Miami Vice also used an absolute belter of a tune in an epsidoe which i couldn't believe when i heard it as i watched the show... The Cure - The Kiss, i still applaude their choice to this day nearly 40 years later
Great show Mazzy, I agree across the board. I really liked the Jason segment. He accomplished exactly what he wanted to. He showed his true "colors" and he put a few more million in his bank account. It really is a shame when songs that and others make one popular and rich. Have a great New Years Mazzy ! !
Just got back from the record store. Picked up The Temptations Box Set, the '89 aabko Beggars Banquet, and two Psychedelic Fur cds. Almost bought Lou Reed Mistrial, Ry Cooder promo Borderline, and Randy Newman Land of Dreams all in NM on lp. But held off bc I already have all 3. A little after Xmas shopping to support my indie downtown record store. Happy New Year all you wankers!
The term "wanker" made its debut on U.S. television in the early 2000s. Specifically, it was used in an episode of the TV show *"The Office"* (U.S. version), which aired in the third season in 2007. In the episode "The Deposition," the character Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, uses the term. It was a notable moment because "wanker" is a British slang term that was relatively unfamiliar to many American viewers at the time.
Hi Mazzy. Love it. Coming from Australia we use the word regularly and all the actions on the list perfectly fit the description. Most people do wankish things every now and then and learn from them. While others are just born wankers and can never stop doing or saying idiotic things. Reminds me of the great song "Everybody's got to learn sometime" Like the Zucchero version.
Perfect as always, Mazzy - I don't totally agree with one of your choices, but that 's ok. I can tell you this - #1 is spot on, have never understood why he is so revered (or was)...thanks for putting a smile on my face for the last day of 2023, have a great 2024!
Happy New Year, Mazzy! I would love to hear what album(s) you would recommend people listen to on New Years day. I plan to listen to 'Heros' Symphony by Phillip Glass, Bowie and Eno. So inspirational and ethereal. Wishing you and your viewers the best.
Mazzy, another wonderful video! I am from the UK and you are more than qualified to say the word “wanker” . Please also feel free to use “knob-head” and “doilem” ( Yorkshire slang) too. I hope you have a fabulous new year mate and I look forward to your content next year!
Just brilliant Mazzy 😂 your channel content goes from strength to strength congratulations. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2024…..Peace and Love from the UK 🇬🇧
It's great to see an American love the use of w*nker. We also love it here in Aus. too. So much so that TISM sang a song about it on "Whatareya". Check it out. It's absolute gold
Fun facts: Face Value came out in 1981. As a kid, we got Rubber Soul in mono for Christmas in 1965. I didn't hear the stereo mix for years (and that was shocking when I finally did - vocals on the left, drums on the right!)
If someone is fool enough to buy this recycled music for all that scratch, then who is the wanker? Thanks for the report on the re-issue parade. In another 30 -40 years it’ll be gone with Glenn Miller and Fred Waring.
I can never tell the difference between “slightly tipsy” Mazzy or “adrenaline fueled Mazzy” but whomever we got tonight, he did a splendid job. Tip of the hat to you sir (and a happy New Year)
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? ...... A big New Year's Eve greeting from Dublin, Ireland. You hit the nail on the head every time!!!
Re use of the word 'wanker' on American TV. There was a character on Mork & Mindy called Arnold Wanker; I think he was Mindys evil landlord. I was watching (in New Zealand) and was a bit surprised, as the word was in widespread usage where I came from. (Wanker was also Peggy Bundy's maiden name)
I remember you. I was there in 78 as well. Aussie.You use to drink in the Green Man at Whipps Cross. Also, I was Hitch hiking thru Europe in 81 with my wife to be and we heard "In the Air tonight" on the trucks radio just outside Bordeaux. Hmmm.
I love this. As a Brit with an equal love and affinity for the greatest country in the world, the US, it's so cool to see this vid and see the cross-cultural cross over of the use of the word wanker. From an insider perspective and knowing the full emotional context that certain British words like wanker or bollocks and the sentiments they express it's a part of British culture I love, like hearing a New Yorker calling someone a moron where it's more than just word but a part of the New York character. But often when Americans hear certain UK terms and find them weird or quaint and I see things from their perspective, I understand how they feel as a lot of British accents or words do sound a bit 'Dick Van Dyke' affected when the full British culture behind isn't understood. So it's great to see an American who genuinely loves British culture and understands all that the word wanker encompasses beyond just how it can sound to ears that aren't used to it.
Your a brave and good man for posting this list! My daughter just started collecting Beatles albums. What a mind field ! So I gave her my old collection. Don’t people learn learn from the past? I guess not thank you for all you do.
Two thumbs up!! Among other things, thanks for calling out your favorite Beatles. Hopefully someone listens and comes up with the revolutionary idea of issuing the early albums in Mono! Best Wishes for 2024!
The term wanker tends to be used in the areas around London the most. Norman's pronunciation fits in with that area, as in it should be pronounced like the Peruvian soccer team- Deportivo Wanka. Yes, they exist, much to the amusement of British teenagers. Just saying.
I'll be honest, Martin's mono mixmastering of the Beatles has made them sound like coming out of a cardboard box. I have never dug the "5th Beatle" trope. The few times they panned out their instruments, like with the concert on the roof, they sounded ten times better.
