Imagine if Melo was still on the Knicks? That would be worse than having to listen to Radiohead or the Beatles.

Eh, I could always ignore Melo and the Knicks. Being forced to listen to the Beatles and Radiohead would be a lot like that line from Elvis Costello’s “This Is Hell”:

“My Favorite Things” are playing
Again and again
But it`s by Julie Andrews
And not by John Coltrane

The interesting and new trends in music (of various vintages) getting muzaked by a bunch of self-important jackasses.

Those bands are fine. Having to listen to them over and over is one of the forms of torture the CIA used at Guantanamo.

But the original point related to LEAVING GOLDEN STATE! Holy shit! Why would anyone not want to play with guys that great and that unselfish? I mean, it’s comparable to the Beatles. Maybe one of the few things that ever will be. Yeah, Kevin ‘ll come to the Knicks…

Durant is currently in his Cream phase.

ding ding ding…winner

Paul:
McCartney (1970) – Slight but charming, a precursor to the genre that would later become known as “bedroom pop.” Some filler on here for sure but some nice tunes too

RAM (1971) – Often underrated. Strong collection of songs with quirky arrangements. Paul smoked a lot of weed around this time. Really good album.

Band On The Run (1973) – Tails off a little bit on side two, but side one is worth the price of entry alone.

McCartney II (1980) – Another album of Paul noodling around in his home studio, in a phase in which he was obviously quite influenced by Kraftwerk. Weird and good.

John

Plastic Ono Band (1970) – Worthy of all the hype, this is John in his primal scream phase, tearing down his own myth, wailing into a chasm. Essential.

Imagine (1971) – The title song is played out at this point, but the album is solid and was the last time he gave a shit about music until his comeback in 1980.

Double Fantasy (1980) – The too-slick finished versions of these songs were not as good as the demos, but John was inspired and could still write. Just Like Starting Over, Watching The Wheels, Woman, Beautiful Boy, I’m Losing You… that’s half of a really good album right there. Ignore the Yoko songs.

George

All Things Must Pass (1970) – In which George lets out his pent-up frustrations and outdoes the other songwriting Beatles. Just about everything works except for the “Apple Jam” disc which can be safely ignored.

That’s pretty much it. For the most part all other Beatles solo albums are kind of ass.

Imagine if Melo was still on the Knicks? That would be worse than having to listen to Radiohead or the Beatles

Hahahahahahahahaha

Seriously though, Melo is still on his Knicks contract. That is fucking insane. He’s sooooooooo bad. Even r/rockets is turning on him. A few idiots in there still saying, “Small sample size,” even though that small sample is the last 5,000 minutes or so.

I would say Mutantes is more rock / psychedelic while Gil was always heavily influenced too by traditional Brazilian music, like samba and the northeastern rhythms, but there are clear similarities throughout most of those brilliant artists.

Rama, I was kinda joking, I understand your point hahaha. I find myself listening to Kid A more than OK Computer sometimes for example, but the difference I feel with OK Computer is that it always brings me back sometime to it, I always end up gravitating back to that album.

Not taking anything away from those two, but George was a genius in his own right and calling him the “5th best Beatle” is a joke.

I’m half-joking, but only half. I don’t think any of the songs you list are all that great. I can’t stand “Gently Weeps,” so maybe that’s personal, but the other songs are either simple but lovely (“Here Comes the Sun”) or rip-offs (“My Sweet Lord”) or just not that good (“If I Needed Someone”…really??)

I honestly and truly believe George Martin was more integral to the Beatles’s success. And I kind of think Ringo was a better musician, more fluid and creative and inventive on his instrument. Little that Ringo did on the drums sounds dated; much of what Harrison did on the guitar does.

Again, only half serious about it, but if you think he’s on the level of the composers and singers of songs that literally changed an entire category of music, you’re on crack. “A Day in the Life” against “What is Life?” – please.

Why stake a claim with “Jet?” Which is, yes, a song about a dog! I mean, as songs about dogs go, it has to be in the top 10, but come on!

On the other hand, My Sweet Lord is a ripoff (unconscious, I believe) of He’s So Fine, so I can’t give it any props.

“Durant is currently in his Cream phase.” — Actually, that seems right.