The Beatles

[DeusExMachina]

That's awesome. I want to get a cool Harrison shirt, like with a picture of him playing the sitar or something.

[RNR]

Heh, I went out and bought a shirt from JC Penny's just for tomorrow. It's horribly ugly but I don't care, it has John in New York picture on it with Imagine lyric's on the back.

Those are the kinds of shirts that i'd kill someone to steal them.

Where do you live?

[blue3]

That's awesome. I want to get a cool Harrison shirt, like with a picture of him playing the sitar or something.That'd be cool. But is there even a Harrison shirt like that that exists.. I have transfer paper, so I guess I can always make my own Harrison shirt.

I'm planning to wear my Lennon band shirt all day tomorrow, even at this Christmas concert where everyone has to wear something 'nice'/formal.

[Krabsworth]

Definately wearing my Beatles shirt tomorrow.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

I'm going to wear my brown Let It Be shirt tommorow. It's my fav. Beatle shirt.

[Lunch]

I'm doing a paper/presentation on the Charles Manson and the Family murder trials, and that is some interesting stuff. I got to talk about the Beatles, which was my main reason for picking that topic.

[Seafroggys]

Shirts are overrated. Hell, I don't even think my only Lennon shirt will be washed for tomorrow...oh well... :(

[Jacaranda]

Those are the kinds of shirts that i'd kill someone to steal them.

Where do you live?
Montana.
So I was talking to a freshman in my choir class who alway's wears Beatles, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin shirt's and I asked him to name 3 Beatle's songs and he couldn't, but I'm not the mean type so I am bringing him all of their CD's! I hope he is prepared to be ear ****ed.

[blue3]

Yeah, there's a lot of people in my school like that. But 3 songs? I thought everyone knew at least 3 songs by the Beatles..

[Jacaranda]

Yeah, there's a lot of people in my school like that. But 3 songs? I thought everyone knew at least 3 songs by the Beatles..
Him: "Let It Be.... umm... Yellow Something?... er... YOU NAME THREE SONG'S."

I couldn't either. :upset: Instead I show'd off and recited all of Sgt. Peppers in track number order same with Let it Be, Abbey Road and Revolver.:cool:

[blue3]

Hah. That's pretty cool. I can't do that. :upset:

[-=Led_Hed=-]

ive been listening to the Beatles alot lately, Sargeant Peppers is a wicked CD, recommended for anyone wanting some good beatles tunes, RIP JL
A Day in the Life, Good Morning Good Morning, Tommorow Never Knows...
ps. posers suck

[Leper]

He couldn't name 3 Beatles songs??? Did he just think the shirt looked cool or what?

[W.M.A]

probably just likes the image/rebellion thingy

[Leper]

He should kick his own *** for being owned like that.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Today is the day and I would like to say a little on John Lennon to commemerate his soul.

Born on October 9th, 1940, John grew up in an englsih town called Liverpool. Having had both parents abandon him, he lived with his Aunt Mimi. It was a tough life for John, but he lived through it. He stared his path to the greatest musical influence of all time when he picked up a banjo.

He instanly became obsessed with the banho, and eventually became a Guiatrist. He started a band called "The Quarry Men," and would play around town. At one of these gigs, his friend Ivan introduced him to another friend of his, a kid by the name of Paul McCartney. They instanly hit it off and soon Paul joined the band. He rode with this kid on the bus who played guitar, and asked him to join them. His Name was George Harrison.

Now all they needed was a drummer. They were tough to come by in Liverpool, but one guy fit the bill. His name was pete best, and he had the one thing that mattered. His own Drum set. So tehy formed, and they started to play gigs around town.

One of these gigs was at a place called "The Cavern, and a music store owner had come by to watch them, Brian Epstien. He was seduced by what he heard, and started to look around for a producer to produce them.

After several refusals, he came across a producer name George Martin, and He agreed to produce them. Brian was estacic, and told the boys right away. There was a condition, he told them. They needed a new drummer, Pete wasn't cutting it. A man name Richard Starkey fit the bill, but he was already in a band called "Rory and the Hurricanes." They saked him if he would join, adn he agreed. And so the path to stardom began. They had widespread popularity all over the Continent, and soon to be all over the world.

The beatles had many succesfull albums (sorry I skipped over the albums but this is a tribute to John, and I want to do a bit on his life after The Beatles and I don't want to take up 2 pages). In 67/68, he met a woman called Yoko One. He was instanly fell in love. It was akward, and they spent alot of time away in his house. Eventually he brought her to the recording sesions. The rest of the band got fed up (once again sorry about skipping stuff) and the band went there seperate ways.

John did some solo albums, and things were going well for him. He had a couple #1's, and enjoyed making music. He then decieded to take some time off making music, and live with Yoko. After a couple years, he decided to come out and make another album.

It was December 8th, 7:50. He walked out of his apartment, and out of the Shadows jumped a man. He shot John in the back. The Shots would sound around the world. He died that day at 8:15, Dead on Arivvial.

Trully a hero of our time, taken from us to soon. John Lennon Rest in piece.

Sorry, I know its a bit long and I cut some stuff out, but It's John, and I could have made it a lot longer.

John We Honour You.

[MBS]

You forgot to mention the guy got his autograph before he shot him. The last Lennon autograph ever. :(

[robo2448]

Actually John was shot at 10:50, died at 11:15. Well that's eastern time, I'm not sure if you live in a different time zone.

I wish my parents were cool and would let me go into NYC and go to Strawberry Fields this afternoon. I've just been watching the news and listening to John all day. I wish I was one of the thousands of people at Strawberry Fields. People traveled from ****ing Scotland and my parents wouldn't let me take a 45 minute train ride to NYC to be there. I'll try to go tomorrow or after the weekend to make up for it though. It's just such an unbelievable tragedy that he died. I wore my Lennon shirt today.

np- Crippled Inside

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

As I said, I probaly left out some stuff out, like the autograph, and I live in Pacific time, so it was 7:50 here. I still thought I did a half decne job on that bio. I didn't want to make it to long or no one would read it.

[m30wc0w]

Personally I like Abbey Road the most. But all I could buy was a Sgt Peppers shirt. Not dissing Sgt Peppers. That was an awesome album too :)

[DeusExMachina]

Wore my Abbey Road shirt today. Sad day. :(

RIP John.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Slow night. I figured that this day among all else would have people posting. Maybe you are all to busy mourning John to post.

[robo2448]

Anyone else agree that Watching The Wheels is just about the greatest song ever?

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Anyone else agree that Watching The Wheels is just about the greatest song ever?

Solo John or just any song ever written?

[The Clash]

RIP John Lennon

I never lived to see John Lennon but ive come to be a very loyal Beatle fan and I love Lennon and I miss him so much.

[draintheblood]

Personally I like Abbey Road the most. But all I could buy was a Sgt Peppers shirt. Not dissing Sgt Peppers. That was an awesome album too :)
Abbey Road is my favorite also


RIP John

[The Clash]

favortie beatles album? Thats such a hard question. Id have to say Sgt Peppers or Magical Mystery Tour. Although I never do admit this, I think the White Album is very overated.

[blue3]

Slow night. I figured that this day among all else would have people posting. Maybe you are all to busy mourning John to post.Maybe..

Watching the Wheels is an awesome song.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

# 9 dream is my fav John Solo song.

[blue3]

I like that song too.

This kid thought I was wearing a Harry Potter shirt today when the shirt said LENNON in big letters. What the hell.. Lennon doesn't look like Harry Potter, at all.

[Seafroggys]

i haven't gone on my lennon song binch yet, probably start as soon as I get offline. Definitally play stuff like Day in the Life, Across the Universe, In My Life, How (best underrated Lennon song), GImme Some Truth, and of course end with the songs to end all songs, Imagine.

That song alone made me want to becoming a rock star, and for that, I give my eternal gratitude to you John, wherever you are :)

[Leper]

As I said, I probaly left out some stuff out, like the autograph, and I live in Pacific time, so it was 7:50 here. I still thought I did a half decne job on that bio. I didn't want to make it to long or no one would read it.