In the Simpsons episode, "Panic on the Streets of Springfield", Benedict Cumberbatch voiced a character named Quilloughby, who is a washed-up singer, partly based on Morrisey. Morrisey and his management got the shits and apparently investigated a possible lawsuit. WHAT A WANKAAAAAAAH! 😄
You're right on the money. Thank you for the info on mono Beatles. My first 3 albums in my life were mono. The Kinks first album. Vanilla Fudge, and Meet the Beatles. I'm going to have to dig out my remaining albums to see how msny are mono.
3rd man pressings QC control gets my wanker of the year award. The only three new albums I had to return this year all came from 3rd man's plant. Ahmad Jamal's the Awakening, Scofield's A Go Go, and Grant Green's Live at Mozambique all had pressing problems. Their curation of releases is great, but the production and quality leaves a lot of room for improvement.
So many times in the video I found myself saying “well said Mazzy”. Absolutely agree with you on No1. Absolutely top video as always! Happy New Year to you Mazzy and hope 2024 is a great year for you ! All the best from Manchester!
"Wankish"! Love it. I do agree about the Beatles. The 'Beatles' business is now a cashcow. I realy agree about the kack on mono releases. I have most of their albums in mono and stereo but I had to buy old well used copies.
Beatles in mono for a reasonable price as a standard availability! And a decent recognizable "remix"-tag on the covers to make those easily distinguishable. Mazzy nailed it.
I'm one of those guys who try their best to preserve the hype stickers by peeling them off from the shrink and pasting them on the inner sleeve. Luckily most of the time I succeed. But without you're lost. They even keep the historic catalog numbers. In the past, there were those "electronically re-channeled" hints, which never meant something good and most of the time (especially in Germany) there was no alternative. But at least you were warned.
@@FrightNFight You could a few years ago. They took them down. Do not let record labels and streaming services dictate what you do and don't get to listen to.
Absolutely brilliant Mazzy, your best video of the year! Wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2024. Btw I hope someone at Apple is watching, they need to hire you as CEO!!!
talking of politics i have been censored by youtube - talk to rachel - my politics doesn't walk hand in hand with youtube and legacy media - free speech
8 years ago I wrote and recorded a song called Kanye Ain’t Shit. It was a little tongue in cheek at the time but he makes it more and more spot on every day.
Always look forward to this video and never disappoints. Totally agree with the Dylan $1 million record. Insane. And love your honesty with The Beatles. I personally thought Now And Then was a disgraceful money grab. Roger Waters would be my #1. Yet the scariest thing is that is point of view has spread like wildfire worldwide and scariest in our own country Truly frightening. Kanye as well, I did a video on him back at that time. Difference to me is that Kanye is clearly an idiot, whereas Roger Waters is intelligent, which is a bit scarier.
Because he has been against at any sort of two state solution and supported homestead where they should be. When 20,000 Palestinians are killed he’s going after hamas with a sledgehammer and unfortunately loosing support from the world and many Jewish Americans. I support Israel but not this leader.
I was the biggest Waters fan in 5he world in 1992. Amused to death hit the spot. I don’t like the war and I can’t stand Netanyahu. I neither a Jew or in relation to Palestine or their people. The killing of all these kids is down there just isn’t acceptable. Ahh. The music. I have most of the great old Beatles stuff and found the red and the blue in a second hand store in pristine condition for just 5 bucks each. 1977 German pressings. You can still, at least here in Norway find great classic 60 rock in NM condition if you keep your eyes open and look places that don’t specialise in Vinyl.
Yes, I agree totally. Kanye West is the biggest " full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." And I just loved listening to your whole podcast. Keep it up!
Thank you. You have hit the nail on the head in terms of mono original releases. I was disgusted at a recent vinyl release of Frank Zappa's Freak Out or example, which was a vinyl of a digital remaster(POINTLESS!!!) what I thought I was buying was a vinyl from the master tapes like the rest of the current vinyl re-issues of Frank Zappa. Vinyl of digital recordings is POINTLESS!!! So I am totally getting your frustration at the wankers that are re-issuing The Beatles in some stupid stereo to mono re-release, just re-release the original master tape analogue recording in ANALOGUE. That's all were asking.
I associate "Coming in the Air Tonight" with the movie "Risky Business" (1983) -- which came out the year before the "Miami Vice" episode. But for me, the wankeriest moment (and if that's not a word, it is now) was when I heard it at a cheesy Melrose restaurant in Hollywood called California Sushi. It was (as was popular at the time -- later '80s) a kind of theme park/food purveyance environment, and you had to walk through a fake "beach" to get in. They'd actually trucked in tons of sand from Venice or Santa Monica or Zuma or someplace. The ambience was all about the show, with Pink Floyd-worthy lighting design pulsing in rhythm to the (loud) music. At the moment well into "Coming in the Air Tonight" when Phil Collins' gigantic cascading drum fill comes in, the lights dropped and flashed in time -- and the sushi chefs pounded the bejeesus out of raw fish corpses in perfect syncopation. Imagine if Phil Collins were playing dead fish instead of drums, using cleavers instead of sticks. To this day, I can't hear that song without laughing. P.S. You obviously can't really blame "The Beatles" for records that came out for the first time in 2023. You can only blame Paul and Ringo, since they're the only ones still alive. John, George and George Martin are all gone and they have no say in what's being done with/to their recordings. P.P.S. Just got to #1 -- which was the first name I thought of when I saw you were doing another list. Rich & famous people are often certifiably off their rockers (Musk, Trump, Waters, Mamet, slightly over half the House of Representatives) but this wack-job (wank-job?) is a proud Nazi fan. To him, I quote his Mar-a-Lago dinner host's blasphemous Christmas greeting: ROT IN HELL!
