The Middle Beatles
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Topic: The Middle Beatles
Posted By: thehallway
Subject: The Middle Beatles
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 08:56
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The winner will go into the final Beatles poll in a week or so.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 10:26
| Revolver. |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 10:47
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sargent pepper's.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 11:22
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Revolver ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 12:44
| Sgt. Pepper has always been my favorite. It's brilliant, especially from a progressive point of view. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:07
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I have to go with Rubber Soul on this one. The Word, Girl, In My Life...these are remarkable performances. Some days I think The Word is the best song they ever recorded, given that it sort of encapsulates everything Beatle-y. The vocals, the bass, the beat. Where'd they come up with this? Seriously, how did they come up with it? Yeah, Motown etc. I know. But listen to those guitars, listen to Mc and Ringo locked in to the rhythm. Fine song on a fine album. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:23
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ROLL UUUUUUUUP! No. I voted for the obvious. -------------  
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:27
But Sgt Pepper's little brother does have some wonderful songs on it. It's just overshadowed among all those giant masterpiece albums. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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topographicbroadways wrote:Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:31
This is true. I really like all the albums in this list. It's not an easy choice but Sgt. Peppers is too important not to have my vote. Although Magical Mystery Tour would have my vote if Sgt. Peppers wasn't here. -------------
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:44
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Magical Mystery Tour for me. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 25 2011 at 14:44
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Ha, how good is a band when Sgt. Pepper's and MMT are their weak albums from this era? Only my opinion obviously... Thanks for the poll as it got me listening to those remasters. She Said She Said is in a class of it's own. ------------- 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 14:56
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The one that ends on a 1:00 minute sustained E Major Chord played on a Piano. ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 26 2011 at 03:15
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They're all good, but Revolver is 5 stars. ------------- 
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: September 26 2011 at 10:30
| Rubber Soul. This was a huge leap musically and very unusual to everyone around me during that time. At first...people didn't know what to think and then in a few months it seemed everyone was loving it. |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 10:42
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I've broken the tie with a Sgt Pep vote!
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:26
Revolver. I won't argue here, as I am arguing over on your other thread, Hallway. 
I'll merely say that three of the most amazing Beatles' tunes can be found on Revolver: "Eleanor Rigby" (a double string quartet playing a composition influenced by Bernard Herrmann's Psycho is quite extraordinary for rock music), "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon referencing the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and multiple studio innovations on this quintessential psychedelic piece are notable), and "Love You To" (the first fully Indian composition in both instrumentation and chordal structure ever produced on a pop album). ------------- ...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 06:10
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 07:13
| I find Revolver the most consistent of the bunch though Sgt Pepper has the best SONG - no prizes for guessing - from the whole bunch. |
Posted By: fromtheashes
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:28
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They're all good but only one album has 'A day in the life'
It's nice to find fellow fans of A day in the life as I'm used to people who say they like the Beatles but not really being aware of this song! |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:33
| As an album, Revolver is my favorite. But Magical Mystery Tour has the best individual songs |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 05:23
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The results of this poll - like its two campanion polls - are perfectly consistent with the albums' ratings on PA.
Could we expect otherwise?
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 15:42
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^ It could have been a different story, due to changes in people's opinion, who actually votes, etc. Anyway, Revolver wins..... ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: October 03 2011 at 20:22
| Sgt. Pepper. Historically speaking, I think this album is the most important on the list. |
Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: October 03 2011 at 23:14
| Mystery Tour!!! That's THE album for me from the Beatles. That, plus Rubber Soul, The Beatles, Abbey Road and Hard Day's Night ... Oh, and Sgt. Pepper is really very good too. |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:36
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Revolver. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 06:00
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All 4 albums represent their most experimental period.
The 3 periods (early, middle, late Beatles) shows how music evolved from a naive, somewhat childish approach to music (up to Rubber Soul) over an experimental, "growing up" / teenagerish, maturing period (ending with Magical Mystery Tour) to adult, modern rock.
Pepper is the pinnancle of the experimental period showing maturation on many levels (production, composition (A Day in the Life), concept (or attempt at)). And then it is representative of a cultural phenomenon that was flower power, Summer of Love.
Pepper for me. But I like the salt of the other albums.(I guess Magical Mystery Tour is the Chili in comparison - too strong for my taste and maybe they went a little over the top with Strawberry Fields Forever - from a production point of view, which wasn't realistic in the long run. Well they did abandon that approach future recordings but I appreciate the attempt.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 11:04
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One more vote for dr. Pepper. Even though Abbey Road is my favorite overall Beatle album, I realised that some of my top favorite Beatle songs are on Sgt. Pepper: She's Leaving Home, For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite and A Day The Life. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 16:20
Hard to choose, give my vote to Pepper but Revolver and Magical mystery are so .......Magical 
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Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 21:25
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Tie between Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour and Rubber Soul. No vote. ------------- 
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