Since you mentioned Pete Best you probably should have mentioned Stewart Sutcliffe(sp?) as well, but I thought you did a good job regardless.

[Seafroggys]

Stu was John's best friend, after all

[Leper]

Reading the Anthology book really made me feel sorry Stu for the way they treated him, especially considering the fact that he was John's best friend.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Since you mentioned Pete Best you probably should have mentioned Stewart Sutcliffe(sp?) as well, but I thought you did a good job regardless.

I thought of mentioning their first bassist Stu, but decided againts it. I'm not really sure why I didn't mention, as he was a key part of the Beatles early career. I just mntioned Pete so I could sort of explain why they got Ringo.

[DeusExMachina]

Anyone else agree that Watching The Wheels is just about the greatest song ever?
Word. That song is incredible.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Is their no other #9 dream fans out there. Watching the Wheels is a good song, but I like #9 dream better. Anyone agree?

[blue3]

Is their no other #9 dream fans out there. Watching the Wheels is a good song, but I like #9 dream better. Anyone agree?No, not really..

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

No, not really..

Oh, ok. :upset:

/goes and cries in teh corner.

[blue3]

Oh, ok. :upset:

/goes and cries in teh corner.Haha. I think it's a good song though :)

[El_Goodo]

Yes Watching The Wheels is definetley better than #9 Dream!

Does anyone else like the song Well, Well, Well I think it's a kickass rock song!

[Leper]

I don't think I've ever heard it...:-/

[Cal_on_drums]

I don't think I've ever heard it...:-/

It was off Plastic Ono Band and is an amzing song. Bit different from the rest of the album too...

[Chris2401]

Hey guys wassup?
Listening to Twist and shout - John's vocals are crazy on this one!!!!

[Leper]

It was off Plastic Ono Band and is an amzing song. Bit different from the rest of the album too...

Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out.

Hey guys wassup?
Listening to Twist and shout - John's vocals are crazy on this one!!!!

John actually blew out his vocal chords recording that song:eek:

[clown_phobia]

Well they'd been recording all day, and they knew they wouldnt have another chance. John's vocals chords were shredded, so they knew they only had one take, and they nailed it.

His vocals are quite a nice effect and it has made their version unique and memorable.

[rockinbass17]

Twist and Shout is probably my favorite pre-Help! Beatles song. Love Lennon's vocals, a performance that very few rock songs have matched.

[Jacaranda]

I'll have to go with "We can work it out!" I looove that song.

[Leper]

I'll have to go with "We can work it out!" I looove that song.

Great song. It seems like we get into these pre-Help Beatles discussions as though the good songs are few and far between...it's understandable though. Not saying I don't like the songs, as there are very few I don't like, but they're so different that I can see why we talk about them like this.

[clown_phobia]

I'll have to go with "We can work it out!" I looove that song.

We can work it out is Post-help, it was released with day tripper simultaneaously (sp?) with Rubber Soul.

[Seafroggys]

Yes Watching The Wheels is definetley better than #9 Dream!

Does anyone else like the song Well, Well, Well I think it's a kickass rock song!

Well Well WEll is great, but I like I Found Out more (and I find they're both similar)

and yeah how many times have we talked about Twist and Shout in this thread ;)

[Leper]

That's true, good call CP. I always just assumed it was a pre-help song.

[heinrichkuhn]

I originally heard songs like 'Across The Universe' and 'The Long And Winding Road' with all the snazzy production work and I grew to love them so I don't really enjoy the versions off Naked

[Jacaranda]

We can work it out is Post-help, it was released with day tripper simultaneaously (sp?) with Rubber Soul.
Well I'll be damned, I just always figured it was Pre-Rubber Soul.

[DeusExMachina]

I originally heard songs like 'Across The Universe' and 'The Long And Winding Road' with all the snazzy production work and I grew to love them so I don't really enjoy the versions off Naked
I grew up with the original versions as well, but I was never a huge fan of the Let it Be tracks until Naked came out.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

I always liked Can't buy me Love as my fav pre-help Beatles song. But recently I have discovered a couple tunes of Beatles for Sale. No Reply is a great John song and I'll Follow the Sun is a beautiful Paul song.

[DeusExMachina]

I'll Follow the Sun is amazing.

[Seafroggys]

eh I've never really liked Can't Buy Me Love that much, one of the more annoying Beatles tracks.....

Now another Hard Day's Night song worth swooning over? I should have known better. In fact my alternative band is covering that :D

[DeusExMachina]

It Won't Be Long is an amazing song. Holy crap.

[blue3]

Yeah, it's a good song. A lot of their songs are..

[DeusExMachina]

Yeah, it's a good song. A lot of their songs are..
:eek: That was a profound statement.:p

[El_Goodo]

Yeah, it's a good song. All of their songs are..

There you go! I seriously can't think of an actual song (with exlcudes wild honey pie) that I don't enjoy listening to. I even like listening to Revolution Number 9. The only songs that I have any dis-like for are Paperback Writer and there cover of the song Three Cool Cats of their anthology.....I hate that song lol...and Paperback Writer when I first heard it, I didn't like it at all, but now i've grown to enjoy it, but it still will never make a top 50 list!

And too the previous posts...I Should Have Known Better is a freaking awesome song, when I watched A Hard Days Night on Much Music as soon as I heard that song I was freaking out lol I was like wow that's insanely catchy!

And also It Wont Be Long is also really awesome, I love the chorus with the back and forth between John and Paul.

[boss]

and there's you can't do that
great guitar opening

[Bus]

There are only a few Beatles songs I don't like (Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna, like two off White Album disc 2, and a few off Let It Be). They definently knew what they were doing.

[MBS]

Lady Madonna

wtf, good song!

Seriously, when Paul played it for the sound check at his concert, although it was a sound check, it was friggen' amazing.

[joshmac]

I am the Walrus , Ob-la di Ob la Da , and the Ballad of John And Yoko are my favorite beatles songs , although i like almost all of their songs.

[JonG]

I've already listened to Revolver and 1962-1966. Eight Days A Week is amazing. Aswell as the solo in In My Life.

I also got a cool Revolver shirt yesterday.

[gillygan]

I am the Walrus , Ob-la di Ob la Da , and the Ballad of John And Yoko are my favorite beatles songs , although i like almost all of their songs.

I am the walrus is a great song.

[DeusExMachina]

There are only a few Beatles songs I don't like (Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna, like two off White Album disc 2, and a few off Let It Be). They definently knew what they were doing.
You still want to do something for the cover contest?

I just bought the Concert for Bangladesh DVD for my dad for Christmas, I can't wait until I can watch it with him.

[BlindWriting]

I just gave Abby Road my personally long-awaited first listen in about ten years. Great music. The highlights definitely were Come Together, Octopus's Garden, I Want You, Here Comes The Sun, Because, and Sun King.

Next up is Sgt. Pepper's..., followed by the 1 compilation.

[robo2448]

What's with the hate for Paperback Writer. That's an awesome song.

I don't think there are any Beatles songs that I dislike. There may be a few that I don't really care for but they are all fun to listen to. I used to hate Wild Honey Pie but even that has grown on me. Actually I'm not a big fan of regular Honey Pie, that might be one of my least favorite songs.

Edit- Cocert for Bangladesh DVD owns. Good choice.

np- Jealous Guy

[DeusExMachina]

Paperback Writer does indeed rock.

I like Wild Honey Pie, but I'm also not a huge fan of regular Honey Pie. Some of the songs from Let it Be get old pretty fast though.

[JonG]

Paperback Writer is awesome.

I might get the Bangladesh DVD.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

I am a huge beatle fan, but there are some songs I don't really like. All the above mentioned ones (including Lady Madona, a song which I don't really care for, don't know y) and strangly enough, I don't like The ballad of John and Yoko. Not really sure why, but I never have.

As for a song I really like, Two of Us is such a great song. A product of John and Pauls creativity.

[Jacaranda]

Heh, I dislike quiet a few Beatle's songs. About half of the White Album and many from their early years. Ya, I'm a hater.

[Seafroggys]

I like Paperback WRiter, but the B-side (Rain) is definitally much better

I don't care for Lady Madonna, or Honey Pie. Wild Honey Pie has definitally grown on me for sure, I used to be "oh blah" about it.

