I have had it up to here waiting for the Beatles catalogue to be remastered

Head fake editing at the end of Episode 1 to make you think they are going to Libya, only for George to quash that in the cold open of Episode 2.

Yes, it's like watching a James Bond film and knowing that Bond isn't going to die but you go along with it anyway.

Having only used dials and sliders all my life in radio, I was fascinated by those submarine levers Glyn and Alan, et. al. were pushing.

Marmalade's cover of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" was actually at Number One in the UK singles chart during January 1969 (Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude" was also a lesser hit during the month), while The White Album was at Number One in the albums chart. Also, the Yellow Submarine soundtrack LP was released in in the same month, although thus far into my viewing I've yet to hear anybody mention it.

There's a parallel universe in which MLH gets his way, they still break up, the concert gets mythologized as being the cause, and "Playing Sabratha" becomes a byword for the writing being on the wall.

they should've made heather the lead singer of the beatles

heather rules

Nice interview with Gile Martin on Let It Be:

https://www.goldminemag.com/features/the-making-of-the-beatles-let-it-be

It clears up a few things - for example, the box set was always done with Peter Jackson's new film in mind, and Martin didn't want to be repetitive, so a lot of stuff was probably dropped simply because it was already in the film.

Also, none of the multitracks were properly backed up until Martin did Love. Since he was going through them anyway, he made backing up everything part of the project, just to have it be useful (it didn't sound like he expected Love to be much of a release). The new mixes have been generally done from these digital transfers rather than the original analog multitracks, so I'm guessing backing everything up made Apple/the Beatles/etc.'s decision to have him remix albums later on a whole lot easier.

god the rooftop concert is so fucking dope

^^^
After all the fucking around, they just go out and kill it.

I'm repeating myself, but I absolutely love the sound of the Let it Be material. Billy Preston really added something groovy to them.

Sorta surprising that Billy isn’t on more than just two tracks on Abbey Road; I Want You and Something. It’d be great if he was on the whole thing.

ok i'm done listening to every beatles album and song, time to listen to a ton of yoko

I got to meet Giles Martin in at a Rock Band: Beatles event, the whole game was made possible because of the reissues, they were digitizing all the multitracks so they could pull the "stems" for the game.

he was super enthusiastic, he was definitely the one that was the main liason with Harmonix the developer.

very nice and personable, was dressed in an understated casual way where you can just sense that the clothes cost a zillion dollars even though they aren't flashy.

as a young man he resembled a dapper Paul Simonon

top beatles songs according to brad

i want you (she's so heavy)
no reply
you won't see me
got to get you into my life
all my loving
the long one (if that's allowed)
she said she said
your mother should know
i should've known better
long long long
and your bird can sing
sexy sadie
hey bulldog
here there and everywhere
you're going to lose that girl
i'll follow the sun
we can work it out
cry baby cry
old brown shoe

A bit from a larger list:

1. Things We Said Today
2. I’m Down
3. A Hard Day’s Night
4. Here Comes the Sun
5. It Won’t Be Long
6. This Boy
7. Don’t Let Me Down
8. Twist and Shout
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Strawberry Fields Forever
11. We Can Work It Out
12. I Want to Tell You
13. Boys
14. No Reply
15. She’s a Woman
16. Two of Us
17. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
18. Don’t Bother Me
19. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
20. For No One

beatles rockbamd was super fun & really well crafted i thought

meanwhile im gonna work on my list!

VG beatles

no reply
any time at all
golden slumbers
ive just seen a face
something
i want you (she’s so heavy)
help
til there was you
eleanor rigby
blackbird
in my life
all my loving
here comes the sun
i should’ve known better
and your bird can sing
eight days a week
ticket to ride
penny lane
she’s leaving home
let it be

Fuck it. In no particular order:

If I needed someone
Norwegian wood
You never give me your money
Eleanor Rigby
Ticket to ride
Happiness is a warm gun
Hey Jude
Tomorrow never knows
Eight days a week
Strawberry fields forever
Here there and everywhere
I feel fine
It won’t be long
I want you (she’s so heavy)
A hard days night
Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey
What you’re doing
A day in the life
I’m only sleeping
Got to get you into my life

20 favourites off the top of my head

Glass Onion
If I Needed Someone
A Day in the Life
Dear Prudence
Good Morning Good Morning
It Won't Be Long
Here Comes the Sun
Girl
The Night Before
For No One
I've Got a Feeling
Back in the U.S.S.R.
We Can Work It Out
Things We Said Today
Julia
Act Naturally
In My Life
Paperback Writer
Penny Lane
And Your Bird Can Sing

Good stuff.

In no particular order except the first seven or eight are probably my top seven or eight

I am the walrus
The long and winding road
A day in the life
Two of us
While my guitar gently weeps
Strawberry fields forever
Across the universe
This boy
All my loving
We can work it out
Bring for the benefit of Mr Kite
Happiness is a warm gun
Cry baby cry
And your bird can sing
You never give me your money
Revolution 9
Things we said today
Long, long, long
Fixing a hole
Tomorrow never knows

By the way, anyone who's on this thread should really listen to this in-depth interview with Peter Jackson about the film - apologies if already mentioned. I'm not sure who it was upthread who said he'd been quoted as saying he wasn't into music, but I don't know how that squares with this interview. It'a an amazing listen – real fan service – and I'm only through the first part:

http://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/224a-the-making-of-get-back-part-one/

Roughly chronological top 20:

There's a Place
I'll Be Back
Every Little Thing
Ticket to Ride
I'm Looking Through You
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Rain
For No One
She Said She Said
I Want to Tell You
A Day in the Life
Getting Better
She's Leaving Home
Dear Prudence
Sexy Sadie
Martha My Dear
Long, Long, Long
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
You Never Give Me Your Money

I thought they looked like they were all genuinely having a blast on the rooftop. It is funny, though, that the police arrived just in time to shut them down before they ran out of material or had to go through the songs a third time. I was thinking up ways they could have delayed the two young cops further.

