It’s clear that the team of engineers responsible for the four-year project ensured that the world’s most important and famouspopcatalog finally received the care it’s always deserved no matter what mix is heard.
Such are the near-miraculous improvements in the key areas of information retrieval, hidden details, palpable physicality, expanded midrange, transient presence, and frequency response.
The changes wrought by the remasters are dramatic.
Please Please Me is distinguished by a previously vacant fullness, richness, and enormity. There’s discernible air and echo around the swooping vocals on “Misery,” and resolute imaging on “I Saw Her Standing There”—quite a thrill. And the bottom end—quite possibly the single-biggest enhancement on all of the remasters—registers with a forceful thump rather than a dull, empty thud. No longer an undefined aural morass, “Twist and Shout” explodes with a clean yet musical clarity, the singing more distinctive and immediate, the instruments possessing true timbres and resonant clatter. And who ever notices the expressive “Yeah!” at the end of the take?
Similarly, the mono With the Beatles unfolds with ear-bending vibrancy and liveliness. The rolling vocal harmonizing on “All My Loving” astounds. Across-the-board upgrades in airiness, dimensionality, depth, size, and Paul McCartney’s vastly underrated bass lines are detectable on every song.
Vocal precision, smoothness, and extension become even more pronounced on Help! and Rubber Soul. Ditto for the realistic bottom end, long absent on most Beatles recordings. McCartney’s bass and Ringo Starr’s percussion ride side-by-side, and smart albeit illuminating shades and accents
For kicks, comparing the 1987 digital issue of Sgt. Pepper’s to the new remasters lends perspective to just how awful the former are, and how amazing Capitol’s 2009 entries sound. Whereas the previous edition of the landmark record comes across as tinny, lifeless, shrill, flat, and canned—to the extent where listeners are forced to mentally fill in parts they think (and know) should be present—both versions of the revised Sgt. Pepper’s present the album as an entirely new adventure filled with immense detail, holographic soundstages, authentic studio dimensions, and shocking instrumental and textural surfaces that heretofore have been missing in action. Tracks such as “For the Benefit of Mr. Kite” seemingly float on an ethereal bed of studio effects, with tremendous top-to-bottom frequency extension revealing trippy surprises such as bells, wood blocks, congas, and various other percussive trinkets that possess a reach-out-and-touch presence.
No painstaking decisions involve Abbey Road or Let It Be, as only stereo versions exist. Each album unfolds like never before—particularly Abbey Road. Thicker tracks such as “She’s So Heavy” come on as indestructible walls of sound replete with phenomenal low-end weight, superb definition, vivid dynamics, and unlimited ceilings and floors. Starr’s drumming on “The End” is absorbing and titanic; it sounds so good, it’s almost difficult to believe this is the Beatles, which, unless one had unlimited funds for collectable LPs, have never sounded great. Depending on one’s perspective, such a conclusion is the ultimate sign that the folks at Capitol and Abbey Road Studios not only succeeded but surpassed most expectations. For if the Beatles remasters signify the last great hurrah of the compact disc, at least the format is going out in style.
So why would you want to hear them in mono? :lol
That's like saying that my grandparents originally made my mom's beef stew from gross well water, instead of clean, filtered tap water. So let's make it out of gross well water!
Why would you want to watch old movies in 4:3 aspect ratio when we have widescreen HDTVs now?!?!:-*
well, damned if i'm paying for them all over again. Set utorrent to 'download', Mr Sulu.
well, damned if i'm paying for them all over again. Set utorrent to 'download', Mr Sulu.
I think this will be the least downloaded thing ever.
How much louder are they? ::)
We hope that we have made them sound a bit more in keeping with the time, but one of the things we did agree that we would be very cautious about is limiting, which is where you make them as loud as you can. That's the common process of most recordings today - make 'em as loud as possible so that they're as loud as the last band. We agreed that we would not do that, because these are 40-year-old recordings and they don't deserve to have the dynamics of their songs
destroyed. At the same time, we felt, for the stereo master, that a small amount of limiting that didn't destroy the dynamics would be acceptable, so they are a bit louder.
well, damned if i'm paying for them all over again. Set utorrent to 'download', Mr Sulu.
