Dean 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzyjim Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Nobody mentioned Hanoi Rocks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonGuns 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, janrichmond said: AHA!! Lynn, these are sex people! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonGuns 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonGuns 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Antimatter Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Is Axl a fan of the Foo Fighters? Also, I'm sure he said he was into Infectious Grooves and Dogs D'Amour once? I also remember, he was into Thunder's Backstreet Symphony when that came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 9/10/2020 at 11:08 PM, janrichmond said: Knowing me, Knowing you 🤣 quality show….I’m Alan Partridge is THE gold standard though. Absolutely brilliant stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXL_N_DIZZY Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Some great research/compilation work here. Thank you! Have always wondered what (if any) influence classical composers have had on Axl. Vivaldi and Beethoven (particularly on Chinese) come to mind to me as a listener- but of course could be waaaaaay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denin Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Also, gangsta rap from NWA to 50 cent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November_rain Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I can´t believe you forgot to mention "Mambo number 5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I read on A4D recently, a band being mentioned which was basically the sound they wanted for Appetite. I had never heard the band before but gave it a listen. And now I can't remember its name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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