The Beatles Bible - Topic: White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Into the Sky with Diamonds on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:02:06 +0000

Fabulous!!!!!

The link is fascinating.

parlance on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:03:52 +0000

An artist who really loves the White Album:

Rutherford Chang – We Buy White Albums

Q: Tell me about your current exhibition “We Buy White Albums”.

A: My collection of White Albums is on display at Recess, a storefront art space in SoHo. It’s set up like a record store with the albums arranged in bins by serial number, and visitors are invited to browse and listen to the records. Except, rather than sell the albums, I am buying more. I currently have 693 copies.

More at the source.

parlance

Gerell on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:11:15 +0000

I love every Beatle album released in the UK except Yellow Submarine.

sky090909 on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:37:52 +0000

Yes, I love it. Its within my top 5 and it was the first album I listen to all the way through (I received the albums out of order).

Ben Ramon said

the "TAXMAAAAN" cries that mirror the Batman theme tune of the time

My spouse pointed this out to me a while ago. I never made the connection before that. Was it coincidence or intentional?

Sun Girl on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:10:11 +0000

Yes! I love the white album, It is definitely in my top three. It includes some of my favourite songs and some of the most underated songs I think such as mother natures song, while my guitar gently weeps and I will. It is a very varied album and I always really enjoy listening to it!

Velvet Hand on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:37:45 +0000

I love the white album more than any other commercially available thing in the world, and will even listen to Paul's "fruity" songs when they come on (ho ho!).

First heard the mono mix only a couple of years ago and was ecstatic - a 2nd version of the best thing ever!

The best bit on it, I find, is the approx. 9 minutes beginning side 2 (Martha My Dear to Piggies) - not necessarily because of the songs themselves (which are all lovely), but because it's so audacious to sequence them like that.

My favourite side as a whole is probably 3, ...

EDSLocklear on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:06:47 +0000

I was actually JUST listening to it! As I type, I am listening to Help! though. Definitely my favorite.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:17:42 +0000

Egroeg said, "What about Because?"

Absolutely! See my post on page 4.

Egroeg Evoli on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:07:42 +0000

Into the Sky with Diamonds said "The great harmonies disappeared after Rubber Soul."

I mostly agree (and there sure were some great harmonies on that album, just listen to Nowhere Man), but there were some really good ones after Rubber Soul, although I guess they weren't as frequent and "We're all such great friends"-sounding, if that makes any sense. Still, what about Because? IMO those harmonies are as good as the ones in Nowhere Man.

Btw I love the Batman reference.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:57:19 +0000

The Beatles could have harmonized in their sleep (and sounded great). And sure, any time they sang together they would harmonize.

But their best harmonies took work; they were crafted.

In "If I Fell" Lennon and McCartney are singing two different melodies throughout.

After Rubber Soul/Revolver, they seemed to no longer be interested in expending their time in such a fashion. (I consider "Paperback Writer" to be part of the Rubber Soul/Revolver period).

Ben Ramon said, "the "TAXMAAAAN" cries that mirror the Batman theme tune."

Love it. Can't believe I never made that connection considering I was a fan of both.

thewordislove94 on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:32:49 +0000

I love how the white album shows all four members spreading out in different directions. it's sad because it's a reason why they broke up, but it's also good because the songs are great. There are harmonies on the album, but not many. When the Beatles were a tight group, many of the songs had harmony vocals. On the White Album and Let it Be, there are much less, maybe because of the tension.

DrBeatle on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:45:52 +0000

Ben Ramon said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said

I agree except for one thing: this album does not to feature any of their great harmonies.

I was just about to vehemently disagree with you, but then I glanced over the White Album again and realised that you are quite correct. I guess the gradual dissipation of studio teamwork, as well as the stark duality between hard-rockin' numbers and solo acoustic numbers, put blissful pop harmonies aside for 1968. There are a couple of exceptions though: what about the absolutely spot-on doo-wop parody harmonies in the last section of Happiness is ...

Long John Silver on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:55:21 +0000

In top 3 for sure, actually for me it is my 2nd favorite album in tie with Revolver.

1. Rubber Soul

2. White Album/Revolver

Ben Ramon on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:23:50 +0000

Into the Sky with Diamonds said

I agree except for one thing: this album does not to feature any of their great harmonies.

I was just about to vehemently disagree with you, but then I glanced over the White Album again and realised that you are quite correct. I guess the gradual dissipation of studio teamwork, as well as the stark duality between hard-rockin' numbers and solo acoustic numbers, put blissful pop harmonies aside for 1968. There are a couple of exceptions though: what about the absolutely spot-on doo-wop parody harmonies in the last section of Happiness is a Warm Gun? ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on White Album Lovers...Anyone?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:46:15 +0000

Egroeg (clever name) said, "It shows everything they can do, from complete randomness like Revolution 9 to beautiful ballads like Julia and I Will to roudy rockers like Helter Skelter, plus so much more. If someone who knew nothing about the Beatles listened to the White Album, they'd probably think it was a compilation of songs (and not-quite-songs *coughcoughRevolution9coughcough*) by 20 different artists."

I agree except for one thing: this album does not to feature any of their great harmonies.

Not that they don't harmonize perfectly well ("While My Guitar..."), but it's subtle.

The great harmonies disappeared after Rubber Soul.

They came back in ...