OMFG.
In the mid-sixties, Bob Dylan attended a Beatles concert. Impressed, the event eventually led to Dylan "plugging in" -- a monumental event for anyone with even a semblance of taste. Now, The Beatles and Dylan had never met, until the famous music journalist, Al Aronowitz, brought them all together in a New York hotel. With Aronowitz's stash, they proceeded to get high. The Beatles, although well acquainted with pills (especially speed), hadn't ever smoked pot before.

It was during this meeting-of-the-minds-smoke-session that Dylan told The Beatles his opinion of the band. He expressed his discontent to the lyrical content of their songs. Dylan, a monolithic warrior when it came to the English language, explained that The Beatles never sang about anything other than girls. He urged them to explore their options, since they were the biggest band in the world at that point -- icons of modern culture.

The next album they put out? Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The rest is history.

I live for chunks of knowledge like that. Two of the biggest musical monoliths, influencing each other -- wonderful.

Wonderful things.

eric

Monday 10 October 2005 at 02:08 am

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i love you eric! that's my fave beazt rec. it's my birthday!. i'm posting on jerryl's comp while he's away to pick up dazria. rock on and roll out. peasce. i love everybody!
lord bearded
Monday 10 October 2005 at 02:08 am

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