The beatles were fucking fantastic!

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Re: The beatles were fucking fantastic!

Post by JimC » Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 am

It all depends on how stoned you are...
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Post by Rum » Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:06 am

Simpler days when a bee flying around in stereo or Hendrix's guitar floating from one speaker to another were high technology...

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Post by Tero » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:40 am

Speaking of floating, never liked the airplane noises in back In USSR. I play the mono track, with the rest of the album in stereo.

Paul has a live version, i figurrd great, no zooming airplanes. No, he put them in.
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Post by Tero » Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:48 pm

https://esapolitics.blogspot.com
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Post by Hermit » Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:03 am

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Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:25 am

:hehe:

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Post by Rum » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:33 am

I love the Beatles. And due to the wonders of Spotify I decided to listen to every single track on every single album (UK releases) they ever made. So I have been doing that in my car and occasionally around the house.

Several things struck me listening in such a concentrated way:

1. They really were superb song-smiths.
2. The production of their albums was second to none.
3, Paul McCartney is probably the best pop bass player of all time.
4. Ringo Starr is actually one of the best pop drummers of all time.
5 I can't think of another band which (as they did later on in their carer) that was self-referential - i.e. songs referring to other songs and to other band members (The Walrus was Paul for example).

Wonderful even today...and that is without thinking of the cultural legacy.

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Post by Tero » Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:31 pm

Yeahbut Mr Moonlight. And No Reply ( he’s stalking) and that awful last track of Rubber Soul. I have to skip those.
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Post by Rum » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:03 pm

Tero wrote:
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Yeahbut Mr Moonlight. And No Reply ( he’s stalking) and that awful last track of Rubber Soul. I have to skip those.
Well they were of their time and Liverpool in the late 50s was not exactly a liberal place in terms of social attitudes. Plus Lennon seems to have had a particularly nasty streak.

In fact listening to so many of their songs at once I think his (the ones he did most of the work on) are weaker than McCartney's. They are more cutting and bring an edge which would have been lost without him - his lyrics are more creative for sure, but he is the weaker musician by far.

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Post by Rum » Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:50 am

Slept badly last night for some reason. As I lay awake in the dark these bloody songs kept playing in my head over and over. I think I may have got a bit over involved with this little musical project.

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:55 am

Learn to relax and turn off.
"Wat is het een gezellig boel hier".

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Post by Rum » Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:58 am

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:55 am
Learn to relax and turn off.
Thanks for the advice.

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Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:02 am

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:03 am

Mindfulness. Great stuff at four in the morning.
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Post by Tero » Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:23 pm

Rum wrote:
Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:50 am
Slept badly last night for some reason. As I lay awake in the dark these bloody songs kept playing in my head over and over. I think I may have got a bit over involved with this little musical project.
You must then get up and play Yummy Yummy Yummy on whatever device you have. It will erase all other songs for 6 hours.



That guy looks like a copy of a guy in my college dorm. He was kind of stupid, dressed well, had confidence and got plenty of chicks.
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