Brilliant. I remember spending 3 months working with some fellow Brits in Texas and Louisiana in 1984 and the one word that we used a lot that caused to most confusion with local friends and colleagues was "wanker". I never thought I'd be able to thank Phil Collins for something. 🙂
Mazzy may not remember, but the first use of 'wanker' was not Phil Collins on Miami Vice but an episode of MORK AND MINDY! which had a character CALLED MR WANKER!!! - this caused mass hilarity among Brits when the episode was shown in the UK in the early 80s. Love to Mazzy from the UK.
Bless you Mazzy for calling out some of the big wankers. I particularly appreciate you mentioning Roger Waters & Ticket Master (when will congress impose anti-trust legislation on what is clearly a Monopoly) 🥰
Yunoo what gets me about Roger Waters being on this list, all those people accusing him of being anti semetic, when he's a critic of the state of Israel and Zionism, and the repression of Palestine. What's particularly disturbing is these same people who accuse him of anti semetic behaviour seem to keep their mouths shut when 15-20 thousand Palestinians regardless of age, or gender have been wiped off the earth...
10. I totally get this. I ordered the new Beatles single “Now and Then” from the official U.S. site thinking it come quicker or least something. Instead it took them a 7-8 days just for them to even ship never-mind receive it( about another 5-7 days). Mean while it seems everyone else is walking into Target or Walmart and getting theirs on the first day. They were indeed wankers.
The Beatles mono situation is like going to The Museum of Modern Art and seeing a "high tech," "cutting edge" reproduction of the Picassos. They may be a great example of technology, but it AIN'T THE FRIGGIN' ORIGINALS !!! I love Massy!
I worked with an English dude at a restaurant out here in L.A. He was a bully ( Gordon Ramsey type), and I called him a Wanker all the time...and he was! He was also impressed. Great video, Mazzy. Happy New Year.🎉
I think it's wrong to disparage Roger Waters, sure, he has his faults, he's prickly; but at least he has some principles and isn't afraid to stand up for them. Like his oppostion to the mass slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the Giant Gaza Ghetto, most them children and women. The attempt to cancel Waters for not supporting the genocidal party line on the horror unleashed in Gaza by a murderous military machine bent on wiping an entire people of the map and destroying their land, is outrageous.
Hey Mazzy, that was a great 2023 wanker list, I agree with all those except Morrissey. I have a soft spot for him, I’m a long time fan and I’ve seen him a number of times dating back to 1991 at the Garden in NY. He never canceled a show on me. I hope you go easier on him in the new year. Wishing you a Happy New Year Mazzy, also thank you for announcing this morning on Rachel’s show about the WFMU fare returning to Manhattan, you made my day..🎼🎉❤️✌️
Wanna hear something insane? I bought the soundtrack to Miami with In the Air Tonight a few weeks ago. Put it on my music device. Heard the album for the first time today (just hours ago)!
I, as a Brit, can easily identify that British accent, it's Dick Van Dykeshire! Using AI to to make stereo Beatles records sound more like the mono records completely ignores the small matter that Ted Turner was using AI to make black and white films look colour forty years ago. It didn't fly then for films, why should it fly today for records? Morrissey has always been a wanker. A true onanist of the lowest regard. He could (and IMHO should) self release. I remember his newly released memoirs under the title Legend on an imprint that is usually reserved for the likes of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Top tier wank. A Dose of Buckley did an _epic_ Musical Autopsy of Try That In A Small Town. He's Canadian (so a country that has a similar gun policy, is right next to the USA geographically but without the gun crime figures) he made it clear that a small town has a lot of problems and their lack of homeless people is down to the homeless from a small town are more often than not homeless in the big city because Brian Dennehy from Rambo: First Blood is an accurate representation of a small town sheriff and the warm welcome they extend to the homeless. That costume may be a reference to The Wall, remember that in The Wall the movie, they hired real far right extreminsts to play the fake far right extremists and the Hammerskins becamne a real thing because of that film.
I love your channel, and always love your musings but I have to admit, this one got me kinda wound up, not for really any of the specific points you made but the sorta negative or intense vibe throughout. All tongue in cheek of course and I can definitely appreciate your passion but you sounded properly angry at a couple points, and maybe that was the decided intention. Call me snowflakey but feeling a little assaulted after that, haha, or defensive (“What did *I* do?). Anyway, just offering some feedback. Looking forward to the returning to the usually scheduled programming ;-)
Good stuff an happy new year me dear. I can’t stand throwing or watching the show through a mobile. I remember seeing Dylan c1982 ish? Someone threw a rose and it hit dylan square on the nose an probably eyes too but fair play he looked briefly startled but never broke stride in any way. I think i was more perturbed than Bob was; that was the first time i ever saw anything thrown like that.
