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For Matty and I and all others to talk about all things Beatles. I think Mr. X is a John Lennon guy. reno seems like a Beatles guy.

So, I had my first Beatles phase like 30 years ago but you know the saying: older, wiser

Get Back has me doing another deep dive. This time around, deeper.

I didn’t realize it until a day or two ago that the album that blows my mind the most is Magical Mystery Tour.

While I do like the title track (mostly where they seem to slow the tempo down) there are 5 songs (five!!) that really blow my mind.

I Am The Walrus
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
All You Need Is Love


Two quick remarks for now on these songs. Obviously, Strawberry Fields, Hello, Goodbye and Penny Lane are insane classics but….

I Am The Walrus is so sonically amazing. Especially with headphones on. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t fully realize how sonic it is until now. All that sonic goodness AND you get the melodies you come to expect. The mix toward the end feels like it shifts to this weird center part of your brain. I wish I could articulate it better.

And All You Need Is Love. Lennons voice sounds so pure and syrupy in the verses. He’s like a very loving parent speaking to a dear child. No, I haven’t been drinking if you’re thinking that. Then they do that really cool thing at the end “she loves you yeah yeah yeah”.

Brilliant.

What’s your favorite Beatles album?
 
What blows my mind about The Beatles is that like half their catalog has become a pop-rock standard. Most bands are lucky to have one enduring hit. The Beatles have probably over a hundred? It's absolutely ridiculous.

Look at this Rick Beato vid where he deconstructs The End, a 52-second bit at the end of Abbey Road:


Some people think that Beatles fans are some sort of old-fashioned purists that are merely paying respect to pioneers, and they are spectacularly wrong. The music is genius and timeless and endlessly copied to this day by current artists.

I always have to listen to entire albums when I go through a Beatles phase. Been doing it since the age of 11, when a kid in my class let me borrow and copy his complete collection of studio albums (on cassette) one by one.

Gun to my head, I'd say Abbey Road is my fave. Listening to it is a bit of a religious experience every time. But it's very closely followed by Rubber Soul, Revolver, Let It Be (up until recently I would've said the Naked 2003 remix is best but I'm really enjoying the 2021 Giles Martin mix), Sgt. Pepper, the White Album and Magical Mystery Tour. The early stuff I can do without.
 
I agree 100% with your old-fashioned purists comment. It’s like, the Beatles are so good that some music fans almost take it for granted.

All You Need Is Love is a good example. It’s like “oh yeah, just another Beatles smash”.

I’m going to deep dive Abbey Road next, Matty.

:cheers:
 
If the majority of Let It Be was written before Abbey Road, Abbey Road gets my vote for last Beatles album.

Jesus, I just looked at the track listing of Abbey Road. So many hits wow, man.

www.rollingstone.com

'Abbey Road' vs. 'Let It Be': Which Was the Beatles' Last Album?

What's the final Beatles album? If you're a Beatles fan, you've had at least one chemically-assisted late-night argument about this.
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Yeah, I always felt like the track order was off, but I have no idea how I would rearrange them. Come Together is a bit jarring as an opener, but what else would you put there? Hell of a groove.
 
I think A Day In The Life(?) is my favorite. It sort of captures in tone the deep depression that is life, in a powerful way.
Also Let It Be, because I think it rings some bell in my head from childhood.
But no, I don't go seeking out Beatles tunes.

Btw I have watched a number of that Rick Beato vids. Can't say I can follow what he's getting at most of the time. But I did learn from him that Larry Carlton did the solo on Kid Charlamagne. And he also led me to listen to some Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass. :yes: interesting stuff
 
Growing up I had A LOT of exposure to the Beatles. My mother listened to their early work and then when I was older my uncle (the one with wet brain) listed to their later more experimental stuff. I'm 100% sure the album I've listened to the most is the white album and the next one isnt even close - it was probably the only one available on Columbia house or something? I rarely listen to the Beatles now but it's insane how often I find myself humming or singing a Beatles song.

A couple life's references that come up re: The Beatles

My daughter sometimes comes home from day care singing or talking about a Beatles song - apparently the 20-something women that work there sometimes put them on.

The Beatles come up a lot in the law. They're so prolific and their work so pervasive that there is a bunch of legal opinions that get cited frequently in the area of copyright and advertising licensing.

Finally, my mother in law is British (and quite proper) and she claims she doesn't like them. She's in her mid 60s so she's a bit young to have appreciated their entire arc... perhaps she thinks they're overrated? She's a Londoner and so she thinks they're just a bunch of scousers. I've never asked my BIL from Liverpool (age 45) what he thinks of them.
 
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Pretty good movie for Beatle’s fans
 
I just learned that George and Ringo do not play on one of my favorite songs, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.

George was away on a holiday or something and Ringo was acting in a film during the 7-hour recording session, I think McCartney played drums and it definitely sounds like him singing harmonies.
 
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