The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
No "McCartney bit" and I'm changing my vote to Jimi. It's both components that make the song for me.
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Completely agree. The back and forth is what makes the song such a transitional point in their career, and if you want to stretch it, in the history of rock music. There have been a few epohcal songs in rock history, that marked enormous change points. "Rock Around The Clock" and/or "Hound Dog"; "Anarchy in the UK" and/or "Blitzkrieg Bop"; "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; "Rapper's Delight" and/or "The Message" . . . and "A Day In the Life" is among them IMO -- not quite the same, I know, but pretty important.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Completely agree. The back and forth is what makes the song such a transitional point in their career, and if you want to stretch it, in the history of rock music. There have been a few epohcal songs in rock history, that marked enormous change points. "Rock Around The Clock" and/or "Hound Dog"; "Anarchy in the UK" and/or "Blitzkrieg Bop"; "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; "Rapper's Delight" and/or "The Message" . . . and "A Day In the Life" is among them IMO -- not quite the same, I know, but pretty important.
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You've convinced me to change my vote, but not guaranteeing I won't change it again.

Part of the issue with some of the older songs is, whilst undoubted classics, it's hard to put them in historical perspective. I was always a rock fan but recall being blown away by Smells Like Teen Spirit on Steve Wright, of all places. I could put things like Aerosmith and Run DMC or the Beastie Boys in the same category of still remembering hearing them for the first time (and of parents complaining about noise). I'm sure it would be the same for the songs in the 50s and 60s if you hadn't grown up with them

For something like a Day in the Life, brilliant song but in a way I'd heard many other times, so hard to appreciate how ground breaking it was. So I've given it the respect it deserves (sorry, Jimi)
 
bluesince76 said:
You've convinced me to change my vote, but not guaranteeing I won't change it again.

Part of the issue with some of the older songs is, whilst undoubted classics, it's hard to put them in historical perspective. I was always a rock fan but recall being blown away by Smells Like Teen Spirit on Steve Wright, of all places. I could put things like Aerosmith and Run DMC or the Beastie Boys in the same category of still remembering hearing them for the first time (and of parents complaining about noise). I'm sure it would be the same for the songs in the 50s and 60s if you hadn't grown up with them

For something like a Day in the Life, brilliant song but in a way I'd heard many other times, so hard to appreciate how ground breaking it was. So I've given it the respect it deserves (sorry, Jimi)
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Same for me -- I started listening to popular music in the mid-70s after The Beatles had already changed things so it's reading music history and criticism that helps me appreciate more what this song meant and still means. That said, viscerally I still really love it. Oddly it still gives me goosebumps. It's creepy, scary, druggy, but Paul's bit puts it in the context of the every day -- and whever mentioned Ringo's drumming on this song is spot on too. I've never tired of it despite the hundreds of times I've listened to it. And THAT said, I agree with others that Hendrix' cover is also one of the greats -- he completely makes it his own.
 
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