Not Pynchon just paranoia

[Allan Balliett]

Helping your memory: A hard days night was written in 1964. Through the
grace of John Lennon's big ego, if I recall correctly.

Allan in WV  who held Roy Harper captive for 3 weeks a while back


On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:12 PM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Laura and Becky: Thank you so much for posting this on the list so I can
> see it! 1963 I was in a concert in Essen, Gruga Halle, in the first row, no
> kidding. They were there just 5 meters (barely 6 yards) in front of me,
> singing A hard day's night, Roll over Beethoven if Memory serves right. And
> Money. I was only 15 and had bought each single that came out. And the
> girls on the balconies were crying so loud that they nearly drowned out the
> lyrics.
>
> I still think Ringo was rather cool – think about his ring in HELP!
>
> John must have been a real pain in the ass, personally. (Can a man with
> such a big Ego be cool?)
>
> 2017-05-12 17:51 GMT+02:00 Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>:
>
>> My sister's more sophisticated (if 9-year-olds can be called that)
>> friends all went for John and, later that year, they were the oddball few
>> who preferred Napoleon Solo to Ilya Kuryakin.
>>
>> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> LOL Laura!   Yes!
>>>
>>> I was barely 16 years old and the Beatles were just brand new - very
>>> early 1964 - we’d heard the music at the dances before they got to Ed
>>> Sullivan.   I had 3 really good girlfriends and we divided them up.   I
>>> would have no one but Ringo,  but that’s okay since the others had their
>>> own picks.   I still remember -  Rachel took John,  Susie took Paul and
>>> Robin took George.  It just worked out that way.
>>>
>>> Becky
>>> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>>>
>>> > On May 12, 2017, at 8:23 AM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > The Fab Four are the defining example of synergy.
>>> >
>>> > By the way, I agree with all that's been said about Paul, though it
>>> personally pains me, because I have a crushing responsibility to defend him.
>>> >
>>> > When I was about 7, my big sister laid out four black-and-white Beatle
>>> bubble-gum cards (no bubble-gum in the deal), and said: "These are the
>>> Beatles. You have to pick which one you like." I looked them over and
>>> pointed to George. "Uh-uh. He's mine. Pick another." So I chose Paul, and
>>> I've tried to be (Wings?? Ebony and Ivory???) as faithful as I can ever
>>> since.
>>> >
>>> > Laura
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 7:07 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > "PM's simplicity to the point of idiocy (combined with what seems like
>>> a savant-like sense of melody and pop structure), innocence to the point of
>>> ignorance, aren't really compelling on their own”
>>> >
>>> > Teff, you just made a friend for life.
>>> >
>>> >> On May 11, 2017, at 6:52 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Could be said for all four post breakup
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 3:48 PM Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> To me PM's simplicity to the point of idiocy (combined with what
>>> seems like a savant-like sense of melody and pop structure), innocence to
>>> the point of ignorance, aren't really compelling on their own, but in the
>>> presence of the others and their qualities/influence sometimes gets
>>> elevated to something profound or even divine. See "A Day in the Life,"
>>> maybe the best pop song ever because of how perfectly it illustrates and
>>> alchemizes the basic JL/PM differences. But the more distance between him
>>> and the rest of The Beatles, the less he rewards my attention.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 4:18 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Wings: “If I ever get out of here, I’m giving it all away”
>>> >>
>>> >> But I suppose Gilmore falls in there too. Should mention that my
>>> middle name is Lennon. That’s the L in the JLguuch. Possibly created some
>>> bias at birth.
>>> >>
>>> >>> On May 11, 2017, at 2:26 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thought the Rutles wrote that one
>>> >>> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:18 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> I seem to remember that Ringo wrote Money.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 2017-05-11 18:12 GMT+02:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
>>> >>> Yep.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:08 AM Jesse Gooch <jlgooch at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> I would kinda like to smoke the dude who sang about “givin’ it all
>>> away” and then charged $400 for tix in the nosebleed section at his
>>> concerts.
>>> >>> The cool Beatles are dead.
>>> >>> Just sayin.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 5/10/17, 2:01 PM, "owner-pynchon-l at waste.org on behalf of Thomas
>>> Eckhardt" <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org on behalf of
>>> thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>     On 10.05.17 19:48, rich wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>     > So who killed Paul?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>     Ringo.
>>> >>>     -
>>> >>>     Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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