I think this will be the least downloaded thing ever.
after 'Akala's Greatest Hits', presumably
the whole situation sucks...the mono releases shouldn't be so limited. How much are those going for now anyway?EMI stated that they will be issuing more of the Mono box set. Probably after the 9th, though. At the Beatles webstore you can still pre-order for delivery in October. They'll gladly lift $269 + shipping from your pocket. Bunch of other sites are still taking pre-orders. Amazon's confirmed they will be getting more Mono at some point. Free shipping and unless they gouge, they'll probably sell it at ~$230, the previous pre-order price.
the whole situation sucks...the mono releases shouldn't be so limited. How much are those going for now anyway?EMI stated that they will be issuing more of the Mono box set. Probably after the 9th, though. At the Beatles webstore you can still pre-order for delivery in October. They'll gladly lift $269 + shipping from your pocket. Bunch of other sites are still taking pre-orders. Amazon's confirmed they will be getting more Mono at some point. Free shipping and unless they gouge, they'll probably sell it at ~$230, the previous pre-order price.
The only unknown is whether EMI/Apple will continue to claim that the Mono is limited. The whole 10,000 thing turned out to be bull; but no one will state if there is some silent limit in the future.
here's my review: faaaaarrrrrt
That's better then. I can't afford it now but that doesn't mean it isn't something I'd like to own in the future. $230+ isn't TOO bad I suppose.
How much louder are they? ::)Man, I came in here to post this.
Man, I want this collection, but I probably have to go for Mono. Whenever I listen to anything with headphones, the vocals in one, instruments in the other mix is really distracting.
One of my best recent memories was splitting my headphones to listen to Jimi Hendrix's 1983 A Merman I Would Choose to Be with my ex-gf after discretely making love in a Prague hostel.
The stereo mix sounds distinguished mentally-challenged. I'll stick with my current mp3s.
What leaps out on virtually every album is a sense of in-the-studio presence that hasn’t been heard before. The rockers rock way harder, largely because the remastering process has brought out the McCartney-Starr rhythm section in a big way, making the bass and drum foundation sound beefier than we’ve ever known.
The gentler songs sparkle, with space around the guitar picking of Lennon and Harrison that make it seem as if they’re sitting in the room with you. Harmonies and background vocals come into their own with fresh clarity. Guitar chords slash through the speakers with aggression, pianos boogie with authority and the psychedelic numbers seem more colourful than ever.
While each release offers its share of revelations, the real stunners are found in the later, more ambitious undertakings, like The Beatles (better known as The White Album) and Abbey Road.
Here’s a random selection of must-hear tracks, all from the stereo albums:
1. Baby’s In Black (from Beatles For Sale): Listen for: Ringo Starr’s pounding bass drum on the last verse (“She thinks of him...”)
2. Tell Me What You See (from Help!): Listen for: new-found punch and presence, notably in the electric piano-and-drum break.
3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (from Rubber Soul): Listen for: bright, wide-open space, which makes you feel like you’re in Abbey Road studios.
4. Taxman (from Revolver): Listen for: Paul McCartney’s inspired bass playing, which has never come through so clearly on George Harrison’s wicked rocker.
5. She’s Leaving Home (from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band): Listen for: the pure, sweet tones of the string section, with a cello that sounds positively fat.
6. Strawberry Fields Forever (from Magical Mystery Tour): Listen for: Starr’s heavy drumming kicking in on the second verse of John Lennon’s psychedelic masterpiece. It’s actually startling.
7. Dear Prudence (from The Beatles): Listen for: the delicate, pin-drop picking as Lennon spins out the distinctive guitar phrase anchoring the song.
8. Julia (from The Beatles): Listen for: Lennon’s understated vocal, as if he were singing in your ear.
9. I’ve Got a Feeling (from Let It Be): Listen for: the liftoff that happens when Harrison comes in like a freight train and McCartney screams.
10. Because (from Abbey Road): Listen for: the angelic harmonies filling every space in the room. Truth be told, a listen to all of what was once Side 2 of the album should convince skeptics about the remasters.
Here’s a random selection of must-hear tracks, all from the stereo albums:
1. Baby’s In Black (from Beatles For Sale): Listen for: Ringo Starr’s pounding bass drum on the last verse (“She thinks of him...”)
