Folks, put down your weapons and step back
Boy, you guys are getting downright grumpy. Tone down the attacks, insults and namecalling, will you?
And just to get you in a better mood, here’s a lighthearted Youtube video (which — sigh — will of course be cited somehow as still further proof of media bias). (h/t to Andrew Sullivan)
(For those too young to immediately get the reference, they’re trying to recreate the Beatles’ album cover of Abbey Road, see below)
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NRB
February 24th, 2009
11:20 am
I prefer The White Album (which — sigh — will of course be cited somehow as still further proof of racism).
Geezer
February 24th, 2009
11:26 am
Great video. I’m sure the residents and regular drivers around Abbey Road have been putting up with this for decades. Remember all the talk about Paul being dead? A lot people pointed to his bare feet in this picture as proof. What a crack up!
I am the Walrus, cucu ca choo!
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2009
11:30 am
Aren’t those that are too young to get the reference also going to wonder what an album is?
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
11:41 am
RW, reasonable question; presumably they’ll know who the Beatles are.
Paul
February 24th, 2009
11:48 am
Thanks Jay. I needed that.
RW-(the original)
Is a Beatles album something like a cockroach collection in a couple of binders?
getalife
February 24th, 2009
11:51 am
MSNBC had a Republican strategist that was intellectually honest.
I guess Norah’s thrashing of the other one paid off.
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/norah-odonnell-blasts-republicans-becau
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2009
11:54 am
DB,
More likely they would ask if it’s true that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings.
getalife,
What are you doing in here on Fat Tuesday?
Chad Harris
February 24th, 2009
11:56 am
That was a great album. The White Album was a great album. There have never been more ways to get Beatle music cheap.
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2009
11:58 am
Paul,
Generally speaking when you find a few Beatles’ albums you’ll find a collection of roaches as well along with a few clips to hold them.
Chad Harris
February 24th, 2009
12:01 pm
The Republican strategists who are honest know that the continual trashing of Obama and Dems for trashing’s sake isn’t going to get votes–the tone of Jim Bunning’s angry rant on Ruth Ginsburg’s prognosis is a good example. The tone was politically crazy and medically Bunning doesn’t have a clue of her cell type or node involvement at the time of the resection.
A good tone for the Republicans to take right now is to use the vibes Charlie Christ is using whether you agree with aspects of the economic program or not, and to get real and stop contending that the economic program just hatched on Jan. 20. True, it’s the President’s job to try to get legislation passed that works, but Congress is a huge part of that equation in any economic or social or educational problem a President has.
Although I didn’t agree with him, Bush actually was pretty darn successful in getting much of what he wanted (notably not all) through Congress. Compliant Dems and Blue Dog Dems rubber stamped his warantless wiretapping FISA bill for example just to name one of many.
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:02 pm
Is any band (Wings) which had Linda McCartney sing (God rest her soul) considered a band?
I prefer Sgt. Pepper’s myself. I’m still not sure if Paul was buried or not. (Added fodder to the conspiracy theorists out there with Paul being the only Beatle crossing the road in bare feet on the Abbey Road cover.)
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:04 pm
Chad Harris, pay attention! Or at least keep track of which blog you’re on. This is about Abbey Road and the Beatles. Jeez!
Hillbilly Deluxe
February 24th, 2009
12:04 pm
As total albums I always preferred Revolver and Rubber Soul but all their albums contained great stuff. Four very talented lads.
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
12:05 pm
Boy, McCain…..jeez….smackdown. hehe, that was ugly.
Chad Harris
February 24th, 2009
12:07 pm
Survey Reveals Huge Support for Obama and Huge Disdain for the Thugs; Michelle Highest Approval of Any First Lady in History
Obama takes questions from the Thugs on Camera–no President has ever done this–certainly not ole Dubya Junya. Junya screened questions from the press and always screened the public at his conferences arresting them if he didn’t like their T-shirt slogan because Thugs like Totalitarianism when it squeezes people who aren’t them.
Therapist-in-Chief: The President explains the details of his $778 billion stimulus package to a crowd in Mesa, Arizona
It sure is gonna be a popcorn moment to hear Jivin’ “Bobby” Jindal’s plans for the economy tonight.
AJC/DNC Management
February 24th, 2009
12:09 pm
Someday you can join us
And the world will live as one
We’re still waiting.
duh
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
12:09 pm
Beatles For Sale was really good too.
