The Beatles Bible - Topic: Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Von Bontee on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:38:15 +0100

Yeah, it's always exciting (or at least pleasant) to hear music like that in a surprising context. I was thrilled back in May when Don Draper played "Tomorrow Never Knows" on "Mad Men", but of course that was partly because it's practically unprecedented to hear the Beatles on a fictional TV program.

Also, back in October of '09 I was in the full bloom of my re-re-re-revived personal Beatlemania, which meant it was the perfect time for me to hear "I Saw Her Standing There" while attending a wedding reception. "One, two, three, FAW!"
I was so overcome, I almost ...

Zig on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:56:48 +0100

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
Do the Beatles sound better in public places?

Good question!

I don't think they sound better, but like everyone else on this forum, I get a real kick out of hearing a Beatle song in a store, in a restaurant,...

No question, my pulse quickens.

Thanks mr Sun King CT for getting me to think about why.

- The element of surprise. My mind is usually not on music when I enter a store or restaurant or airport

- Hearing a familiar song in a totally different setting. Takes a song I might have gotten tired of and makes ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:09:43 +0100

Do the Beatles sound better in public places?

Good question!

I don't think they sound better, but like everyone else on this forum, I get a real kick out of hearing a Beatle song in a store, in a restaurant,...

No question, my pulse quickens.

Thanks mr Sun King CT for getting me to think about why.

- The element of surprise. My mind is usually not on music when I enter a store or restaurant or airport

- Hearing a familiar song in a totally different setting. Takes a song I might have gotten tired of and makes it exciting again; like a new sauce ...

fabfouremily on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:21:44 +0100

Imagine being in a place like that and just hearing John´s heavy breathing in 'Girl'....

meanmistermustard on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:32:48 +0100

On the in store speakers layout in stores was in whatever HMV is known as nowadys (Zavvi?) when the remastered Blue and Red cds were released and they were playing Nowhere Man. On one side of the store you got the instruments, the other the vocals. Quite a strange experience.

SatanHimself on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:58:35 +0100

I'll say yes, but a qualified yes:

A lot of stores have their speakers spread out over a bit of space in the ceiling, and the some of the stereo mixes have instruments panned hard to one side. And considering that the music usually isn't blasting at high volume, it makes the songs kind of unlistenable to customers.

I used to run a record store, and we that this exact problem. MMT was the least playable disc in the catalogue.

fabfouremily on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:40:09 +0100

I think it´s quite exciting because you weren´t expecting it to come on and yet there you are in a supermarket or whatever and you can hear your band that you usually only hear when you´ve put the song/iPod etc... on. I always always smile to myself if ever I hear one when I´m out and about. And yes, I might feel the urge to sing a song that maybe I wouldn´t if I´d been at home.

meanmistermustard on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:57:51 +0100

A store playing a beatle song will always drag me in and i have to time my exit with the end of the song because if its another beatle track i'll stay.

I think its the same with one coming on the radio or even when you have a favourite tv series or film on dvd but have to watch/listen to it when it comes on regardless. Its the difference between doing something because you choose to and simply being a part of it at/in that specific moment. The unexpected element of delight and surprise that you want to savour.

mr. Sun king coming together on Do the Beatles sound better in public?

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:41:07 +0100

It appears all of us have a recent story of hearing the Beatles when we've been out and about - at stores, cafes, or, as with me, at restaurants. My question is simple: Does hearing them out in public, when you didn't choose to play them, make it more appealing?

I'm going to say yes. And I'm going to use my restaurant example. The three songs were A Hard day's night, Ticket To Ride and Across the Universe. 3 good songs, none of which I'm crazy for. In fact, when those 3 songs come one, I typically skip them. When I heard them ...