The Beatles

[cremetangerine82]

Dec 7, 2021 14:41:48 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

On Topic: I prefer The Beatles' members solo music to their collaborative efforts. I think they all grew as artists once they were no longer tethered together as icons.

Interesting, the consensus I’ve heard for decades is that the Beatles were greater than the sum of their parts. But this is one of the few times I’ve heard the opposite! What are some of your favorite songs and/or albums?

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Is there another artist whose version of a Beatles song you love already but love their version equally or even more ( ok I’ll admit I’m just looking for and excuse to post The Long and winding road, George Michael his vocals here are so good.

David Bowie tribute to Lennon Imagine
I love the sentiment in this and quite timely that I post it as I’m minutes away from Dec 8th in my time zone


There so many covers and just fellow artists giving their versions but those 2 came into my head earlier.

[cremetangerine82]

Dec 7, 2021 19:46:11 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Is there another artist whose version of a Beatles song you love already but love their version equally or even more ( ok I’ll admit I’m just looking for and excuse to post

No need to apologize, I registered on this boards after years of lurking to just talk about the Beatles!
Joe Cocker’s fantastic cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” is fantastic, and is perfect for the theme song for The Wonder Years.
I will also give love to Sufjan Stevens’ transformative cover of ”What Goes On”, it’s mind-blowing and is severely slept on.

[tiggertoo]

I love Sarah McLachlan’s cover of Blackbird.

youtu.be/g3VrggQW7tk

[ratscabies]

Oh, Fitz....

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Dear Prudence.
Arlo Guthrie: I've Just Seen a Face.
Fanny: Hey Bulldog (better than the Beatles. May even be the definitive version.)

There was a studio group called the Baker Street Philharmonic that was a project for former Manfred Mann member, Mike Vickers. They did lounge Instrumental stuff. One of the things they did was a version of Singalong Junk from Paul's first solo record. really nice version of a song that always strikes meas amazing. I mean, the Beatles rejected Junk, and the instrumental version Paul did was mostly filler for the album he made in his flat. But the melody is SO GOOD. Any other songwriter that came up with that, it would be the first thing on thier wikipedia page as their biggest hit, but for Paul, it's kind of a throwaway, overshadowed by Maybe I'm Amazed.

Dec 2, 2021 20:42:54 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

Awesome, thanks!

One question I would like to ask, what got you into the Beatles? For me, it was the “Beatles Anthology” in 1995. I was born in 1982, so the Beatles weren’t an active band and John was no longer alive, and most of my peers were listening to rap or alternative rock. I was devastated by Kurt Cobain’s death (Nirvana was the first band I was really into), and wanted to listen to other music, especially older stuff. I really fell in love with then, and my first searches on the Internet in 1997 were for Beatles content (some interesting, some not so much).

When I was a toddler, my dad's sisters used to babysit me, and play Sgt Pepper while they did. I wasn't AWARE of it until I was 5 (?) and we listened while they taught me to play Monopoly.

I still live in the house Grandpa built where I first heard Sgt Pepper in the living room all those years ago. A few years back, when the 50th anniversary box set came out, I had to have it, since I am a sound nerd, and had to have the surround mix. I finally had an afternoon to myself, when I could crank up the big system in the living room, and had a quasi-religious experience. It was so good, I actually got on Twitter and tagged Giles Martin to share this story, and say how impressed I was with his mix, and he responded to me!

But my real awakening as a fan was in the 2nd grade, in 1973-4, when our teacher would, if we had been good that week, play Meet the Beatles on Friday afternoons during art class. That set me up to start watching the annual broadcasts of A Hard Days Night on the Cleveland UHF station.

One would think my day job would turn me into one of those "I hate the Beatles-They're overplayed!" people. And, truth be told, I *do* tend to listen mostly to the later stuff that we don't do in the show. But I named my kid Prudence, so I guess I am a lifer!

[mrspickles]

Dec 8, 2021 1:13:47 GMT -4 ratscabies said:

Oh, Fitz....

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Dear Prudence.
Arlo Guthrie: I've Just Seen a Face.
Fanny: Hey Bulldog (better than the Beatles. May even be the definitive version.)

There was a studio group called the Baker Street Philharmonic that was a project for former Manfred Mann member, Mike Vickers. They did lounge Instrumental stuff. One of the things they did was a version of Singalong Junk from Paul's first solo record. really nice version of a song that always strikes meas amazing. I mean, the Beatles rejected Junk, and the instrumental version Paul did was mostly filler for the album he made in his flat. But the melody is SO GOOD. Any other songwriter that came up with that, it would be the first thing on thier wikipedia page as their biggest hit, but for Paul, it's kind of a throwaway, overshadowed by Maybe I'm Amazed.

