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Post by Joe Karlosi on May 22, 2012 5:51:50 GMT -5
If you don't know this song, play it here!
Then rate the song by voting in the poll, but ALSO PLEASE WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE, AND TELL US WHICH NUMBER YOU CHOSE AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY THINK OF THE SONG!
Thanks!
"Try Some Buy Some" -- George Harrison, LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (1973)
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Post by Joe Karlosi on May 22, 2012 5:54:05 GMT -5
1 -- I love this album all except for this one dud. It doesn't fit the essence of the rest of the songs and is itself a drag, with George's whining "ooooh-ooooh" voice in bad form.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2012 6:14:12 GMT -5
Here are the lyrics...
Way back in time Someone said try some I tried some Now buy some - I bought some . . . Oh Oh Oh After a while when I had tried them denied them I opened my eyes and I saw you . . .
Not a thing did I have Not a thing did I see 'Till I called on your love And your love came to me
OH OH OH OH OH OH
Through my life I've seen gray sky, met big fry, seen them die to get high . . . Oh Oh Oh And when it seemed that I would always be lonely I opened my eyes and I saw you
Not a thing did I feel Not a thing did I know 'Till I called on your love And your love sure did grow
OH OH OH OH OH OH
Won't you try some Baby won't you buy some
Won't you try some Baby won't you buy some
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2012 6:16:29 GMT -5
A good song from Hari...
I give it a 3
I don't have ANY issues with it....
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Post by John S. Damm on May 22, 2012 8:15:01 GMT -5
3. I criminally overlooked this for years. It hit me about a year or so ago even after I had discovered the rest of the album.
Good song with some passion in it.
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Post by coachbk on May 22, 2012 8:51:28 GMT -5
I waffled between a 2 and a 3. I ended up going for a 3 after reading the lyrics. This is a song that has both a spiritual and anti drug message, but is neither preachy nor condescending. That's a good thing!
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on May 22, 2012 9:04:40 GMT -5
1.5 Sorry but it is mostly the melody that kills this one. It is for the most part uninteresting except for the chorus which promises improvement but then goes nowhere special.
The lyric "seen grey sky, met big fry" is off-putting. What does "big fry" refer to? The rest of the lyric is good. The string arrangement in the middle and at the end is reminiscent of Isn't It A Pity. And Paul got a lot of criticism for his woah woah woah woahs in My Love. This certainly has its share of those.
I am leaning more toward a two as a grade for the poll.
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Post by vectisfabber on May 22, 2012 10:10:37 GMT -5
2
If ever a song deserved 2, it's this one. George wasn't the most gifted melodist, but his tunes were often quirky and interesting if not classically melodic. Try Some Buy Some has an air about it of meandering round aimlessly without ever resolving in a logical direction. And the lyrics are whiny.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on May 22, 2012 10:53:25 GMT -5
The lyric "seen grey sky, met big fry" is off-putting. What does "big fry" refer to? RTP... with Paul as your hero you don't really want to start dissecting George's words, do you? (What's a "polygon" as used in HI HI HI? What's the point of a salamander in GETTING CLOSER?) I don't think I've ever heard you nail Paul for any nonsensical lyrics. But back to George -- I hate this song, but I realize that just because the lyric you mentioned doesn't make any sense to you, that doesn't mean it didn't mean something to George. But what you always fail to realize in cases like this is that Paul got that reputation because he does that A LOT in his songs. Substitutes "woah" or "ooh ohhh" when he has no lyric. What you fail to consider is that just because George does this in one song (or a few), it's okay because it's not considered one of his typical trademarks. (By the way, I've never minded the whoa whoa's in MY LOVE).
