The Beatles eras
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Topic: The Beatles eras
Posted By: smartpatrol
Subject: The Beatles eras
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:43
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What era (as I see them) were they at their peak? For me it's 66 - 68 ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:58
Same for me. Sgt Peppers changed the world in so many ways...and John Lennon's main contributions to Magical Mystery Tour (I am the Walrus & Strawberry Fields) were like nothing ever heard before. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
smartpatrol wrote:Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:03
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:34
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I like their 67/68 period, and I like that in a very short time in September '66 they went from their final live concert to Lennon writing Strawberry Fields while he played a character who wore little round spectacles. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:51
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Starting with Revolver, so I voted 65-66. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:03
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ABBEY ROAD is better than everything they did in their career. ------------- 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:07
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Your eras are slightly incorrect as The Beatles was actually released before Yellow Submarine (which itself was actually released in Jan 1969). I'm therefore confused as to which one to vote for, but I'll go for 66-68 as it really includes The Beatles, which is my fave Fabs album. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:16
Yes, but Yellow Submarine was all recorded before The White Album ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:25
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:48
I have that feeling too. Except for that a progger like me likes the epic-like side 2 with some brilliant short pieces glued together, there are some ace songs on side 1 as well. Sergeant Pepper's my nr. 2, had to be ground breaking in those days, but from a progger's point of view it's not that special anymore, except for some very good imaginative songs. Voted for the last period though, purely on the strength of Abbey Road. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:31
| Sgt. Pepper is their greatest accomplishment IMO. After that, I'd say Revolver is their second best and Abbey Road third. |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:52
| 65-66 |
Posted By: charles_ryder
Date Posted: April 21 2014 at 06:26
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I think it's 66-68.
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: April 27 2014 at 04:37
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Abbey Road (a deliberate album that turned out fantastic). Magical Mystery Tour (an accidental album that turned out fantastic). A Day In The Life for possibly the single greatest ...song? The Beatles did. This one was ground breaking. There's no chorus but this is the dark side of the sunshine of Pepper. The rest have great songs (All Your Loving, Guitar Gently Weeps), some not so great (Rocky Raccoon) and many brave moments (Revolution #9). Oh yeah, voted for the '69 era despite it being great (Abbey Road) and very average (the two versions of Let It Be - for the first time The Beatles sounded short of ideas. There's good material but they sounded like many other bands at times. Of course those strings didn't help....Then they upped their game and finished with Abbey Road. Should have been a new beginning but wasn't. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 27 2014 at 05:26
| I wouldn't bother voting. There are classics here and there. Period. |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 03:12
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Can't vote on ths one, reason being that I disagree with those eras. To me, there were only two, those being: 1) before Rubber soul and 2) Rubber Soul and after. In that case, it's the second era for me. From Please Please Me up until Help!, any songs could have been on any of those albums, comletely interchangable. In fact, looking at the US releases, they actually were. Startiing with Rubber Soul there was a continuous progression, each track belonging clearly to its own album. If you want to take it to extremes, I suppose you could say that each album from this phase was its own era. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 04:20
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I agree with npjnpj's point of view concerning the eras. My favourite album is Revolver, followed by Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road and The Beatles. ------------- 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 05:16
| 66-68 |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 06:57
| All - each and every album they put out was wonderful for different reasons, even those early beat-pop albums are totally charming! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 12:35
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I still believe that Abbey Road is a masterpiece, a level that no previous album achieved. It's musically strong, enhanced by the beautiful "Here Comes the Sun" by the forgotten Beatle, and absolutely adventurous. This album alone is an era for me, -------------
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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 07:08
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If you had bulked the white album with the subsequent album - which I would find only natural - then perhaps that era. Cannot see why the white album should constitute an era by itself. They didn'r deviate much from the formula white album onwards - shuffle the songs and you will hear this.
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 07:23
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the one with Sgt. Pepper as a part of it ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 07:37
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They kind of break into only two phases for me....
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 15:13
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I always though of the Beatles of having 4 eras. Era 1: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night Era 2: Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver Era 3: Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, plus the songs recorded for Yellow Submarine Era 4: The White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: July 07 2014 at 01:33
How about the era before they hit the recording studio when they were a great live band performing at the Cavern in Liverpool?
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 07 2014 at 01:35
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 07 2014 at 16:31
There were other Beatles albums before Abbey Road? I have heard rumors to that effect over the years. 
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: July 10 2014 at 12:52
Oh yeah, that. A sin that there aren't any recordings of them during that period. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |