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...and the sparseness of the arrangements in TLAWR and ATU are more powerful.
Agreed completely with this, especially so with Across the Universe.
...and the sparseness of the arrangements in TLAWR and ATU are more powerful.
Put me down as one of those in favor of the single version. I think the guitar solo on the album version totally disrupts the flow of the song.
I tend to prefer a lot of the Naked versions, which might place me in the minority here, not sure. The songs are mixed better to my ears, and the sparseness of the arrangements in TLAWR and ATU are more powerful.
For Get Back, Let It Be, and Don't Bring Me Down, I use Past Masters. I've Got A Feeling is the original.
And I like Dig It and Maggie Mae. Gotta leave some of the spontaneity on the album intact.
I don't like that part either. But as much as Macca annoys me, I was trying to stay close to artist intention. Let's just say that it's taking a while to adjust to the stripped-down version.
The other argument is that there's already a big, sentimental number in Let It Be, and making Winding Road an overproduction as well is perhaps too much on one album. I enjoy the strings as well, I think it's the choir vocals where it goes too far.
I tend to prefer a lot of the Naked versions, which might place me in the minority here, not sure. The songs are mixed better to my ears, and the sparseness of the arrangements in TLAWR and ATU are more powerful.
We'll have to disagree again here because I think The Ballad of John & Yoko is my favorite from these entire sessions. Such a catchy song, with funny as well as personal lyrics. Plus I love the story about Paul helping John on this one and the two playing all the instruments without the others.
Put me down as one of those in favor of the single version. I think the guitar solo on the album version totally disrupts the flow of the song.
For Get Back, Let It Be, and Don't Bring Me Down, I use Past Masters. I've Got A Feeling is the original.
And I like Dig It and Maggie Mae. Gotta leave some of the spontaneity on the album intact.
The latter
Not crazy about the 4 Macca songs in a row or 3 John songs in a row. Part of why their albums work so well is the back and forth.
She Said She Said is one of the best Beatles songs. Carefree, joyous music with a dose of melancholy in the lyrics.
Wheeeenn I was a boooyyyyy...everything was riiiiightttt
Yer Blues, anyone? One of my favorites from The White Album.
Yer Blues, anyone? One of my favorites from The White Album.
Some quintessential guitar tones on this album with the overloaded direct soundboard tones and auto double tracking.
I love the guitar sound here more than on any other Beatles LP. Nice to see And Your Bird Can Sing get a mention, such an underrated track that's as catchy as any of their big singles.
I love the guitar sound here more than on any other Beatles LP. Nice to see And Your Bird Can Sing get a mention, such an underrated track that's as catchy as any of their big singles.
John was on fire for Revolver. As good as most of the other songs are, his writing is on a whole other level.
namkcuR;8099347 Question for anyone who has an opinion...am I correct in thinking that Lady Madonna and The Inner Light are orphans insofar as they don't really belong to any LP the way most of the other Past Masters stuff does? They were recorded said:You're talking about an album that has Helter Skelter, Julia, Revolution 9, Rocky Raccoon. Not many songs would sound out of place. Lady Madonna is post-psychedelic and definitely seems cut from a similar cloth as a lot of the material on there.
George seemed to have grown out of the sitar by the time of The White Album, so maybe that's one exception.
I'm Only Sleeping might be my favorite thing on there and cutting it(and And Your Bird Can Sing and Doctor Robert) might have been the worst offense Capital ever made on their Frankenstein U.S. LPs.
That's always been my favorite on the album. Is that the first song to have a backwards guitar solo?
savoy truffle is fantastic. i love the distorted horn section. i read that the horns were from some symphony orchestra or something and were already not too happy about appearing on a rock record (although still willing to take the paycheque). they finished recording, and it was played back for them with the crazy distortion, and they were mortified to the point that george apologized as the horns immediately departed.
That's always been my favorite on the album. Is that the first song to have a backwards guitar solo?
She Said She Said is one of the best Beatles songs. Carefree, joyous music with a dose of melancholy in the lyrics.
Wheeeenn I was a boooyyyyy...everything was riiiiightttt
Got to Get You Into My Life is another underrated gem on Revolver.
Question for anyone who has an opinion...am I correct in thinking that Lady Madonna and The Inner Light are orphans insofar as they don't really belong to any LP the way most of the other Past Masters stuff does? They were recorded, I believe, well after the MMT stuff but months before work on the White Album got underway. I feel like these two tracks - Lady Madonna in particular - would be most at home on the White Album, but not really sure. Opinions welcome.
Was that around the same time they recorded Hey Bulldog? I love that song. An underrated gem that never quite got the attention of other one-off songs from that time.
Yeah, looks like they were recorded in the same week in February 1968.
Speaking of Bulldog, I just listened to those four Yellow Submarine tracks last night for the first time in ages(really, other than Bulldog I'd barely listened to the others ever). Three out of four of them are nothing less than hidden treasures.
Everyone knows Bulldog, but Only A Northern Star has such a gorgeous melody, and It's All Too Much might be the most psychedelic non-sitar-related thing, aside from Blue Jay Way, Harrison ever wrote as a Beatle. Good shit. Really dig these tracks.
McCartney's All Together Now, on the other hand, might be the weakest Beatles track in existence.
Listened to these as part of my re-working of Sgt. Pepper/MMT. Will post in a bit.