2. Tell Me What You See (from Help!): Listen for: new-found punch and presence, notably in the electric piano-and-drum break.
3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (from Rubber Soul): Listen for: bright, wide-open space, which makes you feel like you’re in Abbey Road studios.
4. Taxman (from Revolver): Listen for: Paul McCartney’s inspired bass playing, which has never come through so clearly on George Harrison’s wicked rocker.
5. She’s Leaving Home (from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band): Listen for: the pure, sweet tones of the string section, with a cello that sounds positively fat.
6. Strawberry Fields Forever (from Magical Mystery Tour): Listen for: Starr’s heavy drumming kicking in on the second verse of John Lennon’s psychedelic masterpiece. It’s actually startling.
7. Dear Prudence (from The Beatles): Listen for: the delicate, pin-drop picking as Lennon spins out the distinctive guitar phrase anchoring the song.
8. Julia (from The Beatles): Listen for: Lennon’s understated vocal, as if he were singing in your ear.
9. I’ve Got a Feeling (from Let It Be): Listen for: the liftoff that happens when Harrison comes in like a freight train and McCartney screams.
10. Because (from Abbey Road): Listen for: the angelic harmonies filling every space in the room. Truth be told, a listen to all of what was once Side 2 of the album should convince skeptics about the remasters.
OMG @ the harmonies in "Octopus' garden"yeah.
Trent, SiRE?
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Fiona Apple's version of Across The Universe is way better than the original. That might be the only one I can think of though
Come Together isn't a good song no matter who does it
DL'ed the stereo box in FLAC. Hey Bulldog's bassline sounds amazing. :o
Come Together isn't a good song no matter who does it
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wow
shit dude those youtubes you posted sold me but i can't afford these :(torrent or download; it's not like Paul or Yoko are hurting for money. Though I do appreciate what the engineers did. It's as if I just heard "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" for the very first time just now. OMG at the tape loops and John's haunting voice.
that's awfully dramatic
that's awfully dramatic
Wow they have the underscorey crap in the tags and not just the folder names. Fucking distinguished mentally-challenged.Can someone please PM me where I could find the torrent? Mininova's version has the tags all fucked up. :(
... for fuck's sake :'(
*cancels*
I just don't feel like fixing all 230 files.Can't say I blame you there.
Holy crap. Decent heaphones (Sennheiser HD555) and 320KB/s encoding is making this seriously sound entirely new. It's so good, it's distracting.
Where's the :vinylcry emoticon?
Some prickdick on GAF lambasted me for asking a simple question as to why he preferred the certain mono versions so much.I saw that. "Appalling to the senses" :lol
I listened to the track he was referring to - She's Leaving Home. He's right about the stereo mix being about a half-step lower in pitch...but other than that, it sounds fine. A lot of the other tracks on Sgt. Peppers benefit entirely from the stereo mix - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds sounds fucking brilliant, and you can actually hear George's backing guitar riff with the little pre-chorus, something I never even heard before. Can't hear it on the mono mix.
I'm gonna guess it's going to come down to what you like more - authenticity to the original recording, or hearing the actual improvements better. I tend to fall into the latter.
I listened to the track he was referring to - She's Leaving Home. He's right about the stereo mix being about a half-step lower in pitch...but other than that, it sounds fine. A lot of the other tracks on Sgt. Peppers benefit entirely from the stereo mix - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds sounds fucking brilliant, and you can actually hear George's backing guitar riff with the little pre-chorus, something I never even heard before. Can't hear it on the mono mix.
I'm gonna guess it's going to come down to what you like more - authenticity to the original recording, or hearing the actual improvements better. I tend to fall into the latter.
The ones I have on my ipod, PC, as mp3, listening to now, etc. are all from the stereo box. But if I was going to spend $200-300 on the boxset, I would definitely go for mono. I'm hoping it's not as rare as people are claiming.
and this is the first time in a while I've used my hd959s for music. I need to do this more often.
Two discs [Please Please Me and With the Beatles] in then, and mono wins for sheer visceral thrills and impact and overall sound. It's interesting to hear the extra separation and detail in the stereo versions, but in a direct A/B test, out of 28 songs, we only prefer one – Money – in its stereo incarnation.
