Vinyl Reissues - From Analog Planet

mep said:
"Some good ones???" Someone please tell me who has a deeper catalog of music that has been covered by more musicians than the Beatles catalog. Someone please tell me that 100 years from now if there is still human life left on this planet, which band will still have people listening to them and rediscovering them? Which band single-handidly put Brian Wilson in a bed in a deep depression and caused him to gain 300 lbs because he knew he could never compete with them? Oh yeah, it was the Beatles with Sgt. Peppers. They turned the world upside down and caused a mania that has never been seen before or since and I predict it will never happen again for a number of reasons.
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Ok, calm down, no need to get your knickers in a twist, I'm on your side. I'm just talking about for me personally there, my favs and not so favs, that's all. I'm not downing them out-right. I never said I did not like The Beatles, I just don't listen to them 24/7/365. I do have some Beatles albums and I do play them.
We owe much to The Beatles and only a fool would believe otherwise.
 
still-one said:
There are those that consider Sgt Peppers the death of Rock and Roll. Now rock was supposed to take itself too seriously and everyone thought it should be an art form. Sgt. Pepper was ground braking alright. From that point on we had to live with overdubs, loopback, gibberish lyrics, reverb, etc
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I would say you have to be kidding, but I know you're not. I had no idea that reverb wasn't invented and used until Sgt. Peppers. Ditto for overdubs (I assume you mean double tracking). By the way, Les Paul invented that and it was used by Buddy Holly long before the Beatles used it. Also, the Beatles used double tracking long before Sgt. Peppers, but hey, don't let a few facts get in the way of your dislike for the Beatles.
 
mep said:
I would say you have to be kidding, but I know you're not. I had no idea that reverb wasn't invented and used until Sgt. Peppers. Ditto for overdubs (I assume you mean double tracking). By the way, Les Paul invented that and it was used by Buddy Holly long before the Beatles used it. Also, the Beatles used double tracking long before Sgt. Peppers, but hey, don't let a few facts get in the way of your dislike for the Beatles.
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Can you say Capitol Studios?
 
tunes said:
No doubt much new music sucks but that's also true of any decade of older music for me. Just gotta locate the great in a pile of crap. If it 's well recorded, mastered and pressed, even better !
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Totally agree with you, Chris! Lots of great music out there now, and any year/decade! Just have to find it, and Google made it that much easier to do so!
 
mep said:
I would say you have to be kidding, but I know you're not. I had no idea that reverb wasn't invented and used until Sgt. Peppers. Ditto for overdubs (I assume you mean double tracking). By the way, Les Paul invented that and it was used by Buddy Holly long before the Beatles used it. Also, the Beatles used double tracking long before Sgt. Peppers, but hey, don't let a few facts get in the way of your dislike for the Beatles.
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Who said they invented any of those techniques? Their overuse on the album was noted my some of the reviewers of the time. But don't let those facts get in your way.

I never said all Beatles music is bad, just that their catalog is filled with some tracks that are as trite as anything by no talents like Britney Spears. Tell me how great the writing is on " I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" or "I am A Walrus". Almost pure bubble gum.
 
still-one said:
Who said they invented any of those techniques? Their overuse on the album was noted my some of the reviewers of the time. But don't let those facts get in your way.

I never said all Beatles music is bad, just that their catalog is filled with some tracks that are as trite as anything by no talents like Britney Spears. Tell me how great the writing is on " I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" or "I am A Walrus" are.
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Tell me how exciting those songs sounded and how much energy they portrayed both live and on record? Of course the lyrics were far more innocent than later songs, but they were infectious and people loved the first two songs you mentioned. There was a reason 70 million people tuned into Ed Sullivan to watch the shows when the Beatles performed.
 
mep said:
Tell me how exciting those songs sounded and how much energy they portrayed both live and on record? Of course the lyrics were far more innocent than later songs, but they were infectious and people loved the first two songs you mentioned. There was a reason 70 million people tuned into Ed Sullivan to watch the shows when the Beatles performed.
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Hey I watched it too. That doesn't mean they were good songs. People tuned into Ed Sullivan to hear "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window" too. That doesn't make it good music.
 
still-one said:
Hey I watched it too. That doesn't mean they were good songs. People tuned into Ed Sullivan to hear "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window" too. That doesn't make it good music.
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Whatever dude. Your views can't change history.
 
If it wasn't first made on vinyl, its crap....:)

I love music from yesterday. When someone can find me a modern male singer as good as Nat King Cole or a female singer as good as Ella, or a song writer as good as JT, let me know.


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still-one said:
Who said they invented any of those techniques? Their overuse on the album was noted my some of the reviewers of the time. But don't let those facts get in your way.

I never said all Beatles music is bad, just that their catalog is filled with some tracks that are as trite as anything by no talents like Britney Spears. Tell me how great the writing is on " I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" or "I am A Walrus". Almost pure bubble gum.
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I didn't want to pour fuel on what is turning into a Beatles war thread, but it is starting to get absurd. Sure, maybe "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were/are considered Pop or filler or "trite" for their time, but "I Am The Walrus" bubble gum? Oh please! Even that song is far more sophisticated than the Britney, Gaga, whatever crap making everyone's ears bleed these days.
Not nit-picking here or anything, but I've also noticed that your spelling "Beetles" incorrectly and you have mis-titled "I Am A Walrus", it's "I Am The Walrus" Just letting you know.
 
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