I must say Mazzy that the reissue/remix of Let It Be was/ is atrocious!!! I have OG US pressings to compare, and the reissue doesn't even come close to the beauty and true sound of the original...the tonality of the fabs voices and sound of musical instruments (piano, guitar, tambourines, etc) is ALL WRONG, and instead, we get G. Martin's idea of what 2023 Beatles should sound like!!! Talk about dissin' your dad...not to mention his finished product...what was he thinking this guy?? I mean, how do you dismiss all the hard work that went into the production of one of the most iconic albums ever,???...Wow...truly mind-boggling to me!!!..For years now I've been listening to the originals just fine...and with new upgrades to my sterreo system, they continue to sound even better...So I say just leave the originals alone.. they ain't broke...so don't fix em!!!
good list, can't argue with any of them (although I'm not as bothered by Beatles in mono thing) when I saw '..small town' I was half expecting 'rich men north of Richmond' which has really annoyed a lot of people (and made a few 'worst of 2023' lists, Todd In The Shadows, for example, was pretty scathing). I think Morrisey is just pathetic these days, he'll do anything for publicity except make good music, it seems. Waters is a terrible human being, and apparently has been for decades.. Kanye is terrible and has so much more cultural clout than anyone else on the list which is worrying when he's coming out with his BS and causes more damage. Here's hoping 2024 has fewer wankers, although with the elections coming up (for both of us) I have little optimism.
Mazzy I get that your post is for entertainment purposes! & I appreciate your posts throughout the year. However your top three in particular are spot on! If I could give one piece of advice lose the British accent it makes you look like a Wanker 😜😜🏴 all the best in 2024.
Re. throwing flowers onstage--at a Jethro Tull show I saw in 1979, Ian Anderson was wearing tinted glasses onstage because he was recovering from being hit in the eye by a thorny rose at a recent show. That Morrissey photo at 18:45 looks uncannily like Rudy Giuliani. And my god, the graphic design on that album! Looks like a joke cover someone made for a meme. You need to use "The Winker Song" by Ivor Biggun as a theme song for these.
Morrissey used to have such great album cover designs, but somewhere in the mid-90s (arguably Southpaw Grammar but definitely Maladjusted) the quality fell off a cliff and with the exception of Ringleader of the Tormentors it never recovered. Not sure if this one's better or worse than Years of Refusal (the one where he's holding a very creepy looking baby) but it's one of the worst.
Mostly agree with your list, but your wanker history discussion was off the mark. How could you not know the UK NEVER left the pound sterling? Just plain silly. It underminds the presentation.
Miami Vice also used an absolute belter of a tune in an epsidoe which i couldn't believe when i heard it as i watched the show... The Cure - The Kiss, i still applaude their choice to this day nearly 40 years later
Great show Mazzy, I agree across the board. I really liked the Jason segment. He accomplished exactly what he wanted to. He showed his true "colors" and he put a few more million in his bank account. It really is a shame when songs that and others make one popular and rich. Have a great New Years Mazzy ! !
Just got back from the record store. Picked up The Temptations Box Set, the '89 aabko Beggars Banquet, and two Psychedelic Fur cds. Almost bought Lou Reed Mistrial, Ry Cooder promo Borderline, and Randy Newman Land of Dreams all in NM on lp. But held off bc I already have all 3. A little after Xmas shopping to support my indie downtown record store. Happy New Year all you wankers!
The term "wanker" made its debut on U.S. television in the early 2000s. Specifically, it was used in an episode of the TV show *"The Office"* (U.S. version), which aired in the third season in 2007. In the episode "The Deposition," the character Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, uses the term. It was a notable moment because "wanker" is a British slang term that was relatively unfamiliar to many American viewers at the time.
Speaking as a six year old labourer you should know I’m doing my best. All they give us in packaging is old cleenex boxes to work with. 😂
It’s all in the presentation! Superb job, I was rolling on the floor😂
Hi Mazzy. Love it. Coming from Australia we use the word regularly and all the actions on the list perfectly fit the description. Most people do wankish things every now and then and learn from them. While others are just born wankers and can never stop doing or saying idiotic things. Reminds me of the great song "Everybody's got to learn sometime" Like the Zucchero version.
Awesome! Thank you!
You are ON FIRE!!! This might be my favorite video of yours to date. Well done. Hard to disagree with you on any of those.
Perfect as always, Mazzy - I don't totally agree with one of your choices, but that 's ok. I can tell you this - #1 is spot on, have never understood why he is so revered (or was)...thanks for putting a smile on my face for the last day of 2023, have a great 2024!
great to hear this classic British insult make it across the pond.
Wonderful dissection!😊
Happy New Year, Mazzy!
I would love to hear what album(s) you would recommend people listen to on New Years day. I plan to listen to 'Heros' Symphony
by Phillip Glass, Bowie and Eno. So inspirational and ethereal.
Wishing you and your viewers the best.
Absolute masterpiece - bringing UA-cam vinyl community content to a higher level. Happy New Year!
Outstanding list.