Tell Me WHat YOu See off of Help is definitally one of their best early songs, as well as I Should Have Known Better.

[robo2448]

I like Paperback WRiter, but the B-side (Rain) is definitally much better

I don't care for Lady Madonna, or Honey Pie. Wild Honey Pie has definitally grown on me for sure, I used to be "oh blah" about it.

Tell Me WHat YOu See off of Help is definitally one of their best early songs, as well as I Should Have Known Better.

Tell Me What You See skips horribly for me whenever I try to play it. I should try to clean some scratches off Help, because that and Act Naturally skip terribly. All the other songs are fine, but it's still annoying. My copies of Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Road used to skip even worse, but since I cleaned them, they work fine. I need to do the same for Help now. It's been ages since I listened to Tell Me What You See.

[Leper]

I've always liked Paperback Writer, it's a rockin' song. One song, however, that I've never really cared for is "Back in the USSR." I'm not sure why either. It's not like it's a terrible song in any way really. I've just never liked it. The only real reason I can give is that it seems like a very cliche'd rock song, in that it sounds too much like other bands at the time (the Beach Boys especially) and it just doesn't sound very unique, unlike most of the Beatles music in the later years.

I'm sure most of you disagree with me but meh, that's just how I see it.

[Bus]

You still want to do something for the cover contest?

I just bought the Concert for Bangladesh DVD for my dad for Christmas, I can't wait until I can watch it with him.

Yea, get back to me on AIM and we can pick a song.

[DeusExMachina]

Yea, get back to me on AIM and we can pick a song.
Cool, will do.

I love Back in the USSR! It's so Beach Boys-esque, it cracks me up. It's also just really catchy.

[rockinbass17]

Great song. The high pitched "Whoooowoowoowoo" part in the bridge always gets stuck in my head.

[DeusExMachina]

Whenever I hear it, it makes me want to listen to The Beach Boys.

[blue3]

I don't listen to the Beach Boys. Back in the USSR is a cool song though.

[Krabsworth]

I don't see why so many people dislike the early years, the songwriting was great, and the songs are actually playable.

[DeusExMachina]

I don't see why so many people dislike the early years, the songwriting was great, and the songs are actually playable.
Most people in this thread really like the early years. I certainly do.

[MBS]

I love Back in the USSR! It's so Beach Boys-esque, it cracks me up. It's also just really catchy.

Wasn't one of the Beach Boys present at the recording of that song?

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Wasn't one of the Beach Boys present at the recording of that song?


I think he and Mike Love wrote that during the India adventure. Not to sure but I know Mike Love (lead singer of Beach boys) was up at India with them.

[DeusExMachina]

Wait, someone other than Brian Wilson did any of the songwriting at all for the Beach Boys? I am shocked.

[El_Goodo]

/orgasms I just heard the song "Don't Let Me Down" I think it's on Let It Be...Naked but it's on the pastmasters I was reading a review on allmusic and they said it was a good song.

I freaking love it, the vocals are amazing. Anyone who hasn't heard it...D/L IT NOW!

[MBS]

I don't think it's THAT good of a song...

[Carne Evil]

I heard that USSR was written as a tribute of sorts to the Beach Boys. As soon as they heard it, though, they said, "You need to say something about the girls!" From that comment came the "middle" portion of the song with, "Those Ukraine girls really knock me out..." and such.

[El_Goodo]

I don't think it's THAT good of a song...

Oh it is!

[Romencer17]

HighVoltage, the Santa hat looks like its falling off John's head. Just thought it looked goofy. Nothing to be mean.

[Seafroggys]

/orgasms I just heard the song "Don't Let Me Down" I think it's on Let It Be...Naked but it's on the pastmasters I was reading a review on allmusic and they said it was a good song.

I freaking love it, the vocals are amazing. Anyone who hasn't heard it...D/L IT NOW!

Definitally, good song....good album as a matter of fact

[Sgt._Joker]

Heyyyyy erm, Do any of you have "The Beatles:Complete Scores"

If so,
Is it worth getting?
Is the text to small (i play guitar and read tab)?


thanks for your help.

[Sgt._Joker]

Heyyyyy erm, Do any of you have "The Beatles:Complete Scores"

If so,
Is it worth getting?
Is the text to small (i play guitar and read tab)?


thanks for your help.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

/orgasms I just heard the song "Don't Let Me Down" I think it's on Let It Be...Naked but it's on the pastmasters I was reading a review on allmusic and they said it was a good song.

I freaking love it, the vocals are amazing. Anyone who hasn't heard it...D/L IT NOW!

Meh. I was never really a fan of Don't let me Down. Just another John to Yoko song.

Wait, someone other than Brian Wilson did any of the songwriting at all for the Beach Boys? I am shocked.

:lol: Mike Love, the lead singer, helped write a couple of there songs, including Little Honda and Fun Fun Fun.

[Dead_Trench]

I've start listening to The Beatles lately. They have some really good songs, but I can't listen to too much of their music at once because it's too simple sounding.
My favourite Beatle's songs are Eleanor Rigby, I Am The Walrus, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

[zabbit82]

I've start listening to The Beatles lately. They have some really good songs, but I can't listen to too much of their music at once because it's too simple sounding.
My favourite Beatle's songs are Eleanor Rigby, I Am The Walrus, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

I've been diggin alot of The Beatles too. I've been re-discovering the middle era works. Revolver and Rubber Soul just knock me flat when I listen to them. Favs have to be Taxman, Ticket To Ride, Tomorrow Never Knows, Nowhere Man, Flying, Come Together, and A Day In The Life.

[Leper]

I've start listening to The Beatles lately. They have some really good songs, but I can't listen to too much of their music at once because it's too simple sounding.
My favourite Beatle's songs are Eleanor Rigby, I Am The Walrus, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

Too simple sounding? Do you mean like the songs aren't complex?..

[rbv]

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is the only song on Sgt. Pepper's that I skip occasionally. I like the chorus but the intro is kind of irritating.

The Beatles are supposed to be simple as it's the first pop band every basically.

[Leper]

Nah they're not the first ever. Buddy Holly and Elvis were writing pop tunes before the Beatles came around. I think the Beatles were simple because that was all the record labels had patience for at the time. They were forced to keep it simple if they were going to survive.

I love Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Such a mellow, trippy song. I think I actually like the intro and verses better than the chorus.

[Aaron_Of_Oz]

the beatles are all amazing songwriters and i dont understand how anyone can not like them or at least respect them

[Jacaranda]

So as some of you might remember (Or not.) I gave my Sgt. Peppers to a freshman who was one of those "poser" kids who wore the band shirts but never heard the band. And now he is addicted he told me he is getting like 5 Beatles CD's for Christmas. It feels good turning a kid onto (excellent) music basically. :cool:

[DeusExMachina]

I don't think The Beatles are very simple, at least not in the later years. But I guess it's really subjective.

Jaca, good stuff. I try to do stuff like that as well.

[rockinbass17]

I've start listening to The Beatles lately. They have some really good songs, but I can't listen to too much of their music at once because it's too simple sounding.
My favourite Beatle's songs are Eleanor Rigby, I Am The Walrus, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

You can't possibly tell me those songs you listen to are 'simple sounding". Especially the first two.

[Jacaranda]

Well its true, you can only like music that is technical... Since thats what music is all about. The Beatles lyrics, oh my, so boring and plain... Uh, ya.

[El_Goodo]

HighVoltage, the Santa hat looks like its falling off John's head. Just thought it looked goofy. Nothing to be mean.

You son of a bitch! Do you know how long I worked on that hat! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA! And you come on here and just ****ing blow it off like some amateur job drawn in paint! You sir have offended me!

[JonG]

I've been listening to Revolver a lot again.

:\

I'm hooked. She Said, She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One are my favs.

[MBS]

It feels good turning a kid onto (excellent) music basically.

:nautiez: :nautiez: :naughty:

I've been listening to Revolver a lot again.

Yeah, me too. It's such a great album, everything after Yellow Submarine is near perfect.

