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« Reply #180 on: September 12, 2009, 01:39:58 AM »
Muse? Even Joel doesn't like their newest album.

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« Reply #181 on: September 12, 2009, 01:43:06 AM »
As if he is the arbiter of good taste.

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« Reply #182 on: September 12, 2009, 01:43:18 AM »
Prepare to be underwhelmed.

Once you're done, you can listen to a real band - like Muse.

bands are for distinguished effete fellows anyways. 

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« Reply #183 on: September 12, 2009, 01:43:23 AM »
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« Reply #184 on: September 12, 2009, 01:56:03 AM »
Nevermind Himuro, that link is mislabeled bullshit, sorry
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« Reply #185 on: September 12, 2009, 03:16:02 AM »
The variety of musicians that did covers of Beatles' songs speaks is impressive and speaks volumes about their influence.  

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« Reply #186 on: September 12, 2009, 03:27:30 AM »
no!

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« Reply #187 on: September 12, 2009, 03:37:42 AM »
I like the synth flute-ish thing that comes in around 0:46 of the Fiona Apple version.  was that made for the movie Pleasantville?
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« Reply #188 on: September 12, 2009, 03:52:39 AM »
no!

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Re: First Review of the Beatles Remastered Box Sets
« Reply #189 on: September 12, 2009, 05:05:41 AM »
STOP TROLLING

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« Reply #190 on: September 12, 2009, 05:06:40 AM »
:bow The White Album :bow2

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« Reply #191 on: September 12, 2009, 05:11:39 AM »
:bow Yer Blues! :bow2


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« Reply #192 on: September 12, 2009, 12:39:52 PM »
So I've never actually listened to a full Beatles album.  Downloading Abbey Road now. 

The side two medley is glorious.

The album gave a pretty good indication of what the Beatles would've sounded like if they kept on to the early 70s, oh well.
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« Reply #193 on: September 12, 2009, 02:34:15 PM »
Yer Blues  :o 8)
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« Reply #194 on: September 12, 2009, 03:47:43 PM »
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« Reply #195 on: September 12, 2009, 06:20:26 PM »
I broke down and bought Abbey Road and The White Album at Wal-Mart today. I'll probably pick up Revolver and Sgt. Pepper next paycheck.
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« Reply #196 on: September 12, 2009, 06:44:00 PM »
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.

Belle and Sebastian have done the same thing. It's a great way to get everyone, not just die hard fans to buy singles.
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« Reply #197 on: September 13, 2009, 06:55:30 PM »
I am listening to the entire Beatles discography after mostly neglecting them over the years and trolling Malek.

I'm damn impressed.

Abbey Road is FANTASTIC.
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« Reply #198 on: September 13, 2009, 06:58:42 PM »
Revolver is kinda eh. There are some very good songs, then songs that are just...there. Doctor Robert? Good Day Sunshine? I Want To Tell You? Gotta Get You Into My Life? Love You To? Meh

Rubber Soul>>Revolver
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« Reply #199 on: September 13, 2009, 11:25:29 PM »
been listening to this today, up to Help! now and it's fucking amazing
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« Reply #200 on: September 14, 2009, 12:56:26 AM »
the bass in Hey Bulldog is incredible

I just want it alone as my ringtone

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« Reply #201 on: September 14, 2009, 12:57:38 AM »
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road.  I then stopped. 

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« Reply #202 on: September 14, 2009, 12:59:34 AM »
Why? ???  Maxwell's Silver Hammer isn't THAT bad.

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« Reply #203 on: September 14, 2009, 01:01:38 AM »
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road.  I then stopped. 

You don't like Come Together?  ???
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« Reply #204 on: September 14, 2009, 01:27:19 AM »
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road.  I then stopped. 

Worst troll ever. And it figures you'd misspell both two and Abbey. Go listen to the FMA soundtrack.

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« Reply #205 on: September 14, 2009, 02:01:05 AM »
meh, Get You Into My Life is too bombastic, what is this a swing song? Hookless, just obnoxious to me

It's just a boring, like half the album
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« Reply #206 on: September 14, 2009, 03:17:02 AM »
All the albums are overrated.
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« Reply #207 on: September 14, 2009, 03:20:25 AM »
Listened to the first to songs on Abby Road.  I then stopped. 

