tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post4671097854368162022..comments2023-07-05T06:08:47.551-04:00Comments on A Year in the Life: Honey PieMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17565760365090993595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-87852132124341191752009-03-19T10:52:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:52:00.000-04:00Well, yes, you definitely have me there: No solo c...Well, yes, you definitely have me there: No solo career would ever match what the fellas did together. I agree that for each of them it was, as you say, a solid downhill arc from where they started together to present day, and yes, George never could top "Something" anyway, but could anyone? <BR/>(I may be motivated here by a lifelong ambition to have Tom Petty's career somehow; to pal around Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564488032518092462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-82679676766846393632009-03-19T09:18:00.000-04:002009-03-19T09:18:00.000-04:00Yeah, that's true, actually. McCartney and Ram are...Yeah, that's true, actually. McCartney and Ram are both pretty awesome. They hinted at true greatness. I think it's interesting, though, that the best solo work seems to have been done in the first couple albums after the Beatles split up-- the first albums of Paul, George, and John are all (arguably, at least) the best ones they ever did. And I don't think it's a coincidence-- I think those wereMeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565760365090993595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-4637621653073088692009-03-18T23:22:00.000-04:002009-03-18T23:22:00.000-04:00Don't totally disagree about the solo careers, exc...Don't totally disagree about the solo careers, except i think Paul's first solo album, released as McCartney, is very strong. I love it. Consider: That Would Be Something, Every NIght, Junk, Man We Was Lonely, the little ditty - Lovely Linda, and the awesome Maybe I'm Amazed. And he played all the instruments. I seem to recall that some of these songs may have been hold-outs from the White Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-61119877006143174332009-03-18T14:58:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:58:00.000-04:00Tom, fair points, and I should clarify: none of th...Tom, fair points, and I should clarify: none of the Beatles had satisfying solo careers in light of the work they had done as Beatles. George, you can make the best case for, true. All Things Must Pass was a revelation, albeit a BLOATED revelation (I am firmly in the this-does-not-need-to-be-3-discs camp), but there's a pretty solid arc downhill from there-- I don't even remember the last time I Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565760365090993595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-9702714901615763932009-03-18T13:15:00.000-04:002009-03-18T13:15:00.000-04:00I agree; give me Oh Darlilng any day, but, and i a...I agree; give me Oh Darlilng any day, but, and i agree again, there is something a bit charming about Honey Pie. Maybe, as you say, it is the dead on perfect capture of something from the past. I imagine John considered this to be one of Paul's "granny songs." I wouldn't want to listen to an album full of this stuff, but it has become an integral part of the White Album and the many moods it Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594252593945843033.post-4738438004166893952009-03-18T11:28:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:28:00.000-04:00"NONE of the Beatles had satisfying solo careers....."NONE of the Beatles had satisfying solo careers..." well that's a bit subjective. I know it's easy to peg me as a guy that would celebrate the man's work, from organizing a concert for Bangladesh to keeping the various egos in check within the Travelling Willburys, but George did fairly well for a guy that was automatically labeled "the 3rd Beatle" or "the quiet one". Stack George's solo work upUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564488032518092462noreply@blogger.com