Okay dokey then, so, what is everyones favourite by the Fab Four?

I must admit, as much as I like Abbey Road, White album etc, I'm more of a Beatle Mania era man myself.

rubber soul and revolver are tied for my fav's.................

Gazza wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 7:38am:


Yeah, you never forget that "bought with my own money" album. A week after my 10th b'day I bought Abbey Road, which I had been lusting for for some weeks previous.  In the same purchase, 45s of "Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly Stone, and "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis.  Grand total: $4.28 US (I still remember getting the change back from a Fiver).

I'm really, really fond of the early stuff - Please Please Me, Beatles For Sale, and With The Beatles. But as far as I'm concerned, Abbey Road was The Beatles at the top of their game.

cabledogg2 wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 8:48am:



I'm with you there. But Revolver is my all time fave. I loved the mid 60's sound--everything from '64-'66. As to the later albums, I prefer the White Album. A lot of individual projects, really, but some amazing material on this one!

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 12:55pm:



I wouldnt go as far to say that, but while it has moments which are on a par with anything else they (or any band) ever made, its too long and suffers from a serious amount of filler.

George Martin has long maintained that it should have been a single album. I dont think he's wrong. Maybe in the CD age, it would have worked better as a 75-80 minute single CD, but theres about 20-30 minutes worth of music on it which would have been jettisoned from any other Beatles album.

And that doesnt include Revolution 9, which I personally think is brilliant.

Certainly in their top 3 or 4 for me - but no way is it as great as Abbey Road or Revolver.

Joey wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 10:11am:



Saw that too.  Paul messed up his own lines from the song, but delivered John's gorgeously.

Who are the Beatles??

L"jb"

:smile  

I'm with GTRM here.  I did like portions of Soul, as well thought
you could "wake & bake" quite well to Sgt. Peppers.
I'm told there are photos which exist of myself in my first band.
I had some "Moe Howard" type hair going at the time, the same
type of hair those four from Liverpool wore.  I'll have to dig those
out, can you scan Polaroids from the 60's?

greatest hits (the blue & red one).
that's all the beatles i  need.

Nellcote wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 1:47pm:

Oh sure you can scan Polaroids..I wanna see Nelly's  "beatle bob"!!!

Well to be truthful. I haven't listened to much "Beatles" since I played the White Album over and over and over again many many years ago........

Abby or "Shabby" Road IS probably the  preferred of the 2 however...

Gazza wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 5:01pm:

Yes I know...

" I  do! Listen to it in the dark, Joey. Even in the bog, if it helps.  "


!!!!!



*** END TRANSMISSION ! ***

After John Lennon got shot in the 80's, I went out & bought a lot of Beatles albums that I had in the 60's, that were worn out, I picked Sgt. Pepper, it's sort of like their greatest accomplishment, If it wasn't for The Beatles, I probably would have never heard of The Stones! so I don't go along with this business of knocking The Beatles! if one was brought up in the 60's, they'd know about this, like Mick said in a interview "They were bigger then Jesus" I love all their albums, especially the early ones, & they were not only a pop band, which a lot of people on this board like to say, they could rock with the best of them, listen to "slow Down" if that's not great rock 'N' Roll, then I don't what is.

corgi37 wrote on Jun 8^th, 2008 at 4:50am:




Tell us how you REALLY feel, corgi...

Im tied between Revolver and Rubber Soul, i went for revolver, i'd say rubber soul gets more play now and is my favourite atm, btu revolver got me into the beatles when i hated everything else they did and just didnt get them, this opened my eyes played it straight for like a month then went onto the rest lol

I'm with you Honky T Man -- there's not a one I don't love, and I'll even take Yellow Submarine Side One simply by virture of the presence of Only A Northern Song and Hey Bulldog...

Hard call, but just had to go with Rubber Soul -- American OR British version -- pre-acid, marijuana fumes rising just from the cover alone, you wouldn't have had Revolver without it.

zooeyglass wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 2:50am:


Well yes, side A of Yellow Submarine is very good - It's just The Beatles.

I still maintain that Yellow Submarine shouldv'e just been an EP, a similar kind of the release to the excellent Magical Mystery Tour EP. Though, at least that works as a full LP.

Wasn't side 2 of the Capitol release of A Hard Days Night just the George Martin Orchestra?

Starbuck wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:15am:


Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


Please do not go there, Bucky!

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:03am:

two songs on each side were orchestral.  The remaining 8 songs were songs that were also on the UK version. The UK version had one side featuring the 7 songs from the movie and side 2 was six non-soundtrack songs (which is the side I personally prefer). Great album. I bought that one the same day as I bought Abbey Road.

