Favorite Beatles Album

[Rico]

41 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

After seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, I wondered if there will ever me a movie made of the Beatles from their formation to their breakup? Of course you'd have to get Paul, Ringo, Yoko and whomever represents George's estate to all agree to it...which means it will probably never happen.

 

The Queen movie was so awesome(even with the inaccuracies).  Put the Beatles story in the right hands, and do some great casting and a Beatles movie would be tremendous.

We will always have this:

 

[The Senator]

5 minutes ago, Rico said:

We will always have this:

 

 

You beat me to it by a nanosecond!

 

https://www.rutles.org/

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[The Senator]

On 2/8/2019 at 9:56 PM, ChevyVanMiller said:

How did this turn into a Stones thread? The Stones are wonderful for what they are, but they aren’t even close to being in a league with the greatest band of all time. Don’t believe me? Ask John. *NSFW* - Language 

 

 

 

Yes yes, while the Stones produced topical songs like Sympathy For The Devil, Lennon/McCartney gave us such profound tunes as ‘Hello, hello’.   Eight Days a week.  I wanna hold your hand.  ?

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[ChevyVanMiller]

12 hours ago, The Senator said:

 

Yes yes, while the Stones produced topical songs like Sympathy For The Devil, Lennon/McCartney gave us such profound tunes as ‘Hello, hello’.   Eight Days a week.  I wanna hold your hand.  ?

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You mean like while the Beatles were writing masterpieces taking on issues like civil unrest (Revolution), depression and isolation (Eleanor Rigby) and racism and the rise of the black pride movement (Blackbird), the Stones we’re cranking out such pablum-puking drivel like “Fool to Cry,” “Indian Girl,” and “Sing This Song Together?” Then I wholeheartedly agree with you. ?

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

On 2/22/2019 at 5:49 PM, LabattBlue said:

After seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, I wondered if there will ever me a movie made of the Beatles from their formation to their breakup? Of course you'd have to get Paul, Ringo, Yoko and whomever represents George's estate to all agree to it...which means it will probably never happen.

 

The Queen movie was so awesome(even with the inaccuracies).  Put the Beatles story in the right hands, and do some great casting and a Beatles movie would be tremendous.

For a while, it was an issue of getting the music rights. That's why there's so many movies about their formation and early days, because they can fill it with them singing 50s rock and roll covers. 

 

I had an idea the other day that would be cool if it worked. Make four bio pics, to come out within a year or so apart. Each focusing on the individual Beatle's lives, but the other three guys of course play their respective role in the film. 

[T&C]

Had never seen this photo until today, pretty cool.

 

[T&C]

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

1 hour ago, T&C said:

 

favorite beatles album

 

[T&C]

25 minutes ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

 

favorite beatles album

 

Nice. That's a childhood memory song for me. When I was a kid in Lancaster every Saturday it seemed I would ride with my Dad to 84 lumber, Speherer plumbing, or some place like that. It Don't Come Easy was played like every 20th song by WKBW on the AM radio in the Falcon or the old box truck. My Sweet Lord too. 

 

I'm Abbey Roaded out though, after hearing it probably 200 times I'm giving it and the rest of the Beatles catalog a respite. You also inspired me for a new music thread.

[Gugny]

On 6/18/2018 at 12:30 AM, row_33 said:

 

A great “throwaway” tune that one can discover when they listen to studio albums.

 

there are dozens of them....

 

are they going to matter in 50 years?  I hope so....

 

 

 

I just got a "like" on this a year later.  Just watched it again.  Still matters!!!  I'm certain it will in 49 years, LOL!

 

 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

42 minutes ago, T&C said:

Nice. That's a childhood memory song for me. When I was a kid in Lancaster every Saturday it seemed I would ride with my Dad to 84 lumber, Speherer plumbing, or some place like that. It Don't Come Easy was played like every 20th song by WKBW on the AM radio in the Falcon or the old box truck. My Sweet Lord too. 

 

I'm Abbey Roaded out though, after hearing it probably 200 times I'm giving it and the rest of the Beatles catalog a respite. You also inspired me for a new music thread.

good stuff man. AR was just my favorite of an endless library from The Beatles. 

37 minutes ago, Gugny said:

I just got a "like" on this a year later.  Just watched it again.  Still matters!!!  I'm certain it will in 49 years, LOL!

be honest, I wasn't paying attention to dates as I randomly browsed the thread. it was a cool Paul piece.

