Re: Was Lennon Incompetent?

I wasn't trying to by searing or profound, I was sincerely looking for an
answer.  It's something that's intrigued me for a long time.  I know of no
other great band lacking a great drummer.
"jenni carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Pray tell me, oh superior one, what shouldeth that "less than adequate"
> drummer have played twix verse and chorus of  LITSWD? Suggest you,
perhaps,
> a
>
parradiddly-aye-oh-to-billyo-aeolian-transbutonic-crossdressing-contorpian-m
> utated-flimflam-flapjackery-doubleswitch-cutout ROLL? Sorry to get
> tecknickal but it's hard for a mere mortal musician such as myself to
fully
> comprehend these searing insights  which you have so humbly shared with
your
> inferiors.
> marcuscp
> "jack stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Sorry for the intrusion, but this is something that has bothered me
> > recently.  It is a basic tenet of musicianship that you can't succeed
> > without a tight rythm section.  My estimation of the individual Beatles:
> > John and Paul:  unsurpassed geniuses of pop music, the likes of which we
> > will never see.  All pop music being made today will be lucky to write
> > really insignificant footnotes to the work they did some thirty years
ago.
> > George Harrison:  A near-great.  Were he a member of a rival band, the
> music
> > press of his day would've made a serious case for his superiority to the
> > Beatles, which would almost certainly have been corrected in our time,
and
> > for posterity.
> >      And then there's Ringo.
> >      THUD-THUD-THUD.  That's this guy's transition from the intro to
"Lucy
> > in the Sky With Diamonds" into the chorus.  No kidding!  I hope that
noone
> > would rank his singing skills much higher either.
> >      Enough with the bashing.  The question that haunts me is how a
third
> > rate singer and a fourth rate drummer got to be a significant part of
the
> > greatest pop band of all time?  It just doesn't fit in my mind.
> >      If anything, I would like to think that this fact alone further
> > reinforces my case for the divinity of Paul McCartney and John Lennon as
> the
> > two foremost pop geniuses of all time (rumors of their poor live
> > performances notwithstanding).  How can you be the greatest band with a
> less
> > than adequate drummer?
> >
> > "the bee tells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Great post. I'm surprised that JL played piano on "Maxwell's..." and
> "Oh,
> > > Darling."
> > >
> > > The notion of John being incompetent is absurd.
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