Now let's see what comes of 2024.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 🌴 📸
I'm so glad that KW was top of the list, I was hoping for you to say so xx
Remember: Only your government and other gangsters are authorized to own automatic weapons!.. -Mazzy
Mazzy, another wonderful video! I am from the UK and you are more than qualified to say the word “wanker” . Please also feel free to use “knob-head” and “doilem” ( Yorkshire slang) too. I hope you have a fabulous new year mate and I look forward to your content next year!
I also suggest Tosser.
Just brilliant Mazzy 😂 your channel content goes from strength to strength congratulations. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2024…..Peace and Love from the UK 🇬🇧
It's great to see an American love the use of w*nker. We also love it here in Aus. too. So much so that TISM sang a song about it on "Whatareya". Check it out. It's absolute gold
Stunning Mazzy. Have a Healthy,Prosperous and Happy New Year. Looking forward to watching you in 24’. Cheers
Fun facts: Face Value came out in 1981. As a kid, we got Rubber Soul in mono for Christmas in 1965. I didn't hear the stereo mix for years (and that was shocking when I finally did - vocals on the left, drums on the right!)
If someone is fool enough to buy this recycled music for all that scratch, then who is the wanker?
Thanks for the report on the re-issue parade. In another 30 -40 years it’ll be gone with Glenn Miller and Fred Waring.
As a brit I've no problem with anyone using wanker. If you get bored with the word, you can replace it with tosser.
I can never tell the difference between “slightly tipsy” Mazzy or “adrenaline fueled Mazzy” but whomever we got tonight, he did a splendid job. Tip of the hat to you sir (and a happy New Year)
If I'm not mistaken, I believe we got the 'Naked from the waist down' Mazzy...
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? ...... A big New Year's Eve greeting from Dublin, Ireland. You hit the nail on the head every time!!!
Re use of the word 'wanker' on American TV. There was a character on Mork & Mindy called Arnold Wanker; I think he was Mindys evil landlord. I was watching (in New Zealand) and was a bit surprised, as the word was in widespread usage where I came from. (Wanker was also Peggy Bundy's maiden name)
As an English bloke, I'm more than happy for my American cousins to embrace the term 'wanker'!
I remember you. I was there in 78 as well. Aussie.You use to drink in the Green Man at Whipps Cross. Also, I was Hitch hiking thru Europe in 81 with my wife to be and we heard "In the Air tonight" on the trucks radio just outside Bordeaux. Hmmm.
Mazzy - the smile you've given to my face this New Year Eve - no one does this better than you 💯
I love this. As a Brit with an equal love and affinity for the greatest country in the world, the US, it's so cool to see this vid and see the cross-cultural cross over of the use of the word wanker. From an insider perspective and knowing the full emotional context that certain British words like wanker or bollocks and the sentiments they express it's a part of British culture I love, like hearing a New Yorker calling someone a moron where it's more than just word but a part of the New York character. But often when Americans hear certain UK terms and find them weird or quaint and I see things from their perspective, I understand how they feel as a lot of British accents or words do sound a bit 'Dick Van Dyke' affected when the full British culture behind isn't understood.
So it's great to see an American who genuinely loves British culture and understands all that the word wanker encompasses beyond just how it can sound to ears that aren't used to it.
Well than you for you comment Cheers. ✌🏼
Happy New Year, Mazzy
To you, and to all those you love
Your a brave and good man for posting this list! My daughter just started collecting Beatles albums. What a mind field ! So I gave her my old collection. Don’t people learn learn from the past? I guess not thank you for all you do.
It's not "a mind field", it's "a mine field".
@@davidc8947 And it's spelled *you're.
@@davidc8947 Although you must admit "mind field" is kind of a nice play on words in this context. :)
Great, great, great...well, I'm from Switzerland, but funny enough we find the same style of wankers here too. Happy New Year!
Relax 😳
Ok. Thank you. 😎🕺🏽
masterpiece
Two thumbs up!! Among other things, thanks for calling out your favorite Beatles. Hopefully someone listens and comes up with the revolutionary idea of issuing the early albums in Mono! Best Wishes for 2024!
The term wanker tends to be used in the areas around London the most. Norman's pronunciation fits in with that area, as in it should be pronounced like the Peruvian soccer team- Deportivo Wanka. Yes, they exist, much to the amusement of British teenagers. Just saying.
Love it! Happy New Year Norman.
The bad guys will not be turning in their tactical gear, so let's be real.
That's right Mazz. Stuff happens everywhere. Try that in a small town.
Hilariously true Mazzy! Well done and I don't even have a turn table! All great stuff!
The most useful word in the UK English language is of course "Bollocks!"
Exporting our swear words over the pond is all part of a national strategy to correct American English 😂
DO MORE OF THIS STYLE I LOVE IT
I'll be honest, Martin's mono mixmastering of the Beatles has made them sound like coming out of a cardboard box. I have never dug the "5th Beatle" trope. The few times they panned out their instruments, like with the concert on the roof, they sounded ten times better.
Love the annual wankers list Mazzy more power to your elbow love from the UK.
In the Simpsons episode, "Panic on the Streets of Springfield", Benedict Cumberbatch voiced a character named Quilloughby, who is a washed-up singer, partly based on Morrisey. Morrisey and his management got the shits and apparently investigated a possible lawsuit. WHAT A WANKAAAAAAAH! 😄
I can't argue with any of these, overall, really spot on.
