**Poppy Nidaba said
"I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtrey on the Deaf-aids" isn't FIRST of ANYTHING though; certainly not first on any tape, album, or any other extant source. You can't even be sure if you watch the LIB movie, I'm certain that appears (tho it might have been an outtake) but even given the unreliable sequencing of the movie as released, all the bits that exist SOMEWHERE can only really be timed by looking at the clothes each person had on at a certain moment, and I date that pseudo announcement by John to 25 Jan 69.

I ...]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62250 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62250 I agree it's rather silly and pointless to be spending so much time concocting these extravagant pastiches out of existing footage and recordings of the Beatles. 

On the other hand, I believe in artistic experimentation of any kind.  Put it out there, and if it's shit, well, people will let you know soon enough.

As for John's drug habit:

"John would keep a supply of pharmaceutical opiates like Diconal, Palfium and Omnopon to hand so he never went into w/d, and they made him highly amusing and cynical."

A very interesting fact came to light from a recent James Taylor interview, during which ...]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:00:23 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62241 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62241 Ah, forgot to answer the POINT!!
Why bother with mindless rearranging of largely meaningless snippets of conversation and fun, stoned cinversation and endless McCartney Being The Boss, of which hundreds of hours exist, when we can listen to any number of worthwhile takes of nearly 130 songs from still extant quarter and half inch tape belonging to EMI? As far as Random as a concept is concerned, 'fans' recreating, or imagining so, that idea, tend to forget that the fortuitous moments are so few you only need have both upper limbs to count them. And when it comes down to ...]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:05:59 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62234 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p62234 Dunno about these groups of people f¿@#ing about with Beatles tapes and doing nothing more interesting than "rearranging" them, really, where's the point? This sounds like a mindless R#9 type Random using tapes, all available, dating from April 68 to Jan 69... "I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtrey on the Deaf-aids" isn't FIRST of ANYTHING though; certainly not first on any tape, album, or any other extant source. You can't even be sure if you watch the LIB movie, I'm certain that appears (tho it might have been an outtake) but even given the unreliable sequencing of the movie ...]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:34:06 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p61942 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p61942  

meanmistermustard said
Tuned to a Natural E is a fan group remix hangout where folk take beatles bits, either full songs or bits and pieces, work them into something new and then post them.  Generally anything goes and there are no rules really, some fans even use non beatle tracks alongside the beatles. The results can be very good.

Wow, I never had any idea that existed.  Thanks for the info.

mja6758 said
Has to be a concoction. Several bits of the dialogue are from the LIB sessions. "I dig a pygmy..." is the first line on that album. Since Revolution 9 was already out by the time Johnny said "I dig a pygmy by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf-Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats," it's impossible for it to be a Revolution 9 outtake.

That's what I thought.  Otherwise, I was about to announce I made the stunning discovery that way back in the White Album days, John had already recorded a snippet of the "Sun King" ...]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p61915 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/could-someone-tell-me-what-this-is/#p61915 Has to be a concoction. Several bits of the dialogue are from the LIB sessions. "I dig a pygmy..." is the first line on that album. Since Revolution 9 was already out by the time Johnny said "I dig a pygmy by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf-Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats," it's impossible for it to be a Revolution 9 outtake.