What kind of Beatle fan are you?

[Mels-hole1984]

I'm a John fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvJEpdq8a8

[Designx]

I'm a John fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvJEpdq8a8

I'm a Brian Wilson fan.

[Mels-hole1984]

No one said anything about the Beach Boys. I'm a Brian Wilson fan too.

[Jackstar]

I'm the kind of fan that goes, "Oh, yeah, The Beatles! Great!" whenever someone else is in the car when they come on the radio, but when I'm alone, it is a struggle to keep my gorge from rising before I turn the station to play some song that I haven't heard twenty-two thousand times already.

[bigchucka]

I'm the kind that will find an interview about "Paul is Dead" or the hidden things in songs or album covers interesting, even though they were before my era.  My mom and dad liked other kinds of music from that time and were't into them.  However, I didn't listen to Caravan To Midnight's four shows in a row that JBW did a couple weeks ago.  Too much Beatle for me.

[Jackstar]

However, I didn't listen to Caravan To Midnight's four shows in a row that JBW did a couple weeks ago.  Too much Beatle for me.

And yet, ironically, I would recommend them--they were honestly, quite fascinating. Lots of wicked history.

He also didn't play any of their songs. /cheer

[Mels-hole1984]

I could name any number of songs or bands from the era that get my shorts in a twist. That wasn't the point of the thread. If you want to hate on Noory, I know a cool website that has 1000+ pages of suck I could direct you to.

[bigchucka]

I could name any number of songs or bands from the era that get my shorts in a twist. That wasn't the point of the thread. If you want to hate on Noory, I know a cool website that has 1000+ pages of suck I could direct you to.

Okay, I guess I didn't know the rules.  I thought you wanted to know about the group, now you want me to fucking pick one.  Paul.  Why?  I'm a Weird Al fan, and Paul's okay with having his work parodied.  That's how I got to hear waffle fries as a lyric in a song.

http://youtu.be/btC2_t8HZP4

[Jackstar]

Paul's okay with having his work parodied.

I imagine he better be, as his entire post-Beat career has been a joke. I remember the old saw used to be that Chapman was aiming for Yoko, and as funny as that is, imagine the world we would have if Paul had been shot instead of John.

Less commercials, I would imagine. Not sure what we would have done for that one Bond film's theme, but perhaps we would have made do.

[Uncle Duke]

Luke warm.  Like their later, more complex music more than their early, bubble-gumish stuff.  Lennon/McCartney were world class song writers, but never thought any of the four were great musicians.  I remember in the 60s the question was who was the worst drummer in rock music.....Ringo Starr, Mickey Dolenz, or Ginger Baker.

No disrespect, but the Beatles' greatness has a whole lot to do with them breaking up in their prime.  Everyone remembers them at the top of their game, and was left wanting more.  Glad we didn't see them soldier on to headline a show on the oldies curcuit with Herman's Hermits and the Zombies at a casino outside Peoria.

I do intend to read the book by the writer (Spitz?) Knapp had on recently, despite not being a huge fan of the band.  I've read several books about other bands over the years and marvel at the debauchery.  Sorry I missed it.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I don't have a favorite Beatle in this universe, but if we accept the multiverse theory, there must be as many versions of The Beatles as there are universes, so I'm going to go with Phil from this one.

She Could Be in The Beatles-The Mod-est Lads

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I remember in the 60s the question was who was the worst drummer in rock music.....Ringo Starr, Mickey Dolenz, or Ginger Baker.

Other than Elvin Jones, who else thought Ginger Baker was the worst drummer in rock music?  I've never heard that one.

[area51drone]

This:

Revolution 9 Backmask (backwards) by The Beatles

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

Luke warm.  Like their later, more complex music more than their early, bubble-gumish stuff.  Lennon/McCartney were world class song writers, but never thought any of the four were great musicians.  I remember in the 60s the question was who was the worst drummer in rock music.....Ringo Starr, Mickey Dolenz, or Ginger Baker.

No disrespect, but the Beatles' greatness has a whole lot to do with them breaking up in their prime.  Everyone remembers them at the top of their game, and was left wanting more.  Glad we didn't see them soldier on to headline a show on the oldies curcuit with Herman's Hermits and the Zombies at a casino outside Peoria.

I do intend to read the book by the writer (Spitz?) Knapp had on recently, despite not being a huge fan of the band.  I've read several books about other bands over the years and marvel at the debauchery.  Sorry I missed it.

I'm with you brother uncle, make mine Abbey Road or don't make it at all.

[b_dubb]

Luke warm.  Like their later, more complex music more than their early, bubble-gumish stuff. 

I'm right there with you.  But don't forget that it was the Beatles that pioneered the idea of an album as a cohesive piece of art.  Not just a series of songs.

