the tourist
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I'm not saying there's not any filler on The White Album, but cutting 6 songs still seems like too much to me.
I'd get rid of Savoy Truffle, but replace it with Not Guilty. Wild Honey Pie and regular Honey Pie can disappear. I like Ringo's track and would keep it, plus the little saloon piano flows perfectly from Rocky Raccoon. Revolution 9 is pretty groundbreaking and while I'm not always in the mood for it I think it's an important thing to have on there. Why Don't We Do It is one of the best things Paul ever recorded, and its excited vocal isn't forced like it is Oh Darling and Helter Skelter. And cutting Yer Blues? Jesus.
I’m pretty sure we’ve had this exact conversation before. I love Savoy Truffle because of the sinister undertones of the music juxtaposed with the silliness of the lyrics. Yer Blues, Don’t Pass Me By, Bungalow Bill, and Why Don’t We Do It In The Road are just lesser than the rest to me and have been since my first listen. And then Revolution 9 is an always skip for me. As for Not Guilty, I listened once shortly after I first posted my custom White Album playlist and didn’t have any strong feelings about it.
In my opinion the songs that I subtract would have been better suited to a side EP in the vein of Sgt. Pepper/(original EP) Magical Mystery Tour.