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No, never liked it. although having it on vinyl compelled me to listen to all of it.  As time has gone on, I've liked it less and less.  I'm surprised there are actually lyrics to it, but then that's using the term loosely.  I'd listen to Moonchild any day over Revolution #9, but the two are so completely different from one another.  When I want avant-gard weirdness, I go for the Residents.  Or Bartok for that atonal trip thing.
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There are backmasking sites such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG0wksBzKSc
 
which are positively creepy - but forwards is as chilling
 
The lyrics are pure nonsense of course but worth quoting:
 
number 9 (lotsa times)

Then there's this Welsh Rarebit wearing some brown underpants
About the shortage of grain in Hertfordshire
Everyone of them knew that as time went by
They'd get a little bit older and a litter slower but
It's all the same thing, in this case manufactured by someone who's always
Umpteen your father's giving it diddly-i-dee
District was leaving, intended to pay for

Number 9, number 9

Who's to know?
Who was to know?

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9

I sustained nothing worse than
Also for example
Whatever you're doing
A business deal falls through
I informed him on the third night
When fortune gives

Number 9, number 9, number 9

People ride, people ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride! Ride!

9, number 9, number 9, number 9

I've missed all of that
It makes me a few days late
Compared with, like, wow!
And weird stuff like that
Taking our sides sometimes
Floral bark
Rouge doctors have brought this specimen

I have nobody's short-cuts, aha…

9, number 9

With the situation

They are standing still

The plan, the telegram

Ooh ooh

Number 9, number

Ooh

A man without terrors from beard to false
As the headmaster reported to me
My son he really can try as they do to find function
Tell what he was saying, and his voice was low and his hive high
And his eyes were low

Alright!

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,
number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9,

So the wife called me and we'd better go to see a surgeon
Or whatever to price it… yellow underclothes
So, any road, we went to see the dentist instead
Who gave her a pair of teeth which wasn't any good at all
So I said I'd marry, join the f**king navy and went to sea

In my broken chair, my wings are broken and so is my hair
I'm not in the mood for whirling

Um da
Aaah

How?
Dogs for dogging, hands for clapping
Birds for birding and fish for fishing
Them for themming and when for whimming

Only to find the night-watchman
Unaware of his presence in the building

Onion soup

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9

Industrial output
Financial imbalance

Thrusting it between his shoulder blades

The Watusi
The twist

Eldorado

Take this brother, may it serve you well

Maybe it's nothing
Aaah
Maybe it's nothing
What? What? Oh

Maybe even then
Impervious in London
Could be difficult thing
It's quick like rush for peace is
Because it's so much

It was like being naked
If you became naked

 


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I like it. I enjoy all the different sounds mixed with some quiet chatter in the background. Yoko has a couple lines to. It is kind of creepy but play it backwards and its positivley eery. The famous car crash and paul screaming "let me out" as he is licked by the flames.
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I dont love it i dont hate it, i dont skip it, its an intresting track its fun to listen to, i usualy love noise and dissonances, and i like it when there even in the most avantgarde piece some sort of minimal melody goin on you know, not yust noise for the sake of it, or something like that,kinda hard to explain...
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It's the kind of song I would play billiards to...

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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

^ Yes, that would be epic.
 
Who knows, we may get more insight regarding that track when the remasters come out in September. They say never before seen and heard footage will be uncluded, so we'll see . . .


Ah, the money making phrase
"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I like the track for it's weirdness.
"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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I like it.  I've always loved those.....sound collages like that.  But hell, I have actually listened to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music before, other than just seeing what it was.  So I can tolerate noise
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2009 at 13:43
^ Yes, that would be epic.
 
Who knows, we may get more insight regarding that track when the remasters come out in September. They say never before seen and heard footage will be uncluded, so we'll see . . .
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Points: 166 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2009 at 12:50
I wish there was video footage of the that song being recorded...
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Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 12:43
Originally posted by theteaclub_dan theteaclub_dan wrote:

I like Revolution 9. I think it's funny just to hear what I think is John Lennon just doing silly voices.


"So anyway, I went to see the dentist..."

"The Watussi... The Twist..."

Some of them are Harrison.
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Points: 385 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2009 at 19:13
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Moonchild gets beat up on a lot by reviewers, unfairly so.  Cry

I'd also rank number nine number nine number nine above all the Beatles stuff pre Rubber Soul. Wink


That's rightClap.

If ever one can explain to me JUST WHY Moonchild's silence is so hated,I can die a happy man.
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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

Revolution #9 is bizarre, manic and fun, as is What's the New Mary Jane? which turned up on the Anthology series, as did a longer edit of  You know My Name (Look Up the Number) -  the hilarious b-side of Let It Be.
 
"You know, you know my na-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ame!!!!
 
LOL


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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

. . .  there is nothing like it in music since . . .
 
You sure about that?
 
 
Wink
 
 
And yes, I love Rev #9.
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Points: 5291 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2009 at 16:54
Cool Number 9 number9 number9  number9 ........yeah if only i could become naked ooooooooops Gettin a bit excited here9( must be Yoko)  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I like it Wink
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Points: 1924 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2009 at 14:14
Revolution #9 is bizarre, manic and fun, as is What's the New Mary Jane? which turned up on the Anthology series, as did a longer edit of  You know My Name (Look Up the Number) -  the hilarious b-side of Let It Be.
Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

 
 
The famous section of MoonChild on the other hand is a fantastic work of near avant-garde wierdness - it's a common mistake to write it off as meandering. It isn't - it has a definite purpose and internal logic. 
 
It's not quite avant-garde, because it contains a beautiful central logic that is essential to the expression of the song - it's not at all random, and patience is rewarded by music of unearthly beauty. It most definitely is not a waste of time, and it is great music.
 
Prog is not about being instantly satisfied, it's about lasting art.
 
 
 
uh dude, KC themselves have admitted to just noodling around in the studio for 12 minutes because they needed to fill out the album. Greg Lake even refused to play on that section because it seemed so meaningless to him.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2009 at 14:18
Originally posted by theteaclub_dan theteaclub_dan wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:


Originally posted by theteaclub_dan theteaclub_dan wrote:

I like Revolution 9. I think it's funny just to hear what I think is John Lennon just doing silly voices.


"So anyway, I went to see the dentist..."

"The Watussi... The Twist..."
Eldorado..LOL


"If... you become naked..."


Take this brother.. may it serve you well...

*Clap*

LOL
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:


Originally posted by theteaclub_dan theteaclub_dan wrote:

I like Revolution 9. I think it's funny just to hear what I think is John Lennon just doing silly voices.


"So anyway, I went to see the dentist..."

"The Watussi... The Twist..."
Eldorado..LOL


"If... you become naked..."
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Originally posted by theteaclub_dan theteaclub_dan wrote:

I like Revolution 9. I think it's funny just to hear what I think is John Lennon just doing silly voices.


"So anyway, I went to see the dentist..."

"The Watussi... The Twist..."


Eldorado..LOL
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