[clown_phobia]

You son of a bitch! Do you know how long I worked on that hat! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA! And you come on here and just ****ing blow it off like some amateur job drawn in paint! You sir have offended me!

hey I really like your avatar, do you mind if I use it as an MSN display pic?

[robo2448]

I've been listening to Revolver a lot again.

:\

I'm hooked. She Said, She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One are my favs.

Revolver is awesome. I went through a phase the last 2 weeks where I just listened to Rubber Soul and Revolver constantly. Over and over again. It's hard to stop once you start listening to it. I've been listening to She Said, She Said a lot too. I suddenly realized how awesome it is.

Edit- An yeah, making avatars with Paint is tough. I took the cover of Rubber Soul and put Christmas hats on all the Beatles but it didn't look to good. And then I found this pic in a google search for Bob Dylan and it works well. So if anyone was wondering, no I did not creat this amazing avatar.

np- Get Back

I've just noticed that in my last.fm artist totals, The Beatles, John Lennon, and George Harrison all rank in my top 6 artists listened to, with The Beatles number 1 by about 120 listens. I've been listening to them even more obsessively than normal these last few weeks.

[clown_phobia]

hah for me the beatles are no1 by about 500 or something

http://www.last.fm/user/franchez

[robo2448]

hah for me the beatles are no1 by about 500 or something

http://www.last.fm/user/franchez

Well I've only had last.fm for a month, so to be up by 120 songs after a month is a pretty big margin. I can listen to The Beatles all day.

[JonG]

I got mine Oct. 24th, and I have about 2,500 songs played so far. :\

Beatles are around 130 or so.

[Seafroggys]

Heyyyyy erm, Do any of you have "The Beatles:Complete Scores"

If so,
Is it worth getting?
Is the text to small (i play guitar and read tab)?


thanks for your help.

Its awesome. I got it almost 6 years ago, and it has everything, from all the music from all the instruments, to tabs, to chord changes, etc. It is pretty small though, so they can fit like 10 staves on a page.

[clown_phobia]

Well I've only had last.fm for a month, so to be up by 120 songs after a month is a pretty big margin. I can listen to The Beatles all day.

That's the way :thumb:

I find that I can always find a different album to fall in love with, theres so many great albums If I'm ever getting sick of one I can just put on a differnt one and love it.

[El_Goodo]

lol did everyone understand that I was joking? There's all this serious talk about the avatars now.

[Krabsworth]

I've been addicted to early Beatles lately, I like how they scream before the solos on A Hard Day's Night.

[blue3]

My avatar still isn't Christmasized.. oh well. One of my presents for Christmas is The White Album.. too bad I have to wait a few days till I can listen to it.

I've just noticed that in my last.fm artist totals, The Beatles, John Lennon, and George Harrison all rank in my top 6 artists listened to, with The Beatles number 1 by about 120 listens. I've been listening to them even more obsessively than normal these last few weeks.The Beatles, Lennon and Harrison are all in my top 10. I don't listen to much Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr solo stuff..

[Leper]

lol did everyone understand that I was joking? There's all this serious talk about the avatars now.

Well come on man, do you really expect us to know you're joking when you don't throw any "lol's" or "jk's" in there??:p

/lol jk

[mutant!]

B34tl3s r t3h suxx0rz.

But seriously, I pose a question to all you fans and fanatics: how many of you think the Beatles are the greatest rock band ever to have lived? Because I seriously don't. There are many guitarists alive now *coughOmarcough* who give George and John a run for their money; many drummers who could rape Ringo with one stick; many bassists *coughPaul Turnercough* who absolutely kill Paul, etc. They played bog-standard 12-bar rock half the time, and their lyrics ("Have you seen the little piggies...") were not nearly as good as, say, Brandon Boyd's or Thom Yorke's. They have some merit as a joke band, though... :p Even one or two of their jazzy ballad-type songs such as Yesterday, whilst original, sound like any three songs from Elton John's repertoire.

I personally dislike the Beatles. They were highly inventive, I'll give them that, but far from the greatest rock band ever to have lived. Discuss.

[rockinbass17]

^Well, no, maybe they aren't as technically good as a good amount of musicians today, but withou the Beatles, those musicains would never have even gotten interested in music in the first place.
The Beatles layed the foundations for hard rock, psychadellia, prog, and many other styles of music.
They progressed so dramatically, changing from album to album, even song to song at points.
And a "greatest band ever" title is left up to the opinion of the listeners.

[mutant!]

Yeah, I know. They were inventive. I'm just trying to determine how many Beatlemaniacs think that the band can honestly be called the greatest ever. Because, as you said, it's left to the listeners' opinions. Any musician with an ounce of wits will not label any band "the greatest ever".

[El_Goodo]

B34tl3s r t3h suxx0rz.

But seriously, I pose a question to all you fans and fanatics: how many of you think the Beatles are the greatest rock band ever to have lived? Because I seriously don't. There are many guitarists alive now *coughOmarcough* who give George and John a run for their money; many drummers who could rape Ringo with one stick; many bassists *coughPaul Turnercough* who absolutely kill Paul, etc. They played bog-standard 12-bar rock half the time, and their lyrics ("Have you seen the little piggies...") were not nearly as good as, say, Brandon Boyd's or Thom Yorke's. They have some merit as a joke band, though... :p Even one or two of their jazzy ballad-type songs such as Yesterday, whilst original, sound like any three songs from Elton John's repertoire.

I personally dislike the Beatles. They were highly inventive, I'll give them that, but far from the greatest rock band ever to have lived. Discuss.


They are the most succsesful band ever, the most innovative band ever, and the most creative band ever. They wrote some of the best songs ever written, and their songs feature the best vocal melodies ever written.

But to call a band the greatest of all time is only a personal opinion you can't prove that they are the best band. But there is certainly no band better then them at the craft of songwriting, sure 90% of guitarists out there today could out solo Lennon...but Lennon was the rhythm guitarist and a great one at that. And sure many guitarist could play faster than George Harrison.

But is Clapton, Richards, or Vai capable of writing songs like "Here Comes The Sun," "Something," and "All Things Must Pass," the only who can come close to those songs is Clapton and even he is not as good a songwriter as Harrison a better guitarist maybe but songwriter and signer no.

And the same goes for Paul, sure flea could out play McCartney on the bass. But actually McCartney is better than at least 80% of the mainstream bands out there today. I don't think I've heard a song where Paul played the same thing on the bass as the guitar.

And who cares if Paul's not the best bass player in the world, how many other "bass players" can say that they know how to play the bass, the guitar, the drums, the piano? And how many of them can say they've written and sung some of the best song's ever made.

Now Ringo...the one everyone loves to take shots at. Has anyone actually listened to Ringo's drumming? Sure he can't compare with Mitch Mitchell, John Bonahm, and Neil Peart. But he's alot better than what people give him credit for. Try listening to Rain, or Come Together (there's some great fills in that song), and for his one and only drum solo try listening to The End. I've noticed that he's actually a great drummer, and anyone who says he does nothing but simple beats has probably listened to only the first 5 tracks on The Number One's.

And John, his guitar work is mainly rhythm, and sure the rhythm in the beatles songs are not complex, and they don't use all the crazy types of chords augmented, etc. But the chords fit the vocals perfectly (Hide Your Love Away, Eight Days A Week). And most of the beatles songs make use of lots of chords and are rarely just three chord songs an exception maybe Love Me Do but that's extremley early Beatles.

So though Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Black Sabbath may have been more complex (and if being complex makes you more talented), more talented indvidually. None of those bands as a whole are as talented as The Beatles. If were gonna face John off against Jimi Hendrix, Paul against Flea, Ringo against Neal Peart, and George against Eric Clapton...on their instrument skills, I can bet the members of the beatles will not get the highest votes (maybe George would win.)

But if were comparing The Beatles as a whole, no band has matched them.

[mutant!]

Yeah, my "all-stars" band would have been Elvis, Jimi, Jaco and Hal Blaine, but anyway.

They are the most succsesful band ever, the most innovative band ever...
Objective troof.
...and the most creative band ever...their songs feature the best vocal melodies ever written.
Subjective troof. (ie Not necessarily.)

