Why the Beatles?

David

David

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One of their very catchiest...Though the opening of "I Feel Fine" is quite fine also...
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

That riff isn't notated correctly. Yes, it captures the rhythm and feel of the line properly, but a bar of 4/4 should be notated with 2 beats in one half of the measure and 2 beats in the latter half of the measure. The F# in bar 2 should be notated as two tied eighth notes to adhere to this proper convention.
 
d gray

d gray

tried to do his best but could not
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didn't get through this start to finish but...

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mjp

mjp

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Is that "massive ego" title supposed to be ironic? I don't see any ego in the first 5 minutes, which is about all I could watch without dozing off.

I've certainly heard him say some stupid and egotistical things about the Beatles music, but it's worth noting that Paul McCartney is a rock star, and you can't get into that club without an ego. It's the main requirement.

That and, you know, he actually was a Beatle. One of the more important ones. Some kind of bragging rights have to go along with that.
 
d gray

d gray

tried to do his best but could not
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not ironic - whoever posted that had/has a big hate-on for "sir paul". there's a long and idiotic tirade about him by the bitter/jealous etc poster.

i couldn't watch the whole thing either - just skipped through it in about 5 minutes.
 
mjp

mjp

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d gray said:
not ironic
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That's pretty funny. I just skipped through the rest of it and I don't see any display of monster ego in there. The guy who put it up seems a little unhinged.

Maybe Paul fucked his girlfriend and he's still angry about it. Or more likely his mother, back in the day.
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

Hmmm, I think it could have been one part with five tracks:

If I Needed Someone
I've Just Seen a Face
Rain
Dr. Robert
Hey Bulldog

But hey, to each their own.
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

OK, here's a ridiculously obscure Beatle-related tidbit. Between 7:04 and 7:08 is the BBC archive tape that the Beatles used for the transition from Good Morning, Good Morning to Sgt. Pepper's Reprise. No mono blurping chicken here:

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Credit goes to MikeP5877 on the Steve Hoffman forums for unearthing this nugget.
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

Among the pointless things I've done in my life, today I finally created a single-LP version of The White Album. Working on the premise that 24 minutes per side is about the maximum you can fit without compromising sound quality too much, I managed to whittle this down to just a few ticks over 48 minutes, so it would have been feasible. Since I'm not actually making records here, I suppose it doesn't matter all that much:

Side 1
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion (alternate from Anthology with the broken glass and BBC tape archive to mimic the approach to Revolution 9, which I do actually like, but ultimately dropped)
Not Guilty (Anthology)
Blackbird
Julia
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Long, Long, Long

Side 2
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (alternate ska version from Anthology)
Yer Blues
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Helter Skelter
Sexy Sadie
Cry Baby Cry
Can You Take Me Back?
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
 
PhillyDave

PhillyDave

“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
I don't know what I'd take away but I would add "Revolution". Which version tho, the rockin' single or the acoustic lp version?
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

It was great, it sold, it's the bloody Beatles' White Album, shut up!

To be honest, I'd put Revolution 9 on there; I think it's an important statement about how Lennon's approach to art had changed so drastically. But I purposefully tried to stick to the ~48 minute mark to force some tough choices. Of the other two versions, I actually prefer the acoustic one. I think.
 
CaseyW

CaseyW

PhillyDave said:
I don't know what I'd take away but I would add "Revolution". Which version tho, the rockin' single or the acoustic lp version?
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That ripping start to the single version of "Revolution" would make an amazing opening track in my opinion. Much as I love "Back in the USSR" I'd boot it and put "Revolution" in that spot. It would be a real kick in the ass to start off a more concise White Album.

I'd say the main song I'm missing from your picks is "I'm So Tired." I absolutely LOVE Lennon's tired, cracking, angry voice as that song builds up speed toward the sorta-chorus.

On a side note, the White Album was my introduction to the Beatles. I mean, I'd heard their songs my whole life but never paid a lot of attention to them before. I paid the $30 for the double CD back in 1991 when I was 16 years old and $30 was a HUGE sum of money because I'd just read Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter and wanted to hear the album that Bugliosi kept talking about in that book. Kind of a weird reason to buy an album but it led to 24 years of musical obsession.
 
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Ewok

Ewok

I don't listen to anything after Rubber Soul

I like music from the heart rather than the head

the passion and intensity of the earlier albums is still quite remarkable considering the subject matter is so traditional

but ugh...never want to hear a sitar again or any sort of concept album ever

In contrast, Hard Days Night is about my favourite album ever,
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

I certainly have a preference for the more "innovative" phases of the Beatles, starting with Rubber Soul, but there's no doubt that A Hard Day's Night absolutely crackles with energy. The ballads are top-shelf and dispel none of the energy created elsewhere, and I'll Be Back is a fantastic album closer.
 
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