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2 March 2012
3.11am

BornInThe80s

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Who else loves this song?

3 days ago I decided to listen to the 2nd disc of 'The Beatles' for the first time in about a year and this song came on and I've fallen in love with it! I never really played it that much but now I'm on my 12th listen! It's like a hidden gem and made me realize what makes 'The White Album' so great. The variety is incredible! I fell in love with the 2nd disc for the first time the other day (I've always been in LOVE with the first) but this song is my favorite at the moment.'

Can you take me back where I came from, can you take me back….? heart heart

EDIT: Is it weird that I played the stereo and mono version together at the same time? It took a few tries to get them to sync but I was loving how big the song sounded like that. Maybe I should do that with other versions. Yeah I'm weird….backing away now…..

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2 March 2012
4.15am

kedame

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I LOVE that song! I was so disappointed when I found out it didn't come with Rock Band. The end is my favorite bit, too, even though it's considered a second song. I've actually played some mono and stereo versions of songs at the same time, but I can never get them in sync.

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2 March 2012
12.01pm

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The Kingdom of Marigold

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I love "Cry Baby Cry" too, it's absolutely gorgeous. The continuing references to the King of Marigold and such are really poetic. The tone is beautiful but almost creepy. "Faces out of nowhere", "seance in the dark." It's a hidden gem.

"Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that." "What happens to them?" insisted Milo. "Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I’ve heard that they walk among the stars." –The Phantom Tollbooth

2 March 2012
1.35pm

kelicopter

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I was exactly the same with The White Album. When I first got it, I obsessed over the first disc and didn't really give the second disc a chance for ages. And Cry Baby Cry is stunning, I love John's softer singing voice. And Paul's ending just fits with the mood of the rest of the song so perfectly.

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2 March 2012
8.22pm

Into the Sky with Diamonds

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You'll enjoy the demo for this song.

(always fun to see the original version of a song; gives an understanding of what it means to "produce" a song)

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2 March 2012
8.48pm

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I love how the loudness of the guitar and drums comes in kind of like with Long Long Long, which is against the gentleness of the song. One of those many beatles songs that if released as an original on another artists album would be a highlight, but on The White Album its generally overlooked.

I wonder if its the rockier sounding songs on side 3/cd2 of the album that puts people off it or are more apprehensive to listen to, that and Revolution 9.

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7 March 2012
2.27pm

vonbontee

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OK - exactly how are you people playing the mono & stereo versions simultaneously?? Specifics please, people! apple01

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7 March 2012
5.40pm

BornInThe80s

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vonbontee said

OK - exactly how are you people playing the mono & stereo versions simultaneously?? Specifics please, people!

Well it's a bit of trail and error. I have the stereo version on my iTunes and I looked up the mono on youtube. I'd play about 5 seconds into one of them and pause it. I then start the other one and try to un pause the other in time so that they play together. Sometimes I'm off by a milisecond and a quick pause and play gets them together. There have been times where I just let the song keep playing and I keep fast forwarding the other until I get it! It takes a few tries to get it but once you do….ah sweet music.

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7 March 2012
5.48pm

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meanmistermustard said

I love how the loudness of the guitar and drums comes in kind of like with Long Long Long, which is against the gentleness of the song. One of those many beatles songs that if released as an original on another artists album would be a highlight, but on The White Album its generally overlooked.

I wonder if its the rockier sounding songs on side 3/cd2 of the album that puts people off it or are more apprehensive to listen to, that and Revolution 9.

I think the 2nd disk is just darker than the first. You can feel the tension between the band on that one moreso than the first, especially when you listen to them back to back. Plus the first disk has so many great pop songs. It took me listening to the 2nd disc alone to love it! They sound like completely different records which I now appreciate!

Try to realize it's all within yourself, no one else can make you change....

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