Quotes of the Year: 2012

Quote of the Year:

"She's such a nightmare. Her career is over, I can tell you that. She looks like a fairground stripper."

-Elton John on Madonna

And the rest…

"Jack, you are my best friend. We had fun together. I will miss you. I will talk to you in my prayers. I love you Jack. Love, John."

-One of Jack Pinto’s classmates (Pinto was a victim in the Sandyhook shooting).

"It's not much different to being 109."

-WWI Vet Florence Green on what it’s like being 110

“The fact is, I’m gay.”

-Anderson Cooper

"She's a trampire!"

-Will Ferrell

"There’s disobedience and there’s obedience to God. I’ve been being disobedient."

-Josh Hamilton

 “She certainly didn’t break the group up, the group was breaking up.”

-Paul McCartney on Yoko Ono

“Israel has opened the gates of hell.”

-Qassam Brigade

“Get a ****in’ beer!”

-Pete Townshend at the 121212 concert for Sandy Relief

“Put the harps back in the closet.”

-George H.W. Bush following reports of his impending death

Quotes of the Month: October 2012

Quote of the Month: “She certainly didn’t break the group up, the group was breaking up.”

-Paul McCartney on Yoko Ono

Stupid Quote of the Month:

"We know that Pakistan has arrested the doctor who helped us catch Obama-uh-bin Laden."

-Bob Schieffer

And the rest…

“How they can justify . . . raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years?”

-Joe Biden

“Hope is not a strategy.”

-Mitt Romney

“It’s stunning that he’s in politics, because he really doesn’t like people.”

-Former Clinton aide Neera Tanden on Barack Obama

"The president's remarks are brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 trillion."

-Mitt Romney

“Actually Mitt is his middle name. I wish I could use my middle name.”

-Barack Obama

Top 200 Albums of All Time: "L" Artists

Plastic Ono Band: John Lennon (1970)
Plastic Ono Band is John Lennon’s solo debut. It followed three experimental albums and a live album and was released concurrently with Yoko Ono: Plastic Ono Band. Lennon underwent primal therapy to deal with childhood traumas including his mother’s death. His therapy led to a very raw and personal album that touches on a number of subjects including religion, class relations, and his parents.

Key Tracks:

Mother

Working Class Hero

Love

God

Isolation

Imagine: John Lennon (1971)
John Lennon’s follow up to Plastic Ono Band was less raw and more commercial. It was a softer album which included his signature song. “Imagine” ponders a world without hate and petty strife. Lennon seems less conflicted on Imagine and a tad happier.

Key Tracks:

Imagine

Jealous Guy

Gimme Some Truth

It’s So Hard

John Lennon: Double Fantasy (1980)
John Lennon released Double Fantasy three weeks before his death. He retired in 1975 to care for his infant son. After five years in the wilderness, Lennon returned. People were ready for him. They longed for something in the wake of the Carter years. The album was extremely personal and mature. John and Yoko alternated tracks on the album hence the title.

Key Tracks:

(Just Like) Starting Over

Watching the Wheels

Woman

Cleanup Time

Kiss Kiss Kiss

Little Richard: Here’s Little Richard (1957)
Little Richard’s debut album is rock n roll.

Key Tracks:

Tutti Frutti

Ready Teddy

Long Tall Sally

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