Transcript:
Mr. Spaetzle: Sigh. I just leanred "A hard day's night" is 50 years old.
Frazz: Feeling old?
Mr. Spaetzle: Not old so much. There's something demoralizing about not aging as well as a pop song.
Frazz: That's a pop song like "David" is a lawn ornament.
Varnes over 9 years ago
What?
Mr Nobody over 9 years ago
Well, duh. But to what “David” does he refer?
ccmills over 9 years ago
I am assuming that he is talking about the statue of david – he is stating that A Hard Days Night is a classic – not a pop song
Milessio over 9 years ago
I wonder what the Frazz ‘Hard Days Night’ is? and how he will compere in 50 years time (less a few)?
hildigunnurr Premium Member over 9 years ago
It sure is a pop song – and nothing wrong with classed as that. One of the top ones from the genre :D
willkepley over 9 years ago
David is Michelangelo’s “David”.
QuiteDragon over 9 years ago
What? It’s just a half a century… sigh (that sounds just a bit like a sob).
Jeff0811 over 9 years ago
It depends on the lawn. If you think about it, even the statue of Liberty can technically be classified as a lawn ornament.
SallyLin over 9 years ago
Hoo, thanks for the shot of Beatles, Alexikakos!
T_Lexi over 9 years ago
Feeling old here… Frazz’s last comment, to me, suggested the extremely iconic nature of both works of art. (And Michelangelo’s David was originally commissioned to decorate the roofline of Florence Cathedral, but I kind of like ‘lawn ornament.’)
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
The Beatles are the apex of pop/rock. I love and “worship” them! “They” say you can’t like beatles and Stones; well, they don’t know me and my friends. Also, I love jazz (can anyone ever surpass Ella or Sassy?), classical, R&B, etc. Music is the god, these major artists are avatars. It all makes me dance, laugh, cry, change the level of my day. I was there when this song came out, and I’m glad to be alive as it turns 50. Bless the Beatles—they’ve enhanced my life.
LASteve over 9 years ago
I have a CD of early Sophie Tucker recordings, including one of her big hit “Some Of These Days” that was recorded in 1911 but restored to near-contemporary sound. That’s 103 years old and still a great “pop” song. Widen your horizons!
dzw3030 over 9 years ago
Only 50? Hang in there, 70 is staring you in the face. I see it every morning in the mirror. :-)
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 9 years ago
That river in Egypt sure does have a strong pull.
How can those things be 50? I remember them clearly and I’m only 29…
Arianne over 9 years ago
“A Hard Day’s Night” may be old, but it’s clean. Oh aye, it’s a clean old song! (TCM just played the movie yesterday. Watched it and DVRed it even though we have the DVD. Never can resist it.) Sir, can we have our youth back, sir, please sir? Very nice tribute, Mr. Mallett!
K M over 9 years ago
Yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Dirty Dragon over 9 years ago
I can name that tune in one note.
GreyAcumen over 9 years ago
you people need to do a search for “david the gnome” it’s embarrassing to see people attributing this reference to ancient sculptures.The issue Frazz is bringing up isn’t high art, but iconicism. About the only lawn ornament more iconic than David might be pink flamingos, though one could argue that the pink flamingos are more infamous than iconic. Frazz isn’t claiming that “Hard Day’s Night” is MORE than a pop song, just that it’s one of THE pop songs.
water_moon over 9 years ago
And for those of us who were children of the 80s, as of several years ago, The Little Mermaid came out closer to the moon landing than to the present day.
T- Mak over 1 year ago
May mark david chapman burn in the devil’s lair for three consecutive eternities!
unfair.de 3 months ago
In almost all places where you can buy lawn ornaments there is a Venus, a David, and a Flamingo besides all the garden gnomes.