The Beatles Thread.

[iceblinkfroufrou]

anything beatley.

your top 10[or more] favourite tracks.

your most disliked beatle tracks.

favourites. the songs after my number one pick are not in any order.

1/ you won't see me.

please please me

the night before

magical mystery tour

flying

another girl

you've got to hide your love away

hello goodbye

mr moonlight

get back

abbey road medley

penny lane

doctor robert

i want to tell you

tomorrow never knows

you're gonna lose that girl

nowhere man

twist and shout

i feel fine

blue jay way.

disliked:

revolution 9[obviously]

a day in the life

sgt pepper's lonely heart club band.

and the reprise too.

savoy truffle

long, long, long

while my guitar gently weeps.[although its brilliant in the concert for george show]

yer blues

lucy in the sky with diamonds

taxman

got to get you into my life

drive my car

yesterday

money

i saw her standing there

two of us

dig a pony

[iceblinkfroufrou]

bugger! i'd forgotten about 'the beatles' thread.

wanted to change my thread but can't see an edit button on the first post.

Edited April 23, 2013 by blacklikesunday

[keyse1]

An oldie but a goodie thread (2013)

Suitable for an oldie record 

But a brand new way of playing

Streaming on Qobuzz 

Living In A Material World

Sounds incredible even after all these decades

I can even remember buying it when records seemed to be of a life or death importance sort of thing

 

[keyse1]

Sticking with George

Concert For Bangladeshi with a serious guest list of players

[keyse1]

Not sure if I like this more than Living In The  Material World

Not that it matters

But this record was an event in itself 

First solo Beatle record. Three records in fact

Housed in very thick cardboard with a very dark poster of George’s beard or at least it seemed that way

 

[mrbuzzardstubble]

I wondered in the past why there wasn't a dedicated Beatles discussion and here it is. It must must have been buried deep in the archives.

Now all we need is for one on the best band from the other side of the pond, Steely Dan.

[keyse1]

And then there is this

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

And the cover

The secret LSD song

A Day In The Life possibly the greatest song ever written

She’s Leaving Home the awful parents song

When I’m 64 who could even imagine such a thing

I was 16 and an Elvis fan without a record player but between the 16 17 and 18 years you couldn’t go anywhere where this record wasn’t playing 

 

[keyse1]

2 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said:

I wondered in the past why there wasn't a dedicated Beatles discussion and here it is. It must must have been buried deep in the archives.

Now all we need is for one on the best band from the other side of the pond, Steely Dan.

10 years old but no replies 

Lot of threads about individual records but more to do with re releases and remastered versions

You should start your own thread about Steely Dan

Start with the name

[keyse1]

Imagine 

I never liked this song at the time 

I think I was in my cynical stage and much preferred Gimmee Some Truth

Some once told me a cynic was an optimist with experience

Now I think cynic and stupid are 2 sides of the same coin and the difference between them is about the thickness of the coin

We could use a bit of imagination right about now

[mrbuzzardstubble]

I saw this as a young teenager when it was broadcast live around the world.

 

[anth0110]

18 hours ago, keyse1 said:

Imagine 

I never liked this song at the time 

I think I was in my cynical stage and much preferred Gimmee Some Truth

Some once told me a cynic was an optimist with experience

Now I think cynic and stupid are 2 sides of the same coin and the difference between them is about the thickness of the coin

We could use a bit of imagination right about now

I guess I have a lot of experience lol  

 

agree with you about Imagine. 
 

[Analogueage]

I really enjoy the Beatles and continually find pleasure listening to their music evolve over the years. I'm trying to build my Beatles collection now albeit with challenges as the worst condition record I will but is VG+ .

Rob

[keyse1]

Wasn’t my intention to listen to The Beatles this afternoon 

Not sure why I started 

But here I am 

3 records in and so far none of my usual ones

 

[keyse1]

This is a playlist of this American only release

The Beatles released 12 records in theUK

But 17 in the US

Record  company executives without a creative bone in their collective bodies put together an extra 5 by adding and subtracting songs from proper records and singles making Sgt Pepper the first Beatle record identical in both countries

Not that there is anything wrong with the records themselves

At that time The songs were so good that any collection of them would make a good record 

I guess in the early 60’s The Beatles were just another top 40 band in the process of becoming “The Beatles” of mythology legend and exaggeration that we know today 

Still there is something almost obscene about taking a record by them in the UK and then creating an entirely different one and then releasing it under the pretence that the Beatles had made it

Anyway this is the track listing 

Drive My Car from Rubber Soul

I’m Only Sleeping from Revolver

Nowhere Man from Rubber Soul

Doctor Robert from Revolver

Yesterday from Help

Act Naturally from Help

And Your Bird Can Sing from Revolver

If I Needed Someone from Rubber Soul

We Can Work It Out double sided single

What Goes On from Rubber Soul

Day Tripper double sided single

And the cover is another story in its own right

 

 

 

[Analogueage]

I thought that the cover was banned in the USA? Maybe not.

