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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (5 Viewers)

@rockaction .         Note:  There was no #5 and #7 and #16 were the same.  :D

 

5) A Day In The Life

24) Back in The U.S.S.R

23) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

22) Norweigan Wood

21) Rain

20) Ticket To Ride

19) Michelle

18) Hold Me Tight

17) Don’t Bother Me

16) It Won’t Be Long

15) Any Time At All

14) You Can’t Do That

13) In My Life

12) Eleanor Rigby

11) Help!

10) Not A Second Time

9) I’m A Loser

 Baby’s In Black

7) It Won’t Be Long

6) All I’ve Got To Do

4) I Want To Hold Your Hand  

3) There’s A Place

2) Misery

1) No Reply

 
@BobbyLayne
25. Yesterday
24. I Am The Walrus
23. Drive My Car
22. Help!
21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
20. Blackbird
19. Day Tripper
18. Abbey Road medley
17. I Saw Her Standing There
15. Money (That's What I Want)
14. Hey Jude
13. Ticket To Ride
12. Nowhere Man
11. Here Comes The Sun
10. Let It Be
9. Something
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
7. Eleanor Rigby
6. She Loves You
5. Don't Let Me Down
4. All You Need Is Love
3. Penny Lane
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
1. A Day In The Life

 
krista4 said:
If it makes you feel any better, I am putting together a list of favorite Beatles moments, as you did, but when I had a lot I realized I should break it down in categories, with subcategories for each:

Vocal:  subcategories of high harmony, low harmony, melody, backward vocal, shouts, little screams, big screams, purrs and coos

Drums:  Ringo showcases, fills, backwards-### fills, other

Bass:  bass lines on the Hofners, bass lines on others

Guitar:  lead guitar, lead guitar (12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker non 12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker 12-string), acoustic guitar with same parameters, rhythm guitar of any sort, guitar riff, guitar fill, backward guitar, feedback guitar, introductory riff, mid-song riff, lead guitar where Paul did it because George couldn't, lead guitar where Paul did it because he was a Type A crazy who wouldn't let George work through it

Percussion:  cowbell (including firemen's bell), other ####

Sitar (no subcategories)

Other crazy-### Indian ####

Brass

Non-cello orchestration

Cello because #### all that other orchestration

Things that sound like cello but aren't

Uses of bird sounds

Uses of chickens and other non-bird poultry

Uses of alarm clocks

Keyboard:  piano that sounds like a piano, piano that sounds like a harpsichord, harpsichord, Billy Preston

Lyrics:  lyrics in English, lyrics in French, lyrics in German, lyrics in gibberish

Pauses:  Beatles breaks, regular pauses

There could be more, but that's where I am right now.  Let me know what I've missed.
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Nice.  

Here's the deal for me.  

When I was a kid the Beatles WERE EVERYTHING.  You talk about being in the middle of a giant see change???

I don't think it gets much bigger.  I was a dinky first grader, my mom bought the "Chipmunks Sing the Beatles album" for cripes sakes.  I went to the drive=in that summer in '64 with my mom and her friend to watch a "Hard Day's Night".  

As a 5-6 year old, I knew Elvis and those that came before him didn't do it for me.  Everything changed.  I didn't know it, but it did.  Bands started doing their own songs, fewer hit factories ...but we didn't know it (not talking about me as a 5 yr. old ...I mean until I was a teenager).  

The snarky comments from those under "whatever" is so disappointing.  The under 30 (or 40 ...whatever_  "coolness factor" overtakes way too many jagaloons.  

Maybe you don't like the Beatles (which not liking any of their work is stupid) ...but denying the kind of crazy GIANT and positive chance they made in music ...you are an idiot.

