The Beatles - LOVE
 

Anyone bought this?, i got it today, i said i wouldn't as it was just a reworking of songs i already have but i went into a record store and they were playing it and it sounded so good so i bought it.



Track Listing
1. Because (Love Version)
2. Get Back (Love Version)
3. Glass Onion (Love Version)
4. Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Love Version)
5. I Am The Walrus (Love Version)
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Love Version)
7. Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing (Love Version)
8. Gnik Nus (Love Version)
9. Something/Blue Jay Way (Love Version)
10. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter (Love Version)
11. Help! (Love Version)
12. Blackbird/Yesterday (Love Version)
13. Strawberry Fields Forever (Love Version)
14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows (Love Version)
15. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Love Version)
16. Octopus's Garden (Love Version)
17. Lady Madonna (Love Version)
18. Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Love Version)
19. Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Love Version)
20. Revolution (Love Version)

Description
'LOVE' sees The Beatles back catalogue being reworked by the original fifth Beatle Sir George Martin and his son Giles.Given free rein by surviving Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, the album is a completely new take on original Beatles material and also forms part of the soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil/Beatles production of the same name. It is also presented in 5.1 surround sound, a first for any Beatles recording.

The Beatles make me sick to my stomach.

:( :confused: :eek:

Sorry. It's a bit too 'pop' and 'soft' for even me.

I'm not much of a fan of The Beatles but I did think this sounded quite interesting, since it's been done by Mr Martin - it seems to be a real attempt to do something worthwhile on the part of Martin.

On Radio Five last Friday they played a tiny bit and discussed it. There was also a short interview with George Martin. Click on the link, select 'Friday' and then fast-forward about two hours five minutes (I think) to hear, if you like.

edit: forgot the link, ha ha: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml

i think it all sounds wonderful, im glad i grew up in a household with beatles/grateful dead obsessed parents.

Grateful Dead is a different story. Fairly decent band. Doesn't make me sick to my stomach.

Jesus loves you best!

i prefer the beatles to the dead, but thats just me, i also love Todd Rundgren.

So who is everbodys favourite beatle?
Mine is George, he was wonderful. John pissed me off with all that singing about "imaginie you have no posessions" when he had a room specificly for fur coats that was chilled to keep them in good condition. Paul is great too, but Geaorge wrote some amazing songs. He is my favourite.

I don't want to say I hate the Beatles. I don't want to say they make me sick to my stomach. So I won't.

Because I grew up on them. A steady diet of them. When I was a teen, my collection was almost nothing but those LPs with the green apples on the label.

But this kind of thing does make me more than a bit weary of the fab four. When will they (whoever is behind this repackaging ad nauseum) just let it be. Let it be, you goofy Beatles repackaging swindlers.

i have no comment to make on this CD

its not just repackaged though, it's remastered :)

I am in total agreement w/ you on George being the best of the fab four. I've said this before, & I'll continue to say the rest of my life, George had the only carreer after The Beatles that I appreciated. He became such a spiritualists in his writing later on w/ The Beatles, & all through his solo carrer.

I definitely see George Harrison as a hero in my eyes.

I've got this. I was thinking of sharing it at the group, and then decided to not bother.

The remastering is great. I Am the Walrus sounds like godhead. On the whole, it's brilliant, but I do, naturally, have a few nit-picks with it. Maybe I'll do a track-by-track breakdown in a future post.

I suppose George Martin & company had to do this before people starting making their own versions anyway...also for the Cirque de Soleil show of the same name, of course.

A random note of ultimate importance:
The only architect of sound that is in the same league as George Martin is Rudy Van Gelder. Martin and Van Gelder both display complete mastery of the recording process. Some people might make a somewhat legitimate argument for Phil Spector or Wilson/Van Dyke Parks.
Other than that, there are no other names in that uppermost tier.
If you think there are, then you are wrong.

Yes!! George was the only true musician in the group. And I also say that, aside from the two Plastic Ono Band LPs, which were and continue to be untouchable and in a league of their own, George's solo work is the best post-Beatles work. I love All Things Must Pass and Living in the Material World.

What about Helter Skelter?

"All Things Must Pass" continues to be a guiding light in my life. Whenever I need a lift spiritually, I always put on that 3 LP set.


Of course, that is the origianl hard rock anthem

I'm trying not to pay attention to wordfarts, glad you can take up the slack.

finding nobody has the best musical taste of anyone here.

All Things Must Pass is considered by many a critic to be the best post-Beatles offering. I don't fall into that fold. Many other critics place it just behind Plastic Ono Band. I am one of these. For starters, ATMP is produced horribly; so is the remastered version. About half of the songs are still really great though and Clapton and Harrison together with the horns and arrangements are magical at times.
Still, there's just no way in hell that it touches Plastic Ono Band or Two Virgins, and it's probably not as good as the Imagine album or Life with the The Lions ep either.

