John. Bear in mind that the album didn't sell well at all until he was shot.
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Post by mrmustard on Jul 2, 2012 9:50:27 GMT
Double Fantasy is an excellent album. If Yokos songs were omitted and tracks from Milk and Honey/Menlove Avenue were included there would be an album to compete with Imagine. Well there you have it. Double Fantasy was a major disappointment for me when it came out in 1980. In the awe of everything that had happened in the years before, musically, John came up with this album. Half filled with Yoko crap which makes it almost unlistenable for me. There's a few good songs from John on it, but for example Starting Over was not a strong and overwhelming hit from John. Bear in mind that the album didn't sell well at all until he was shot. We have discussed this at length before and I know you don't like the album. I agree with you on the Yoko songs and it's them that make it a disappointing album overall but take Yokos out you are left with an excellent set of songs that have been exceptionally well put together, performed and produced. Add together the later tracks following his death then this would make a great album. I'll be honest with you, on first hearing I was disappointed. It wasn't The Beatles or the passion of Plastic Ono Band. However when you give up trying to compare the songs you realise that this is a collection of exceptional songs. Ok, so you don't agree. Won't be the first or the last time Bobber.
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Post by ROCKY on Jul 2, 2012 12:48:06 GMT
I'll agree with mrmustard. If you just pop on any of John's albums and then try to compare them with anything out there right now, is there anything out there right now? They are exceptional and a lot of thought was put into them on just how the songs would be listed on each lp. His rock n roll lp would have been great if it would have been recorded around the time of the Beatles second album. But at the time he recorded it his voice was shot for doing any of those songs. I liked his last lp Double Fantasy and you knew you were going to have to put up with Yoko if you liked John so I kinda liked how he mixed her songs in with his. Even if he was still around today you know Yoko wouldn't be far behind. So I just put up with her instead of belittling her. I would love to hear what he would have been recording today if he was still with us.
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Post by ROCKY on Jul 2, 2012 12:59:01 GMT
BTW I tried to rank John's lps and I couldn't. I started to and then it was, but that song is on this lp and I kinda like that other song too on this other lp better. So I was left with the scernio if you have any kids 'which one do you like better?'. lol
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Post by Bobber on Jul 2, 2012 13:01:41 GMT
Well there you have it. Double Fantasy was a major disappointment for me when it came out in 1980. In the awe of everything that had happened in the years before, musically, John came up with this album. Half filled with Yoko crap which makes it almost unlistenable for me. There's a few good songs from John on it, but for example Starting Over was not a strong and overwhelming hit from John. Bear in mind that the album didn't sell well at all until he was shot. We have discussed this at length before and I know you don't like the album. I agree with you on the Yoko songs and it's them that make it a disappointing album overall but take Yokos out you are left with an excellent set of songs that have been exceptionally well put together, performed and produced. Add together the later tracks following his death then this would make a great album. I'll be honest with you, on first hearing I was disappointed. It wasn't The Beatles or the passion of Plastic Ono Band. However when you give up trying to compare the songs you realise that this is a collection of exceptional songs. Ok, so you don't agree. Won't be the first or the last time Bobber. Yes, we have discussed this before, haven't we? At least I am glad I haven't changed my mind, haha! It's great to disagree, that's what discussion forums are built upon. lol
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Post by mrmustard on Jul 2, 2012 13:27:23 GMT
[quote author=mrmustard board=john thread=2924 post=21207 time Yes, we have discussed this before, haven't we? At least I am glad I haven't changed my mind, haha! It's great to disagree, that's what discussion forums are built upon. lol I agree completely. Long may we disagree!! And hopefully occasionally agree!!
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Post by Mr Kite on Jul 5, 2012 20:14:23 GMT
I love Lennons Solo stuff except Sometime In New York City . Plastic Ono Band is one of my all time Favs and I rate more than some Beatle albums !( For Sale for one ) Imagine is a classic and no one can not say its a poor album . Walls And Bridges Another of the Beatle Solos that I love from start to finish . Mind Games . Maybe not a strong album but the title track alone is worth forking out for alone . Out The Blue and I Know I Know are fine tunes Rock N Roll . Brilliant ! I never heard these songs sung better . I bought the album when it came out and blew me away Still does . As Mr Musty said about Double F. and Milk and Honey goes for me too
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Post by ROCKY on Jul 11, 2012 1:42:42 GMT
I was always amazed at how John could find the right tune to match the words or visa-versa with his songs. He must have had a system where he would jot his words down and then come up with a tune to supply those words and it could have been the other way around too. But I never heard him talk about it, has anyone ever heard how John came up with his songs?
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Post by The Sun King on Aug 28, 2012 16:30:39 GMT
Hi all My ranking of John,s albums as follows 1.Walls & bridges 2.plastic Ono band 3.Imagine 4.Double Fantasy/milk & honey 5.RockNRoll I have to concur with Mr Mustard regarding fusing Double Fan/milk & Hon together. The songs from both were recorded in the same sessions. The best songs from both would make a superb album. An album to rival John,s best work. Peace to all
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rdnzl
I'll Be On My Way
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Post by rdnzl on Jan 17, 2013 15:40:49 GMT
1. Plastic Ono Band 2. Imagine 3. Walls & Bridges 4. Mind Games 5. Rock 'N Roll 6. Double Fantasy 7. Milk And Honey 8. Some Time In New York City
I also agree about Double Fantasy/Milk & Honey...One thing that annoyed me about John was that he really forced Yoko upon us. She was his wife & he loved her, but most of us didn't buy a John Lennon record to hear Yoko. While I admit that her songwriting did get better by the time "Double Fantasy" came out, it still wasn't what I wanted to hear.
I have always been of the opinion that the POB album is John's best work outside of The Beatles. On this one his songs are urgent, and he holds back nothing. And doesn't "Isolation" sound like something John could have recorded for the white album?
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troy
And That's A Start
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Post by troy on Jul 19, 2014 10:56:41 GMT
I'm pretty partial to Double Fantasy as probably the first album I ever heard... Minus all of Yoko's crud...it would be an amazing comeback EP... Imagine is great too...
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