I know Ringo is good, I happen to like Come Together a lot (but that may have something to do with the fact that it doesn't sound like the rest of their stuff at all :p). I know Paul is good too. My best friend is a total Beatles fanatic and I've heard the phrase "George Harrison is an underrated guitarist" kerjillions of times before, and now you guys have confirmed that (or the notion, at least). I know John was a good singer and songwriter.

My band also consists of four people. I play guitar, piano and sax in the band, and do lead vocals. Bread (the Beatles fan) plays bass, piano, recorder and sax, and does the Frusciante backing falsetto thing. Johan does turntables and MCing. David plays drums and guitar and has a good singing voice too. So there, a little high school band has just as much instrumental diversity/talent as the Beatles.

I don't think I've heard a song where Paul played the same thing on the bass as the guitar.
If you could verify this for me, it would improve Paul's standing in my eyes.

Sure, Yesterday is a good song. I happen to think Mad World is better. Assuming I'm right, here's the question: who's the better band? The Beatles, because they wrote a lot of good songs? Or Tears For Fears, because they wrote one awesome song?

There's also the matter of taste. As far as my knowledge of the band goes, a vast selection of their music is totally senseless. One can only dig so deep for meaning before it becomes artificial and you are only trying to make up something to justify an LSD-induced hallucination-turned-song.

Ah, hell, there's a million points I could bring up but it's 12:33 AM and I'm tired, and I don't really want a flamefest. You guys can like who you want to and I'll respect that. My issue was just with people who call the Beatles "The greatest band ever" and think they're being objective, then have very little evidence to back their claim. Love you guys. :thumb:

[MBS]

HOLY CRAP, THE OPINIONS ARE EVERYWHERE ON THIS PAGE!

[El_Goodo]

My band also consists of four people. I play guitar, piano and sax in the band, and do lead vocals. Bread (the Beatles fan) plays bass, piano, recorder and sax, and does the Frusciante backing falsetto thing. Johan does turntables and MCing. David plays drums and guitar and has a good singing voice too. So there, a little high school band has just as much instrumental diversity/talent as the Beatles.


That doesn't make you diverse, talented yes (not as much as the beatles), but diversity would depend on how many styles of music you actually play.

If you could verify this for me, it would improve Paul's standing in my eyes.

Well I don't know the bass to everysong, but I do have about 50 beatle songs on guitar pro. And Im I've yet to see the bass line the same as the rote note of the chord played on guitar.

Sure, Yesterday is a good song. I happen to think Mad World is better. Assuming I'm right, here's the question: who's the better band? The Beatles, because they wrote a lot of good songs? Or Tears For Fears, because they wrote one awesome song?

Is that a serious question? I would go with a.) a band who wrote lots of good songs. All the one hit wonders in the world don't compare to bands that consistently write good material.

There's also the matter of taste. As far as my knowledge of the band goes, a vast selection of their music is totally senseless. One can only dig so deep for meaning before it becomes artificial and you are only trying to make up something to justify an LSD-induced hallucination-turned-song.

Their early stuff is mainly love songs, which is not sensless, then there middle stuff is more serious stuff, then there experimental phase, some songs like Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and I Am The Walrus may strike you as sensless crap written while on LSD. But I don't think they ever wrote a song while on LSD. And actually John and Paul are widely considered two of the top best songwriters of all time.


Ah, hell, there's a million points I could bring up but it's 12:33 AM and I'm tired, and I don't really want a flamefest. You guys can like who you want to and I'll respect that. My issue was just with people who call the Beatles "The greatest band ever" and think they're being objective, then have very little evidence to back their claim. Love you guys. :thumb:

I'm not making a flamefest, just having a debate. And I think that the following would work as evidence in claiming they are the greatest band ever;
- Over 1 Billion Records Sold Worldwide
- The Most Succesful Group Of All Time
- Sgt. Pepper is the fastest selling album in the UK
- A Record 20 Number One Singles
- In 1964 the top 5 songs on the charts were all by the Beatles
-The White Album is number 8 on the top selling albums of all time
- They broke in 1969 and 32 years later there Greatest hits "1's" released in 2001 became the fastest selling album of all time.
- And 36 year later Paul McCartney has set the record for fastest sold out concert (14 Minutes).

Thats just all I can think off right now :)

[Leper]

If I find out who keeps going around saying the Beatles are the greatest band ever, I'm going to have a little talk with him/her and explain how irritating it is to us when someone hears that and we, once again, have to get into this tired old debate with that person.:mad:

Non-subjective remark: Most commercially successful band ever.:)

[rbv]

The thing is The Beatles didn't even have to tour for a good 10 years or so. What band today could even do that in this age?

[Leper]

10 years?? They were only around for 10 years, and only really popular for 6 of them.

[rbv]

Haha sorry, I always think their careers were longer. Still, they didn't tour in 4 years, which is a long time by today's standards.

[Leper]

Yes indeed. Not touring these days would be career suicide.

[mutant!]

That doesn't make you diverse, talented yes (not as much as the beatles), but diversity would depend on how many styles of music you actually play.
Jazz (including funk, cool jazz and fusion), blues, metal (including elements from '80s and '90s metal), rock ('90s mostly, but '60s/'70s too), classical (especially Bach-style Baroque stuff and Chopin/Rachmaninoff-influenced Romantic stuff) and pop (as far as songwriting is concerned). Anyway, I was talking about instrumental diversity.

I'm not making a flamefest, just having a debate.
I know, I'm just ending this before it becomes one. I know it's not nice dissing a band in their thread.

But I respect you. You make valid points. :thumb:

[W.M.A]

i believe greatest is defined by size of impact and influence. Beatles have sold more than anyone else, therefore have the most influence (in theory i spose) and therefore are greatest. greatest isnt necessarily best.

[Sgt._Joker]

My band also consists of four people. I play guitar, piano and sax in the band, and do lead vocals. Bread (the Beatles fan) plays bass, piano, recorder and sax, and does the Frusciante backing falsetto thing. Johan does turntables and MCing. David plays drums and guitar and has a good singing voice too. So there, a little high school band has just as much instrumental diversity/talent as the Beatles.




Wow you're a cocky cunt
John Lennon- Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Vocals.
Paul McCartney- Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Uke, Trumpet.
Ringo- Drums
George- Uke, Guitar, Sitar.
Their musical talent and diversity ****en out strips you in every way posible
how can you possibley compare your group to the beatles and say that you are just as instrumentally diverse and just as talented as they were?

you are wrong, its easy to say the beatles wernt the greatest rock band in history.. but if no-one has selled more records.. been more influencial and creative.. as well as been chasimatic who the **** is the greatest rock band in history?

[Dragon_Prince]

who the **** is the greatest rock band in history?


No one, it's all about opinions, there can't be a best in music or any other thing that is artistic(painting etc) it's all opinions

[El_Goodo]

Wow you're a cocky cunt
John Lennon- Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Vocals.
Paul McCartney- Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Uke, Trumpet.
Ringo- Drums
George- Uke, Guitar, Sitar.
Their musical talent and diversity ****en out strips you in every way posible
how can you possibley compare your group to the beatles and say that you are just as instrumentally diverse and just as talented as they were?

you are wrong, its easy to say the beatles wernt the greatest rock band in history.. but if no-one has selled more records.. been more influencial and creative.. as well as been chasimatic who the **** is the greatest rock band in history?

:rolleyes: the flames have begun...suprisingly after the non flaming, clean debate.

[bmxrunner]

Its awesome. I got it almost 6 years ago, and it has everything, from all the music from all the instruments, to tabs, to chord changes, etc. It is pretty small though, so they can fit like 10 staves on a page.

x2. I got it when i was 5, cause i thought it was a beatles biography. sat unused for 10 years till i learned to play guitar and i love it. the texts a little small since it has arangements for all the instruments, but its completely legible and understandable. get it you wont be sorry

[El_Goodo]

Am I the only one who is a huge fan of Please Please Me? That's a really great album, all the songs are insanely catchy...and it closes with one of the best vocal performances from John ...Twist and Shout!

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

My review of the album.

