The Beatles
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Topic: The Beatles
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Subject: The Beatles
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:55
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I know this kind of poll has been done ad naseam but the Beatles are truly a very fascinating musical group and at times people find themselves feeling differently about their discography. Just want to know how you guys feel about them. Note, I am only polling their UK releases
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:59
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White Album has the most songs that I enjoy (and most songs I don't!). Helter Skelter was decades ahead of its time ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 18:02
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Revolver followed by the White Album ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 18:05
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But I must say I prefer WOIIFTM, now that was the best Beatles (related) Album  ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 18:53
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The White Album, the whole, gloriously sloppy thing. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 19:09
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1 and 2) Rubber Soul / Sgt. Pepper 3) Magical Mystery Tour 4) Revolver 5) White Album ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 19:09
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The Beatles big time. -------------  
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 19:37
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Revolver has always nudged out all of my other favorite Beatle albums. I'm one of those who feel you could edit the white album to about 50 minutes and have a great single album.
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 19:44
| Revolver, the most memorable imo. |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 19:45
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Abbey Road by some way |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 20:05
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1. Let It Be 2. MMT 3. Hard Days Night Let it Be has been my favorite for some years now. The order of the rest can vary for me. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 20:12
| Abbey Road - My parents had the album and I was exposed to it from a very early age. Still my favorite album |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 20:41
That's what makes their music so fascinating. They can vary depending on your mood  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 20:56
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Either Abbey Road or Let It Be, though I haven't listened to very much Beatles music lately. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 00:46
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1. Abbey Road 2. Revolver 3. Sgt. Peppers 4. White Album 5. Hard Day's Night ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 03:24
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1) Magical Mystery Tour - The title track, Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, I am the walrus, All you need is love - some brilliant songs on it. 2) Abbey Road 3) Revolver/Rubber Soul/ Sgt Pepper all tie.
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 04:01
| Same plus The White |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 04:35
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Voted for Help as it kinda flies under the radar but should be rated more so than it is (imho - as if anyone thinks otherwise). Abbey Road would be a more likely contender for Beatles world champion album though. Revovler's not bad at all even if Got To Get You Into My Life is standout fantastic. White album would be best without the sloppy mess but the highlights are terrific. Everything in stereo. Mono versions sound dreadful, very unnatural even if they are part of the UK catalogue. |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 05:19
| I always preferred their later stuff and can only imagine how it must of been to have a Beat combo go from songs about holding hands to Sgt. Pepper! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 05:30
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Revolver - Sgt Pepper - Rubber Soul. Only then Abbey Road & White Album, both of which have highlights but feel somewhat inconsistent overall to me. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 12:36
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Revolver just a hair above Abbey Road. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 13:29
True, but it's a compilation album so shouldn't really count. |
snowsnow wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 22:45
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Le blanc, bien sûr. ------------- |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 01:28
no, it's not a compilation. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 01:50
| Magical Mystery Tour. The dbl. 7" version. Then Revolver, then (most of) Sgt. Pepper's...........then Abbey Road, then forget it. Never a big fan of the Fab-Four, but credit where credit's due. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 02:01
The OP says "I am only polling their UK releases ". MMT was originally an EP (or 2 EPs to be precise) in the UK and a number of other countries and album in the US (consisting of the EP and singles from around the time). It wasn't released as an official album in the UK until 1976. The Beatles never went in the studio to make an album called "Magical Mystery Tour". |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 02:09
ok, my bad, I did not know all these details. But like you say, it was released as an album at some point, it kinda became an album.
 Damn, I'm not making much sense now. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 02:21
Nah, I know what you mean. I guess it's an official album now but I can't bring myself to see it as such. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 03:39
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Believe it or not, I've not heard all of those albums. Everything I've heard from Rubber Soul onward is pretty good. As for whole albums I love RS, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and The White album. I really need to listen to Abbey Road again. Let it Be bored me. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 04:10
| Even though it's got no votes, and I didn't vote for it, I just want to say "Only A Northern Song" has the best bassline in a Beatles song. (Edited as this Tablet misspelt bassline) |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 06:59
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Abbey Road +1 The Beatles Sgt.Pepper Magical Mystery Tour ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 13:59
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Rubber Soul, Revolver, Pepper, White Album, and Abbey Road are all good in my book......hard to choose. I'm a bit surprised Pepper only has 2 votes so far. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 15:08
| Yeah. Doc, I noticed that. Though almost 50 years and barely a wrinkle. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 17:17
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Hmm, let me see. Long Tall Sally vs. She's Leaving Home. I give up. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 19:01
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 06 2016 at 06:15
Never studied the bassline to that song as it's an awful song and I try not to listen to it. I'll have to check it out now.
