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It's Certainly A Thrill: 'Sgt. Pepper' Is Best Album
(Better than the White Album?!)
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| 11-17-03
Posted on 11/17/2003 2:21:38 PM PST by steppenwolffe
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To: dighton; aculeus
To: oh8eleven
Someone's feelings were hurt, that's for sure.
122
posted on
11/17/2003 4:24:25 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Everybody calm down . . . eat some fruit or something.)
To: eddie willers
Well, he just smiled, took the sheet of paper, and told me to get back to class.
Mr. Corley ruled. The only principal I really liked.
123
posted on
11/17/2003 4:25:02 PM PST
by
Skooz
(We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
To: eddie willers
as they use to say at Marvel nuff said....
124
posted on
11/17/2003 4:25:14 PM PST
by
xp38
To: Mr. Mojo
Even Simon & Garfunkle thought it was good stuff...
"goo goo ga goob Mrs. Robinson"
To: theelephantway
Yep. ...And speaking of great albums, S & G's Bookends was certainly one.
To: Skooz
And "A Day in the Life" is only interesting because of the change in musical styles (see "Bohemian Rhapsody" for an excellent use of this), but the poetry is stilted. Hotel California has plays on words: "Tiffany twisted", "Mercedes bends". It has metaphors: Dancing, voices, dinners. It has a better vocabulary: "shimmering", "corridor". The Beatles would have had to work around "shiny" and "hallway".
To: AmishDude
"The Beatles did not age well."
Must be why their most recent release "1" went straight there.
To: steppenwolffe
'Sgt. Pepper' Is Best Album (Better than the White Album?!)No noway better than the White Album
To: Dr. Frank
What the heck? Abbey Road is better then either one.Yeah, I agree -- and it's really not even a close call in my opinion, especially between Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper.
To: republicofdavis
If the Beatles had released sounds of bodily functions -- or equivalently, anything by Yoko -- it would have gone to #1. Lots of people with incomplete collections when that came out.
To: AmishDude
"Also, the (Beatles) lyrics were quite lame.
For the record, Boston's self-titled album is the best ever."
Smokin', smokin, cookin' tonight just keep on tokin'.
It's not fair to compare the Beatles to such a lyrical high standard.
To: AmishDude
As a third rate, hack, amateur poet, I must respectfully disagree.
The flow of the lyrics is superb, like pouring water from a jar. It is pleasing to hear as well as read. It is anything but stilted, and certainly not forced.
It's actually quite good.
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posted on
11/17/2003 4:34:03 PM PST
by
Skooz
(We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
To: Petronski
So since everything else came afterward, you conclude everything else was derived therefrom?Yep....pretty much.
Rock and Roll had only been around for less than 10 years and was dying as fast as you could say "Elvis is outta the Army....and he's NOT the same".
Yep....I'm saying without them, Rock and Roll would have never have matured into "ROCK", there would have been no Who, Stones, Traffic, or Steely Dan etc.
Without the lovable mop tops, The Beach Boys would have continued writing "Little Duce Coupe" and Dwayne Allman would have never picked up the guitar.
(and wouldn't that be a shame)
To: Dr. Frank
My favorite is Abbey Road too!
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posted on
11/17/2003 4:36:14 PM PST
by
ruoflaw
To: republicofdavis
Oh, I didn't compare the Beatles' lyrics to Boston's. The lack of lyrical depth was Boston's weakness, but their album is full of recognizable songs and distinguishable music.
To: AmishDude; Skooz
"And "A Day in the Life" is only interesting because of the change in musical styles"
I'm speechless
To: eddie willers
Fifty Million Mullets Can't Be Wrong....
Journey! Styx! Boston! Night Ranger!
To: AmishDude
"Oh, I didn't compare the Beatles' lyrics to Boston's. The lack of lyrical depth was Boston's weakness, but their album is full of recognizable songs and distinguishable music."
Hold on now. You said that Boston was the greatest album of all time and in the same post said that the Beatles lyrics sucked. Now you're saying that lack of lyrical depth is a Boston weakness. Yet it's still the greatest album of all time. I guess lyrics don't matter that much to you. So what are you picking on the Beatles for?
To: xp38
Elvis put out singles...not albums (in the sense we're talking here)
And even at that, he never topped his very first ("That's All Right Mama") though "Jail House Rock" came close.
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