Aside from Rock And Roll Music, which is so much more muscular and raucous in mono, like A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale's more ambitious and varied textures are well-served by the extra spread of stereo.
Switching to the mono disc [on Help], what is lost in separation is gained in sheer balls and power, allowing you to hear exactly why Lennon would later refer to Ticket To Ride as "the first heavy metal record."
That said, it seems unlikely that anything other than the new stereo version of Help! will be most listeners' first port of call from now on. It's a truly spectacular record that sounds better than ever here, and the first in a series of stone cold classic albums that sees The Beatles rivalled in the rock canon only by The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet/Let It Bleed/Sticky Fingers/Exile On Main Street sequence.
Whereas the mono Please Please Me is the hard-punching essential purchase and the stereo version a mere curio, Rubber Soul in mono is grainy and swamped. The new stereo disc gives the arrangements the space they need to bloom, exceeding the '60s mono and stereo mixes and the 1987 compact disc.
How does Revolver sound on the new mono and stereo? Unlike Rubber Soul, it's something of a mixed bag. Taxman has much more punch in mono, and the stark hard-panned separation of rhythm section left and vocals right on the stereo disc makes us wish that the stereo image had been given the same treatment that revitalised Drive My Car.
Eleanor Rigby is another case in point. 1999's Yellow Submarine Songtrack album featured a beautifully-remixed and remastered stereo version of the song that saw Paul's lead vocal moved into the centre of the stereo picture, positioning it perfectly within the string octet and backing harmonies.
Here, they've reverted to the 1966 stereo mix. This means that you can hear the ADT drop out clumsily in the middle of the first 'Eleanor' as the lead vocal moves into the right channel alone, then re-centre during the word 'all' in "all the lonely people". It's far from seamless, and frankly infuriating on headphones.
. . .
Yellow Submarine (the song) also suffers on the new stereo Revolver disc: a better stereo remix was released a decade ago.
That said, it's far from being all bad. This is still Revolver we're talking about here after all. Predictably, on the new stereo disc, Tomorrow Never Knows is majestic.
I'm gonna guess it's going to come down to what you like more - authenticity to the original recording, or hearing the actual improvements better. I tend to fall into the latter.Not to post some aphorism, but get what you like. For all this originalism talk, it's laughable to be lectured on how you should listen to the Beatles by people who weren't around for the first go-round. I wasn't, and don't care what some self-appointed Beatles curator says is the respectful, intended mix of the Beatles. I prefer the old Mono, but so what? Macca, Martin, et al can say what they like. If Stereo is better, I'm going for that.
well, damned if i'm paying for them all over again. Set utorrent to 'download', Mr Sulu.
Some nut in the GAF thread said he's going to buy both box sets :roflHe's not getting the mono one anytime soon if he didn't preorder.
In any case, the sound of these remasters, mono or stereo, is exceptional.
Listening to the new masters, the differences in sound quality generally manifest in three ways: songs have more "punch," with Paul McCartney's bass (an absolute wonder throughout) and Ringo's drums hitting with more force; the separation is better, so that instruments and (especially) layered vocals have more definition-- when the Beatles are harmonizing, you can more easily pick out the different vocalists, and the voices have more presence; and finally, the sound in general seems just a touch brighter, with various sound effects, cymbals taps, and so on, ringing with more clarity.
well, damned if i'm paying for them all over again. Set utorrent to 'download', Mr Sulu.
I'd wait for a while on that, unless you're on a private tracker.
seems like the kind of thing that would be watched for a few months, with cease and desists all around
That's all they have up. But if they're going to give Beatles for Sale a 9.3, they should give the rest 10s (Yellow Sub excluded).
If any of those albums except MMT came out for the first time in 2009, they'd be the best albums released that year.
10.0 is utterly reasonable. And the high spots of MMT are still incredible.
If any of those albums except MMT came out for the first time in 2009, they'd be the best albums released that year.That's not saying much. I guess I can see how you could make the argument that the 10s are warranted, but I'm mostly just surprised that it's Pitchfork of all publications that is the one doling them out like this.
QuoteIf any of those albums except MMT came out for the first time in 2009, they'd be the best albums released that year.
