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The Batman

01-09-2009, 09:15 PM

I've always wanted to start this thread, but never really got a chance to do so....most people like the beatles, so i think this thread'll stay busy

Motown Marvel

01-09-2009, 09:23 PM

greatest band ever. most important band ever. a band who's music, without exaggeration, actually changed my life....most definitely for the better.

danoyse

01-09-2009, 11:38 PM

I love The Beatles. My mom saw them in concert when she was a kid, so I was pretty much raised on their music.

Last fall I took a Beatles tour in Liverpool and saw the real Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, Eleanor Rigby's grave, and lots of other cool stuff. We also went to London, and visited Abbey Road. :up:

Nirvana

01-10-2009, 12:22 AM

God dammit I wanted to make this thread!!!! :cmad:

bunk

01-10-2009, 12:25 AM

Motown Marvel

01-10-2009, 01:28 AM

my favorite beatles album is constantly changing, but for the past few months i've been loving the hell out of revolver. its such a perfect album. i wish tomorrow never knows was 10 minutes longer. and your bird can sing is such wonderfulness. though i hear john lennon ended up despising the song since it was mostly non sensical.

im always surprised by the love for rubber soul though. its an okay album, but it's one of my least favorite from them, i rarely listen to it. but i see so many other people regarding it so highly. but, norwegian wood is on it, and thats a flat out phenomenal song.

raindog13

01-11-2009, 01:18 AM

im always surprised by the love for rubber soul though. its an okay album, but it's one of my least favorite from them, i rarely listen to it. but i see so many other people regarding it so highly. but, norwegian wood is on it, and thats a flat out phenomenal song.

Totally agree.

For me it's very hard to pick a favorite album so I'd say my top 3 are Sgt. Pepper, the white album, and Abbey Road.

JLBats

01-11-2009, 03:17 AM

Man, I love Rubber Soul.

But, I love everything these four ****ers did, so, you know...
But seriously, it really is the pinnacle of the early pop years, whereas Revolver is the transition out of them. It has some of Paul's ****ing best ****, **** that nobody ever mentions despite how ****ing wicked it is.

Too bad he had to die and be replaced like a month after the album was released.

"Run For Your Life" is kind of hated now for misogyny, but as far as John expressing raw emotion, it's ****ing phenomenal. Also, it has "If I Needed Someone" which is a wickedly modern George song.

JLBats

01-11-2009, 03:21 AM

"Let this be a sermon, I mean everything I said..."

Such a sick, unique vocal performance.

The Chairman

01-11-2009, 09:58 AM

"Best band that ever was, best band that ever will be." - Billy Joel.

When I think of artists that helped trigger my love for music, The Beatles are always the first that come to mind along with Sinatra. Undoubtedly the most important band in popular music.

Nirvana

01-11-2009, 01:06 PM

My favorite Beatles album is The White Album. Absolutely perfect album. Blackbird is probably my favorite Beatles song of all time.

Mr.Webs

01-11-2009, 01:39 PM

"Let this be a sermon, I mean everything I said..."

Such a sick, unique vocal performance. Couldn't agree with you more on that one. You can hear the venom in each and every note.:D

The Beatles helped open a door for me in music, leading me to discover and enjoy hundreds of other bands I'd never even heard of. But, it all started with the Fab Four.:up:

While my favorite is Revolver, I believe Beatles For Sale is a criminally ignored album. With 'I'm A Loser' and 'No Reply', John really started tapping into that more dark, raw side of his songwriting that we'd see later on.

Mee

01-11-2009, 01:48 PM

My favorite band. :up:

Best album I'd say was Abbey Road.

Christmas

01-11-2009, 05:04 PM

This summer me and my drummer ate acid for the first time and I listened to Revolver front to back. It was like hearing it for the first time.

Motown Marvel

01-11-2009, 06:41 PM

My favorite Beatles album is The White Album. Absolutely perfect album. Blackbird is probably my favorite Beatles song of all time.

the white album is always a fave. though, i dont think it ever really had to be a double album. there was a lot of fat that coulda been trimmed off that album that woulda been better served as b-sides for singles, etc...

raindog13

01-11-2009, 06:47 PM

Anybody hear the news a little while back about Carnival of Lights? Thoughts?

Sawyer

01-11-2009, 07:15 PM

"Across the Universe" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" are two of my favorite songs of all time.

Christmas

01-12-2009, 06:58 PM

Anybody hear the news a little while back about Carnival of Lights? Thoughts?
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/carnival.htm

im sure it ill be cool for beatle-philes. As a song maybe not viable for widespread release or anything. I'm anxious to hear it.

Christmas

01-12-2009, 07:01 PM

edit double post

Double Down

01-12-2009, 11:18 PM

There is a fun remix of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Streetlab here:

http://www.comfortcomes.com/2009/01/12/the-beatles-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-streetlab-mix/

darkseid26

01-13-2009, 06:03 PM

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Bond

01-13-2009, 06:12 PM

My favorite Beatles song, "Helter Skelter", fa sho.

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JTHM777

01-18-2009, 07:45 PM

Has a great intro. Gets you all pumped .

Motown Marvel

01-19-2009, 12:46 AM

i love the story behind helter skelter:
paul was reading an interview with pete townshend where pete stated he just wrong the biggest, rawest, dirty and sweaty rock song in the history of rock and roll. and paul, not one to be out done, is pretty much like "f**k that!" and sets off to out do pete, with no concept of pete's unknown song for reference. so paul goes out and comes up with helter skelter, a song about an amusement park slide from his child hood that was called "helter skelter".

so, as it turns out, what who song was pete townshend talking about?
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valiant effort pete....but points to paul.

chrisfishlock

01-19-2009, 12:30 PM

Favourite Beatles album would have to be Sgt Peppers.. It is just full of great singwriting throughout and every single song is amazing, but then again isnt that the same with all Beatles album's.

Favourite track is proberly 'A Day In The Life' but it's hard to choose.

Darknightnomis

01-19-2009, 03:58 PM

The greatest and most important band ever in the history of Pop/Rock music.

I know they have received many accolades but for me they can't be praised enough.

In a relatively short time of recording years they changed how to record and make popular songs as well as in the packaging their products in ever kind of medium including videoes to promote their songs.

They are epitome of what a band should be. They came on the scene and then changed it forever.

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 03:01 AM

BEATLES TRIVIA!!!

for 20 points, what was the first beatles song to be recorded on 8 track?

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 09:46 AM

BEATLES TRIVIA!!!

for 20 points, what was the first beatles song to be recorded on 8 track?

Hey Jude

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 11:47 AM

not hey jude.

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 12:56 PM

not hey jude.

Really? Some Beatle trival sources says it's Hey Jude. :huh:

If you can't believe the intraweb then what can you believe?

Jay#1

01-23-2009, 01:03 PM

Michelle is a great song

Eggyman

01-23-2009, 01:03 PM

I think it was on the White album.

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 01:07 PM

I think it was on the White album.

While My Guitar Gentle Weeps?

Hiya eggy.

Eggyman

01-23-2009, 01:11 PM

Hello :)

Come on, Marv, throw us a bone.

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 01:27 PM

yes, it was while my guitar gently weeps.

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 01:35 PM

yes, it was while my guitar gently weeps.

Dag another of my Beatle trivia sources said that it was 'While My guitar...'but I went with the one that said it was HEY JUDE.

I got a trivia question for you guys concern 'HEY JUDE'

What disagreement did Paul McCartney and George Harrison had concerning the arrangement of Hey Jude?

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 01:52 PM

aahhhh, i remember reading something about that. i suppose i could look it up, but that'd be cheating.

Eggyman

01-23-2009, 01:52 PM

Paul wanted George to play guitar with his head up his arse? :D

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 01:56 PM

Paul wanted George to play guitar with his head up his arse? :D
LOL! :grin:

NO that was later during the 'Get back' sessions. :cwink:

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 01:57 PM

aahhhh, i remember reading something about that. i suppose i could look it up, but that'd be cheating.

Well my old grandpappy used to say...."If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying" :woot:

Ender Durden

01-23-2009, 02:02 PM

Anyone know of any WORTHY Beatles tribute acts that tour the west coast?

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 02:05 PM

Well my old grandpappy used to say...."If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying" :woot:

ha, then in that case: George Harrison and McCartney had a disagreement over this song. According to McCartney, during a rehearsal Harrison played an answer to every line of the vocal. This did not fit with McCartney's idea of the song's arrangement, and he vetoed it.

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 02:11 PM

Anyone know of any WORTHY Beatles tribute acts that tour the west coast?

http://www.raintribute.com/

these guys are the most popular beatles tribute acts. they painstakingly to to great lengths to recreate the music exactly as its recorded, note for note.....if your into that sort of thing. i saw a bit of it on TV, came off as kinda 'douchy' to me, personally, not a lot of soul in it. but it seems like lots of people are into it.

zn2vYOel-G0

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 02:22 PM

ha, then in that case: George Harrison and McCartney had a disagreement over this song. According to McCartney, during a rehearsal Harrison played an answer to every line of the vocal. This did not fit with McCartney's idea of the song's arrangement, and he vetoed it.

YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!!! :woot:

Okay people: If you could only choose ONE Beatle Album to listen too for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

For me it's ABBEY ROAD

Not only is it the Beatles best album, but it may be the best of all time.

Eggyman

01-23-2009, 02:45 PM

YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!!! :woot:

Okay people: If you could only choose ONE Beatle Album to listen too for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

For me it's ABBEY ROAD

Not only is it the Beatles best album, but it may be the best of all time.

Either Revolver or Rubber Soul depending what day it is... or in some cases which hour.

Motown Marvel

01-23-2009, 03:32 PM

im always jumping around as to what my favorite beatles album is. but im sure it'd be either revolver, white album, or abbey road. i suppose, if it were the only one i'd be allowed to listen to forever, i'd have to go with the white album because it has the most on it.

Darknightnomis

01-23-2009, 04:14 PM

While I love the White Album, I sometimes fell somewhat sad while listening to the songs because it really is the beginning of the end for the fab four as a group.

The album sounds like four individuals instead of a group effort. And I thnk this was the first time that even Ringo wrote a song (Don't Pass me by) taht they used.

And while I marvel at the diversity of the White Album, I like the Beatles when they seem to be in sinc with one another and the direction the album should take.

Best Examples are RUBBER SOUL, SGT.PEPPER (obviously) and ABBEY ROAD.

Lucy in the sky

01-24-2009, 02:23 PM

Anyone know of any WORTHY Beatles tribute acts that tour the west coast?

American English is pretty good from what I've heard. Sister's friend dated Ringo's counterpart.

Favorite song everyone?
At the moment

looking through you

Mr.Webs

01-24-2009, 07:59 PM

You Know My Name Look Up The Number. That is one sick song.:D

raindog13

01-25-2009, 12:23 PM

http://www.raintribute.com/

these guys are the most popular beatles tribute acts. they painstakingly to to great lengths to recreate the music exactly as its recorded, note for note.....if your into that sort of thing. i saw a bit of it on TV, came off as kinda 'douchy' to me, personally, not a lot of soul in it. but it seems like lots of people are into it.

zn2vYOel-G0

These guys had a show near me recently. Wanted to check them out but I never ended up going to see them.

The Batman

02-20-2009, 11:09 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPWrooRSzY&feature=related

This video is pretty interesting. Has anyone seen the entire let it be film? It's very interesting

darkseid26

03-09-2009, 08:15 PM

Alright, Beatles Rock Band coming out Sept 12.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/959/959603p1.html

raindog13

03-09-2009, 08:20 PM

alright, beatles rock band coming out sept 12.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/959/959603p1.html

f*** yeah!!

Motown Marvel

03-10-2009, 01:39 AM

despite my undying love for the beatles, i've always had a hard time going forward into their solo careers. its difficult for me to think of these 4 men as anything other than a single entity known as the beatles, you know?

but im finally getting to the point where i can go forward. i got george harrison's "all things must pass" album. completely brilliant. for a long time, george has slowly been developing to be my favorite beatle. i also picked up lennon's plastic ono band album, but havent got around to listening to it yet. does paul or ringo have any real worthwhile solo albums?

darkseid26

03-10-2009, 07:44 AM

I know Paul has done some great stuff Wings, that i love, but i don't know you would consider that solo.

Eggyman

03-10-2009, 07:51 AM

david icke

03-10-2009, 11:44 AM

I found John's work to be very raw and unpolished,

That's what I like about the Plastic Ono band album, he's screaming his guts out with no frills to soften the blow. I'd say the 'Imagine' is quite polished. edit:not as polished as McCartney's 'Band on the run' though, that's the only McC solo album I've heard.

Motown Marvel

03-10-2009, 01:53 PM

I always found John and Paul to be a better talent together. Separate, I found John's work to be very raw and unpolished, whereas Paul's always seemed too polished, overworked, almost. They were the perfect combination together, levelling each other out.

i agree they worked best together, each being one part of a whole. but i still really like johns solo stuff, im into the rawness of it, which i prefer over paul's over production. some john stuff i've heard is just as good as any of the beatles stuff. same with george. i've yet to hear anything from paul that'd make me say that.

raindog13

03-10-2009, 10:22 PM

despite my undying love for the beatles, i've always had a hard time going forward into their solo careers. its difficult for me to think of these 4 men as anything other than a single entity known as the beatles, you know?

It's the exact same way for me. But I too have started to listen to George and John's solo stuff. I haven't gotten that into Paul's though.

Mr.Webs

03-10-2009, 10:37 PM

Check out both 'McCartney' and 'Ram'. It was the first two albums Paul did after he left, and they are both fantastic and very understated. Very soothing albums, with very little production and schmaltz that his work with Wings had.

And then there's Chaos And Creation In The Backyard from a few years ago, which is, in my opinion, as fine as any Beatles album.:o

Okay, maybe not Revolver or Sgt. Pepper, but it is right up there.

Motown Marvel

03-11-2009, 03:54 AM

yeah, i was thinking of checking out RAM. i heard the self titled album was pretty mediocre.

Mr.Webs

03-11-2009, 09:49 AM

I'd heard that too. But honestly, people were expecting a masterpiece, and all it is, is a very quiet, nice, pop album with no frills. It isn't Abbey Road, but not much is. Buy it for cheap, and there is no way you CAN'T enjoy it.:up:

Darknightnomis

03-11-2009, 03:24 PM

My Best Post Beatles stuff:

I know it's cliche to say but BAND ON THE RUN maybe McCartney's best solo work as a whole.

For Lennon I will have to go with another cliche and say DOUBLE FANTASY. Yes it's full of Sappy love songs, but still good stuff.

Of Course Harrison's ALL THINGS MUST PASS maybe the best post Beatle album of the all.

And not ot forget Ringo but his self titled 1973 Album RINGO is really enjoyable (and he was teh FIRST Beatle with a Number # 1 hit after the Break-Up).

I've been re-watching the 1996 Anthology DVD this week.

I tell you, if you're a Beatle fan and don' have that in your collection, then you are seriously missing out.

Darknightnomis

04-08-2009, 12:26 PM

FINALLY!!!! :woot: :woot::woot:

From Rolling Stones.com

The Beatles’ Remastered Albums Due September 9, 2009 (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/07/the-beatles-remastered-albums-due-september-9-2009/)

On September 9, 2009, after a nearly 22-year wait, digitally remastered versions of all of the Beatles (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles) studio albums will be released, a press release has confirmed. Each album will feature the track listings and artwork as it was originally released in the U.K. and come with expanded booklets including original and newly written liner notes and rare photos.

For a limited time, each of the Fab Four’s 12 proper albums will be “embedded” with a brief documentary about its making. The rereleases will include the Beatles’ 12 studio albums and Magical Mystery Tour as well as Past Masters Vol. I and II, which will be packaged as one collection.

All 14 discs will be available with DVDs of the documentaries in a stereo box set, and a set titled The Beatles in Mono featuring 10 discs will also be released.
(http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/27338579/the_beatles_albums_from_please/photo/1)
A crew of engineers at London’s Abbey Road Studios have spent four years working on the remasters using new technology and vintage equipment, the press release says, in an effort to preserve “the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings” and ensure “the highest fidelity the catalog has seen since its original release.”

9/9/09 promises to be a huge day in Beatles lore, as it’s the same day The Beatles: Rock Band will hit stores (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/05/the-beatles-rock-band-set-to-hit-stores-september-9-2009/).

This weekend brought a bit of Beatles news, too, as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited onstage (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/06/paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-reunite-onstage-at-new-york-benefit/) at a New York benefit for David Lynch’s Transcendental Meditation foundation (see photos here (http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/27313401/paul_mccartney_and_ringo_starr_get)).

Preorders for the remasters are already popping up on Amazon.co.uk. Demand for Beatles remasters has steadily increased since 1987, when Capitol/EMI first released the Beatles’ discography on CD with what many audiophile fans deemed substandard sound quality compared to the original vinyl.

While it seems like other artists remaster their entire catalog every several years, Capitol/EMI have barely touched the Beatles’ discography since 1987, with the exception of 2004’s The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 box set, which compiled and remastered the band’s first four American releases in stereo and mono formats. The soundtrack for the Beatles’ Love show also gave listeners a brief tease of how fantastic the band’s songs would sound if properly remastered.

The Beatles in Mono will include the 10 albums originally mixed for mono release, as well as two additional discs the press release says features similar songs to those on the Past Masters compilations.

The mono versions of Help! and Rubber Soul will boast bonuses: the albums’ original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD, per the press release. The mono collection, like the stereo one, will include all original inserts and label designs, and the CDs are designed as tiny vinyl replicas.

