Author Topic: First Review of the Beatles Remastered Box Sets (Read 19102 times)

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #300 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:33:53 AM »

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OMG I never realised this was by the Beatles

I thought it was some novelty song

yeah I had to turn that shit off.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #301 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:36:46 AM »

Fresh Prince is only going to listen to McCartney's worst songs. Are you angry that the Beatles co-opted your people's music?

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Robo · « **Reply #302 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:36:54 AM »

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is much more enjoyable when you pick up on the transgendering.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #303 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:38:09 AM »

Quote from: RoboJ on September 17, 2009, 02:36:54 AM

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.

Robo · « **Reply #304 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:38:47 AM »

It was completely unintentional, but it transforms the entire song!

cool breeze · « **Reply #305 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:40:09 AM »

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is hilarious because it's so cheesy. I want it in Beatles Rock Band just to sing.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #306 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:41:36 AM »

English rule

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #307 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:41:50 AM »

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is tolerable the first two or three times you listen to it. Then you want to murder someone. During this period, I wish George Martin still had some power over the Beatles.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #308 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:42:22 AM »

I'd be right to assume that while Lennon wrong Because (listening to it right now), McCarthy composed his own bassline correct. Would that apply to say, Lennon writing She's So Heavy but Harrison writing the guitar solos?

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #309 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:47:45 AM »

I listened to Strawberry Fields the lyrics are like something Talib Kweli would write- no worse.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #310 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:51:58 AM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on September 17, 2009, 02:47:45 AM

I listened to Strawberry Fields the lyrics are like something Talib Kweli would write- no worse.

You've confused me

Malek, stop Lennon, he's ruining Abbey Road!

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Flannel Boy · « **Reply #311 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:01:01 AM »

PD, Paul wrote most of the basslines himself. I know Harrison wrote a number of the solos, but I think Lennon and McCartney wrote their own as well. They both performed a number of solos, too.

PD, you're nuts.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #312 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:13:58 AM »

The last four songs (not including Her Majesty) are pretty awesome

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #313 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:16:05 AM »

not a bad way to go out.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #314 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:17:03 AM »

So Let It Be isn't highly regarded in Beatles fans circles?

Robo · « **Reply #315 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:21:52 AM »

It's only not highly regarded in that it's a Beatles album that isn't a

Beatles album

It's not a fully realized concept and several of the songs were effectively butchered by Phil Spector. It's certainly not bad, though.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #316 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:22:19 AM »

It's still a good album, but Let it Be Naked is better.

edit: Phil Spector did make "The Long Winding Road" better.

Robo · « **Reply #317 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:31:46 AM »

Quote from: Malek on September 17, 2009, 03:22:19 AM

It's still a good album, but Let it Be Naked is better.

edit: Phil Spector did make "The Long Winding Road" better.

McCartney's voice sounds so much better on the Naked version, even compared to the remastered original. I still prefer it for that reason alone.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #318 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:34:14 AM »

this thread

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #319 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:35:48 AM »

Abbey Road

Some filler but overall it's great. So...it's early but if I had to rate things

White Album>Abbey Road>Sgt Pepper>Rubber Soul>Revolver>Please Please Me

pilonv1 · « **Reply #320 on:** September 17, 2009, 07:43:27 AM »

Not a big fan of Abbey Road but here comes the Sun is awesome.

Sgt Pepper & Revolver & Rubber Soul total.

Sgt Pepper gets a flawless victory due to A Day In The Life

Himu · « **Reply #321 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:06:51 AM »

Abbey Road > White ALbum > Sgt Pepper > Rubber Soul > Let it Be >>>>>>>>>>> Revolver >>>>>>>>>>>>> Pre-Rubber Soul Beatles

Himu · « **Reply #322 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:16:43 AM »

At this point in time, I'm going to have to say my favorite Beatles song at this point is either She's Leaving Home, Oh! Darling, or Come Together.

The musical compositions in these songs are amazing. The lyrics are great. The singing excellent.

Himu · « **Reply #323 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:18:17 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on September 17, 2009, 02:10:19 AM

Quote from: Malek on September 17, 2009, 02:07:02 AM
Quote from: swaggaz on September 17, 2009, 02:00:32 AM
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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pilonv1 · « **Reply #324 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:53:31 AM »

Motherfuckers hating on Wings piss me off.

BAND ON THE RUN

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #325 on:** September 17, 2009, 09:18:54 AM »

Abbey Road = White > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul > Revolver > Magical Mystery Tour > Let it Be > A Hard Day's Night > Help! > the rest

cool breeze · « **Reply #326 on:** September 17, 2009, 10:06:26 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 17, 2009, 09:18:54 AM

Abbey Road = White > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul > Revolver > Magical Mystery Tour > Let it Be > A Hard Day's Night > Help! > the rest

Agree with this mostly. I'm bad at ranking, so mine would probably be

Abbey Road = White > Sgt. Peppers = Rubber Soul = Revolver = Magical Mystery Tour > Let it Be > Hard Day's Night = Help = the rest

archie4208 · « **Reply #327 on:** September 17, 2009, 10:48:23 AM »

Abbey > Sgt Pepper > Rubber Soul > Revolver > White > MMT > the rest

I like White, but some of the filler is really awful.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #328 on:** September 17, 2009, 06:14:41 PM »

repost

Abbey Road > the White Album > Rubber Soul > Revolver > Sgt. Pepper's > Magical Mystery Tour > Let it Be > Help > A Hard Day's Night > Please Please Me > With the Beatles > Beatles for Sale > Yellow Submarine (barely counts)

Past Masters isn't a real album, but I'd put it somewhere after A Hard Day's Night.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #329 on:** September 18, 2009, 03:10:43 AM »

Quote

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).