You don't like Come Together?  ???
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not really. 

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Re: First Review of the Beatles Remastered Box Sets
« Reply #208 on: September 14, 2009, 03:24:52 AM »
All the albums are overrated.

So far I'm agreeing with you. I'm on Sgt. Pepper now, great so far but even here the tracks range from good to alright to great
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« Reply #209 on: September 14, 2009, 03:56:27 AM »
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« Reply #210 on: September 14, 2009, 09:07:47 AM »
I'm not big on Sgt. Peppers or Revolver either. 2 minute songs of hippy shit.

Abbey Road :bow
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« Reply #211 on: September 14, 2009, 10:07:35 AM »
 
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I'm not big on Sgt. Peppers or Revolver either. 2 minute songs of hippy shit.

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« Reply #212 on: September 14, 2009, 10:20:15 AM »
elanor rigby is one of the best songs ever
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« Reply #213 on: September 14, 2009, 01:27:57 PM »
Sgt. Pepper is not really "hippy".

I like it a lot - it's probably tied with The White Album as my second favorite Beatles album after Abbey Road.
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« Reply #214 on: September 14, 2009, 01:41:04 PM »
Abbey Road is the one Beatles album I'm listening to that I think is worthy of all the praise. This is one of the best rock albums I've heard. The others have some good songs, but this is great from beginning to end.

I haven't listened to Let It Be yet.

I prefer late Beatles to early Beatles listening to these albums. Abbey Road, White Album, Rubber Soul...they have meaty, interesting lyrics; amazing instrument playing and are more interesting compositions all around. But the earlier albums are full of two minute long boring songs.

This is why I used to not really like Beatles. I didn't really have much exposure to late Beatles; I was constantly served early Beatles, which I find to be boring as shit.
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« Reply #215 on: September 14, 2009, 03:14:20 PM »
Ok, more real talk: Sgt. Pepper is fantastic. I can't think of an album with a better opening six tracks. On Revolver I really felt like McCarthy's poppy songs were spotty and often average. Here he has some of the best, especially She's Leaving Home. Wow. Can't say I like Lovely Rita or Good Morning; they aren't bad, just meh.

I read up on the creation of the album and couldn't help but consider the innovations featured here that impact music - but especially hip hop for me. Sampling, and the creation of "aliases" - think Wu Tang. Interesting  :o
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« Reply #216 on: September 14, 2009, 04:02:07 PM »
Nothing to say about "A Day in the Life"?
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« Reply #217 on: September 14, 2009, 04:02:45 PM »
I agree. Although I think Sgt. Pepper's is weaker than White Album and Abbey Road, it's definitely when the Beatles music actually starts to move away from disposable pop to actually good music.

Then again, Rubber Soul's not bad.
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« Reply #218 on: September 14, 2009, 04:07:04 PM »
Nothing to say about "A Day in the Life"?

It's alright

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Absolutely amazing song. I've heard it so many times, whereas I heard She's Leaving Home for the first time last night.
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« Reply #219 on: September 14, 2009, 04:24:29 PM »
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Absolutely amazing song. I've heard it so many times, whereas I heard She's Leaving Home for the first time last night.
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Did you listen to the mono version of "She's Leaving Home"?

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« Reply #220 on: September 14, 2009, 04:34:38 PM »
Yea, everything I've downloaded has been mono - although the Rubber Soul file also included the stereo versions.

I need to get some better headphones btw
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« Reply #221 on: September 14, 2009, 04:37:49 PM »
Stereo forever! :rock
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« Reply #222 on: September 14, 2009, 04:41:49 PM »
Yea, everything I've downloaded has been mono - although the Rubber Soul file also included the stereo versions.

I need to get some better headphones btw
That version has the original '65 stereo mix. The remastered stereo discs use the superior 1987 George Martin remix.

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« Reply #223 on: September 14, 2009, 04:52:34 PM »
Hm, I'll probably wait for better headphones before doing stereo.
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« Reply #224 on: September 14, 2009, 05:00:40 PM »
I've been listening to the stereo versions. Why would you listen to mono in 2009 deliberately? I mean, I can understand if they were the originals.
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« Reply #225 on: September 14, 2009, 05:01:36 PM »
well most people in the GAF thread were saying mono>stereo  ???
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« Reply #226 on: September 14, 2009, 05:05:44 PM »
Mono is something that audiophiles and purists jack off about, since The Beatles originally mixed their album in mono.

