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Originally Posted by Lobomov
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01-30-2020 09:38 AM
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Just a thought about Beatles' popularity: I think it was their phenomenal rhythm section and vocals that propelled them to the top.
The top bands of the early 60's especially in Britain were kind of stuck in a rut rhythmically. Even in America with its history of RnB the most popular songs were not really that impressive in a rock sense--a lot of the Motown songs of the time were ballads for instance.
The Beatles sound from the beginning had a strong backbeat and bass which were up front. And the harmony vocals...well, their competitors might have been the Hollies in England and the Byrds in America, though I think the Beatles pretty much beat them to the punch with their records, but neither of those groups had the backbone of Starr and McCartney.
The Stones had a similarly strong rhythm section and the charismatic Mr. Jagger. Keef was a good foil for Mick, but he was not equal to the 3 main Beatles singers. Of course they were popular in their own way.
Anyway just a musing for Friday afternoon.
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Isn't it ironic for those that don't appreciate or even know the White Album, that the 2019 anniversary edition was voted the #2 historical album in the 2019 Downbeat reader's poll. Only one to beat it was the "lost" Coltrane album.
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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Originally Posted by Zina
Where is this thread getting to?
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
@Zina: I don't think there was a 60th Anniversary ed. of "Kind of Blue", so it probably kind of went under the radar.
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Originally Posted by docsteve
Re. the falafel place: I'd have had to put earplugs in or order Aspirine for dessert!
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What's the joke?
What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
--Bilingual
So what do you call someone who speaks three langiages?
--Trilingual
And what do you call someone who speaks only one language?
--American
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I have never heard that White Album, I never bought any Beatles records for some reason.
Mind you when I was a kid, Beatles hits were being played on the radio all the time, so I remember hearing quite a lot of their stuff that way.
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Jazz giant Brad Mehldau kinda feels sorry for anyone who never heard the White Album.
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Originally Posted by docsteve
The legacy edition came out in 2009 and is over 2 hours long, so it would be comparable to a historic release like the White Album remaster.
I like all the Beatles recent remasters, especially the Sergeant Pepper’s, which makes an old album sound new again. The White Album though is not as much of a sonic improvement as the others, which were mixed in a more primitive way. I enjoy demos and alternate versions as much as the next guy and find them of historic interest. However, with the possible exception of Free as a Bird, nothing that has come out since 1970 has been as good as anything they put out before.
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