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Saturday, September 18. 2021

Beatles summary

I still think Rubber Soul might be their best record, but it's all fun. Were they rock and roll, or plain pop?



Posted by The Barrister at 14:49 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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My vote goes to Rubber Soul too.
They were great songwriters.
Even George Harrison.
Having my favorite Beatles song, In My Life, helped my rating.

Revolver and Sgt. Peppers are very good too.
The only Beatles album not that good was Let It Be.

I'm old enough to say I began listening to music in 1964 when the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan's TV show. And I've been an audiophile since 1965.
#1 Richard Greene (Link) on 2021-09-18 17:48 (Reply)
Or Revolver
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2021-09-18 17:51 (Reply)
I was skeptical about the Beatles before their first Ed Sullivan appearance. Hype, hype, but no musicianship I thought. (I didn't realize thast in '62 had been performing 8 hours a day in Germany for some months. That will develop musicianship.) It didn't take me long to change my mind.
#2 Gringo on 2021-09-18 18:04 (Reply)
All fun? I don't know...self loathing, stalking, breakups, burning down some chick's house because she won't sleep with you? (All in different songs). Most of the album is pretty dark.
#3 Talnik on 2021-09-18 18:57 (Reply)
Some stuff that inspired those longhairs... enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kKXo7TSqt8&list=PLrignvo5au0MnPkLhaMoHBcFDVsj9kdvV
#4 RL on 2021-09-18 22:10 (Reply)
Abby Road is their best album. It's about as close to art that rock and roll can get.

The white album has my favorite songs. It really has their best work on it.
#5 jack walter on 2021-09-19 08:28 (Reply)
Another vote for Rubber Soul but tied with Abbey Road for 1st, with Revolver and Help close behind.

So much of their music is timeless — to focus on best albums is kind of missing the point of their unbelievably huge influence.

E.g. “All My Loving” is one of their many timeless classic tunes, just as great now as when it was released in 1963 almost 60 years ago ... but hardly anyone knows or cares what album it was on (especially since their early albums were far different US version vs UK version). Multiply that example times 20 or 30.

BTW the Paul McCartney doc on Hulu is a must-watch for anyone who lloves the Beatles ... or even likes music ... or was alive in the 60s :-)
#6 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2021-09-19 13:16 (Reply)
Trivia for music nerds: the sound engineer on all early Beatles recordings (through Rubber Soul) was Norman Smith, who went on to produce Pink Floyd albums and in 1971 had a hit of his own “Oh Babe, What Would You Say” as Norman “Hurricane” Smith. https://youtu.be/T_z7VeEEsrc
#7 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2021-09-19 14:28 (Reply)
I guess I'm an old fossil, but Beatles and their kind of "music" aren't music and frankly suck out loud.
#8 Snoopy on 2021-09-19 14:46 (Reply)
May I ask what sort of (real) music do you like?
#8.1 snopercod on 2021-09-19 20:12 (Reply)
In response to "rock and roll, or plain pop", I think definitely "Pop".
#9 Electric Eye on 2021-09-19 18:03 (Reply)

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