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Atavachron 
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 Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:30 |
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Kite
as John so eloquently said of it, "You should be able to smell the peanuts".
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Dellinger
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Posted: June 02 2014 at 21:59 |
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I'm afraid I must go with the majority here and choose "A Day in the Life". Though I guess if this poll were done in a non-prog music site, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and perhaps "With a Little help from my Friends" would be winning, or at least giving a tight competition.
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Svetonio
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Posted: June 02 2014 at 22:01 |
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Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 02 2014 at 22:12 |
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BTW that title track is a killer little rock number, tends to be forgotten
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Watcher of the Sky
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Posted: June 02 2014 at 22:40 |
A Day in Life
what a overrated album
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Nous sommes du soleil
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 00:35 |
 Michael678 wrote:
SteveG wrote:
Lucy in the Sky tied with a Day In The Life. Both are proto prog that's of the same caliber as Strawberry Fields. (Sorry!)  |
oh hell no i don't mind that at all! |
I wouldn't disagree with such a statement, but there's something about Fixing A Hole which just won't leave me alone.
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 05:18 |
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
A Day in Life
what a overrated album |
Born after 1964 then?
If you lived through it, you wouldn't be stating this. But I might be wrong.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 05:29 |
BarryGlibb wrote:
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
A Day in Life
what a overrated album |
Born after 1964 then?
If you lived through it, you wouldn't be stating this. But I might be wrong. |
I think he's right. I was born in 1962 and still think it's influence is overstated. For me both Revolver and Rubber Soul were better albums and had demonstrably more influence on subsequent developments in popular music than Sgt Pepper. But let's not split baby hairs, It's a very fine album by consummate artists all said.
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Michael678
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 05:38 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
BarryGlibb wrote:
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
A Day in Life
what a overrated album |
Born after 1964 then?
If you lived through it, you wouldn't be stating this. But I might be wrong. |
I think he's right. I was born in 1962 and still think it's influence is overstated. For me both Revolver and Rubber Soul were better albums and had demonstrably more influence on subsequent developments in popular music than Sgt Pepper. But let's not split baby hairs, It's a very fine album by consummate artists all said.
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true. Sgt. Pepper wouldn't exist without the potential with those two albums (AND The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, the main influence for that album)
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 07:26 |
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^ Yes, the Beach Boy's are too often glibly dismissed when it comes to innovation and laying the foundations for Prog's Bouncy Castle. It always irks me when certain artists are accused of using the very cliches they actually invented (Floyd and Dylan come to mind)
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altaeria
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 08:43 |
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
what a overrated album
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So True. It was merely a conceptual stepping stone to what everyone considers the apex of the Rollling Stones discography, Their Satanic Majesties Request.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 09:28 |
chopper wrote:
"A Day in the Life" is the obvious choice but over the years I've come to appreciate "She'd Leaving Home" more and more, lyrically as well as musically. |
Same for me, the song is incredibly strong. And then some say that McCartney is superficial. 
But "A Day In The Life" is still a great, powerful, adventurous song, and I also love "To The Benefit Of Mr. Kite".
I vote for "She's Leaving Home", though.
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 10:52 |
Fixing a Hole.
One of their best "Hey look...we're taking drugs for mind expansion!" songs.
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chopper
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 11:12 |
altaeria wrote:
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
what a overrated album
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So True. It was merely a conceptual stepping stone to what everyone considers the apex of the Rollling Stones discography, Their Satanic Majesties Request.
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proggman
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Posted: June 03 2014 at 22:01 |
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Since A Day in the Life is winning. I'll vote for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Watcher of the Sky
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Posted: June 04 2014 at 02:51 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
BarryGlibb wrote:
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
A Day in Life
what a overrated album |
Born after 1964 then?
If you lived through it, you wouldn't be stating this. But I might be wrong. |
I think he's right. I was born in 1962 and still think it's influence is overstated. For me both Revolver and Rubber Soul were better albums and had demonstrably more influence on subsequent developments in popular music than Sgt Pepper. But let's not split baby hairs, It's a very fine album by consummate artists all said.
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Agree 100%
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Nous sommes du soleil
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: June 04 2014 at 05:27 |
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
ExittheLemming wrote:
BarryGlibb wrote:
Watcher of the Sky wrote:
A Day in Life
what a overrated album |
Born after 1964 then?
If you lived through it, you wouldn't be stating this. But I might be wrong. |
I think he's right. I was born in 1962 and still think it's influence is overstated. For me both Revolver and Rubber Soul were better albums and had demonstrably more influence on subsequent developments in popular music than Sgt Pepper. But let's not split baby hairs, It's a very fine album by consummate artists all said.
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Agree 100% |
No problems there but I was born in 1958 and had elder siblings who bought all the Beatles releases. Revolver to my seven year old ears was absolutely amazing, Rubber Soul.....hmmm no, nowhere near Revolver or Sgt Pepper.
Sgt Pepper: its release cannot be described easily......it had an absolutely mind-blowing impact on the whole of this Earth (apart from China!)...you had to be there. It changed the face of popular music but that is not to say that I don't prefer Revolver over it.
Edited by BarryGlibb - June 04 2014 at 05:28
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chopper
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Posted: June 04 2014 at 08:59 |
BarryGlibb wrote:
it had an absolutely mind-blowing impact on the whole of this Earth (apart from China!)...you had to be there. It changed the face of popular music
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Yes that is true, you had to be there to appreciate the impact it had. I was but sadly too young.
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Posted: June 04 2014 at 10:14 |
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A Day in the Life of Mr. Kite! I gave my vote to the song with the dancing horse called Henry.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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digdug
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Posted: June 04 2014 at 12:36 |
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A Day in the Life. This is my fave of all Beatles songs.
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