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Boyband?
I agree some of the songs aren't that great, but there's a lot of good stuff there musically that rivals The Shadows.
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I agree some of the songs aren't that great, but there's a lot of good stuff there musically that rivals The Shadows.
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It was originally part of the medley, but they didn't like it, so they cut it out. Only, one of the tape engineers took the instruction to "throw nothing out" too literally, and added it onto the end. Then, the mastering people missed the instruction to not include it, and it ended up as the last track on the album.
The End is the proper end.
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And the final line in The End is fucking fantastic:
"And in the End, the love you take is equal to the love you make"
C'MOM!
Fuck Her Majesty, and the new songs on the Anthologies, this is how the last line of the last proper Beatles song on their last proper album should end!
"And in the End, the love you take is equal to the love you make"
C'MOM!
Fuck Her Majesty, and the new songs on the Anthologies, this is how the last line of the last proper Beatles song on their last proper album should end!
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The "Red Light" of Abbey Road.
Well, I think I'll rate Abbey Road 1.5/5 on Rate Your Music. There's some good ideas there musically in places, and at least it flows* for the most part, but ... I'm left feeling very underwhelmed. It didn't even evoke a "that's crap!" from me. This is going to sound ludicrous in light of their stature, but the Beatles strike me as one of those bands who might have begun to approach a good level if they could have gotten everything together, but certainly on Abbey Road, they don't outside of Here Comes The Sun. There's too much fooling around with daft or silly ideas for one thing, and I Want You's interesting musicianship is left wasted because it's so lyrically throwaway that the song is cheapened.
*Yeah, the fuck?
*Yeah, the fuck?
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what up playah?!
i'm going to niagara falls this weekend! any suggestions?
Boyband?
I agree some of the songs aren't that great, but there's a lot of good stuff there musically that rivals The Shadows.
Come on, Please Please Me, Love Me Do, Twist And Shout, etc.? I can't take that sort of thing seriously. That stuff may play on the charts with 15 year old girls, but I'm not a 15 year old girl.
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I never finished my thoughts on namkcuR's playlist.
After Love Will Tear Us Apart was Everything Counts, one of my favorite early Depeche Mode tunes. And then it all wraps up with Video Killed The Radio Star - a nice touch.
If you all want to hear a really different album, listen to Drama by Yes. Why? Well, in 1979 Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman left the group, so they needed a new singer and new keyboard player. Guess who they got to join the band? That's right, The Buggles. Go figure.
So all in all, a very good playlist. I like pretty much all of the songs, and while the sequencing and transitions could be a bit improved in some places, overall it's really good.
After Love Will Tear Us Apart was Everything Counts, one of my favorite early Depeche Mode tunes. And then it all wraps up with Video Killed The Radio Star - a nice touch.
If you all want to hear a really different album, listen to Drama by Yes. Why? Well, in 1979 Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman left the group, so they needed a new singer and new keyboard player. Guess who they got to join the band? That's right, The Buggles. Go figure.
So all in all, a very good playlist. I like pretty much all of the songs, and while the sequencing and transitions could be a bit improved in some places, overall it's really good.
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Popping in for a sec, it's cool that 'Ver listened to Abbey Road, but I think he's completely wrong, aside from "Here Comes the Sun."
I think there are probably two people on this site who are going to agree with even the majority of my review of Abbey Road, and one of them posts under the name notAxver.
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pack a lunch
there is little in the way of veg food in Niagara Falls 
When we go it's mostly for the Casino or to go across the border, there is the big tourist trap on Clifton Hill, it's pretty gaudy but you might have a good time...
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It's pure fun rock and roll, and they did it the best back then. Perhaps if most of their material were intrumentals like The Shadows, you'd have a different opinion of it.
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The Bends and Abbey Road really stuck out from last night. Nowhere and Marquee Moon were both good, but didn't stick out as much, though both could use re-listens.
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I think there are probably two people on this site who are going to agree with even the majority of my review of Abbey Road, and one of them posts under the name notAxver.
And the other one has an alias called HermittMcDermitt.
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I think there are probably two people on this site who are going to agree with even the majority of my review of Abbey Road, and one of them posts under the name notAxver.
Screwy... and maybe intedomine. I'm sorry, man, but that's terrible company to be in.
Again, it's good that you at least gave it a chance.
But like Phanan said with the '60s stuff, I'm a fan of their fun material as much their heavier stuff, like "I Want You."
Awh, my favorite movie podcast is ending... and it's ending on a review of "There Will Be Blood."
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I'm quite sure that would probably be the case. The boy band sound comes from all the harmonizing.
I'm not a big fan of early Beatles, actually. A couple fun songs, but kind of repetitive. A song like Eight Days a Week is good, but something like Love Me Do isn't really.
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They're all incredible musicians, too... well, Ringo's good, too. McCartney practically invented the bass in modern pop songs.
I am, unsurprisingly, of completely the opposite opinion. I don't see myself playing Abbey Road again and I haven't listened to The Bends since 2005, but Nowhere is a permanent regular for me, and I fairly frequently revisit at least some Marquee Moon tracks (I'm particularly fond of See No Evil and the title track).
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I was very, very surprised by The Bends. It was a real rocker, and well done at that.
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pack a lunch
When we go it's mostly for the Casino or to go across the border, there is the big tourist trap on Clifton Hill, it's pretty gaudy but you might have a good time...
i think we're eating a crunkermelon before hand, so we're all set!
have you been on any of the boat tours or anything?
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Ringo's better than Larry Mullen, Jr. Then again, Larry's like the drumming equivalent of the Mendoza Line in baseball.
Screwtape and intedomine? I was thinking of Khan. intedomine probably thinks Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the best track on Abbey Road or something.
I'm trying to pin down what it is about the Beatles' whimsical stuff that completely doesn't appeal and makes me toss it aside, but that attracts me to much of Syd Barrett's work. It's not as if Lucifer Sam is the most serious song penned in the history of the world, but it's fucking awesome. And Bike makes me laugh every time.
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Marquee Moon's fucking awesome.
So is "There Will Be Blood." Fuck.
So is "There Will Be Blood." Fuck.
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I'm sure there are others who feel this way, too, but that's what the 50's and early 60's were like. A three minute song with three chords. Music has evolved so much since then, but it sure is refreshing to go back and listen to the basics every now and then, and The Beatles did this the best (well, they were one of the best - can't forget people like Chuck Berry or Elvis).
I'm not saying I like all of it (I cringe at songs like This Boy or Do You Want To Know A Secret) but stuff like I Want To Hold Your Hand, Can't Buy Me Love, I Feel Fine, Ticket To Ride, A Hard Day's Night, etc. are essentials from that era.
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no I've never been, my mother-in law went and had a good time though, be prepared to get wet
Ringo is the most talented Beatle. Why? Four words: Thomas The Tank Engine. Case closed!
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How would you compare it to OK Computer?
Fuck, now you guys have me italicizing everything, too.
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Yeah, but you're forgetting that the ideas of Abbey Road was done better in Kate Bush's albums, you know. intedomine is a dumbass.
I think it goes back to your dislike of Paul McCartney, possibly. Likewise, Syd-led Pink Floyd is hit-or-miss for me.
Yeah, this wouldn't surprise me. The few Shadows songs with vocals, I consider to be crap. But good god, Hank Marvin pretty much singlehandedly redefined how people thought about the electric guitar with Apache.
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It's so-ooo easy.
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