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Is the Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ the Best Rock Record Ever?
The Daily Beast ^ | August 4th, 2016 | Colin Fleming

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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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: beatles; music; no; nope; notevenclose; notrock; revolver
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To: Sirius Lee

I’ll take Yes over ELP. Close to the Edge is their masterpiece.


61 posted on 08/05/2016 6:54:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mariner

No, that would be Led Zeppelin IV


62 posted on 08/05/2016 6:54:50 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Mariner

Short answer? No.

Longer answer? HELL no!


63 posted on 08/05/2016 6:58:45 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: atc23

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


64 posted on 08/05/2016 6:59:21 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: Mariner
For rock, these two would top my list:


65 posted on 08/05/2016 6:59:58 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: dfwgator
...the first time I ever heard a synthesizer used in a song.

Slight rabbit trail to the topic, but with the mention of synthesizers this is worth reading...

The 40 Year Friendship: Bob Moog and David VanKoevering

66 posted on 08/05/2016 7:01:01 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

semi-correct as every Zeppelin album kicks butt but PG is considered by most the top vinyl of all time...


67 posted on 08/05/2016 7:04:48 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Mariner

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?


68 posted on 08/05/2016 7:14:21 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: Mariner

69 posted on 08/05/2016 7:22:39 AM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: dfwgator
I love Sell Out and Who's Next, but I luuurve Quadrophenia. It evokes such an emotional response in me--the words, the music, the passion demonstrated by four great performers at the top of their game. I think I shall listen to it again right now!
70 posted on 08/05/2016 7:31:33 AM PDT by drjimmy
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To: Mr. K

There’s several streaming Beatles channels on iTunes (free radio), like Beatlesmania........


71 posted on 08/05/2016 7:32:33 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Stormy Monday, but tuesday’s just as bad.....


72 posted on 08/05/2016 7:33:11 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: Third Person

Don’t care, prefer Foreigner and Sammy Hagar.


73 posted on 08/05/2016 7:33:47 AM PDT by steve8714 (Cubs; so desperate to win they stuff the bullpen with abusers.)
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To: God luvs America

A fine guitar band with a crappy singer; much like Guns n Roses.


74 posted on 08/05/2016 7:35:18 AM PDT by steve8714 (Cubs; so desperate to win they stuff the bullpen with abusers.)
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To: drjimmy

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.


75 posted on 08/05/2016 7:35:42 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mr. K

er..that’s Beatles-a-rama


76 posted on 08/05/2016 7:36:49 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: atc23

Sunday I go to church, and get down on my knees and pray


77 posted on 08/05/2016 7:39:21 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: dfwgator

It’s only Teenage wasteland.............


78 posted on 08/05/2016 7:39:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: PhiloBedo

Wednesday is worst
...and Thursday’s oh so sad

Eva Cassidy - Stormy Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAddgb-s70


79 posted on 08/05/2016 7:39:59 AM PDT by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

80 posted on 08/05/2016 7:40:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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