Ghost of Electricity Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I listened to it today, it had been awhile. 15 years later and it still gives me goosebumps, literally. Holy shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gryffe Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I listened to disc 1 last night, and disc 2 this morning. Disc 1 is far and away the best of the two, the 2nd disc is far too patchy imo. Its not crap by any means, just think that they could have added sunken treasure, someday soon, the lonely 1 and maybe dreamer in my dreams and given us a wonderful single disc album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I listened to disc 1 last night, and disc 2 this morning. Disc 1 is far and away the best of the two, the 2nd disc is far too patchy imo. Its not crap by any means, just think that they could have added sunken treasure, someday soon, the lonely 1 and maybe dreamer in my dreams and given us a wonderful single disc album.This sounds like the people who think the White album would have made a great single album. BT is great as it is. I love every single song. Wouldn't change a thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thingfishp Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 We love this one end to end. One of my favorite road memories is driving home from norther Vermont with my then 13 year-old daughter, blasting Being There and singing our way through it like blissed out idiots as we cruised through the Green Mountains. When my daughter immitated the wet-lung hack late in "Dreamer..", before the band kicks back in, I almost pissed myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gryffe Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 This sounds like the people who think the White album would have made a great single album. BT is great as it is. I love every single song. Wouldn't change a thing. You've got the wrong guy guv. I've never heard a Beatles album in my life, can't stand them. And before you say anything, I've heard enough of the drivel they released as singles to make my mind up that I don't want to listen to an album by them. And to get back on topic, you have your opinion and I have mine about Being There. Neither of us are right, neither of us are wrong. I'd be interested to hear though from anybody, including yourself, who thinks disc 2 is stronger than disc 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I can live without 'Misunderstood'. But I can't without 'Sunken Tresaure'. Hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Apples and oranges. No reason to compare disc 1 and disc 2. But for sake of interest, let's change the fruits to peaches and cherries. Both utterly, differently delicious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 ` ... I've never heard a Beatles album in my life, can't stand them. And before you say anything, I've heard enough of the drivel they released as singles to make my mind up that I don't want to listen to an album by them. This may be the most amazing two sentences ever posted on Via Chicago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 ` This may be the most amazing two sentences ever posted on Via Chicago.I started a thread on my lack of love for the Beatles a year or so. Whilst I don't like the Beatles I've listened to their albums and certainly wouldn't call their singles 'drivel'. They're the greatest band of all time. Not my cup of tea, but genius all the same. (...and side is better than side two!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 How someone could enjoy Wilco and hate The Beatles (despite admitting to have never heard a single album) is mind-blowing to me. I mean at least listen to Abbey Road before making such a retarded asinine statement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 ` This may be the most amazing two sentences ever posted on Via Chicago. No kidding. I'm not a huge Beatles fan by any means, but to call anything they did drivel is just silly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 The most important Beatle ever: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gryffe Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Some sensitive souls on here! I love Joy Division, Husker Du and The Smiths (just off the top of my head, I could have listed reams of other bands), but if somebody states they don't like any of them I just shrug my shoulders and think they're missing out on great music, but hey, we can't all like the same stuff, I respect their opinion and forget about it. I don't have to have heard an album by The Beatles to know I won't like it. We're not talking some obscure hardcore band here, their music is/was everywhere, whether album tracks or singles. Anyway, that's my final word on it, its detracting from the original post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 BT-----> goosebumps every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Some sensitive souls on here! I love Joy Division, Husker Du and The Smiths (just off the top of my head, I could have listed reams of other bands), but if somebody states they don't like any of them I just shrug my shoulders and think they're missing out on great music, but hey, we can't all like the same stuff, I respect their opinion and forget about it. I don't have to have heard an album by The Beatles to know I won't like it. We're not talking some obscure hardcore band here, their music is/was everywhere, whether album tracks or singles.Anyway, that's my final word on it, its detracting from the original post.You're new here, aren't you.Saying you want something dropped doesn't mean it gets dropped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 For some strange reason I wish I had never heard a Beatles album so I could enjoy hearing them again for the first time. I'll never forget listening to Sgt. Pepper and especially the White Album when I first put them on the turntable back when they came out when I was a kid. If only I could go back in time. You, gryffe, still have that chance in a weird sort of way. You should try it and join the rest of the world. For me, Wilco is the closest thing to the Beatles going today. How you can like one and not the other is beyond me, but hey, to each their own I guess. To stay on topic, BT is my favorite Wilco Album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I like Joy Division, Husker Du, and The Smiths also, but seriously? The Beatles are amazing, the white album is still pretty modern sounding to this day. And saying "I've heard the singles, I know I hate them" is absolutely ridiculous. Like 90% of most bands the real experience comes from the album not the songs on the radio. As a underground/indie fan you should really know better. Stop acting cool and go listen to Abbey Road from start to finish, and The White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver...some of the best rock albums of all time. You are doing yourself a real injustice by not listening to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gryffe Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Just listened to disc 1 of BT again on headphones (for the first time in ages) - sounded amazing. The great thing about The Whole Love being released is that its made me go back and re-evaluate the back catalogue, but BT has been the biggest rediscovery for me, especially disc 1. I think I'll spend a lot of next week concentrating on disc 2 to see if it really is as great as disc 1 and I just cannot hear it. Like I say it's not bad by any means, it just has never grabbed me as much as disc 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 FYI Sunloathe is pretty much a tribute to The Beatles Sun King and Captiol City is has a lot of similarities to the Benefit of Mr Kite.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 FYI Sunloathe is pretty much a tribute to The Beatles Sun King and Captiol City is has a lot of similarities to the Benefit of Mr Kite..Honey Pie for Capitol City and Sunloathe like something off Lennon's Mind Games or Imagine albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 No Beatles = No Husker Du. Bob Mould cut his teeth on 60s pop. The melodies that Husker Du brought to punk were 60s pop (i.e. Beatles) style melodies. I don't think anyone is being sensitive about the Beatles but just confused how someone can listen to so much Beatles inspired music and yet claim the Beatles are drivel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Autumnteeth Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 What's the World Got in Store and Why Would You Want to Live sound 20 years ahead of their time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I love Joy Division, Husker Du and The Smiths (just off the top of my head, I could have listed reams of other bands), What are you trying to prove here?. Are you trying to suggest that you're cooler than us? Well done to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goldsnake Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Saying the Beatles suck is moronic. Especially, if you listen to music that is clearly influenced by them. There is a reason they are so well known and loved. For the love of god, listen to Revolver!! This drives me nuts, people who discount the Beatles because they are well known and popular. Yet, they listen to music that is so derivative of them. Get some headphones and the mono box. Your ears will thank you. Stop being a knucklehead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gryffe Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 What's the World Got in Store and Why Would You Want to Live sound 20 years ahead of their time. Not sure I agree with that, especially Why Would You Want to Live which is fairly traditional stuff albeit in the wonderful Wilco style. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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