Favourite part of Abbey Road suite
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Topic: Favourite part of Abbey Road suite
Posted By: chopper
Subject: Favourite part of Abbey Road suite
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 13:53
| My vote goes to Golden Slumbers. |
Replies:
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 14:13
| Her Majesty |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 14:16
| Probably "You Never Give Me Your Money". |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 14:18
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Because isn't part of the Abbey Road suite.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 15:44
| Golden Slumbers, but You Never Give Me Your Money comes close. I like them all, really. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 16:57
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This is my favorite part:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640 - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 11 2006 at 20:04
Golden Slumbers is good, but I'll have to go with: "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." I'm gonna listen to the entire album now. Paul you're a genius!  If they had just published it as one song, it would have been the best epic of all time.------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 21:17
| i always loved polythene pam |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 23:52
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"Because" is a piece of music that, for me anyway, nearly transcends reality. I never considered it a part of the suite, though.... it starts right after "Because".
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 11:47
Yeah! What is Because doing in that list?  I absoloutely love that A Cappella version on the Anthology discs.  -------------
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
soundsweird wrote:Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 12:28
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Golden Slumbers here.
------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 17 2006 at 17:15
ALL OF IT! 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 17 2006 at 17:17
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Golden Slumbers ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 13:08
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It is a great suite, lots of fantastic moments. Most of the Abbey Road album is wonderful, but this aside.
My choice is Sun King. Great vocal harmonies, and I like the "Spanish" (or is it?) lyrics.
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Posted By: ViolinCyndee
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 21:52
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I cannot pick a favorite part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- http://cdbaby.com/cd/cyndeeleerule www.cyndeeleerule.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 21:58
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damn... no votes for Paul and ...She came in the Bathrrom Window... fixed that... so good .....even Cocker had to cover it   ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 23:21
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You've gotta' love "The End." It's as if the lads were saying, "See, we can jam." I don't care how it measures up to anything else. It's the joy of it all. These guys were having a ball, one last time. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:55
Paul basicily controlled the enitire suite. -------------
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:58
agreed and let me do a quick edit to my post.... ..... ... there... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Epitath
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 19:34
not just probably, deffinately!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 12:42
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Give Me My Money - Because isn't part of it. I like Sun King a lot, too.
------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 15:04
Apologies guys, for some obscure reason I've always thought of it as being part of the suite. Of course there is a clear gap after it. Doh. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 15:05
Don't feel bad for yourself, Chopper, it's still a magnificent song.  -------------
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Posted By: blbx93
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 21:12
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Mr. Mustard through bathroom windows does the trick, but if you have to pick one, it must be "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 07:51
It's Lennon's version of pseudo-Spanish.
"chick a ferdy parasol"
"que can eat it carousel"
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: October 10 2006 at 05:22
I like the whole suite - hard to pick out one part - perhaps I would go for "You Never Give Me Your Money".  ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: October 10 2006 at 05:58
Neither is "Her Majesty" come to that. I used to hate that bit when i was a kid and leapt up to take the tone arm off my father's record as soon as "The End" died away. ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 01:36
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GOLDEN SLUMBERS Short and fine; it always goes straight to my heart everytime I hear it. Fantastic lyrics. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 18:14
| Because followed by that one about the money and funny papers. Ah such wonderful things. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 10:58
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Polythene Pam ! ------------- 
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Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 11:01
| Carry That Weight |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:38
I've never really thought about a favourite part before. I'm thinking Polythene Pam or Carry That Weight but can't decide  ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:41
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Sin Kung ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:44
Ha, Liverpudlian humor
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 13:16
| My favourite part is actually when I found out that the group actually played the whole suite throughout as a run-through for the basic tracks. |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 04:34
| Sun King got my vote. Always thought there was something magical to that song. But it's also one of their more time-typical pieces, very late 60's, trippy feeling. |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 08:43
Abbeyrd's Beatles Page reports that Macca's forthcoming album will feature a 15 minute-long musical suite reminiscent of the Abbey Road medley 
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Posted By: rand0mnez
Date Posted: April 18 2007 at 21:53
| Hmmm, I always thought the suite was refering to the last four songs only, but I can see how these could all be connected as well. I voted for You Never Give Me Your Money. |
Posted By: vunder
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 09:41
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I like it all, but every time "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" starts, it gets me going. The lyric is pretty cool too. ------------- "If I only had time" |
Posted By: Roskisdyykkari
Date Posted: September 16 2007 at 05:31
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I love the whole suite, so it's difficult to say what's the best part. I like the "progressive" sound of The End, the beautifulness of Golden Slumbers, the bombastic Carry That Weight... and of course the psychedelic feel of Sun King! And what about the hilarious Mean Mr. Mustard? I guess The End is what I like the most. ------------- And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction the moral melee. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 16 2007 at 07:21
| There's many great parts, but today my vote goes to The End. You Never Give Me Your Money, Golden Slumbers and Carry that Weight are other favorites. |
Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: September 16 2007 at 16:11
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Her Majesty isn't part of the suite, as said above. Vote for Golden Slumbers, but the whole piece (and album minus Maxwell's Silver Hammer) is wonderful, ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: jimidom
Date Posted: September 18 2007 at 17:46
"Golden Slumbers" gets my vote. My daughter loved listening to that at bedtime when she was an infant. My personal favorite from Abbey Road, however, is "Because". Those harmonies are so darn.... harmonious.  ------------- "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST |
Posted By: ClashWho
Date Posted: September 18 2007 at 18:57
| "Polythene Pam" rocks. |
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: September 19 2007 at 11:10
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I really like every part of it, anyway my vote goes to "Golden Slumbers", knowing, just like they knew the Beatles' end was nearer and nearer. So touching... ------------- ] 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 19 2007 at 11:54
| I know I was wrong about "Because" but I'd still consider "Her Maj" to be part of the suite. After all, the opening chord is taken from Polytheme Pam as that's where the song originally sat in the suite. It was taken out and the opening chord was left on. |