The press release didn’t include news regarding a possible deal with iTunes or another digital-music vendor to distribute the catalog digitally: “Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalog will continue. There is no further information available at this time,” the press release reads. Both Apple Corps. and Paul McCartney have expressed reluctance to release the Beatles’ music digitally until all the albums had been remastered. The solo work of each of the four Beatles is available on iTunes.

The Beatles Remasters:
Please Please Me
With the Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles for Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles (The White Album)
Abbey Road
Let It Be
Past Masters
Yellow Submarine

Raiden

04-08-2009, 12:40 PM

The remastered album sounds great, but I'll probably get the RB: Beatles since I can't buy both.

Darknightnomis

04-08-2009, 12:48 PM

I'm saving up right now so I can get Everything!!!! :oldrazz:

From the remasters CD to the mono version of the albums. I've been waiitng and complaing why hasn't EMI/Capitol done this for years now not to grab this when it comes out!

If the newly remastered songs sound anything like the snippets we got on the "LOVE" cd then It will be like hearing the Beatles new all over again.

By the by, if you'e never heard the MONO version of Sgt. Pepper than you've really never heard Sgt. Pepper! it's the version the Beatles overseen (like all the mon version of their albums) and it's definatley a different version than standard Stero one.

Motown Marvel

04-08-2009, 12:49 PM

Darknightnomis

04-08-2009, 12:57 PM

so, i got around to listening to 'mccartney' and 'ram', both are really impressive albums! i loves them lots. plastic ono band and imagine are also great albums from john. im looking to pick up another harrison album.

MM, check out BAND ON THE RUN from McCartney. I think it's his best overall post Beatle work outisde TUG OF WAR .

danoyse

04-08-2009, 01:46 PM

By the by, if you'e never heard the MONO version of Sgt. Pepper than you've really never heard Sgt. Pepper! it's the version the Beatles overseen (like all the mon version of their albums) and it's definatley a different version than standard Stero one.

I still have my mom's old Sgt Pepper record from when it first came out. Haven't listened to it in ages, though.

Mr.Webs

04-08-2009, 03:03 PM

so, i got around to listening to 'mccartney' and 'ram', both are really impressive albums! i loves them lots. plastic ono band and imagine are also great albums from john. im looking to pick up another harrison album. Haha, told ya.:oldrazz:

Two great Harrison albums are two towards the end of his career, when he was working with Jeff Lynne, the leader of ELO. Cloud Nine and his very last album, Brainwashed. Good stuff.:up:

Chris Wallace

04-18-2009, 03:45 PM

I dig the Beatles' music, but I seem to prefer it sung by other artists.

The Joker

07-30-2009, 08:47 AM

Ok, so there havent been any updates here in a while. So here's what's new:

BEATLES: THE REMASTERS

Here's what the individual packaging for the CDs will be like...

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/packaging.jpg

And here's the box sets, both stereo:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/stereo.jpg

And mono:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/mono.jpg

THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND

The official release date for PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 is Sept. 9th. Only 25 of 45 songs have currently been announced, and they are as follows:

"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Day Tripper"
"Eight Days a Week"
"Get Back"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"I Am the Walrus"
"I Feel Fine"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Octopus's Garden"
"Paperback Writer"
"Revolution"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
"Taxman"
"Twist and Shout"
"Within You Without You"
"Yellow Submarine"
"With A Little Help From My Friends"
"Birthday"
"I Got a Feeling"
"Dig a Pony"
"Do You Want To Know A Secret"
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
"And Your Bird Can Sing"

Also, All You Need Is Love will be available as a timed exclusive to Xbox Live day and date with the game as downloadable content. The entire Abbey Road album will be coming at a later date as DLC on all platforms, rumored to be within a month of launch.

Here's the cover art:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/cover.jpg

The special edition will come with a replica of Paul McCartneys Hofner bass, and custom drums:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/bass.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/drums.jpg

And being sold seperately are replicas of John Lennons Rickenbacker 325, and George Harrisons Gretsch Duo Jet:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z98/TheJoker138/guitars.jpg

They will be selling the guitars and bass seperately for $100 each, no word yet on the drums being sold alone though, from what I can see.

The official website for the game is, of course, www.thebeatlesrockband.com

You can view trailers, and the intro video for the game at the following links...

Intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLLxRmR3nY

Trailer 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpBDOolcs9g

Trailer 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3YlnQze028

danoyse

07-30-2009, 09:37 AM

Can you believe even my mom wants to get that version of Rock Band???

Motown Marvel

07-30-2009, 12:06 PM

im usually not into those rock band games, but that looks like tons of fun. that intro cinematic animation thing was most enjoyable!

The Joker

08-01-2009, 02:39 AM

You guys didn't get these from me...

http://www.youtube.com/user/ElRamos

Nirvana

08-01-2009, 04:48 PM

I can't wait for Beatles Rock Band. :up:

The Joker

08-04-2009, 07:19 AM

I'd just like to point out how utterly disgusted I am that the f**king Kelly Clarkson thread has over double the posts of this one. You people make me sick.

bunk

08-04-2009, 11:33 AM

Lol^

I finished making a Beatles compilation for my car. I didn't want to go anymore than three discs, so ended up being 80 songs worth. It's good times.

Motown Marvel

08-04-2009, 04:35 PM

I'd just like to point out how utterly disgusted I am that the f**king Kelly Clarkson thread has over double the posts of this one. You people make me sick.

says the man who only has 3 posts in this thread. :o

The Joker

08-04-2009, 09:40 PM

says the man who only has 3 posts in this thread. :o

Three more than I have in the Clarkson thread. And I don't come here that often anymore, on account of the whole "you people make me sick" thing :o

Mr.Webs

08-04-2009, 10:24 PM

So, let's stimulate the conversation then. Just for you, Joker.;)

What's everyone favorite, and least favorite album of The Fab Four?

For me, Revolver is their masterwork. The only other thing that can compare is Sgt. Pepper, but something about Revolver makes me pick it instead. I can't explain it.

Worst album? Well, even a 'bad' Beatles album is better than pretty much anything. But, it'd have to be With The Beatles. Seemed rushed, and despite two amazing covers of 'You Really Got A Hold On Me' and 'Please Mister Postman', and the great original opener 'It Won't Be Long', most of the songs seemed rushed and not that well put together.

Motown Marvel

08-04-2009, 11:04 PM

revolver is also my favorite.

i've found lately, the more people know about the beatles and their music, the more likely revolver is their favorite album and george is their favorite beatle.

i think my least favorite album from them would be something new. but in regards to just their later works, i'd say rubber soul is my least favorite (despite the fact that is has norwegian wood on it, which is a lovely song!) but rubber soul was clearly a transitional album for them. they were trying to get to some place new with rubber soul, but they werent quite sure how to get there yet, and i think that shows on the album. but clearly, the album was necessary for them to get to where they were going, so i find it quite important in that regard.

Mr.Webs

08-04-2009, 11:18 PM

I would agree with Rubber Soul, but their's just too many great songs.

From Norwegian Wood, to In My Life, Nowhere Man, Run For Your Life, Girl, If I Needed Someone, etc. Sure, there are some clunkers, popwise, but, too many classics.

And John will always be my favorite.:o

bunk

08-04-2009, 11:37 PM

Rubber Soul is awesome.

The Joker

08-05-2009, 02:58 AM

It's between Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and Abbey Road for me. All three albums are totally solid in every way. Least favorite is Yellow Submarine, as it had a couple songs that had been previously released, and then a bunch of George Martin crap no one cared about.

Also, George was totally the best Beatle, and it shows in his solo work. While Paul and John were both taking crap advice from their untalented wives, and making abortions of songs with Wings and disco albums, respectively, George was making the same music he would have been with the Beatles. While Paul and John together were great songwriters, apart they suffered, while George thrived. Lennon had some great solo stuff, Ringo had some great solo stuff, and Paul had like...3 good songs with Wings, I guess, but almost everything George did afterwards was amazing.

Motown Marvel

08-05-2009, 03:56 AM

i think john, paul, and george all had their fair amount of extremely impressive solo work.

The Joker

08-05-2009, 04:56 AM

John did. And as I said, George was great. Even Ringo had some good stuff. Paul on the other hand was at best good, but usually incredibly mediocre. And by the time he came out with that "Freedom" song, post-9/11, he was a joke as far as I'm concerned.

It's a good thing the real Paul died in the 60's, and isn't around to see what Fake Paul has done to his good name ;)

The Joker

08-05-2009, 07:59 AM

She might have better lady bits, but the whole part where she has no talent and is only famous for winning a s**ty singer competition that the inbred pleebs and tween girls in this country seem to love so much is where I have a problem with her. She deserves her own thread about her music as soon as she actually WRITES some music as far as I'm concerned.

Anyway back on topic, I've been listening to the LOVE album that came out a few years back now a bit lately, and I gotta say there's some really intersting stuff going on with it.