It was cool they came back the next day, kept screwing around, and came up with the album version of Let It Be.

Sad this is over and I don't get to live in 1969 anymore :(

Nice to see affection for "Long Long Long." If I'd praised it to my fellow Beatle maniacs in high school, I'd have gotten long long long stares.

The sound of that song was so muffled on my 1987 CD, I always dismissed it. But it blew me away when I got the mono box set - its a mini-epic.

^^ same experience with original White Album CD.

These lists are great. Good to see the love for “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”- which I’ve seen dismissed on ILM as proto-heavy metal.

Does no one rate “I’m Down” ? When Paul said “Remember when we go send to rock?”, I picture him having that one in mind. There’s a great description somewhere by George of John playing the keyboards for that one with his elbows/forearms, and saying he thought John was cracking up under the pressure.

* remember when we used to rock ?

I *love* I'm Down

love it. Didn't really notice it til hearing the Beastie Boys scrapped version, which is cute.

It was cool they came back the next day, kept screwing around, and came up with the album version of Let It Be.

Lennon sitting in front of the piano with his head tilted at a 75º angle to the floor, asking "What the Fuck is Going On?" quietly to himself was the most I've ever emphasized with him.

I remember the Aerosmith version of "I'm Down".

"Same DAMN thing happen every day!"

ah yeah!

I'm Down rules!

The "cracking up" anecdote is told in the Anthology doc, with footage from Shea Stadium IIRC.

I hate lists but if you asked me now The Long One would be top of my list with The End as my favorite constituent part.

for some reason i associate "i'm down" with my regret at not seeing the beatles at shea -- i was almost seven so technically possible but so not gonna happen. maybe there was a tv or news report of them playing a couple seconds of "i'm down"?

Nice to see affection for "Long Long Long." If I'd praised it to my fellow Beatle maniacs in high school, I'd have gotten long long long stares.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 12:42 (four hours ago) link

The sound of that song was so muffled on my 1987 CD, I always dismissed it. But it blew me away when I got the mono box set - its a mini-epic.

― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 13:25 (three hours ago) link

What made the quietness even worse was that if you tried to turn it up you'd be greeted by the moaning at the end of the track coming in at an ear-splitting volume! I always skipped the whole song rather than dealing with that, and when I finally gave it a real chance I was also blown away. Felt kind of like being let in on a secret -- I remember talking to my Beatles-fan cousin and being like "did you know Long Long Long is actually GOOD?"

"Long Long Long" is the only track on the new Giles Martin White Album that suffers from the cleaned up mix IMO. The murkiness of the original is perfect. The one time George Martin's inattentiveness to a Harrison track pays off.

voodoo's 25 fav beatles songs to play on the piano (no order outside of the top 6)

you never give me your money
here there everywhere
lady madonna
penny lane
when i'm 64
martha my dear

oh darling
i want you (she's so heavy)
lovely rita
girl
for no one
let it be
a day in the life
if i fell
your mother should know
strawberry fields forever
hey bulldog
sexy sadie
if i needed someone
i'm only sleeping
rocky raccoon
got to get you into my life
being for the benefit of mr kite
something
good day sunshine

could make a whole 'nother list of solo songs, they really were the best at writing for the best instrument

george's songs are fun to interpret on the piano because he uses such weird chords!

My affection for Long, Long, Long definitely influenced by reading Revolution in the Head at an impressionable age.

MacDonald does like that tune.

I have a theory that an unusually large number of the songs that get called Beatles pastiches are imitations of George's songs. McCartney's songs rely too much on his particular gift for melody, and John's rely a lot on his attitude and point-of-view, but such George trademarks as descending minor-key chord progressions, less complex melodies and arrangement touches are easier for other songwriters to emulate, but still sound "Beatles" to listeners.

many songs that try to imitate paul wind up sounding like beach boys pastiches

Whereas Andy Partridge's Beach Boys pastiche "Pale and Precious" sounded like Paul McCartney to Brian Wilson.

I recently completed a Beatles marathon listening session, using a playlist I put together which lists their work chronologically by the date on which recording first started for each song. The ones that particularly jumped out at me were "It's Only A Northern Song" (which I don't know so well anyway), and to my surprise, "Lovely Rita" (which bangs harder than I remembered). Also, it turns out that I'm fine with Spector's production on Let It Be - the puny versions on Naked don't do any of the songs justice.

That's always fun. There's usually a day every year (typically a bad weather day) where I listen to the entire Beatles discography in order of release, and it always knocks me out how much they grew throughout those eight years. (I save Abbey Road for the end though - I usually play my own version of Get Back right after "The White Album" and before "The Ballad of John & Yoko" single.)

Halfway there

I have a theory that an unusually large number of the songs that get called Beatles pastiches are imitations of George's songs. McCartney's songs rely too much on his particular gift for melody, and John's rely a lot on his attitude and point-of-view, but such George trademarks as descending minor-key chord progressions, less complex melodies and arrangement touches are easier for other songwriters to emulate, but still sound "Beatles" to listeners.

Um sorry to say this Halfway, but there are a coupla Gallagher brothers out back in the alleyway who would like a word with you