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What do you think were the beatles best and worst stuff?

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:07:24 +0000

I say,
Best:
Rubber soul
Sgt peppers
Beatles for sale
With the beetles
Please please me
Hard days night
Etc

Worst:
White album disc 2
anthology 1
Yellow submarine

Note: u can add albums movies songs anything really

I’d say their weakest album was Please Please Me. It’s understandable, after all, it was recorded on a shoestring budget in the course of a single afternoon and evening. It’s certainly not bad, I Saw Her Standing There and Twist & Shout are classics. Please Please Me (the song) and Boys are also both quite good, but beyond that, there’s nothing essential on there as far as I’m concerned. The jump in quality between Please Please Me and With The Beatles is pretty striking, to me anyway. To be honest, I can’t really count Yellow Submarine or the Anthology albums in the same league as the studio albums, because Yellow Submarine is largely just George Martin arrangements with a few Beatles songs, and the Anthology material was never intended to be released on a studio album, so you can’t really judge the quality the same way you would judge the final mix of a song prepared for one of their regular albums.

My favorite Beatles album, the one where I think the band is at their peak, is Revolver. Often, the debate is between Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper in terms of which is the best Beatles album. I pick Revolver because to me, it is the most representative of the entire band at their most creative. Sgt. Pepper is great, an amazing sonic adventure, but let’s be honest, it’s Paul’s baby, it certainly re-engaged John in the creative process, but George Harrison has relatively little involvement compared to Rubber Soul & Revolver. I love Rubber Soul, but to some extent, I feel like Rubber Soul was a reaction to the "folk rock" trend of the time, popularized by the Byrds and Bob Dylan. It’s an excellent album, no doubt, but Revolver still stays on top to me because it represents The Beatles utilizing their unique sound. No one else could ever make an album that sounded quite like Revolver.

As far as their ‘early’ albums are concerned, I think Hard Day’s Night is a standout, and I think Help! is very underrated. Beatles For Sale takes a lot of shit, but to be fair, it was done in a rush to get another album out for the holiday season, which explains why its basically half covers. Some of their best cover songs are on there actually. They clearly were having fun covering Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Carl Perkins, and it shows. Their later albums, the White Album, Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road, Let It Be, all inspired, but less consistent than the big three, Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper.

What’s your number one fav song on each beatles album?

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:36:18 +0000

There are 13 studio albums, but If you want to include past masters or let it be naked or any anthologies feel free.

Why is this in the "Country" category?

from "the 13":
I Saw Her Standing There
Roll Over Beethoven
Things We Said Today
Baby’s In Black
Tell Me What You See
The Word
Tomorrow Never Knows
A Day In The Life
Baby You’re A Rich Man
Revolution 1
It’s All Too Much
You Never Give Me Your Money
I’ve Got A Feeling

others:
Red Sails In The Sunset (the Star Club recordings, released under various album titles)
To Know Her Is To Love Her (Decca audition tapes, released under various album titles)
Matchbox (Past Masters 1)
Rain (Past Masters 2)
Soldier Of Love (Live At The BBC)
Things We Said Today (Live At The Hollywood Bowl)
Free As A Bird (Anthology 1)
And Your Bird Can Sing (Anthology 2)
Come Together (Anthology 3)
One After 909 (Let It Be…Naked)

ask me on another day and I might give different answers

Is there a bass book for American Idiot?

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:34:18 +0000

I have the Green Day bass anthology (or at least it’s in the post) and it has some great songs from America Idiot but there’s only about 3 of them. I think i’ve seen the bass book for the American Idiot broadway show but i’m not sure if it’s got the entire album in it. Or is it what i’m looking for? Thanks in advance!

Here’s a book with bass guitar tabs to Green Day songs.
Is that what u mean??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Play-Along-Bass-Green-Day/dp/0739044281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307007506&sr=8-1

What is your favorite Beatles album?

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:26:20 +0000

I honestly don’t have an all-time favorite or whatever, but I want to know what you think. Try to convince me which one I should choose as my favorite.

PS I have every single song by The Beatles on CD’s except for the George Martin instrumentals and the anthologies.

Magical Mystery Tour

Has the best Beatles songs in my opinion along with the trippiest ones.

when a music group or artist releases a "Anthology"…..?

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:52:08 +0000

Okay so if a album is released as a "Anthology" does that usually mean the tracks are listed in earliest songs to latest?

Kind of, they (the band) pick their very best from beginning to a specific day and put it in an album.

Contrary to "Greatest Hits", which is a marketing practice where producers pick the most sold tracks and put them together, just like ‘best sellers’.

What happened to Alien Ant Farm?

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:44:16 +0000

Their 2001 album ANThology was amazing and their other two albums were pretty darn good too, but they seem to have faded into obscurity for some reason. Are they working on any new material? Are they even still together?
For those of you who don’t know them, they were mostly famous for their amazing cover of Michael Jackson’s song Smooth Criminal and also their song Movies.
Shame because I really liked them. Even my little sister used to headbang to Smooth Criminal when she was like 2 years old :L

I have no idea.

I know they got sued for the song "smooth criminal" originally created by Michael Jackson.

Maybe that has something to do with there down fall.

original 30 min song of within you without you – the beatles?

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:23:10 +0000

so i love the instrumental version of within you without you from the album anthology 1 of the beatles. and i read somewhere that the original song they composed is 30 min. i’d really like to get that song. if anyone knows where i can get it, from which album, please tell me. please please please.

You can try Last,fm using the site’s in-built Audioscrobbler.

How many released versions of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" are there?

admin — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:02:12 +0000

I’m writing a paper on the song (Man, I love being a music major) and we have to talk about all of the different versions that were released. I can only find the version released on the Anthology and the one from the White album. Other than the covers (from the "Across the Universe" movie and by other bands), were there any other versions of this song released by the Beatles that any of you know about?

Hello !
U2 does a cover of it ! =)

IT SUCKS. BELIEVE ME. ( I mean, I LOVE U2 ) but it sucks. It was there ‘disco" era. -.-

Anywhere I could find Beatles Anthology on TV?

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:49:20 +0000

Last year about around this time they had a lot of Beatles things on for the release o their remastered albums. I havent been able to watch the whole Beatles Anthology on Vh1 Classics. But for all beatles fan, A Hard Days Night come on tonight at 8 on vh1 classics

freakin moose! (sorry i say that when im mad!) i missed AHDN AGAIN!!!!!!! this always happens! i miss all beatles movies because that ONE day i forget to check whats on VH1 classic im so mad now!!! garrrrr!!!!! as for the Beatles Anthology, im not sure…but if they do come on, lemme know! i havent got to watch them either. you could order them on netflix, im forcing my mum to do that.

Which Megadeth album should I get – Anthology or Greatest Hits? (Just started listening to them)?

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:34:15 +0000

Anthology has a better balance of songs