The White Album

Washing Machine · 05.15.2007, 03:46 PM

A thread dedicated to my favourite Beatles album. I had to indulge myself.

I remember buying it on tape in Lanzarote when I was about 8 and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever heard. I didn't hear it for years, dug it out a few years later and its been one of my favourite albums ever since.

I know a lot of you guys don't like The Beatles....I can respect that but you are sick people

atari 2600 · 05.15.2007, 03:50 PM

My feeling is that it's the best recording ever made by anyone, (or at least certainly in the rock 'n' roll era) and that it's also one of the most outstanding works of modern art of the twentieth century.

gmku · 05.15.2007, 03:53 PM

Considering I own three vinyl copies--two original numbered and one white-vinyl DMM pressing--I'd say it's pretty important to me. I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but I do like that album. It's in my top 10 or so.

Washing Machine · 05.15.2007, 03:55 PM

I don't think I can disagree Atari. Although my favourite album is predicably Daydream Nation. The White Album is not far from being my favourite album ever. I get laughed at whan I drunkenly pronounce that Lennon and McCartney are the most important composers of the 20th century.

Rob Instigator · 05.15.2007, 03:59 PM

one of the greatest albums ever.
my favorite beatles album

My favorite beatles song is not on there (I Want You (She's So Heavy)) but damn what a great collection of songs.

I was given abbey road and the magical mystery tour and sgt peppers when I was 12 by the british lady that was my mom's supervisor. I burned them into my friends and I's brains with repeated play. i then bought the white album and go the poster and the 4 pictures of the beatles and the album blew my mind. It was so fucking varied. I LOVE that. I enjoy albums that are similarly themed throughout, but I prefer albums that jump around, like a miox tape made by a spaz.

the white album has seminal hard rock/metal (helter skelter)
warped ska (ob la di ob la da)
freaked out psychedelia (wild honey pie)
throwback vaudeville music (martha my dear)
freaked out mash em up tape sickness (revolution 9) which sounds more prescient every single day
gorgeous sentimental music (Julia, Dear Prudence)
exploration sof human emotion and despair (I'm So Tired, Yer Blues)
the greatest guitar song ever (while my guitar gently weeps) (BTW, have you ever seen the tribute concert for george harrison where all the guitarists there take tunrs at while my guitar... and prince decides he is going to blow the shit out the fucking ROOF an explodes a LOOONG solo? fucking amazing.)

I could go on and on. every song blows my mind to this day and makes me feel GOOD

gmku · 05.15.2007, 04:04 PM

I even like the McCartney stuff.

And yeah, She's So Heavy should be on there, not Abbey Road.

The only negative, it doesn't all fit on a 90-minute cassette.

Washing Machine · 05.15.2007, 04:05 PM

Anyone read David Quantick's book 'Revolution: The Making of The Beatles' White Album'? Anyone think it was as badly written as I thought? I dislike Quantick's style immensely.

atari 2600 · 05.15.2007, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

(BTW, have you ever seen the tribute concert for george harrison where all the guitarists there take tunrs at while my guitar... and prince decides he is going to blow the shit out the fucking ROOF an explodes a LOOONG solo? fucking amazing.)
...

Certainly...
Prince's definitely qualifies as a true tour de force performance.
I shared the video at the old board.

atari 2600 · 05.15.2007, 05:09 PM

I have Sour Milk Sea which is a 4-disc set of White album outtakes. Other lesser outtake boots appear under other names.

Anyway, I shared my own DIY 4-disc set at the old board, but somehow failed to burn myself a copy. I think I must have been running low on memory at the time and figured I'd just download later and waited too long and the link became expired. One day I'll get around to compiling a set again, but I was hoping someone might re-post it to the board possibly. I'm not holding out a lot of hope though, as this is the third or fourth time I've asked when someone started a White Album-themed thread.
It would require someone to spend some time to link the discs, but it would save me some time. Besides, I'm not sure if I could put together a compilation as good as those four discs again, since, at the time I was listening to nothing but White Album outtakes and tracks from '68 for two weeks straight.

I did a comp of VU covers recently and I listened to nothing but those for a week as I was making it. Yes, I'm sick, but at least it's a good kind of sick, or at least I like to think so.