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Posted By: CaP
Date Posted: September 06 2016 at 09:29
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1) Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper 2) ALL the Others I found out that here was "grown up music" when I was 6 years old listening to "With the Beatles" and I really love all of their records. ------------- E per tutti il dolore degli altri è un dolore a metà |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: September 06 2016 at 14:10
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Went with Revolver; I can pretty much enjoy the whole thing (although "Here, There and Everywhere" kinda pushes the mush), and at least half of the songs are amazing. If I was to choose a single side though, it would be side three of The Beatles (White Album) which is often ballsy, sometimes gorgeous and practically flawless. "Helter Skelter" gets proper accolades for heaviness, but that "Yes we're going to a party party" bit in "Birthday" is mean E-chord abusing punk madness...love it!
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Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: September 06 2016 at 15:22
So how did you, or anyone else, find it? A better Beatles bassline than "Only A Northern Song". Knew I should of made it a thread! |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 07 2016 at 06:46
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Sgt Pepper for me but I love quite a few of them ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 07 2016 at 09:26
It's good but "Something" is better. |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: September 07 2016 at 19:10
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Roll up! ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:23
Surprised that Rubber Soul only has 1 vote  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:31
why? the albums before Help haven't got any votes (yet). I don't know what to choose, I like Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, White Album, Revolver the most. As for their rock'n'roll years, I like For Sale, Help and the debut quite a bit.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:39
Rubber Soul is a fantastic recording as it was also pretty much the start of later Beatles. No Revolver without Rubber Soul first ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:41
I agree, I did not get your surprise, prog listeners tend to enjoy the albums starting Revolver, no surprise here and the poll results so far prove this.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:49
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^^^ But what is surprising is that it has fewer votes than Help!
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:52
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^ oh yeah, Help got 2 votes, I've just noticed that. oh well...
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Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: September 10 2016 at 21:22
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Abbey Road by a long ways. Revolver for a good second. I must admit that I most definitely did not like the Beatles at first. I saw their appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in early 1964 (I was 7 at the time) and was not impressed. It wasn't until around Hard Day's Night that I began pay some attention to their music. From there they just kept getting better. Even now I still don't care for their earliest releases but I really like their later albums. ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 00:27
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Beatles for Sale Great little pop record before they started enhancing the songs. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 03:31
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Despite their ridiculous amount of classic songs and how they almost singlehandedly changed the history of popular music atleast once - there's really no album by them I enjoy from start to finish. Here's my top four among the ones that comes the closest: Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (although technically not an album) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Revolver
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:31
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Magical Mystery Tour... favorite among many favorites... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 08:39
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Rubber Soul 1 (my vote) - Revolver 10. It's ok to like Revolver more, but the distance between both records shouldn't be that huge, IMO. About Abbey Road being their best record...mmmh...side B is the BEST thing The Beatles ever recorded. Side A, on the other hand, is really lackluster. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 09:43
No? What it it then? A paper towel?  |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 16:00
not an album? Hah!! And the LP cover I rolled countless joints on never existed.. just like the Beatles.. pfff...lies spread by butt-hurt fans of Paul... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: September 14 2016 at 10:46
It's considered a studio album, because it has new songs that weren't on previous releases, and it's too long for an EP, but technically yes, it isn't. Similar case it's Rolling Stone's "Flowers". Maybe that's the reason it's a bit underrated, I think it's slightly better than Sgt. Pepper's, who gets much more credit (I compare it to it because it came out the same year and is somewhat similar). ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: September 16 2016 at 07:04
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I'm surprised that Rubber Soul only has one vote at the moment to Revolver's ten votes. There was a time when, at least after Sgt. Pepper's, those two were the most popular answers to "What is your favorite Beatles album," and it was almost always 50/50 between the two. Of course, eleven votes isn't a very large sample, but I'm still surprised there's only ONE vote for Rubber Soul. At any rate, "The White Album" is easily my favorite, so that's what I voted for. |
Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: September 16 2016 at 07:15
