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Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:43 |
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What era (as I see them) were they at their peak?
For me it's 66 - 68
Edited by smartpatrol - April 30 2013 at 19:57
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:58 |
 smartpatrol wrote:
What era (as I see them) were they at their peak?
For me it's 66 - 68
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Same for me. Sgt Peppers changed the world in so many ways...and John Lennon's main contributions to Magical Mystery Tour (I am the Walrus & Strawberry Fields) were like nothing ever heard before.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:03 |
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:34 |
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I like their 67/68 period, and I like that in a very short time in September '66 they went from their final live concert to Lennon writing Strawberry Fields while he played a character who wore little round spectacles.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:51 |
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Starting with Revolver, so I voted 65-66.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:03 |
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ABBEY ROAD is better than everything they did in their career.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:07 |
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Your eras are slightly incorrect as The Beatles was actually released before Yellow Submarine (which itself was actually released in Jan 1969).
I'm therefore confused as to which one to vote for, but I'll go for 66-68 as it really includes The Beatles, which is my fave Fabs album.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:16 |
chopper wrote:
Your eras are slightly incorrect as The Beatles was actually released before Yellow Submarine (which itself was actually released in Jan 1969). |
Yes, but Yellow Submarine was all recorded before The White Album
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:25 |
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:48 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
ABBEY ROAD is better than everything they did in their career. |
I have that feeling too. Except for that a progger like me likes the epic-like side 2 with some brilliant short pieces glued together, there are some ace songs on side 1 as well. Sergeant Pepper's my nr. 2, had to be ground breaking in those days, but from a progger's point of view it's not that special anymore, except for some very good imaginative songs. Voted for the last period though, purely on the strength of Abbey Road.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:31 |
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Sgt. Pepper is their greatest accomplishment IMO. After that, I'd say Revolver is their second best and Abbey Road third.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:52 |
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65-66
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 06:26 |
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I think it's 66-68.
Edited by charles_ryder - May 01 2014 at 07:31
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 04:37 |
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Abbey Road (a deliberate album that turned out fantastic).
Magical Mystery Tour (an accidental album that turned out fantastic).
A Day In The Life for possibly the single greatest ...song? The Beatles did. This one was ground breaking. There's no chorus but this is the dark side of the sunshine of Pepper.
The rest have great songs (All Your Loving, Guitar Gently Weeps), some not so great (Rocky Raccoon) and many brave moments (Revolution #9).
Oh yeah, voted for the '69 era despite it being great (Abbey Road) and very average (the two versions of Let It Be - for the first time The Beatles sounded short of ideas. There's good material but they sounded like many other bands at times. Of course those strings didn't help....Then they upped their game and finished with Abbey Road. Should have been a new beginning but wasn't.
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 05:26 |
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I wouldn't bother voting. There are classics here and there. Period.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 03:12 |
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Can't vote on ths one, reason being that I disagree with those eras.
To me, there were only two, those being: 1) before Rubber soul and 2) Rubber Soul and after. In that case, it's the second era for me.
From Please Please Me up until Help!, any songs could have been on any of those albums, comletely interchangable. In fact, looking at the US releases, they actually were.
Startiing with Rubber Soul there was a continuous progression, each track belonging clearly to its own album. If you want to take it to extremes, I suppose you could say that each album from this phase was its own era.
Edited by npjnpj - April 28 2014 at 03:13
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 04:20 |
I agree with npjnpj's point of view concerning the eras.
My favourite album is Revolver, followed by Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road and The Beatles.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 05:16 |
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66-68
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 06:57 |
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All - each and every album they put out was wonderful for different reasons, even those early beat-pop albums are totally charming!
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 12:35 |
I still believe that Abbey Road is a masterpiece, a level that no previous album achieved.
It's musically strong, enhanced by the beautiful "Here Comes the Sun" by the forgotten Beatle, and absolutely adventurous.
This album alone is an era for me,
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