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Stavros 12/28/09 17:04:38 posts: 2 |
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I really enjoy the Fab fourum. Although I live on Merseyside there is nothing like this show on a regular basis in the Beatles homeland. So if you are open to suggestions here are a few ideas: 1) After the Beatles. Which solo tracks could the Beatles as a group have made better? 2) "Let it Be" discussing the 2 albums, the bootlegs and the film. 3) Album by Album & The Singles discussion (this could last weeks!) 4) Yellow Submarine Songtrack and the proposed remake/sequel to Yellow Submarine the movie 5) The other Beatles movies. 6) The Solo Years of the Beatles decade by decade. 7) The Anthology Project and is there still more that could be done 8) The break up of the Beatles. What were the circumstances and reasons. 9) Songs the Beatles wrote for others. 10) Bootlegs I could go on and on and on. But I'll leave it there Happy Holidays. |
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ian_cu 01/07/10 10:51:35 posts: 1 |
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| Bummer about Don. Hope he is ok. | ||
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Freis968 02/04/10 00:12:34 posts: 1 |
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| How about the "perfect" white album, the one George Martin would like to have "intended". Fit it onto either an 800mb CD or a 45 min album as was the time limit for a single release from the day, in this case 1968. | ||
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Stavros 02/09/10 16:51:57 posts: 2 |
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Another good suggestion Freis968. Another one I've thought of is entirely fantasy. But Imagine if John had lived on and the Beatles decided to do a re-union tour. It doesn;t matter on the year. What tracks would they play? Would they sing "She Loves You" and shake their heads? Would we hear any of their great solo stuff played as a band? I'll leave it there. |
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One Virgin 03/14/10 23:14:43 posts: 1 |
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Here's My Topic Suggestion: What about a follow-up album discussion to Abbey Road: Would they have done more "Pink Floyd" type space rock? Would they have gone more political? A Beatles 'Rock Opera" to match the "mini one" on side two of Abbey Road? Would they have finally produced themselves? Would they have had more guest musicians/vocalists? Imagine female duets with John and Paul! |
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osurickbee 04/16/10 14:39:40 posts: 1 |
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| "What question would I ask Sir Paul or Ringo if I had the opportunity?" (Please see an email I sent to you).Thanks guys! | ||
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jakes 05/01/10 18:37:10 posts: 1 |
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| Turning the "White Album Single Disk" premise on its ear, were there enough songs from the sessions which were left off the final 2-disk set to fill a third disk? | ||
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bassguy1966 08/10/10 14:09:14 posts: 1 |
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hi guys i found your show totally by accident and have listened to 40 of the shows already in the past couple of weeks. I wasn't sure what to expect before listening but i was pleasantly surprised and very entertained, not least by the banter between you guys. Okay I'll make a suggestion and I'm sorry if its an obvious one, but I feel it's not really been done in specific terms, that being an album by album critique. You did it with Beatles For Sale which was excellent, you touched on the single disc White album, and the Abbey road segment early on. As a big Beatles fan I would love to hear everybody's in depth opinions of the other albums. I also feel that they have to be over a whole show like the Beatles For Sale was. Oh and just to comment about your discussion about the relevance of The Beatles music and their place in the future. My honest opinion is that the canon of work has a quality that speaks for itself, and the fact that young kids are now turned on to it by the rock band game is proof positive, talent will out, and quality will prevail for sure. I think there is only one other group that can compare with The Beatles in this kind of quality and body of work, and that's Queen, my other favorite band. Which brings me to another show suggestion. If we look at music evolution,from The Beatles onward, most quality music, in my opinion has been influenced by them to some degree. All of Queen's members have stated in interviews that they themselves were massive Beatles fans, and I doubt that they would have sounded like Queen without evolving from The Beatles universe, granted you had the Beach Boys, but they could never rock like the Beatles or Queen, or display the same scope of light and shade in the material. I've also watched interviews with Paul McCartney praising Queen. And I'm not sure whether I'm imagining this one or not, but shortly after John Lennon died, it was rumored that he'd heard Crazy Little Thing Called Love and it had been a bit of an inspiration in getting back in the studio for Double Fantasy and Starting Over (I've also heard the remark about Roy Orbison and this song). There's certainly an inerrant quality that runs through the work of these successors, and it's worrying to think about where we might have ended up had The Beatles not came into being. Where would popular music have gone? Another note on this point, and this will definitely prove my point about The Beatles injecting quality into the music scene even after there demise. In Britain in the 70's we had a band called Slade, they weren't as big in the States but here they were massive. Now when John Lennon heard Noddy Holder singing he said "he sounds like me", he went on to say they were a favorite of his, and rightly so because if you listen to the work of Slade, who are for the most part just remembered for Merry Christmas Everybody, there is a songwriting standard in their whole catalogue that made them the biggest band of the 70's in Britain, and its no throwaway gesture when John Lennon said that about them. Slade in turn, particularly the songwriting partnership of Holder /Lea, the Lennon and McCartney of the 70's in my opinion, always stated The Beatles as an overriding influence. In fact I recently heard the Slade versions of Getting Better and Martha My Dear from the Live At the BBC album, and they're excellent. Towards the end of the 70's The Police (another of my faves) became the biggest band in the world. Sting has admitted The Beatles were the band who turned him onto music, and you can certainly hear that quality in a lot of Stings best work. Cheap Trick too, who themselves played with John Lennon, are worthy of a mention. And i don't know whether this is stretching it a bit, but back when The Beatles went to Decca and we had the famous quote regarding guitar bands being on the way out, well maybe they were, maybe they only continued because the Beatles were successful, maybe big bands and god knows what would have ruled for the next ten years of more. But fast forward to the Punk movement, which was essentially guys getting back to basic rock'n'roll, three chords and a lot of attitude. That whole movement would never have seen the light of day, if the Beatles hadn't had success with the Please Please Me album and single. We might have had a big band revival or something, who knows. But in a nutshell its frightening to think how music would have evolved but for the Beatles. No Beatles = No...Wings...no Rolling Stones...no Queen...no Slade...no Police...no Cheap Trick..no U2.. the list could go on and on. Anyway guys I'm currently in Shanghai, China, it's 3 o'clock in the morning I've been rambling, so big apologies, I'm signing off. Oh by the way I'm 44 so didn't experience The Beatles from the beginning but I've rode on the tidal wave of their music and everything they've influenced ever since, hope Paul and Ringo continue to give us new material for many years to come. I look forward to the next show zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Steve |
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ToddfromMpls 08/24/10 14:33:47 posts: 1 |
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Greetings Fab Fourum! I want to tell you that I really enjoy your show, and offer a few suggestions for future topics: 1. Evaluation of Beatles Tours: I think it would be worthwhile to compare the Beatles tours and offer comments on which were: Most Significant, most groundbreaking, had the best shows (song selection relevance, quality of supporting acts, best performances). Did the Beatles shows evolve much, or were they pretty apathetic towards them. How did the Beatles concerts compare to other artists of the day (The Stones, The Kinks etc...). 2. Beatle Songs which have best withstood time: Which of their songs have transcended the '60s to become timeless? Also, which songs are better appreciated today versus when they originally came out. One idea I had is Tomorrow Never Knows, which was continually referenced in the late '90s as a groundbreaking work. I've enjoyed listening to all your shows and after the last episode I'll even give Back to The Egg another listen. I have to say that McCartney's output from 1976 to 1986 was my least favorite of his work (except for many songs on Tug of War). I love his early stuff (especially Ram, McCartney, BOTR), plus most of his music since Flowers in the Dirt. |
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