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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 28, 2012 8:58:30 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
"Blood From A Clone" - George Harrison, SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND (1981)
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 28, 2012 8:59:46 GMT -5
2 -- Meh.. this is a really awkward song. A great example of George trying to "squeeze lyrics in" where they really don't fit. A lame opening for the album.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 9:31:04 GMT -5
2 -- Meh.. this is a really awkward song. A great example of George trying to "squeeze lyrics in" where they really don't fit. A lame opening for the album. Squeezing...one of the most hilarious posts i've read..Joe the comedian.....Joek is almost joker...keep it up...you crack me up.... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 9:31:50 GMT -5
here are the lyrics to this squeezed tune....
They say they like it, now, but in the market it May not go well as it's too laid back. You need some oomph-papa, nothing like Frank Zappa And not New Wave they don't play that crap
Tyr beating your head on a brick wall Hard like a stone Don't have time for the music They want the blood from a clone
I hear a clock ticking I feel the nitpicking I almost quit kicking at the wall There seems a confusion, under the illusion That they know just what will suit you all
Beating my head on a brick wall Hard like a stone Ain't got time for the music They want the blood from a clone
There is no sense to it Pure pounds and pence to it They're so intense too makes me amazed Don't want no music but, they're making you sick with Some awful noises that may get played
By beating their heads on a brick wall Hard like a stone Ain't no messing 'round with music Give them the blood from a clone
Where will it all lead us I thought we had freed us From the mundane seems I'm wrong again Could be they lack roots, they're still wearing jack boots they're Marching somewhere in the pouring rain
Beating my head on a brick wall Hard like a stone Don't have time for the music They want the blood from a clone
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 9:33:24 GMT -5
I give it a 2..i'm not that keen on it.....George should have made it more nursery rhyme like his famous band mate....
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Post by ursamajor on Apr 28, 2012 9:50:59 GMT -5
3.0
I like it and I like the Somewhere In England album, one of George's best IMO.
This song has a jerky vocal delivery over a nice melody and I see it as a follow up to Only A Northern Song which ranks as one of George's worst songs IMO, this blows it out of the water.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 28, 2012 9:56:14 GMT -5
I like ONLY A NORTHERN SONG.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 28, 2012 10:02:01 GMT -5
2 -- Meh.. this is a really awkward song. A great example of George trying to "squeeze lyrics in" where they really don't fit. A lame opening for the album. Squeezing...one of the most hilarious posts i've read..Joe the comedian.....Joek is almost joker...keep it up...you crack me up.... ;D You're one of those people, I am discovering, who can dish it out but can't take it. You have no problem teasing the other Beatles, but you get very defensive when George gets his turn. I told you before that George sometimes tended to try and fit lyrics into a tune where they didn't fit. I feel the phrase "I'm living in the mater-i-al world" was one. This is another.
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Apr 28, 2012 12:27:06 GMT -5
I give it a 2..i'm not that keen on it.....George should have made it more nursery rhyme like his famous band mate.... His band mate has done pretty well for himself wise guy.
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Apr 28, 2012 12:29:23 GMT -5
2. This sounds forced and dated too. It doesn't suit George's style. Its an example of pandering to the market.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 28, 2012 15:26:45 GMT -5
This is hard because I love the thought behind this song, a real "Up yours!" to the record companies but George's musical backing is too wimpy compared to the tougher tone of his lyrics.
This is one that could have used Jeff Lynne as co-producer. Jeff would have insisted on a tougher, meaner musical backing.
I'll give it a 3 for the thought that counts!
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Post by coachbk on Apr 28, 2012 15:53:40 GMT -5
2 This is an average song from a disappointing album.
BTW I like "Only A Northern Song" too!
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Post by kc on Apr 28, 2012 19:58:17 GMT -5
I appreciate the sentiment of this song. George was cheeky in placing it right at the start of the album. He certainly wanted to make his point about the decision making of record company executives. Good on him for that. Trouble is that overall it's just not that strong a recording. I don't always like (for want of the correct terminology) the "oom-pa" sound that George has sometimes used in his work.