Rob

[keyse1]

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://everyrecordtellsastory.com/2013/05/16/the-beatles-butcher-lp-covers-and-how-a-1966-album-actually-lost-money/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjyvIq05oWKAxUYe2wGHfMqLZ84ChAWegQIDxAB&usg=AOvVaw1jzrFWaydC0FwociT9bQwh
Here is the story

Actually quite funny

[keyse1]

One of my funeral songs

 

 

[mrbuzzardstubble]

Stumbled across this a couple of hours ago.

 

[emesbee]

On 16/11/2024 at 4:06 PM, keyse1 said:

Not sure if I like this more than Living In The  Material World

Not that it matters

But this record was an event in itself 

First solo Beatle record. Three records in fact

Housed in very thick cardboard with a very dark poster of George’s beard or at least it seemed that way

 

 

A bit of trivia.  The songs  'All Things Must Pass'  and  'My Sweet Lord' were both released on Billy Preston's album Encouraging Words a few months before George Harrison released them on his own album All Things Must Pass.  Another  song on Encouraging Words,  'Sing One For The Lord'  was co-written by George Harrison and Billy Preston. 

 

 

 

 

[Ian McP]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/29/fifth-beatle-billy-preston-thats-the-way-god-planned-it-film

 

‘I just had to rejoice’: the brilliance and tragedy of ‘fifth Beatle’ Billy Preston

 

 

[emesbee]

I gave all the discs of the 50th Anniversary release of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass album a spin last night. Its been a while since I played this, its a great album and this is an excellent release. I'd forgotten about some of the session outtakes and jams on the 3rd disk, which opens with take 14 of  'Isn't It A Pity'.  Great to hear George's sense of humour on this one.

 

 

And this is pretty good.  'Woman Don't You Cry For Me' (take 5). I'm not sure if this is an original composition or not, sounds like it might be a cover of an old blues song.

 

 

[Ian McP]

 

[keyse1]

On 9/12/2024 at 11:44 AM, Ian McP said:

 

Great show 

You forget how innocent all that was

Or appeared to be

Decades later of course they spoke about those times back in the hotel rooms out of sight of the public

 

[keyse1]

listening to this driving around over the last week

such a great record

the out takes are mostly exceptionally good

love the song Be Here Now

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Here_Now_(George_Harrison_song)&ved=2ahUKEwj96-fgiZyKAxUtT2wGHeKAFQ4QFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Jo5uTQZ6OjM_CAD5JpdEu

Remember now, be here now
As it's not like it was before
The past was, be here now
As it's not what it was before it was

[Bridge]
Why try to live a life
That isn't real
No how
A mind that wants to wander
'Round a corner
Is an unwise mind

[Verse 2]
Now is, be here now
And it's not what it was before
Remember now, be here now
As it's not like it was before it was

good advice for any age group but very pertinent for elderly folks

in fact i think i still very much identify with all the songs on Living In The Material World 

[Ian McP]

No Hamburg No Beatles

 

SBS 7:30pm Wed 25 December 2024

 

http://mgmm.tv/no-hamburg-no-beatles

 

< “We were born in Liverpool but grew up in Hamburg” John Lennon

This feature documentary seeks to find the truth in those words.

The long and winding road that the Beatles took to worldwide fame passed through Hamburg, Germany in the early 1960s. Only a couple of years before they became household names, the former “Quarrymen” were cutting their musical teeth on nightclub stages in Hamburg

In the 15 years after the end of WW2 Hamburg had become the vice capital of Europe. Its neon lit streets were home to sailors, prostitutes, drug dealers, gangs and low life.

The group was still developing. At the time of their first Hamburg adventure, George Harrison, was only 17 years old. They were all still very young men, and their group was virtually unknown. By the time of their last German visit in 1966, the Beatles were a worldwide phenomenon >