I thought he ruined his career when he married Yoko.....





.....except for Imagine, it's a very good song

His solo career was very good. But he wrote better stuff in The Beatles.

[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]Sgt. Pepper's was my first album too

:gets all nostalgic:[/QUOTE]
Magical Mystery Tour was mine.

/remembers the good 'ol days

fixing a hole... and revolution 9, changed my un-sober life

I don't remember what my first Beatles album was... It was probably some of the really poppy stuff, which my parents put on when I was uber young or something.

I personally am a big fan of Lennon's solo career, I LOVE Watching The Wheels. That song is brilliant. But, I prefer his work with The Beatles to his solo stuff.

I love Lennon's song from Sgt. Pepper, "Good Morning"

Yellow Submarine was the first Beatles album played to me. I can't see how people dislike that album.

Question: What musician was very upset when "Strawberry Fields Forever" came out, because that was the exact sound he was going for, and was too late to be original with it? Was it Syd Barrett? I cannot remember.

:)

[QUOTE=lennon-legend]I wanna start buying saying the beatles rock and are a great musical influence to all.
Just wanted to know if any fans of john lennon changed their opinion of him when he started his solo career? :thumb:[/QUOTE]

if u mean did John Lennon's solo career make me think worst of him? Absolutely not, infact it made me think higher of him, his belief's and ideals make way more sence then any religion i've heard of (i hope i havnt offended any one by saying that)

John Lennon has influenced me a whole f**king lot not just music wise, he is incredably wise and i think yoko helped bring out that part of him.

Music wise his solo career i think it was great, so great songs:
Give me Some Truth
How do you sleep (one of my favourite)
Imagine
Crippled inside
Instant Karma
We all shine on
Give Peace a Chance.

In closing, John Lennon is awesome and we should all try to learn from some of his statements, beliefs and truth.

Btw i heard John Lennon say about the Beatles break up and *fight* with paul (something along the lines of)
"You can have a fight with your best mate, and come to blows over it, if you like, but then u make up and he is ur best mate again, but when we do it its some kind of treachery... crime against the state..."
At first when i heard about Paul n John's *fight* i thought "treachery" but after hearing that it made a heap of sence to me, the media just blew it up outa preportion :thumb:

[QUOTE=Badmoon]Yellow Submarine was the first Beatles album played to me. I can't see how people dislike that album.[/QUOTE]

Prolly because it's sort of a compilation. A very good one at that, but if you have all of their others there are only 4 ongs on it that aren't on any others. Great songs, though, some of their best.

I love John Lennon's "Working Class Hero", its just so true, I am constanty
kept doped with religion, sex and TV!

[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]Prolly because it's sort of a compilation. A very good one at that, but if you have all of their others there are only 4 ongs on it that aren't on any others. Great songs, though, some of their best.[QUOTE]

Which one? The original one or the re-issue? The re-issue is great, one of the best Beatle compilation CDS IMO, and the first CD I ever bought.

The first Beatles album I've been exposed too? Too hard to say. When I was a kid, probably Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour. But in "my new life" I have to say Yellow Submarine.

[QUOTE=Sgt._Joker]Btw i heard John Lennon say about the Beatles break up and *fight* with paul (something along the lines of)
"You can have a fight with your best mate, and come to blows over it, if you like, but then u make up and he is ur best mate again, but when we do it its some kind of treachery... crime against the state..."
At first when i heard about Paul n John's *fight* i thought "treachery" but after hearing that it made a heap of sence to me, the media just blew it up outa preportion :thumb:[/QUOTE]

It makes sense that the media definitely blew it out of proportion. I mean, the media makes it look like Yoko and Paul are at each other's necks all the time, and there was never a good relationship with The Beatles after they broke up, but Paul and Yoko worked together to try and get back the copyrights of the Beatles music (didn't succeed, sadly, but they did work together) and after John died, Ringo, George, Paul, and Yoko all did a lot of tribute stuff for him.

Does anyone else like the song Yesterday? I think it's one of their best.

[QUOTE=rock not roll]Does anyone else like the song Yesterday? I think it's one of their best.[/QUOTE]
What do you think?

Come on the songs is so beautiful, its hard not to like it.

Yesterday > all pre '66 songs, except maybe In My Life.

Yesterday=classic tune
its one of Paul McCarney's best songs ever

whew, I just finished reading all the pages I've missed...

If you are a human being and you don't like the song Yesterday, something is probably wrong. Yesterday is the most covered song in history(at least that's what I've heard).
Has anyone else heard Bob Dylan's cover of Yesterday?

[QUOTE=guitrguy]What do you think?

Come on the songs is so beautiful, its hard not to like it.[/QUOTE]

It's hard if you're deaf.

/thread

[QUOTE=xxxRoCkJuNkiExxx]whew, I just finished reading all the pages I've missed...

If you are a human being and you don't like the song Yesterday, something is probably wrong. Yesterday is the most covered song in history(at least that's what I've heard).
Has anyone else heard Bob Dylan's cover of Yesterday?[/QUOTE]

is it good?

[QUOTE=rock not roll]It's hard if you're deaf.

/thread[/QUOTE]
Beethoven was deaf

[QUOTE=guitrguy]Beethoven became deaf[/QUOTE]

Fixed.

yes, the Beatles are quite good. I got Sgt Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band, a day in the life is rly good

[QUOTE=Johnny B. Good]is it good?[/QUOTE]

Well.....as everyone knows, Dylan's voice isn't the greatest, but personally I like it.

The singing is a very important part of that song, so I doubt I'd like Dylan's cover.

eh, I like Dylan's voice. especially for his folk music it fits in well I think

Yesterday isn't a really folky song though, so I'm not sure you'd like it.

Bob Dylan has as good gritty style of voice, which depending on ur taste can be hard, or good to listen to

John Lennons Vocals r extremely extremely cool, they r good because he can go from gritty and harsh vocals (as heard in Good morning Good Morning) to light vocals heard in Imagine and (just like) Starting Over.
and i find bands like Oasis, who have a vocal who sounds a bit like John incredibally cool,.

Paul McCartney has probably Better vocals technically, and he sounds incredibally good, but i just prefer john's, John's Vocals make me think about the lyrics he is singing.

Man, I want to hear the Bob Dylan cover. I like Bob Dylan's singing. It gives hope to the rest of us with crappy voices.

any one like Hey Bulldog?
Very sick bass line on bass and piano.
speaking of sick piano parts i have a song that is Paul McCartney, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones playing the song "We Love You" very very very cool Piano part

the beatles are amazing, without them, most modern music wouldnt be around. u cant argue that, they were so innovative for their time. even if u dont like them, u have to respect them, its that simple.

^^^^^ Absolutely that sums up the effect the beatles had in a nutshell

[QUOTE=Sgt._Joker]Paul McCartney has probably Better vocals technically, and he sounds incredibally good, but i just prefer john's, John's Vocals make me think about the lyrics he is singing.[/QUOTE]

Exactly how I think too.

Yes, Hey Bulldog is a great song that you can't really get unless you get Yellow Submarine.

What does everyone think of Only a Northern Song? Apparently most fans hate it but it used to be my second favorite song several years back (Nowhere Man was my first).....and its still I think a **** good song.

Only a Northen Song is a great song seen its.. well the truth, *i just wrote it like that*

" to become big, you have to be an arsehole, so The Beatles were the biggest arseholes in the world... but nobody wants to hear about that.. they want to keep up the nice image and want to hear something cute every time we opened our mouths" - John Lennon

[QUOTE=Seafroggys]

Which one? The original one or the re-issue? The re-issue is great, one of the best Beatle compilation CDS IMO, and the first CD I ever bought. [/QUOTE]

I didn't know there was an original one, so i meant the re-issue
...and I don't know about you, but [I]I[/I] love bob dylan's singing voice :D


I was wondering, since we are all (prolly) musicians here, what instrument(s) people play, and (to make it beatles related) what sort of beatles songs do you play?

bass, trombone, ukulele, harmonica
I'll play anything on bass, but trombone is sort of limited, nowhere man on ukulele (until I forgot) and "love me do" and "I should have known better" on harmonica

me= Guitar for the past month (i've taught myslef," Day Tripper", the top to lines of "here comes the sun" the *nahhh nahh na na na na nahhhh na na na nahhhh hey jude...* bit of hey jude (used at the start of Blackend the USSR and Hey Dude by Beatallica) n i am working on Maggie May.
Flute for 4 years btu i am stopping now getting bored... i can play Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, You've got to hide ur love away.
Bit of Trumpet.
Bit of Piano
Bit of Drums,
Bit of Harmonica.... what type of harmonica do u use for Love me do and I should have known better? because i cant find one with the right key etc.
and ukulele..... if u have got a ukulele vist this site it walks u through the chords and way of playing about 70 diff beatles songs .... [url]http://4rmj.com/rick/beatlesite/index.html[/url]

I play their songs on my guitars and keyboard. (Let It Be most of the time)

I can play And I love her, Day Tripper, Yellow Submarine, Eleanore Rigby, Blackbird, Help, Norwegian wood, A Day in the Life, Two of Us, Twist and Shout, and more that I can't think of at the moment.

[QUOTE=guitrguy]I can play And I love her, Day Tripper, Yellow Submarine, Eleanore Rigby, Blackbird, Help, Norwegian wood, A Day in the Life, Two of Us, Twist and Shout, and more that I can't think of at the moment.[/QUOTE]
anybody can play day tripper except for the solo, which you have to get the timing down for, but that isn't too hard either. Nonetheless ,though, it's still a fun song to play
so is Octopus's Garden

Day tripper was like my first song, and alot of other peoples.

[QUOTE=guitrguy]Day tripper was like my first song, and alot of other peoples.[/QUOTE]
It was mine.:)

Anyways does the intro to Octopus's Garden sound like an Allman Brothers song to anyone? Because it always reminds me of the Allmans.