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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I’ll take Yes over ELP. Close to the Edge is their masterpiece.
No, that would be Led Zeppelin IV
Short answer? No.
Longer answer? HELL no!
They call is Stormy Monday
But Tuesday’s just as bad
Lord, and Wednesday’s worse
And Thursday’s all so sad
The eagle flies on Friday
Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church
Gonna get down on my knees and pray
Slight rabbit trail to the topic, but with the mention of synthesizers this is worth reading...
semi-correct as every Zeppelin album kicks butt but PG is considered by most the top vinyl of all time...
I never really got into ‘Bug’ music. That being said I so have multiple albums of theirs.
I purchased ‘Bug 1’s’ and after 20 minutes I had to turn it off! Had to have a beer in quiet...
I’ll vote for Tower Of Power’s What Is Hip? album, with a 2nd to The Crusaders Southern Comfort (OK - the Crusaders are not ‘rock’ I’ll admit that).
NOT trying to hijack the post, just sharing my thoughts...
Weekend starts at 5:00 PM local time! Perhaps I should start to play ‘Bug 1’s at 4:40 PM?
There’s several streaming Beatles channels on iTunes (free radio), like Beatlesmania........
Stormy Monday, but tuesday’s just as bad.....
Don’t care, prefer Foreigner and Sammy Hagar.
A fine guitar band with a crappy singer; much like Guns n Roses.
Well considering your Freeper handle it’s obvious. ;)
I love Quadrophenia too, I just think there’s just a bit too much filler on it.
That’s what made Who’s Next great is that it did get stripped down from Pete’s original “Lifehouse” concept. I just think Quad could have used it as well.
er..that’s Beatles-a-rama
Sunday I go to church, and get down on my knees and pray
It’s only Teenage wasteland.............
Wednesday is worst
...and Thursday’s oh so sad
Eva Cassidy - Stormy Monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAddgb-s70
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