I think the new stereo mixes are pretty ace, and don't know why you'd want to listen to mono, unless you are a collector. Those who dabble in audio engineering might care, but do any of you ever know what stereo panning means?

Don't think so.

Buy stereo! :rock
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« Reply #227 on: September 14, 2009, 05:10:05 PM »
From a purist's viewpoint, mono > stereo -- they were the "priority" mixes.  I personally enjoy the stereo versions more for almost every single song apart from the few times the stereo mix is very badly done (specifically thinking of "Eleanor Rigby").  People say the mono versions are "punchier", I think they sound flat and lifeless by comparison.  It's all personal preference.
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« Reply #228 on: September 14, 2009, 07:11:31 PM »
I broke down and bought Sgt. Pepper and Revolver today.

Sgt. Pepper sounds wonderful.
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« Reply #229 on: September 14, 2009, 10:19:24 PM »
The Mono are good.  Don't let the lunacy of pedantic Beatles fans get in the way of enjoying them.  That said, the cleaned up Stereo are also very good.  If I was going to recommend either to a newbie (and the Mono were available stand-alone), I'd still advise to get the Stereo.

I like the Mono versions quite a bit, but if you aren't used to it (or can't abide the flat wall'o'sound) get the Stereo for sure.  They're really quite good.  Even the odd stereo separation of instruments and vocals on the first two albums isn't as jarring as I thought it was going to be; just different.  They were smart to apply limiting to the Stereo versions.  The slight increase in loudness doesn't interfere with the quality of the recordings at all.  Sounds good, mayne.

None of this dithering holds true for the Beach Boy's Pet Sounds, though.  Stereo all the way.  The Mono version sounds like garbage in comparison, original or not.

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« Reply #230 on: September 16, 2009, 04:00:49 PM »
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

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« Reply #231 on: September 17, 2009, 12:17:18 AM »
Anyone have a link for Abbey Road? The file isn't working in the previous link
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« Reply #232 on: September 17, 2009, 12:19:54 AM »
I bought Abbey Road, The White Album, Sgt. Pepper, Revolver, Rubber Soul and Blueprint 3 last week!
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« Reply #233 on: September 17, 2009, 12:26:32 AM »
 I would rank 'Magical Mystery Tour' and 'A Hard Day's Night' very highly in their career. don't skip them really.
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« Reply #234 on: September 17, 2009, 12:31:12 AM »
Anyone have a link for Abbey Road? The file isn't working in the previous link

Dl the entire remasters. I dled them from demonoid.
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« Reply #235 on: September 17, 2009, 12:32:41 AM »
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



completely fucking agreed on white album.
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« Reply #236 on: September 17, 2009, 12:33:47 AM »
It's almost as if you guys didn't know anything about the Beatles before listening recently  :lol

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« Reply #237 on: September 17, 2009, 12:40:04 AM »
We likely didn't grow up in houses that didn't play the Beatles. In terms of music from that era, I grew up with the Temptations, Michael Jackson (Jackson 5), Billie Holiday and Diana Ross. I didn't grow up listening rock.

I'm not sure about PD but for me, it's not that I didn't know anything about them. I heard the occasional song. Everyone has heard Let it Be, Come Together, Yesterday, Hey Jude;etc. but I never listened to them seriously. My friend gave me a best of Beatles lp once and it was full of 2 minute long songs which didn't impress me very much, so I didn't bother listening to them.

However, the remasters are the perfect opportunity for someone who has never seriously listened to the Beatles to give them a fair try.
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« Reply #238 on: September 17, 2009, 12:48:39 AM »
It is possible to never really hear the Beatles. Until I started to get into their catalogue six years, I never really heard most of their material (I was into pop and rap as a kid, then alternative rock, then classical). The Beatles music I did hear was usually background noise at a supermarket or something.

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« Reply #239 on: September 17, 2009, 12:51:46 AM »
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.
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