Motown Marvel

08-05-2009, 12:14 PM

while im still pretty fresh to the beatles as solo artists (i mentioned a while ago in this thread that it was hard for me to think of them as much) i think pauls work on 'RAM' and 'McCartney' was most impressive....and its usually best not to stray too far past that.

of the beatles solo albums, i have:

lennon: plastic ono band, imagine
mccartney: self titled, RAM
harrison: all things must pass, self titled, living in a material world

DACrowe

08-06-2009, 12:18 AM

I didn't know we had a Beatles thread. Sweet. Favorite band ever. Best band ever.

Hm. Not to be too cliche but their best albums, are a toss up for me, so I'll go with The White Album and Abbey Road. I mostly listen to a compilation playlist I made of them a year or so ago now. It has nearly a hundred songs I think and it is chronology so that just makes it simple.

Mr.Webs

08-06-2009, 12:20 AM

Mind Games, in my honest opinion, might be the best solo work by any Beatle. It has pop tunes, sweet melodies, beautiful acoustic work, protest songs...amazing stuff. Not enough love for that one.

Motown Marvel

08-06-2009, 02:55 AM

i've been meaning to check out lennon's mind games and rock 'n roll. but i just downloaded a s**t ton of dylan and yardbirds, so my attention is occupied.

NewAvenger4

08-06-2009, 02:34 PM

the beatles are amazing

period

The Joker

08-10-2009, 04:56 AM

If you order the Beatles Stereo Box Set from BestBuy.com right now, it's only $200, instead of $250.

Jumpin' Jack

08-10-2009, 05:02 AM

I agree with you there Joker. George was the best beatle. His solo albums was just as good as the Beatles albums and I also agree with you about John and Paul. Paul has only had some hits in his solo career and I didn't really like it but with his new band The firemen he sounds much better. And about the wives you are totally correct especially about John,I felt that Yoko led him away from his beatle material and into a more dreamy style,which I didn't like.
Well sorry if my post isnt understandable.

The Joker

08-12-2009, 09:27 AM

Nintendo Power seems to have accidentaly leaked that While My Guitar Gently Weeps will be in Beatles: Rock Band.

The Joker

08-12-2009, 07:12 PM

Wired Magazine article about the production of the game:

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/magazine/17-09/mf_rockband?currentPage=all

New York Times article about the production, and impact of the game:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magazine/16beatles-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=4

The NY Times article confirms Sgt. Pepper, and Rubber Soul as future full album DLC, and also seems to confirm that DLC will be done as full albums only (you'll be able to buy the songs seperately still, just like the full albums now).

The Joker

08-13-2009, 10:12 PM

Full Beatles: Rock Band tracklist revealed in Game Informer

http://kotaku.com/5337085/the-beatles-rock-band-full-soundtrack-revealed-in-new-game-informer

Singles
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don't Let Me Down

Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles (1963)
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Hard Day's Night
Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale (1964)
Eight Days a Week

Help! (1965)
Ticket To Ride

Rubber Soul (1965)
Drive My Car
I'm Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver (1966)
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Dear Prudence
Back In the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine (1969)
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road (1969)
Come Together
Something
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love (2006)
Within You Without You/ Tomorrow Never Knows

The Joker

08-14-2009, 01:13 AM

I've started a thread about The Beatles: Rock Band in games, as no one seems to come to this one anymore.

Mr.Webs

08-14-2009, 01:15 AM

I'm still here.:(

Motown Marvel

08-14-2009, 03:54 AM

im all for talking about the beatles. i dont have anything to say about the game though. im not a gamer. it looks cool, but thats all i can say about it.

so how great is "and your bird can sing"? answer: so great.

The Ace of Knaves

08-14-2009, 03:56 AM

I met the Beatles back in 76. We got bang on the acid.

Chris Wallace

08-14-2009, 06:14 PM

I love the movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

The Joker

08-15-2009, 01:29 AM

That movie is god damn awful. From what I understand, the Beatles themselves got next to nothing for it, and they raped pretty much every single song in it. The Bee Gees and Steve Martin ruining Beatles songs, ugh.

Anyway...

http://kotaku.com/5337248/the-beatles-rock-band-preview-story-mode-beatles-beats--beyond

New preview of the game. Beatles Christmas Album is one of the unlockables :eek: :D

Motown Marvel

08-16-2009, 06:35 PM

the hard days night movie was okay. it had some nice moments, but over all i was pretty bored by it. there was no real story to it, ha ha.

help! was a really fun movie, but it went on for too long.

yellow submarine is my favorite (i know the beatles arent actually in it). i find it wonderfully imaginative and inspiring.

i never even bothered with the sgt. peppers movie....i mean, the bee gee's?

Motown Marvel

08-16-2009, 06:37 PM

The Joker

08-17-2009, 02:15 AM

I like Hard Days Night, and I really like Help!, and Yellow Submarine is ok but the animation is pretty terrible and the voice actors are so exaggerated with their accents that it takes me out of the experience. Sgt. Pepper is a terrible movie, and should be burned, and all who like it should be greeted with nothing but scorn.

The Joker

08-17-2009, 08:12 AM

I also just watched All Together Now, the making of the Cirque Du Soliel show. It has my favorite quote from Paul ever, that really sums up everything. "What a great f**king band we were."

darkseid26

08-17-2009, 10:31 AM

Sgt. Peppers is sort of a guilty pleasure of mind, when i was younger my dad had brought both Sgt. Peppers and yellow submarine to watch. i enjoy them both.

Mr.Webs

08-17-2009, 07:27 PM

Hard Day's Night is one of my favorite movies. Period. So vibrant and so damn funny. Irreverence at it's finest, and shot beautfully. Help, while enjoyable, was way too all over the place....and I still don't know what to make of Yellow Submarine. It was fun, but odd.

And Sgt. Pepper is so bad, it's, well..still bad. But in a good way.:o

Motown Marvel

08-18-2009, 01:41 AM

my favorite part of Help! was johns frustrated exclamation "YOU FAIL, JEWLER!"

The Joker

08-18-2009, 02:34 AM

"You're another failure, aren't you, scientist?"

The Joker

08-28-2009, 07:18 AM

So, just over a week before the remasters hit. Best Buy doesn't have the mono box up anymore, I'm guessing it's sold out for online or something. And Amazon.com definetly is sold out of BOTH sets.

danoyse

08-28-2009, 09:57 AM

A Hard Days Night is one of my favorite movies. I'm a big fan of the Marx Bros, and the humor is very much the same ("How did you find America? Turned left at Greenland."). It was fun because they were really just playing themselves, and it was such a great parody on fame that it's still just as funny today. That scene with George and trendsetting office was priceless.

One of my favorite scenes in the film is when John goes back and forth with the woman who thinks she recognizes him. Finally she puts on her glasses and says she doesn't look like him at all. He walks away muttering, "She looks more like him than I do..." :oldrazz:

I like Help, but not as much as A Hard Days Night. My sister loves that movie though, especially the random intermission in the middle of the film.

Venomfan

08-31-2009, 11:33 PM

So, just over a week before the remasters hit. Best Buy doesn't have the mono box up anymore, I'm guessing it's sold out for online or something. And Amazon.com definetly is sold out of BOTH sets.
whats the difference between the stereo and mono sets? the mono set only has 11 of the albums and the stereo has all of them, so why would you pay more for the mono? i'm not up on how the audio stuff works so is there a difference there?

Mr.Webs

08-31-2009, 11:40 PM

With mono, every instrument and sound comes from the same speaker. With stereo, bass will come from one speaker, the drum bits come from another, the vocals from another, etc. Stereo lets you hear EVERYTHING a lot better....nothing is burried in the mix.

Motown Marvel

09-01-2009, 06:50 PM

i strongly prefer mono. particularly for beatles albums. when mixing the records they put their focus and attention on the mono mixes with little concern to the stereo mixes.

Mr.Webs

09-01-2009, 08:14 PM

Yeah....The Beatles themselves preferred mono. So, I'm a bit torn.:o

Jumpin' Jack

09-01-2009, 08:16 PM

Yep I prefer mono while listening to the Beatles too.

darkseid26

09-01-2009, 09:17 PM

their giving HELP! on vh1 classic right know :word:

Motown Marvel

09-02-2009, 03:05 AM

not that youtube is the ideal source for quality sound, but....

Help! (stereo)
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Help (mono)
hpQFlEhoAcE

danoyse

09-02-2009, 08:57 PM

So the Shop Rite near me had all the re-mastered Beatles CDs on sale already tonight. Not the box set, but the indvidual CDs. :wow:

The Joker

09-02-2009, 10:49 PM

I plan on buying the stereo set myself and the...acquiring the mono mixes at a later date. The stereo set has all the albums, and a dvd with all the making of documentaries on it, so I can't pass that up. All I need to get after that is Let It Be...Naked, and Anthology 2 and 3, and I'll have everything they ever recorded on cd. Then they just need to hurry up and release all 4 of their movies plus the Anthology on blu ray.

