And We Are All Together / The Beatles Thread

[bada]

Come Together is like Smells Like Teen Spirit or Jeremy or Enter Sandman. It's not their fault I'm burned out on them but they're great songs I just don't ever need to hear again. The rest of that list is fantastic Trag.

[washing machine]

There's a passage in a Nick Hornby essay, probably about some new-ish music and how it applies to his life etc etc. The passage ends along the lines of "...besides, when's the last time you actual listened to a Beatles album, start-to-finish, anyway?" I don't remember where it's from and I'm probably modifying the sentiment slightly, but I remember reading that years ago and thinking there would never be a day that a Beatles album wasn't fresh on my mind. Of course that's not true now and I can start to identify with that sentiment and probably a lot more of Hornby's sentiments as I get into my mid-thirties. And yet, "It's All Too Much" just came on this playlist and it sounded so fresh and new. It's the understatement of the century to say how fantastic these guys were at nailing a melody and getting what they wanted out of a studio.

[darth_vedder]

Ah, what the hell...

My top 10 Beatles songs:

Two Of Us
Come Together
I'm Only Sleeping
Helter Skelter
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Blackbird
Taxman
Dig a Pony
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Almost a year later, and I don't think I'd change a thing about this ranking.

I see you seem to be more of a fan of the latter day Beatles work. What are some of your favorite early numbers?

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[chewm]

I think Help! is one of my favorites Beatles albums, For Sale is great too but I don't care about the majority of the covers.

[tragabigzanda]

[darth_vedder]

Some of my favorite early tracks are;

Don't Bother Me
I'll Follow the Sun
A Hard Day's Night
Things We Said Today
Ticket To Ride
I Feel Fine
I Wanna Be Your Man
What You're Doing
I'll Cry Instead
Help!
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen A Face

[tragabigzanda]

[chewm]

I've Just Seen a Face is magnificent.

It really is, probably top 10 for me

[chewm]

My current top 10 at the top of my head:
Rain
We Can Work It Out
Dear Prudence
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
For No One
She Said, She Said
Paperback Writter
I've Just Seen A Face
Norvegian Wood
A Day in the Life

I'm a huge fan of the transitional 65-66 period.

[darth_vedder]

I'm a huge fan of the transitional 65-66 period.

What do you guys think of "Don't Bother Me"? I really love that one from the early days.

[bodysnatcher]

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

I love this song so much. It changed a lot of how I perceived music and sound when I was a kid.

[McParadigm]

I've been on a big post-Beatles 70-75 kick lately.

It's the first time I've truly appreciated Band on the Run. Probably because it is equal parts of Abbey Road and Let it Be, and I find the former to be a safe rehash and the latter lost and dull. But Band is one of those post-band records that makes it easy to imagine what the Beatles could have been in the 70s.

And I still think it's amazing how completely people had given up on McCartney prior to that record, especially with Ram sitting on their shelves.

[Norah]

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

I love this song so much. It changed a lot of how I perceived music and sound when I was a kid.

Same.

[LetMeSleep]

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

I love this song so much. It changed a lot of how I perceived music and sound when I was a kid.

Same.

Discovering this album was a blast.

[Norah]

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

I love this song so much. It changed a lot of how I perceived music and sound when I was a kid.

Same.

Discovering this album was a blast.

It was one of the first albums I ever obsessed over. When I was in like the 4th grade I had a mop top bowl cut thing going on and someone in school said I looked like a Beatle. When I told my folks about it we realized I wasn't actually familiar with much of their music and my dad was all "alright we're gonna get you copies of Abbey Road and The White Album, that should keep you busy for a while".

[chewm]

I'm a huge fan of the transitional 65-66 period.

What do you guys think of "Don't Bother Me"? I really love that one from the early days.

I think that song is impressive, probably my favorite from "With the Beatles". I was actually going to make a post about how glad I was to see you listing it as one of your favorite early tracks but I forgot.

[darth_vedder]

I'm a huge fan of the transitional 65-66 period.

What do you guys think of "Don't Bother Me"? I really love that one from the early days.

I think that song is impressive, probably my favorite from "With the Beatles". I was actually going to make a post about how glad I was to see you listing it as one of your favorite early tracks but I forgot.

I love it. It it up there with my overall favorite Beatles songs.

This is all reminding me of our tournament on the old board. I added all our songs to a playlist. It think it was 90 total.

[darth_vedder]

[evenslow]

Oh Darling
Happiness is a Warm Gun
I'm So Tired
If I Fell
Things We Said Today
The Night Before
The Ballad of John and Yoko
I Saw Her Standing There
And Your Bird Can Sing
Norwegian Wood