(I stopped myself from saying you can suck my giant ****)

 
@grateful zed

It turns out I had all the lists and just found Piggies

 

Rain

Hey bulldog

Ive got a feeling

Norwegen wood

We can work it out

Paperback writer

Fixin a hole

Taxman

Ticket to ride

Day tripper

Lady Madonna

Blackbird

Yesterday

Rocky raccoon

Good day sunshine

Lsd

Dear prudence

Sgt peppers

Here comes the sun

Get back

Don’t let me down

Penny lane

Michelle

Benefit of mr kite

piggies

 
@fatguyinalittlecoat

 

1.       Here Comes The Sun

2.       I Want To Hold Your Hand

3.       Yesterday

4.       Abbey Road medley

5.       A Day In The Life

6.       While My Guitar Gently Weeps

7.       In My Life

8.       I've Just Seen A Face

9.       Eleanor Rigby

10.   I Will

11.   Let It Be

12.   Penny Lane

13.   Here, There And Everywhere

14.   Eight Days A Week

15.   You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

16.   Blackbird

17.   Across The Universe

18.   Mother Nature's Son

19.   Paperback Writer

20.   Strawberry Fields Forever

21.   Girl

22.   The Ballad Of John And Yoko

23.   Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

24.   Something

25.   Revolution

 
Binky The Doormat said:
Nice.  

Here's the deal for me.  

When I was a kid the Beatles WERE EVERYTHING.  You talk about being in the middle of a giant see change???

I don't think it gets much bigger.  I was a dinky first grader, my mom bought the "Chipmunks Sing the Beatles album" for cripes sakes.  I went to the drive=in that summer in '64 with my mom and her friend to watch a "Hard Day's Night".  

As a 5-6 year old, I knew Elvis and those that came before him didn't do it for me.  Everything changed.  I didn't know it, but it did.  Bands started doing their own songs, fewer hit factories ...but we didn't know it (not talking about me as a 5 yr. old ...I mean until I was a teenager).  

The snarky comments from those under "whatever" is so disappointing.  The under 30 (or 40 ...whatever_  "coolness factor" overtakes way too many jagaloons.  

Maybe you don't like the Beatles (which not liking any of their work is stupid) ...but denying the kind of crazy GIANT and positive chance they made in music ...you are an idiot.

(I stopped myself from saying you can suck my giant ****)
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This is great.  I love hearing how much it all meant to you.

I actually find things to be seen differently.  My friends who are just after the Beatles (early or mid 50s) seem to have no use for them.  It's weird AF.  But my friends in their 40s or especially in their 30s LOVE the Beatles.  So I don't think it will ever go away.   :)   That said, I guess I don't hang with 20somethings, for very good reason.

 
@munga30

 

Hey Jude

Eight Days A Week

Here Comes The Sun

I Saw Her Standing There

Revolution

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Ticket To Ride

A Day In The Life

Drive My Car

Lady Madonna

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

Rocky Raccoon

I Want To Hold Your Hand

In My Life

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Paperback Writer

Help!

Twist And Shout

Birthday

A Hard Day's Night

Can't Buy Me Love

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

 
@Tom Hagen

 

Here Comes the Sun

Yesterday

Something

A Day in the Life

In My Life

Eleanor Rigby

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

We Can Work It Out

All You Need is Love

Let it Be

A Hard Day's Night

Strawberry Fields Forever

I Want to Hold Your Hand

I Saw Her Standing There

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Can't Buy Me Love

Blackbird

Norwegian Wood

And Your Bird Can Sing

Help!

Revolution

Here, There and Everywhere

Penny Lane

Got to Get You Into My Life

Eight Days a Week

 
@DocHolliday

 

Abbey Road Medley

Taxman

Got to Get you into my life

Ticket to Ride

Day Tripper

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

I Want to Hold your Hand

Eleanor Rigby

Help!

I Saw Her Standing There

Cant Buy Me Love

Eight Days a Week

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Penny Lane

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

All You Need is Love

Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be

Helter Skelter

Strawberry Fields Forever

Drive My Car

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

We Can Work It Out

With a little Help From My Friends

Revolution

 
@Mister CIA

 

I've Just Seen a Face
 

Nowhere Man

In My Life

A Day in the Life

Let It Be

Something

Across the Universe

Get Back

Polythene Pam

If I Needed Someone

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

You've got to Hide Your Love Away

Blackbird

She Said She Said

And Your Bird Can Sing

Eleanor Rigby

Hey Jude

Wait

Help

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Hard Days Night

Lovely Rita

Cry Baby Cry

Old Brown Shoe

Ticket to Ride ... Love the cognitive dissonance in my 11 year-old mind listening to this song; Cool, but why doesn't she care.