The Joker

09-03-2009, 11:05 PM

http://www.justin.tv/cheesebanana#from-16.49,September-3-2009

Here's a stream from earlier today of a guy playing through the full story mode of Beatles Rock Band.

Also, I just ordered Anthology 1-3, and Let it Be...Naked. Now on the 9th I'll have all of the Beatles on CD :D

The Joker

09-04-2009, 06:41 AM

Quick question: Do the Anthology CDs have liner notes/a booklet with them? I got Anthology 1 used and it didn't have any, but signs seem to point to them having one...

Mr.Webs

09-04-2009, 08:55 AM

Yep. Each one had a pretty big booklet too.

Sorry to hear you got stiffed buddy.:csad:

Venomfan

09-04-2009, 03:11 PM

so if mono is the way its meant to be listened to, how come the box set doesn't include all of the cd's? and why is it more expensive for less?

The Joker

09-04-2009, 03:13 PM

Because the CDs it doesnt contain were originally made in stereo. And it's more expensive because there's a smaller number of people who actually want it, and it's limited edition. Really, the only people who care about the mono vs stereo thing are the audiophiles, and the general populace will always pick stereo over mono.

Venomfan

09-04-2009, 09:05 PM

ok thanks guys. made my purchase a lot easier

The Joker

09-05-2009, 01:45 AM

For those of you who are either criminals, or impatient, the stereo box set has leaked.

The Chairman

09-05-2009, 08:41 AM

For those of you who are either criminals, or impatient, the stereo box set has leaked.

Where?

danoyse

09-05-2009, 01:37 PM

I'm not surprised, since I already found the remastered CDs on sale at Shop Rite.

Apparently the Walmart near me is having a midnight opening for Beatles Rock Band.

Darknightnomis

09-08-2009, 11:57 AM

Tommorow's the BIG day 09-09-09. :yay:

But if anyone wants to hear a sample of the remastered songs this web page have 30 second samples on them.

http://www.aotplaza.com/Files/Audio/Samples/Beatles%20Remasters/

To me the ones that benefitted the most from the remastering were the earlier stuff. You really get the energy and some new sounds out of them.

bunk

09-08-2009, 12:40 PM

Road Warrior

09-08-2009, 03:52 PM

Ringo: The Unsung Hero
http://www.cracked.com/funny-2181-ringo-starr/

Motown Marvel

09-09-2009, 02:13 AM

ringo is so underrated. he really is quite the incredible drummer. just listen to those drum fills in "Oh! Darling" off of abbey road. they get more and more ridiculous as the song progresses until by the end he's just blowing your mind.

i really wish i could afford to buy a mono box, but thats not even close to being possible for me. has there been any word on these remasters being put on vinyl? it'd be so killer for them to release a remastered 45 box set. god, that'd just be glorious! paperback writer b/w rain in mono!!! eff me!

danoyse

09-09-2009, 12:41 PM

i really wish i could afford to buy a mono box, but thats not even close to being possible for me. has there been any word on these remasters being put on vinyl? it'd be so killer for them to release a remastered 45 box set. god, that'd just be glorious! paperback writer b/w rain in mono!!! eff me!

I have all of my mom's (and my aunt's) records and 45s from the first time they were released. And they still sound really good!

bunk

09-09-2009, 03:41 PM

This was pretty funny.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/chuck-klosterman-repeats-the-beatles,32560/

Motown Marvel

09-09-2009, 06:20 PM

I have all of my mom's (and my aunt's) records and 45s from the first time they were released. And they still sound really good!

i cant decide if i love you or hate you. either way, buy me the mono box set?

Raiden

09-09-2009, 06:29 PM

I have Beatle's "1" album, but I'm thinking about getting those new remastered CDs. But I'll probably end up buying The Beatles: Rock Band instead.

danoyse

09-09-2009, 07:04 PM

i cant decide if i love you or hate you. either way, buy me the mono box set?

My mom saw The Beatles in concert, too. :woot:

Motown Marvel

09-10-2009, 01:41 AM

knfhjknzfjkgbngdfjkg;erkng!!!!!!

DACrowe

09-10-2009, 03:05 AM

I'm surprised that I bought into the Beatlemania of the last week, given I don't play Rock Band (and can 45 songs really be enough to encompass their catalogue? Really?) but all the hype has worked.

I watched Help! on VH1 back on Sunday and afterwards pulled out my trusty DVD copy of A Hard Day's Night, which is a great to experience both albums with zany movie Lester-pseudo-Monty-Python-fun.

I have since listened to Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, Let it Be and "1."

I then watched some of the Beatles Anthology tonight on VH1. I am addicted. Nothing like re-rediscovering the greatest band again.

DACrowe

09-10-2009, 03:09 AM

My mom saw The Beatles in concert, too. :woot:

.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ............

:dry:

Wow.

The Joker

09-10-2009, 06:56 AM

(and can 45 songs really be enough to encompass their catalogue? Really?) but all the hype has worked.

No. Which is why they've announced DLC for the next three months, that being all of Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper, and Rubber Soul, with more coming after that. And All You Need Is Love came out today, with all proceeds going to charity (Doctors Without Borders, fyi).

The Joker

09-10-2009, 06:57 AM

I have Beatle's "1" album, but I'm thinking about getting those new remastered CDs. But I'll probably end up buying The Beatles: Rock Band instead.

Get rid of 1. It has some great songs on it, but they totally f**ked up the production on it, and it sounds awful even compared to the 1987 masters.

DACrowe

09-10-2009, 11:42 AM

Motown Marvel

09-10-2009, 01:26 PM

so....im not gonna lie.....i just listened to the mono remaster of paperback writer....and i kind of cried.

danoyse

09-10-2009, 02:03 PM

.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ............

:dry:

Wow.

Yep. She was 13. Her dad knew the security guard and managed to get them tickets at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Back then they only played for about 30 minutes and said they could just barely hear them, but it was amazing. She still has the date memorized (8/28/64).

She swears up and and down that she and my aunt were far too stunned once the concert started to screaming like those hysterical kids you see on the concert clips, but apparently my grandfather thought the hysterical kids were so hilarious that he climbed on on his chair and started cheering them on himself.

I'm told my grandmother (who got her glasses knocked right off her face by the crowd of kids jumping around as soon as the show started and never found them) had her head in hands and kept saying "Please stop embarrassing me!"

My grandparents died before I was born, so I love hearing that story. :yay:

The Joker

09-10-2009, 04:15 PM

I have old '90s copies of the main CDs I own (Hard Day's Night, Help, White, Sgt. Pepper's, Let it Be and Abbey Road) as well as 1. Would you recommend getting these new super-duper remasters as I think my CDs are pre-Anthology, save for 1, which you seem to dislike.

The new CDs are definitely better quality than the old. There are some samples up on amazon.com of the new versions, I'd suggest heading over there and checking those out. Don't bother with the remaster of Let It Be though, just get Let It Be...Naked instead. The de-Spectorized songs sound about a million times better.

Motown Marvel

09-10-2009, 05:45 PM

i've been skipping through tracks on the mono box set. so far everything sounds really great with just two disheartening moments. 1. helter skelter: apparently the mono version of this never had the music fading back in after a false ending (complete with ringo shouting "i've got blisters on my fingers")....so that is missed. 2. Rain, one of my favorite beatles tracks, sounds more subdued that what im used to.

theres that quote from george martin saying something like "you havent heard sgt. peppers until you've heard it in mono." and its so true. wow.

DACrowe

09-10-2009, 07:53 PM

Yep. She was 13. Her dad knew the security guard and managed to get them tickets at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Back then they only played for about 30 minutes and said they could just barely hear them, but it was amazing. She still has the date memorized (8/28/64).

She swears up and and down that she and my aunt were far too stunned once the concert started to screaming like those hysterical kids you see on the concert clips, but apparently my grandfather thought the hysterical kids were so hilarious that he climbed on on his chair and started cheering them on himself.

I'm told my grandmother (who got her glasses knocked right off her face by the crowd of kids jumping around as soon as the show started and never found them) had her head in hands and kept saying "Please stop embarrassing me!"

My grandparents died before I was born, so I love hearing that story. :yay:

That sounds really cool. And sweet. :)

The Joker

09-11-2009, 09:06 AM

So I've been thinking...You know who I hate? Mark David Chapman. I hope he's getting f**ked in the ass by some big guy right now. I hope he never gets out of jail, and spends the rest of his hopefully overly long life living in a dank hole in the ground.

*Just watched John Lennon: Imagine*

Motown Marvel

09-11-2009, 05:10 PM

^^speaking of that....

i just heard yesterday that in "come together" when john does that "shoop" sound, he's actually saying "shoot me". i never knew that. apparently, paul never liked that which is why he plays his bass louder over the "me" to try and drown it out.

The Joker

09-11-2009, 05:14 PM

Yeah, that's how it's charted on the vocals on Beatles Rock Band.

darkseid26

09-18-2009, 06:29 PM

Mom surprised me with the Remastered Abbey Road, sounds better than ever :up::up:

Bunker

09-23-2009, 08:11 AM

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" has been on replay in my iTunes for a while now. New fav Beatles track? Quite possibly.