I don't know; Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, and Magical Mystery Tour are all firmly dated in the psychedelic era. They sound great, but they sound dated. If such albums were released today, they would be maligned. Of course, they'd be maligned as derivative, a criticism which can't be levied at these albums because they were original at the time they were released.Quote10.0 is utterly reasonable. And the high spots of MMT are still incredible.
I think most of the Beatles albums are nearly flawless. I rarely skip songs (except for songs on the White Album and Beatles for Sale), but tens are a bit much.
You fall into my carefully-prepared logic trap!
You see, if they hadn't been released in the 60s, the entire course of popular music would have changed. We'd all be listening to orchestral doo-wop or some shit at this stage. And so the Beatles' albums would still sound innovative and fresh, warranting 10s across the board.
*twirls moustache*
Yesterday they did a test on TV, played the old version and the remastered. Couldn't tell any difference.Shitty TV speakers != a decent pair of high-fidelity head/earphones. I found my old pair of Shure 210s and even on those the difference is clear as day.
Am I crazy or do the cymbals at the beginning of A Hard Day's Night (the song) sound kind of shitty on the 2009 remaster?
The phrase, "It's like their White Album"-- applied to records like Prince's Sign o' the Times, Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, the Clash's Sandinista!, and Pavement's Wowee Zowee
also as for people not knowing shit about sound quality, self described "vinyl only" people come into our bar all the time and praise our vinyl collection all the time and wax on and on about the sound quality when in fact the player is turned off and and i'm playing mix tapes off my phone.
now that pitchfork likes the beatles maybe everyone can be over them
someone put these up on rapidshare or megaupload. Ono has enough money
What should I get first? I'm guessing their early albums are poppy Jonas Brothers trash:piss Anything before Rubber Soul :piss2
Please Please Me is pretty good, but then again many of the songs sound like stuff Sam Cook did much better. And the bass line on Baby It's You sounds almost exactly like Stand By Me.
Someone was playing the Rolling Stones' psychedelic record, Satanic Majesties or whatever, in a coffeeshop last week. I hadn't heard it before, I thought it was pretty good, better than I would've expected.It isn't bad, and "She's a Rainbow" is one of my favorite Stones' songs. But, I guess, it's overshadowed by other psychedelic albums and the Stones' previous releases and their next four classic albums.
'Tomorrow Never Knows' is a revelation. I never realized how much this sounds like drum n' bass! I've never thought of this as 'danceable' (when I was 12 I just thought it was unlistenable) but it wouldn't sound too out of place at some clubs. Ahead of his time much?
Wish You Were Here > Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here > Dark Side of the Moon
someone put these up on rapidshare or megaupload. Ono has enough money
Bolachas.org
Scroll down. Teehee.
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when youre on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
Youll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know its going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end youll pack, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you lose control, youll reap the harvest that youve sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And its too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that Im a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if Im just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake of this creeping malaise
If I dont stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyones expendable and no-one had a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And you believe at heart, everyones a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a seat in the stand
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.
It's kinda crazy how Animals consists of three consecutive 10+ minute tracks and NEVER gets boring. That might be the only time a rock group has accomplished that.
QuoteThe phrase, "It's like their White Album"-- applied to records like Prince's Sign o' the Times, Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, the Clash's Sandinista!, and Pavement's Wowee Zowee
pitchfork sucks SO MUCH. reading that ten point oh review fucking angered me for some reason. may be it was the quoted...that struck me for some reason.
btw I'm watching parts of the beloved Magical Mystery Tour, not terribly eventful but there is a genuinely surreal scene here with Lennon at his grinning best shovelling mud for a crying fat lady at a restaurant. and ringo can really lol 'act naturally'. considering seeing more... who's managed through it all?
And Justice For All doesn't have any 10+ minute tracks!
I'm liking White Album a lot more than the other albums so far
Malek, if you own a Zune pass, check out the Marketplace for a playlist of Beatles covers. Several of them are actually pretty good.
The variety of musicians that did covers of Beatles' songs speaks is impressive and speaks volumes about their influence.
Do it. Revolver and Abbey Road are the best Beatles albums, IMO.
And Malek, isn't The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill on that side as well? That's the worst Beatles track of all, I think.
