Dear Folks,

 

I am not sure I have many great memories of Christmas.

 

Still, whatever blessed memories of Christamas I might have retained, by age 70-plus, most involve snow.

 

Here in Thailand, snow is unlikely, unless one takes it up the nose, which is not legal, of course, and also not advised, and completely unhealthy, too.

 

Therefore, if one cannot have a White Christmas, then what might be the next best thing?

 

I would say, it must be listening to the White Album on the day-after the big depressing blowout of Christmas, when most might be either hungover, or feeling the blues, having not received what they thought that they deserved.

 

This is why I am sharing this YT link with you.

 

 

When I was very young, listening to the White Album provided me with needed cheer, after our Christmas get-togethers, around the family hearth.

 

I listen to this, religiously, once a year, just as others might read Dickens.

 

Dickens, of course, is peerless.

Havisham is eternal.

 

So, I would say, the White Album is just about the best anodyne for post-Christmas blues. There is no better, unless it is the hair of the dog.
 

By the way, what did Santa bring you this year?

 

Hope it was not the clap…..555

Just joking, of course.

 

If you really want to know…

The problem with Christmas is the SUPER-HIGH expectations of the Christmas Holiday which….

Almost never come true.

 

How could any mere mortal expect to reach these heights, on any given day, during any given lifetime?

 

Impossible.

 

It would be like…..

 

Trying to go from Stockholm to Uppsala in under 15 minutes....

 

Just not possible.....unless......

 

 

Best regards,

And, unfortunately, it has not yet begun to snow here…..

Not yet.

 

Gamma

Whatever happened to John Lennon, anyway?

 

Haven't heard much from him, lately.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

 

I am not sure I have many great memories of Christmas.

 

Still, whatever blessed memories of Christamas I might have retained, by age 70-plus, most involve snow.

 

Here in Thailand, snow is unlikely, unless one takes it up the nose, which is not legal, of course, and also not advised, and completely unhealthy, too.

 

Therefore, if one cannot have a White Christmas, then what might be the next best thing?

 

I would say, it must be listening to the White Album on the day-after the big depressing blowout of Christmas, when most might be either hungover, or feeling the blues, having not received what they thought that they deserved.

 

This is why I am sharing this YT link with you.

 

 

When I was very young, listening to the White Album provided me with needed cheer, after our Christmas get-togethers, around the family hearth.

 

I listen to this, religiously, once a year, just as others might read Dickens.

 

Dickens, of course, is peerless.

Havisham is eternal.

 

So, I would say, the White Album is just about the best anodyne for post-Christmas blues. There is no better, unless it is the hair of the dog.
 

By the way, what did Santa bring you this year?

 

Hope it was not the clap…..555

Just joking, of course.

 

If you really want to know…

The problem with Christmas is the SUPER-HIGH expectations of the Christmas Holiday which….

Almost never come true.

 

How could any mere mortal expect to reach these heights, on any given day, during any given lifetime?

 

Impossible.

 

It would be like…..

 

Trying to go from Stockholm to Uppsala in under 15 minutes....

 

Just not possible.....unless......

 

 

Best regards,

And, unfortunately, it has not yet begun to snow here…..

Not yet.

 

Gamma

Isn't the White Album from after drugs rotted their brains? I hated Sgt Pepper and everything that came after.

 

 

 

Or a "White Room" of course.

 

The White Album had some great compositions on it - While my Guitar.." etc. It also had more than a little garbage on it - "Ob La DI".

 

"Happy ever after in the market-place...." ........Dear (Prudence) God!!

Well done, for a change. Havisham a btch, but Estella one of the best story arcs of all time.

 

Although a brit, was never much into the Beatles; they were more a brooding boomer thing afaic but each to their own. For upbeat, the sound of the '80s is more where it's at. Get some AHA, New Order, and Collins up in ya!

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

Well done, for a change. Havisham a btch, but Estella one of the best story arcs of all time.

 

Although a brit, was never much into the Beatles; they were more a brooding boomer thing afaic but each to their own. For upbeat, the sound of the '80s is more where it's at. Get some AHA, New Order, and Collins up in ya!

 

 

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Isn't the White Album from after drugs rotted their brains? I hated Sgt Pepper and everything that came after.

"rotted their brains"     seriously?

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Isn't the White Album from after drugs rotted their brains? I hated Sgt Pepper and everything that came after.

Paul McCartney still performing and releasing new albums at 82, don't talk rubbish.

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Enjoy some Beatles, but prefer PM by himself, Pipes of Peace etc.

 

However, have you ever considered a bit of Kajagoogoo?

 

 

On 12/26/2024 at 3:42 PM, Bday Prang said:

"rotted their brains"     seriously?

It's the only explanation for the c**p they made after they went to India. LSD is pretty bad, so I've heard.

On 12/26/2024 at 3:51 PM, giddyup said:

Paul McCartney still performing and releasing new albums at 82, don't talk rubbish.

So what? Doesn't mean they are any good.

 

Performing for all the kids that rotted their brains with drugs.

Wings was OK, but that's probably down to Linda.

 

For proof his brain was gone he married that horrid woman after Linda died.

On 12/26/2024 at 1:06 PM, nikmar said:

 

 

 

Or a "White Room" of course.

 

The White Album had some great compositions on it - While my Guitar.." etc. It also had more than a little garbage on it - "Ob La DI".

 

"Happy ever after in the market-place...." ........Dear (Prudence) God!!

Harrison wrote While my guitar, and McCartney wrote Ob la Di. Need I say any more

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

So what? Doesn't mean they are any good.

 

Performing for all the kids that rotted their brains with drugs.

Wings was OK, but that's probably down to Linda.

 

For proof his brain was gone he married that horrid woman after Linda died.

And performing for the higher percentage of kids that didn't over use drugs and just enjoyed their music. Music that was okay, innovative and new for it's time, pop oriented and easy to play. Kids loved it because they could relate to those simple lyrics, which were fun and easy to understand. Their solo music was better and showed maturity in writing. No one continually comes out with excellent music and they weren't exempt, but they did start something way back when. Badfinger, at the same time, was better in ways, and they would have written more good music had they not succumbed to depression and being trashed by their manager. Someone who can still perform at 82 is surely consistent, and you don't get there by having a"rotted" brain.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It's the only explanation for the c**p they made after they went to India. LSD is pretty bad, so I've heard.

LSD actually has you using more of your brain than without. Just a tiny example of what happens.............In the current study, we tested these postulated effects of LSD in flexible learning in humans and find that LSD increased learning rates, exploratory behaviour, and the impact of previously learnt values on subsequent perseverative behaviour. It sure made me and others I know think out of the box.

I like it, but I bet the Woke of today would call it racist because it is White.

I sometimes forget, not everyone was alive back in the 50s and 60s.  I can still remember seeing the Beatles when they first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.  February 1964.  Anyway, just about every kid alive back then bought every Beatles album.  

 

I have a crazy memory, I think.  No matter what the rock song, that sound is associated in my mind with a particular time and place, but for no particular reason.  Play "Magical Mystery Tour" and my mind returns to one cold winter night driving through the snow and ice in a car that wasn't warmed up yet on a street not far from my mom's house. A random playlist takes me on a journey through different times and places.  

 

Anyway, I always liked the White album.