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Re Magical Mystery Tour, this was the UK track listing of the "double EP": Magical Mystery Tour Your Mother Should Know I Am the Walrus The Fool on the Hill Flying Blue Jay Way . . . which clocked in at 19 minutes. In other words, it was side A of the US release, just with the tracks in a different order. That was it It was more like a "double single," as it was pressed on two 7" vinyl, 45 rpm records. The following tracks, from side B of the US version, were not on the UK release: Hello, Goodbye Strawberry Fields Forever Penny Lane Baby, You're a Rich Man All You Need Is Love So if we're sticking to the UK releases, those tracks shouldn't be considered for Magical Mystery Tour . . . well, at least not re sticking to the versions of the albums that were available prior to 1976. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 16 2016 at 08:51
Well it's a great album but when it's in a poll with Revolver, The Beatles and Abbey Road it's always going to come second imo.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 16 2016 at 09:50
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Pelata
Date Posted: April 11 2017 at 12:58
| My favorite band...not a bad note anywhere...my favorite is 'Abbey Road'. |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: April 11 2017 at 13:45
| I just doubled the result for my favorite. Guess it won't win, huh. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: April 11 2017 at 16:06
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Abbey road (then Magical mystery tour) |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: April 15 2017 at 03:21
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For me definitely Revolver. My young days. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: April 15 2017 at 03:28
I believe the White Album is the closest they got to a masterpiece, it is such a varied album and includes perhaps their finest track: Revolution 9  ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: April 16 2017 at 16:40
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Help!
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Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: April 16 2017 at 16:50
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Revolver. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 16 2017 at 16:52
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a bit surprised by the vote difference between Revolver and Rubber Soul... |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 16 2017 at 19:54
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 17 2017 at 04:14
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Hey...did the Beatles break up or something? ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: April 17 2017 at 05:03
No, the Beatles are very active... Very active... ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 17 2017 at 06:03
| I don't know about that. They're sure taking their sweet time in releasing a follow up to Let It Be. Slackers. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 02:48
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The Beatles. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 03:00
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Revolver > Sgt. Pepper > White Album = Abbey Road ------------- 
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 07:36
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One of Help, Rubber Soul, or Revolver. Not sure which one, though. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 11:44
Sgt Peppers for me...it changed the world  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 16:52
| Not really a Beatles fan (I actually hate many of their songs - MANY) but, for the most part - Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour somehow 'work' for me. |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 19:53
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I pick Freak Out ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:20
| Every time I voice my opinion (esp. one against Lennon) I get Captcha'd. f**k Captcha, f**k Lennon and all his stoopid songs..... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:21
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^ sh*t !!!
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:24
Capticha vs The Beatles, I choose the annoying one  ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:25
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I choose please please me, because it would enrage feminists if it was released in 2017 ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:35
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I'm glad to an extent that my vinyl version of Revolver (U.S. Capitol) leaves of Lennon songs. Well, if they had replaced the dumbass Yellow Submarine with Dr, Robert, would make for an awesome Beatles album. Love MMT, though Fool On The Hill makes me ill. There's a rhyme WITH a reason.......ha !! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 10:46
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I'm surprised Pepper is not doing better...... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 19 2017 at 12:05
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 19 2017 at 12:43
I am too even if I don't like it except for A Day In The Life. I some times wonder whether this particular album is heralded the way it is because of people's memory of it's impact and how it revolutionised modern pop and rock music or indeed because they love the music. In many cases it's both sure, but here he other day I was in the presence of an old school Beatles fan (my uncle) who insisted on playing it. Halfway through he admitted to me that he used to like it far more than what he did now. He was rather flabbergasted and somewhat disappointed that he couldn't muster up the conviction to persuade me of it's virtues. I was too tbh. The albums surrounding it though hold far better and more memorable tunes imo. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 20 2017 at 04:38
True in part, but I must admit I'm more of a fan of it than I was following the recent "remix" (apart from the removal of Harrison's count in "Within You Without You".
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Posted By: scruffydragon
Date Posted: July 30 2017 at 07:39
| I like most of their albums from Rubber Soul onwards. Just cannot choose between them. |