Posted on 12/01/2024 3:12:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
They changed when they went to India.
Harrison became religious.
Any band has about 5-7 years of relevance, max. That’s why I always say The Beatles broke up at the right time.
Thanks goodness! Their clothes were starting to reek.
Post Beatles George Harrison showed his brilliance. His work with the Wandering Wilberrys was the best. His conjunction with other great stars was great. They were all rich and were just having fun making great music. Lennon was a genius in writing songs and music but sadly murdered by a nut. Paul McCartney was just very average and his voice is gone today. Ringo Star was the luckiest man on earth to be with the Beatles. He was a good drummer but not the best.
My vote is for George Harrison as the best of the Beatles.
At least they broke up before they hated each other. Oh, wait.
He was the only religious one.
It was the Traveling Wilburys. Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison were all good on that album as well.
The Girl I Love (Quest Records #101, 1965)
That’s the Traveling Wilburys. The Wandering Wilburys are only available on bootleg. The Genuine Wandering Wilburys Basement Tapes. And don’t even get me started on the Roving Wilburys.
George. Yep
All things must pass is great. It’s essentially Derek’s dominoes.
Someone on Conan or some podcast said whenever one would go to George’s hose for a dinner everyone got handed a ukelele and they’d all play
Well, if I could only pick one desert island album, it would be the White Album. Reasonable minds can differ.
That was really from 1965? By then, that doo wop sound was long gone.
Except that's not the Beatles.
A Single Album,18 song White Album would have Increadable.
Huge Beatles fan here. I always liked their first 3-4 albums the best, especially when they did Motown covers, but have a special place in my heart for “Sgt. Pepper” and “Abbey Road.” Hard to get any better than those two albums.
In between, I was ok with “Rubber Soul, Hard Day’s Night, and Magical Mystery Tour,” but did not like the White Album at all. It was as if each was allowed to just play their most ridiculous crap without any real sense of a band.
For me, the Beatles were always far more about HOW they sang and performed than WHAT they performed. Just as the Beach Boys had harmonies that no one could copy, so did the Beatles with their unique blend of vocals.
It says “The Beatles” on the label. The lyricist for “The Girl I Love” was one J. Lemmon. Despite what everyone has been told, the Beatles are from Philadelphia, and they also recorded doo-wop under the name the Lytations.
Some acts tried to copy their blend of vocals. The Chartbusters came close, and although they got some radio airplay, they came nowhere near to busting any charts.
She's the One--The Chartbusters (1964)
Loved Rubber Sul
Not as good as Hep or Abey Rod, but still pretty good.
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