Green_mind · 05.15.2007, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

one of the greatest albums ever.

the greatest guitar song ever (while my guitar gently weeps) (BTW, have you ever seen the tribute concert for george harrison where all the guitarists there take tunrs at while my guitar... and prince decides he is going to blow the shit out the fucking ROOF an explodes a LOOONG solo? fucking amazing.)

haha how funny is that, I saw that, I think it was George Harrison's induction into the hall of rock or whatever and Prince was getting inducted the same night so he was invited to join in and play on the tribute to George.
Prince does a grossly inapropriate solo, don't get me wrong it kicked ass, but at the same time it was just wrong man, especially at the end of the song where the old rockers, Tom Petty & co and George's son put their guitars on their stands peacefully and prince throws his guitar on the ground and storms off.

screamingskull · 05.15.2007, 06:35 PM

this is my favourite

but the white album is a very close second.

against_the_grain · 05.15.2007, 08:11 PM

^ such a great album.

I just wish George coulda walked a little faster......

lungfish · 05.15.2007, 11:03 PM

the white album.

love it.
i can go on.
but brief is good.
i love it.

SYRFox · 05.16.2007, 12:00 AM

Great album. My favorite song is Macbeth, but Into The Groove and Third Fig are close.

Dead-Air · 05.16.2007, 12:02 AM

I just wish Sonic Youth hadn't been talking out of their asses about covering it. Probably they really meant to, but that was before they got sued for the photos on Sister and so forth, since I doubt they had real licensing and royalties in mind back then. Maybe today they are big enough that they could afford to do it if they still wanted to. It would be infinitely more interesting than covering themselves twenty years ago like they are.

sun city girl · 05.16.2007, 05:25 AM

great album, a real masterpiece and the best thing the beatles made. of course my all-time fave song isn't included (tomorrow never knows) but as a whole it's better than any other beatles album.

was it so that the white(y) album was supposed to be a cover version, inspired by pussy galore's version of exile on main st?

(sorry my bad english but i guess you understand what i meant?)

Silent Dan Speaks · 05.16.2007, 02:24 PM

I'm glad to know I'm not alone in it being my favorite Beatle's album. It's beyond amazing.

atsonicpark · 05.16.2007, 03:05 PM

i figured this was everyone's favorite beatles album. just lots of really great ideas on it. and some good songs too!

Torn Curtain · 05.16.2007, 05:04 PM

I prefer Abbey Road and Rubber Soul, but The White Album indeed contains many of the Beatles' masterpieces.

MellySingsDoom · 05.16.2007, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Washing Machine

I know a lot of you guys don't like The Beatles....I can respect that but you are sick people

Not just sick, but deaf, after seeing Romanian heroes Negura Bunget. Huzzah!...what?"