Jumpin' Jack

09-23-2009, 08:42 AM

Eric Clapton is great on that track! one of my favourite beatles songs

The Joker

09-23-2009, 09:28 AM

Anyone else who pre-ordered this from Best Buy and had it get back ordered still waiting for it to not be back ordered anymore?

DACrowe

09-28-2009, 12:10 AM

Help! I need somebody! Help! You know just not anybody! Help! You know I need someone! Help!

Spidey-Bat

09-28-2009, 11:32 PM

I was thinking of getting the Mono set for my parents. How limited is this? Or is there no chance of me getting it?

Catman

09-29-2009, 12:58 AM

If the White Album proves one thing it's that Paul McCartney could out-experiment and out-crazy John Lennon. Helter Skelter and Wild Honey Pie have to be two of the most bizarre Beatles songs.

Jumpin' Jack

09-29-2009, 12:25 PM

yeah Wild Honey Pie is madness!

Mr.Webs

09-30-2009, 09:41 PM

Out-crazy?

Revolution 9, anyone?:o

Catman

09-30-2009, 10:06 PM

Out-crazy?

Revolution 9, anyone?:o

That was out-drugged. :cwink:

Mr.Webs

09-30-2009, 10:25 PM

Oh, thanks for clearing that up.:up: :oldrazz:

Drizzle

09-30-2009, 11:23 PM

I dunno. With "I Am the Walrus", Lennon created a whole new kind of crazy.

Catman

10-01-2009, 05:03 AM

I dunno. With "I Am the Walrus", Lennon created a whole new kind of crazy.

No, that was also a song created while on drugs. To be honest, I don't think John Lennon could out-crazy and out-experiment Paul McCartney while sober. He couldn't even out-do George Harrison. Have you heard Piggers? Pigges!? It's chamber music, man. Chamber music! Even with the best drugs, Lennon didn't come up with that. If it wasn't for drugs, Lennon's song-writing career would have ended with A Hard Night's Night, his peak as a sober artist.

The Joker

10-01-2009, 06:09 AM

I don't think Lennon was really influenced that much by drugs for I Am The Walrus. The instigation for that was a letter he received from a kid, talking about how the teacher was having them go over Beatles lyrics to try and find the "deeper meaning" in them in class. Lennon thought this was hilarious, and wrote a song consisting of Lewis Carrol inspired gibberish just to see people try and deconstruct the lyrics.

Darknightnomis

10-01-2009, 02:13 PM

'Here's another clue fo you all...the Walrus was Paul' - 'Glass Onion' :cwink:

The Chairman

10-01-2009, 02:30 PM

More great Beatles related news!

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/in....ming-to-cddvd / (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/30/paul-mccartneys-historic-citi-field-stand-coming-to-cddvd/)

Earlier this summer, Paul McCartney christened Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets, with a sold-out three-night stand in Flushing, Queens. Those shows will be the focus of an upcoming 2CD/1DVD set titled Good Evening New York City. Each night’s 33-song, two-hour-and-40-minute hits-filled set was filmed with 15 high-definition cameras, plus an additional 75 flipcams were distributed to the audience to capture all angles of McCartney’s performance. Good Evening New York City will be released on November 17th via Hear Music.

One of the Citi Field stand’s highlights was undoubtedly a cameo by Billy Joel during the opening night’s encore. Joel was returning the favor after McCartney guested at Joel’s Last Play at Shea concert, helping perform the final ever notes at Shea Stadium — a spot filled with Beatles history — before it was demolished. McCartney’s Citi shows featured a mix of solo and Wings hits, Beatles classics, new tracks from side project the Fireman and some songs resurrected to pay homage to the Fab Four’s Shea shows, like “I’m Down.”

The deluxe edition of Good Evening New York City will feature both expanded packaging and a bonus DVD of McCartney performing atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York on July 15th. While the performance was filmed for Late Show With David Letterman, the DVD will include the performance of some songs that weren’t broadcast.

This is going to be an AWESOME set! I was at the last of the three Shea shows and it was simply phenomenal. Best show I've ever attended. Paul blew everyone away.

danoyse

10-01-2009, 02:41 PM

No, that was also a song created while on drugs. To be honest, I don't think John Lennon could out-crazy and out-experiment Paul McCartney while sober. He couldn't even out-do George Harrison. Have you heard Piggers? Pigges!? It's chamber music, man. Chamber music! Even with the best drugs, Lennon didn't come up with that. If it wasn't for drugs, Lennon's song-writing career would have ended with A Hard Night's Night, his peak as a sober artist.

I've read "I Am The Walrus" was created because they'd heard that people were trying to analyze their music so intensely that Lennon wrote that song so it would be so wacked out that no one would ever be able to figure out what it was about. That's why the song is all nonsense.

It's like "Lucy In the Sky..." people think it's an LSD reference, but it really was a picture Julian drew of his friend Lucy at school that John took the song from. In the fact, the real Lucy died this past week.

Motown Marvel

10-01-2009, 06:12 PM

i never cared all that much for wild honey pie.

Mr.Webs

10-01-2009, 07:55 PM

That track used to scare me as a kid.:o

darkseid26

10-01-2009, 08:55 PM

George gave both Paul and John a run for their money in experimentation. blue jay way anyone?

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Motown Marvel

10-01-2009, 09:38 PM

all of the beatles had their weird bouts of experimental genius. debating who got the weirdest is kind of pointless, especially considering that just because something is really weird, doesnt necessarily make it good.

The Joker

10-03-2009, 09:36 AM

They all did experimental stuff, in different ways. John got all avant garde with stuff like Revolution #9. Paul played around a lot with different genres, like in Your Mother Should Know. George brought in heavy Indian influences with stuff like Tomorrow Never Knows. Ringo wrote a song about an octopus.

Catman

10-04-2009, 01:11 AM

Ringo wrote a song about an octopus.

lol. But all joking aside, George Harrison wrote that. Ringo attempted to write a song about Octupus, but Harrison had to bail him out...as usual. Have you seen the Let It Be documentary? Remember the scene where John, George, and Ringo are jamming to an early version of that song and then Paul walks in and they all stop. lol. It's like, "oh, no. The boss is here. Let's get back to work." lol. All while Paul just stands there with a WTF look on his face. lol.

Here's the scene if you haven't seen it:

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Spidey-Bat

10-04-2009, 01:27 AM

If anyone is interested, Amazon will have the Mono Set in stock November 1st.

Catman

10-04-2009, 04:00 AM

A mono preview:

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Motown Marvel

10-04-2009, 04:17 AM

funny story: one time i got a blow job to octopus' garden. the end.

Catman

10-04-2009, 04:51 AM

So, anyway, HQ video of John Lennon performing Yer Blues:

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The Joker

10-04-2009, 05:01 AM

Why would they over-dub that awesome live performance?:(?

Catman

10-04-2009, 05:15 AM

The dude who uploaded the video said he'll upload the live perfomance in a day or two.

darkseid26

10-04-2009, 08:21 AM

funny story: one time i got a blow job to octopus' garden. the end.

my hero :awesome:

Motown Marvel

10-04-2009, 06:14 PM

The dude who uploaded the video said he'll upload the live perfomance in a day or two.

no need. its been on youtube for years. its an incredible clip from the rolling stones rock and roll circus. the line up featured here went by the name 'Dirty Mac', featuring: John Lennon (vocals, rhythm guitar), Eric Clapton (lead guitar), Keith Richards (bass), and my favorite drummer Mitch Mitchell. its a jaw dropping super star line up who turned in an phenomenal performance. i love this clip so much.

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the rock and roll circus is available on both DVD and CD. its tons of fun.

The Joker

10-05-2009, 02:13 AM

I'm really sad Lennon never got Dirty Mac to do anything but that one off performance. Think of the amazing **** they could have done together.

Motown Marvel

10-05-2009, 03:45 AM

i know, i've dreamt about it. i dont think theres been a superstar line up in the history of rock and roll that could have, or will ever, compare to that line up.

though, i wonder if all those ego's would have been able to even do more than one show, ha ha. was lennon intending on doing more with them?

Catman

10-05-2009, 04:09 AM

i wonder if all those ego's would have been able to even do more than one show

Of course not. The Beatles broke up. So, this wouldn't have had a chance.

The Joker

10-05-2009, 09:31 AM

I just love that they got Keith Richards, and then made him play bass. When he's your second choice for guitar player, you know you've got one hell of a line up.

Motown Marvel

10-05-2009, 06:02 PM

i know!! i always laughed about that. im almost surprised that he even took the gig.

FVD

10-06-2009, 08:58 AM

Well speaking of Helter Skelter I got a blast playing that on Rock Band the other day. The song that influenced Heavy Metal they say? Hmm...

When is the official release day for the Abbey Road DLC anyway?

