04-10-2009, 04:12 PM
<!--quoteo(post=29264:date=Apr 10 2009, 02:22 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Apr 10 2009, 02:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=29115:date=Apr 9 2009, 01:41 PM:name=sleepyhead)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sleepyhead @ Apr 9 2009, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=29045:date=Apr 9 2009, 09:33 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Apr 9 2009, 09:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=29036:date=Apr 9 2009, 09:07 AM:name=phan)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phan @ Apr 9 2009, 09:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I love Sgt Peppers, don't get me wrong.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"sgt peppers" is one of my least favorite albums.
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I'm right there with you.
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<b>if "the white album" would have been one record with a lot of the fat trimmed off, it would be #1 or #2. too many weak songs bring it down for me.</b>
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Tom, that's exactly my take on The White Album; there are some great songs, some OK-but-kinda-cool quirky songs...and some downright BAD ones. Their producer, George Martin, desperately tried to convince them to trim the fat, and make it a kick-ass single album, but the Beatles were too powerful by then to heed anyone else's opinion.
My top 5:
1. Rubber Soul
2. Abbey Road
3. Sgt. Pepper
4. Help (British, original version)
5. Beatles for Sale
Number 5 may seem odd, but unlike you guys, I love that early Beatle "sound" of Chuck Berry-meets-the-Everly Brothers, and this album meets at the crossroads of when they started to turn the corner as songwriters, yet still had that early rock n' roll-plus-vocal harmony blend. I also think Revolver is overrated (at least to my ears...too much George; many good songs but no <i>great</i> ones, etc.)
Tom, you mentioned Magical Mystery Tour, which is a great album too. But it should be noted that 2 of that album's prominent songs (Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever) were actually songs that were recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, and meant for inclusion on Sgt. Pepper. But the Beatles needed a "hit single" at the time, so they took those 2 songs off Pepper, and released them as a double-sided single. A year later they tacked them onto the Magical Mystery Tour album.
Kind of puts a new light on that age-old discussion about whether or not Pepper is "the greatest album of all-time" or not. I don't know if it is, but if it had had those 2 songs on it instead of, say, Within You Without You, and Fixing a Hole, it'd be a more interesting debate.
"sgt peppers" is one of my least favorite albums.
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I'm right there with you.
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<b>if "the white album" would have been one record with a lot of the fat trimmed off, it would be #1 or #2. too many weak songs bring it down for me.</b>
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Tom, that's exactly my take on The White Album; there are some great songs, some OK-but-kinda-cool quirky songs...and some downright BAD ones. Their producer, George Martin, desperately tried to convince them to trim the fat, and make it a kick-ass single album, but the Beatles were too powerful by then to heed anyone else's opinion.
My top 5:
1. Rubber Soul
2. Abbey Road
3. Sgt. Pepper
4. Help (British, original version)
5. Beatles for Sale
Number 5 may seem odd, but unlike you guys, I love that early Beatle "sound" of Chuck Berry-meets-the-Everly Brothers, and this album meets at the crossroads of when they started to turn the corner as songwriters, yet still had that early rock n' roll-plus-vocal harmony blend. I also think Revolver is overrated (at least to my ears...too much George; many good songs but no <i>great</i> ones, etc.)
Tom, you mentioned Magical Mystery Tour, which is a great album too. But it should be noted that 2 of that album's prominent songs (Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever) were actually songs that were recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, and meant for inclusion on Sgt. Pepper. But the Beatles needed a "hit single" at the time, so they took those 2 songs off Pepper, and released them as a double-sided single. A year later they tacked them onto the Magical Mystery Tour album.
Kind of puts a new light on that age-old discussion about whether or not Pepper is "the greatest album of all-time" or not. I don't know if it is, but if it had had those 2 songs on it instead of, say, Within You Without You, and Fixing a Hole, it'd be a more interesting debate.
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