Please consider registering
Guest
sp_LogInOut Log Insp_Registration Register
Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Feed sp_TopicIcon
Which is your favorite Beatle-period ?
15 November 2011
9.46am
Avatar
oneafter909
The station
Ed Sullivan Show
Members
Forum Posts: 402
Member Since:
9 June 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Uhm, 1964 – 1966. 

Step on the gas and wipe that tear away.

15 November 2011
10.19am
Avatar
robert
Ed Sullivan Show
Members
Forum Posts: 415
Member Since:
19 April 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Rubber Soul – they really became men and looked amazing.

"She looks more like him than I do."

15 November 2011
1.10pm
Avatar
minime
Carnegie Hall
Members
Forum Posts: 511
Member Since:
16 February 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

I like their Rubber Soul era as well. I don't know what you mean by becoming men, though. Besides 1965-1966, I also rather like their Hamburg times. I think it's historically more interesting than the Beatlemania or “hippy times”.

15 November 2011
1.39pm
mrs.McHennon
London Palladium
Members
Forum Posts: 130
Member Since:
5 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

mine is from 1958 (they weren't Beatles yet, but still …) – Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Heart Club Band. they had amazing songs even afterwards, of course. a-hard-days-night-george-10

 

15 November 2011
3.34pm
Avatar
meanmistermustard
Thankfully not where I am.
Moderator
Members

Reviewers


Moderators
Forum Posts: 24944
Member Since:
1 May 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

In 1965/66 they have this look that oozes confidence in who they were and the music they were making. That they were so far ahead of the field. So different to the cover of Beatles For Sale (which is a great lp cover) where they look exhausted. Actually if you look at the two covers, on Beatles For Sale the leaves are off the trees and its filled with autumnal colours yet on Rubber Soul the bushes are so full of green and life.

The following people thank meanmistermustard for this post:

vonbontee

"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)

15 November 2011
6.28pm
Avatar
Zig
The Toppermost of the Poppermost
Apple rooftop
Members

Reviewers
Forum Posts: 9832
Member Since:
14 April 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

From a similar thread I started a year and a half ago…

Here is mine… 30 June 1964 to 30 June 1966

I would have begun my journey seeing the lads performing live in Australia then hanging out with my new captive audience on a flight from Australia to England the next day.  My journey would have concluded 4 days after a reunion of sorts during a trip to Hamburg and 1 month prior to all “Jesus” breaking loose.

Among others, I would have met Jayne Mansfield, Bob Dylan and Elvis.

I would have attended premieres of A Hard Day’s Night and HELP! as well as the weddings of Ringo and George. For me, some of the coolest concert cities would have been Stockholm, San Francisco, Vegas, Hollywood, Denver (Red Rocks), Boston,  New Orleans, Liverpool, New York and the aforementioned Hamburg. I would have also travelled to the Bahamas’ and learned skiing and curling (running 7 miles with Ringo and Paul) in Austria.

Lastly, I would have been in the studios for recordings of my favorite LP’s – the period from Beatles For Sale to Revolver .

To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.

15 November 2011
7.52pm
johnnybgood
netherlands
A Beginning
Members
Forum Posts: 1
Member Since:
14 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

well easy; that must be 1966-1969blue-meanie

"life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans"

15 November 2011
11.19pm
Avatar
seaglass eyes sunny smile
The Kingdom of Marigold
Carnegie Hall
Members
Forum Posts: 570
Member Since:
20 September 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Zig said:

From a similar thread I started a year and a half ago…

Here is mine… 30 June 1964 to 30 June 1966

I would have begun my journey seeing the lads performing live in Australia then hanging out with my new captive audience on a flight from Australia to England the next day.  My journey would have concluded 4 days after a reunion of sorts during a trip to Hamburg and 1 month prior to all “Jesus” breaking loose.

Among others, I would have met Jayne Mansfield, Bob Dylan and Elvis.

I would have attended premieres of A Hard Day’s Night and HELP! as well as the weddings of Ringo and George. For me, some of the coolest concert cities would have been Stockholm, San Francisco, Vegas, Hollywood, Denver (Red Rocks), Boston,  New Orleans, Liverpool, New York and the aforementioned Hamburg. I would have also travelled to the Bahamas’ and learned skiing and curling (running 7 miles with Ringo and Paul) in Austria.

Lastly, I would have been in the studios for recordings of my favorite LP’s – the period from Beatles For Sale to Revolver .

What thread's that from?

"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

15 November 2011
11.53pm
mr. Sun king coming together
Nowhere Land
Apple rooftop
Members
Forum Posts: 6402
Member Since:
19 September 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

This one. I love the idea, truly.

/forum/yesterday-and-today/which-2-years/

As if it matters how a man falls down.'

'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.

15 November 2011
11.59pm
Avatar
PennyLane
Sitting singing songs for everyone by the mountain stream
Candlestick Park
Members
Forum Posts: 1206
Member Since:
4 December 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

My answer from that thread still stands:

Ok lets see. I think I would go from May of 1967 to May of 1969. I can basically see them work on Magical Mystery Tour , Yellow Submarine , White Album , most of Let It Be , and parts of Abbey Road . Great time for music.