And man how come I'd never listened to Hey Bulldog before? That was awesome. :)

Must pick up the Remastered Set soon too. So far I've only had a listen to Abbey Road. Mean Mr Mustard sounds more upbeat to me for some reason. :P

DACrowe

10-06-2009, 11:48 PM

I must ask if we have more of that footage from Octopus Garden from the Let it Be documentary. It was just getting good when Paul walked in and I wanted the strange tension but it cut off. :( Sad.

Motown Marvel

10-07-2009, 03:24 AM

i have that whole let it be movie. its pretty great. just seeing the beatles "exist" is a giddy thrill for me.

The Joker

10-07-2009, 07:19 AM

Abbey Road DLC is on the 20th, FVD.

DACrowe

10-07-2009, 03:01 PM

thanks.

Ender Durden

10-07-2009, 04:37 PM

Well speaking of Helter Skelter I got a blast playing that on Rock Band the other day. The song that influenced Heavy Metal they say? Hmm...

:P

i think it pretty much did. the Who obviously stepped it up on the heavy-ness level after the Beatles response to "I can see for miles", which in turn influenced all the upcoming hard rock acts in the 70's like Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ACDC, probly even early punk bands too, like the Clash and such.

for me i just cant believe the same guy who wrote dance hall music like "Honey Pie", kick started the metal and punk scene with Helter Skelter. makes me :awesome:

Catman

10-07-2009, 09:59 PM

for me i just cant believe the same guy who wrote dance hall music like "Honey Pie", kick started the metal and punk scene with Helter Skelter. makes me :awesome:

John Lennon made Paul McCartney very underrated. He was the best Beatle. Lennon was a great songwriter, but he wasn't a great Beatle. Especially towards the end when Lennon was pre-occupied with Yoko One and his political campaign. McCartney took over cause he had too, not because he was the control freak that Lennon claimed. Without McCartney we wouldn't have the 1967-69 work. Even George and Ringo joked on the Anthology documentary that they knew it was time to get back to work when Paul called. George Martin also preferred McCartney over Lennon cause he was WAY more professional. And I recently read a magazine interview with the Abbey Road engineers where they say that McCartney was basically solo on that album. He finished all of his and Lennon's songs. Lennon was MIA throughout most of the album. And when he was there he annoyed the others because he had Yoko sleeping on a bed in the middle of the studio. So, McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo preferred to work on their own. The engineers said that them three were actually very peaceful together. It was when Lennon and Yoko showed up that all the drama began.

Motown Marvel

10-07-2009, 11:01 PM

saying lennon wasnt a great beatle is ridiculous! by time the white album was recorded, they were all doing their own things to contribute to the album, working separately, it was hardly just lennon. paul may have become the more professional and reliable, but that hardly means that lennons contributions to the group were lacking. he was still consistently writing phenomenal music for the band. rifts and cliques were forming between the band through out all of their career. how about the time the other three beatles threw a brick through McCartney's car window because he's a d**k to work with? does that make mccartney any less of a great beatle?

Drizzle

10-07-2009, 11:05 PM

So, McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo preferred to work on their own. The engineers said that them three were actually very peaceful together. It was when Lennon and Yoko showed up that all the drama began.
How peaceful could it have been with those three? McCartney and Harrison clashed constantly during those last few months.

Ender Durden

10-08-2009, 01:43 AM

John Lennon made Paul McCartney very underrated. He was the best Beatle. Lennon was a great songwriter, but he wasn't a great Beatle. Especially towards the end when Lennon was pre-occupied with Yoko One and his political campaign. McCartney took over cause he had too, not because he was the control freak that Lennon claimed. Without McCartney we wouldn't have the 1967-69 work. Even George and Ringo joked on the Anthology documentary that they knew it was time to get back to work when Paul called. George Martin also preferred McCartney over Lennon cause he was WAY more professional. And I recently read a magazine interview with the Abbey Road engineers where they say that McCartney was basically solo on that album. He finished all of his and Lennon's songs. Lennon was MIA throughout most of the album. And when he was there he annoyed the others because he had Yoko sleeping on a bed in the middle of the studio. So, McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo preferred to work on their own. The engineers said that them three were actually very peaceful together. It was when Lennon and Yoko showed up that all the drama began.

i dont think it was so much best versus second best. but definitely Lennon vs. McCartney. Paul had a bossy attitude, not un-professional mind you, just slightly big-headed. And i also think that Lennon had sorta the same problem, but more so just had a straight up bad attitude. im sure u've all seen post-Beatles interviews on youtube, the guy was no doubt all for peace and worldly love, but at the same time he had a real ego problem and he clearly thought that the spotlight was being hogged by McCartney. He straight up said he was tired of being McCartney's back-up band during the later years, while he still was able to get plenty of his solo songs recorded on the Beatles albums and retain the fame just as well as McCartney.

I reeeally hate to admit it, but the fact that he was assassinated made a martyr out of Lennon, elevating his status from a popular songwriter, to straight up symbol for peace, love, the 60's and a tragic figure for the Beatles. It was wasn't that he or McCartney were better than the other, it's just that that is what assassination does to popular figures, especially ones with out-spoken world views.
that being said, McCartney had more variety in his songwriting, imo. take that as you want! :woot:

but seriously, now that i said, that, while they all had successful careers after, and they all were able to write great songs in their solo careers, something definitely was lost after they all separated.

Motown Marvel

10-08-2009, 02:51 AM

How peaceful could it have been with those three? McCartney and Harrison clashed constantly during those last few months.

even ringo quit the band during recording of the white album. he was gone for two weeks until harrison lured him back to the band. meanwhile, paul filled in recording drum parts for songs like back in the USSR and dear prudence.

Catman

10-08-2009, 09:59 AM

Abbey Road was a different experience from White Album and Let It Be. All four hated each other during White Album and Let It Be. During Abbey Road there was still feuds, especially when it came to Allen Klein, but they promised George Martin that they would behave themselves during recording of the album. Paul, George, and Ringo kept their word but John and Yoko continued to be jackasses. Paul may have had an ego, but atleast he was professional. You can't say the same for Lennon. Atleast not post-Yoko.

Motown Marvel

10-08-2009, 12:28 PM

still, john being being a bit of an ass during abbey road doesnt make him lesser of a beatle. everyone else had their jackass moments throughout the bands career. why are we suddenly singling out and knocking down john for it?

Road Warrior

10-08-2009, 01:40 PM

everyone else had their jackass moments throughout the bands career. why are we suddenly singling out and knocking down john for it?

I agree, but it can't be argued that Paul was forced into the leadership position. John started the band and as a result felt that it was his, but towards the end was too distracted by Yoko Ono. And he was in denial about it which is why he started getting mad at Paul.

Motown Marvel

10-08-2009, 03:40 PM

i dont know if i'd say paul was FORCED into the leadership role. im sure he took it on quite willingly. but regardless, its nothing i'd consider john lesser of a beatle for.

Catman

10-08-2009, 05:45 PM

i dont know if i'd say paul was FORCED into the leadership role. im sure he took it on quite willingly. but regardless, its nothing i'd consider john lesser of a beatle for.

Well, obviously he'd take advantage of the situation. But John let that door be opened. And let's be glad he did. Most of Lennon's input for the 67-69 era would have been Plastic Ono Band stuff or Lennon-Yoko stuff if it hadn't been for Paul calling everyone and saying, "let's get back to work." Lennon got distracted during those years. Harrison felt like an outsider and worked on solo projects and contributed to other people's albums. And, Ringo, well, Ringo was just there. If it wasn't for Paul, The Beatles output would have stopped at Magical Mystery Tour.

Motown Marvel

10-08-2009, 06:59 PM

i dont think i agree with a lot of that. i wouldnt even call what happened to lennon "being distracted". rather he took a wider interest and role in a great many things, worthwhile things. but he was still dedicated to the beatles and consistently contributed and produced quality music with them. john lead them through the early years, paul lead them through the latter years. and none of johns extracurricular interests were responsible for harrison feeling like an outsider. and ringo was hardly just there. he was always the backbone of the band. the music was built on his drums. he was always about getting down to business and keep things going when john and paul would get into rows. paul was pushing away from john, as much as john was pushing away from paul.

either way, whatever....we clearly see the situation differently.

Catman

10-08-2009, 07:13 PM

I think you're just blinded by your love for Lennon. He was a great songwriter. That we can agree on. But he had a long list of flaws. Some of which affected the band and led to their break-up. It was Lennon who brought Yoko to the recording studio. It was Lennon who hired Allen Klein. It was Lennon who started feuds with McCartney over stuff he was guilty of as well.