Good job.

It's chrismas, and I got, 3 beatle shirts, 7 beatle albums, Anthology disc one, Yellow submarine action figures adn yellow submarine playing cards. I'm so happy. :p

[blue3]

7 albums? Awesome. Please Please Me is a good album. The Beatles related things I got were The White Album, With The Beatles, Hard Day's Night, Help!, that Guitar World John Lennon magazine and a Revolver calendar. The only action figure I got was Slash, which looks awesome, haha.

[Leper]

I got Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour for Xmas, and the only other thing I asked for that was Beatles related was Yellow Submarine, so I'm pretty satisfied.

I finally have Revolver!! Hurray!!!

[magicbus]

Revolver is so amazing. There is not a bad song on the album, seriously. I'm a big fan of MMT as well. I think you'll like them both.

[Leper]

Yeah I love MMT with a passion(already have it on vinyl but wanted a cd). But with the exception of a few songs, I don't know much of Revolver so with all that I've heard I'm really excited to listen to it.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I think that albums like Please Please Me, Magical Mystery Tour and even Sgt. Pepper are rated so highly only because they're Beatles albums, though (especially PPM) they're all fantastic pieces of work.

Also, does anyone here like (early 90s power pop group) Jellyfish?

[Leper]

I think that sometimes too, but then I come to my senses:p

Never heard of them.

[Seafroggys]

I got Hard Day's Night for Christmas (the album, got the DVD three years ago for christmas)

so my Beatles collection as of right now on CD:

Anthology 1
Hard Day's Night
Help
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's
Magical Mystery Tour
White Album
Yellow SUbmarine (the newer one)
Let it Be Naked
ABbey Road
1
6 CD set of a bootleg from a BBC radio program on The Beatles

All I need are Past Masters 1 and 2, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, and Beatles for Sale (I don't really care about getting the other anthologies) and I will have every Beatles song ever realeased.

EDIT: oh **** except for Real Love but I've downloaded that one already

[blue3]

What's the newer Yellow Submarine?

And I've never heard of Jellyfish either.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Jellyfish deserve to be checked out. Think Beatles/Beach Boys/Queen rolled into one.

The newer Yellow Submarine is a compilation of tracks mainly from YS and Sgt. Pepper, with a couple from Revolver and Rubber Soul thrown in. I'm not sure why; it's called the Yellow Submarine Songtrack

[blue3]

Oh okay. I have the newer one then.

What's some good songs by that band?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Jellyfish? Try Glutton of Sympathy, Ghost At Number One and Sebrian Paste & Plato. Fantastic stuff.

[El_Goodo]

/searches jellyfish and expects to get nothing but spongebob related songs

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

MMT is denintly my fav Beatle album. So many great songs are on it (excluding Blue Jay Way, Flying and Baby your a rich man, never really liked any of those songs).

[blue3]

MMT is denintly my fav Beatle album. So many great songs are on it (excluding Blue Jay Way, Flying and Baby your a rich man, never really liked any of those songs).I never would have guessed that MMT was your favorite. I like those songs you mentioned.

[El_Goodo]

I love the song blue jay way..."please don't be long, please don't you be very long"

[Leper]

Magical Mystery Tour is a fantastic album. Wow, 1967 was a damn good year for the Beatles, and music in general for that matter.

[Leper]

I thought that was 1969...

[blue3]

I thought that was 1969...Hah that would make sense. But wikipedia is probably right.

[Leper]

From Wiki:"(Some people mistakenly believe the Summer of Love was in 1969, perhaps because that was the year of Woodstock.)"

/some people:(

[El_Goodo]

Yeah, definately. Did you know that when it was released some people thought it was harrison telling them to drop out of society! ("please don't belong") :lol:

it was actually about him waiting for someone.

Did they not listen to the line right after that "please don't you be very long" lol...that very ruins the belong idea.

[Slight Return]

What did they do for music? I know this is an extremely idiotic question, but I'm really not sure. I know they did SOMETHING, and I absolutely love listening to them, but I want to know what all of you think they did for music. Personally, I believe they were compositional geniuses, but that still leaves the question of what they did.

[Jacaranda]

What did they do for music? I know this is an extremely idiotic question, but I'm really not sure. I know they did SOMETHING, and I absolutely love listening to them, but I want to know what all of you think they did for music. Personally, I believe they were compositional geniuses, but that still leaves the question of what they did.
For the music industry? Well they were the first band to do many things in the studio and try new things, they were one of the first bands to be open about drugs which helped psychedelic music become popular and paved the way a lot of bands. They made the music scene do a 360 and sorta start leading away from the Hermins Hermits and other bands of that sort and more in the direction of rock and roll written and performed by the bands. And of course they were the first band from the 60's to 'conquer' America which lead to other bands.

[Distant Echoes]

What Med said may not seem like too much different then now, but in the early 60s was an astronomical difference in the way music was created. I believe of all the great points Med pointed out, the studio experimentation was the biggest.

Before then, and the Beatles themselves showed it pre Rrevolver, All bands had one uniform outlook of who they were and what songs they made. Every song was pretty much the same structure, lyrical outlook, and style. Though this may not be 100% true, It generally stood as a conception of music of that era. When The Beatles took there songs, and changed the whole way they were developed, and even through crazy effects in there to develop a fuller more meaningful construction to each one, it was amazing, though some may view this at the time as Satanic (Revolution 9 anyone?). The 60s were a time of change and the Beatles are largely responsible for the start of it. When the Who were homewrecking punks, Stones were mind polluters, Led Zeppelin were Satan Worshippers, the Beatles stood out with there unending proggresive songwriting skills to break away from all that was right in 60s music and pave for everything to come.

Might not seem like much to do, but for the era they exsisted they did a damn good job

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

I never would have guessed that MMT was your favorite. I like those songs you mentioned.

:lol: There ok songs, but compared to the others on teh album (Strawberry Fields Forever, possibly my fav. John song) they are not as good IMO, but they are still good.

[DeusExMachina]

MMT is denintly my fav Beatle album. So many great songs are on it (excluding Blue Jay Way, Flying and Baby your a rich man, never really liked any of those songs).
MMT is my second favorite, along with Rubber Soul. First has to be Abbey Road.

The Concert of Bangladesh... wow. Incredible.

[RUSHFAN1990]

The Beatles are such a good band. Each musician was good at wat they did. THe songwriting was amzing. It is pretty cool to listen to songs they wrote about their drugs such as Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (LSD). Simply amazing band. O ya and Paul McCartney is great live. Eleanor Rigby is an amazing live song. Stupid Yoko Ono got in John Lennons head which broke up the band.

[Jacaranda]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is NOT about drugs.

Who sings that Lucy in the Sky with Glasses? This is the secound morning that I've woke up to that song and its rather catchy.

[Broken Arrow]

MMT is my second favorite, along with Rubber Soul. First has to be Abbey Road.

The Concert of Bangladesh... wow. Incredible.
Yeah, I got that for Christmas, definetly one of my favourite music DVDs.

[blue3]

I got this Beatles book called 'A Hard Day's Write'. It tells the stories about every Beatles songs. I haven't read all of it yet, but apparently it's good. Anyone else have this book?

[WelcomeToTheMachine]

I almost bought that book, but i hate not being able to read whats inside (it was all wrapped up) so i went against my judgement and didnt get it.

[blue3]

I almost bought that book, but i hate not being able to read whats inside (it was all wrapped up) so i went against my judgement and didnt get it.Hah, okay then. It was 50% off, so I just had to buy it, even thought it was wrapped.

[Leper]

Well my favourite Beatles album list (post Help!) now goes as follows:

Revolver
Magical Mystery Tour
Abbey Road
Sgt. Peppers
Rubber Soul
White Album
Let It Be

I can't rate Yellow Submarine yet because I don't have it and thus haven't listened to it in it's entirety.

It's so hard to put any of them last, in fact, I'll just say the last three are all a tie.

[Jacaranda]

Sgt. Peppers
MMT
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Let It Be
Abbey Road
White Album

The last two albums I actually don't really like that much so there is a big gap between Let it Be and Abbey Road, in terms of me liking.