Listening to Let it Be right now.

edit: wow I really need to see this movie

Himu · « **Reply #330 on:** September 18, 2009, 09:33:05 AM »

John Lennon is a total dick. I hate him.

cool breeze · « **Reply #331 on:** September 18, 2009, 11:43:00 AM »

I downloaded Rubber Soul in Mono to see if it's worth downloading the rest in Mono. Just comparing a few songs, in mono the songs feel so different. Like, with Wait, you have a lot of the vocals and smaller instruments on the right, main instruments from the left. They actually sounds reasonably differently. Might be worth it download the songs again in Mono, but I haven't found good links and am too lazy to look.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #332 on:** September 18, 2009, 11:20:34 PM »

here
http://bolachas.org/the-beatles-mono-remasters-2009#more-1311

Himu · « **Reply #333 on:** September 18, 2009, 11:24:11 PM »

The more I read on Sgt. Pepper and the more I listen, the more I'm convinced it is the best Beatles album.

It was truly ahead of its time.

Is there a general list of innovations this album brought to music somewhere? Because it seems to have plenty.

cool breeze · « **Reply #334 on:** September 19, 2009, 12:24:38 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on September 18, 2009, 11:20:34 PM

here
http://bolachas.org/the-beatles-mono-remasters-2009#more-1311

Thanks.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #335 on:** September 19, 2009, 12:27:30 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on September 18, 2009, 11:24:11 PM

Is there a general list of innovations this album brought to music somewhere? Because it seems to have plenty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band#Recording

http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/sgt-pepper/features/recording-techniques

Himu · « **Reply #336 on:** September 19, 2009, 12:54:18 AM »

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117951917528607822.html

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #337 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:07:13 AM »

Just A Day in the Life by itself is enough to be an entire focus on a recording innovations class or something. Goddamn, that song.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #338 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:09:30 AM »

I probably have listened to Sgt. Pepper more than any of their other albums - it's my personal favorite (although in terms of overall quality and technical merits, I'd rank them differently).

A Day in the Life is an incredible song.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #339 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:30:46 AM »

Only Hendrix did The Beatles better than The Beatles:

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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #340 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:34:11 AM »

Eh. I think Hendrix's covers of all those classic songs are good, but I prefer the originals every time unless we're talking about All Along the Watchtower.

Himu · « **Reply #341 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:38:38 AM »

I prefer the Beatles version but Hendrix can still pull a show.

Himu · « **Reply #342 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:47:36 AM »

I dled the mono version of Sgt Pepper's that PD posted.

wtf, I can hear more subtle notes.

Himu · « **Reply #343 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:52:14 AM »

The more I listen the more songs like Within In, Without You stand out. I don't think that song has really aged well.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #344 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:56:01 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on September 19, 2009, 01:52:14 AM

The more I listen the more songs like Within In, Without You stand out. I don't think that song has really aged well.

You should listen to the Love mash-up of Within You, Without You and Tomorrow Never Knows. It's pretty bad ass.

edit: really shitty quality, but here it is:
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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #345 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:06:54 AM »

The mono version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds sounds odd – especially in the chorus. Did John and Paul sing into a fan? That's what it sounds like. The stereo version doesn't sound like that.

Himu · « **Reply #346 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:13:53 AM »

How did they record Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds anyways? It sounds like John and Paul are singing into a helium balloon.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #347 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:19:31 AM »

I think what you're talking about is a method called varispeeding, where they recorded tracks at different tape speeds. Maybe that's what I was referring to as well, now that I think about it.

Himu · « **Reply #348 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:23:50 AM »

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.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #349 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:32:42 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on September 19, 2009, 01:58:21 AM

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:

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It's not a bad album, but it's pretty boring.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #350 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:35:02 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on September 19, 2009, 02:23:50 AM

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.

Yeah Sgt. Pepper's is definitely the weakest stereo mix of their later albums. I still prefer it over the mono version other than the beginning track and the Reprise. A Day in the Life makes me wet in stereo.

edit: oh and She's Leaving Home as well, it sounds better in mono.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #351 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:36:50 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 19, 2009, 02:35:02 AM

A Day in the Life makes me wet in stereo.

I guess I have to settle for being the forum's biggest Jenny Lewis fan.

Himu · « **Reply #352 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:41:57 AM »

Yeah, Sgt. Pepper's is horrible in stereo. You lose all the awesome from the mono version.

I'm going to listen to the mono version while I'm in bed so I can compare.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #353 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:46:00 AM »

That's not necessarily true - some of the tracks on the mono version are altogether separate mixes; as in, there's also some stuff in the stereo versions that you can't here in the mono. You can hardly here George's guitar backing in Lucy in the Sky in mono, whereas it's pretty prominent in the stereo version. Within You Without You is fantastic in stereo, and I already mentioned how incredible A Day in the Life is either way.

Himu · « **Reply #354 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:57:49 AM »

I was talking about the track not the album. :p

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #355 on:** September 19, 2009, 05:58:34 PM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on September 19, 2009, 04:20:31 AM

Quote from: Malek on September 19, 2009, 02:32:42 AM
It's not a bad album, but it's pretty boring.

It's actually pretty good sex music, believe it or not.

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Flannel Boy · « **Reply #356 on:** September 20, 2009, 05:48:02 PM »

The Beatles are the Beatles of Korea

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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.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2910292

Himu · « **Reply #357 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:13:51 PM »

I disagree with PD on Sgt. Pepper's. The first 6 tracks are all amazing. Except Getting Better.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #358 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:17:52 PM »

I like Getting Better

Himu · « **Reply #359 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:21:19 PM »

I like it too. But PD says that Sgt. Pepper's has the best first 6 tracks in any album he's heard. I think Getting Better ruins that.

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Author Topic: First Review of the Beatles Remastered Box Sets (Read 19102 times)