Motown Marvel

10-08-2009, 09:09 PM

im not blinded by any love for lennon, i love mccartney just as much. im just saying, they all had their list of flaws, all of which contributed to the eventual break up. yes, lennon always had yoko around....and....that was weird. but if klein didnt manage the band, then it would have been pauls pick (being his father in law). which im sure would have been great for paul, but would have only hastened the widening rifts in the band, particularly between john and paul. and mccartney was also guilty of starting feuds with john.

darkseid26

10-08-2009, 10:00 PM

Lennons birthday tomorrow

Catman

10-14-2009, 07:49 PM

I've arrived to the conclusion that Sgt. Pepper is overrated. I find myself skipping half the songs. The White Album and Abbey Road are better. But maybe it's just me. :huh: Also, this song needs more love:

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Mr.Webs

10-14-2009, 10:57 PM

Really? I find Sgt. Pepper to be their masterwork. I mean, personally Revolver is my favorite, but I can't deny the near perfection of Pepper. They were all working perfectly together, specifically Lennon and McCartney. Also, it closes with my favorite song from the whole Beatles catalouge, 'A Day In The Life'.

But yeah, Sixty Four is a wonderfully great tune.:)

Motown Marvel

10-15-2009, 12:57 PM

sgt. peppers is great, but i agree its over rated.

Catman

10-15-2009, 08:31 PM

I find Sgt. Pepper to be their masterwork.

Sgt. Pepper has great songs in it, 7 of them to be exact, but it isn't a great album. The other songs bring down the overall quality. The great song ratio in White Album and Abbey Road is much better. In Abbey Road, for example, the first 8 songs, Come Together to Because, are fantastic! White Album has 15 great songs. Then again, it's also a double album. So, it cheated a bit.

Mr.Webs

10-15-2009, 09:19 PM

Now, the only two downer songs for me on Pepper is Within You/Without You (which has grown over me over the years) and Good Morning Good Morning (which John himself said sucked). But with The White Album, there is just too much on that thing. I think George Martin had the right idea in trimming it a little bit.

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Catman

10-15-2009, 10:33 PM

White Album is great cause it reflects their ego's. It's the only reason it's a double album. Everyone worked seperately and wanted their song to be included. So, it's kind of amusing to listen to all the different type of songs that they were making.

But, back to Pepper. I think George Martin was right in regretting not to include Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. Those two would have picked up the slack. Yet, they ended up on Magical Mystery Tour which had I Am the Walrus. That trio of songs in addition to Hello, Goodbye and All You Need is Love elevates that album/soundtrack to almost an equal to Pepper.

Sometimes it's obvious that The Beatles worked too fast. Had they taken their time there would have been multiple albums that would just be one. Pepper and Magical, released LITERALLY 4 months apart would have worked better as one album. Take the 7 songs on Pepper that actually work with the 5 on Magical that work and that's 12 amazing songs on one album.

Just imagine it:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With a Little Help from My Friends
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. I Am the Walrus
5. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
6. Hello, Goodbye
7. Penny Lane
8. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. All You Need Is Love
11. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
12. A Day in the Life

Now THAT would have been the greatest album ever!

Spidey-Bat

10-15-2009, 10:37 PM

No Getting Better?

Catman

10-15-2009, 10:48 PM

No Getting Better?

From November 1966 to April 1967 they recored Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. If Lennon-McCartney had a change of heart and said, "you know, what? Let's just take these songs and turn it into one album" and you were George Martin and it was your job to do that...you probably would have left out Getting Better. The 12 I chose are the essentials. Those were the 12 best songs they recorded during those 5 months.

Mr.Webs

10-15-2009, 11:34 PM

Good point, but a major highlight of the whole Beatles catalouge is Lovely Rita, possibly one of their poppiest, happiest, and weirdest tracks. Fitting it in after Sixty Four wouldn't have been a chore.

Catman

10-15-2009, 11:45 PM

Lovely Rita kinda sucks. I wouldn't put it in the same category as those 12.

Mr.Webs

10-16-2009, 12:02 AM

:csad:

It's pop perfection, man.:cmad: The echo, and everyone's random vocals at the end. How can you not love it?

Motown Marvel

10-16-2009, 02:36 AM

getting better and within you/without you are wonderful tracks!

good morning and lovely rita are nothing spectacular, but i quite like them both. they're just fun pop.

The Englishman

10-16-2009, 06:47 AM

:wow: Getting Better is prob my favorite track on St Pepper....

Mr.Webs

10-16-2009, 08:59 AM

Honestly though, I think that with The Beatles, everyone has their own favorite tracks, and whenever we try to do what Catman did, people will be dissapointed. No matter what.

Catman

10-17-2009, 02:02 AM

Those 12 are the essentials. It's undebatable. The ones you guys mentioned aren't considered by the masses to be in the same league as those 12.

The Englishman

10-18-2009, 05:28 PM

Catman

10-18-2009, 08:07 PM

I agree that these songs are essential but i would make the album 3 songs bigger and include the excellent Getting Better, Magical Mystery Tour and Baby Your a Rich Man....Now that would be the greatest album ever..:woot:

Here's where things get complicated. They still would have made Magical Mystery Tour the movie. In England, there was never a MMT album. It was just an EP. What we know as the MMT album is just the American version. Capitol Records, the American distributor of The Beatles did things differently from EMI, their British distributor. What we know as The Beatles discography is their British albums. MMT is the only American one that's still being made and that's only cause of Strawberry Fields Field and Penny Lane in addition to I Am the Walrus, which was in the movie. So, if MMT was still an EP it would either be released as that or as a bonus dics to Sgt. Pepper. Or maybe just bonus tracks. :huh:

Drizzle

10-18-2009, 08:36 PM

Catman

10-18-2009, 10:21 PM

It wouldn't be the greatest album ever because there's no George Harrison song on there.

Not my fault George Harrison didn't do anything good that year. :cwink:

Parker Wayne

10-21-2009, 05:59 PM

With Sgt. Pepper's, I love every song on the album. Here's my list of favorite beatles albums.

1. Sgt. Pepper's
2. Rubber Soul
3. Revolver
4. White Album
5. Abbey Road

Mr.Webs

10-21-2009, 10:39 PM

Catman

10-22-2009, 06:12 PM

A Hard Day's Night might be a simple album when compared to Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road, but I'd say it's easily one of their best. Each song with a great melody, superb vocals, and sometimes even insightful lyrics. Genius, through and through.

A Hard Day's Night is SUPER underrated. WAY better than Revolver and Rubber Soul.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

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IF I FELL

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and the underrated...

THINGS WE SAID TODAY

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Mr.Webs

10-22-2009, 06:49 PM

Better than Rubber Soul? For sure. There is some real clunkers on that album. But Revolver is just so varied, I have to prefer it.:o

But Hard Day's Night is RIGHT behind it.

And let's not forget the BITING You Can't Do That. Definitely the first time we heard anger in a Beatle's voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3VUQnbwfc
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ManofmyWord

10-23-2009, 02:08 AM

Really the only album I don't care much for is Rubber Soul. Also, if anyone read the Rolling Stone Beatle story back in August, you learn more of the whole Allen Klein affair. What's sad is that Yes, John had a big Ego and was headstrong and rude. But as he grew older and throughout the 70's matured. Who knows how he'd be today. Ringo IMO is the only Beatle to really change since the 60's. Guy's a jerk now.

Parker Wayne

10-23-2009, 02:31 PM

With Sgt. Pepper's, I love every song on the album. Here's my list of favorite beatles albums.

1. Sgt. Pepper's
2. Rubber Soul
3. Revolver
4. White Album
5. Abbey Road

After thinking about it I'm switching 4 and 5. Some of the White Album's songs were misses. Abbey Road was a much more solid album and less experimental.

Motown Marvel

11-14-2009, 06:27 PM

wow, this here is super cool!!!

http://waxy.org/2009/10/audio_analysis_of_the_beatles_multitrack_masters/

Motown Marvel

11-14-2009, 06:27 PM

wow, this here is super cool!!!

http://waxy.org/2009/10/audio_analysis_of_the_beatles_multitrack_masters/

flash13

11-17-2009, 03:21 PM

With Sgt. Pepper's, I love every song on the album. Here's my list of favorite beatles albums.

1. Sgt. Pepper's
2. Rubber Soul
3. Revolver
4. White Album
5. Abbey Road

Perfect list! Let me finish the rest:woot:

6. Help!
7. Beatles For Sale
8. A Hard Day's Night
9. Let It Be
10. Please Please Me
11. Magical Mystery Tour
12. With The Beatles

Spidey-Bat

11-17-2009, 03:45 PM

Next Wednesday, 11/25, there will be a documentary called "The Beatles On Record" on the History Channel at 10pm.

Parker Wayne

11-17-2009, 04:35 PM

Perfect list! Let me finish the rest:woot:

6. Help!
7. Beatles For Sale
8. A Hard Day's Night
9. Let It Be
10. Please Please Me
11. Magical Mystery Tour
12. With The Beatles

You're almost perfect. I'd switch A Hard Day's Night and Help!

The Joker

11-20-2009, 05:07 AM

http://thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/

I figure this is the best place to post this. The story is all BS of course, as it's just mashups of a bunch of post-Beatles songs, but the guy did a really good job, and it's interesting to hear.