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   Nil to Geoff   
   Re: Does George?   
   04 Jun 24 21:51:27   
   
   From: rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid   
      
   On 04 Jun 2024, Geoff  wrote in   
   rec.music.beatles:   
      
   > On 4/06/2024 11:40 pm, pamina58 wrote:   
   >> I don't think getting the whole story.  John and Paul emerged   
   >> with the equivalent of a certificate, of not a degree, from a   
   >> source such as the prestigious Juilliard...   
   >> (btw, Miles Davis was a Juilliard drop-out because he got bored   
   >> with their teaching, but you can hear his excellent training in   
   >> the elegance of his interpretations...)   
   >>   
   >> Since both John (hero, Tamino) and Bob (fiend, Monostatos) are   
   >> both part of the opera The Magic Flute, they were likely both   
   >> part of the experiment.   
   >> It seems to me Bob had a team right from the start.  They either   
   >> wrote or helped him write some of his songs. They also provided   
   >> him with almost unheard of opportunities, such as playing   
   >> Carnegie Hall when he was still an unknown.   
   >>   
   >> Although John was naturally gifted, he and the rest of the   
   >> Beatles may have had a similar team, in this case, to elevate   
   >> what they were doing, both in composing and performing.  The   
   >> objective was for them to create a frenzy.   
   >> The ultimate objective of this experiment, I think, was to use   
   >> the emotions of young people, just coming out of the   
   >> constrictions of the fifties, to, in effect, change history. And   
   >> because they were using John and Bob, they were using the energy   
   >> of the Mozart vortex to do this... And,of course, conveniently,   
   >> they were keeping the power of the Zauberflote in the hands of   
   >> the guys...   
   >>   
   >> just my 2 cents...   
   >   
   > Laugh-till-I-cry emoji ....   
   >   
   > geoff   
      
   You got that right!   
      
   What utter acid-fantasy poppycock.   
      
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