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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 12, 2012 5:55:36 GMT -5
If you don't know this song, play it here!
Comment and/or Rate this Solo Song
4=Great 3=Good 2=Average 1=Crap
"Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses" - Ringo Starr, STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES (1981)
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 12, 2012 5:57:41 GMT -5
3 -- I've always enjoyed this fun, clowning-around song. I don't always like posting videos of songs because I think sometimes it gives an unfair advantage or disadvantage... but in the case of ROSES, I must admit I'm trying to give it a little help, as I feel some fans may have a better appreciation for it in its intended "joking" context.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 7:25:50 GMT -5
I quite like this album, i listened to it a lot recently and the only song i don't care much for on this album is the title track...
I'll give it a 2
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 7:26:51 GMT -5
here are the lyrics....interesting co-write on this tune...
By Harry Nilsson A.S.C.A.P and Richard Starkey M.B.E.
STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES, STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO FILL YOUR NOSES, STOP AS YOU STROLL THROUGH LIFE, ("pitter patter, pitter patter") STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR WIFE.
I SAID, STOP AND TAKE THE TIME, TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE LABEL, STOP, YOU MUST REMEMBER CLARK AND BETTY GRABLE. STOP, THERE'S NO TRAIN TO CATCH, NO THERE ISN'T, ROSE! NO, NO, NO.
COME ON, EV'RYBODY, YOU'VE GOTTA STOP! STOP ON THE HIGHWAY, STOP WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAR ON THAT HIGHWAY, ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW, LOOK FOR A MAN IN A PORSCHE AND SAY, "BROTHER, LET'S GET OUT AND WALK, LET'S GO! CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
STOP, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE ACCIDENT PRONE, NOBODY LIKES YOU. WAVE TO A MAN IN A ROLLS 'CAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO LIVE, HA! HA!...
STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO STOP THAT SMOKING, STOP, BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN. YOU WON'T BE BLUE. STOP, IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!
"WELL, I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, WHAT'S ALL THIS HURRY, WHAT'S ALL THIS HUSTLE AND BUSTLE. WHY DON'T I JUST STOP, LOOK AT THE PRETTY ROSES, SMELL THEM FOR ONE MOMENT, TAKE THE TIME TO SEE, TAKE THE TIME TO SMELL, HAVE A GOOD TIME IN LIFE. DON'T LET EV''RYTHING PASS YOU BY, YOU'RE ONLY HERE ONCE AND I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN MOST OF YOU."
SO STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO BUY THIS ALBUM, SO I CAN PLANT ROSES AND SMELL THEM ALL DAY LONG. STOP EV'RYTHING YOU'RE DOING, RUN TO YOUR LOCAL RECORD SHOP AND SAY, "GIVE ME THAT RECORD CALLED 'STOP'" I'M GOING CRAZY WITH THIS RECORD BUSINESS, I WANNA STOP IT, YOU WANT ME TO STOP IT, EV'RYBODY WANTS IT TO STOP.
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Post by coachbk on Apr 12, 2012 8:56:01 GMT -5
1 This is just awful in every way! It isn't even that funny.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 12, 2012 9:07:59 GMT -5
Yikes! I have been fairly nice thus far but still being honest. Okay, this is a 1.5 for me. Kinda crap is what I'll call it. I will say history might be kinder to this album now but it was all wrong for late 1981. I suspect that my experience was not unusual but at Indiana University late 1981, early 1982, I seemed like the only guy playing this album on campus. The guys on my floor at Dodds House hated this album from the start when I would casually play it and I registered my protest to their reaction by locking myself in my room and blasting this as loud as my stereo would allow on a late weeknight. The reaction was equally violent as I was "penneyed in" where coins are wedged in the door so I couldn't get out and talcum powder was first blown under my door with hair dryers and then guys urinated under my door. I endured such hardships and calamity for Ringo. I shouldn't have gone to bat for him. The title song is too cutesy with all the "pitter patter" jazz(which remarkably sounded like the urine being streamed under my door). I think Ringo was actually drunk when he recorded this song. He sounds drunk in the spoken parts. I was actually drunk a lot of the times I listened to it in 81/82.
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Post by acebackwords on Apr 12, 2012 17:31:00 GMT -5
1.5. And I only give it that half point because any song that inspires urine reminiscences can't be all bad.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 12, 2012 18:16:54 GMT -5
I would concur with JSD -- I think Ringo maybe WAS drunk while singing this -- and I don't care! Makes it more fun and insane like a wild party, which is the whole point! It's supposed to be zany and wild, man!
