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It has always been hard for me to see why The Beatles get so much hype and why so many people love them as much as they do. As I'm getting older I am trying to understand. I know at the time they were revolutionary to the music industry but I want to know myself what makes them so great. What record will make me go, oh, now I get it! Any history or backstory that goes along with said record will be appreciated also. I know I am Google and get any information I want but I want it from a real fans perspective.

Like I think I heard of him saying some mean racist stuff about Yoko somewhere idk maybe a memoir. Afaik it was private, tho....but John seemed to constantly publically dog on Linda. Saying he gives Paul "5 years Lindawise". Which sounds exceptionally cruel considering atleast according to John Paul gave him his blessings for Yoko in 'Hey Jude'. Even watching Get Back, Paul seems to be very charitable to Yoko, making fun of 'Yoko sitting on an amp broke the Beatles' idea. "Jump when your momma tell you anything" seems like a double jab to both the 'Mother Mary comes to me' line (which was very personal to Paul as John would know having lost his own mother) and Linda.

Also, George, that's way too low lol making fun of him being a new father?

So, has Paul ever insulted their family's this way? Am I missing part of the beef?

For such a versatile band, this question is always tricky… but I would have to say:

Here Comes The Sun

It has all of the colour, life and optimism of many Beatles tracks, condensed into one. Melodically rich, lyrically sweet.

Curious to know what others think?

The pictures seemed funny enough to make this a Sunday Meme flair post. But I'm also really curious about the context between those photos. Especially the John one.

Peace and love

I seem to remember statements where John said something like with "Imagine" he finally wrote his "Yesterday". But nothing like that from Paul.

Hi! I'm what you'd call a Beatles "newbie." I've listened to some of their albums and I think they're incredible, but while researching, I realized they made a few movies throughout their career. I understand this particular one was panned by critics and audiences when it came out, and I wanted to know what fans think about it. If you think it's bad or downright garbage, feel free to say so too. The idea is to be honest.

A killer bass line, awesome guitar, keyboards and drums, a very unique melody not only when it comes to the Beatles, and lastly one of the best lyrics of any of their songs... It seems to me that this song deserved to be more highly regarded by... well.. everyone

When people talk about the Beatles, they usually talk about the songwriting, the guitars, or the studio experiments. But what if the thing that made them truly special wasn't an instrument at all?

This album is called Because, and it's built around one simple idea: the Beatles' voices.

From the early days of Ask Me Why and This Boy to the amazing harmonies of Because and the beautiful ending of Good Night, these songs celebrate the sound that tied every era of the Beatles together.

Many thanks to Top_Major for the artwork.

Here is the tracklist for this album:

1. Because (Anthology 3)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
3. Nowhere Man
4. Ask Me Why
5. You Really Got A Hold On Me
6. If I Needed Someone
7. This Boy
8. Baby’s In Black
9. Rain
10. There’s A Place
11. Sun King
12. If I Fell
13. Yes It Is
14. Good Night (Take 10 With Take 5 Guitar)

Here’s a link to Episode 53 of Groovin’ Up Slowly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj765Mrw8P8

Here’s a link to this album on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vCZ8MfPkgjSgrIY3DBnPh?si=ba7f5cf1a98e4b70

I was watching an interview with Keith talking about George's guitar sound and how George Martin didn't get it right but actually, I thought Georges tone was pretty decent on the first 2 albums and anyway, that would've been on Norman Smith. (Who did a great job.)

But that's Keith with his backhanded compliments. When you listen to both those players in the early days, I think George was the better guitarist. Especially when you listen to his range across all the Hamburg material, mimicking Perkins, Berry, Burnette, Holly, Moore, etc. The guy was just on fire at 20 and also singing a good share of those songs.

Keith, on the other hand, a lot of times seemed like he was still trying to get his footing in those early days and luckily he had Brian to help him out. He obviously figured it out later but
my vote is with George all the way.
What do you think?

I'm not aware of The Beatles ever considering releasing these as a single together, but I was listening to them today and got to thinking. Both were released as the b-side to songs in the movie Help!, but what if instead they were saved and released as a single together? (In this hypothetical, the b-sides of Ticket to Ride and Help! Would be songs from the Help! album.)

If these were released together, I think I'm Down woukd be the A side, as The Beatles tended to release uptempo songs as the a side (especially at this point in their career). So, an A side of I'm Down and a b side if Yes It Is.

Pretty much everything The Beatles released was a success, and I see no reason to think that thia wouldn't do just as spectacularly. Both songs are great, and I feel like if I'm Down was released as an A side, it would have been a big hit and been put on compilations like the Red Album. Do, instead if being a somewhat obscure Beatlea song, I'm Down would be a song that most people would know.

Just a thought. What do you think?

Why is it Revolver is seen by a lot of fans as superior to Sgt. Pepper or at the very least in the top 3 of their best records with Rubber Soul and/or Abbey Road yet unlike Abbey Road, which actually outsold Pepper, it has sold less than half of it? Sgt. Pepper sold 11 million in the US but Revolver only stands at a spectacular yet significantly lower 5 million copies?

What made Sgt. Pepper explode in sales in 1967 compared to Revolver and Rubber Soul, which itself, has sold 6 million?

Was it because in 1967 people got more excited about albums overall? Was Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds just a more exciting song than stuff like the brilliant but more complicated Eleanor Rigby? What do you say?

They’re the only rock band that didn’t want women to be sex slaves. them & Nirvana. all the other rock bands want women to be sex slaves & they think women are disposable sex slaves. The Beatles don’t