Waterfalls video commentary

[warmerchord]

This is such a hilarious commentary by Paul watching the Waterfalls video, I had to share it. Apologies if some have seen it before.

[Girl4Beats]

I LOVE THAT SONG. I don't care for his hair nor the make-up but I LOVE THE SONG!!

[warmerchord]

God, me too, isn't it just heavenly? The way the lyrics are absolute nonsense seem to make it mean so much more

[mr h atom]

lyrics absolute nonsense ?

that's.......nonsensical !

but, hey...2 eech 'is own,rite ?

[efghijiloveyou]

Cool sweater vest.

[warmerchord]

lyrics absolute nonsense ?

that's.......nonsensical !

but, hey...2 eech 'is own,rite ?

Beautiful nonsense nonetheless. Switching between a sort of public service announcement warning against the dangers of waterfalls, polar bears and glossy motor cars, with a chorus which consists of a crying, poetic plea for love. It's like... "The Loneliest Tannoy."

[mr h atom]

public service announcement ??!

methinks, maybe, yer a wee bit off base there : missing the forest, as they say

try thinking of it as a precursor to 'don't be careless, love'

same sentiment, same thoughts

jus' sayin', my friend

just offerin' a humble opinion, oh wise WC, hope i don't seem out of line
lots of thoughtful posts, tho...

[savillerowdie]

I've always loved this song.
I'm so glad he kept it "simple", orchestration would have smothered its simple beauty. I wish he'd take the same approach with some other ballads, like Somedays from Flaming Pie. There's a nice song somewhere under the overproduction. Not that I don't like orchestration on other songs, Beatle and non-Beatle alike. It's overproduction that I don't like.
My favorite George album would have been even greater had Spector not gotten his heavy hands on some of the tracks.

[chris]

My favorite George album would have been even greater had Spector not gotten his heavy hands on some of the tracks.

not to veer too off topic, but i have to ask...do you have the remastered version of all things must pass? i used to listen to the original cd release. and i found it so muted, so muffled, it was bad. real bad. and i hated spector for ruining these songs i remember being so great. then i got the remastered ATMP cd. and it was glorious. every guitar strum, every horn, every..thing. it very well could be my favorite solo beatle album...at least now that i have heard it the way it was supposed to sound.

now you can go back to your regularly scheduled conversation...

[mr h atom]

i agree wholeheartedly, big c...if savile isn't savvy on that remaster, he/she/it should skeedaddle pronto: i, too, rank it with the very best of any solo, with the very best beatle and among the best of any of my albums...

back in the day, i really could have cared less for the spectorized version; it proved paul was right, all those years ago...

but the remaster: glorious !

even 'let it be' went from 'uh yeah...' to 'OH, YEAH !!' w/it's remastering

maybe i just can't stand spector