05.15.2007, 03:46 PM	#1
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	A thread dedicated to my favourite Beatles album. I had to indulge myself. I remember buying it on tape in Lanzarote when I was about 8 and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever heard. I didn't hear it for years, dug it out a few years later and its been one of my favourite albums ever since. I know a lot of you guys don't like The Beatles....I can respect that but you are sick people __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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05.15.2007, 03:50 PM	#2
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	My feeling is that it's the best recording ever made by anyone, (or at least certainly in the rock 'n' roll era) and that it's also one of the most outstanding works of modern art of the twentieth century.
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05.15.2007, 03:53 PM	#3
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Considering I own three vinyl copies--two original numbered and one white-vinyl DMM pressing--I'd say it's pretty important to me. I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but I do like that album. It's in my top 10 or so. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.15.2007, 03:55 PM	#4
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I don't think I can disagree Atari. Although my favourite album is predicably Daydream Nation. The White Album is not far from being my favourite album ever. I get laughed at whan I drunkenly pronounce that Lennon and McCartney are the most important composers of the 20th century. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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05.15.2007, 03:59 PM	#5
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	one of the greatest albums ever. my favorite beatles album My favorite beatles song is not on there (I Want You (She's So Heavy)) but damn what a great collection of songs. I was given abbey road and the magical mystery tour and sgt peppers when I was 12 by the british lady that was my mom's supervisor. I burned them into my friends and I's brains with repeated play. i then bought the white album and go the poster and the 4 pictures of the beatles and the album blew my mind. It was so fucking varied. I LOVE that. I enjoy albums that are similarly themed throughout, but I prefer albums that jump around, like a miox tape made by a spaz. the white album has seminal hard rock/metal (helter skelter) warped ska (ob la di ob la da) freaked out psychedelia (wild honey pie) throwback vaudeville music (martha my dear) freaked out mash em up tape sickness (revolution 9) which sounds more prescient every single day gorgeous sentimental music (Julia, Dear Prudence) exploration sof human emotion and despair (I'm So Tired, Yer Blues) the greatest guitar song ever (while my guitar gently weeps) (BTW, have you ever seen the tribute concert for george harrison where all the guitarists there take tunrs at while my guitar... and prince decides he is going to blow the shit out the fucking ROOF an explodes a LOOONG solo? fucking amazing.) I could go on and on. every song blows my mind to this day and makes me feel GOOD __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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05.15.2007, 04:04 PM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I even like the McCartney stuff. And yeah, She's So Heavy should be on there, not Abbey Road. The only negative, it doesn't all fit on a 90-minute cassette. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.15.2007, 04:05 PM	#7
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Anyone read David Quantick's book 'Revolution: The Making of The Beatles' White Album'? Anyone think it was as badly written as I thought? I dislike Quantick's style immensely. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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05.15.2007, 05:09 PM	#9
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	I have Sour Milk Sea which is a 4-disc set of White album outtakes. Other lesser outtake boots appear under other names. Anyway, I shared my own DIY 4-disc set at the old board, but somehow failed to burn myself a copy. I think I must have been running low on memory at the time and figured I'd just download later and waited too long and the link became expired. One day I'll get around to compiling a set again, but I was hoping someone might re-post it to the board possibly. I'm not holding out a lot of hope though, as this is the third or fourth time I've asked when someone started a White Album-themed thread. It would require someone to spend some time to link the discs, but it would save me some time. Besides, I'm not sure if I could put together a compilation as good as those four discs again, since, at the time I was listening to nothing but White Album outtakes and tracks from '68 for two weeks straight. I did a comp of VU covers recently and I listened to nothing but those for a week as I was making it. Yes, I'm sick, but at least it's a good kind of sick, or at least I like to think so.
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05.15.2007, 06:35 PM	#11
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	this is my favourite but the white album is a very close second.
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05.15.2007, 08:11 PM	#12
against_the_grain stalker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: across the Hudson Posts: 502	^ such a great album. I just wish George coulda walked a little faster...... __________________ Don't play what's there, play what's not there. Do not* fear mistakes. There are none* Miles Davis
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05.15.2007, 11:03 PM	#13
lungfish bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 236	the white album. love it. i can go on. but brief is good. i love it.
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05.16.2007, 12:00 AM	#14
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Great album. My favorite song is Macbeth, but Into The Groove and Third Fig are close.
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05.16.2007, 12:02 AM	#15
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I just wish Sonic Youth hadn't been talking out of their asses about covering it. Probably they really meant to, but that was before they got sued for the photos on Sister and so forth, since I doubt they had real licensing and royalties in mind back then. Maybe today they are big enough that they could afford to do it if they still wanted to. It would be infinitely more interesting than covering themselves twenty years ago like they are. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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05.16.2007, 05:25 AM	#16
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	great album, a real masterpiece and the best thing the beatles made. of course my all-time fave song isn't included (tomorrow never knows) but as a whole it's better than any other beatles album. was it so that the white(y) album was supposed to be a cover version, inspired by pussy galore's version of exile on main st? (sorry my bad english but i guess you understand what i meant?)
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05.16.2007, 02:24 PM	#17
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I'm glad to know I'm not alone in it being my favorite Beatle's album. It's beyond amazing.
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05.16.2007, 03:05 PM	#18
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	i figured this was everyone's favorite beatles album. just lots of really great ideas on it. and some good songs too! __________________
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05.16.2007, 05:04 PM	#19
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	I prefer Abbey Road and Rubber Soul, but The White Album indeed contains many of the Beatles' masterpieces.
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