Spot on regarding the Beatles in mono, Mazzy! Same regarding different jackets for the remixes.
You're right on the money. Thank you for the info on mono Beatles. My first 3 albums in my life were mono. The Kinks first album. Vanilla Fudge, and Meet the Beatles. I'm going to have to dig out my remaining albums to see how msny are mono.
Interesting video except the first ten minutes that could taken 2 minutes IMO
3rd man pressings QC control gets my wanker of the year award. The only three new albums I had to return this year all came from 3rd man's plant. Ahmad Jamal's the Awakening, Scofield's A Go Go, and Grant Green's Live at Mozambique all had pressing problems. Their curation of releases is great, but the production and quality leaves a lot of room for improvement.
So many times in the video I found myself saying “well said Mazzy”. Absolutely agree with you on No1. Absolutely top video as always! Happy New Year to you Mazzy and hope 2024 is a great year for you ! All the best from Manchester!
Superb! Spot on and a lot of fun. I love how you speak like a normal human talks to another human.
Well I’ve been a human for many years ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic me a bit longer but many today can't seem to have no clue what that is.
"Wankish"! Love it. I do agree about the Beatles. The 'Beatles' business is now a cashcow. I realy agree about the kack on mono releases. I have most of their albums in mono and stereo but I had to buy old well used copies.
Beatles in mono for a reasonable price as a standard availability! And a decent recognizable "remix"-tag on the covers to make those easily distinguishable. Mazzy nailed it.
And when the hype stickers disappear and you don’t know the year, you’ll never know 🤷🏻♂️
I'm one of those guys who try their best to preserve the hype stickers by peeling them off from the shrink and pasting them on the inner sleeve. Luckily most of the time I succeed.
But without you're lost. They even keep the historic catalog numbers.
In the past, there were those "electronically re-channeled" hints, which never meant something good and most of the time (especially in Germany) there was no alternative. But at least you were warned.
The fact that early Beatles albums can't be listened in the original mono presentation on STREAMING is utterly baffling to me.
@@FrightNFight You could a few years ago. They took them down.
Do not let record labels and streaming services dictate what you do and don't get to listen to.
Absolutely brilliant Mazzy, your best video of the year! Wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2024. Btw I hope someone at Apple is watching, they need to hire you as CEO!!!
talking of politics i have been censored by youtube - talk to rachel - my politics doesn't walk hand in hand with youtube and legacy media - free speech
There are some people who HIDE behind their religion to do evil.
8 years ago I wrote and recorded a song called Kanye Ain’t Shit. It was a little tongue in cheek at the time but he makes it more and more spot on every day.
Always look forward to this video and never disappoints. Totally agree with the Dylan $1 million record. Insane. And love your honesty with The Beatles. I personally thought Now And Then was a disgraceful money grab. Roger Waters would be my #1. Yet the scariest thing is that is point of view has spread like wildfire worldwide and scariest in our own country Truly frightening. Kanye as well, I did a video on him back at that time. Difference to me is that Kanye is clearly an idiot, whereas Roger Waters is intelligent, which is a bit scarier.
Ignorance and stupidity do not protect you from punishment!
Why must we criticize Israel & Netanyahu when stating (correctly) that Hamas committed mass murder on 7 Oct?
Because he has been against at any sort of two state solution and supported homestead where they should be. When 20,000 Palestinians are killed he’s going after hamas with a sledgehammer and unfortunately loosing support from the world and many Jewish Americans. I support Israel but not this leader.
I was the biggest Waters fan in 5he world in 1992. Amused to death hit the spot. I don’t like the war and I can’t stand Netanyahu. I neither a Jew or in relation to Palestine or their people. The killing of all these kids is down there just isn’t acceptable. Ahh. The music. I have most of the great old Beatles stuff and found the red and the blue in a second hand store in pristine condition for just 5 bucks each. 1977 German pressings. You can still, at least here in Norway find great classic 60 rock in NM condition if you keep your eyes open and look places that don’t specialise in Vinyl.
Yes, I agree totally. Kanye West is the biggest " full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." And I just loved listening to your whole podcast. Keep it up!
met Kanye once. biggest. arrogant bastard I ever met. wanker for sure
😂😂😂 Mazzy, you made my day. My final day of 2023. Thank you for your Top wankers of 2023. I wish you plenty of fun and love in 2024. 🎉❤✌️
Thank you. You have hit the nail on the head in terms of mono original releases. I was disgusted at a recent vinyl release of Frank Zappa's Freak Out or example, which was a vinyl of a digital remaster(POINTLESS!!!) what I thought I was buying was a vinyl from the master tapes like the rest of the current vinyl re-issues of Frank Zappa. Vinyl of digital recordings is POINTLESS!!! So I am totally getting your frustration at the wankers that are re-issuing The Beatles in some stupid stereo to mono re-release, just re-release the original master tape analogue recording in ANALOGUE. That's all were asking.
This reminds me of the character Dana Carvey would play on SNL, that angry old man.
If you're really annoyed with someone, call them a Tosser. 😂
Roger Waters played comfortably numb without the greatest guitar lead of all time and told his fans to F off…
You should have summarised your content into a three minute video instead of wasting 31:24 minutes of my life.
