"White Album" - what are the best things about it?
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oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
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What do you mean "there were a lot of opinions that were cut out" exactly?
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Never bought into all the Paul Is Dead crap and never will. I'm an RN now, but it never dawned on me until you just now wrote it about PID!
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"So then, did The Beatles try to play along with the whole Paul Is Dead thing for fun?" Oh no, here we go again....
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This is not an incendiary topic, is it? It is necessary for the full and compete discussion of the White Album, no?
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From my computer background PID=processor ID
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Scarlett14:
This is not an incendiary topic, is it? It is necessary for the full and compete discussion of the White Album, no?
Nancy and I once were at odds over it and she still dislikes me intensely
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Scarlett14:
This is not an incendiary topic, is it? It is necessary for the full and compete discussion of the White Album, no?
Yes, it's an incendiary topic. The only thing I know of on the White Album is Glass Onion "Well here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul" but this came out before the big PID thing came out in the U.S. in 1969. If you want to talk about the PID stuff, start another thread. This one here is supposed to just be about the White Album.
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Erik in NJ:
Scarlett14:
This is not an incendiary topic, is it? It is necessary for the full and compete discussion of the White Album, no?
Nancy and I once were at odds over it and she still dislikes me intensely
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Nancy R:
If you want to talk about the PID stuff, start another thread. This one here is supposed to just be about the White Album.
I don't understand, Nancy. The "Paul is Dead" theory came about in a big way because of the White Album! This is the most appropriate place for it IMO. The myth started (I mean really took hold) with "Revolution 9" being played backwards to hear John saying "Turn me on, dead man". So we should talk about all of the other crazy sounds on that "song" but not anything related to the "Paul is Dead" theory? I would just really like to know if anyone besides me believed the myth back then, even for just a short while. I also never suspected Bruce Willis was really dead in that Shyamalan movie. Gullible, I know.
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Erik in NJ:
oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
It's a 10 dvd set so waay too much too discuss but google it & there you'll find many descriptions. Most of what I just found on google are ebay links so I can't post that here.
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oobu24:
Erik in NJ:
oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
It's a 10 dvd set so waay too much too discuss but google it & there you'll find many descriptions. Most of what I just found on google are ebay links so I can't post that here.
I'd love to check this out, and get that extra/alternate footage, although I always worry about the quality of these things. Anyone seen it/got it that can account for the quality?
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"White Album" - what are the best things about it? How did a nice thread thread like this...decay into a John and Yoko bash again? There must be an evil eyeball lurking around here somewhere .
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Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
If you want to talk about the PID stuff, start another thread. This one here is supposed to just be about the White Album.
I don't understand, Nancy. The "Paul is Dead" theory came about in a big way because of the White Album! This is the most appropriate place for it IMO. The myth started (I mean really took hold) with "Revolution 9" being played backwards to hear John saying "Turn me on, dead man". So we should talk about all of the other crazy sounds on that "song" but not anything related to the "Paul is Dead" theory? I would just really like to know if anyone besides me believed the myth back then, even for just a short while. I also never suspected Bruce Willis was really dead in that Shyamalan movie. Gullible, I know.
First off, the PID theory did not "come about in a big way" because of the White Album. In 1969 when all the crap hit, it was mostly about Abbey Road and how he was barefoot and George was dressed like an undertaker and the license plate said 28 IF (he was 27 anyway) blah blah blah. Then everybody started combing the older albums and finding more "clues" like the "turn me on dead man" and other junk. I just think if you want to talk about all the nonsense you should start a new thread. Sorry, I just have very little patience for all this, and I apologize in advance.
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I love the piano sound on Sexy Sadie. What makes it sound like that? Was it recorded slower and sped up? Was it double tracked?
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toris:
oobu24:
Erik in NJ:
oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
It's a 10 dvd set so waay too much too discuss but google it & there you'll find many descriptions. Most of what I just found on google are ebay links so I can't post that here.
I'd love to check this out, and get that extra/alternate footage, although I always worry about the quality of these things. Anyone seen it/got it that can account for the quality?
I have it Toris. All on VHS though. The quality is very good although it's a working early draft: that means some songs left out, time signals throughout etc... Worth checking out.
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moptops:
toris:
oobu24:
Erik in NJ:
oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
It's a 10 dvd set so waay too much too discuss but google it & there you'll find many descriptions. Most of what I just found on google are ebay links so I can't post that here.
I'd love to check this out, and get that extra/alternate footage, although I always worry about the quality of these things. Anyone seen it/got it that can account for the quality?
I have it Toris. All on VHS though. The quality is very good although it's a working early draft: that means some songs left out, time signals throughout etc... Worth checking out.
Thanks, mate! I wish I was young enough to ask "what is VHS?"... I've done some googling on it, and it sounds excellent...
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Nancy R:
Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
If you want to talk about the PID stuff, start another thread. This one here is supposed to just be about the White Album.
I don't understand, Nancy. The "Paul is Dead" theory came about in a big way because of the White Album! This is the most appropriate place for it IMO. The myth started (I mean really took hold) with "Revolution 9" being played backwards to hear John saying "Turn me on, dead man". So we should talk about all of the other crazy sounds on that "song" but not anything related to the "Paul is Dead" theory? I would just really like to know if anyone besides me believed the myth back then, even for just a short while. I also never suspected Bruce Willis was really dead in that Shyamalan movie. Gullible, I know.
First off, the PID theory did not "come about in a big way" because of the White Album. In 1969 when all the crap hit, it was mostly about Abbey Road and how he was barefoot and George was dressed like an undertaker and the license plate said 28 IF (he was 27 anyway) blah blah blah. Then everybody started combing the older albums and finding more "clues" like the "turn me on dead man" and other junk. I just think if you want to talk about all the nonsense you should start a new thread. Sorry, I just have very little patience for all this, and I apologize in advance.
Nancy - I'm not planning on starting a "Paul is Dead" thread. Perhaps if someone else wants to, they can do that. I lived through all those clues in the 60's, I remember them, I don't need to rehash them. I think if I were younger I might want to discuss some of that subject matter in depth though because I had missed that experience first-hand and it really WAS rather significant in the history of The Beatles. I'm just going to say one thing about the myth/hoax. I believe that although The Beatles may not have started the rumors, they did very little (nothing?) to stop them for quite a while until here in the US it had become quite the frenzy. It would have been very easy to dispel the myth really. For me it was just a marketing ploy to sell more albums -in the end it's all about business/profit.
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toris:
moptops:
toris:
oobu24:
Erik in NJ:
oobu24:
I think some of us should search out "The Beatles Anthology...1993, Directors Cut". There are a lot of opinions that were cut out but they are on this set.
Care to fill us in??
It's a 10 dvd set so waay too much too discuss but google it & there you'll find many descriptions. Most of what I just found on google are ebay links so I can't post that here.
I'd love to check this out, and get that extra/alternate footage, although I always worry about the quality of these things. Anyone seen it/got it that can account for the quality?
I have it Toris. All on VHS though. The quality is very good although it's a working early draft: that means some songs left out, time signals throughout etc... Worth checking out.
Thanks, mate! I wish I was young enough to ask "what is VHS?"... I've done some googling on it, and it sounds excellent...
I have it on dvd. Many of the reviews say that much was cut and/or left off including interviews. I think some of it may be on youtube too. Although in just checking the last parts seem to have vanished.
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Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
If you want to talk about the PID stuff, start another thread. This one here is supposed to just be about the White Album.
I don't understand, Nancy. The "Paul is Dead" theory came about in a big way because of the White Album! This is the most appropriate place for it IMO. The myth started (I mean really took hold) with "Revolution 9" being played backwards to hear John saying "Turn me on, dead man". So we should talk about all of the other crazy sounds on that "song" but not anything related to the "Paul is Dead" theory? I would just really like to know if anyone besides me believed the myth back then, even for just a short while. I also never suspected Bruce Willis was really dead in that Shyamalan movie. Gullible, I know.
First off, the PID theory did not "come about in a big way" because of the White Album. In 1969 when all the crap hit, it was mostly about Abbey Road and how he was barefoot and George was dressed like an undertaker and the license plate said 28 IF (he was 27 anyway) blah blah blah. Then everybody started combing the older albums and finding more "clues" like the "turn me on dead man" and other junk. I just think if you want to talk about all the nonsense you should start a new thread. Sorry, I just have very little patience for all this, and I apologize in advance.
Nancy - I'm not planning on starting a "Paul is Dead" thread. Perhaps if someone else wants to, they can do that. I lived through all those clues in the 60's, I remember them, I don't need to rehash them. I think if I were younger I might want to discuss some of that subject matter in depth though because I had missed that experience first-hand and it really WAS rather significant in the history of The Beatles. I'm just going to say one thing about the myth/hoax. I believe that although The Beatles may not have started the rumors, they did very little (nothing?) to stop them for quite a while until here in the US it had become quite the frenzy. It would have been very easy to dispel the myth really. For me it was just a marketing ploy to sell more albums -in the end it's all about business/profit.
Well, I gotta say, I'm not sure they were too worried about making money from a "One of Us is Dead Rumour"... I think they were doing pretty, pretty, pretty good without worrying about that kinda inconsequential nonsense. I'm not sure the team game was "let's create a myth one of us is dead, and we can then sell more records, cos we are no good and can't do it on our talent".... nup, doesn't sit with me... not from the most talented group of that time, and of all-time.... And Nancy is right... this whole "theory" occurred well after the White Album.