Is the Beatles 1962-66 (the 'red' alb) the only record of theirs that you need?

Despite having a lot of Beatles cds, I went a long time before I heard Hey Bulldog. Probably heard their version for the first time when the albums were reissued last. I saw Ween around 2006 and they covered it. I thought it was an awesome new Ween song.

absolutely agree that Hey Bulldog is one of the best unheralded Beatles tracks (like And Your Bird Can Sing)

they should try putting a fucking beatles for sale song on red if they’re gonna add anything. still a perfect comp whatever

― ivy., Thursday, October 26, 2023 9:09 AM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah srsly -- "Baby's in Black" and "No Reply" should've made it.

― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, October 26, 2023 9:15 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Adding to the absurdity is that in expanding the 62 minute original Red album to two full-length CDs, they have almost 100 minutes to play with, and they still can't fit in these 2 minute songs.

why "glass onion" of all things

probably the movie, sadly

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one of the best unheralded Beatles tracks (like And Your Bird Can Sing)

who are the losers who aren't heralding And Your Bird Can Sing???

why "glass onion" of all things

probably the movie, sadly

Plus it's awesome ... and, to Left's point, it more or less sums up the Beatles' mordant self-hagiography

Despite having a lot of Beatles cds, I went a long time before I heard Hey Bulldog. Probably heard their version for the first time when the albums were reissued last. I saw Ween around 2006 and they covered it. I thought it was an awesome new Ween song.

Crucial twitter thread about the new track:

Absolutely cannot wait to hear this song which Paul McCartney said George Harrison refused to keep working on because it was "fucking rubbish".

— Marc Moss-Jones (@kip_saunders) October 26, 2023

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— Marc Moss-Jones (@kip_saunders) October 26, 2023

harrison basically said he wasn't that into it, but he was also a grumpy fuck through that entire period and largely only did anthology because he lost so much money in the handmade films disaster, so I don't really care what his opinion of shit was.

he deliberately fucked things up like edited 'you know my name' on anthology and torpedoed releasing the full helter skelter...just dumb shit. I like him but he was a curmudgeon

he was usually right tho

damn that twitter thread is probably the most annoying thing i've ever seen on the internet

he was exactly wrong w/r/t his anthology decisions.

Wait people don’t like “and your bird can sing”? I think it was the first Beatles song I heard that made me interested in exploring their music.

he was exactly wrong w/r/t his anthology decisions.

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)

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Wait people don’t like “and your bird can sing”? I think it was the first Beatles song I heard that made me interested in exploring their music.

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One of my favorite bridges and one of my favorite Harrisolos.

Going just by the demo I’d understand why Harrison would have thought it sounded like crap and not worth the time to salvage it.

I believe he wasn’t speaking ill of the songwriting itself but of the rough quality of the recording.

I don't think there's any suggestion that people don't like And Your Bird Can Sing (except for Giles Martin and the Continuity Beatles apparently not liking it more than Oh! Darling)

One of my favorite bridges and one of my favorite Harrisolos.

― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

YES!

I think there may be some personal investment for Paul in the song that George didn’t share, as it’s said that John’s last words with Paul by phone were reportedly “Think about me every now and then, old friend.”

"Don't think about pissy George"

lol

"and your bird can sing" is my favorite beatles song

yeah I wasn't implying that people don't like And Your Bird Can Sing. I just mean it doesn't get the attention I think it should given it's one of the best things they ever recorded.

the demo of now and then is definitely in rougher shape than Real Love and Free as a Bird, but I'm still pretty excited to hear what they were able to do with it now. I have no problem with McCartney basically using a cleaned up sample to construct a new song around it and that MAL demixing tech sounds pretty amazing. Purists might balk but I don't care.

i'm not expecting to be utterly blown away but if it's as good as the other two tracks I'll be happy. Those two songs have turned out to be major earworms for me; I don't think of them are core Beatles tracks, but I like them and they circle around my head an awful lot.

Circling back, it's sort of insane to me that "Tomorrow Never Knows" wasn't on Red's tracklist from the get-go

"Real Love" is a Good Song, "Free as a Bird" not so much.

Great video though

I guess it would have spoiled the vibe of the red album as the one your Daily Express reading uncle liked.

yeah, to be sure, it would feel way more of a place opening up the refigured Blue

I mean, if it were up to me I'd have Revolution 9 on blue as well.

Beatles compilations are weird, it feels like watching a CNN documentary or something. I just never listened to anything other than the albums + past masters

and anthologies, don’t know the bbc sessions well

The only Beatles albums you need are Ballads and A Collection of Beatles Oldies.

Forgot Hey Jude

And the Christmas records set

Has this being linked to https://people.com/the-beatles-announce-new-song-now-and-then-8382741

red and blue is how i got into the beatles, via cassettes in my family's ford taurus during road trips

i was 7, maybe 8

Mostly excited for the remixed Red album based on this: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-now-and-then-1234862777/

I have a longtime interest in the crazy world that is the Beatles' compilation discography.

They've almost never got it right, ever. '1' and Love are the two most obvious (conceptual) successes imo. They fucked up the roll-out of Anthology royally. But I love Real Love and even Free as a Bird, esp if paired with the videos.

I'm not sure what to make of more remixes tbh. I think my tolerance ran out after Abbey Road (I did hear Revolver and enjoyed Taxman but couldn't get too excited otherwise, especially given how terrible the She Said She Said mix was).

they were pretty good with Tony Sheridan but after that I kind of check out

I enjoyed You'll Be Mine and Cayenne but lost interest for years until they released Plastic Beetle and Peter Blake 2000. Although I did love the movie medley.

red and blue is how i got into the beatles, via cassettes in my family's ford taurus during road trips

― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili),

^^ This. These albums were public library staples.

I love that the RS article is so badly written that it implies the new track uses a vocal isolated by a microphone in a flower pot.

sure but there are causes for concern with some of the frantic ~legacy building~ going in recent years especially - paul and ringo have basically embalmed themselves already

it feels like they want to wrap the whole thing up and put it on a pedestal so that everyone worship it in the approved way - just at the point that new generations are finally starting to say interesting things about the beatles which trouble many aspects of the beatle party line. the whole thing feels a little reactionary