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Post by ootlg on May 9, 2021 6:15:37 GMT
Since we're a bunch of aging and already aged blokes here, how many of us listen and rate bands from this century, almost every time we talk about music it's from minimum 35 years ago. Rammstein. Underworld. Leftfield. That's about as modern as it gets for me. Different genre. London before I left. French stuff after 1960 doesn't do it for me. |
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Post by voice on Jul 2, 2021 13:26:17 GMT
The Beatles (White Album)
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Post by flatandy on Jul 2, 2021 13:41:50 GMT
Abbey Road, obviously. Although it would be better if they'd purged Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Octopus's Garden.
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Post by mids on Jul 2, 2021 13:47:54 GMT
The Beatles Greatest Hits.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Jul 2, 2021 17:48:23 GMT
Revolver
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Post by mids on Jul 2, 2021 17:52:16 GMT
Help!
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Post by wetkingcanute on Jul 2, 2021 17:58:53 GMT
It's good mids that you've got pass the denial stage and reached out for guidance.
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Post by Marshall on Jul 2, 2021 22:16:18 GMT
Toss up between Revolver and Abbey Road.
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Post by Marshall on Jul 8, 2021 23:56:06 GMT
Best Pink Floyd album?
I say Wish You Were Here
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Post by mids on Jul 9, 2021 7:35:52 GMT
DSotM. Followed by Meddle. I think that their music suffered progressively as Roger Waters took over.
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Post by flatandy on Jul 9, 2021 11:19:25 GMT
Is “Progressive”ly an “joke”?
Wish You Were Here is Number 1 for me. DSoTM is just slightly overrated.
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Post by mids on Jul 9, 2021 12:08:09 GMT
I wish I was that clever..
DSotM is rated.
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Post by ootlg on Jul 9, 2021 12:32:36 GMT
Best Pink Floyd album?
Relics
Then...
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Wish You Were Here
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Post by wetkingcanute on Jul 9, 2021 15:57:50 GMT
best Floyd album: The Final Cut.
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Post by voice on Jul 13, 2021 15:22:36 GMT
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Wish You Were Here
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Post by perrykneeham on Dec 31, 2022 18:21:28 GMT
One for the musos. Just our of interest, were there any stand-out instrumentalists* in either the Beatles or The Rolling Stones?
*players of musical instruments, as opposed to musicians. I accept that they are not mutually exclusive terms.
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Post by flatandy on Dec 31, 2022 19:01:04 GMT
Mick Taylor is a genuinely brilliant guitarist. There are drum people who believe that Ringo is exceptional. Not sure George, Mick, Keef or John were particularly remarkable guitarists. Watts seems to be a good jazz drummer but that’s really not my field.
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Post by mids on Dec 31, 2022 20:11:47 GMT
They were all very competent musicians but suffer somewhat in retrospect when compared with the technical ability that started to become a thing in rock music in the late 60s. Like Andy says, Mick Taylor is a genuinely top notch guitarist. Charlie Watts was a very good drummer and Brian Jones could apparently turn his hand to many instruments. None of them were slouches though and five of them were world class songwriters.
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Post by perrykneeham on Dec 31, 2022 20:27:05 GMT
So, we're agreed that, instrumentally, the Beatles were a bit hackish?
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Post by flatandy on Dec 31, 2022 20:47:37 GMT
I think that misses the point of The Beatles. They weren’t meant to be virtuoso instrumentalists. They were absolutely magnificent songwriters (apart from Starkey) who wrote songs that matched their instrumental competence. You don’t need to be a brilliant guitarist to play “Please, Please, Me”.
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