I wonder what a copy of “Yesterday and Today” with the butchered dolls on the cover goes for today….ouch, $1,000 on Ebay
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
12:12 pm
“Tone down the attacks, insults and namecalling, will you?”
I thought we were being quite civil over there.
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
12:13 pm
Chad, the “opening-with-off-topic-shite” act is getting old.
Paul
February 24th, 2009
12:13 pm
RW-(the original)
Good one! I was fortunate enough to get tickets to McCartney on his last tour before the Ticketmaster guys scooped them up (oughta be a law on that).
Great show. He stayed onstage for about a half hour signing stuff. Decent guy.
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2009
12:13 pm
OFF TOPIC
I just heard that Eric Holder was the one person in the line of Presidential succession being held out of the not State of the Union address. I decided to take a glance at that line and it’s fairly sobering. Behind Obama we have Biden, Pelosi, then Byrd. I think I’m willing to chip in some extra for additional secret service protection for Obama. For the real conspiracy theory nuts out there, Hillary is next in line behind Byrd.
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:15 pm
Jay, please kick Chad Harris off of this post! Please! Some of us want some sanity on a single thread!
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2009
12:16 pm
Chad, the “opening-with-off-topic-shite” act is getting old.
DB,
Agreed and it brings to mind that one particular poster was put on a two off topic post limit once.
gttim
February 24th, 2009
12:16 pm
It would look much more natural if the people just walked and let the person take the picture. Leaning forward to pretend like you are walking never looks natural.
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:21 pm
You’ve got to admit that the drivers in that area are very accommodating to all the walkers trying to get pictures. I shudder to think what would happen to them if this was in Buckhead.
Paul
February 24th, 2009
12:25 pm
RW-(the original)
[[Behind Obama we have Biden, Pelosi, then Byrd. ]]
And some people complained about succession with Palin in the lineup?
Dave R 12:21
It’d kinda be like today at IHop – pancakes!
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
12:27 pm
BDAtlanta, Beatles for Sale is certainly under-rated. It’s become one of those albums I’ve come to appreciate in relatively recent years (say, the last 5-10).
On one level, it’s the last album they did that was padded with covers, and I think a lot of people tend to overlook it because of that. On the other hand, it has some of John’s most brutally self-aware early songs (”I’m a loser”, “No reply”) and the ragged, somewhat rushed-sounding production sets the perfect tone.
Sure, Abbey Road’s Side Two is magnificent, and George’s contributions are probably his strongest to any Beatles album. But it’s also, probably, John’s weakest effort, so…
getalife
February 24th, 2009
12:27 pm
RW,
Getting drunk.
The parade is later.
Jesus
February 24th, 2009
12:28 pm
Impeach Obama now!
CommunistAJC
February 24th, 2009
12:29 pm
Chad Harris,
the Beatles don’t like you. Paul said you smell like white trash from south Georgia.
Anyhoo, great album but The Rolling Stones were cooler.
@@
February 24th, 2009
12:29 pm
jay, I seem to be totally off-kilter with what everyone else likes in music. I’m a folksy kinda girl.
So let’s see what I can contribute here……..uhmmmmmm
“Abbey Road”? Liberals playing in traffic was knocked back from #1 with The Stone’s “Let it Bleed”.
Okey Dokey, I’m off to an appointment with my bootician.
Paul
February 24th, 2009
12:31 pm
Jesus
You already had your second coming. Go away.
Wait, don’t go… does this mean Pres Obama isn’t the Messiah? Isn’t the Chosen One?
Or are you really Hay-soos and you don’t like anybody who’s gonna do something about illegal immigration?
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:34 pm
Funny, Paul!
Bosch
February 24th, 2009
12:37 pm
Paul,
That certainly isn’t like you to call someone white trash from South Georgia. I’m disappointed in you.
The Beatles? Who’s that?
AJC/DNC Management
February 24th, 2009
12:39 pm
Aahhh, yes, thee Oblahmi FINALLY found a democrat without a criminal record-
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s likely third pick for Commerce secretary is former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, a senior administration official said Monday.
A hack in training!
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
12:45 pm
Rubber Soul had George’s “If I Needed Someone”. Amazing.
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
12:45 pm
@@ and c’ajc, I don’t know if the Stones were indeed cooler, but they certainly had their moments.
But then came Goat’s Head Soup.
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
12:48 pm
Rubber Soul had George’s “If I Needed Someone”. Amazing.
