Dean 2,163 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, ToonGuns said: What's your favourite Beatles album? I think I'd have to say the Best of the Beatles. Wings - the band The Beatles could have been 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sisyphus 247 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ToonGuns said: What's your favourite Beatles album? I think I'd have to say the Best of the Beatles. What 'best of' are you referring to you? I own Beatles Past Masters vol 1 & 2 but there's not enough songs on there to be truly representative. I also have 1962-1966 (Red Album) and 1967-1970 (Blue Album). Both Red and Blue are double albums so there's a lot of songs and it's probably the best 'greatest hits' package out there. But there's too much stuff missing. I also have 1 (#1 singles collections), hugely popular but flawed in a sense that a lot ob best Beatles songs didn't necessarily reach number one. The Beatles are in my top 5 bands so obviously each album is amazing. As far as the favourite goes it depends but if I really had to choose I'd go with the White Album. But for someone that's just getting started I'd recommend Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night (the best of the early Beatles). Slash once called Use Your Illusions the Guns' version of the White Album. "Maybe not as good," he said. No Slash, even better! Beatles ranked (some are interchangeable): White Album Revolver Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (not an album in the UK) A Hard Days Night Let It Be Help With The Beatles Please Please Me Beatles For Sale Yellow Submarine Edited September 8, 2020 by Sisyphus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DieselDaisy 17,699 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 39 minutes ago, Sisyphus said: What 'best of' are you referring to you? I own Beatles Past Masters vol 1 & 2 but there's not enough songs on there to be truly representative. I also have 1962-1966 (Red Album) and 1967-1970 (Blue Album). Both Red and Blue are double albums so there's a lot of songs and it's probably the best 'greatest hits' package out there. But there's too much stuff missing. I also have 1 (#1 singles collections), hugely popular but flawed in a sense that a lot ob best Beatles songs didn't necessarily reach number one. The Beatles are in my top 5 bands so obviously each album is amazing. As far as the favourite goes it depends but if I really had to choose I'd go with the White Album. But for someone that's just getting started I'd recommend Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night (the best of the early Beatles). Slash once called Use Your Illusions the Guns' version of the White Album. "Maybe not as good," he said. No Slash, even better! Beatles ranked (some are interchangeable): White Album Revolver Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (not an album in the UK) A Hard Days Night Let It Be Help With The Beatles Please Please Me Beatles For Sale Yellow Submarine Past Masters is more an ''odds and sods'' package than a greatest hits/best of, gathering together all the non-album singles, Long Tall Sally EP alongside oddities like the two German songs, etc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dean 2,163 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Sisyphus said: What 'best of' are you referring to you? I own Beatles Past Masters vol 1 & 2 but there's not enough songs on there to be truly representative. I also have 1962-1966 (Red Album) and 1967-1970 (Blue Album). Both Red and Blue are double albums so there's a lot of songs and it's probably the best 'greatest hits' package out there. But there's too much stuff missing. I also have 1 (#1 singles collections), hugely popular but flawed in a sense that a lot ob best Beatles songs didn't necessarily reach number one. The Beatles are in my top 5 bands so obviously each album is amazing. As far as the favourite goes it depends but if I really had to choose I'd go with the White Album. But for someone that's just getting started I'd recommend Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night (the best of the early Beatles). Slash once called Use Your Illusions the Guns' version of the White Album. "Maybe not as good," he said. No Slash, even better! Beatles ranked (some are interchangeable): White Album Revolver Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (not an album in the UK) A Hard Days Night Let It Be Help With The Beatles Please Please Me Beatles For Sale Yellow Submarine It’s from Alan Partridge, YouTube Alan Partidge on music! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
izzyjim 1 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Nobody mentioned Hanoi Rocks? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToonGuns 529 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Sisyphus said: What 'best of' are you referring to you? I own Beatles Past Masters vol 1 & 2 but there's not enough songs on there to be truly representative. I also have 1962-1966 (Red Album) and 1967-1970 (Blue Album). Both Red and Blue are double albums so there's a lot of songs and it's probably the best 'greatest hits' package out there. But there's too much stuff missing. I also have 1 (#1 singles collections), hugely popular but flawed in a sense that a lot ob best Beatles songs didn't necessarily reach number one. The Beatles are in my top 5 bands so obviously each album is amazing. As far as the favourite goes it depends but if I really had to choose I'd go with the White Album. But for someone that's just