wonderful stuff, i always liked his harp interludes in their films.

One of the most radical musical accomplishments of the song is its frequent shifts in meter. Beginning in 4/4 time, the song shifts to a 3/4 time for the guitar solo in the "I need a fix..." section. This gives way to 6/8, 3/4, and 4/4 measures in the "Mother Superior..." section before returning to 4/4 for the majority of the doo-wop style ending. During Lennon's spoken-word interlude, the song briefly switches into 6/4. (from wikipedia).

I love this song

Wow, I must say I thoroughly hated that LOL

You may find my words biased, ethnocentric, ignorant etc etc etc. Alright, be it as it may.

THAT did not sound good, not forgetting to mention that 3 minute long interlude which gave me seizures.

If you take K-Fed's rap song and play with fancy instruments like cello, drums and traditional South Indian instruments for example, would it be that much better?

NO! It just amplifies its SUCKINESS!

This was my version of hell. Truly the worst auditory experience I've had in quite awhile.

Here's the lyrics and chords for you aspiring stans out there.

*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: G)

Intro:
Em B7/Eb D A7 (x2), C

Verse 1:
G D
Pangs, Of silence,
Em D
From the room upstairs.
C G
Hows the view there?
G
Do you read what they're,
D
Saying about you?

Verse 2:

G D
That youre no fun,
Em D
Since the war was won.
C G
In fact, you have become,
G D
All of the things,
You've always...
Am C
Run away from.

Chorus 1:

Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em B7/Eb D A7
Get rest while you can.

Verse 3:

G D
So where'd the years go?
Em D
All the time we had?
C G
Being poor was,
G D
Not such a drag,
In hindsight.

G D
And you wonder,
Em D
Why your father,
C G
Was so re-signed.
G D
Now you dont wonder,
Am C
Any more.

Chorus 2:

Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em B7/Eb D
Textbook hippie man,
A7 (C)
Get rest while you can.

Bridge 1:

C D G
(Sta...n):
Once you wanted,
C
Revolution,
D G
(Sta...n):
Now you're the,
C
Institution.
D G
(Sta...n):
Hows it feel,
C D G
To be the man?
Its no fun,
To be the man.

Interlude:

Em B7/Eb D A7,
C G,
F#7 Bsus4 B

Break:

G D
La...da da,
Em D
Da da, da da,
C G
Da da da.
G D
La da da da da, da da,
Am C
La...
Am
And now,
C
Watch it all go down.

Chorus 3:

Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em
(Stan),
Em B7/Eb D
Textbook hippie man,

A7 (C)
Get rest while you can.

Bridge 2:

C D G
(Sta...n):
Once you wanted,
C
Revolution,
D G
(Sta...n):
Now you're the,
C
Institution.
D G
(Sta...n):
Hows it feel,
C D G
To be the man?
Its no fun,
To be the man.

Coda:

G
Its no fun to be the man.

Distorting historical facts is low, I'm disappointed in Wilcox.

Sounds like you must have read Will and Ariel Durant's essay "The Lessons of History" that accompanies their 10 volume work "The History of Civilization." The short essay should be required reading for every school kid.
From Chapter 11, History and War (presented as a debate between general and philospher)

General;
"War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization or democracy. In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war. We have acknowledged war as, at present, the ultimate form of competition and natural selection in the human species. "Polemos pater panton," said Heracleitus; war, or competition, is the father of all things, the potent source of ideas, inventions, institutions, and states. Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only be acknowledged supremacy or equal power."
Philosopher;
"Perhaps each of us, while maintaining adequate defenses, can arrange nonaggression and nonsubversion pacts with other states, and from these accords a world order may take form within which each nation will remain sovereign and unique, limited only be agreements freely signed. We ask you to join us in this defiance of history, this resolve to extend courtesy and civilization to the relations among states.......if you and we succeed, we shall merit a place for centuries to come in the grateful memory of mankind."
General;
"You have forgotten all the lessons of history.....interludes of widespread peace are unnatural and exceptional; they will soon be ended by changes in the distribution of military power. You have told us that man is a competitive animal, that his states must be like himself, and that natural selection now operates on an international scale. States will unite in basic co-operation only when they are in common attacked from without."

