Comments on: Hey Jude http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html a site about everything Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amy Mabli http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html/comment-page-1#comment-22346 Amy Mabli Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:49:03 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html#comment-22346 I am willing to accept that I'm unable to see the brilliance in this right now. Like when I was 14 and wondered what the big deal was with Bob Dylan. I am willing to accept that I’m unable to see the brilliance in this right now. Like when I was 14 and wondered what the big deal was with Bob Dylan.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html/comment-page-1#comment-22248 Sheila Ryan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:21:33 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html#comment-22248 Oh! And I find brilliant his abrupt truncation of the traditional and seemingly endless, "Na na na na na na na/Na na na na/Hey Jude". Oh! And I find brilliant his abrupt truncation of the traditional and seemingly endless, “Na na na na na na na/Na na na na/Hey Jude”.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html/comment-page-1#comment-22247 Sheila Ryan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html#comment-22247 I've always hated the Beatles' original, but this version is something else. It takes a lugubrious dirge to <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/level-9.html" rel="nofollow">Level 9</a>. I also love the placement of the two little cars. And . . . early on . . . do my ears detect some environmental noise? A siren, perhaps? Yes? So much the better. (Oh, and -- Amy? I appreciate your perspective. He treads a thin line, continually risking a lurch toward the excess of Jim Morrison or the <em>gaucherie</em> of Wesley Willis. But I think that if you give him another chance, you'll see that he maintains an exquisite balance as he walks the razor's edge.) I’ve always hated the Beatles’ original, but this version is something else. It takes a lugubrious dirge to Level 9.

I also love the placement of the two little cars. And . . . early on . . . do my ears detect some environmental noise? A siren, perhaps? Yes? So much the better.

(Oh, and — Amy? I appreciate your perspective. He treads a thin line, continually risking a lurch toward the excess of Jim Morrison or the gaucherie of Wesley Willis. But I think that if you give him another chance, you’ll see that he maintains an exquisite balance as he walks the razor’s edge.)

]]> By: Amy Mabli http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html/comment-page-1#comment-22205 Amy Mabli Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:41:15 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html#comment-22205 I personally thought it was a sloppy performance. He wasn't in tune, he seemed almost drunk, and there was no effort made to have a connection with his audience. I personally thought it was a sloppy performance. He wasn’t in tune, he seemed almost drunk, and there was no effort made to have a connection with his audience.

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html/comment-page-1#comment-22193 Deron Bauman Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:09:43 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/02/hey-jude.html#comment-22193 !!! !!!

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