The Early Beatles
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Topic: The Early Beatles
Posted By: thehallway
Subject: The Early Beatles
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 08:55
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Okay, after a rethink, this is the first of three, one-vote Beatles albums polls. The winners of each will go into a final poll in a week or so. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 09:01
 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 11:29
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I like early Beatles. But I think they were more about singles in them days so I don't prefer one album to another. It would probably be a compilation of all of them The Red Album is that the early one? But even so it includes mid period stuff too.
I used to listen to 'Oldies but Goldies' a lot when I was a kid (It was my Mum's) but that has mid period stuff too! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 11:52
| Ticket to Ride is a classic. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 12:43
| I've really just heard singles from their early stuff, so I won't vote. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 12:49
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I will probably be the only one to cast a vote for Please Please Me. There's some crap floating around in there sure enough (ya kiddin' me, A Taste of Honey?), but when it's good it is very very good. Anna, Baby It's You, Twist and Shout. I know, they didn't even write those songs. But man did they interpret them, and in the process changed the course of rock and roll forever. Get out your guitar, if you have one. Play Baby It's You. Go ahead, it's just four chords, and easy ones at that yer standard one six four five that's been around forever. Just try to replicate it. I try it all the time, still. It seems so simple, like as the ad sez that even a caveman could do it. Good luck with that. This album was an absolute turning point. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 12:58
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^ Yes nice points about Please Please Me. And it was recorded live in about 10hours or something impressive.
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:23
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I may be the only one who votes for With The Beatles. There's something about that album, it seems to have more great songs than any of the 5 here, with only one song that I particularly dislike (being the awful Please Mr Postman). The rest have a bunch of forgettable tunes. In particular, the first three songs on WTB are amazing, with 'All I've Got To Do' being my favourite Beatles song pre-1967. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:58
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These are all fine albums. It's hard to choose. I just went with that first and rawest, but could have easily chosen A Hard Day's Night. A guy could program the CD player, or iTunes or whatever, to just play Tell Me Why, Any Time At All, When I Get Home, and You Can't Do That and just be awed by the power of that band. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 14:53
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Help! ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 26 2011 at 03:16
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A Hard Day's Night just before Help! ------------- 
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: September 26 2011 at 10:16
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I thought it was interesting how the 4 of them were set against having their singles featured on the albums. With the Beatles was a collection of songs that the Beatles took more seriously. They were a bit mainstream in some sense of the word, but the rock n' roll type songs like "Hold Me Tight" and "I Wanna Be Your Man" seemed raw and non-commercial formulated. "All I Gotta Do" feels that way. Songs like "Don't Bother Me" are a little off beat from the times and more daring then the current material in those days ...for example.."The Game Of Love" by Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders or Gerry & the Pacemakers singles. Dave Clark Five were perhaps slightly different with the addition of sax, however once you heard the John Lennon style of playing on harmonica and the various Beatles chord progressions which were exploding in your face ..then you knew they were stealing from Lennon/McCartney. The Kinks and the Rolling Stones had their own originality and Jagger/Richards would keep in touch with Lennon/ McCartney for concerns they wanted to work out peacefully between them. Richards would consult with the Beatles and asking them when they were planning their next release. If they were planning it in 1 month...Richards would hold out on the Stones release.
The American releases contained singles galore and the Beatles were pretty uptight about that issue for a long time. I think they were attempting to be a little more serious with writing and in America with Beatlemania they were being worshipped in a sense where they were not even human flesh. The actual transition into a different level or peak of writing is heard on Beatles For Sale. This is when they actually began proving to the world that they could be something else that know one had realized before. Many songs on Beatles For Sale are a demonstration of just that. "Baby's In Black" had a new sound and style. This was the first time as a kid I could directly indicate something different about their music. |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 09:12
My sentiments exactly. With The Beatles always seemd to me to be more than an album of singalong singles. Really like this album.
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thehallway wrote:Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:30
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Help! The remarkable harmonies on the title track, the Dylanesque touches on "Hide Your Love Away" (along with Harrison's use of sitar, the first ever on a pop album), and the great acoustic tunes "I've Just Seen a Face" and "Yesterday" seal the deal for me. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 12:49
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Sorry to create challenge you in parallel threads, but there is no sitar on 'Hide Your Love Away'! ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 13:10
 ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 06:07
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A Hard Day's Night
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 15:44
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A Hard Day's Night Wins
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: October 03 2011 at 06:56
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Help!!!! but Hard day's night is very close
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