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SirPsycho388 
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 20:50 |
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I personally love The Beatles - The White Album . I feel that it is amazing, what does everyone think about it... musically and production wise?
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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Arnold Layne
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 20:53 |
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i think its there best work
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HELP!
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lunaticviolist
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 22:40 |
 Arnold Layne wrote:
i think its there best work |
Me too. Only Revolver can compete with it.
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 23:16 |
10/10...but the Beatles never made an album under 8/10 IMO.
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walrus
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 23:20 |
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I love the white album, but i prefer abbey road...... but both are their best
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you and whose army?
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gok22us
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 23:32 |
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The Beatles rule so much its not even funny.
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ian_b
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 01:39 |
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Abbey Raod is the best for the second side. I would say self titled is second.
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progmog
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 02:01 |
The Beatles are the most overrated band in history. I've never liked the Beatles - there, I've said it  . I never bought the myth - all that thumbs aloft, lovely boys, world peace stuff which we now know is a load of  because they were in fact plotting to inflict the Frog Chorus on the unsuspecting world. In fact, why in the name of the Devil's arse are they mentioned on this site? Their albums are easy listening, housewives' choice. And as for 'Sgt. Pepper', their much-trumpeted "psychedelic" album - it's as mindbending as a loaf of bread. Flame on! 
Edited by progmog
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Nipsey88
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 02:08 |
White album is my favorite too. Many of my friends don't like it as
much as it feels thrown together, was recorded very piecemeal by the
band, and doesn't have the flow of much of their later work, but
the songs are just sweet. I get a similar respose when talking Led Zep
with them too as Physical Graffiti is my favorite of them and suffers
from the same "thrown together collection of songs" vibe.
Also, mad props to progmog for having the audacity to throw that point of view out there: you got stones, kid.
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ian_b
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 03:29 |
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Chipiron
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 04:00 |
The White Album is my favourite too. In the second place I'd doubt between "Revolver", "Abbey Road" or "Let it be". 
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DantesRing
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 04:11 |
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I think the White Album is daring... but it has way to much filler for
me. It would have made (like most double discs) a fantastic single
disc.
Back In The U.S.S.R., Blackbird, I'm So Tired, Dear Prudence, Julia,
Happiness..., Mother Nature's Son, Guiter Gently Weeps are among the
best they've ever done.
Good Night, Piggies, Yer Blues, Birthday, Bungalow Bill, Do It In The
Road, Honey Pie(s) are among the worst. They would have been better off
to have someone to say no every once in a while (George Martin
certainly didn't).
I find I seldom listen to this as I have to jump around so much (hmm... maybe I'll make a single disc of it tomorrow).
For me it's Abbey Road and Rubber Soul.
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I'm the shadow man, the jumping jack
The man who can, but won't look back
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Odd24
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 04:46 |
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Right down the line
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Bilek
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 05:30 |
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Beatles is indeed overrated, but it is the best "pop" band in history IMHO! as for white album, I used to love it, but as I got involved more in prog, my keenness on it gradually diminished... I don't even feel like listening to beatles most of the time... But I still like (though I don't listen at all!) Sgt. Pepper and MAgical Mystery Tour albums.. Oh, Rubber Soul and Revolver are the two grounbreaking albums which indeed paved the way fro prog! No one can deny the experimentation level in these four albums. Sadly, they went straight rock'n'roll / blues afterwards, with a brief refreshment of "progression" in Yellow Submarine, which owes more to George Martin then Beatles themselves...
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Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret:
Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!)
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BiGi
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 06:10 |
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A flower? 
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Syzygy
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 06:33 |
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Disc 1 could stand alone as one of their best albums (give or take a couple of lesser songs) while disc 2 is an interesting assortment of ideas ranging from the inspired (Revolution #9 smuggled avant garde art into a million living rooms in the guise of pop music) to barrel scraping (Honey Pie - great as a bonus track or a b side, but totally out of place on a mainstream album). A flawed gem, but a gem nonetheless.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Perrin
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 06:54 |
Ahaaha! I love when McCartney scrapes the barrel with songs like "Honey Pie" or "When I'm 64"! 
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Odd24
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 07:11 |
Hapiness is a warm gun, it sounds so...yes...how do I call it...Giantish...
Is Long, long, long really a 3/8???
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Right down the line
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chopper
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 07:36 |
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I love it, even though it is the work of four solo artists rather than a complete band. It has a sense of humour and also has some very weird stuff. Like most people I could live without Revolution #9, but to go from that to "Goodnight" is genius. There's also enough there to keep the "Paul is dead" people happy (e.g. the end of I'm so tired).
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Zargus
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 07:37 |
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The Withe album is great ofcourse so is most of the beatles albums as we all know, but abow em all is the mighty Sgt pepper! its my favorite no doubt.
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