The Boney 500: Songs 16 and 15

[T_Bone0806]

16. HELLO GOODBYE-THE BEATLES (1967)
Album: Magical Mystery Tour

One half of a mighty double-sided hit ("I Am The Walrus" was its flip side), there are any number of little details in the mix that
enhance my appreciation of what is another of McCartney's typically expert melodies, such as the twin violas and Ringo's undervalued
drumming, but most of all it's the very clever interplay between the lead vocal and the harmonies. I love when John does the Elvis
move at 1:35 of the video...and yes, they are all obviously stoned out of their minds here...




15. PAGE 43-GRAHAM NASH & DAVID CROSBY (1972)0
Album: Graham Nash & David Crosby

A track off of a mostly forgotten album, the first of several by the duo apart from their Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young work. It's a
very pretty tune sung by David Crosby about embracing all that comes your way, the good and the bad, before life passes you by.

[kroxquo]

I've heard that John actually despised "Hello, Goodbye", felt the lyrics were drivel and that it was commercial claptrap. Any idea if that's true or not?

[SportsFan68]

Thanks for Page 43. And that was Bingo Hardware at about 17 seconds to about 29 and again at the end!

[T_Bone0806]

I've heard that John actually despised "Hello, Goodbye", felt the lyrics were drivel and that it was commercial claptrap. Any idea if that's true or not?

Yeah, he was quoted as not being all that fond of the song. He thought "Walrus" should've been the A-side. I love that song big time, but sorry, John, "Hello" is a much more commercially viable tune than yours...especially back in 1967. Then again, in late '69.early '70 they wanted to make "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" an A-side..with a song called "What's The New Mary Jane" (which was unreleased until the Anthology project) as the flip. Neither of them would've had a snowball's chance in hell of making the Top Ten, let alone hit Number One like the eventual, cooler-heads prevailing single "Let It Be".

For the record, while not being a fan of "Hello Goodbye", John REALLY hated "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", which he called a "song for Grannies to dig".