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The Beatles - Former Members Top Five Records
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The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
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Also lots of good stuff on the early albums and singles (Twist and shout, I saw her standing there) and some nonsense on the White album.
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I think there's only one - Sound of the Suburbs, though Offshore Banking Business was big in the USA.3
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A Hard Day's Night is a really good album, and entirely Lennon and McCartney compositions too. To me it's better than Help or It is what it is Let it Be1
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My sweet Lord
Another day
Power to the people
It don't come Easy
All in the charts at the same time in 1971
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Maybe substitute Double Fantasy for RamPopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison2 -
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I'd be more interested to know which pop/beat group albums you feel were better than the Beatles first 4 albums in 1963/64PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/642 -
The Animals first album is really good. At the time I was 8 and not really aware of music apart from the top twenty.1
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Also it was common back then (early 60's) for artists to record covers, or at best, record songs written by others in "tin pan alley". The Beatles broke the mould in writing their own songs......and lots of them. Their first few albums contained quite a few covers as that was the norm, and the record bosses didn't trust releasing a whole album of just their own material.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
I'd be more interested to know which pop/beat group albums you feel were better than the Beatles first 4 albums in 1963/64PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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NOT better than but VERY good .. I'd say from a different genre the many superb Motown acts and recordings, the Beatles covered Motown songs (Mr Postman e.g.) .. and possibly the Beach Boys .. however, the Beatles were by far the most innovative, versatile, tuneful and original act of their time .. that's what happens when two geniuses and two other competent musicians of totally different character come together (right now lol) and write and make musicSix-a-bag-of-nuts said:
I'd be more interested to know which pop/beat group albums you feel were better than the Beatles first 4 albums in 1963/64PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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I wasn't born in 1964, I'm also not sure what relevance other bands are to the topic.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
I'd be more interested to know which pop/beat group albums you feel were better than the Beatles first 4 albums in 1963/64PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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In your opening post you said that "personally I don't think they put out anything decent until Help".PopIcon said:
I wasn't born in 1964, I'm also not sure what relevance other bands are to the topic.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
I'd be more interested to know which pop/beat group albums you feel were better than the Beatles first 4 albums in 1963/64PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
I was really just trying to get some context to your point of view.
For example, I'd be shocked if anybody who lived through those times would say they were not decent, as they were hugely innovative and influential at the time and arguably better than anything anybody else released in 63/64.
Having said that, of course, they may sound primitive by comparison with what came later but that in itself is testament to the pace of change and innovation driven by the Beatles themselves.5 -
I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.
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One early pretty unique feature of some bands like the Beatles, the Stones and a few others was that they had a seemingly democratic veneer. It wasn't Paul McCartney and the Beatles like it was Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, or Gerry and the Pacemakers.
We were still interested in who was the 'leader' of the band(s) but bands transmogrified away from being one star with a service crew.0 -
Can anybody explain the bloke in the suit and tie playing the tambourine. He looks so out of place in the band..... ....???Lincsaddick said:0 -
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That's Mal Evans I think, the long time Beatles roadieRaplhMilne said:
Can anybody explain the bloke in the suit and tie playing the tambourine. He looks so out of place in the band..... ....???Lincsaddick said:0 -
The Beatles co wrote very few songs, although put their names to most of them.killerandflash said:A Hard Day's Night is a really good album, and entirely Lennon and McCartney compositions too. To me it's better than Help or It is what it is Let it Be0 -
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Love a lot of those mentioned earlier especially George's all things must pass. My favourite though is Paul's Red Rose Speedway.0
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I find the Yoko stuff inaccessible, which is about half of the album. Kiss Kiss Kiss had potential, until it goes full on Japanese sex tape.golfaddick said:
Maybe substitute Double Fantasy for RamPopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
I'd now replace The Travelling Wilburys Vol 1 for Tug of War.0 -
I love the first four albums. Maybe you had to be there in order to feel the freshness and energy that came bursting into a rather grey world.3
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"Some records are timeless" for whoever is the listener. Only one of the records on that list would get in my top thirty albums. Beauty is in the ear of the belistener.PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.1 -
One more than me, then although i like Sgt P, Born to Run and some of Rumours. Who was Grace by?Nadou said:
"Some records are timeless" for whoever is the listener. Only one of the records on that list would get in my top thirty albums. Beauty is in the ear of the belistener.PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.0 -
Jeff BuckleyHenry Irving said:
One more than me, then although i like Sgt P, Born to Run and some of Rumours. Who was Grace by?Nadou said:
"Some records are timeless" for whoever is the listener. Only one of the records on that list would get in my top thirty albums. Beauty is in the ear of the belistener.PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.1 -
Objectively, i don't agree that all records are timeless. The first five Beatles albums sound very 60s esq, it's where production really comes into its own.Nadou said:
"Some records are timeless" for whoever is the listener. Only one of the records on that list would get in my top thirty albums. Beauty is in the ear of the belistener.PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.
I get it that taste is subjective. I've tried on multiple times to get into the Stones, but nothing has landed yet for me. Although the intro to Gimme Shelter is sublime.
@Henry Irving Grace by Jeff Buckey.0
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