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Post by mikev on Apr 12, 2012 18:38:13 GMT -5
1. And he left off John's demo and Can't Fight Lightning for this?
I understand why he didn't do John's...
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Post by anyoneanyhow on Apr 12, 2012 19:01:01 GMT -5
1. And he left off John's demo and Can't Fight Lightning for this? I understand why he didn't do John's... 1. I liked the song when the album first came out. Now I find it embarrassing.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Apr 12, 2012 23:09:21 GMT -5
.5 This is embarrassing. I watched the video for the first minute and stopped and it still stinks. Thank God he went into rehab.
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Post by kc on Apr 13, 2012 1:09:05 GMT -5
.5 This is embarrassing. I watched the video for the first minute and stopped and it still stinks. Thank God he went into rehab. I think this is the first rating under 1!
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Post by kc on Apr 13, 2012 1:13:13 GMT -5
I give it 1 (crap). A waste of recording tape, studio time, listeners' time... As a comedian, IF that was what he intended, Ringo makes a good drummer.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Apr 13, 2012 1:20:01 GMT -5
.5 This is embarrassing. I watched the video for the first minute and stopped and it still stinks. Thank God he went into rehab. I think this is the first rating under 1! I think you're right. But it really does stink.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 13, 2012 5:20:15 GMT -5
I think you're right. But it really does stink. Sez you (and everybody else!). I say it's fun in the "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" way. I would have thought that presenting the comical video would have swayed some folks into accepting it for the lark that it is, but I guess I was wrong!
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Post by mikev on Apr 13, 2012 6:11:23 GMT -5
I think you're right. But it really does stink. Sez you (and everybody else!). I say it's fun in the "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" way. I would have thought that presenting the comical video would have swayed some folks into accepting it for the lark that it is, but I guess I was wrong! I for one could never figure out why he made a video for that song and not the George and Paul songs (not knowing about "The Cooler" short film until many year later).
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 13, 2012 11:24:30 GMT -5
I give it 1 (crap). A waste of recording tape, studio time, listeners' time... As a comedian, IF that was what he intended, Ringo makes a good drummer. LMAO! I didn't even watch the video here although I have seen it before. I kind of like the drunken, pub singalong "Sure To Fall" off this album. I think Paul and Linda are on it too.
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Post by acebackwords on Apr 13, 2012 15:27:27 GMT -5
1.5. And I only give it that half point because any song that inspires urine reminiscences can't be all bad. I gave this one a second listen and I have to change my vote to a 3. It really has a zany charm. Plus it reminds me of where MY head was last night (fortunately I left no recordings behind). Ringo is the consummate lovable ham.
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Post by theman on Apr 14, 2012 22:40:18 GMT -5
I actually like this one, and showing us the video was worth it, as it gives us only a small glimpse of what Ringo looked and acted like in his Pat Harrington Jr. period ;D.
Check out the similiar boogaloo skills that Ringo and Pat shared (about 24-26 seconds into the clip.)
I give Ringo a 3 and Pat a 4!
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Apr 15, 2012 1:08:34 GMT -5
As a zany piece of fun I give it a 2. As a song I give it a zero. Averages out to a 1. Its just the bottom of the barrel musically.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 15, 2012 5:05:57 GMT -5
As a zany piece of fun I give it a 2. As a song I give it a zero. Averages out to a 1. Its just the bottom of the barrel musically. I'll bet you a gazillion bucks you'd never give Paul a "zero" or "1" for anything as "musically bottom of the barrel" ;D
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 17, 2012 16:32:20 GMT -5
This falls just short of being a novelty record. Dr Demento would not play this. I didn't think I had this cd but I do. I must have listened to it once and put it up.
That said, it does have that Ringo charm reeking out, eh, flowing out. I think I'll save my 1.0 for something a little worse than this.
I'll give this a 1.5.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 17, 2012 17:57:46 GMT -5
I finally watched the video and that is the Magical Mystery Tour of music videos! The scene on the runway where Ringo is pretending to be in traffic really does remind me of MMT though. It is always cool seeing Tittenhurst Park as it conjures up John Lennon memories especially all of the filming done during the making of the Imagine album. Ringo kind of pimps it though in this video.
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