[Leper]

You don't like Abbey Road??:eek: How come?

/takes deep breaths...:p

[Jacaranda]

You don't like Abbey Road??:eek: How come?

/takes deep breaths...:p
Well I would go into more detail but I'm tired! So I'll just sum it up. It loses my interest about 1/2 through. And She's so Heavy is like the draggy on-est song ever.

[Leper]

I absolutely LOVE She's So Heavy. That song alone makes me want to put Abbey Road at the top of my list.

[Jacaranda]

Of course, it sounds good but then afterwards I'm just like "Holy crap, that song sucked."

[Leper]

That's a weird way of deciding you don't like a song..

[Jacaranda]

Well no, okay so its like I listen to half of it liking it then the other half comes on and its like I'm looking at the clock waiting for it to end, then its over and its like well I like that song, but it really sucks also.

I'm crazy?

I like Abbey road but I wish it would only have these tracks on it: 2, 3, 7-9, 11-13, 15-17. I think that would be a masterpiece maybe have some more tracks in there. But I've never really liked Come Together, and the rest just don't fit in with what I would've liked to see Abbey Road be, which is an album full of short songs that sorta tells a story. So a concept album basically!

[n00bguitarist]

The Beatles are my second favorite band. My favorite album of theirs is a tie between Sgt. Pepper's and the White Album. My favorite song of theirs is Revolution 1.

I also like Lennon's solo career. My favorite song of his when he was solo is a tie between Imagine and Working Class Hero.

[blue3]

I absolutely LOVE She's So Heavy. That song alone makes me want to put Abbey Road at the top of my list.I like that song a lot too. So here's my list.

Revolver
Sgt. Peppers
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour
White Album
Rubber Soul
Let It Be

[MBS]

I can never rate the Beatles albums. It'd hurt my brain because I'd be moving everything, and yeah.

[Grimm]

I only just started listening to the beatles affter i found an Aerosmith cover of Come Together. I would have started listening to them a while back, but twist and shout brought back terrifying memories of primary school musicals

/quivers in fear

They have some pretty catchy riffs, but i don't get to listen to their albums coz my mum lent her albums to a friend and never got them back before my family moved to another state.Come Together is probably my favourite song, followed by Suzy In The Sky With Diamonds, but i don't have many of their songs on my computer:(

[Jacaranda]

They have some pretty catchy riffs, but i don't get to listen to their albums coz my mum lent her albums to a friend and never got them back before my family moved to another state.Come Together is probably my favourite song, followed by Suzy In The Sky With Diamonds, but i don't have many of their songs on my computer:(
Its Lucy.

[blue3]

Hah, Suzy..

I heard Aerosmith's cover of Come Together. I didn't like it much..

[Grimm]

**** damn downloads.last time i use limewire.screwy titles get me a lot.

[Grimm]

Also might be the 45 degree temperature inside my house

[TheDMV]

Hah, Suzy..

I heard Aerosmith's cover of Come Together. I didn't like it much..

I sort of feel that way about Aerosmith in general, save a few songs. They're just sort of bland. To be fair, it is tough to do a Beatles song justice.

[Krabsworth]

Hah, Suzy..

I heard Aerosmith's cover of Come Together. I didn't like it much..

Yeah it is crap, and even worse, the average listener thinks that is Aerosmith's song.

[blue3]

Yeah, my friend didn't know it was a Beatles song till I told her.

[TheShaneOMac]

Abbey Road
White Album
Revolver
Let It Be Naked
Magical Mystery Tour
Sgt. Peppers
Rubber Soul

[Krabsworth]

So far, I have A Hard Day's Night, Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road and Let It Be on vinyl.

Abbey Road is in horrible condition though.

[Seafroggys]

i own about two-three of every beatle record on vinyl....it helps when two Beatle fans marry :thumb:

[classicrockielzpfvh]

i own about two-three of every beatle record on vinyl....it helps when two Beatle fans marry :thumb:

that is so damn awesome

[thunderzstruck]

Well I would go into more detail but I'm tired! So I'll just sum it up. It loses my interest about 1/2 through. And She's so Heavy is like the draggy on-est song ever.

wow. i feel the exact same way. But I love Abbey Road

[BigTrav415]

I know most of you guys are going to make fun of me for this, but I was in the bookstore the other day and started reading one of those "Paul is dead" conspiracy things... it wasn't actually supporting it, it was just explaining all the clues and stuff. I decided to buy it just because I wanted to see all the clues, and while some of them are kind of out there, some are quite obvious. I know it is fake, that most of them were put in by John and George, but I still think it's awesome that they pulled it off. Uh, favorite albums list...

Revolver
Abbey Road
Sgt. Pepper's (Not because of A Day In The Life though, I don't get why everyone is so obcessed with that song. It's good, but it wins like every single "Greatest Beatles Songs" list)
Magical Mystery Tour
The White Album
Rubber Soul

[MidnightRider]

I picked up a sweet Let It Be poster the other day, that puts the collection at 4.

Here's my list:

Abbey Road
Revolver
Let It Be
Sgt. Peppers
Rubber Soul
White Album

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

MMT
White
Revolver
Rubber
Abbey
SGT Pep
Let it Be

I love all teh albums, but seeing as we are getting into rating them, this would have to be my order.

[Krabsworth]

I'm not doing a list, but I'm gonna say that there isn't enough pre '65 Beatle fans.

A Hard Day's Night or With The Beatles=Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll records.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

No Reply off Beatles for Sale is one of my fav early Beatle songs.

[Dimebag Dom]

Go The Beatles, the only band ever that has no such thing as a bad song....prettty much

[Seafroggys]

Help is the best pre 65 album....

oh wait it came out in 65.....its the best pre rubber soul album

[thunderzstruck]

wow Abbey Road is almost perfect. It's soo strong all the way through but I think I perfer the second half.

[DeusExMachina]

wow Abbey Road is almost perfect. It's soo strong all the way through but I think I perfer the second half.
Word.

My current favorite pre-Rubber Soul song is It Won't Be Long. The chorus is just ridiculously catchy.

[n00bguitarist]

My list of albums would go:

White Album
Sgt. Pepper's
Abbey Road
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Rubber Soul

[Jacaranda]

I don't listen to anything Pre-Rubber Soul, or any albums I have a song here and there that I like but none of their albums I would rank above a 3. Just not my style.

[DeusExMachina]

I mostly listen to the later stuff, but I certainly enjoy the earlier music now and again.

[Leper]

The early music is more fun to listen to in the car. Doesn't require as much of your attention to enjoy.

Deus I completely agree, It Won't Be Long is almost dangerously catchy.

[clown_phobia]

I really like the song "from me to you". I love the melody and the energy.

Anyone else like it?

[Dimebag Dom]

yah, great song....they all are though, my favourite would have to be hey jude or let it be, i like the soft beatles style...

[clown_phobia]

Ive been liking Sgt. Pepper's psychadelia. It really makes the album really unique and enjoyable.

What are your thoughts on Revolver?

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Ive been liking Sgt. Pepper's psychadelia. It really makes the album really unique and enjoyable.

What are your thoughts on Revolver?

I love Revolver. It has such a great assortment of songs, and in my opion it is the first time George had a good song he wrote by himself(taxman is a great song, and he had some others on there to). Tommorow Never Knows is a wicked osng, so experimental, Elanor Rigby is a great song, with no Beatles playing an instrument on it.

[bcf717]

Hey, greetings. Been away for a while but have been catching up on the discussion.

Got a book for Christmas -- The Beatles by Bob Spitz

Just recently published and is amazing. Can't put it down. A hefty work, about 900 plus pages, but worth the read for the info. Spitz is a biographer who has done Springsteen, Elton John and Dylan. Mostly works New York Times and Washington Post. No fly by night here.

Answers most the questions I see here on who did what and when it really happened. Like yes, a session drummer named Andy White played on 'Love Me Do.' HOWEVER, that was on the first session demo press for Parlophone. The tempo of the song was slower and George Martin didn't like it. Martin brought them back in the Abbey Road studio a month later and recorded it again in the faster up-tempo version we are all familar with. That's the released version we all know and love, and YES, Ringo did the drums on that, the final cut. Cool, huh?