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:03am:


I've always loved side 2 of Yellow Submarine. Those George Martin arrangements are beautiful.

Gazza wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 7:38am:

My choice too. I'm glad to see that Sgt. Pepper received only one vote so far. In my opinion, it's the most over-rated album of all time.

" My choice too. I'm glad to see that Sgt. Pepper received only one vote so far. In my opinion, it's the most over-rated album of all time . "


Ninea Abs Shae Monkee !!!!!


You shall NOT touch my monkey !!!!


Ninea !

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two songs on each side were orchestral.  The remaining 8 songs were songs that were also on the UK version. The UK version had one side featuring the 7 songs from the movie and side 2 was six non-soundtrack songs (which is the side I personally prefer). Great album. I bought that one the same day as I bought Abbey Road.
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Always had a real attachment to A Hard Day's Night. It was the first Beatles album I bought as well and You Can't Do That was THE song that got me intio the group. I'm glad they decided to not include it in the film. It makes side 2, along with I'll Be Back and Things We Said Today.

i think you're all missing the genious of the white album. i've seen people suggest don't pass me by, cry baby cry, even why don't we do it in the road are all filler....nothing could be further from the truth! its just that, unlike the beatles' other efforts (abbey road, pepper), the songs don't fit together like a neatly trimmed jigsaw puzzle.

the white album is more of a collection of songs than an album...but what a collection of songs it is!

revolution 9...only filler on the album. well, maybe revolution 1 as well....

" I cant wait to hear how "Why dont we do it in the road" can be deemed to be a work of "genius"....   "

on 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road":

JOHN 1972: "Paul. One of his best."

Prodigal Son wrote on Jun 11^th, 2008 at 8:54pm:



I think its an inspired choice of closer - because its such a perfect antidote to the chaos of Revolution 9 which immediately precedes it. A brilliant piece of sequencing. Beautiful song.

Gazza wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 7:32am:




Gazza wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 11:42am:


Strangely enough, Bucky's trio of "filler" tunes here are three of the best songs on the album.  And don't you be dissin' Revolution #1 bwah. 

Things that are genius about WDWDIITR:  Drums.  Piano.  Length.  Lyric.  That creepy ass guitar lick that comes in halfway into it.  The sinking feeling that this song is somehow "wrong".  The vocal.  To me WaaaaaaaaaaY more avant garde than Revolution #9.  Plus the Lowell Fulsom version kicks ass.

I'll take the White Album over Pepper or Abbey Road any day of the week, for exactly the fact that it's a fractured, raw, sprawling mess, rather than an over-orchestrated over-arranged over-i-dotted bit of control freakage.

Gazza wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 6:13am:


I was going to mention the MacDonald book Gazza when you cited Long Long Long as filler.  He loved it, saying "at last, the real George," having not cared much for While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  

(Strangely, he also didn't like Across the Universe at all either).

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 9:39am:


c'mon nasty...be a man! most of the people around here are beatles fans too....just too chicken to let their freak flags fly, so to speak.

Quote:


my god....let's put that on a tshirt....we could make millions.

Magical Mystery Tour is very underrated, sure its not a 'proper' album because it has stuff like Strawberry Fields on it and its a movie sountrack, but songs like Baby You're A Rich Man and I am The Walrus are top notch, although you could argue that Flying and Blue Jay Way is 'filler', but IMO Flying is their best instrumental for pure fun.

Starbuck wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 11:26am:


Bucky..I am with you on this one.

"I can't listen to Zep anymore either.  Nausea ensues.  The Doors only in small doses.  And the Beatles..well they don't have any place in my iPod either.  And if a song comes on my iTunes on shuffle, I immediately skip it...

Overdose or just plan sick of it.  I'm not sure.  Last time I tried to listen to the Beatles was with that "Love" CD.  I think I managed to get through it once.

But if your band ever comes to Ohio..I'll come and see ya!

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 12:01pm:


thank you for your support!

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 12:46pm:

Gazza wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 6:13am:



Revolution In The Head is outstanding. It was bought for me when I wa 15 and I still read it ten years on. I'm always finding new things in it.

Its an absolute MUST! 

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 12^th, 2008 at 4:52pm:


Sniff Sniff.  Whats that smell?  Oh yeah, I know.  It's a few Rolling Stones fans jealousy of the supperior Beatles.  That's comming from a BIG Stones fan, too.

let it be.........naked

I actually bought the White Album after Exile, go figure, but I had heard most of the songs played ad infinitum on FM in the US.

The "Hey, Jude" compilation was one of my first Beatles, and is still a good Young Person's Guide To ~, as it forces you to suss out the different periods jumbled in.  Perhaps no other band managed such compelling odds and sods on one disc.  I recently scored copies of the first (mislabeled) and second pressings really cheap.