I would also sit next to Mick Jagger at the All You Need Is Love taping, watch Jimi Hendrix perform Sgt. Pepper 's, travel with them to Greece, sadly see Brian die =[, sit on the Magical Mystery bus, see John and Yoko in action, see Paul and John's weddings, meet Clapton, India, watch the demise of the greatest band of all time, and wear some hippie clothing. Oh yeah!

Now I'm excited, can this actually happen?

 

I also enjoy '65 and '66. So If you combine it altogether, my favorite period is from '65 to '69.

Well we all shine on like the moon, the stars, and the sun.

17 November 2011
10.53am
Avatar
McLennonSon
In the middle of the roundabout
Shea Stadium
Members
Forum Posts: 810
Member Since:
10 May 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

'68. Very creative period, Ringo wrote his first song and stuff, first studio double album and etc…..

My Music Blog.
One and one don't make two
One and one make one.

17 November 2011
2.39pm
Avatar
beatlez-luver16
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun...
Casbah Coffee Club
Members
Forum Posts: 20
Member Since:
13 October 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

My favorite period is early Beatles, like right after Ringo joined the band up until Rubber Soul . I liked them after that, but before they were more witty and there music sounds more like classic Beatles. When people think of the Beatles, they think of “I Want To Hold Your Hand ,” not “Lovely Rita ” I think of “Lovely Rita ” because I love that song, but still, its not classic. 

Briannaa-hard-days-night-john-3

"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."

-John Lennon, 1970

 

17 November 2011
3.31pm
Avatar
mooker19
Casbah Coffee Club
Members
Forum Posts: 17
Member Since:
17 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

I love the era of psychedelic experimentation from Revolver through Magical Mystery Tour . While The White Album is most likely my favorite, it's the one that feels most like they have their sound down to a science, except for Beatles For Sale and the sort-of-forced feeling of Let It Be . Thier only real deviation on The White Album was “Revolution 9 ,” and we all know how that turned out…still a fantastic album, without question. Happy listening! apple01

22 November 2011
3.37am
Avatar
Little Piggy Dragonguy
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4141
Member Since:
5 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

66 and 67. Revolver and Pepper’s might just be my two favorite Beatles albums, and the singles and b-sides from that time are just too amazing!

All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit 

22 November 2011
4.37am
Avatar
yesterdaydreaming
North East England
The Kaiserkeller
Members
Forum Posts: 52
Member Since:
28 October 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

1964/Beatlemania. As my signature says, I like all their old music. Everyone says “oh it all sounded the same then and their later stuff was so much more musically intelligent” But I think all the old stuff is great! To me, the drugs just did no good. The music just got REALLY trippy after that. a-hard-days-night-ringo-13(and drugs scare me).  I still like the '65 and later music, but am SUPER picky about what songs I like. (basically, the ones that make sense and are not trippy are good to me.) So yeah, I feel all special with my weird opinions.

***? "A Hard Day's Night" opening chord ?***

24 November 2011
1.10am
Avatar
SexySadieDontPassMeBy
Savory Truffle
Casbah Coffee Club
Members
Forum Posts: 24
Member Since:
23 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

1965-1970

24 November 2011
5.47am
Avatar
Happiness is a warm gun
Buddyhollyland
The Indra
Members
Forum Posts: 38
Member Since:
11 September 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

’66-’69. Revolver onwards.

 

Recently, I’ve been growing in my appreciation fo their Merseyside years and how they evolved from that period to Rubber Soul and beyond.

I'm not a girl who misses much.

2 December 2011
1.28am
Avatar
BeatleMania99
The Jacaranda
Members
Forum Posts: 30
Member Since:
1 December 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

1962-1967

 

I think they looked happier, and actually enjoyed working with each other in the Early Days and the Pyschedelic (or however you spell it) period. The later days were just miserable for them.

2 December 2011
10.55am
Avatar
StrawberryFields
The Indra
Members
Forum Posts: 36
Member Since:
24 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

1965-68 (from Rubber Soul to the White Album ) heart

3 December 2011
4.36am
Avatar
mithveaen
Sitarday's room
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4621
Member Since:
1 May 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Mhh hard to say. Mhh no. I can't decide a-hard-days-night-ringo-7

Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……

Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…

Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.

Beware of Darkness… 

Forum Timezone: Europe/London
Most Users Ever Online: 700
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 1
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
Starr Shine?: 16105
Ron Nasty: 12534
Zig: 9832
50yearslate: 8759
Necko: 8043
AppleScruffJunior: 7583
parlance: 7111
mr. Sun king coming together: 6402
Mr. Kite: 6147
trcanberra: 6064
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 88
Members: 2858
Moderators: 5
Admins: 1
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 44
Topics: 5508
Posts: 380272
Newest Members:
jsullivan2112_1, catadorademusica, Slowhand, mirrortime, Julie
Moderators: Joe: 5690, meanmistermustard: 24944, Ahhh Girl: 22198, Beatlebug: 18181, The Hole Got Fixed: 8410
Administrators: Joe: 5690