Now go to sleep. 😎
Enjoyed the video!
I associate "Coming in the Air Tonight" with the movie "Risky Business" (1983) -- which came out the year before the "Miami Vice" episode. But for me, the wankeriest moment (and if that's not a word, it is now) was when I heard it at a cheesy Melrose restaurant in Hollywood called California Sushi. It was (as was popular at the time -- later '80s) a kind of theme park/food purveyance environment, and you had to walk through a fake "beach" to get in. They'd actually trucked in tons of sand from Venice or Santa Monica or Zuma or someplace. The ambience was all about the show, with Pink Floyd-worthy lighting design pulsing in rhythm to the (loud) music. At the moment well into "Coming in the Air Tonight" when Phil Collins' gigantic cascading drum fill comes in, the lights dropped and flashed in time -- and the sushi chefs pounded the bejeesus out of raw fish corpses in perfect syncopation. Imagine if Phil Collins were playing dead fish instead of drums, using cleavers instead of sticks. To this day, I can't hear that song without laughing.
P.S. You obviously can't really blame "The Beatles" for records that came out for the first time in 2023. You can only blame Paul and Ringo, since they're the only ones still alive. John, George and George Martin are all gone and they have no say in what's being done with/to their recordings.
P.P.S. Just got to #1 -- which was the first name I thought of when I saw you were doing another list. Rich & famous people are often certifiably off their rockers (Musk, Trump, Waters, Mamet, slightly over half the House of Representatives) but this wack-job (wank-job?) is a proud Nazi fan. To him, I quote his Mar-a-Lago dinner host's blasphemous Christmas greeting: ROT IN HELL!
All four estates have to agree on all releases.
True, but estates aren't Beatles. They're just relatives and LLCs. John made it official in 1970 (on "God") that the Beatles were over.
Brilliant. I remember spending 3 months working with some fellow Brits in Texas and Louisiana in 1984 and the one word that we used a lot that caused to most confusion with local friends and colleagues was "wanker". I never thought I'd be able to thank Phil Collins for something. 🙂
Cheers Mazzy to another excellent year of content 👍
Mazzy may not remember, but the first use of 'wanker' was not Phil Collins on Miami Vice but an episode of MORK AND MINDY! which had a character CALLED MR WANKER!!! - this caused mass hilarity among Brits when the episode was shown in the UK in the early 80s. Love to Mazzy from the UK.
That rings a bell. Ha ha. Blissful ignorance.
I remember that too! I’m a Brit and I loved Mork and Mindy but I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard “Wanker” several times in that episode. .
Bless you Mazzy for calling out some of the big wankers. I particularly appreciate you mentioning Roger Waters & Ticket Master (when will congress impose anti-trust legislation on what is clearly a Monopoly) 🥰
Yunoo what gets me about Roger Waters being on this list, all those people accusing him of being anti semetic, when he's a critic of the state of Israel and Zionism, and the repression of Palestine. What's particularly disturbing is these same people who accuse him of anti semetic behaviour seem to keep their mouths shut when 15-20 thousand Palestinians regardless of age, or gender have been wiped off the earth...
I'd compare this video to a cheese and shit sandwich. Some parts are good, but the parts that are bad make the whole inedible.
Agree 100%. All of that is just so sad. Greed & Racism dominated the list...except #7 & #6, which is a testament to "don't do drugs, kids."
Morrissey's been accused of supporting the far right in the UK for some time.
Thank you Mazzy for your truths and honest observations. Good job.
I would have unbuttoned the top button but that's me.
10. I totally get this. I ordered the new Beatles single “Now and Then” from the official U.S. site thinking it come quicker or least something. Instead it took them a 7-8 days just for them to even ship never-mind receive it( about another 5-7 days). Mean while it seems everyone else is walking into Target or Walmart and getting theirs on the first day. They were indeed wankers.
Great list Mazzy. Happy new year 🎈🎼🎉
The Beatles mono situation is like going to The Museum of Modern Art and seeing a "high tech," "cutting edge" reproduction of the Picassos. They may be a great example of technology, but it AIN'T THE FRIGGIN' ORIGINALS !!! I love Massy!
We use the term Tosser as well here in Australia.
I worked with an English dude at a restaurant out here in L.A. He was a bully ( Gordon Ramsey type), and I called him a Wanker all the time...and he was! He was also impressed. Great video, Mazzy. Happy New Year.🎉
If you haven’t been called a wanker or a cvnt you haven’t got mates
I think it's wrong to disparage Roger Waters, sure, he has his faults, he's prickly; but at least he has some principles and isn't afraid to stand up for them. Like his oppostion to the mass slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the Giant Gaza Ghetto, most them children and women. The attempt to cancel Waters for not supporting the genocidal party line on the horror unleashed in Gaza by a murderous military machine bent on wiping an entire people of the map and destroying their land, is outrageous.
Powerful, emotive commentary - thanks for calling these people/issues out.
Hey Mazzy, that was a great 2023 wanker list, I agree with all those except Morrissey. I have a soft spot for him, I’m a long time fan and I’ve seen him a number of times dating back to 1991 at the Garden in NY. He never canceled a show on me. I hope you go easier on him in the new year.