 
@Ted Lange as your Bartender
 

In My Life

A Day in the Life

Abbey Road Medley

Ticket To Ride

Strawberry Fields Forever

Norweigian Wood

Eleanor Rigby

Tomorrow Never Knows

I Feel Fine

We Can Work It Out

She Loves You

Day Tripper

Help!

A Hard Day’s Night

Something

Hey Bulldog

Paperback Writer

I Saw Her Standing There

Here Comes The Sun

Drive My Car

Taxman

Ive Just Seen A Face

Here, There and Everywhere

She Said, She Said

I Want To Hold Your Hand

 
@Gr00vus

 

1) Ballad Of John And Yoko

2) Taxman

3) Norwegian Wood

4) Here Comes The Sun

5) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

6) Got To Get You Into My Life

7) Something

 Come Together

9) A Day In The Life

10) Drive My Car

11) With A Little Hellp From My Frends

12) Maxwell's Silver Hammer

13) Don't Let Me Down

14) The Long And Winding Road

15) I Am The Walrus

16) Blackbird

17) Hey Jude

18) In My Life

19) Revolution

20) I'll Follow The Sun

21) You Never Give Me Your Money

22) Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight

 
@Rustoleum
 

25 Birthday

24 Good Day Sunshine

23 Blackbird

22 A Day in the Life

21 Here Comes the Sun

20 Magical Mystery Tour

19 Sgt. Pepper

18 With a Little Help from my Friends

17 Eleanor Rigby

16 Norwegian Wood

15 Drive My Car

14 Can’t buy me Love

13 Hey Jude

12 Revolution

11 Help

10 While my Guitar Gently Weeps

9  Back in the USSR

8 Ticket to Ride

7 Twist and Shout

6  A Hard Day’s Night

5  Penny Lane

4 Day Tripper

3 Paperback Writer

2 Yesterday

1 Got to Get you Into My Life

 
@Man of Constant Sorrow
 

1) Across The Universe 

2) Savoy Truffle 

3) I Am The Walrus

4) Norwegian Wood

5) The Night Before 

6) Things We Said Today 

7) Day Tripper

 Abbey Road Medley 

9) The Ballad Of John And Yoko

10) You Won't See Me

11) I Want To Tell You

12) Yer Blues

13) Come Together 

14) I've Got A Feeling 

15) For You Blue 

16) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

17) Magical Mystery Tour 

18) I'm Looking Through You 

19) We Can Work It Out

20) In My Life

21) I'm So Tired 

22) Cry Baby Cry 

23) Helter Skelter

24) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 

25) Flying 

 
Getzlaf15 said:
@Man of Constant Sorrow
 

1) Across The Universe 

2) Savoy Truffle 

3) I Am The Walrus

4) Norwegian Wood

5) The Night Before 

6) Things We Said Today 

7) Day Tripper

 Abbey Road Medley 

9) The Ballad Of John And Yoko

10) You Won't See Me

11) I Want To Tell You

12) Yer Blues

13) Come Together 

14) I've Got A Feeling 

15) For You Blue 

16) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

17) Magical Mystery Tour 

18) I'm Looking Through You 

19) We Can Work It Out

20) In My Life

21) I'm So Tired 

22) Cry Baby Cry 

23) Helter Skelter

24) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 

25) Flying 
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recognize

 
krista4 said:
If it makes you feel any better, I am putting together a list of favorite Beatles moments, as you did, but when I had a lot I realized I should break it down in categories, with subcategories for each:

Vocal:  subcategories of high harmony, low harmony, melody, backward vocal, shouts, little screams, big screams, purrs and coos

Drums:  Ringo showcases, fills, backwards-### fills, other

Bass:  bass lines on the Hofners, bass lines on others

Guitar:  lead guitar, lead guitar (12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker non 12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker 12-string), acoustic guitar with same parameters, rhythm guitar of any sort, guitar fill, backward guitar, feedback guitar, introductory riff, mid-song riff, guitar solo by George, guitar solo by Paul, lead guitar where Paul did it because George couldn't, lead guitar where Paul did it because he was a Type A crazy who wouldn't let George work through it

