In defense of “Let It Be...Naked”

I was asked about the critics response to The Beatles' “Let It Be...Naked.” I didn't realize people were bothered at all with its “tampering with a classic” deal, since the original is still out there for the having. I just say: “...Naked” has great things. I like it a lot. It's valuable and enjoyable.

It has that great Motowny “Long and Winding Road.” Now it's like a small club performance of the song. The piano becomes the resonant instrument, not the strings, and it fills in quite well. For me, a big selling point is the timbre of the fill hits after "the long and winding road" lyric and other places. The combo of the guitar sound and the piano and the bass being the instruments doing them instead of a whole orchestra is a surprisingly full and emotional sound.

Those reviewers, compiled on the Wikipedia page, are a bunch of McCartney haters. "Too much Paul," “Not enough Lennon humor," etc. Yeah, I just love when Lennon wants to syndicate my boat. I would let him do that all day. Oh baby.

I don't mind the album not really working as an album, which it doesn't. It's a compilation of the material from the other album's period, really, as an alternative. That they didn't make an album is somewhat of a failing, but hey, the content is pretty awesome.

The album's Wikipedia page is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be..._Naked

Harvey Fuqua

He died today, so I figured I'd find out who he is. It turns out that Fuqua, the guy Marvin Gaye thanks at the end of the Midnight Love album, lived just north of Charlotte for much of his life, gave Marvin his career, and was in The Moonglows, which you will recall at least from Paul Simon's "Rene and Georgette Margritte With Their Dog After the War." Good job, Mr. Fuqua.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fuqua