Thread: what are you listening to???

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

The poem? Damn that's a deep ref.

I was trying to put together a top 5 Beatles song list but I couldn't do it. Best I got is a top 9.

Rain
Strawberry Fields
Long, Long, Long
A Day in the Life
In My Life
And Your Bird Can Sing
You Never Give Me Your Money
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Lovely Rita

You're a better man than I.
I could limit myself to three favorites on each album starting with Rubber Soul (didn't care too much for stuff before this album). Glad to see In My Life on your list.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

The poem? Damn that's a deep ref.

That might be the book name - been awhile. But she has a poem about rowing. Darker, but deals with a spiritual process.

Originally Posted by Softskull

You're a better man than I.
I could limit myself to three favorites on each album starting with Rubber Soul (didn't care too much for stuff before this album). Glad to see In My Life on your list.

Let's hear it. Top 3 post HDN. Or Help! Whatever, top 3 Rubber Soul onward. No Yellow Sub bs.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Let's hear it. Top 3 post HDN. Or Help! Whatever, top 3 Rubber Soul onward. No Yellow Sub bs.

This is fun. I haven't heard some of these albums in 20 years. Just listened to Rubber Soul and Revolver again (remastered versions - more on that later). Over the decades I've moved to favoring Lennon.

Rubber Soul
Girl
In My Life
Norwegian Wood

Revolver
She Said She Said
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
Here, There and Everywhere (because three just isn't enough)

Listening to Sgt Pepper again now. More later.

Just absorbed Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery. Great fun, but my two least favorite of the latter albums.

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Day in the Life
Little Help
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite

Magical Mystery Tour

Blue Jay Way
Strawberry Fields Forever
Your Mother Should Know
edges out I am the Walrus

Gotta give a shout to the greatest french horn solo in pop music.

The White Album is an amazing piece. I'm taking great liberties since it's a double album. Their best individual works - together.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Blackbird
Helter Skelter
Savoy Truffle
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Cry Baby Cry
Rocky Raccoon

Originally Posted by Softskull

This is fun. I haven't heard some of these albums in 20 years. Just listened to Rubber Soul and Revolver again (remastered versions - more on that later). Over the decades I've moved to favoring Lennon.

Rubber Soul
Girl
In My Life
Norwegian Wood

Revolver
She Said She Said
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
Here, There and Everywhere (because three just isn't enough)

Listening to Sgt Pepper again now. More later.

Comment 1: this is about as close to a psyche fingerprint as I've seen
Comment 2: The first six (excluding Here, There, and Everywhere) are crazy intense songs. I can't put my finger on it, but they are very immediate. With Girl, it's in the pre-chorus build "When you say she's looking good..." and those damned breaths. Then the instrumental Russian polka outro thing. With In My Life, well, you either get it or you don't, and if you do, it grabs and holds. Norwegian Wood--man, they crushed the engineering on this one. The mics are so perfect. This is why Rubber Soul is so epic. No one was doing this. The bass is so overpowering, but there's plenty of room for the remaining sonic palette. The texture of each thing, whether sitar, left acoustic guitar, right acoustic guitar, tambo, or voice...it's so tasty. Yeah and the song is near perfect. She Said, She Said is maybe the best Beatles punk song (see also, Rain--it's a comment on high tempo rhythm section played super tight with particularly terrific drums). Damn I love it. Tomorrow Never Knows is def in my top 20 overall, almost made my top 5 that ended up being top 9. Was it in my top 9? E-Rig is just poetry.

Comment 1 was much more concise.

Nice man. Thanks for indulging me. Those are some killer picks. I want to do the same exercise. I'd also like to hear what MO and Abe would pick.

I know Abe would want to include the early works, but it's almost a different band.

My top 5 Beatles song list would change everyday.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

My top 5 Beatles song list would change everyday.

How about top 3 from Rubber Soul?

Currently listening to: Rubber Soul - Beatles

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

How about top 3 from Rubber Soul?

Nowhere Man (this is definitively my favorite song on the album, so this would never change)
In My Life
Norwegian Wood

My top 3 from Rubber Soul:

In My Life
If I Needed Someone
You Won't See Me

While winnowing the top 3 runner-ups (I'm Looking Through You, Michelle, etc.) it occurs to me how strong this album is from song to song--on the Richter scale, it's one of those earthquakes that could have sent CA into the ocean.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Nowhere Man (this is definitively my favorite song on the album, so this would never change)

shit dog, I'm listening to that song right now