Percussion:  cowbell (including firemen's bell), other ####

Sitar (no subcategories)

Other crazy-### Indian ####

Brass

Non-cello orchestration

Cello because #### all that other orchestration

Things that sound like cello but aren't

Uses of bird sounds

Uses of chickens and other non-tweetie-bird poultry

Uses of alarm clocks

Tape loops

Keyboard:  piano that sounds like a piano, piano that sounds like a harpsichord, harpsichord, Billy Preston

Lyrics:  lyrics in English, lyrics in French, lyrics in German, lyrics in gibberish

Pauses:  Beatles breaks, regular pauses

Chord changes:  minor to major, major to minor

Tempo change:  fast to slow, slow to fast

There could be more, but that's where I am right now.  Let me know what I've missed.
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Other than songs with barking and songs where Paul sounds angrier singing than he normally would because ####### Yolo is sitting in a bed gyrating wildly during the recording, I think you've covered it. 

 
Binky The Doormat said:
was that even around at that point??

certainly not at the point it is now to support untalented jackasses.
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I'm sure the current version was not around, but some of the tape manipulation (speed up, slow down, etc. ) to merge various takes or create a new effects, could possibly count as auto-tuning...

...maybe?...

...tho there was nuthin "auto" about it at the time. 

I curious. 🤔

 
Not related to autotune, but it made me remember..  When I did the Abbey Road medley write-up (which no one read), I wanted to find this copy of just the isolated vocals, which I'd heard years ago.  On quick searches I couldn't find it, and I didn't want to spend a ton more time on it, so I gave up and figured I'd come back to it.

Just remembered to look again.  I'm not sure if this is what I heard before (I don't remember the huge pauses without vocals), but this is an extraordinary listen.  I particularly love She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, starting with the OH LOOK OUT starting ~8:33.

 
krista4 said:
Not related to autotune, but it made me remember..  When I did the Abbey Road medley write-up (which no one read), I wanted to find this copy of just the isolated vocals, which I'd heard years ago.  On quick searches I couldn't find it, and I didn't want to spend a ton more time on it, so I gave up and figured I'd come back to it.

Just remembered to look again.  I'm not sure if this is what I heard before (I don't remember the huge pauses without vocals), but this is an extraordinary listen.  I particularly love She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, starting with the OH LOOK OUT starting ~8:33.
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And listening to this, I decided I like @Nipsey's version of Golden Slumbers better.   :lol:  

 
krista4 said:
Not related to autotune, but it made me remember..  When I did the Abbey Road medley write-up (which no one read), I wanted to find this copy of just the isolated vocals, which I'd heard years ago.  On quick searches I couldn't find it, and I didn't want to spend a ton more time on it, so I gave up and figured I'd come back to it.

Just remembered to look again.  I'm not sure if this is what I heard before (I don't remember the huge pauses without vocals), but this is an extraordinary listen.  I particularly love She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, starting with the OH LOOK OUT starting ~8:33.
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When listening, I got up to catch a cricket. 

Couldn't find it. 

Turns out it was an effect laid down on the audio track, :doh:

Really nice listening.

I imagined sitting with the Beatles around a camp fire in the hills or a 55 gallon drum fire on a street corner.

A capella is cool. Thnx. 

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
krista4 said:
Uses of chickens and other non-bird poultry
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Non-bird Poultry... 🤔

You talking bout Binky? 

😜
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And... 

Man of Constant Sorrow said:
krista4 said:
I think you quoted before my edit.   :)  
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Yeah, I hit the quote button yesterday, I think. 

Oofs 
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...are 2 quotes that seem to be of no significance. 

But...k, remember how you described insomnia? That part about non-stop thinking? Once ya lay down. 

Well, those "birds" have kept chirping in my head... 

All The Birdy People 

Ah look at all the bird-y people... 
Ah look at all the bird-y people... 

Binky the Doormat, scoops up the mice - 

With a lurch - air'y eddy'ing - un'seen

Lands on a beam

Flies into window, tearing his face

At the beak - window bar say, "no more!" 

