Saturday, February 26, 2011
OH SHIT I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT YELLOW SUBMARINE
IT HAS 4 NEW BEATLES SONGS ON IT AND TWO OF THEM ARE BY GEORGE BECAUSE JOHN AND PAUL DIDN'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE FILM TO BE TOTAL DICKS TO HIM THAT ONE TIME
Friday, February 25, 2011
Anthony Vs. The Beatles' Entire Discography
Let's just get this the fuck over with
Please Please Me:
This was the last Beatles album I ever purchased. I liked this one a lot more than I expected to, possibly because that opening one-two punch of I Saw Her Standing There and Misery is pretty unbeatable. It's pure pop fluff by today's standards, but that's part of the charm, isn't it?
With The Beatles:
I don't like this one at all for some weird reason.
A Hard Day's Night:
Some of the best melodies ever written, but my god are the lyrics ever stupid. Yes, I realize that pop lyricism wasn't exactly poetry in the mid-60s, but what the fuck does that matter when I'm listening to an album in 2011? You don't rhyme "alright" with "alright". You just don't do that!
Beatles For Sale:
Yeah, the covers suck. Of COURSE the covers suck. The originals, though, are easily the strongest batch of songs The Beatles had written up to this point. I'll Follow The Sun might be the classiest, most gentlemanly break-up song ever written, and there's really no matching the palpable hurt and anger in John Lennon's voice on No Reply. This could have been a great EP. Oh well.
Help!:
My friend Rick made the case that this album is miles ahead of A Hard Days Night, and these days I tend to think he was right. He's the only person I know who thinks this way. I wish he'd call me sometime. I need to talk to someone about how great Help! is.
Rubber Soul:
The Beatles' folksiest album. This is where George's songwriting starts to really kick ass. I mean, Think For Yourself and If I Needed Someone? That shit is fuckin' GOLD!
Revolver:
This one's all over the place stylistically, but holy shit are the songs ever good.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
Best album... ever? (No, not really. PiL's Metal Box is the best album ever. This is pretty good, though.)
Magical Mystery Tour:
I don't care how good the rest of the album is, Hello Goodbye and Your Mother Should Know make me want to punch Paul McCartney's lights out.
The White Album:
Oh let's face it, a lot of these songs just flat-out suck.
Abbey Road:
There are days where I actually prefer this album to Sgt. Pepper. Could it be that The Beatles created... (*gasp*)... TWO of the best albums ever??? INCONCEIVABLE!
Let It Be:
On Abbey Road they managed to hide the fact that they all couldn't stand each other. This album wasn't so lucky. The title track still makes me cry, though.
Past Masters, Volume One And Two:
Yes, I know it's a compilation, but it's a compilation of Beatles singles, so dismissing it 'cause it's not a "real Beatles album" is kind of like saying you're going to kick a cardboard box full of puppies to the curb because you don't like cardboard boxes. Except in this case, the puppies have names like "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Hey Ju look I know this is stupid but just go with it
I'M DONE.
Please Please Me:
This was the last Beatles album I ever purchased. I liked this one a lot more than I expected to, possibly because that opening one-two punch of I Saw Her Standing There and Misery is pretty unbeatable. It's pure pop fluff by today's standards, but that's part of the charm, isn't it?
With The Beatles:
I don't like this one at all for some weird reason.
A Hard Day's Night:
Some of the best melodies ever written, but my god are the lyrics ever stupid. Yes, I realize that pop lyricism wasn't exactly poetry in the mid-60s, but what the fuck does that matter when I'm listening to an album in 2011? You don't rhyme "alright" with "alright". You just don't do that!
Beatles For Sale:
Yeah, the covers suck. Of COURSE the covers suck. The originals, though, are easily the strongest batch of songs The Beatles had written up to this point. I'll Follow The Sun might be the classiest, most gentlemanly break-up song ever written, and there's really no matching the palpable hurt and anger in John Lennon's voice on No Reply. This could have been a great EP. Oh well.
Help!:
My friend Rick made the case that this album is miles ahead of A Hard Days Night, and these days I tend to think he was right. He's the only person I know who thinks this way. I wish he'd call me sometime. I need to talk to someone about how great Help! is.
Rubber Soul:
The Beatles' folksiest album. This is where George's songwriting starts to really kick ass. I mean, Think For Yourself and If I Needed Someone? That shit is fuckin' GOLD!
Revolver:
This one's all over the place stylistically, but holy shit are the songs ever good.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
Best album... ever? (No, not really. PiL's Metal Box is the best album ever. This is pretty good, though.)
Magical Mystery Tour:
I don't care how good the rest of the album is, Hello Goodbye and Your Mother Should Know make me want to punch Paul McCartney's lights out.
The White Album:
Oh let's face it, a lot of these songs just flat-out suck.
Abbey Road:
There are days where I actually prefer this album to Sgt. Pepper. Could it be that The Beatles created... (*gasp*)... TWO of the best albums ever??? INCONCEIVABLE!
Let It Be:
On Abbey Road they managed to hide the fact that they all couldn't stand each other. This album wasn't so lucky. The title track still makes me cry, though.
Past Masters, Volume One And Two:
Yes, I know it's a compilation, but it's a compilation of Beatles singles, so dismissing it 'cause it's not a "real Beatles album" is kind of like saying you're going to kick a cardboard box full of puppies to the curb because you don't like cardboard boxes. Except in this case, the puppies have names like "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Hey Ju look I know this is stupid but just go with it
I'M DONE.
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