Spike ,'Help'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Crap. I don't have Revolver on my iBook. Pretty sure I have the CD, unless I lost it in a move.
I can't keep track of CDs in my head. Just last week I bought a CD that I already owned... I think the third time I've done that in the last five years.
I like #9. It's so unexpected in context.
Well yeah, that would work... if it wasn't 8:13 long....
I like Revolver, but I prefer Rubber Soul.
Rubber Soul is ace, but doesn't have the scope of Revolver - with revolver you can just hear them transforming what rock music meant right there on the fly.
Then again, Rubber Soul has Norwegian Wood, their bestest song of all...
Pulp's Different Class is a completely fantastic album ("Something Changed, "Sorted for E's and Whizz," "I Spy," "Disco 2000," and "Common People" are all on one album -- and the other eight songs are far from shabby), so I think they win the battle of the Britpop Bands in my head. But Blur have written some very good songs I especially like "Tender," which I know is atypical but it's perfect. It's one of those songs that creates a stillness whenever you hear it.
The Beatles have never done much for me. I get that they're technically good, I get that they're important, but I rarely hear the passion I like in rock from them. They are excellent music to read the paper to on Sunday mornings, though.
Good points. I think there's really only a hair's breadth between them.
I prefer Revolver to Rubber Soul, but just barely. And mostly because of "And Your Bird Can Sing".
Hayden -- have you seen the Shins video in which they reenact the covers of various alt-rock classics?
Nope, I hadn't seen a video in a long time before last night. I turned on the Austin Music Network and they were doing an hour block of Bob Mould, Husker Du, and Sugar videos. It was sweeeeeet.
Harbors guilty love for Magical Mystery Tour.
I wouldn't feel guilty about love of any Beatles album.
but I rarely hear the passion I like in rock from them.
Too stunned to type. Almost.
One could make a strong case that John Lennon was the most passionate singer in rock and roll history, maybe in the history of popular music. And he could bring the passion, and the skill, on everything from the most brutal rock ("Money") to the most moving ballads ("In My Life", "Don't Let Me Down"). The most frustrating thing about McCartney is that he had almost as much juice as Lennon but, his love of Little Richard notwithstanding, he preferred stuff like "Mother Nature's Son" to "Helter Skelter" or "I've Just Seen a Face" (mellow w/o mailing it in.) The Beatles not passionate... still don't know what to make of that.
Revolver is my favorite Beatles album, partly because it's got "And Your Bird Can Sing," which is just such a great song.
And I do really like Pulp, so I'll check out The Killers. Thanks!