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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    WES is doing his usual. Trying to lock me into arguing over one song when the real issue is him trashing pretty much the entire album.

    Do I think When I'm 64 is an amazing song? No. But I am not going bother arguing over the better of two bad songs. It would be like discussing the difference between **** and ****e.

    And let's face it, if the chap thinks A Day in the Life isn't any good then our reference points are too far apart. We may as well stick to arguing about whether Arsenal are going to win the league
    Except that I didn’t trash pretty much the entire album, I said the first three songs were great and a lot of the rest was very average. And I didn’t say A Day in the Life wasn’t any good I said it was overrated.

    Other than that your analysis is spot on Peter

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
    Except that I didn’t trash pretty much the entire album, I said the first three songs were great and a lot of the rest was very average. And I didn’t say A Day in the Life wasn’t any good I said it was overrated.

    Other than that your analysis is spot on Peter
    You said the album was grossly overrated, or have you forgotten that bit? And calling all but the first three songs average, rubbish (or McCartney dross!) or overrated is trashing 'pretty much the entire album'. Let us not quibble on that.

    And it is fine, obviously. Just not worth discussing. I am not going to say anything about the White Album. Nothing at all. My lips are sealed

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    You said the album was grossly overrated, or have you forgotten that bit? And calling all but the first three songs average, rubbish (or McCartney dross!) or overrated is trashing 'pretty much the entire album'. Let us not quibble on that.

    And it is fine, obviously. Just not worth discussing. I am not going to say anything about the White Album. Nothing at all. My lips are sealed
    You'd throw ob-li-di ob-li-da in my face, wouldn't you Peter?

    Not to mention Revolution no. 9

    Still I could counter with Dear Prudence, I'm So Tired and the far superior version of Revolution

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
    You'd throw ob-li-di ob-li-da in my face, wouldn't you Peter?

    Still I could counter with Dear Prudence, I'm So Tired and the far superior version of Revolution
    I wouldn't, because we are talking about an album. The White Album suffers from double album syndrome. Too much, too messy, a bit of showboating here and there. Some amazing songs but it doesn't work as an album, for me. Doubles never do.

    Ob-la-di harmed the album in a very particular way. Geoff Emerick, their engineer/assistant producer and architect of a lot of what they achieved on Pepper and Revolver, walked out on them after a row about that song. The album is less focused because of his departure, and I am not just saying that because he was a good friend of my dad

    But, we all listen to music differently. Even the concept of an album is outdated now. Just mentioning the art form gets one labelled as a boomer

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    I wouldn't, because we are talking about an album. The White Album suffers from double album syndrome. Too much, too messy, a bit of showboating here and there. Some amazing songs but it doesn't work as an album, for me. Doubles never do.

    Ob-la-di harmed the album in a very particular way. Geoff Emerick, their engineer/assistant producer and architect of a lot of what they achieved on Pepper and Revolver, walked out on them after a row about that song. The album is less focused because of his departure, and I am not just saying that because he was a good friend of my dad

    But, we all listen to music differently. Even the concept of an album is outdated now. Just mentioning the art form gets one labelled as a boomer
    You think about things more than me, Peter. I love the first three songs on Pepper, and I like Day in the Life but got tired of the symphony going crazy bits, they're just irritating. But that's it, I can't think of another song on the album that I would particularly want to listen to.

    White album has Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Yer Blues, Sexy Sadie, Revolution 1 and Cry baby Cry - I would happily listen to all of them. I even like some of the dross, like Don't Pass Me By

    I would agree that it does not compare as an album 'concept' with Pepper. But I don't care. I like the music better

  6. #6
    Well, this is better than either.



    Lennon and McCartney never came close to that piece of art...

    Nor Taylor, Mercury, May and the other one...
    “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    Well, this is better than either.



    Lennon and McCartney never came close to that piece of art...

    Nor Taylor, Mercury, May and the other one...
    Best Dance Album ever made.

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
    You think about things more than me, Peter. I love the first three songs on Pepper, and I like Day in the Life but got tired of the symphony going crazy bits, they're just irritating. But that's it, I can't think of another song on the album that I would particularly want to listen to.

    White album has Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Yer Blues, Sexy Sadie, Revolution 1 and Cry baby Cry - I would happily listen to all of them. I even like some of the dross, like Don't Pass Me By

    I would agree that it does not compare as an album 'concept' with Pepper. But I don't care. I like the music better
    There you go- we are experiencing the same thing in a different way.

    I like an album. But it is a dying art form and I am a dinosaur

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    There you go- we are experiencing the same thing in a different way.

    I like an album. But it is a dying art form and I am a dinosaur
    And just to spite you I am listening to it as we speak

    I might add Glass Onion to the above list. And I just finished the stunningly simplistic yet wonderful I'm So Tired. Twice.

    Lennon at his best imo.

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