What'a horr-or 

All the bird-y people

Where do they all come from?

All the bird-y people

Where do they all belong?

Wikkid-est-pissah, biting the curds

Of a salmon that flow'd by the pier

It came too near

Look at him lurking, warning the docks

Of the fight in their cen-te-ral square 

How does he fare

All the bird-y people

Where do they all come from?

All the bird-y people

Where do they all belong?

Ah look at all the bird-y people... 
Ah look at all the bird-y people... 

Binky the Doormat, died on his perch

And was buried - so long - end of game

No-one to blame 

Wikkid-est-pissah, swiping the curds

From his claws as he caws from his cave

MoCS now has raved

All the bird-y people

Where do they all come from?

All the bird-y people

Where do they all belong?
 

:shrug:

Ok. Think I can sleep now. 

Eh, Binky - sorry that you bit it.. ☹️

 
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Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Very good points, K. 

However, IRT the quoted, this was my biggest mistake. I agree the Medley merits such a spot, but in retrospect, I now realize that some people ranked the individual components of it rather than the Medley as a whole. 

This seems to have knocked it down some. 

I think. 

Getz, correct me if I am wrong. You may have made an adjustment...I dunno. 
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Medley was at 397 as a whole, but had another 85 points for its component tracks, which would be 482 total.  That would be #2, still 80+ points behind A Day in the Life, but 19 ahead of Here Comes the Sun (463)..

Now, that number is valid only if we assume that everyone who ranked a medley song individually would have ranked the whole medley with the same total points.  If somebody ranked, say 2 components as #12 and #13, that would total 25 points, and I don't think we can automatically assume that would put the Medley as a whole at #1 (25 points). So perhaps we could give it the points for each person's highest-ranked (or lowest (not Binky-related)) component :shrug:

But I think it would have easily surpassed In My Life (407) for #4, and possibly While My Guitar Gently Weeps (428) for #3.

eta :nerd:

 
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Shaft41 said:
krista4 said:
If it makes you feel any better, I am putting together a list of favorite Beatles moments, as you did, but when I had a lot I realized I should break it down in categories, with subcategories for each:

Vocal:  subcategories of high harmony, low harmony, melody, backward vocal, shouts, little screams, big screams, purrs and coos

Drums:  Ringo showcases, fills, backwards-### fills, other

Bass:  bass lines on the Hofners, bass lines on others

Guitar:  lead guitar, lead guitar (12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker non 12-string), lead guitar (Rickenbacker 12-string), acoustic guitar with same parameters, rhythm guitar of any sort, guitar fill, backward guitar, feedback guitar, introductory riff, mid-song riff, guitar solo by George, guitar solo by Paul, lead guitar where Paul did it because George couldn't, lead guitar where Paul did it because he was a Type A crazy who wouldn't let George work through it

Percussion:  cowbell (including firemen's bell), other ####

Sitar (no subcategories)

Other crazy-### Indian ####

Brass

Non-cello orchestration

Cello because #### all that other orchestration

Things that sound like cello but aren't

Uses of bird sounds

Uses of chickens and other non-tweetie-bird poultry

Uses of alarm clocks

Tape loops

Keyboard:  piano that sounds like a piano, piano that sounds like a harpsichord, harpsichord, Billy Preston

Lyrics:  lyrics in English, lyrics in French, lyrics in German, lyrics in gibberish

Pauses:  Beatles breaks, regular pauses

Chord changes:  minor to major, major to minor

Tempo change:  fast to slow, slow to fast

There could be more, but that's where I am right now.  Let me know what I've missed.
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Other than songs with barking and songs where Paul sounds angrier singing than he normally would because ####### Yolo is sitting in a bed gyrating wildly during the recording, I think you've covered it.
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:doh:   How could I forget those?

Friends, it seems our thread has come to an end.  I still intend to gather the fatguy, Nipsey, and Shaftdaughter stuff in one post, which I'll do sometime today.  I suppose I should also save my write-ups, which no one read, before the next board "upgrade."  Outside of that, I'm afraid we're done here.   :cry:   Thanks for all the kindness and support.

 
krista4 said:
:doh:   How could I forget those?