[Gugny]

12 minutes ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

good stuff man. AR was just my favorite of an endless library from The Beatles. 

be honest, I wasn't paying attention to dates as I randomly browsed the thread. it was a cool Paul piece.

 

Dude, it's one of my favorite Beatles-related videos out there.  Just shows the genius of McCartney.  The final recording of the song was exactly as he laid it out in that video.  That's brilliant, to me.  I'm glad you liked it!

[T&C]

58 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

I just got a "like" on this a year later.  Just watched it again.  Still matters!!!  I'm certain it will in 49 years, LOL!

 

 

I guess the thing is that the Beatles cannot nor will ever be topped. Heck, even my LP/Album grading/pricing book, when going to the B's then the Beatles... says "The greatest rock band this world will ever know".

 

There is at least one song that every age group will enjoy, moving on through the decades.

 

I would put Simon & Garfunkel in the same slot though.

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2019 by T&C

[Rocket94]

28 minutes ago, T&C said:

I guess the thing is that the Beatles cannot nor will ever be topped. Heck, even my LP/Album grading/pricing book, when going to the B's then the Beatles... says "The greatest rock band this world will ever know".

 

There is at least one song that every age group will enjoy, moving on through the decades.

 

I would put Simon & Garfunkel in the same slot though.

 

 

 

I recently watched a series of videos by the Beatles spanning several years just to see their growth. You can see them maturing and getting tighter and tighter as a band.

[row_33]

Macca brought Ringo on for an encore at Dodger Stadium, for Sgt P Reprise and Helter Skelter

 

good stuff

 

 

[T&C]

I can only imagine what this is worth, never heard of it before:

 

Interesting fact: John, Paul, George and Ringo made a recording a good two years before The Beatles (with drummer Pete Best) auditioned for Decca Records on January 1st ,1962. Considered another amateur recording The Beatles record only one song Gershwin’s ’Summertime’. Only nine, 78-rpm discs were cut of which only one disc is known to have survived.
Date: October 16th, 1960
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Studio: Akustik, 57 Kirchenallee
John Lennon - Guitar/Vocals
Paul McCartney - Guitar/Vocals
George Harrison - Guitar Vocals
Along with members of Rory Storm’s Hurricanes
Ringo Starr - Drums
Lou “Wally Walters - Bass/Vocals
Pete Best was not present at the recording.

 

[T&C]

[row_33]

Day at the office, White Album got a spin on a low-volume laptop, found myself thinking the bass notes for almost every song....

 

no other album lets me do that subconsciously

 

 

[T&C]

[Rico]

Abbey Road special edition coming out later this month, is anyone else in? The multi-channel mix could be great.

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

Abbey Road special edition coming out later this month, is anyone else in? The multi-channel mix could be great.

 

curious what they will do with it, so many overdubs and endless piling on during the mixing

 

(one of my least favourite albums, the medley was a total copout, but it was nice they took 2 of George's songs....)

 

 

[The Dean]

Revolver and Rubber Soul are right at the top of my list. 

[Gugny]

26 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

curious what they will do with it, so many overdubs and endless piling on during the mixing

 

(one of my least favourite albums, the medley was a total copout, but it was nice they took 2 of George's songs....)

 

 

 

I love the medley and the entire album, myself!

[row_33]

23 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

I love the medley and the entire album, myself!

 

It's Come Together and George's 2 masterpieces and the rest is best left uncritiqued... perhaps the two were holding back for their solo work?

 

It was nice they got together after all was said and done. 

 

 

 

 

Lennon told David Sheff that "Mean Mr. Mustard" was "a bit of crap that I wrote in India," adding that it was a "piece of garbage. I'd read somewhere in the newspaper about this mean guy who hid five-pound notes, not up his nose but somewhere else."

 

John knew....

 

and the comments by the other 3 about Maxwell's SH should be memorized by now....

 

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2019 by row_33

[Rico]

47 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

curious what they will do with it, so many overdubs and endless piling on during the mixing

 

(one of my least favourite albums, the medley was a total copout, but it was nice they took 2 of George's songs....)

 

 

It’s not at the very top of my Beatles list, but I still love it. I’m particularly looking forward to hearing the medley in 5.1, ie. the jam before The End could be amazing.

[Gugny]

16 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

It's Come Together and George's 2 masterpieces and the rest is best left uncritiqued... perhaps the two were holding back for their solo work?

 

It was nice they got together after all was said and done. 

 

 

 

 

Lennon told David Sheff that "Mean Mr. Mustard" was "a bit of crap that I wrote in India," adding that it was a "piece of garbage. I'd read somewhere in the newspaper about this mean guy who hid five-pound notes, not up his nose but somewhere else."

