Let It Be - Spector or Naked
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Topic: Let It Be - Spector or Naked
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Let It Be - Spector or Naked
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 18:12
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Big dispute among Beatlemaniacs on this. Almost 50/50! Naked deleted throwaways Dig It and Maggie Mae for George's For You Blue and John's ode to Yoko Don't Let Me Down, which were more complete songs from the same sessions. Where the Spector version had a certain charm to it with the studio chat mostly done by John ("I dig a pigmy by Charles Hortry" and "Sweet Loretta Fart who thought she was a cleaner" etc.)
Me personally, I go with Naked. I just can't stand listening to John's Across The Universe with Spector's syrup poured all over it. And I never liked The Long And Winding Road from the get go, but this bare bones version is a real improvement. What say you? |
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 18:48
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Naked is So much better than the original.. I highly reccomend this book, it's a fascinating read about the Let it be sessions which seemed doomed right from the start.
------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 15:25
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Naked all the way. I remember being just about old enough to appreciate how Let It Be was such a sorry postscript to such a splendid musical career. Naked does the Fabs far more justice. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 15:42
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Spector for me ... virtually a lifetime of listening to it ... gotten stuck in my ways, I guess ... even the Long And Winding Road which I first hated ... I now feel it needs to be that syrupy, opulent beast ... I can't deal with it any other way ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 17:17
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To be honest, neither version is all that brilliant imo. The idea to go 'back to basics' was something of a double edged sword, as this meant that half formed songs like 'Dig A Pony', 'Two Of Us' and yes, 'Dig It' and 'Maggie Mae', plus 'One After 909' that I think was on the new one, made the grade when they never should have. The only songs from the album that are as good as their earlier work are 'The Long and Winding Road', 'Let It Be' and 'Across The Universe'. The strings worked well on 'Long and Winding Road' and added to the grandiosity of the song imo, but they ruined 'Across The Universe'... Still, I'll go for the 'Naked' one, though both versions get far less airtime than my other Beatles albums. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 03:21
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Agreed woth you, Martin Over 35 years of rubbing in Spector's version will not disappear overnight Naked is fine also, though ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 04:01
| I expected to enjoy "Naked" far more than I actually did. I find it jsut a bit too sparse. Not a great album anyway, at least they came back with "Abbey Road" for their true swansong. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 04:09
Yes, and correct me if I'm wrong (don't own Naked) ... but didn't it drop off some of those wonderful ad-lib cabaret Charles Hawtrey and the deaf aids ... phase one in which Doris gets her oats (before Two Of Us) ... and now, 'ark the angels come (before Let It Be) ... and (the clincher) thank you and I hope we've passed the audition! BTW, salmacis I agree about the others being half-formed ... but not Two Of Us ... that's perfect, IMO ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 04:25
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I prefer Naked, it sounds fresher and more "real" and "sincere" IMO, but both are masterpieces. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 15:37
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After 35 years of listening to the Original, I have a tough time listening to & enjoying Naked. It may be what the lads wanted, but I'm so used to the original versions that the new release is difficult to get next to. ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |