The Beatles

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Seosa

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Never been that big on 'em, but in the last few months I decided to listen to a few of their songs and I'll be honest, you can understand why people make a fuss about 'em. I'm not too overkeen on some of the Hippie/Uber-Left stuff, but the majority of their work is class, whether it I Am The Walrus, Help or Hide Your Love Away. Being a big Oasis fan and knowing the connection just led me back to some of their tracks and I'm glad I did.

Thoughts on The Beatles?
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lG3nXyI41M[/youtube]
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suuU3mliNo8&feature=related[/youtube]The definition of a perfect pop song. To be fair, I could have picked any one from 30 or 40 songs. As a songwriting partnership Lennon and McCartney have no equals.As previously stated they did come up with the odd duff tune, but they were a tiny minority of their songs.
 
kronkonite said:
live and in the studio they have no equal
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For me they are THE band. Not sure about the bit about having no equal live - 35 minute sets, poor sound, not reproducing studio versions very well, etc. I know they were a victim of their success (screaming crowds etc) and that sound systems werent too hot back then, but bearing in mind that Abbey road rooftop aside they never even bothered playing live 1967-70 I'm def not sure they have no equal live.

That all said, they are the business. For me they are 'all killer no filler' in words of colin murray - even the album tracks are brill 90% of their stuff, whereas I cant think of another act where the % of great tracks is so high. And they were so prolific too, so many albums between 62 and 70.
 
There's a Beatles bootleg called Unsurpassed Masters. As someone who's been a Beatles collector for nearly 30 years, that just about sums them up for me.

If you really want to know about the Beatles and you've got a spare £250-£300 to burn, you'll need the remastered CD box set, The Beatles Anthology on DVD and these books to kick off with: Ian MacDonald's Revolution In The Head, Mark Lewisohn's Beatles Chronicles, Hunter Davies' authorised biography, The Beatles, and The Beatles Anthology.

Money well spent IMO.

P.S. From here..

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To here in just five years...

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Was nothing short of astonishing!
 
cutting their teeth in hamburg playing gigs for hours at a time made them fantastic live
 
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