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I commented earlier in this thread that this track in particular is up there with anything that the Beatles composed.

Yes, that would be due to the high grade Gleason score of 9. I'm surprised that you were offered any other options other than an immediate radical prostatectomy. If you don't mind me asking, was is confined or had it metastasised? As you say, usually when the symptoms appear it means that it has escaped.

Unfortunately, out of his arse on far too many occasions.

I've had these exchanges before. It comes down to personal taste, I guess but Lennon himself regarded 'Good Morning Good Morning' as nothing more than a filler and complete rubbish. That said, he was very scathing about much of The Beatles work in the immediate years after the split. You are correct that The Beatles did have a policy of not including singles on the albums, of that there is no doubt, but some of the material that was released in that format had not expressly been written with that intention in mind and as I said, there most definitely was enormous pressure from EMI to keep churning them out. 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever' are examples of this. Recorded when the Beatles reconvened in late 1966/early 67, they were originally intended for the new project surrounding their childhood lives in Liverpool and in a sense, autobiographical. George Martin regarded the omission of both songs on Sgt Pepper the "greatest mistake of his professional career", and I completely agree. EMI liked Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane so pressured them into releasing them as a Double-A side for release in February 1967. Both would have been preferable to 'When I'm 64' and the banal mediocrity of 'Good Morning Good Morning' that drew casual inspiration from a cornflakes advertisement. Like I say, one of the things that has always struck me about Beatles albums is how much stronger they would have been if EMI hadn't placed so much contractual pressure on them to release singles, which had far more commercially appeal and marketing potential than albums. Imagine Rubber Soul minus 'What Goes On' and 'Run For Your Life' (fillers, which Lennon himself abhorred), and with the addition of 'Day Tripper' 'We Can Work it Out' -which would have been the case today. Or Revolver minus 'Good Day Sunshine' and 'I Want to Tell You' replaced by 'Paperback Writer' and 'Rain'. However, without the singles and a public forever eager to be sated with ever more material, the phenomenon would not have been as it was and they wouldn't have been granted the autonomy to become a studio band that they benefitted from later in their career. Also the grueling schedule that was thrust upon them was borderline criminal. Look at how 'Beatles for Sale' was recorded on the fly. A very, very tight professional live band able to flit in and out of the studio in between their hectic itinerary and the by then debilitating curse of Beatlemania...but it did lead to the inclusion of some rather uninspired standards/covers simply in the interest of expediency. Regarding the White Album and contractual commitment in releasing a double LP with 30 songs and uncertainty looming, the Beatles were able to fulfill their contract with EMI through a single release. You are also correct that they had amassed a large amount of material during the stay in India - not so much George though, who remained, with John, the longest. The result was a fascinating album, albeit quite disjointed due to the disharmony in the group during recording and a piece of work that contains some questionable material from the stay in Rishikesh that was to surface again on Abbey Road. What was inspired though on this occasion was the release of Hey Jude as a single to herald the launch of the Apple label. A huge gamble given its unprecedented length.

Agree. Symptomatic of what Lennon derisively termed his "Granny music". Dreadful. I've posted before in respect of how much stronger Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and Rubber Soul in particular could have been if some of the throwaway material had been discarded in favour of the accompanying singles at the time that EMI pressurised them to release. To be fair, it was very much a singles market at the time. Imagine Sgt. Pepper binning 'When I'm 64' and 'Good Morning Good Morning' in favour of 'Penny Lane' and Strawberry Fields Forever' for which they were originally intended. Quality control seriously lapsed during the White Album which could have been trimmed into a leaner much stronger release - and possibly their finest.

It was a daft joke for God's sake.

And yet from the KGB's surveillance, he was deemed a lousy shot. I believe Patson Daka was rated as a marksman when he played up front for Red Bull Salzburg.

Interestingly he was monitored very closely by the KGB whilst in the USSR. When he tried range shooting, they noted that he was a poor shot - which the conspiracy theorists will thrive on. However they also concluded that it was doubtful that anyone could control, coerce or subjugate him.

Exactly this. There are thousand of pages and a significant amount of content that remains redacted. However, basement dwelling and armchair conspiracy theorists will already be scouring the contents to cherry pick and extract all manner of confirmation bias for a new wave of dumb social media memes and Tik Tok reels.

At no stage did I suggest it was. It was merely a jocular response to the OP. Jeez.

That a team this staggeringly shite still managed to beat Tottenham Hotspur away.

To take a less diplomatic stance than @leicsmac, because a significant proportion of the American populace are exceedingly myopic and very, very dim.

That we lost 0-3 at home last night.

So pleased for Joe with his first try for England.

Well you would have received a a barrel of best bitter, containing 288 pints, were it not for the fact that you failed to identify Ian Banks.

Correct. 3-1, but the best thing about it was the Nugent reception at 82 minutes. I can recall some horrendous encounters over the years. Obviously the abandoned match against Burton Albion at the Baseball Ground in January 1985 for which Burton had the home advantage but was ironically moved there for safety reasons. Predictably to everyone other than the FA, the Lunatic Fringe turned up in numbers and started pelting the pitch with missiles resulting in the Burton keeper being rendered unconscious - so the match was abandoned at 6-1 and replayed behind closed doors one afternoon at Highfield Road. Ind Coope, sponsors of both teams offered both sets of players an incentive to progress to the fourth round; a barrel of best bitter, containing 288 pints. Imagine that now. Easy bit of trivia - name each of the players pictured. Later that year, but the following season, we played Derby in the Milk Cup which was carnage. That's the sole match in which I recall the clatter of sharpened coins between the mesh of Pen 2 and 3 being constant and unrelenting throughout the game. Fighting erupted outside the ground and then spilled over to Highfields causing a major riot until the early hours that evoked memories of 1982. When questioned about the cause, Peter Soulsby, the then Labour leader of Leicester City Council, attributed it to "a generation of young people who feel alienated from society". My fondest encounter? 0-4 at Pride Park, April 1998, which we won in the first 15 minutes through a Heskey brace and goals from Izzet and Marshall.

A problem in the aft section again, which according to Space X “resulted in the loss of several Raptor engines. This in turn led to a loss of attitude control and ultimately a loss of communications with Starship".Lose enough of the centre engines and the craft starts tumbling. Starship broke apart over populated islands in Turks and Caicos, littering the islands with debris apparently. That's a second consecutive FAA mishap investigation then. The booster catch was magnificent though, and with several raptor engines down.

But only a week ago you yourself were speculating about the dangers of Russia invading Poland until it was pointed out to you that for the same reasons, that too is not going to happen.

He was abominable to his late brother Freddy.

He had been very frustrated at Birmingham City under Barry Fry. When we signed him he was recovering from a thyroid problem, but vowed to make a significant impact when he was fit. He absolutely delivered on that pledge.