Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Dude, get on that one - Beatles For Sale is way up there on my list, maybe above Rubber Soul. -ducks for cover- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 We Can Work It Out Well, yeah, you make a very good point there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Oh, I thought of one: Helter Skelter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The Beatles are the greatest rock group there ever was or ever will be. They hit at just the right time with the right combination of talents and attitude. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The Beatles are fantastic. I just finished reading through my copy of that Anthology book again, that was great. I do need to pick up the DVD at some point. Teh awesome. The White Album is my favorite by far, so much great stuff. I remember spinning Beatles albums on my parents record player when I was around 4 years old, something like that. Wonderful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Like all four year olds, I danced around the living room to "Twist and Shout". It's like a rite of passage or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Like all four year olds, I danced around the living room to "Twist and Shout". It's like a rite of passage or something.That's one of their best records!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Oh, I thought of one: Helter Skelter. I always wished I could be in a band if only to cover Helter Skelter and say right before playing it, "U2 stole this from Charles Manson and we're stealin' it back!" Like all four year olds, I danced around the living room to "Twist and Shout". It's like a rite of passage or something.When I graduated from HS in '86 we some friends and I went to Honolulu. We had a mix tape and a boom box out on the street in front of the hotel and since Twist & Shout was in Ferris Bueller at the time, it was back on the Billboard charts and all over the radio. We had our boom box out there, started blasting T&S, and we had a crowd of literally at least 50 people dancing in the friggin' street. It was like a movie. One of the coolest things I've ever seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 :lol You could add "It Won't Be Long" to that list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Like all four year olds, I danced around the living room to "Twist and Shout". It's like a rite of passage or something.I think that's one of the great things about the band: their appeal to such a remarkably wide age group. They've been an entity long enough for oldfolks to dig them and 4-5 year olds will always love Yellow Submarine," "twist and Shout," "O-Bla-Di," etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 One of the gheyest things I've ever seen.I should think so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I almost wish bands still got pressured to put out records so quickly, seeing as how nicely that worked out in this era. I mean, Wilcos been around for like twice as long as the Beatles were! (kind of) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 5 pages and nary a mention of "I've Got A Feeling"? For shame, Viachicago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Old Brown Shoe is fab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I almost wish bands still got pressured to put out records so quickly, seeing as how nicely that worked out in this era.Of course back then bands were allowed to release 2 albums a year if they wanted to. Nowadays record companies try to rein in such output. Another major difference between then and now, is that bands like the Beatles had only 4 and 8-track studios to work with, making things much harder. There was none of this Pro-Tools cut, paste and sample over 96 tracks kind of stuff. They had to be creative with a smaller canvas and this meant they couldn't record twenty guitar solos and patch them together to make one. I think today's technology is great, but can also be a hindrance to an artists creativity: too many choices isn't always the best thing for a recording artist. I don't know, it just seems that too many of today's records are lifeless and uninteresting; too polished. Maybe it's time to return to analog recording and smaller studios; more live studio takes, less separation, more bleeding between tracks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Of course back then bands were allowed to release 2 albums a year if they wanted to. Nowadays record companies try to reign in such output. TELL ME ABOUT IT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 TELL ME ABOUT IT!Of course, some artists need to be reined in on occasion . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Fool On The Hill most definitely Fool On The Hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 You are crazy, Larry. Thats a good one though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 You are crazy, Larry. Thats a good one though.Whew, thanks for the validation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Whew, thanks for the validation. It is the best song to feature a kazoo, I believe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jesusetc84 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Of course back then bands were allowed to release 2 albums a year if they wanted to. Nowadays record companies try to rein in such output. Record output per decade went from: 60s: 10-1570s: 8-10 80s: 5-890s: 4-500s: 3 or less. The Beach Boys put out more records in 2 years than Lucinda Williams has in 20. Yeah it was a different atmosphere then, but still...I wish we got a record a year from major artists. In the 80s, if you were an R.E.M. fan, you got a record a year. That lasted for 6 records, plus they got a rarities disc and a greatest hits (with some of the 7" mixes) to boot. Comparing R.E.M.'s 6 records in a 5 year period to Radiohead's Album, EP, and a solo album in the last year makes my cry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 It is the best song to feature a kazoo, I believe.Oh I guess I should have stated that it was my favorite Beatles song. I guess I missed that on the other posts. Sorry I missed that part but thanks for the input. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The scary thing with the Beatles is that you can take the best songs they wrote om any given year 64, 65, 66, 67, etc. and just those songs stand up against entire band's careers. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Oh I guess I should have stated that it was my favorite Beatles song. I guess I missed that on the other posts. Sorry I missed that part but thanks for the input. I'm sorry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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