I'm going to listen with an open mind
it struck as sort of weird at first, like it sounded so modern but all the praise itt makes me think i'm being a stick in the mud
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
My mix praise is mixed praise.
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
Turns out "Revolution 9" wasn't remixed, which makes sense, as it was mixed live to stereo at the time. To remix it would essentially be to re-create the piece itself.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
it sounds great to me on this set but I dunno, first time I think I've been like fuck yeah Revolution 9
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
Highlights for me:
Good Night Take 10Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Take 3Hey Jude Take 1St Louis BluesLet it BeBlue MoonLos ParanoiasBungalow Bill Take 2Julia RehearsalsDear Prudence - Esher Demo
― Darin, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
The Esher "Glass Onion" has this great contrast between the hard-edged verses and the kind of dreamy, swoony lines sung over the 7th chords ("But here's another clue for you all... " etc). That difference is gone in the final album version.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
I was always confused by the Glass Onion demo, it doesn't sound like it was recorded at the same Esher session. there a couple others from the bootleg I have that sound completely different. maybe the medley segments? will double check. main difference is lack of double tracking
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh yeah, it totally sounds incredible here. Because of that, I assumed it was remixed, even if I couldn't pick out anything new/different about it. So I guess they did a helluva job with the remastering, because the only non-remixed track sits perfectly among the other remixed tracks.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
Funny looking back at the start of this thread, it's like a different world, when the only versions of Beatles albums you could get were those 1987 CDs, some bootlegs off soulseek (yay Purple Chick!) and the best sounding versions were agreed to be the original mono vinyls which went for a small fortune.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Surprised they've not yet done such a grand reissue/remaster/outtakes trawl for Revolver - hope that's next.
― Jacob Lohl (stevie), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 09:54 (five years ago) link
Since they're apparently doing these as "anniversary" editions, I assume Abbey Road is next, but it's complicated, since they demoed a lot of Abbey Road stuff during the Get Back project. So maybe they'll combine them into one huge set. It could be a decidedly mixed bag, though, with the extended Yoko/feedback freakout after George left (that's good!), outtakes of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (that's bad!), the complete rooftop concert (that's good!), and endless interminable half-assed slogs through material no one's interested in playing (that's bad!).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
Went down a wormhole last night with "Can You Take Me Back" in my head. OF COURSE, there have only been about 929,238,429 blogs written about it.
One of them was Dead 2 Rights, which brought up this number which has a similar little melody:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nes83_DkrCI
Donovan took the bones of that one and came up with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiuwZ67Sq0
Which the Animals covered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olVuV3E-APA
I mean, pretty standard stuff. But you could see where one influences the other, which influences another, etc.
I was hoping to find a rockin' cover of the Beatles cut, but all I could find were tributes like from this guy.
https://i.imgur.com/wPqAQNT.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
I wanna hear the take of McCartney singing I Want You.
― pplains, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
You've heard his take of "I'm So Tired" ?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
I freakin love this from the 1+ DVD/Blu Ray a few years back. Seems they won the legal battle last year against Sid Bernstein and co, so they can now actually put the whole Shea film out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kle2xHhRHg4
― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
According to me, it's always been the best-sounding track on here.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
yes 👏 👏
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
We just A/B'ed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" again and, I have to say, I'm a little puzzled by it. The bass sounds nice, yes, but I didn't hear much improvement in the vocals - in fact, McCartney seems deeper in the mix. I don't hear the organ as well. Bit of a trade-off, I have to say, and I'm not sure why we're trading things for other things. And why is there more hard panning in the new version?
― timellison, Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
The only change I’d make to the original tracklisting would be to add the Jackie Lomax version. Dunno where I’d put it, though...maybe between “Birthday” and “Yer Blues.”― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat)
i love the outfake version of the jackie lomax version with george's vox flown in from the esher demo, it's my go-to
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:53 (five years ago) link
― pplains
for the record bardo pond's excellent "cry baby cry" goes into "can i take you back" territory
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
i enjoyed listening to the full Can You Take Me Back waiting for Paul to sing the one that ends up on the record
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 15 November 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
they really did pick the best part of that song, the end result is creepy and unsettling. I've said elsewhere that this whole album has a really dark shadow on it. It used to freak me out as a kid (it was the first full album I ever owned, I think, when I was 7...bought the tapes at a garage sale).
― akm, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
this whole album has a really dark shadow on it.
I see what you mean but when you consider the songs, one by one, there are not that many that have a dark aspect. And they're mainly John's (and also George's). But not really from Paul, with the notable exception of "Helter Skelter", of course !Actually if you make a White John album and a White Paul album, you get radically different moods !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Wednesday, November 14, 2018 7:54 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OK, we're getting closer. Thanks!
― pplains, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
Why Don't We Do It In the Road and Birthday are such bar band trash it's kind of hilarious
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
"WDWDIITR" is in my top10 Beatles songs that make me want to smash the Hifi (the others being mostly Paul's too...).
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
Lol last two posts
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
i wouldn't go to bat for either of them separately, but i've always loved the hilarious juxtaposition of why don't we do it in the road and i will.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Some (mostly Macca's) Beatles tunes, eg Birthday, Obladi, are first-rate children's songs. It's strange to hate them for not being Yer Blues.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
with the notable exception of "Helter Skelter"manson aside, this is a children's song too! it's about how awesome amusement park rides are, right?
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
― dinnerboat, Thursday, November 15, 2018 10:26 AM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't really like Yer Blues that much either honestly, the Beatles are a great band but I think they suck when they try to do any blues type shit, it's like no one in the world would give a shit about those songs if they weren't the Beatles
Birthday is just...nothing....I like Ob La Di it's a fun song
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
"Birthday" = Beatle Bubblegum
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Birthday is great wtf
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
I have nothing against Macca’s « fun » songs (I like « obladi », « maxwell »...).I hate his late period « bluesy » songs !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
lot of trash on this record
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
i love the trash
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
I see what you mean but when you consider the songs, one by one, there are not that many that have a dark aspect.
yeah, but when you arrange them in a sequence, as if say, on an album-
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
oh are we having the "the White Album: Scary or Not" argument again like we did last year around this time
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
lol i remember that going really well
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
Turrican got banned iirc
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
The take of "Yer Blues" on the Stones' Rock and Roll Circus is fantastic. The take on the White Album is, well, rather pale.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
if anyone cares to relive that particular debacle: Tusk Vs The White Album
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
tusk vs the white album lmao it's like saying italian food vs mexican food
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
that's true because the White Album is Mexican Food and is indisputably better
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Ahah yeah I remember that scary debate !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Birthday is the only song I skip. Such a piece of shit.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
Don't get the hate for "Birthday" or "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" at all. They're fun, goofy, "Birthday" is one of their more cracking band performances, and they aren't exactly a slog to get through.
But then, I also can't fathom why people apparently despise "The Baby Song" on Husker Du's Flip Your Wig.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
beatles at their worst when they're fun/goofy
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
They're called the Beatles; fun/goofy is baked in.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
Who could forget their dour, glum, downbeat performances on Ed Sullivan, which bummed out a nation.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link