...if you wanna hear my loud voice:
myself, the great Vadim Rizov, the esteemed and great Ann Powers, and the great and beloved Aaron Aradillas yammer on about the new Beatles remasters here.
myself, the great Keith Uhlich, the continuing-to-be great Mr. Rizov, and the great and much-missed John Lichman talk resnais and the new New York Film Festival here.
Just listened to the Beatles one...fantastic podcast. I'm in the strange position of being a huge Beatles fan, but being about the farthest thing from an audiophile there is, so the whole mono vs. stereo thing is largely lost on me. But that is one hell of a conversation, and I got choked up myself simply by hearing the various reactions to some of the songs. Old codger you may be, but this 23 year-old was moved not only by the emotions expressed about the songs, but by how amazingly familiar they are...I was sure I was the only one who felt exactly that way about the goofy and profound and perfect lyrics of 'Dear Prudence' (with that one, the bass line alone kills me).
Thanks for taking part in and pointing my attention to that wonderful conversation...it gave me more pleasure that I'm sure any of you were expecting.
Posted by: S. Porath | September 30, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Thanks so much for that, S. Porath. I am glad that my confreres and I made you so happy. Hope to keep it up in whatever way possible.
Posted by: Glenn Kenny | September 30, 2009 at 08:50 PM
@ S. Porath: Thank you so much for those kind words. I'm pretty proud of the way that podcast tunred out. I knew Glenn and Vadim would be cool, but Ms. Powers really raised the quality of the show.
More than any other musical act, The Beatles provoke the most immediate, emotional response to their music. That's why they still matter.
Posted by: Aaron Aradillas | September 30, 2009 at 09:40 PM
Thank you for this. I have listened to the Beatles and it makes me go back in time.
Posted by: Aileen | March 18, 2010 at 09:22 AM