In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
The Battery was attacked REPEATEDLY in the colonial period. I like this piece, but I can't stand manipulating facts to make people's hearts bleed.

Also, what I have to say is probably unpopular, but, welcome to the world, ladies and gentlemen. War is the norm for state level societies, always has been. You think you don't like it? You see a possibility for another societal ontology? I assure you, you are not that smart.

Distorting historical facts is low, I'm disappointed in Wilcox.

Sounds like you must have read Will and Ariel Durant's essay "The Lessons of History" that accompanies their 10 volume work "The History of Civilization." The short essay should be required reading for every school kid.
From Chapter 11, History and War (presented as a debate between general and philospher)

General;
"War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization or democracy. In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war. We have acknowledged war as, at present, the ultimate form of competition and natural selection in the human species. "Polemos pater panton," said Heracleitus; war, or competition, is the father of all things, the potent source of ideas, inventions, institutions, and states. Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power."
Philosopher;
"Perhaps each of us, while maintaining adequate defenses, can arrange nonaggression and nonsubversion pacts with other states, and from these accords a world order may take form within which each nation will remain sovereign and unique, limited only by agreements freely signed. We ask you to join us in this defiance of history, this resolve to extend courtesy and civilization to the relations among states.......if you and we succeed, we shall merit a place for centuries to come in the grateful memory of mankind."
General;
"You have forgotten all the lessons of history.....interludes of widespread peace are unnatural and exceptional; they will soon be ended by changes in the distribution of military power. You have told us that man is a competitive animal, that his states must be like himself, and that natural selection now operates on an international scale. States will unite in basic co-operation only when they are in common attacked from without."
>> ^RhesusMonk:
The Battery was attacked REPEATEDLY in the colonial period. I like this piece, but I can't stand manipulating facts to make people's hearts bleed.
Also, what I have to say is probably unpopular, but, welcome to the world, ladies and gentlemen. War is the norm for state level societies, always has been. You think you don't like it? You see a possibility for another societal ontology? I assure you, you are not that smart.

*cue music interlude

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Vapors-Turning-Japanese

Yes. Musical performers should sing, sign and dance simultaneously..
and play guitar/drums/keys in the interludes.

Nuthin' butta buncha incoherent, mumbo-jubos so far-It's the miles not the medicine, you could trip till yer worthless and never have the midas' touch-I blame the superior chromosomatic interlude, bout' 42 years ago.....and they're still paying for it-

musical interlude:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-776038940944934600

LOL, we had a five minute Marmite interlude at work - New Zealander returned from winter vacation.

I can't believe there's such a lack of love for nostalgia here!

plus, i like the interlude of "what a wonderful world."

This is one of my favorite songs from my favorite Swedish band Opeth. I saw them live several times and they honestly make other musicians look like amateurs.

Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. Opeth adds several lighter elements to their music, such as acoustic guitar interludes, influences from jazz, 1970s progressive rock, blues and folk elements. Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt performs both clean singing and death vocals.

Due to their unique blend of melodic and progressive elements, they are said not to conform to any specific metal sub-genre. Opeth have also been influential in the doom metal genre and have attracted a lot of doom metal fans. The name Opeth was taken from the novel Sunbird by author Wilbur Smith, and was originally spelled Opet. In the book, Opet is the name of the location for an ancient empire which translates to "City of the Moon".

- More @ Wikipedia

GTA: Vice City flashback!

Sorely tempted to fire in a music tag for that 20-30 second interlude...

The beginning was hilarious! The rest, except for Jon's interludes was interesting to hear from a man I wouldn't expect to hear from at all except in some clip on the news. Maybe I don't spend enough time watching TV.
Well handled, I think by Jon.