Wishing you a Happy New Year Mazzy, also thank you for announcing this morning on Rachel’s show about the WFMU fare returning to Manhattan, you made my day..🎼🎉❤️✌️
He never cancelled a show on you? He was never racist towards you? Face it, he's a wanker and will probably be on the 2024 list.
But brits!! Wanker is one of the greatest words of your beautiful language, why don't you want the rest of the world ton use it??
Wanna hear something insane?
I bought the soundtrack to Miami with In the Air Tonight a few weeks ago. Put it on my music device. Heard the album for the first time today (just hours ago)!
I, as a Brit, can easily identify that British accent, it's Dick Van Dykeshire!
Using AI to to make stereo Beatles records sound more like the mono records completely ignores the small matter that Ted Turner was using AI to make black and white films look colour forty years ago. It didn't fly then for films, why should it fly today for records?
Morrissey has always been a wanker. A true onanist of the lowest regard. He could (and IMHO should) self release. I remember his newly released memoirs under the title Legend on an imprint that is usually reserved for the likes of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Top tier wank.
A Dose of Buckley did an _epic_ Musical Autopsy of Try That In A Small Town. He's Canadian (so a country that has a similar gun policy, is right next to the USA geographically but without the gun crime figures) he made it clear that a small town has a lot of problems and their lack of homeless people is down to the homeless from a small town are more often than not homeless in the big city because Brian Dennehy from Rambo: First Blood is an accurate representation of a small town sheriff and the warm welcome they extend to the homeless.
That costume may be a reference to The Wall, remember that in The Wall the movie, they hired real far right extreminsts to play the fake far right extremists and the Hammerskins becamne a real thing because of that film.
I love your channel, and always love your musings but I have to admit, this one got me kinda wound up, not for really any of the specific points you made but the sorta negative or intense vibe throughout. All tongue in cheek of course and I can definitely appreciate your passion but you sounded properly angry at a couple points, and maybe that was the decided intention. Call me snowflakey but feeling a little assaulted after that, haha, or defensive (“What did *I* do?). Anyway, just offering some feedback. Looking forward to the returning to the usually scheduled programming ;-)
Good stuff an happy new year me dear.
I can’t stand throwing or watching the show through a mobile. I remember seeing Dylan c1982 ish? Someone threw a rose and it hit dylan square on the nose an probably eyes too but fair play he looked briefly startled but never broke stride in any way. I think i was more perturbed than Bob was; that was the first time i ever saw anything thrown like that.
I must say Mazzy that the reissue/remix of Let It Be was/ is atrocious!!! I have OG US pressings to compare, and the reissue doesn't even come close to the beauty and true sound of the original...the tonality of the fabs voices and sound of musical instruments (piano, guitar, tambourines, etc) is ALL WRONG, and instead, we get G. Martin's idea of what 2023 Beatles should sound like!!! Talk about dissin' your dad...not to mention his finished product...what was he thinking this guy?? I mean, how do you dismiss all the hard work that went into the production of one of the most iconic albums ever,???...Wow...truly mind-boggling to me!!!..For years now I've been listening to the originals just fine...and with new upgrades to my sterreo system, they continue to sound even better...So I say
just leave the originals alone..
they ain't broke...so don't fix em!!!
Great video. I agree with all your picks.
good list, can't argue with any of them (although I'm not as bothered by Beatles in mono thing) when I saw '..small town' I was half expecting 'rich men north of Richmond' which has really annoyed a lot of people (and made a few 'worst of 2023' lists, Todd In The Shadows, for example, was pretty scathing). I think Morrisey is just pathetic these days, he'll do anything for publicity except make good music, it seems. Waters is a terrible human being, and apparently has been for decades.. Kanye is terrible and has so much more cultural clout than anyone else on the list which is worrying when he's coming out with his BS and causes more damage. Here's hoping 2024 has fewer wankers, although with the elections coming up (for both of us) I have little optimism.
Musk is not far behind West in wankerdom. Cheers.
but Musk is only a bad Dancer, not a Musician😂. Happy New Year🎆
Yes but he’s not in music ✌🏼
Mazzy I get that your post is for entertainment purposes! & I appreciate your posts throughout the year.
However your top three in particular are spot on!
If I could give one piece of advice lose the British accent it makes you look like a Wanker 😜😜🏴 all the best in 2024.
Re. throwing flowers onstage--at a Jethro Tull show I saw in 1979, Ian Anderson was wearing tinted glasses onstage because he was recovering from being hit in the eye by a thorny rose at a recent show. That Morrissey photo at 18:45 looks uncannily like Rudy Giuliani. And my god, the graphic design on that album! Looks like a joke cover someone made for a meme. You need to use "The Winker Song" by Ivor Biggun as a theme song for these.
Morrissey used to have such great album cover designs, but somewhere in the mid-90s (arguably Southpaw Grammar but definitely Maladjusted) the quality fell off a cliff and with the exception of Ringleader of the Tormentors it never recovered. Not sure if this one's better or worse than Years of Refusal (the one where he's holding a very creepy looking baby) but it's one of the worst.
Mostly agree with your list, but your wanker history discussion was off the mark. How could you not know the UK NEVER left the pound sterling?
Just plain silly. It underminds the presentation.