I've been listening to this stuff for the last 3 days. Beyond the improved tonality, it's just mindblowing how good they were. One great song after the next and the next and the next. It's ridiculous.
I guess I heard some Beatles songs accidentally here and there most of my life, but never gave them a minute. I think it was January of this year though, Mr. dB posted a link to their rooftop concert to commemorate it's anniversary and I was digging on it. The second song Don't Bring me Down I guess it was called, damn. Groovy shit
the beatles are a boy band. When they came out they were the nsync of today. Hated by anyone who wasn't a screaming 16 y/o girl! lol. I go see bands nowadays that play to 98% males btw. Then again i listen to shaqira so whaddya i know lol.
the beatles are a boy band. When they came out they were the nsync of today. Hated by anyone who wasn't a screaming 16 y/o girl! lol. I go see bands nowadays that play to 98% males btw. Then again i listen to shaqira so whaddya i know lol.
You are clueless. You weren't there, you don't know. You have no idea.
One of the reasons for The Beatles' success then, and continuing popularity 46 years later, was that their material worked on multiple levels. Sort of like the way Warner Brothers cartoons had visual humor for the kids, and great jokes for the adults too. The Beatles may have had the cuteness and the love songs for the girls, but they also had great songwriting and melodicism and cool instrumental sounds for the music lovers.
And they changed the way pop music was made, taking at least some power from the producers and A&R men (remember, A&R stands for "Artists and repertoire"...) and claiming it for themselves. Prior to The Beatles, the norm was for an artist to sing a song that a professional songwriter wrote, and have studio musicians play the music. The Beatles were self contained, they sang the songs, wrote the songs, and played the instruments themselves.
The day after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, every boy in America combed his hair forward and asked his parents for a guitar.
So yeah Nelson, I bought both the mono and stereo box sets, had 'em on order from Amazon two months before they shipped. From the two sets, the big winner is the stereo CD of "Beatles For Sale", that one turned out really well. Sound quality on that one is just over the top good.
You are clueless. You weren't there, you don't know. You have no idea.
One of the reasons for The Beatles' success then, and continuing popularity 46 years later, was that their material worked on multiple levels. Sort of like the way Warner Brothers cartoons had visual humor for the kids, and great jokes for the adults too. The Beatles may have had the cuteness and the love songs for the girls, but they also had great songwriting and melodicism and cool instrumental sounds for the music lovers.
And they changed the way pop music was made, taking at least some power from the producers and A&R men (remember, A&R stands for "Artists and repertoire"...) and claiming it for themselves. Prior to The Beatles, the norm was for an artist to sing a song that a professional songwriter wrote, and have studio musicians play the music. The Beatles were self contained, they sang the songs, wrote the songs, and played the instruments themselves.
The day after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, every boy in America combed his hair forward and asked his parents for a guitar.
So yeah Nelson, I bought both the mono and stereo box sets, had 'em on order from Amazon two months before they shipped. From the two sets, the big winner is the stereo CD of "Beatles For Sale", that one turned out really well. Sound quality on that one is just over the top good.
Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below 
