The Beatles

[Fergal]

Seeing as the remasters and the Rock Band thing was released today, thought I'd start a thread for the "toppermost of the poppermost", "the Fab Four" etc etc.
Any thoughts, favourites, memories, opinions, anything really! Not just on the remasters and the Rock Band game (though feel free to comment), anything to do with them.

[ELF!]

I think they're pretty good tbh, got a few albums, ace stuff!

[Sean]

I bought Revolver today so I'm going to give it a listen. They were wayyyyyyy before my time.

[Fergal]

Sept 9, 2009 19:43:18 GMT Sean said:

I bought Revolver today so I'm going to give it a listen. They were wayyyyyyy before my time.

They were before the time of everyone else on here (apart from Ian who was paying to see them with his pension in the early days), it's no excuse! Well in for getting Revolver, best place to start I reckon. What I did was start at the middle then work my way through that way, my favourite stuff is mostly on A Hard Day's Night/Help!/Rubber Soul/Revolver

[IrlamHillbilly]

Help! and Rubber Soul are my favorite Beatles albums. Could listen to them anytime no matter what type of mood I'm in.

[sirmavers]

Beatles are one of not many bands I didn't get into through Courteeners. My first album was Please Please Me, which I still hold in my highest regard, along with every beatles album. Heard them all including the past masters and Magical Mystery Tour, and it's all stunning.

I've got them all apart from Let It Be and Abbey Road, got Revolver/ With The Beatles/ Beatles For Sale on vinyl and rest on CD. My 2 favourites are probably Revolver and the self-titled album (White Album) simply because the tunes are amazing on them, and Revolver probably has more flow than alot of Beatles albums. If they cut the crap out of White Album (revolution 9 and piggies) then it would be my favourite

Amazing band, never made a 'not good' album, which is what makes them what they are really.

[lysergicacid]

Sept 9, 2009 16:49:10 GMT Fergal said:

toppermost of the poppermost.

I cringe and secretly die a little inside, whenever i hear that.

[benraul]

I adore the Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver, Rubber Soul, The Beatles (The White Album) and Abbey Road are my favourites.

[dontask]

here comes the sun is my "happy" song. bought beatles rock band today. easy way to get into them i reckon.

[upton]

By far the best band of all time.

Get everything eventually my favs are

Abbey Road
SGT Peppers
Magical Mystery Tour
Revolver.

Fav songs Day In The Life, Strawberry Fields, I Am The Walrus, Tomorrow Never Knows.

[dontask]

all great songs upton, best of all time is up for grabs but id put them as most influential and important for sure.

[sirmavers]

The Beatles never made any truly memorable tunes, but they made their names on albums really I suppose, and the fact that they never made a bad one.

Buuuuut, if I was to pick a favourite few then...........

When I'm Sixty-Four
And Your Bird Can Sing
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Act Naturally

could think of a few more though

[dontask]

nah ant they have some really memorable stuff, faves;

hello goodbye
here comes the sun
back in the USSR
come together
the end
strawbery fields forever
could go on

i even like i am the walrus, after been given a terrible first impression (oasis)

[benraul]

ant, hardly any memorable tunes? Surely they have some of the most memorable tunes of all time? Everyone knows;
Help,
Elanor rigby
A hard days nigh
Eight days a week
Yesterday
Penny lane
Yellow submarine
Sgt pepper
Hey jude
Come together
Let it be
To name just a few well known tracks.

[sirmavers]

Sorry, I put that across wrong. What I meant was, you don't associate The Beatles with great tunes, you associate them with great albums, wheras with alot of bands, they get associated with a handful of songs rather than their albums. Just an opinion, still love them, grea tunes, but you don't remember the tunes, you remember the albums.

Hope that cleared things up