[Birdie]

I never get tired of the White Album. I skip certain songs (Ob Li Di, Ob La Da, Back In The USSR, Bungalow Bill), but it is one of the albums I have heard a million times and will never get sick of. I dislike the overplayed, bubble gummy Beatles, but I still find Abbey Road and The Beatles awe inspiring.
I listened to The Dark Side of the Moon while I was baking yesterday. That is another one I never get sick of, no matter how many times I have heard it. There used to be a show on Saturday nights on the local classic rock station where people picked the 10 albums they would want if stranded on a desert island, then the albums would be played in their entirety. The Beatles and Dark Side would both make my list.

Edit: Hmmm. The desert island thing might make an interesting thread.  :

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

No disrespect, but the Beatles' greatness has a whole lot to do with them breaking up in their prime.  Everyone remembers them at the top of their game, and was left wanting more.  Glad we didn't see them soldier on to headline a show on the oldies curcuit with Herman's Hermits and the Zombies at a casino outside Peoria.

Yeah, there can't be much glamor in that lifestyle--sex with AARP members, blood pressure drugs, and stale, warmed over rock and roll. Not to mention plenty of bitterness and anger issues.  Just ask Peter Noone.

http://rockandrollreport.com/peter-noone-takes-out-the-trash/

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I listened to The Dark Side of the Moon while I was baking yesterday.

Isn't that how pretty much everyone listens to it?   

[Birdie]

Isn't that how pretty much everyone listens to it?   

Lol! I was baking peanut butter/applesauce dog biscuits.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Lol! I was baking peanut butter/applesauce dog biscuits.

Peanut butter and applesauce sounds exactly like what someone might crave after listening to "Dark Side of the Moon."  At least that's what they tell me.  I rest my case....

[Uncle Duke]

Other than Elvin Jones, who else thought Ginger Baker was the worst drummer in rock music?  I've never heard that one.

Just remember the debate, not the debaters.  Too long ago.  I do remember there was a claim Baker taped the sticks to his hands.

[George Drooly]

I'm right there with you.  But don't forget that it was the Beatles that pioneered the idea of an album as a cohesive piece of art.  Not just a series of songs.

Incorrect. Frank Sinatra is responsible for that.

[ACE of CLUBS]

Beatles ........... 'I Wanna' Hold Your Hand'
Rolling Stones .....'Let's Spend the Night Together'

Being a 16 year old boy at the time of these tunes ....... now, which band would resonate with a punk like I was?

[onan]

Maybe you needed to be there to appreciate the Beatles, I dunno. In the mid to late 60's... still part of some of the best memories of my teen years.

[Uncle Duke]

Maybe you needed to be there to appreciate the Beatles, I dunno. In the mid to late 60's... still part of some of the best memories of my teen years.

Agree, if you didn't live through "Beatle mania", there is no way the band and subsuquent "British Invasion" can be appreciated.  I can think of nothing in the music/entertainment industry since that had the impact of the Beatles.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Lol! I was baking peanut butter/applesauce dog biscuits.

Actually, those sound pretty good (and I'm not listening to Dark Side).  I bet you're very popular with the recipients!

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Just remember the debate, not the debaters.  Too long ago.  I do remember there was a claim Baker taped the sticks to his hands.

I don't even remember the debate.  Elvin Jones is about the only person I ever heard publicly slam Ginger.  I never heard he taped his sticks to his hands, either.  He didn't in this interview, which is pretty cool for the smooth, skillful way the middle-aged and very proper BBC interviewer coaxes him into putting on a very impressive exhibition of rudiment drumming.  BTW, Ringo is way better than he gets credit for, and Mickey Dolenz wasn't all that bad.  In fact, The Monkees weren't the only sixties group who were replaced in the studio by members of The Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians.  It was very common, because even many of the "real" groups couldn't play very well at first and would have sounded awful if they had recorded. 

Cream - Ginger Baker (Farewell Concert - Extended Edition) (9 of 11)

[Uncle Duke]

I don't even remember the debate.  Elvin Jones is about the only person I ever heard publicly slam Ginger.  I never heard he taped his sticks to his hands, either.  He didn't in this interview, which is pretty cool for the smooth, skillful way the middle-aged and very proper BBC interviewer coaxes him into putting on a very impressive exhibition of rudiment drumming.  BTW, Ringo is way better than he gets credit for, and Mickey Dolenz wasn't all that bad.  In fact, The Monkees weren't the only sixties group who were replaced in the studio by members of The Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians.  It was very common, because even many of the "real" groups couldn't play very well at first and would have sounded awful if they had recorded. 

Cream - Ginger Baker (Farewell Concert - Extended Edition) (9 of 11)

I'll take your word for it as I'm not a drummer.  My favorite drummer of the period was, not surprisingly, from my favorite band of the time.  Brian "Blinky" Davison of The Nice.

[zeebo]

Beatles ........... 'I Wanna' Hold Your Hand'
Rolling Stones .....'Let's Spend the Night Together'
...

Later Beatles ........ 'Why Don't We Do It in the Road?'

[George Drooly]

http://youtu.be/AnSrw8rE-dU