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The Beatles Band • Page 23

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by therookielot, Nov 17, 2016.

  1. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    I don't personally know any bands I would consider better than them
     
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  2. mattfreaksmeout

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    They're pretty easily the pre-2000s artist I listen to the most. I don’t think it’s a crazy argument at all.
     
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  3. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    i certainly like the kinks more. i think the beatles have better albums than the stones but no songs by the beatles affect me quite like tumbling dice or sweet virginia
     
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  4. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    i also never said it was crazy. i’ve spent the last two weeks in this thread that was mostly dead hyping them up lol. what.
     
  5. mattfreaksmeout

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    I meant crazy here in the most casual way possible, like just in my own head I was confirming “hmm ya I don’t think that’s crazy to say”. Didn’t mean it as an attack at all

    Also i do really love Something Else By the Kinks but I still need to dive in further
     
  6. clockwise

    GREEN DUDES BEST GREEN DAY PODCAST Prestigious

    Is this a new band?
     
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  7. djwildefire

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    Maybe the most impressive thing about The Beatles to me was their ability to experiment with different genres/sounds (and do it well), yet still always sound recognizably like The Beatles. I’m also not super knowledgeable about the 60s, but the way they were experimenting with different recording methods/production techniques/etc feels way ahead of its time.
     
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  8. I put Zeppelin in the same tier as The Beatles.
     
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  9. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    a lot of people do
     
  10. 9 times out of 10, I’d rather listen to Led Zeppelin than The Beatles
     
  11. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    The Beatles are the greatest. They are correctly rated.
     
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  12. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    i used to think they were overrated. i think they're properly rated now. i also just don't think they're the GOAT or on a tier alone to themselves.
     
  13. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    I'm listening to this now, it's certainly interesting. And while musically there are a TON of nods to The Beatles and their various eras, vocally you would have to be insane to think this album is the Beatles. Which Beatle did people think the singer sounds like?!?!?
     
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  14. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    holy shit, Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III is the worst song I have heard in a long time
     
  15. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    lololol

    like i said, it isn't a perfect album. it's still better than ... a lot of their solo stuff lol. there are moments that sound like paul - particularly on sub rosa and doctor marvello, but yeah, it's more the instrumental vibe. overall it's closer to supertramp vocally imo.
     
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  16. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    I was going to say "Was this for an abandoned Muppet musical?" but...Muppet vocals were almost always on-pitch.
     
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  17. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    it also kinda came out of nowhere, haha. Up until that point the album is mostly plesant and a little wacky, then all of a sudden that one starts and I had to hold back laughter
     
  18. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    For a late-career Ringo song, this one actually is pretty enjoyable



    Cheesy? Definitely. But I dig it.
     
  19. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    reading about Red Rose Speedway right now and learning that the band originally wanted it to be a double album at 18 tracks instead of the released 9 track album. And then I learned that the 18-track version was eventually released in 2018 as part of the archive collection. Making a note now to check out the whole 18-track version soon, very interesting stuff
     
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  20. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    Imagine being a record exec with the absolute stones to tell PAUL MCCARTNEY “Nah I have a better idea for what your record should be”
     
  21. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    pretty wild for sure. Though I haven't heard the extra tracks, so I can't confirm if they suck, but... let Paul do Paul, ya know!!
     
  22. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    I'm not sure I ever have given Living In The Material World it's fair due. I think I probably have unfairly compared it to All Things Must Pass, but damn does this album stand alone as a great album.
     
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  23. TSLROCKS

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    I love that album
     
  24. Rowan5215

    An inconsequential shift as the continents drift.

    Don't Let Me Wait too Long is a perfect little tune
     
  25. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    I went through and listened to the 10 extra tracks that were cut. Two are live versions of songs that were never released in a studio cut. Two are Denny Laine-led songs, one is a Linda-led song which she released later under the pseudonym Suzy and the Red Stripes, one is an instrumental track and one is a cover song. Which leaves only 2 Paul-led original tracks.

    So.... Honestly, not entirely sure I can blame the label at this point hah, I think they mostly did the right thing. I think "Night Out" and "Country Dreamer" both deserve to be on the final album, but the rest work as b-sides