I'm liking White Album a lot more than the other albums so far
It's probably my second favorite Beatles album. It has some bad material, though.
Side three is my favorite:
Side three
1. "Birthday"
2. "Yer Blues"
3. "Mother Nature's Son"
4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
5. "Sexy Sadie"
6. "Helter Skelter"
7. "Long, Long, Long"
Side one has better songs, but it also has both "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Wild Honey Pie." FTL
What are your favorite Beatles albums, Malek?
They are all equally overrated.
Your screenplays are overrated.
Prepare to be underwhelmed.
Once you're done, you can listen to a real band - like Muse.
The variety of musicians that did covers of Beatles' songs speaks is impressive and speaks volumes about their influence.
no!:yuck
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So I've never actually listened to a full Beatles album. Downloading Abbey Road now.
I should add, Himuro, that Past Masters 2 is flawless (well, except for "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"). It's amazing that the Beatles didn't release their best singles on their regular albums.
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road. I then stopped.
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road. I then stopped.
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road. I then stopped.
You don't like Come Together? ???
:-\
All the albums are overrated.
I'm not big on Sgt. Peppers or Revolver either. 2 minute songs of hippy shit.
Nothing to say about "A Day in the Life"?
Did you listen to the mono version of "She's Leaving Home"?spoiler (click to show/hide)Absolutely amazing song. I've heard it so many times, whereas I heard She's Leaving Home for the first time last night.spoiler (click to show/hide)[close][close]
Yea, everything I've downloaded has been mono - although the Rubber Soul file also included the stereo versions.That version has the original '65 stereo mix. The remastered stereo discs use the superior 1987 George Martin remix.
I need to get some better headphones btw
Anyone have a link for Abbey Road? The file isn't working in the previous link
Tried out the Sgt Pepper stereo, and I like it, perhaps more so than mono overall. But there are some songs where the separation of instruments is annoying at times, especially at the beginning of songs. But ultimately it's cool being able to clearly hear when various instruments are introduced into a song.
Now I'm on the White Album. First disk is utterly amazing, and after listening to it I was convinced this would end up being the best double album I've heard. Second disk is good, but definitely not as good. That being said this is definitely the best and most consistent double album I've heard. Especially the first disk holy shit
I don't think I have never heard a whole Beatles song. Except Imagine but that's just John Lennon. And that awful Christmas song but that's just Paul McCartney.
EMI should be giving away this crap!
Are you sure you're Jewish?
[youtube=560,345]6o8-eLZhrOA[/youtube]I only found out about this song through evilbore- though I have heard it before in parts but never thought PM sung it.
I can understand why someone like Fresh Prince would never want to hear a Beatles song after hearing this.
Beatles pre-Rubber Soul are dead to me.
I agree with Himuro, early Beatles is pop trash.
:lol
George has always been my personal favorite. John and Paul might've been a better team, but George had songs that just felt more personal. Here Comes the Sun, I Me Mine, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, Long Long Long...awesome songs.
Lennon was a cock, but he was a better song writer than McCartney. Hell, Harrison's best songs are about as good Paul's best.
Paul was a better musician, had better pop sense, and had more vocal range. Lennon and McCartney complemented each other.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Paul McCartney topped a poll of Americans' favorite Beatles. . . . Nearly 30 percent of Americans questioned in the poll selected McCartney, compared to 16 percent who chose John Lennon, 10 percent for George Harrison and 9 percent for Ringo Starr.
Zogby International, one of the more preminent political pollsters, has conducted an extensive poll on the Beatles and Beatlemania among the American public.
Fewer liberals (9%) and Democrats (14%) didn't like the Beatles than Republicans and conservatives (30% each) who didn't.
:bow Paul :bow2
The best Beatle
Honestly, reading John Lennon's wikipedia entry makes me think he was an awful douchenizzle of a person. What kind of asshole doesn't leave his own son something in his will when he's a rich mofo? ???
Instant Karma is still the best post-Beatles song by a Beatle.
Instant Karma is still the best post-Beatles song by a Beatle.
Clearly, you never listened to "Wonderful Christmas Time" before. And I just posted a youtube of the song!
Paul consistently contributed the worst song to Beatle albums (save for Beatles for Sale, the worst song being a cover of John's choosing, and Let It Be, which is pretty consistent in spite of it being one of their lesser albums and doesn't have a stand-out bad track), therefore he is the worst Beatle.