getting started I'd recommend Rubber Soul or A Hard Day's Night (the best of the early Beatles). Slash once called Use Your Illusions the Guns' version of the White Album. "Maybe not as good," he said. No Slash, even better! Beatles ranked (some are interchangeable): White Album Revolver Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (not an album in the UK) A Hard Days Night Let It Be Help With The Beatles Please Please Me Beatles For Sale Yellow Submarine Sorry, was a bad joke. There's a British comedy programme where a guy pretends to be a music fan, and when he's asked which is his favourite Beatles album he stutters "the best of the Beatles". Was quoting from that. It's very popular in the UK, but I guess not elsewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dieter 11 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 In 2013 Axl also shouted out the Black Keys, listing El Camino as his favorite album of last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janrichmond 9,619 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, ToonGuns said: Sorry, was a bad joke. There's a British comedy programme where a guy pretends to be a music fan, and when he's asked which is his favourite Beatles album he stutters "the best of the Beatles". Was quoting from that. It's very popular in the UK, but I guess not elsewhere. AHA!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alfierose 4,993 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, janrichmond said: AHA!! Lynn, these are sex people! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sisyphus 247 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Past Masters is more an ''odds and sods'' package than a greatest hits/best of, gathering together all the non-album singles, Long Tall Sally EP alongside oddities like the two German songs, etc. Didn't really know that, I just bought it quite recently, more as a completist type of thing. I thought of it as some sort of GH package because it does contain a lot of hits. Edited September 8, 2020 by Sisyphus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sisyphus 247 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, ToonGuns said: Sorry, was a bad joke. There's a British comedy programme where a guy pretends to be a music fan, and when he's asked which is his favourite Beatles album he stutters "the best of the Beatles". Was quoting from that. It's very popular in the UK, but I guess not elsewhere. Now I feel foolish. I had no idea, never heard of that bit. It's a good joke, I like it. I just jumped at the opportunity to talk about The Beatles. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sisyphus 247 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) On topic, I believe Axl likes Christina Aguilera too. Her vocals at least. Edited September 8, 2020 by Sisyphus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allwaystired 2,490 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, alfierose said: Lynn, these are sex people! Ruddy hell, it's Soft Cell. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allwaystired 2,490 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sisyphus said: Now I feel foolish. I had no idea, never heard of that bit. It's a good joke, I like it. I just jumped at the opportunity to talk about The Beatles. It's a joke within the show that every time I watch I think 'that joke doesn't work because there is no 'best of the beatles' released'. I usually point out that fact to whatever poor bastard is watching it with me too. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToonGuns 529 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Sisyphus said: Now I feel foolish. I had no idea, never heard of that bit. It's a good joke, I like it. I just jumped at the opportunity to talk about The Beatles. Haha, no worries mate. Stoked a good conversation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToonGuns 529 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, allwaystired said: It's a joke within the show that every time I watch I think 'that joke doesn't work because there is no 'best of the beatles' released'. I usually point out that fact to whatever poor bastard is watching it with me too. I always took that as part of the joke. I.e. a real Beatles fan would know there wasn't a best of, so saying that just made it even more stupid than not knowing your favourite album, if you know what I mean. On topic, I'd love to see a photo of Axl's vinyl collection and the vinyl player / sound system, that interests me almost as much as what bands he likes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom2112 2,271 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, ToonGuns said: Sorry, was a bad joke. There's a British comedy programme where a guy pretends to be a music fan, and when he's asked which is his favourite Beatles album he stutters "the best of the Beatles". Was quoting from that. It's very popular in the UK, but I guess not elsewhere. Rings a bell🤔 what was the show called? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janrichmond 9,619 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 1:40 AM, Tom2112 said: Rings a bell🤔 what was the show called? Knowing me, Knowing you 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom2112 2,271 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, janrichmond said: Knowing me, Knowing you Ah I don't know it, but Alan Partridge is good in my book! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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