…and John’s “Nowhere Man.” Even mo’ amazing
Unfortunately, the elpee closes with the creepiest, most hideously sexist tune they ever recorded, which always ruins it for me.
Dave R
February 24th, 2009
12:48 pm
Never liked the Stones. Never did anything for me, even now when I listen. And man, did Mick and Keith age badly!
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
February 24th, 2009
12:56 pm
I was never a big Beatles’ fan. But this was the only album of theirs I ever owned. Come Together has a great sound, and Here Comes the Sun and Something are just plain beautiful. And Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Octopuses Garden are great fun.
Bosch
February 24th, 2009
12:58 pm
The only Beatles song I ever got into was “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
Other than that, I just know the names of the guys in the band and as far as I’m concerned the only two that had any talent are now dead.
Chad Harris
February 24th, 2009
12:58 pm
My opening comment was precisely dead on topic and always is.Bookman’s Wingnuts continue to focus on commenters who disagree with them rather than issues because they’re lazy.
Chad Harris
February 24th, 2009
11:56 am
That was a great album. The White Album was a great album. There have never been more ways to get Beatle music cheap.
I always make it a point for the opening comment to be on topic. Few Wingnuts do.
True to form–Bookman wingnuts continue to:
1) Obsess about other commenters who don’t agree with them politically.
2) Fail to make the effort to inform themselves so that they can make any on topic comments on the issues except to usually say Bookman doesn’t know what he’s doing.
3) Sling mud with the realization they and their party are irrelevant and in disarray, the party of “No” and the party with nothing but the same rehashed Dead Candidates Walking, same rehashed ideas of tax cuts for the rich only, and the very rich at that, and continue to tout a woman who is so uninformed and full of white racial hatred, she’s an embarassment to them and to humanity in general.
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
12:13 pm
Chad, the “opening-with-off-topic-shite” act is getting old.
RW-(the original) February 24th, 2009
12:16 pm
Chad, the “opening-with-off-topic-shite” act is getting old.
DB,
Agreed and it brings to mind that one particular poster was put on a two off topic post limit once.
CommunistAJC
February 24th, 2009
12:29 pm
Chad Harris,
the Beatles don’t like you. Paul said you smell like white trash from south Georgia.
Got real work to do, unlike the wingnutters who sit in mom’s or their basement hitched here all day all night.
Rock on nutters.
Geezer
February 24th, 2009
12:58 pm
The Stones should have hung it up long ago. Their early music was fantastic, but they haven’t produces anything good in over 30 years. You do have to hand it Mick Jagger; he has to be in great shape to dance around on stage like that for 2 hours. Not bad for a man in his 60’s. On the other hand, Keith Richards should donate his body to science fiction!
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
February 24th, 2009
12:59 pm
I’m in a GREAT mood today, and I’ve been extra-special nice to the blog today too.
But I’m heading out for some beach and lunch.
L8r!
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
1:00 pm
I’ve Just Seen A Face off of Help! another
Goat’s Head Soup….and I had worked so hard to forget that album…this blog is turning into a Facebook-type nightmare! Ahhhhhh.
How about Satanic Majesties Request? WTF was that?
DB, Gwinnettian
February 24th, 2009
1:02 pm
“Never liked the Stones. Never did anything for me, even now when I listen.”
Dave R, you’ve gotta crank up Exile on Main Street ’til the windows rattle.
(Coupla brews to go with that wouldn’t hurt.)
BDAtlanta
February 24th, 2009
1:03 pm
Bosch,
McCartney had some good tunes:
–I’ve Just Seen a Face
–She’s a Woman
–When I’m 64
CommunistAJC
February 24th, 2009
1:04 pm
Bosch,
um, I was referring to PAUL MACCARTNY! EVER HEARD OF HIM? I was not talking about Paul the blogger.
Chad Harris,
you wrote: Got real work to do, unlike the wingnutters who sit in mom’s or their basement hitched here all day all night.
You’re one to talk Chad Palin. I’ve seen some of your postings from the wee hours of the morning. Looks like mom’s basement is working out real well for ya!
Bosch
February 24th, 2009
1:05 pm
BDAtlanta,
I can’t stand those songs, especially “When I’m 64 -” for some reason, that song, like many of McCartney’s songs, for some weird reason, reminds me of being at a circus (which, if there is a hell, being perpetually at a circus would be one of the layers for me).
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
February 24th, 2009
1:06 pm
A final thought though.
The only weapons we have on this blog are our wits.
Is it my fault that so many people come less than 50% armed?