I could listen to George Harrison talk about anything for hours, but this 3:21 of guitar porn is especially sweet. George talks about his lifelong love/obsession with the Fender Stratocaster:
Here's a college kid deconstructing George's guitar playing in his bedroom, undoubtedly scaring the crap out of guitar publishers by reminding them of their impending extinction:
Here's that guy doing John's guitar player while we're at it:
Guitar players are funny people -- those Epiphone Casinos and short-scale Rickenbackers are fun to play, but do saxophonists collect vintage horns and reeds that match the ones Bird and Trane used when they're covering those icons' songs? Of course, this could just be a guy thing, as this girl torso does a fine job of recreating "All My Loving" on the unBeatlesque Jazzmaster:
The following clip seems far more entertaining than educational, but then my sight-reading was lousy on my best day, so I doubt I could have ever kept up at full speed:
"10 OF THE MOST BIZARRE UNRELEASED BEATLES RECORDINGS" isn't kidding, although they left off "No Pakistanis," a song sure to sour you on "Get Back" as it has me:
Lastly, I still don't know what to think of BeatleSuits.com, although that seems a fair price for such tailoring. Someday, perhaps, I'll make good on my threat to wear nothing but tan Nehru jackets and black trousers and treat my life like I'm playing an encore at Shea Stadium. I would, of course, get a black jacket and tan pants to wear on my away games.
1 What Say Youse?:
Sorry, this is way off topic.
I really like this Tweet of yours: "Seclusion may be better for the scientist & philosopher, b/the cartoonist needs to rub elbows w/his fellows & observe humanity intimately."
You posted it in quotes so I am assuming it isn't by you. If you don't mind saying, who did say/write it? It's pretty damn pertinant.
Thanks.
PS. As a long time visitor to this site, it was nice to see Little Man again.
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