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chopper 
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 Posted: September 07 2016 at 09:26 |
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Even though it's got no votes, and I didn't vote for it, I just want to say "Only A Northern Song" has the best bassline in a Beatles song. (Edited as this Tablet misspelt bassline) |
Never studied the bassline to that song as it's an awful song and I try not to listen to it. I'll have to check it out now.
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So how did you, or anyone else, find it?
A better Beatles bassline than "Only A Northern Song".
Knew I should of made it a thread! |
It's good but "Something" is better.
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Posted: September 07 2016 at 19:10 |
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Roll up!
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:23 |
Surprised that Rubber Soul only has 1 vote 
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:31 |
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Surprised that Rubber Soul only has 1 vote |
why? the albums before Help haven't got any votes (yet).
I don't know what to choose, I like Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, White Album, Revolver the most. As for their rock'n'roll years, I like For Sale, Help and the debut quite a bit.
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:39 |
Cristi wrote:
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Surprised that Rubber Soul only has 1 vote |
why? the albums before Help haven't got any votes (yet).
I don't know what to choose, I like Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, White Album, Revolver the most. As for their rock'n'roll years, I like For Sale, Help and the debut quite a bit. |
Rubber Soul is a fantastic recording as it was also pretty much the start of later Beatles. No Revolver without Rubber Soul first
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Cristi
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:41 |
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Cristi wrote:
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Surprised that Rubber Soul only has 1 vote |
why? the albums before Help haven't got any votes (yet).
I don't know what to choose, I like Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, White Album, Revolver the most. As for their rock'n'roll years, I like For Sale, Help and the debut quite a bit. |
Rubber Soul is a fantastic recording as it was also pretty much the start of later Beatles. No Revolver without Rubber Soul first |
I agree, I did not get your surprise, prog listeners tend to enjoy the albums starting Revolver, no surprise here and the poll results so far prove this.
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:49 |
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^^^ But what is surprising is that it has fewer votes than Help!
Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - September 08 2016 at 00:49
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Cristi
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Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:52 |
^ oh yeah, Help got 2 votes, I've just noticed that. oh well...
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SquonkHunter
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Posted: September 10 2016 at 21:22 |
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Abbey Road by a long ways. Revolver for a good second. I must admit that I most definitely did not like the Beatles at first. I saw their appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in early 1964 (I was 7 at the time) and was not impressed. It wasn't until around Hard Day's Night that I began pay some attention to their music. From there they just kept getting better. Even now I still don't care for their earliest releases but I really like their later albums.
Edited by SquonkHunter - September 10 2016 at 21:23
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Posted: September 11 2016 at 00:27 |
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Beatles for Sale
Great little pop record before they started enhancing the songs.
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: September 11 2016 at 03:31 |
Despite their ridiculous amount of classic songs and how they almost singlehandedly changed the history of popular music atleast once - there's really no album by them I enjoy from start to finish. Here's my top four among the ones that comes the closest:
Abbey Road Magical Mystery Tour (although technically not an album) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Revolver
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Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:31 |
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Magical Mystery Tour... favorite among many favorites...
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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Posted: September 12 2016 at 08:39 |
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Rubber Soul 1 (my vote) - Revolver 10. It's ok to like Revolver more, but the distance between both records shouldn't be that huge, IMO.
About Abbey Road being their best record...mmmh...side B is the BEST thing The Beatles ever recorded. Side A, on the other hand, is really lackluster.
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Posted: September 12 2016 at 09:43 |
Saperlipopette! wrote:
Magical Mystery Tour (although technically not an album)
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No? What it it then? A paper towel?  
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Posted: September 12 2016 at 16:00 |
uduwudu wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
Magical Mystery Tour (although technically not an album)
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No? What it it then? A paper towel?
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not an album? Hah!! And the LP cover I rolled countless joints on never existed.. just like the Beatles.. pfff...lies spread by butt-hurt fans of Paul...
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: September 14 2016 at 10:46 |
chopper wrote:
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The OP says "I am only polling their UK releases
". MMT was originally an EP (or 2 EPs to be precise) in the UK and a number of other countries and album in the US (consisting of the EP and singles from around the time). It wasn't released as an official album in the UK until 1976. The Beatles never went in the studio to make an album called "Magical Mystery Tour".
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ok, my bad, I did not know all these details. But like you say, it was released as an album at some point, it kinda became an album.  Damn, I'm not making much sense now. |
Nah, I know what you mean. I guess it's an official album now but I can't bring myself to see it as such.
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It's considered a studio album, because it has new songs that weren't on previous releases, and it's too long for an EP, but technically yes, it isn't. Similar case it's Rolling Stone's "Flowers".
Maybe that's the reason it's a bit underrated, I think it's slightly better than Sgt. Pepper's, who gets much more credit (I compare it to it because it came out the same year and is somewhat similar).
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Posted: September 16 2016 at 07:04 |
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I'm surprised that Rubber Soul only has one vote at the moment to Revolver's ten votes. There was a time when, at least after Sgt. Pepper's, those two were the most popular answers to "What is your favorite Beatles album," and it was almost always 50/50 between the two. Of course, eleven votes isn't a very large sample, but I'm still surprised there's only ONE vote for Rubber Soul.
At any rate, "The White Album" is easily my favorite, so that's what I voted for.
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Posted: September 16 2016 at 07:15 |
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Re Magical Mystery Tour, this was the UK track listing of the "double EP":
Magical Mystery Tour
Your Mother Should Know
I Am the Walrus
The Fool on the Hill
Flying
Blue Jay Way
. . . which clocked in at 19 minutes.
In other words, it was side A of the US release, just with the tracks in a different order. That was it It was more like a "double single," as it was pressed on two 7" vinyl, 45 rpm records.
The following tracks, from side B of the US version, were not on the UK release:
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby, You're a Rich Man
All You Need Is Love
So if we're sticking to the UK releases, those tracks shouldn't be considered for Magical Mystery Tour . . . well, at least not re sticking to the versions of the albums that were available prior to 1976.
Edited by Terrapin Station - September 16 2016 at 07:17
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chopper
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Posted: September 16 2016 at 08:51 |
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I'm still surprised there's only ONE vote for Rubber Soul.
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Well it's a great album but when it's in a poll with Revolver, The Beatles and Abbey Road it's always going to come second imo.
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Posted: September 16 2016 at 09:50 |
chopper wrote:
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I'm still surprised there's only ONE vote for Rubber Soul.
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Well it's a great album but when it's in a poll with Revolver, The Beatles and Abbey Road it's always going to come second imo. |
And that's the thing. Most voters in this poll will vote for the more proggier of the Fabs' albums. Rubber Soul, although a standout, is probably not best categorized among that group as it still maintained some of the stronger aspects of their earlier efforts. Revolver, the boy's true launch into the counter culture at the time, signifies, dare I say, a break from the past on the way towards a more assured self-reliance in the recording studio, an aspect responsible for the group's most satisfying period of work.
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