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Post by BSJ on Sept 14, 2014 2:45:18 GMT
Writing this on the fly. By the time I crank this out, half of you will already be on your second Bloody Marys for Breakfist. Because of this sweet Sunday, Dave and I listened to all our Beatle albums. We agreed on Rubber Soul.
To those who will be there - Very Fine.
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Post by jrmugz on Sept 14, 2014 11:48:02 GMT
Cool BSJ, always great to delve more and more into "Rubber Soul"! Great choice. Look for my thoughts throughout the week.
BTW, what is sweet Sunday, is that a British holiday or something? Over here to me it's just a regular Sunday?
Oh it Sweetest Day or something?
Jim
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Post by jrmugz on Sept 14, 2014 12:00:15 GMT
One of those great guitar riffs to kick off an album, just like the opening riff of the "Band on the Run" leadoff-title track for that PMW album.
"Nowhere Man" has always been one of my all-time favorites, it really challenges me to go outside of my comfort zone, as in am I being as blind as I can be and just seeing what I want to see on this or that issue? For any issues I might have had with John Lennon, I'll give him credit that he really nailed it with that lyric, with the point he makes and the humility with which he makes it ("Isn't he a bit like you and me?"). So I always found that song to be particularly rich and one of my all-time favorites. "Can't Buy Me Love", though not on Rubber Soul has always been another all-time favorite Beatles standout for me, personally.
Jim
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Post by BSJ on Sept 14, 2014 13:23:33 GMT
Don't play coy with us Jim, it could all end badly!
Real quick - I love John's vocals on this album.
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Post by queenofthehours on Sept 14, 2014 14:05:18 GMT
Rubber Soul - can't wait to give this album a listen. I've never heard the songs in album order before.
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Post by unomusette on Sept 14, 2014 19:50:50 GMT
Ashamed to say I own no Beatles albums although of course I know all the singles. So now's my chance to get up close and personal, starting tomorrow. Thanks! Review to follow.
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Post by BSJ on Sept 14, 2014 20:20:44 GMT
Ashamed to say I own no Beatles albums although of course I know all the singles. So now's my chance to get up close and personal, starting tomorrow. Thanks! Review to follow. I don't quite know how to react to this confession.
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Post by Horacewimp on Sept 15, 2014 7:59:49 GMT
Ashamed to say I own no Beatles albums although of course I know all the singles. So now's my chance to get up close and personal, starting tomorrow. Thanks! Review to follow. Same here, I will give it a listen during the week and report back.
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Post by BSJ on Sept 15, 2014 13:23:11 GMT
Same here, I will give it a listen during the week and report back.
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Post by jrmugz on Sept 15, 2014 16:59:46 GMT
Don't play coy with us Jim, it could all end badly!
Real quick - I love John's vocals on this album.
Play coy? I'm confused, help me! Yeah, I agree John's vocals are in his prime on Rubber Soul. Jim
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Post by jrmugz on Sept 15, 2014 17:02:28 GMT
Ashamed to say I own no Beatles albums although of course I know all the singles. So now's my chance to get up close and personal, starting tomorrow. Thanks! Review to follow. Same here, I will give it a listen during the week and report back. Well, deliving into Rubber Soul will be a good penance for unomusette for all the Beatles-nelgect over the years. I must say "Think for Yourself" and "If I Needed Someone" are both great George Harrison contributions, probably at that point the best ones he had made. Still playing and will send a breakdwon of the songs within the next few days. Jim
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 17:59:51 GMT
My first time really listening to the album(yea, sue me..lol). So here goes..
Drive My Car- Funky and danceable. I dug it!
Norwegian Wood - Very Dylan influenced. Vague lyrics.
You Won't See Me - Sounds like something Jeff Lynne was very influenced by.
Nowhere Man - I've always liked this song. Very sad lyrics.
Think For Yourself - A real gem! George was really overlooked as a songwriter during his Beatles years.
The Word - Similar to Drive My Car. Good R&B flavor.
Michelle - Not really a fan of this one. Slow and kind of cheezy.
What Goes On - I love Ringo! Not a great song, but Ringo's charming vocals make it tough to dislike.
Girl - Very romantic and even sexy!
I'm Looking Through You - Another slightly folksy one. Not bad.
In My Life - My favorite from this album. Wistful and absolutely gorgeous.
Wait - Reminds me of the earlier Beatles. Kind of a throwaway song.
If I Needed Someone - Another great GH song. I like the 12 string Rickenbacker sound a lot!
Run For Your Life - "That's the enddd-aaaa..little girl.." So catchy and fun!
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Post by unomusette on Sept 15, 2014 21:02:28 GMT
Oo, some great tracks on this, and there's loads of them considering how relatively short the album is. I'll give it a listen tomorrow so I can report back before I disappear to the continent.
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Post by Helmut83 on Sept 16, 2014 0:11:01 GMT
Well, to be fair, I didn't need to listen much to this one, as it was avaiable for me and playing at home since I can recall. A Beatles average album in my opinion, which means a great album for the rest of the mortals' standards. They showed once again that admirable songwriting style which didn't seem to respect much all the books written about musical harmony in the pop-rock world and that they would develop even further later on. On the other hand, some albums of them are much more solid in terms of not having bad songs, of which this one has (if only a few). In the song-by-song I mostly agree a lot with @brax's analysis: - I also agree with jrmugz about "Nowhere man" being the best song on the album. The beauty and originality of it's melody, the fantastic vocal harmonies (have you ever tried to dissect them?), the crazy bassline, everything adds to result in a perfect song. "In my life" is another masterpiece from start to end. "Drive my car" is a classic and proof that Paul could write good uptempo songs too. "Girl" is another very original song which has kind of a mysterious aurea to it. Talking about originality, the melody of "Norwegian wood" is unmistakable, and the song is known for being the first occidental song to feature a sitar (by Harrison's idea). "If I needed someone" is IMO George's best song from the early-mid era, very dynamic, I love it. "Run for your life" is a joyful and fun countrylike song. - The more-or-less: "You won't see me" is not too bad, but nothing special; the kind of song that seems to you like they had got to fill the album with. "Michelle", although it is considered a classic and many people love it, has never been a favourite of mine. "Think for yourself": a bit weird, I don't hate it but I don't love it either. "I'm looking through you" is another one of those that had that kind of country mid-tempo rythm, it's OK for me but also nothing special. - The bad ones: "The word" is quite an energetic song but it gets too repetitive, it's too long and ends up tiring you (or me) up. "What goes on" is one of the four Beatles songs credited to Ringo (this time, along with Lennon-McCartney), I don't like it much. "Wait" sounds all forced, uninspired and is, like Brax said, a throwaway and the worst song of the album in my opinion.
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Post by Helmut83 on Sept 16, 2014 0:18:41 GMT
A very interesting video about "Nowhere man"'s vocal harmonies:
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