 

John knew....

 

and the comments by the other 3 about Maxwell's SH should be memorized by now....

 

 

 

 

 

Irregardless ... I love it!

[row_33]

17 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

Irregardless ... I love it!

 

no problem there, they grit their teeth and got through the White Album and it was nice they tried again to do something after the Let It Be/Get Back sessions

 

hard to argue with people who think everything they did was golden and GOAT

 

it was already 1969 and Led Zeppelin (the first) was out there and blew away anything the Fab Four could muster up at the time, along with many other acts on top

 

things changed drastically while they fiddled away at Twickenham... 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2019 by row_33

[Gugny]

3 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

no problem there, they grit their teeth and got through the White Album and it was nice they tried again to do something after the Let It Be/Get Back sessions

 

hard to argue with people who think everything they did was golden and GOAT

 

it was already 1969 and Led Zeppelin (the first) was out there and blew away anything the Fab Four could muster up at the time

 

things changed drastically while they fiddled away at Twickenham... 

 

 

 

geez, #9 for 1969, after they gave John's kid with Yoko 4 of 5 starts for his album, yeah, it's above #10 and 11... 

 

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/35-rolling-stone-highest-rated/1969/1

 

 

 

69 was Zep II.

 

Hard to compare Zep to the Beatles.  Two very different bands in almost every way possible.

[notwoz]

The album I play most frequently is Rubber Soul.  But Meet the Beatles still gives me goosebumps, just like it did in 1964. 

[T&C]

37 minutes ago, notwoz said:

The album I play most frequently is Rubber Soul.  But Meet the Beatles still gives me goosebumps, just like it did in 1964. 

A taste of Honey does the same here from the first VeeJay Lp:

 

 

 

 

Guess VeeJay is off the map on youtube lol.

[The Dean]

4 hours ago, T&C said:

A taste of Honey does the same here from the first VeeJay Lp:

 

 

 

 

Guess VeeJay is off the map on youtube lol.

 

 

That was my first Beatles album.

[Gugny]

26 minutes ago, The Dean said:

 

 

That was my first Beatles album.

 

My intro to the Beatles was when I was 10 (1981) ... my brother is 6 years older.  He had the red and blue "hits" albums.  I gravitated toward the blue album (later stuff).  From there, I became a huge Wings fan.  As I got older (20s), I got back into the Beatles, but continued to focus on everything Rubber Soul and after.  Still do.  I love their earlier stuff, but I just enjoy listening to the later stuff more.

[T&C]

A unique view of the last time they ever played together:

 

[LabattBlue]

I was just thinking about all the great Beatles songs which they never performed in concert because they stopped touring in Summer of 1966, and then broke up in 1969.

 

 

What a concert it would have been in the 1970's when they were all still in their prime.   

[row_33]

12 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

I was just thinking about all the great Beatles songs which they never performed in concert because they stopped touring in Summer of 1966, and then broke up in 1969.

 

 

What a concert it would have been in the 1970's when they were all still in their prime.   

 

many offers were made in the 70s, a few were very serious.

 

getting them together in one room without something getting thrown down would have been amazing in the 70s

 

 

 

 

[row_33]

if John were alive in the early 2000s and saw how much $$$ was pulled in by comparable acts, they would for sure have been touring, all grudges instantly forgotten

 

remember that Paul cynically entered his wife into the Empire as a contributor scooping 1/5 of Beatles royalties in the 1970s... the Red and Blue and Rarities fortunes were equal parts to her....

 

 

Edited September 11, 2019 by row_33

[T&C]

[Gugny]

4 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

I was just thinking about all the great Beatles songs which they never performed in concert because they stopped touring in Summer of 1966, and then broke up in 1969.

 

 

What a concert it would have been in the 1970's when they were all still in their prime.   

 

Would have been great at Woodstock.

[Rico]

2 hours ago, T&C said:

Still hard to believe that was only 5 years removed from A Hard Days Night, what a bunch of dirty hippies.  

[row_33]

2 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

Would have been great at Woodstock.

 

They weren’t a live act at the time, their recordings were studio tricks with tons of overdubbing and actions that couldn’t be replicated live.

 

John has no interest in stadium concerts, he looked with horror when Paul suggested stadiums during the Let It Be sessions.

 

They had run their course, they made half an album in Abbey Road bailed out by George’s donations 

 

it it was a good trip but the dream was long over....