[bcf717]

Read Med57's reply on what the Beatles did for music. Very well put, especially the instrumental experimentation.

The effect we take for granted called 'phasing' was created in the sixties by running two identical tapes of music in perfect sync together to achieve that 'swooshing' effect. It was very tedious and time comsuming, but ground breaking none the less. It came from Abby Road studios and the term 'phasing' was coined by John Lennon.

[clown_phobia]

So much that is part of music today was started by the beatles and it is just taken for granted. Many people do not acknowledge the roots.

I am in love with Rubber soul at the moment! So good!

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

So much that is part of music today was started by the beatles and it is just taken for granted. Many people do not acknowledge the roots.

123. so many people I talk to are so ungratefull of the Beatles. They made msc what it is today, but few people will realize/acknowledge it.

[zabbit82]

123. so many people I talk to are so ungratefull of the Beatles. They made msc what it is today, but few people will realize/acknowledge it.

Sad, but true. I know some people who don't like them, and it makes me wonder how they appreciate music... :angry:

[blue3]

So much that is part of music today was started by the beatles and it is just taken for granted. Many people do not acknowledge the roots.

I am in love with Rubber soul at the moment! So good!Get an avatar.. sometime. Yeah Rubber Soul is awesome. In My Life is my favorite song there.

I got the First U.S. Visit DVD and a Let It Be poster today.. I have to stop buying Beatles stuff.

[Godzilla1969]

Get an avatar.. sometime. Yeah Rubber Soul is awesome. In My Life is my favorite song there.

I got the First U.S. Visit DVD and a Let It Be poster today.. I have to stop buying Beatles stuff.
In My Life is incredible. So is Norwegian Wood, The Word, Nowhere Man, and I guess the whole rest of the album. Rubber Soul is awesome.

[6stringed]

imagine if the beatles never were....Wholey F@#* We'd be in a screwed up world.


K.. well I just had to say that

[Leper]

It certainly would be different. I think the Beatles were definitely that influential. Along the same lines as Bob Dylan.

[Jacaranda]

It certainly would be different. I think the Beatles were definitely that influential. Along the same lines as Bob Dylan.
And tha Stones.
:)

[Seafroggys]

and Bach

[Leper]

And tha Stones.
:)

Haha Jac you Stones whore. Ok yes, and the Stones.:p

[clown_phobia]

The Stones possibly would never have made it in America if it wasn't for the Beatles paving the way...

[Jacaranda]

The Stones possibly would never have made it in America if it wasn't for the Beatles paving the way...
Don't even get me started!

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

Get an avatar.. sometime. Yeah Rubber Soul is awesome. In My Life is my favorite song there.

I got the First U.S. Visit DVD and a Let It Be poster today.. I have to stop buying Beatles stuff.

My sister is addicted, we might have to send her to rehab
She has that DVD, did you get to the part where Paul George and Ringo are in a hotel, and Paul says "Ringo.. I've done an abstract!"

Priceless

[clown_phobia]

Don't even get me started!

Well I really don't know that much about it, that's just an idea. It's likely they would have had great sucess, but possibly not to the same degree they did.

[DeusExMachina]

In My Life is incredible. So is Norwegian Wood, The Word, Nowhere Man, and I guess the whole rest of the album. Rubber Soul is awesome.
In My Life is one of the greatest songs ever witten, regardless of time period.

I like the Stones. I'm not the hugest fan, but I definitely enjoy the music, and do think they would've been huge no matter what. Quite possibly even bigger if it weren't for The Beatles.

[Leper]

Don't even get me started!

You know it's true.;)

[MBS]

Read Med57's reply on what the Beatles did for music. Very well put, especially the instrumental experimentation.

The effect we take for granted called 'phasing' was created in the sixties by running two identical tapes of music in perfect sync together to achieve that 'swooshing' effect. It was very tedious and time comsuming, but ground breaking none the less. It came from Abby Road studios and the term 'phasing' was coined by John Lennon.

I swear, you have to be one of my favorite posters, ever. Everything you post is informative and very high quality stuff. I've learned a lot from reading your posts and I'd just like to say, cheers. :chug:

[Leper]

He certainly seems to know his stuff, which is always nice to see.

[clown_phobia]

I like the Stones. I'm not the hugest fan, but I definitely enjoy the music, and do think they would've been huge no matter what. Quite possibly even bigger if it weren't for The Beatles.

Now that I think about it, that's quite possibly true. They could have been bigger if it wasn't for the beatles

[DeusExMachina]

Yeah, information certainly is nice. You rock, bcf!

And I do see the Stones as being bigger if The Beatles weren't clogging up the charts.

[Scoot]

The Beatles are decent, although there's no denying that they saved us from 40's trash.

[El_Goodo]

The Beatles are decent, although there's no denying that they saved us from 40's trash.

What?

[BassMasterMike88]

Now that I think about it, that's quite possibly true. They could have been bigger if it wasn't for the beatles

ou have to admit the Beatles had way more influence over music, it is arguable that Srt. Pepper's started acid rock to some extent.

[Whitefire]

i love the beatles, im learning to play there songs on the bass

[DeusExMachina]

ou have to admit the Beatles had way more influence over music, it is arguable that Srt. Pepper's started acid rock to some extent.
Yeah, but that doesn't disprove what he said at all.

[bcf717]

Well, thankye for the accolades, people. Much appreciated.

By the way, I heard talk of the Stones in here. Incidentally, the Stones may never have got their start if the they hadn't been introduced by John, Paul and George to Decca Records president Dick Rowe in 1963. One of the Stones first hits was a 'throwaway' number by John and Paul called 'I Wanna be your Man.' The Beatles later recorded it with Ringo in the lead, but first it was given to the Stones. Early on the Beatles wrote songs for many other bands. When they had first gotten to number one in Britian (before making it in America) their songs were sought after by other artists. The Beatles gave them away as they thought having credit as songwriters on other labels would boost their careers faster.

Fact coutesy of the Bob Spitz book --fasinating.

[MBS]

Fact coutesy of the Bob Spitz book --fasinating.

Really? Maybe I should go pick up that book.

[pigonthewing82]

I got a Paul McCartney live cd today called Tripping the Live Fantastic its really good, Sgt. Pepper's is amazing.

[bcf717]

I'd highly recomend it. It's great. There are so many versions of what was said, done etc, in so many other books and such, but this one seems to put it all in perpective. Kind of cutting to the chase in a realistic way, sort to speak. I thought my knowledge was good, but I'm learning new stuff with every chapter. :)

[bcf717]

Oh, and by the way, Mister Blue Sky.... nice handle. I'm a big Jeff Lynde fan as well. :)

[MBS]

I'm a big Jeff Lynne* fan as well.

Excellent! We're the rare breed on these boards. I wrote a thread on ELO once. 5 people commented. :upset:

[bcf717]

I always point to ELO's cover of 'Roll Over Beethoven' as a breakthrough in rock. Besides, just as some rock legend collaborations can be silly and contrived, a few are so right in the level of taste it's uncanny. The Willburys -- Dylan, Orbison, Harrison, Petty AND Lynde. That was made in rock heaven.

[JonG]

He also produced Harrison's stuff for awhile. Brainwashed was one of them. Arguably Harrison's best album. Didn't he finish up Brainwashed after George died also?

[MBS]

The Willburys -- Dylan, Orbison, Harrison, Petty AND Lynne.* That was made in rock heaven.

Not to mention Jeff's ace production skills. Have you seen the Concert for George? Jeff produced that, and I think his cover of "I Want To Tell You" is pretty good. Although Tom Petty sounds so bad on "Handle With Care"

Didn't he finish up Brainwashed after George died also?

Yeah, with Dhani.

[bcf717]

Seen it? Heck, I own the DVD. Let's be nice and say Petty had an off day. Petty I can take or leave, but the roots are there, and that's what I find most impressive. I respect that more so than say, a member of REM stating the Beatles were only a pop band and REM was so much deeper than the Beatles ever were. Funny though, how Beatle-esque REM was in their songwriting and arranging.....