Dec 2, 2021 20:42:54 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

Awesome, thanks!

One question I would like to ask, what got you into the Beatles? For me, it was the “Beatles Anthology” in 1995. I was born in 1982, so the Beatles weren’t an active band and John was no longer alive, and most of my peers were listening to rap or alternative rock. I was devastated by Kurt Cobain’s death (Nirvana was the first band I was really into), and wanted to listen to other music, especially older stuff. I really fell in love with then, and my first searches on the Internet in 1997 were for Beatles content (some interesting, some not so much).

When I was a toddler, my dad's sisters used to babysit me, and play Sgt Pepper while they did. I wasn't AWARE of it until I was 5 (?) and we listened while they taught me to play Monopoly.

I still live in the house Grandpa built where I first heard Sgt Pepper in the living room all those years ago. A few years back, when the 50th anniversary box set came out, I had to have it, since I am a sound nerd, and had to have the surround mix. I finally had an afternoon to myself, when I could crank up the big system in the living room, and had a quasi-religious experience. It was so good, I actually got on Twitter and tagged Giles Martin to share this story, and say how impressed I was with his mix, and he responded to me!

But my real awakening as a fan was in the 2nd grade, in 1973-4, when our teacher would, if we had been good that week, play Meet the Beatles on Friday afternoons during art class. That set me up to start watching the annual broadcasts of A Hard Days Night on the Cleveland UHF station.

One would think my day job would turn me into one of those "I hate the Beatles-They're overplayed!" people. And, truth be told, I *do* tend to listen mostly to the later stuff that we don't do in the show. But I named my kid Prudence, so I guess I am a lifer!

EVERY time I hear Siouxsie's Dear Prudence I think of you guys, rat.

[Mutagen]

I really like Fiona Apple's cover of "Across the Universe."

[Gigiree]

Dec 7, 2021 18:40:08 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

Dec 7, 2021 14:41:48 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

On Topic: I prefer The Beatles' members solo music to their collaborative efforts. I think they all grew as artists once they were no longer tethered together as icons.

Interesting, the consensus I’ve heard for decades is that the Beatles were greater than the sum of their parts. But this is one of the few times I’ve heard the opposite! What are some of your favorite songs and/or albums?

Oh, boy--this will be a quick take.

John Lennon's albums Double Fantasy and Imagine are both fantastic. I often wonder how he would have evolved as an artist if not for his untimely death. Paul McCartney had some great albums with Wings, but my all-time favorite song is "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live)--it is on constant rotation on my playlists. George Harrison's work as a solo artist and with the Traveling Wilburys deserves a shout-out--All Things Must Pass is a solid album, and Ringo got very little recognition, but his solo career has spanned decades and created gems like "Photograph".

[cremetangerine82]

Oh, boy--this will be a quick take.

John Lennon's albums Double Fantasy and Imagine are both fantastic. I often wonder how he would have evolved as an artist if not for his untimely death. Paul McCartney had some great albums with Wings, but my all-time favorite song is "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live)--it is on constant rotation on my playlists. George Harrison's work as a solo artist and with the Traveling Wilburys deserves a shout-out--All Things Must Pass is a solid album, and Ringo got very little recognition, but his solo career has spanned decades and created gems like "Photograph".

Good picks. I just find every solo album to be only a quarter satisfying. For every nonpareil classic, there is some dreck in the mix (you couldn’t pay me to listen to Sometime in New York City in full). I pretty much like these:
John: John Lennon Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Walls and Bridges
Paul: McCartney, Ram, Band On the Run with Wings, Tug of War minus “Ebony and Ivory”, Flaming Pie, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Egypt Station minus “Fuh You”
George: All Things Must Pass, Living in the Material World, Cloud Nine, Brainwashed
Ringo: Beaucoups of Blues, Ringo, the singles “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Back Off Boogaloo”

*Wow, Macca running the table! Not bad for my fourth-favorite Beatle!

[ratscabies]

Maybe I’m Amazed (especially the version on Wings Over America) is McCartney’s finest hour, hands down.

I have forgiven many execrable things (Say Say Say, Ebony and Ivory, and that god-forsaken Wunnerful K-rimma-time) due to the mere existence of Maybe I’m Amazed.

ETA: for Dwan, wherever she may be....