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   super70s to Chris Schram   
   Re: John Lennon's Cat Family   
   02 Jul 24 02:15:11   
   
   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2024-07-01 22:03:40 +0000, Chris Schram said:   
      
   > On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 02:24:25 -0500, super70s wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-06-30 23:35:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   >>   
   >>> Chris Schram wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:01:20 -0500, super70s wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2024-06-29 09:57:59 +0000, Book Lover said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> John Lennon, the iconic Beatle who declared, "I Am the Walrus", held   
   >>>>>> a less-known affection for a different whiskered animal - the cat.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's odd he didn't express his love of cats in his music, the only   
   >>>>> cat connections I can think of off the top of my head are "Three Cool   
   >>>>> Cats" back in the Hamburg days and his contribution to Harry   
   >>>>> Nilsson's "Pussy Cats" album.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't forget "Leave My Kitten Alone."   
   >>>   
   >>> A track that should have made it on to the "Beatles For sale"   
   >>> LP...   
   >>   
   >> Yeah anything would've been better than "Mr. Moonlight," lol.   
   >   
   > The very rough attempt at Mr Moonlight on Anthology 1 is quite similar to   
   > the original Dr Feelgood arrangement of the song. John screws up the   
   > lyrics, but is otherwise in great voice, and the guitar solo is pretty   
   > weak. Otherwise, if they'd finished that version and released it, it could   
   > have been a kick-ass B-Side.   
      
   I listened to the Anthology version and I agree, it does sound better   
   without the "honking organ," that must have been George Martin's idea.   
      
   Maybe they could have tacked that version on at the very end of Beatles   
   For Sale (and its US quasi-counterpart, Beatles '65) because John   
   surely must have "destroyed" his voice for the day with that intro   
   (like he did with "Twist and Shout" on Please Please Me) instead of   
   putting it halfway through on both albums.   
      
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