Friends, it seems our thread has come to an end.  I still intend to gather the fatguy, Nipsey, and Shaftdaughter stuff in one post, which I'll do sometime today.  I suppose I should also save my write-ups, which no one read, before the next board "upgrade."  Outside of that, I'm afraid we're done here.   :cry:   Thanks for all the kindness and support.
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Today marks two months to the day since you began.  What a run!!! :clap:

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Wikkid-est-pissah, biting the curds

Of a salmon that flow'd by the pier

It came too near

Look at him lurking, warning the docks

Of the fight in their cen-te-ral square 

How does he fare

All the bird-y people

Where do they all come from?

All the bird-y people

Where do they all belong?

Ah look at all the bird-y people... 
Ah look at all the bird-y people... 

Binky the Doormat, died on his perch

And was buried - so long - end of game

No-one to blame 

Wikkid-est-pissah, swiping the curds

From his claws as he caws from his cave

MoCS now has raved

All the bird-y people

Where do they all come from?

All the bird-y people

Where do they all belong?
 
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CAWWWWesome!

 
krista4 said:
:doh:   How could I forget those?

Friends, it seems our thread has come to an end.  I still intend to gather the fatguy, Nipsey, and Shaftdaughter stuff in one post, which I'll do sometime today.  I suppose I should also save my write-ups, which no one read, before the next board "upgrade."  Outside of that, I'm afraid we're done here.   :cry:   Thanks for all the kindness and support.
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Done? Why would you say that?

I'm not done here, just been too busy to post much lately. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to post an essay that has been r&r canon for decades. It was written 40 years ago (before Lennon was murdered) by one of the most respected rock critics of that generation.

Here's the link. I think it's interesting how the Beatles were thought of then (when, among other things, they could still be brought back together) and how they are thought of now. There's obviously been whole libraries of material released since Marcus wrote his essay he presumably didn't have access to.

 
krista4 said:
:doh:   How could I forget those?

Friends, it seems our thread has come to an end.  I still intend to gather the fatguy, Nipsey, and Shaftdaughter stuff in one post, which I'll do sometime today.  I suppose I should also save my write-ups, which no one read, before the next board "upgrade."  Outside of that, I'm afraid we're done here.   :cry:   Thanks for all the kindness and support.
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I confess I skimmed a few write-ups I thought might be most interesting. Did I skip over the Mongolian Cheese song? I searched "Genghis Khan + parmesan", and absent a result, I assumed it was scrapped.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Done? Why would you say that?

I'm not done here, just been too busy to post much lately. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to post an essay that has been r&r canon for decades. It was written 40 years ago (before Lennon was murdered) by one of the most respected rock critics of that generation.

Here's the link. I think it's interesting how the Beatles were thought of then (when, among other things, they could still be brought back together) and how they are thought of now. There's obviously been whole libraries of material released since Marcus wrote his essay he presumably didn't have access to.
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1961 "...Sutcliffe leaves group to paint..." 

1962 "...Sutcliffe dies of brain tumor..."

Oof. That should be the dictionary definition of misfortune right there.

 
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Uruk-Hai said:
Done? Why would you say that?

I'm not done here, just been too busy to post much lately. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to post an essay that has been r&r canon for decades. It was written 40 years ago (before Lennon was murdered) by one of the most respected rock critics of that generation.

Here's the link. I think it's interesting how the Beatles were thought of then (when, among other things, they could still be brought back together) and how they are thought of now. There's obviously been whole libraries of material released since Marcus wrote his essay he presumably didn't have access to.
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"1964:  December—Ringo’s tonsillectomy inspires worldwide vigil."  

:lmao:   As well it should have.

Thanks for posting this.  The second version of the chair is both charmingly and gloriously written.  I felt my pulse quickening as it crescendoed.  Made me, more than I've ever felt before, wish I'd been alive for that explosion.

I wasn't as taken with the third chair, but it was an interesting perspective to read, if a bit disjointed.  Boy, he didn't like Sgt. Pepper's.

Great stuff; had never seen this.

 
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