O/T - The Beatles

[TipperaryBaggie]

Always preferred The Beatles over the Stones. Probably my favourite song was Norwegian Wood which was the the first song to feature a sitar which was played by George Harrison.

[Dubbag]

Never a fan of the Beatles or any other band for that matter. I like music but not into music.

[kettering_baggie]

Nothing to do with The Beatles but a great performance of a classic Johnny Cash song, along with a collection of big country stars listening to it, hope you enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn2FyPrKJko

[Dubbag]

Nothing to do with The Beatles but a great performance of a classic Johnny Cash song, along with a collection of big country stars listening to it, hope you enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn2FyPrKJko

Hope you are feeling better Ketts...take care.

[kettering_baggie]

Thanks Dubs, feeling much better as long as I keep in the warm, the cold air kicks off the cough again! So, unfortunately, I won’t be at the Hawthorns on Saturday as I had planned. I think that I should spend Winters in a warmer clime!

[Dubbag]

Thanks Dubs, feeling much better as long as I keep in the warm, the cold air kicks off the cough again! So, unfortunately, I won’t be at the Hawthorns on Saturday as I had planned. I think that I should spend Winters in a warmer clime!

I think we all should at this stage....anyway good to hear.

[BaggieSingh]

Have to admit to having always been quite a big Beatles fan myself. Of course they also wrote some mediocre -if not quite poor-songs but their cultural and musical influence is beyond doubt, regardless of whether you like them or not.

One of the main things for me that sets them apart from so many other bands is probably how much they evolved in such a comparatively short career (really 1962-69). Very few bands or artists can claim such a varied catalogue of work and their innovations in the studio -very much enabled and assisted by George Martin-were particularly influential.

If you're interested BS I recommend Ian Mcadonald's "Revolution in the head" as a good companion book to their musical output. Placing the band in the context of the times it runs through their recordings in chronological order. MacDonald is clearly a fan but his reviews are certainly not sycophantic and he doesn't shy away from criticism.

Thank Omeg will look it up

[BARBaggies82]

My daughter who is now 9 has over the last year been completely obsessed by the Beatles

I like most people like the Beatles but I certainly am not the biggest fan or ever pushed her to be a fan in any way

I’m amazed that a 8/9year old can be so appreciative of music that was written 50+ years ago

But with their her appreciation of tracks that I’d never even heard of I have been watching documentaries and listening to a lot of Beatles stuff and just can’t believe how amazing these young lads who lasted less than a decade were

Some of their lyrics and songs are just way beyond their years and I can’t believe they last so long and are still Incredibly relevant and so different from other music of the time

I am finding a whole new appreciation for the Beatles

Anyone else had similar?

I'm 40 now and I remember being a 5 or 6 year old kid, rummaging through a cupboard and finding a big, heavy, orange box that had a handle and catches like a briefcase.

I remember opening it up with my mom and finding said box to be a dusty portable turntable/record player. Further in the cupboard was a collection of about 200 records ranging from the 50s up to the early 80s. Once the valves had warmed up I was away with the fairies.

I was hooked. I would spend hours listening to this old music. I remember "Brown Girl in the Ring" (steady on!) by Boney M was one of my favourites at the time.

I remind you I was 5 or 6 at the time and i still love "old" music. Going through my ****s and 20s people 2 or 3 times my age would ask me how I knew of artists and music well before my years.

Your little girl will be similar I'm sure BS.

Kids that age are incredibly impressionable and their imagination get captured by all sorts. My son is now at this age and is completely besotted with architecture. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace...all the London stuff and Lichfield cathedral more locally are his favourites. Anyone who dares to question his interests are often given the sharp edge of my tongue.

[WBA1955]

Pepper was a groundbreaking album, but not my favourite. The White Album and the variety of tracks was better imo. Abbey Road was also a class album and showed how far they had reached musically in the six years since She Loves You.
They aren't as good since they went solo, all of them released a few decent singles but their albums I found mediocre. They worked best in collaboration.

[kettering_baggie]

Paul McCartney is indeed a very talented musician and songwriter but I thought that he did not do justice to his talents in Wings. Wings, were, in my humble opinion, absolutely awful. How on Earth he managed to go from the Beatles and sink into Wings I really don’t know!