Randy Lahey Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Revolver is the only album of theirs that I can listen to all the way through without skipping any tracks. Every other album has a song or songs on them that I can't stand. Anybody else feel this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I don't think there's a single album by any band that I like every track on. For the Beatles, on Abbey Road there's She's So Heavy, which drags on WAY too long, and on Sgt. Pepper's there's Within You Without You. Never really liked those wonky George sitar songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I Want You is my favourite song on Abbey Rd!! But I semi agree. For me it is the 'comedy' song which the Beatles insisited time and time again on including; usually, but not always, this would be sung by Ringo. So, Revolver: Yellow Submarine White Album: Ob La Di Ob La Da Yellow Submarine: All Together Now Abbey Rd: Octopus's Garden and Maxwell's Silver Hammer. But they were written for children! It seems somewhat petty to moan about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Let me clarify, I think I Want You is a good song, I just think it drags on too long and don't personally enjoy listening to it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Too short. It needs five more minutes! I Want You is rather like the Beatles doing a big jazz influenced Hendrix jam style song. It is wonderful. Edited May 2, 2013 by DieselDaisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 cardi - fail for talking about I Want You and not pissing all over Maxwell's Silver Hammer.And Because is the best tune on Abbey Road.And Revolver has I Want to Tell You which sucks ass moreso given the fact that George has two of the best songs on that album. Bottom line most albums have that shit song everyone skips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 cardi - fail for talking about I Want You and not pissing all over Maxwell's Silver Hammer.Again, it's a good song, I just think the last few minutes with the repeating riff needed to be cut. Everything up until that is great. Maxwell's is nothing more than a silly little 2 minute singalong tune. I've got nothing to say about it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 maxwell = kill it with fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I like I Want To Tell You but then, Harrison is my favourite Beatle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I don't think there is a Beatles song on their entire discography that ain't amazing. That sounds like a flippant hyperbolic statement but it's not, they're just that insanely talented and unique. OOOOOOOOOOOOOH dirty maggie may, they have taken her away and she'll never walk down lime street anymore, the judge he guilty found her, for robbin' a homeward bounder, that dirty no good robbin' Maggie May! Yes, even that one! With The Beatles, top fuckin' drawer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Their covers were not that great in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The Blue album or The White album is alright for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Oh man, the covers were fantastic, Rock n Roll Music, is there any question about that, or A Taste of Honey or Twist and Shout or Roll Over Beethoven. The played the fuck out of Chuck Berry songs, they might not've sounded as crisp but they could make em rock, The Beatles were first and foremost a club band, this whole thing of The Beatles being not so good live is a load of rubbish, they were just fuckin' wild with it. Even stuff like You've Really Got a Hold On Me, just mindblowingly good, their first album is one of my favorites and it's pretty heavy on covers. Just outstanding band that i could gush on about all day and it still wouldn't be enough, The Beatles were the beginning and the end, no band to beat em out there ever, they'd just wipe the floor with any of em, the look, the sound, the playing, the dress, the stance, all of it, they were the fuckin' bollocks. One of the most important things about The Beatles is how much fuckin' fun they appear to be having doing their job, no band i've ever seen played with such fuckin' joy. I've seen em play with power, aggression, all of that but the fuckin' joy The Beatles seem to be in is like, something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I prefer Lennons solo stuff to be honest. Even his covers album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I don't think there is a Beatles song on their entire discography that ain't amazing.Why Don't We Do it in the Road says otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Boys by Ringo was pretty hip for the time. But most of their covers sounded a bit wooden to me, just forcing out the words, not really feeling it. You can hear it on Roll Over Beethoven... The tone on a taste of honey is a bit iffy... Edited May 2, 2013 by machinegunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I don't think there is a Beatles song on their entire discography that ain't amazing. Why Don't We Do it in the Road says otherwise Again, love it man It's just infectuous, i'll listenin' to it once and be walking around the streets in my head going "why don't we d-do it in it the rooadd". Boys by Ringo was pretty hip for the time. But most of their covers sounded a bit wooden to me, just forcing out the words, not really feeling it. You can hear it McCartney's voice on Roll Over Beethoven... The tone on a taste of honey is a bit iffy... George Harrison does Roll Over Beethoven man. I know what you mean about the tone and also the verses don't have really the proper soft of flow to em but the aplomb they play it with just pushes it through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The Beatles' fails are still a fascinating subject often worth dissecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The closest The Beatles came to a fail was Magical Mystery Tour and even that was fuckin' amazing and i love it end to end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The movie or the album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I even loved the movie to be honest, i thought it was this fantastic surrealist thing, it was amazing. The Lennon scene with the shovel and the spaghetti was brilliant, was a dream he had apparently. The nerve of em to risk their shit by making this mental fuckin' surrealist thing, to me, is really commendable. The album and the film, love em both! Ringos aunt Jess was hilairious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The album was fantastic!Yeah I love Ringo on the bus with the fat woman...It helps to be up on the particular Beatles happenings of the time to understand I Am The Walrus and stuff... otherwise you might think it's shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The idea of combining like...an old stape of british culture like the coach trip to blackpool and then tryna like, co-join it with some kind of psychedelic thing i think was inspired. And there's a lot of that to the whole thing, the sing-a-longs on the coach and Your Mother Should Know, which wouldn't sound out of place coming from Max Bygraves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinegunner Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The idea of combining like...an old stape of british culture like the coach trip to blackpool and then tryna like, co-join it with some kind of psychedelic thing i think was inspired. And there's a lot of that to the whole thing, the sing-a-longs on the coach and Your Mother Should Know, which wouldn't sound out of place coming from Max Bygraves.They loved Monty Python. And I love how they took the piss out of the Maharishi (Fool On The Hill...? Nowhere Man, certainly) ... all while probably smoking the best pot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) They also loved The Goon Show which shows through as much. Dick Lester who directed Hard Days Night also did The Running Jumping Standing Still film with Peter Sellers. Edited May 2, 2013 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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