Sgt. Pepper, one learns, is 100% bullshit.  But it is the highest quality imported first-water, top-shelf bullshit, of a kind not seen before or since.  It's history-making bullshit, granular and golden as fecund high summer, and no one should begrudge it an A+ for its formative importance.  Four young old pros at the top of their game, knowing it's bullshit, loving the lengths they can take it to, beginning with Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields.  The proof of the happiness and maturity that stopping that touring bullshit brought them.

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jun 13^th, 2008 at 7:13am:



And it has now taken first.  No doubt the Starbuck/Nasty Habits discussion/debate realigning reader priority 

I still like the mid 60's era best {with Revolver and Rubber Soul, etc.}, but, as I said before, the White Album is my favorite of the latter projects. And, in reading all the comments here, something dawned on me.....this is maybe not exactly true, but I think that the White Album could be called the "Exile" of Beatle albums. Rawer. Not exactly disjointed, but just a series of great songs. I guess Exile is more cohesive, but it has such a raw, "live" feel to it. And the White Album is the least-overdone studio sounding Beatles project I can think of. So, maybe a bit of a parallel? Just two great bands doing what they do best....

Joey wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 7:10pm:




Ha! At LAST I've been Gary Coleman'd! :hilarious

andrews27 wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 11:42pm:


Good post, but Highway 61 Revisited beats Revolver to the state of total self-awareness by about a year.

The Beatles didn't do EVERYTHING

THE SET LIST !!!! :



June 14, 2008 -- Macca Report News

Paul McCartney's Setlist For Kiev Concert June 14, 2008

Drive My Car
Jet
All My Loving
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It
C Moon
My Love
Let 'Em In
The Long And Winding Road
Dance Tonight
Blackbird
Calico Skies
I'll Follow The Sun
Mrs. Vandebilt
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Penny Lane
Band On TheRun
Birthday
Back In The USSR
I've Got A Feeling
Live And Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude

ENCORE
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Lady Madonna
Get Back
I Saw Her Standing There

ENCORE
Yesterday
Sgt Peppers/ The End




June 1, 2008 -- The Macca Report

Paul's Liverpool SETLIST

1. Hippy Hippy Shake

2. Jet

3. Drive My Car

4. Flaming Pie

5. Got To Get You Into My Life

6. Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady ending

7. My Love ("This one' for Linda" Paul sounding a bit choked up as he sings. Stella seen crying.)

8. C Moon

9. The Long And Winding Road

10. Dance Tonight

11. Blackbird (audience singing along)

12. Calico Skies

13. In Liverpool

14. I'll Follow The Sun (3 repeat endings)

15. Eleanor Rigby

16. Something (Paul on ukelele talks about George Harrison) song morphs to electric guitar version...

17. Penny Lane (false start... Paul starts over)

18. Band On The Run with Dave Grohl on guitar (Foofighters)

19. Back In The USSR with Dave Grohl joining Abe on drums (Grohl had his own drum kit)

20. Live And Let Die (fireworks at the end)

21. Let It Be (audience singing along)

22. Hey Jude

Encore

23. Yesterday (audience singing along)

24. A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance (audience sing-along)

25. Lady Madonna

26. I Saw Her Standing There with Dave Grohl on joining Abe on drums

Paul says his thank yous, fireworks explode as Paul leaves the stage. He waves to the crowd. Bea seen at the side of the stage with a minder as well as Nancy Shevell. Stella, Mary and James were also there.


http://www.maccareport.com/

Joey wrote on Jun 16^th, 2008 at 4:39pm:





















You gave me something, I understand,
You gave me loving in the palm of my hand
I cant tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me toll it to you

I want to tell you
And nows the time
I want to tell you that
Youre going to be mine

I cant tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel.
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 16^th, 2008 at 9:37am:


YES!

That was my second Dylan cd, and I bought it the exact same day as Sticky Fingers (also, my second cd, by the Stones). Sometimes I can make an intelligent choice.

Pepper is a novelty record. But so is The Mollusk (1997; Ween).

Revolver, as good as it is, me don't like it too much. Why? John's voice. Also, George's songs, with the exception of Taxman, are my least favorite beatle harrisongs. SORRY.

Of course, "don't like it" should be taken with a grain of salt. It's one of the three or four greatest albums from 1966. The others, probably Blonde On Blonde and Aftermath. And Freak Out! Fresh Cream, a sentimental favorite.

Nasty Habits wrote on Jun 15^th, 2008 at 9:12am:


yes, nasty, we are trendsetters, aren't we?

pepper rocks!

Joey,
Did Jumping Jack send you a copy of McCartney's June 1st Liverpool Sounds DVD?