Would a 1970 Beatles album have been their greatest work? Aka higher level Fab 4 discussion
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Yeah, some of my go-to questions have always been "Beatles or Stones," "Willie or Waylon," and "fave Elvis song." Thank the gods I'm out of the dating pool (because I gave up on myself).
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StonesAZDuck said:Yeah, some of my go-to questions have always been "Beatles or Stones," "Willie or Waylon," and "fave Elvis song." Thank the gods I'm out of the dating pool (because I gave up on myself).
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They certainly were in the right place at the right time and this, of course, had a lot do with their fame.LebamDawg said:I always thought they were overrated but their fame was more timing than anything else. I have all their music but have only selected certain albums that I listen to - Revolver, Sgt Pepper (first time I took acid I listened to that for the first time - I know cool story), Rubber Soul, Abbey Road. Then I have the sound track to Across the Universe. Good covers for a bunch of songs especially Dear Prudence.
Paul sucked afterwards and I puke when that old fuck came out with Freedom after 9-11.
George was ok - anybody who could hang out with Eric Idle is OK.
Ringo and his all star band shows are pretty good, they air on AXS once in awhile.
Edit: Lennon is dead
My kids were in a high school play about the beatles so kids know them - being the attentive parent I have no idea what the hell it was -
so you got me thinking and I have been listening to the White Album this morning - it is actually pretty good. it was done before Paul became a pile of shit
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Stalin approves of this message.LebamDawg said:so you got me thinking and I have been listening to the White Album this morning - it is actually pretty good. it was done before Paul became a pile of shit
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I don’t get the hate for the Beatles ... but then I just listen to the music usually and don’t get too philosophical about it.
The Paul hate blows my mind ... but to each their own.
I’ve always found that I enjoy Yesterday and Let It Be the most ... but you could throw 10 other songs up against those and I couldn’t argue.
Post break up I generally only think of Paul’s work because it’s what you hear the most.
Imagine is in my top 15-20 songs of all time ... just don’t hear it played enough which is a total shame.
Likewise, Live and Let Die is also a high end song for me ... being a Bond song gets extra credit -
Paul wrote some of their best songs and wasn't always a lightweight. He was back and forth as a Beatle between trivial shit (some of which was still good) and some amazingly heartfelt songs. The guy could sing too.Tequilla said:I don’t get the hate for the Beatles ... but then I just listen to the music usually and don’t get too philosophical about it.
The Paul hate blows my mind ... but to each their own.
I’ve always found that I enjoy Yesterday and Let It Be the most ... but you could throw 10 other songs up against those and I couldn’t argue.
Post break up I generally only think of Paul’s work because it’s what you hear the most.
Imagine is in my top 15-20 songs of all time ... just don’t hear it played enough which is a total shame.
Likewise, Live and Let Die is also a high end song for me ... being a Bond song gets extra credit
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It would have been just as good as anything else they put out. All their albums and singles were excellent. There was no era that was better than another, only one Beatle that was clearly better than the others, and that was John Lennon.
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John really didn't try that hard after Imagine. Paul put out a lot more than John, yet they both had about the same amount of good stuff.YellowSnow said:
I think they still would have split up by the early 70's, regardless. Just too many creative differences. But there's no question John and Paul were better in a group than outside of one. John didn't really have many good songs post Imagine (1971) and Paul left to his own devices, was a lightweight, indeed.chuck said:I'm not much of a fan of anything Paul did post Beatles though I only know a small percentage of what he recorded.
You could compile a greatest hits of the 70s from John and George and blow anything the Beatles did as a group out of the water in terms of sheer # of great songs. I think those two, especially Lennon, kept Paul from going too light hearted and goofy. Paul kept Lennon a little more grounded and his music a little more consistently listenable since he couldn't let Paul be the only one producing #1 hits.. Keep them all together for another decade and I'm pretty sure they would have kept doing great things as a group.
