The White Album is just amazing.

Jeanwah

Let's just say that it's a good thing they kept it a double album. I admit, I rarely listen to Revolution 9, but it's all the songs that make this such a great album. And I personally love Savoy Truffle, Honey Pie and Good Night.

fada

Yeah savoy truffle what a song that is.

Ledbetterman10

aBoxOfFear wrote:

revolution 9 is just plain stupid.

I'm not sure if I agree with this. I know where your coming from. It's not a song, it's a tape loop collage. PJ's Stupid Mop always remined me of this. do these tracks make the albums better? probably not. but i think they're essiental to the overall feel to the albums they're on. the beauty of the White album is the diveristy in the tracks. do I listen to Revolution 9 everytime i listen to the white album? of course not. but when I do, it serves its purpose and I enjoy it. just like Foxymophandlemama.



"They all knew, as time went by, they'd get a little bit older and little bit slower"

Jeanwah

fada wrote:

Yeah savoy truffle what a song that is.

I know it's not the greatest, but it, along w/ Honey Pie shows how experimental John and Paul were with their music; they weren't confined to one era.

chiquimonkey

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

the greatest metal song of all time.

amen. i was on a helter skelter kick a few weeks ago, couldn't get enough of that song.

catefrances

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I just can't get into the white album, and neither can my husband. I guess it's a good thing we found each other, since apparently no one else in the world shares this opinion.

can't get into it? i've never even heard it.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I quite like the Esher sessions: the acoustic demos for The White Album, recorded at George's house after the band got back from India, and before the band went in the studio. George's song Sour Milk Sea is like Savoy Truffle but with more balls. It would have been a killer song on the final album, if recorded properly.

Todd76

the choice is obvious for me, my favourite by a LONG shot is:

Long, Long, Long (my fav Beatles song)

followed by:

Blackbird
I Will
Julia
Honey Pie

Ledbetterman10

chiquimonkey wrote:

amen. i was on a helter skelter kick a few weeks ago, couldn't get enough of that song.

nice, ever listen to the version on Anthology 3? it's slow with a nice groove to it and Paul's vocals are totally bad-ass. check it out

chiquimonkey

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

nice, ever listen to the version on Anthology 3? it's slow with a nice groove to it and Paul's vocals are totally bad-ass. check it out

yup i've heard it, a friend played it for me once....definitely cool vocals

kdpjam

my favorite is anthology 3!

VINNY GOOMBA

I love this album. I fuckin broke disc 1. RAAAAR. I was just thinkin about it again the other day... Great album.

1) Helter Skelter

2) Glass Onion

3) Dear Prudence

4) I'm so Tired

5) Revolution 1

by the way, has anyone ever seen Gov't Mule play "I'm so Tired"? It's freakin AWESOME. I saw them do it at the Beacon Theater a few years ago, and I'm goin again on the 29th. Can't wait. But anyway, they rock the song all the way to the last chorus. But they don't play the last chorus. They give the drummer a 10 minute solo, everyone else is long gone off the stage. The drummer blows your mind for a while... Then everyone comes back and plays the "GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I GOT FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF MIND." You almost completely forget they were playing the song in the first place.

GREATNESS.

The Waiting Trophy Man

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

I'm not sure if I agree with this. I know where your coming from. It's not a song, it's a tape loop collage. PJ's Stupid Mop always remined me of this. do these tracks make the albums better? probably not. but i think they're essiental to the overall feel to the albums they're on. the beauty of the White album is the diveristy in the tracks. do I listen to Revolution 9 everytime i listen to the white album? of course not. but when I do, it serves its purpose and I enjoy it. just like Foxymophandlemama.



"They all knew, as time went by, they'd get a little bit older and little bit slower"

good post. and i know stuidmop is kind of like it, but i think it's better, actually. stupidmop is actually a more listenable track, especially when the bass and drums kick in. it's quite good. revolution 9 is just plain annoying, imo.

Ledbetterman10

aBoxOfFear wrote:

good post. and i know stuidmop is kind of like it, but i think it's better, actually. stupidmop is actually a more listenable track, especially when the bass and drums kick in. it's quite good. revolution 9 is just plain annoying, imo.

I agree that Stupid Mop is a better track. In fact, I would love to hear an instrumental track of it with the little girl's voice taken out, just to see what it's like.

I have to admit that I stick up for Revolution 9 more than it probably deserves. thing is, I got into the Beatles pretty young by listening to my dad's vinyls when I was like 5 years old. I still vividly remember my first listening of this track on my first ever play through of disc 2. I didn't know what the fuck to think and I wasn't (and I'm still not) sure if I liked it. But I know I was definitely intrested in it. that much i'm sure of.


"Block that kick! block that kick! block that kick! block that kick! block that kick!............."

decides2dream

aBoxOfFear wrote:

i think if they made the white album a single rather than a double, it would have been their best. that's my critical opinion of it. it is what it is and i love it, but it's like ringo said "there's a lot of information on a double album. it should have been 2 records. the white and the whiter album."
so in my humble opinion it should have been almost all of disc 1(minus wild honey pie, why don't we do it in the road, bungalow bill), and then 4 or 5 of the best tracks from disc 2. revolution 9 is just plain stupid. there's no need for revolution 1, the faster version is the only one you need. savoy truffle, mother nature's son, goodnight, etc. these songs hurt the album. they could have been b-sides or something. this is what i think the white album should have been:

Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I'm so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By
Helter Skelter
Sexy Sadie
I Will
Julia

sacrilidge!!!
i LOVE the white album...as IS. it is what it should be, what the beatles wanted and meant it to be...plain and simple. i also happen to adore why don't we do it in the road in particular, of tracks you think filler....and mother nature's son is just beautiful!

*shakes head*
yes of course...you are entitled to your opinion...and me, mine.

pizzaboynizza

Hmmm, fun...

Piggies
Martha My Dear
Honey Pie
Julia
Cry Baby Cry

brain of c

why don't we do it in the road?

revolution #9

The Waiting Trophy Man

decides2dream wrote:

sacrilidge!!!
i LOVE the white album...as IS. it is what it should be, what the beatles wanted and meant it to be...plain and simple. i also happen to adore why don't we do it in the road in particular, of tracks you think filler....and mother nature's son is just beautiful!

*shakes head*
yes of course...you are entitled to your opinion...and me, mine.

actually, you're wrong. it isn't what the beatles meant it to be. did you know that john slipped revolution 9 in there without everyone's consent?? i remember paul saying how he didn't know until afterwards that john had it put on the album, and he wasn't happy about it. and honestly, i go back and forth on it. sometimes i love it the way it is, and sometimes i wish it was made into a great single album, minus the weaker songs. i too like 'why don't we do it in the road' and mother natures son' but in my version of a perfect single album, i would leave those tracks off and make them b-sides. but again, don't get me wrong, i too love the white album for what it is, i'm just a bit of a perfectionist and can't help but offer my opinion of what a perfect album it could have been. but i guess that's part of the appeal of the white album. it isn't perfect. it's weird, it's diverse, and it has a little bit of everything on it. i guess i should just take paul's advise when he said "it's the bloody beatles, it sold, shut up."

fada

The time the Beatles spent in India is where most of the album was written. Donovan was there, mike love and a few movie stars etc..
Won't it be great now to see Eddie and boys,Noel Gallagher and a few others go on holiday some place and just write music. People rarely jam with each other these days too.

off_the_record

i could listen to don't pass me by on a constant loop and not get sick of it.