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What makes The Beatles music still beautifull today

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

The John Lennon and Paul McCartney were talented and creative songwriters and the Beatles made a wide variety of music so almost everybody likes SOME Beatles music.

And on the technical side, the pro analog tape machines in the 1960s were getting pretty-good! But there may be some Beatles CDs where you can hear tape noise. They got "creative" and made multiple layer tape-on-tape recordings. Although later remastered releases may have digital noise reduction.

I hope someday, somebody makes a Beatles biopic. Bohemian Rhapsody was good, What's Love Got To Do With It was good, and there are lots of others, and I have quite a few of them. I've heard rumors of a Janice Joplin film over the years but they haven't made one yet. Once I read that they couldn't get the rights to the songs.
 
The same thing that makes classical music by Mozart, or Miles Davis or Robert Johnson or anyone great today. It speaks to the human condition in a timeless manner. You can hear/feel the anguish, the emotion, the lived experience, and relate to it. Whether teeny bopper love or deep abiding emotions of a later time in life.
 
i remember spirited arguments everywhere about what the best beatles album is

my fave is always.. St. Peppers

the last song is of course, the best song they ever made and probably my top 5 of all time

the album only has one song i dont like and that's the sitar piece

but the final track truly transcends any kind of comparison with any other song - its a catalaclysmic kind of art piece, art statement

let us check the track list:

A

1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" McCartney
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" Starr
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Lennon
4. "Getting Better" McCartney
5. "Fixing a Hole" McCartney
6. "She's Leaving Home" McCartney with Lennon
7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" Lennon

B

1. "Within You Without You" Harrison
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" McCartney
3. "Lovely Rita" McCartney
4. "Good Morning Good Morning" Lennon
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr
6. "A Day in the Life"


The first three song intro is INCREDIBLY strong... i rarely see any album hit it from the 1st bar and continue to a 3 track streak like that

And then with Side B... I mean... to me SIde B is stronger than Side A...

"When I'm 64" and then it just hits so hard... then the reprise from the 1st track.. then "Day in the Life"... probably one of the strongest closers on any album ever.

I seriously think I finished this album the very first time and I sat there in silence gathering my thoughts on the sheer magnitude of what I just experienced.

Beatles Ultimate Collection, redbook or 24/96. get it.

oh yes... thanks to billy shears
 
I actually just recently purchased all the Beatles and John Lennon CD Blu-ray boxsets (excluding revolver because no Blu-ray) and ripped the surround tracks and the CDs where necessary to my roon server.

The Blu-ray’s surround tracks have a even higher dynamic range than what’s on CD or Qobuz.

I got the mono 2009 boxset and a bunch of other CD sets . Bought a couple of their books, biographies..

Some of the old LPs will be next .. the Beatles are always great fun and their music just sucks you in there.

Those four together are just special :)
 
The Beatles had their first number one hit in 1962 and only 8 years and 13 (!) Studio-LPs later the journey ended. In this relatively short period of time they laid or transformed the foundation for almost any popular music released later on. The outburst of creativity in those 8 years seems unparalleled in music history.

Because they were so versatile nearly everyone can find meaningful songs in their oevre. And they were masters in coding human feelings in music. To me the Beatles were the most important and influencing band in modern music. Period. :cool:
 
I think George Martin in the studio helped polish the later works into true gems.
 
one of the most amazing things about the beatles is that they had the ability to write a song for 2-3 mins and the song hits the ground running and it continues on that 2-3 min run at their set high tempo and it never deviates, drops or has any kind of lull or dull moment

its just slick from 0-180 secs

i havent seen anyone else who can really do that
 
Grotti said:
The Beatles had their first number one hit in 1962 and only 8 years and 13 (!) Studio-LPs later the journey ended. In this relatively short period of time they laid or transformed the foundation for almost any popular music released later on. The outburst of creativity in those 8 years seems unparalleled in music history.

Because they were so versatile nearly everyone can find meaningful songs in their oevre. And they were masters in coding human feelings in music. To me the Beatles were the most important and influencing band in modern music. Period. :cool:
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Cole Porter is still being covered, after nearly a hundred years. Still seems current.
 

What makes The Beatles music still beautifull today​


Dunno?, I’ve heard a number of their songs on the radio but I don’t own any of their albums/tracks and I’ve never streamed any either.

;)
 
Grotti said:
I agree but the impact of the Beatles on modern music is on another level.
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Their impact, hair styles and copy cat bands by 100's were launched. Their music not so much They started covering America R&B "Twist and Shout" and their own songs then were simplistic "I Want to Hold your Hand" at time when the Beach Boys were doing complex two part harmonies. At their musical peak Rubber Soul and Revolver they were bringing in influences from classical Indian music. And Sargent Pepper, their response to the Psychedelic, Summer of Love movement in the US was late to the game. They like Taylor Swift and Elvis were huge fan sensations. Not saying their music wasn't good, it was, more reactive than revolutionary and the sounds for a certain generation. I would say the Rolling Stones who had hits from the mid sixties to the nintys stayed more contemporary and fresh than the Beatles ever did.
 
i didnt have much nostalgia for the beatles either

as for age... when i was born the beatles was largely over... as was the vietnam war

i remember my childhood watching cartoons on the TV and there was some kind of beatles cartoon - which i immediately turned the channel... lets watch transformers or some shit

maybe radio tv oversaturation for the fab four?

and its only fairly recently that i stumbled upon a copy of the ultimate collection played on good equipment that i rediscovered them

ALSO this is from the person who thought "Don't Stop Beleiving" was a manfuactured song for the TV show "Glee".

There's a band called "Journey"? and who's this Steve Perry guy???
 
The Beatles brought the rich tradition of '1920-1940s song-writing to Rock'n'Roll. Lennon and McCartney originally aspired to be songwriters rather than a band. Then they innovated again by using the studio as their primary performance space to widen their oeuvre. They all wrote songs, and even their drummer (the vastly underrated Ringo) was particularly attuned to creating a sound for the song. In every case, it wasn't about the instruments or virtuosity, it was about the song and its idea. And they brought in session players when they needed them (Preston, Clapton...).

What a great collision of talent and time. I do think McCartney was better with Lennon and vice versa. Just like Fagan needs Becker's cynicism (speaking of another group that was about the songs and the best people to execute the idea).

McCartney's abilities with harmony/chord progressions is pretty amazing when you consider the lack of formal training. He did grow up the son of a jazz player.

This is a fun analysis of a very short tune.

 
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