Non Remastered Beatles collection

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#21
Galu said:
I clearly remember watching a TV programme on which the group appeared clad in leather jackets and calling themselves the Silver Beatles.

I don't recall what song they sang though, as I didn't pay a lot of attention at the time.

If that appearance was actually recorded in the first place, it must have been wiped, missing a valuable archive opportunity.
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Yes, like that, imo, the best ever video of them doing Revolution, part of a documentary not too too long ago. John was dressed in all blue jeans including jacket. They just stood there like statues playing matter of factly, smiling at the end. I loved it. Can't find it anywhere.

I've already mentioned this.
 
#22
Halauhula said:
I think very highly of The Beatles (as you might guess from my posts in this thread). So you would not be surprised if I mention that I was highly offended by a Washington Post (DC) "critic," saying The Beatles were "overrated." This bon mot was embedded in an article channeling the angst of some members of the younger generations over the preponderance of news focusing on Peter Jackson's documentary on the making of Let It Be. I have tried over and over to find a link to that article online but I think it was scrubbed by the WPost. I can understand that someone might not like the Beatles' music; one is entitled to one's opinion and listening choices, right? But to have a critic, who is supposed to be somewhat more objective or at least have a greater perspective, pronounce that the Beatles are overrated...

For those of you who have not seen the analyses of Beatles' music by Scott Freiman (Deconstructing the Beatles), I highly, highly recommend his videos. Apart from the musical analyses, his recounting of The Beatles' discography, and particularly the time intervals between releases, as well as the daily schedule of The Beatles, is enlightening.

Finally, a story: before I retired, I led a voluntary music appreciation group at work, where we would sit during lunch and have presentations by group members of their favorite artists or styles of music. One of my presentations focused on time signatures in music (2/4, 4/4, 3/4, 5/4, 7/4 etc.). I remarked how you hardly hear any time signatures other than 4/4 in pop in the last 30 years, much less changes in time signature in a song (think Bacharach and David). Several weeks later, one of the members made me listen to a Radio Head song - rather long as I recall and I'm sorry that I am not familiar with their catalog - pointing to a time change. After the song finished, I said, "Well, The Beatles did several different time changes in "Happiness is a Warm Gun," and also threw in a medieval technique for breaking up the time in a single measure - the hemiola (well, I see that there is now a lot of controversy over the proper name of that technique which Leonard Bernstein also used in the song, America from West Side Story). And I think "Happiness" is about 3 minutes long and pretty catchy too!"
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They are "THE" greatest of all time, which happens to be consensus once you've asked enough people. You may know the vid I just referenced above??
 
#37
I don't recall ever seeing a blue denim clad Lennon or I would have told you before now.

Not to say such doesn't exist, but it's hard to be certain as one Beatles documentary is very much like any other Beatles documentary!
 
#39
The evolution of Beatles recordings...
 

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