You're too kind dude. Thank ya

I never said that "ATMP" was better than "Two Virgins". I just think that "ATMP" is a one of a kind record. Much like "Plastic Ono Band" & "Two Virgins".

That's the wrong "George." If George Martin is "the fifth Beatle," then he is the best musician in The Beatles.

When they began, George Harrison could play his lead guitar instrument with less proficiency than anyone in the band played their parts. As the years went on, and as The Beatles evolved, George developed a signature style that is absolutely amazing and that clearly places him among the best guitarists of all time.
John & George, were the resident creative directors in the group. John was aggresive about it, George passive, the creative and the receptive principles fully embodied. John mainly developed the concept of the songs, wrote the majority of the lyrics and the overwhelming bulk of the bare-bones of the music and basic progressions as well. George added his touch to the songs to make them take flight. Despite these observations, the true musicians of the group were (shocker!) Ringo Starr (a consummate swinging drummer) and Paul McCartney. Paul would flesh out Lennon's demos and with John's and George Martin's help would make them into The Beatles wonderworks. Paul is one of the best living bassists on the planet and he can play anything else you put in front of him as well.
So, to get technical (hehe), Paul is the real musician in The Beatles, not George. In fact, as much as I love him and his work, George would have to be ranked dead last in that department. And beyond Paul's technical expertise (none of them could sight-read although Paul could read music and George Martin could probably sight-read backwards), as I alluded to before, John is the heart and soul of The Beatles. His genius outshines Paul's intrinsic talent. For that same reason, some may opt to give that nod to Harrison instead of Lennon. If that's your leaning, then I won't be able to change that. I do, however, want to let you know with this message that it's a complete crock.

Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter (Love Version) is magnificent.

I do wish there was a bit more Helter Skelter in there though. For that matter, a ball was dropped because Helter Skelter Take 2 blues merged with the choice sections of the storied 27-minute Helter Skelter and the studio track would have been the crowning jewel here.

Sir George Martin should do a Helter Skelter album or ep next since he didn't use any of that stuff.

I have to do a track-by-track soon.

Im interested also

George Harrison is my favorite Beatle, both Beatles-wise and post-Beatles.

YAY!!!!!!!!

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

The problem is, I have like 24 Beatles albums and some of them are duplicate copies (three white albums, in fact, two Sgt. Peppers). I have heard this stuff so much I could probably give a recital from the first cut on Please Please Me chronologically through Let It Be and even into the solo projects.

My soul screams out to the record industry... Enough with the Beatles already, you greedy bastards!!!

Curioulsy, I've been listening to Living in the Material World lately, though. Good old George. He knew what we all need from time to time is just a little Sri Krishna.

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right

Please stop or I'll have to give you a red rep point.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,

Im living in the material world
Living in the material world

Cant say what Im doing here
But I hope to see much clearer,
After living in the material world

I got born into the material world
Getting worn out in the material world
Use my body like a car,
Taking me both near and far
Met my friends all in the material world

Met them all there in the material world
John and paul here in the material world
Though we started out quite poor
We got richie on a tour
Got caught up in the material world

From the spiritual sky,
Such sweet memories have i
To the spiritual sky
How I pray
Yes I pray
That I wont get lost
Or go astray

As Im fated for the material world
Get frustrated in the material world
Senses never gratified
Only swelling like a tide
That could drown me in the
Material world

From the spiritual sky,
Such sweet memories have i
To the spiritual sky
How I pray
Yes I pray
That I wont get lost
Or go astray

While Im living in the material world
Not much giving in the material world
Got a lot of work to do
Try to get a message through
And get back out of this material world

Im living in the material world
Living in the material world
I hope to get out of this place
By the lord sri krsnas grace
My salvation from the material world
Big ending

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now
You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

Nah, I can't do it. I just can't red rep somebody who's listening to George. Can't.

Consider yourself lucky. For now.

mohahahahahahahahahahahaha

Everybodys doin a brand new dance now
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
I know youll get to like it
If you give it a chance now
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with ease
Its easier than learning your a b cs
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me

You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby, jump up, hmmm jump back
Oh well I think you got the knack

2:
Now that you can do it
Lets make a chain now
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
Chug-a chug-a motion like a railway train now
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now dont lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah

Chug chug (sampling)

3:
Move around the floor in a loco-motion
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it holding hands if you got the notion
(cmon baby do the loco-motion)
Theres never been a dance thats so easy to do
It even makes you happy
When youre feeling blue
So come on come on do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now

End:
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me

that doesn't belong here!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :mad: :fuckyou:

aww c'mon , fishmonkey's only tryin to ruffle a few feathers.
be like your friends The Beatles and "love"

You talkin' to ME? YOU talking to ME? You must be talkin' to me because there's no one else here.

what exactly?