The Beatles Bible - Topic: Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Zig on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:08:50 +0100

I am more inclined to listen to the middle years. One of my favorite "listens" of all time is starting with the Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out single and continuing through Rubber Soul, Paperback Writer / Rain, Revolver, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)** and Magical Mystery Tour.

To answer the original post however, I would have to chose "Later". I love the "Early" stuff, but the line was drawn at RS.

**I know that YKMN (LUTN) wasn't released until much later. But it was started during this period and just happens to be an ...

The Walrus on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:53:08 +0000

I definitely prefer their later stuff. I just don't especially enjoy listening to the early stuff so much.

MeanMrsMustard on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:29:18 +0000

Later Beatles, definitely. But their earlier stuff tends to be more danceable.

MarkoS on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:31:58 +0000

Hi Stardog, I'm a similar vintage to your self and I agree almost verbatim with you. There was an amazing energy about the young Beatles that really set them apart and when you mixed that with the individual talent in the group the rest was history.

My other reason for preferring the earlier materiel now is John's voice. For some reason he stopped singing with the same authority after 1965. There was a confidence and swagger to his voice on the first four albums ( also very evident on Live at BBC ) that just is not there after. His voice ...

Inner Light on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:14:14 +0000

I always loved the Beatles early material. I probably play that more than their later stuff. It is so much fun singing those songs and brings a smile to my face.

My favorite period would be from 'With The Beatles' to 'Rubber Soul'

StrawberryLakiesha on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:08:18 +0000

I would have to go with the later Beatles, which is really hard because I love all of their albums, but their later stuff was a bit more intresting and because a lot of their earlier songs sounds quite similiar, but they started experamenting more and songs didn't really sound all so similiar after that. Another reason is because Abbey Road and Revolver are probably my two favorite albums and they're both later, so yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mjb on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:48:39 +0000

I'm going for early Beatles for a reason no one had mentioned so far. Up until Sgt Pepper they worked on songs together. John and Paul composed more with each other and I feel ther songs were a group input. By 1968 they had become almost session musicians to each other.

The second reason behind my thinking is pre-Pepper they were a guitar band predominantly. They rocked. In terms of real 'power' you cannot beat She Loves You, Ticket To Ride, Day Tripper, Paperback Writer to name but a few singles. How many songs between 1963-1966 were lead by a piano? ...

c64wood on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:12:34 +0000

I would actually stick a "Middle Beatles" in there.

PPM thru BFS

Help thru MMT

White thru LIB

In which case, I would say Middle hands down.

Starrdog on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:33:15 +0000

It is an interesting question. As someone who was born in the middle of Beatlemania and raised in the Church of the Beatles, my tastes have changed a lot. When I was younger (so much younger than today) I really liked everything between "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help." I particularly hated "Little Child" which my older sisters would sing at me constantly. I liked some of the songs on "Meet The Beatles" and "Second Album" but since I was in the US, "Beatles 65" and "Beatles 6" were (IMHO) better albums.

But that was then. As I got older ...

TheOneBeatleManiac on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:01:55 +0000

It's A Hard decision.
Before his evolution and more complex and matured Beatles in Rubber Soul. There we're too many good songs, such as Help!, No Reply, A Hard Day's Night, And I Love Her, I'll Be Back, She Loves You, Thank You Girl, Please Please Me, Twist And Shout, I Wanna be Your Man, etcetera.
But, Rubber Soul marked a change in their lifes and compositions. Also the drug had some participation in this, as Bob Dylan too.
And Revolver continues his evolution.
Sgt. Pepper's is the culmination of his experiments, the best album they made.
Magical Mystery Tour, ...

Alissa on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:24:43 +0100

While I love their earlier albums, I think the sound was a little generic- every hit song sounded somewhat like it at the time. They had a certain energy though then that can't be replaced.

In their later albums, man, they outdid themselves. I love them dearly. Sgt. Pepper is probably my favourite album- the songs are so dynamic, and I love that George gets to add yet another spell-binding hit to the Beatles collection. I have to say that I love the White album and Magical Mystery Tour about the same, and a few choice songs on Revolver. While I ...

tangellope on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:07:36 +0100

my favorite era is Rubber Soul through Sgt Peppers, but every album is so great . Even the george martin arrangements on the second half of yellow submarine are cool if you really listen to them.

mrs mustard on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:40:21 +0100

Though I really liked the mop top era I think Id have to say the later beatles were my favorite. Abbey Road will forever be my favorite album.

Azazel on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:40:19 +0100

While I like the early Beatles stuff, I do prefer their mid-to-later material. Even something like the White Album, which features a lot of "solo" material is much more interesting to me overall than some of the earlier work.

Joe on Early Beatles Vs. Later Beatles

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:23:00 +0100

It's a tricky one. One of my favourite Beatles albums is A Hard Day's Night, which I think completely encapsulates the brilliance of their early songwriting (and is the only album of theirs to be all Lennon-McCartney songs, which somehow makes it sweeter).

However, there's no denying that they got far more exciting once they began experimenting in the studio. I remember Giles Martin saying that one of the reasons there are so few pre-1965 songs on Love is there's little variance in the rhythms, and the recording technology was pretty unimaginative and basic. Once they got the bit between their ...