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on May 22, 2012 12:54:24 GMT -5
RTP... with Paul as your hero you don't really want to start dissecting George's words, do you? (What's a "polygon" as used in HI HI HI? What's the point of a salamander in GETTING CLOSER?) I don't think I've ever heard you nail Paul for any nonsensical lyrics. But back to George -- I hate this song, but I realize that just because the lyric you mentioned doesn't make any sense to you, that doesn't mean it didn't mean something to George. But what you always fail to realize in cases like this is that Paul got that reputation because he does that A LOT in his songs. Substitutes "woah" or "ooh ohhh" when he has no lyric. What you fail to consider is that just because George does this in one song (or a few), it's okay because it's not considered one of his typical trademarks. (By the way, I've never minded the whoa whoa's in MY LOVE). What Paul says in the Hi Hi Hi lyric is the following "Well well, take off your face, recover from the trip you've been on. I want to lie on my bed, get you ready for my body gun." All she has to do is pull the trigger. That was too suggestive even for 1972 so it was deemed to be "polygon". It really sounds like a transcsribing error. Those not too intelligent people who transcribe the lyrics for sheet music/album content obviously couldn't decipher what was being said. The nearest they could come up with was "polygon". Plus its a much safer word. Its like "if this ever changing world in which we're livin'..." became "if this ever changing world in which we live in". Simpletons. There is another glaring transcription error in the lyrics to Hi Hi Hi: "She'll be my funky little mama..." should be "I want you to be my fucking little mama..." Again, that would be a problem for a single record in 1972, so the sheet music was deemed to be "funky little mama". As for salamander, yes he could have said "say that you love me, my gal Amanda" but that's boring compared to "say that you love me, my salamander."
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Post by Joe Karlosi on May 22, 2012 13:07:50 GMT -5
(EDITED TO ADD: For anyone who may wish to join in the discussion of Paul's words in HI HI HI, I have begun a new and separate thread, so we can leave this one to George.)
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on May 22, 2012 13:27:45 GMT -5
What Paul says in the Hi Hi Hi lyric is the following "Well well, take off your face, recover from the trip you've been on. I want to lie on my bed, get you ready for my body gun." Paul has denied that line.The "body gun" line is what I and all of us always thought was being said (and quite frankly, it is a fine lyric). But I distinctly remember hearing Paul on a 1980's radio show in NY being asked about this lyric, and Paul said NO, he actually uses the word "polygon". I rememebr Paul saying this for absolute certain, as I'd always sung "body gun" until that interview where Paul changed it to "polygon" from that day forward. So this is a good example of where you don't know all you think you do about Paul, RTP. Unless Paul was lying and covering up the "body gun" lyric. Tell Paul -- he is the one who said it was "polygon". Oh really? I say the lyrics there are: "I want you in my pocket little mama, gonna rock it...""Pocket" and "Rock It" rhyme. Listen to it that way next time, and you'll see. Is it? Now that you mention it, "My Gal Amanda" is much better. Is that a fact? I think I've given you a new insight here, RTP. Even you can learn a little bit about Paul and his lyrics! Listen to the recording. He does not sing "polygon" or "funky little mama". Of course he is coving it up. Body gun is an example of where Paul would have said to John "oh, I'll fix that later" and John would have said "you will not. Keep it in, its great".
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Post by Joe Karlosi on May 22, 2012 13:36:09 GMT -5
I've started a separate thread on the HI HI HI lyrics thing, so we can stay on TRY SOME BUY SOME.
See you there.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 5:24:46 GMT -5
Fancy a Paul fan taking the high and mighty stance on lyrics... Talk about an oxymoron..
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Post by acebackwords on May 25, 2012 15:28:33 GMT -5
2.
Has some moments of grandeur. But it mostly seems to plod along. And its another one where I can't connect to it emotionally. The emotions George is expressing in his vocals don't seem connected to the lyrics. What the hell is he even singing about? Can't try me buy me love???
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Post by acebackwords on May 25, 2012 15:31:30 GMT -5
I waffled between a 2 and a 3. I ended up going for a 3 after reading the lyrics. This is a song that has both a spiritual and anti drug message, but is neither preachy nor condescending. That's a good thing! George's "anti drug message" would be slightly more impressive to me if he himself had stopped taking drugs.
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Post by debjorgo on May 27, 2012 20:04:00 GMT -5
George is the only one who could write a drug song and make it about Hari Krishna too. I want to like this song but I can't. It's just too dreary. His vocals sound like he's worried and that doesn't even fit the lyrics. On this album, I like Give Me Love, Living in the Material World and , I think, The Light That Has Lighted the World.
I remember around this time, walking downtown and being stopped by a Krishna guy who gave me a copy of the Bagdad Vita, or whatever it's called and he couldn't stop talking about this album. I remember thinking, "Dude, you're not doing your case any good. The album sucks".
1.5, 2.0 for the poll.
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