In solidarity with RTP, I often revise the track listing of albums to arrive at what I consider could represent a better work of art, or more commercially viable product. Thus, I wouldn't have released Somewhere In England in 1981, but combined what I consider the best of it with that of Gone Troppo for a 1982 release date:
Gone Troppo Circles All Those Years Ago Teardrops Life Itself
Dream Away Wake Up My Love Unconsciousness Rules Blood From A Clone That's The Way It Goes
All Those Years Ago would still have been released as a single in early 1981.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 29, 2012 11:16:39 GMT -5
I don't always like (for want of the correct terminology) the "oom-pa" sound that George has sometimes used in his work. I think I know exactly what you mean and that sound, or production style, is all over Somewhere In England and Gone Troppo. I know many think Jeff Lynne went too far in giving George that ELO sound but I am not one of them. I like the tougher musical backings Lynne put into George's songs. I would not have enjoyed "That's What It Takes," "Fish On The Sand," "Just For Today" or "This Is Love" nearly as much if produced soley by George in that "oom-pa" style as found on SIE or GT. I still like those two albums but I love C9!
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 29, 2012 12:10:28 GMT -5
This is a little too pop for me. It has a very busy sound to it, like it might have been produced with being a hit single in mind. Which is kind of odd, considering what it's about.
I can only give this one a 2.0.
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Post by theman on Apr 29, 2012 14:28:48 GMT -5
This song represents whiny George. Don't like it when whiny George takes over independent George (or relationship George). Clearly, this divides the board. And a divided board cannot stand.
1.5 only because I like the om-pah here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 6:00:59 GMT -5
Squeezing...one of the most hilarious posts i've read..Joe the comedian.....Joek is almost joker...keep it up...you crack me up.... ;D You're one of those people, I am discovering, who can dish it out but can't take it. You have no problem teasing the other Beatles, but you get very defensive when George gets his turn. I told you before that George sometimes tended to try and fit lyrics into a tune where they didn't fit. I feel the phrase "I'm living in the mater-i-al world" was one. This is another. Put me in whatever category you want, i'm not fussed. I'm discovering you're the type of person who just has to have the last word, regardless of it's worth... You can tell me till the cows come home your theories on squeezing, i think it displays a complete lack of nous, on your part, when it comes to the construction of a song....
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 30, 2012 6:19:12 GMT -5
I know many think Jeff Lynne went too far in giving George that ELO sound but I am not one of them. I like the tougher musical backings Lynne put into George's songs. I would not have enjoyed "That's What It Takes," "Fish On The Sand," "Just For Today" or "This Is Love" nearly as much if produced soley by George in that "oom-pa" style as found on SIE or GT. I still like those two albums but I love C9! Oh, Jeff Lynne deserves an award for saving George Harrison with CLOUD NINE. That was an amazing album, and Lynne's production gave George much-needed "oomph". Of course, it wasn't just the production that helped; George had some great songs there and sang them better than he'd ever done before.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 30, 2012 9:34:44 GMT -5
I know many think Jeff Lynne went too far in giving George that ELO sound but I am not one of them. I like the tougher musical backings Lynne put into George's songs. I would not have enjoyed "That's What It Takes," "Fish On The Sand," "Just For Today" or "This Is Love" nearly as much if produced soley by George in that "oom-pa" style as found on SIE or GT. I still like those two albums but I love C9! Oh, Jeff Lynne deserves an award for saving George Harrison with CLOUD NINE. That was an amazing album, and Lynne's production gave George much-needed "oomph". Of course, it wasn't just the production that helped; George had some great songs there and sang them better than he'd ever done before. In fact, Jeff helped co-write "This Is Love" and "When We Was Fab." George, Lynn and recent All-Starr(among other things) Gary Wright wrote "That's What It Takes," one of my favorites. It was a good match. Then again, I love the sound Russ Titelman helped bring to the wonderful George Harrison album. Like Paul, maybe George needed a set of second critical ears in the Booth. That is not a knock against either. GH was recorded crisp and clean with delicious musical backings.
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Post by anyoneanyhow on May 2, 2012 18:22:59 GMT -5
3- I like a little bitchiness in George's songs.
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