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The Beatles - Former Members Top Five Records

PopIcon
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The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
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Also lots of good stuff on the early albums and singles (Twist and shout, I saw her standing there) and some nonsense on the White album.
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I think there's only one - Sound of the Suburbs, though Offshore Banking Business was big in the USA.3
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A Hard Day's Night is a really good album, and entirely Lennon and McCartney compositions too. To me it's better than Help or It is what it is Let it Be1
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My sweet Lord
Another day
Power to the people
It don't come Easy
All in the charts at the same time in 1971
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PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison2 -
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PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/642 -
The Animals first album is really good. At the time I was 8 and not really aware of music apart from the top twenty.1
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Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
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PopIcon said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Preferably without scrambling for Google Search etc
(NB For the record, Bob Dylan was not a pop group in 1963/64).
Also, how old were you in 1963/64
I was really just trying to get some context to your point of view.
For example, I'd be shocked if anybody who lived through those times would say they were not decent, as they were hugely innovative and influential at the time and arguably better than anything anybody else released in 63/64.
Having said that, of course, they may sound primitive by comparison with what came later but that in itself is testament to the pace of change and innovation driven by the Beatles themselves.5 -
I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.
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One early pretty unique feature of some bands like the Beatles, the Stones and a few others was that they had a seemingly democratic veneer. It wasn't Paul McCartney and the Beatles like it was Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, or Gerry and the Pacemakers.
We were still interested in who was the 'leader' of the band(s) but bands transmogrified away from being one star with a service crew.0 -
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RaplhMilne said:Lincsaddick said:0
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killerandflash said:A Hard Day's Night is a really good album, and entirely Lennon and McCartney compositions too. To me it's better than Help or It is what it is Let it Be0
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Love a lot of those mentioned earlier especially George's all things must pass. My favourite though is Paul's Red Rose Speedway.0
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golfaddick said:PopIcon said:The other thread about the Beatles got me thinking. I'm not a fan of the Beatles first four records, I personally don't think they put anything decent out until Help. Everything that came out after Help was phenomenal. I appreciate the significance of The Beatles in 63 and 64, I just found their music from that period a drag.
All four members released records from 1970, below are a list of five albums that I think are better than the first four Beatles records. I could probbaly list more, but five is a good number. Anyone else?
1. Imagine - John Lennon
2. Band on the Run - Wings
3. Ram - Paul McCartney
4. Tug of War - Paul McCartney
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
I'd now replace The Travelling Wilburys Vol 1 for Tug of War.0 -
I love the first four albums. Maybe you had to be there in order to feel the freshness and energy that came bursting into a rather grey world.3
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PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.1 -
Nadou said:PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.0 -
Henry Irving said:Nadou said:PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.1 -
Nadou said:PopIcon said:I grew up listening to 60s music, our house was always full of music when I was a kid.
I'm fully aware the significance of The Beatles in the early 60s. I have no doubt it was amazing at the time to be discovering their music and others. It just just hasn't stood the test of time. A lot of music I listened to in the 90s which I thought was ace just sounds awful now.
Some records are timeless, Sg Pepper, Led Zep IV, Dark Side of the Moon, The Bends, Grace, Rumours, Born to Run.
I get it that taste is subjective. I've tried on multiple times to get into the Stones, but nothing has landed yet for me. Although the intro to Gimme Shelter is sublime.
@Henry Irving Grace by Jeff Buckey.0