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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:33 |
I think the Beatles - and music in general - peaked at īthe White Albumī - and that subsequent albums The Beatles' 'the Worst Albumī(Let It Be) and īthe Best Albumī(Abbey Road) could have be augmented to that first album to form a quadruple - rather than double - album without changing music history.
What do you think? any developments in Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr music or music in general after the White?
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:35 |
Let It Be is the worst?  No way....
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:44 |
 earlyprog wrote:
The Beatles' 'the Worst Albumī(Let It Be) |
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:46 |
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The Beatles never made a bad album, but even if they did, Let it Be is absolutely not one.
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:48 |
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Music peaking with the Beatles? I will make you listen to Monteverdi and Purcell, you uncouth barbarian!!!
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:51 |
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Music peaking with the Beatles? I will make you listen to Monteverdi and Purcell, you uncouth barbarian!!!
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Nice one Thor. 
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:54 |
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The White Album isn't even in my Top 3 Beatles records. Go figure.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 18:54 |
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Music peaking with the Beatles? I will make you listen to Monteverdi and Purcell, you uncouth barbarian!!! |
Nevr heard of them :-)
Heard of THe Beatles though :-)
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:00 |
Snow Dog wrote:
CPicard wrote:
Music peaking with the Beatles? I will make you listen to Monteverdi and Purcell, you uncouth barbarian!!!
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Nice one Thor. |
Praying to a Viking god doesn't make one unable to enjoy opera.
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:04 |
Let it Be is my favorite Beatles album. Bar none. White Album I'd place near the bottom of my post Rubber Soul list. Though there's a few tracks on it that I think are great. So that's what I think of your theory, earlyprog, sorry.  Though I realize I'm in the minority and everyone will agree with you. 
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earlyprog
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:09 |
Believing to be a direct decendant of a Viking god...and never enjoyed an opera...or whatever...
....but always enjoyed Beatles....
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:16 |
smartpatrol wrote:
earlyprog wrote:
The Beatles' 'the Worst Albumī(Let It Be) |
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meaning you agree?
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:20 |
I'm not sure, but I think that it's quite the contrary and that you just unleashed the fury of... Er, Winnie the Pooh?
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:21 |
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So "Let It B" is The Beatlesī13'th release and only 13'th best ever album in history...go figure....;-)
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:23 |
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The White Album can be considered a very elaborate homage to a wide variety of popular music styles from Blues, Calypso, Soul, Metal, Folk, Pop, Rock'n'Roll, Chanson etc
However, as brilliantly executed as these expert homages are, the very nature of pastiche means the Beatles are deliberately cribbing from existing styles and will of course be less groundbreakingly original than some of their other albums. That said, the likes of Julia, Dear Prudence and Sexy Sadie have no precedent in popular music in my view and represented freshly minted originals.
Let It Be ain't a great Beatles album but it's certainly not their worst (Yellow Submarine might qualify?)
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:27 |
^Great hearing from you ExitTheLemming 
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 19:34 |
^IMO the White Album sums up 1967-'68 and directs the music into the future.
(But please give my anothter īThe Beatlesī to guide me!)
Edited by earlyprog - March 28 2013 at 19:37
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 20:15 |
CPicard wrote:
I'm not sure, but I think that it's quite the contrary and that you just unleashed the fury of... Er, Winnie the Pooh?
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It means i'm so infuriated that my minded exploded
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 20:44 |
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My theory is that the oft-maligned Revolution 9 is the pivotal song on the whole album. Without it, it's just a bunch of unrelated tunes. With it, the whole package takes on an air of chaos leading to inevitable apocalypse, with the closing Good Night sounding almost macabre in that context.
Even so, it's far from my favorite Beatles album. That honor would go to Hard Day's Night or Mystery Tour, depending on my mood.
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 20:58 |
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^ the oft maligned Revolution 9 is such because a very bad imitation of Stockhausen will never cut it as far as innovation or pushing the boundaries go. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it was McCartney who had the avant garde wanderlust , not Lennon (whose first love was always very basic primal rock'n'roll)
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