But he had a pretty cool voice imo :lol
But yea he was like the Meg White of the Beatles
They're alright. Just simplistic. They seem like good ideas but it's hard to care when you have songs that are 2 minutes long, personally.
I like later-era Beatles because not only are their songs longer in length, but they have better musical composition, lyric depth, and are more interesting.
Paul consistently contributed the worst song to Beatle albums (save for Beatles for Sale, the worst song being a cover of John's choosing, and Let It Be, which is pretty consistent in spite of it being one of their lesser albums and doesn't have a stand-out bad track), therefore he is the worst Beatle.
Odd logic. Georgeonly had towas only allowed to contribute one or two songs an album, and Ringo wrote like one song by himself. Thus, either Paul or John will end up with the most stinkers.
I hope you're laughing because you agree Malek :o
I'm listening to Abbey Road right now, on Maxwell's Silver Hammer. This sound would have been tolerable with Ringo singing!
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is much more enjoyable when you pick up on the transgendering.I'm pretty sure Paul just messed up the line. I could be wrong.
I listened to Strawberry Fields the lyrics are like something Talib Kweli would write- no worse.
It's still a good album, but Let it Be Naked is better.
edit: Phil Spector did make "The Long Winding Road" better.
Instant Karma is still the best post-Beatles song by a Beatle.
Clearly, you never listened to "Wonderful Christmas Time" before. And I just posted a youtube of the song!
Nope. Pretty sure Paul was sleeping until Say Say Say. Michael Jackson saved him from retirement, made one fun song and one kinda dull one, and then he went back to sleep.
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Abbey Road = White > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul > Revolver > Magical Mystery Tour > Let it Be > A Hard Day's Night > Help! > the rest
George Harrison was increasingly resentful — while he was treated respectfully by musical colleagues such as Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, within the Beatles he felt that his songs were either derided or ignored (at one point during the rehearsals, Lennon responded to Harrison demonstrating his new song 'I Me Mine' to him by stating "We're a rock and roll band – run along, boy" and later chose to waltz with Ono, behaviour possibly intended to be a form of mockery, rather than contribute while the other three Beatles attempted to arrange and rehearse the song).:lol
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http://bolachas.org/the-beatles-mono-remasters-2009#more-1311
Is there a general list of innovations this album brought to music somewhere? Because it seems to have plenty.
The more I listen the more songs like Within In, Without You stand out. I don't think that song has really aged well.
Have any of you guys heard the new McCartney album Electric Arguments? I rather like it. He played a few songs from the album when I saw him at Coachella. I really liked this one:
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfiViHa1F4[/youtube]
I am directly comparing Stereo and Mono Sgt. Pepper's songs, and mono is way more clear. I cannot make out what they're saying in the vocals at all say, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (track 1, not the whole album) in stereo but I can in mono.
A Day in the Life makes me wet in stereo.:teehee
shots firedIt's not a bad album, but it's pretty boring.
It's actually pretty good sex music, believe it or not.
Together with the approximately 50,000 sales made by reservation in advance, almost all of the copies allocated for the Korean market were sold out. Initially, Korea imported 70,000 copies.
In Korea, industry sources say fewer than 10 albums sell more than 10,000 copies in a year. In that sad reality of the record industry in Korea, the Fab Four has apparently made a “fabulous comeback” and is rewriting history.
I'd say Fixing a Hole "ruins" it, personally.
I like Getting Better :(
I like Getting Better :(
It's alright. Main reason I like it is for the quiet "it can't get worse" that comes in at points.
How on earth does Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite not get a :bow2 ?
Easily one of the best tracks on the album.
The remastered Beatles albums have broken chart records around the world, selling more than 2.25 million copies within days of release in North America, the UK and Japan.
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Figures from record company EMI show UK sales of the digitally remastered albums have exceeded 354,000 in 11 days of release. The Fab Four's total UK album sales this decade now stand at 6,755,000.
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The new wave of Beatlemania also hit Japan; all 14 titles and box sets debuted in the top 25 of the international chart there. More than 840,000 Beatles albums were sold in Japan in the first three days of release.