Posted on 08/05/2016 5:35:44 AM PDT by Mariner
In the spring of 1966, riding high on the artistic success of ‘Rubber Soul,’ the Beatles went into the studio to begin crafting what would become their greatest record.
It is spring 1966, and the Beatles are ensconced in London’s EMI Studios, where they have embarked upon their latest manipulation of time. The Christmas season just passed had seen the release of the band’s sixth album, Rubber Soul, a game-changer of a disc that wedded American rhythm and blues to English folk music, as if the two genres were meant to go together all along. The Beatles, as the popsmiths-cum-pied pipers for teenyboppers, the lovable lads behind A Hard Day’s Night, were no more. Their middle-career era of high-toned, big boy art had commenced.
Rubber Soul continued to dominate the charts that spring. It featured organic sounds sourced from the streets of the city and countryside fields where one might have pictured John Clare wandering, but the Beatles, being the Beatles, were now moving entirely beyond Rubber Soul’s rustic-tinged soundscapes, as if such a masterwork were a mere digression in their journey towards something bigger, something better, something more “next,” if you will.
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Not even close.
I give credit to George Martin on that one!
Beach Boys. PET SOUNDS.
Echoes... the drum part
https://youtu.be/Vm0VBWnUhvU?t=6m59s
“Live at Fillmore East is the best record of all time “
Anything Live at the Fillmore East is up there as best album. For me it was Hendrix, Live at the Fillmore East from New Years Eve 1969. He was with Band of Gypsys.
So, today’s rock question, who was the last band that played the Fillmore East?
I own that record. It’s got some good stuff and some crap. It’s definitely one of their better albums.
But art is subjective. There is no “best” album of any type.
The most enjoyable experience I ever had listening to a record from beginning to end was one night in the late 70’s listening to Alan Parsons I Robot. But I don’t think that is the greatest record ever made.
i.e. the premise is an excuse to write an article.
BTW, the article says their pace of producing records over 7 years was “extraordinary”. Well, since they were not a touring band, sure, they had the time. And lets be frank: A lot of their stuff was “lets throw it against the wall and see what sticks”. I’m thinking, “I am the walrus”.
Yep. Rubber soul is my favorite. Sgt Pepper is second and Revolver is third.
But, as an album-cover work of art??, it’s cool.
Musically? Best sex-up album ever! I received lots of “physical graffiti” while looping this album for hours.
Well, ain’t we all ^Tied To The Whippin’ Post^?
Isle of Wight?
They are, to me, the greatest band of all time.
You are Mr. Wrong Wrongiman
Holy cow, I just can’t believe how wrong you are.
That being said, I fully agree. Let’s celebrate our brotherhood of wrongness!
Brain Salad Surgery was a great album. But as a whole it doesn’t hold together the way Tarkus does. Even the big hit “Karn Evil 9” is really 3 separate, unrelated pieces, not the suite that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Impression track titles would suggest they are. In a way, Brain was the band’s swan song. Then they went full pretentious with Works 1 and 2 and ended on a wimp, I mean whimper with Love Beach - I mean what the hell?
Did
The Eagle flies on Friday - Saturday I go out and play
Sell Out and Who’s Next were their best.
A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles 3rd studio album, movie soundtrack on side 1
And I Love Her the best ballad McCartney-Lennon ever wrote.
Buzz’s top 5.
1. LZ4. Rock and Roll might be the best opening song of all time. In later years Zep would close with a Whole Lotta Love/Rock and Roll Medley. The Song Remains the same with Nobody’s Fault But Mine as an opening medley was pretty good. Stairway will forever be a top 5 song. Yeah, after 40 years people of our generation are sick of it, but even today it holds its own.
2. Springsteen - Born to Run. I loved this in 75 and when I migrated to the Jersey Shore in the late 70’s I had the pleasure of seeing Bruce live at the Pony several times. Thunder Road is another classic.
3. Clapton- Disraeli Gears. To this day I hear Strange Brew and just sit back and smile. Not sure if Clapton has a compilation album of his songs from all his bands. If he does, to me that would be an awesome listening experience.
4. Stones - Sticky Fingers. Brown Sugar anchors an album featuring Can you hear me knocking, Bitch, Wild Horses, Moonlight mile. A great piece of work from the Greatest Rock and Roll band in the world.
5. This is where it goes off the rails. Who’s Next is an anthem of a generation. You won’t get fooled again was a top 5 song for decades. London Calling transitions classic rock into the punk/alternative scene and Revolver/Rubber Soul/Sgt Pepper could very well be 5a/5b and 5c.
“For me it was Hendrix, Live at the Fillmore East from New Years Eve 1969. He was with Band of Gypsys.”
That still stands as one of the best live performances of the hard rock era. To this very day, I’ve never heard anyone achieve the same level of mastery that Hendrix showed on the guitar, in that concert.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer was probably the first time I ever heard a synthesizer used in a song.
“Then they went full pretentious with Works 1 and 2 and ended on a wimp, I mean whimper with Love Beach - I mean what the hell?”
I saw the Works tour with the Orchestra. I saw ELP again when they played for WNEW’s anniversary concert. For musicianship, this band might be the most talented. The only one who came close to Keith Emerson was Rick Wakeman. Carl Palmer was in his own world.
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