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Abbey Road Side 2
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Agree, not about Modest Mouse though. Not that I dislike them but get their name out of this threads mouth. Or something..
absolutely agree. The End -> Her Majesty was the most poignant way for The Beatles to have ended their career.
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Yeah...Mentioning Modest Mouse in a Beatles thread seems a little bit silly.
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Yeah, the entire album is a crazy way to finish out a career. Like, it's debatable that this is their best album.
No, you're right. When it goes into Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, well you could say "I break down".
It's a good way to end and would've been even better had Let It Be not materialized. As for final sets of lyrics/songs/endings, The Beach Boys have 'em beat here. The two bands have a lot of history with each other, but here the boys from Hawthorne have 'em beat. Carl and Dennis are dead. Their careers have sunset. They've lived their lives. They, too, will be dead soon.
Summer's gone
I'm gonna sit and watch the waves
We laugh, we cry
We live and die
And dream about our yesterdays
That's it, man.
And it is about the build up to Golden Slumbers that makes it hit as hard as it does. That second side is so damn good, but the section mentioned here is the best part of it.
While I think the medley on Abbey Road is one of the best things ever, the more and more I listen to complete albums, the greater Sgt. Pepper becomes. It is all about the entire journey with that album, and it feels like you have to earn A Day in the Life.
Sticky Fingers is really, really damn good too. Ending with Moonlight Mile is just...damn.
I am personally in favor of Let it Bleed though.
Side A does have Oh, Darling. That song alone makes for a compelling argument for side A being better.
"You Never Give Me Your Money" is the greatest song The Beatles ever recorded and having that be the start of the medleys on side 2 is just another piece of its brilliance. I'm in total agreement with people saying the build up in "Golden Slumbers" is what makes it. When "Golden slumbers fill your eyes/Smiles await you when you rise/Sleep, little darling, do not cry/And I will sing a lullaby" kicks in, I always get a little choked up.
GOD DAMN THE BEATLES ARE SO GOOD.
GOD DAMN THE BEATLES ARE SO GOOD.
yeah, Summer's Gone is pretty damn effective as a career closer. It hits you right in the feels.
As for the Let it Be thing... yeah, it came after, but to me AR will always be their final album. LiB was recorded earlier, the fact that it came after feels like a technicality to me :P
oh man, that section. One of Paul's greatest vocal performances, IMHO.
Love the backstory on the song. John wanted to sing it but paul vetoed and did it instead. With the exception of paul's maxwell silver hammer, side a was ptactically perfect. Again though that fn maxwell silver hammer
Eta- I think I run through the first half of the album much more often than the second for some reason. My guess for the rea son is because you can't really skip songs on this album or start from anywhere than the beginning.
And if you do, that's weird.
While Let it Be released after Abbey Road, most of it was recorded before Abbey Road was. So I always look at Abbey Road as the finale to the career. It makes that medley hit even harder thinking it is them signing off.
I do love Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Cmon, a happy song about a serial killer? I love how delightfully twisted it is.
Having said that, it is a weak spot on the album.
But I am not really into She's So Heavy.
Side A of "I, Robot" by Alan Parsons Project is masterful. The funky instrumental title track sets the stage for an amazing suite of songa: "I Wouldn't Want to be Like You", "Some Other Time", "Breakdown", and "Don't Let it Show." It all follows a cohesive prog narrative without shoving your face in it.
(and the whole of "Turn of a Friendly Card" might even eclipse "I, Robot.")
(and the whole of "Turn of a Friendly Card" might even eclipse "I, Robot.")
I really don't think there's a better track list sequence than Yeezus's On Sight all the way to Bound 2
It's pretty great, but then, so is every main album the Beatles released. I see shade thrown toward Let It Be, the last Beatles album I listened to. Due to its reputation, I wasn't expecting anything great, but I really like that one too, both the original and naked versions.
I still remember the first time I listened to the Medley, it blew my freaking mind. I love it so much. I'd argue the entire the album is fantastic. I love how the A side ends with I Want You (She's so Heavy) and Here Comes the Sun serves as a palate cleanser after such a heavy (heh) song.
Moreso I love the story of how Paul basically ruined his voice by singing it time after time, day after day until his voice was finally grizzled enough to really sing it right. It just sounds like a voice that's been on tour singing every night for 8 months straight even though they hadn't played live for years. True dedication.
Revolver and Abbey Road are the two most perfect albums ever constructed.
This. It doesn't have the cultural impact of Sgt Pepper but Abbey Road is the much stronger, more cohesive album.
Wha?! That song blows my mind.
I'm of the opinion that the beatles batted a thousand on every album starting at Help!
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White Album has more good songs by virtue of having more Beatles songs, but it'll never have the flow because of Revolution No 9. (17 year old me would punch current me in the mouth for saying this btw)
It doesnt help that they perfected their sound in the next album.