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An authoritative account of a great lost album

Nobody mentioned the Pretty Things!

It’s a little weird to hear the perspective of three individuals who weren’t born until the 70s reflecting upon the 60s. The Beatles emerged just as I entered secondary school and folded just as I left, so the album choices for me represent terms more than years, and friendships more than listening experiences. The albums kind of meant more because I worked to earn the money to buy them. Controversial that Led Zep and Pink Floyd are missing. I lived and love all the choices. It made me play the the first Move album, that passed me by at the time. It wasn’t until The Wilburys that I appreciated Geoff Lynne’s genius. Amazing for its breadth and ambition. Personally I’d have included Traffic, Them, Procol Harum, Georgie Fame and d the Blue Flames, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Head Hands and Feet, and Family.

The first thing that occurs to me is whether to rank based on their '60s work or whether to rank UK bands which started in the '60s but maybe had their peak in the '70s? Led Zep and Pink Floyd come to mind. Anyway. Assuming the former, I'll go for the Kinks. If it's the latter, Pink Floyd. Completely off the top of my head so could be forgetting loads. (I think I actually prefer US music at times when British music is at its commercial peak - '60s and '90s come to mind.)

Never heard of The Young Tradition. And can't find their albums anywhere!

I don't want to put down the Stones, great band but if they never had existed things wouldn't have changed much for music history, The Beatles of course are entirely different, they were instrumental and really pushed tings forward.

The first 5 are easy…1.The WHO 2. CREAM 3. The KINKS 4. LED ZEPPELIN (1969, they qualify). 5 The YARDBIRDS…6 The ANIMALS 7 FAIRPORT CONVENTION 8 The ZOMBIES 9. John Mayall & THE BLUESBREAKERS ( Clapton & Peter Greene versions). 10 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP…. These are My favorites.

i think we have to remember that this was COMPLETELY NEW they had such creative control, since they were the most popular artist in atlantic's roster. they were money makers, that came cheap! so ertegun let them run wild! they needed materiel, so Jack and Peter had the songs and Eric supported their experimentation. this was a first! there were no roadmaps for them to follow- they had to cobble it together for the double album-ness of it ! it was 1968!! everything else was BUBBLEGUM! compared to them! deserted cities! those were for the days! born under !!

Red is amazing!!!! (Both King Crimson and Taylor Swift.)

Peter's 'sounds like warped tape' comment reminded me of something I read on the 'Wheels of Fire' Wikipedia page: 'Some songs on the studio album were processed with the Haeco-CSG system [which] was intended to make stereo recordings that were compatible with mono playback but has the unfortunate side effect of "blurring" the phantom centre channel. On Wheels of Fire this side effect is particularly noticeable during Eric Clapton's guitar solo on "Deserted Cities of the Heart".' Like many thing on Wikipedia, it's not properly sourced... but it also doesn't sound like the kind of 'misinformation' you typically find there. You'll find it in the Notes section.

I enjoy your discussion on this album. Opinion..WHITE ROOM’ S lyrics seem pretty literal to me! Seems to be about a tryst with a woman in a flat. The Tribal 5/4 bolero drums are a great part maybe putting it in 3 times is over much though , Claptons wah wah guitar is one of the best use of the effect beside Hendrix. You are right same chords as Tales….but it is a different melody …it is a classic Rock song. To me by far the best original on the 2 record set. I agree they should have put CROSSROADS on one of the two first sides and lost the 2nd record…TOAD is epic but it is overkill for an album…but they were all about overkill! Back to CROSSROADS… it might as well be considered a re-write because Clapton just used the lyrics really from the Johnson original…but CROSSROADS live version here is a spectacular example of Claptons playing of the time, really epic boiled down into 4:18 time. So these are the two classic songs on this 2 record set in my opinion, White Room and Crossroads …that is why they continued to be played on radio, streamed and otherwise.

I was going to settle down and enjoy this until one of you Cheesedogs had a go about Eric Claptons Woman Tone- so I switched off. Yours sincerely, in a white wine sauce, Professor D Gumby. Ps my brain hurts

Thanks for this! I used to love this album but hadn't listened to it for... a while. I revisited it while listening to your comments, which took some time but was worth it 👍

I remember reading John's opinion that he should have sung Oh Darling. I known John and Paul pretty much never took the lead vocal on each other's songs but in this instance I think it would have really worked. Paul's performance is great but it's just such a John-style song

Granny songs..Lennon roasts Paul over these while he co wrote A Little Help From My friends in the granny style shuffle. And Crippled Inside on the Imagine album...at what point does music with a swing beat become NOT granny music...because of the content of the lyrics? Or was it his jealousy of Paul? The Beatles were about variety, which was a major strength for them, and a major disappintment to metal heads of the future, who worship Helter Skelter, which can easily be considered noisy trash by those that prefer melody and harmony. So the Beatles did it all, and get dissed for it by "modern ears" in their self appointed grandiosity of how one defines what is good music...

All Together Now was written as a children's song for the movie Yellow Submarine. Dissing the song as an adult song is entirely out of context. Blue Jay Way..change the yrics to: "I was high on LSD" instead of "There's a fog upon on LA ...."🤣

Goodnight..only problem I have is the production...John wrote it as a children's song...a lullabye...WTF is wrong with that? But the strings and horns drowning out Ringo's voice. Same problem for Long Long Time by Harrison...aside from it being a very lame song compared to his While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Savoy Truffel, and Piggies.

Brown Album...OMG...I just got the joke....I'm getting old.🤣..

Don't Pass Me By: Love the song , HATE the White Album production with the organ, etc. Only two Beatles participated (Ringo and Paul), while Jack Fallon helped with the violin part. Come on Paul, Whoever heard of an organ playing in a country song, esp as a "boom chick" rhythm instrument...awful. Sloppy musicianship on it. If they had approached it with better musicianship and focus it would have been great, with McCartney singing harmony with Ringo on the chorus like they did with Act Naturally. It now sounds way better with Ringo's Allstar Band performances, they way it should have been done. The recording sounds sloppy and like they were pretty stoned when they did it. And George could have spiced it up wth country guitar licks played on his Country Gentleman Gretsch. He would he didn't he didn't have a beef with Ringo. John was too busy playing Yoko instead of guitar...

I think George would agree with you on I Me Mine vs All Things Must Pass, and he was pissed off at John and Paul for dumping a masterpiece like All Things Must Pass [after all that rehearsal on it too]...the band was was falling apart at the time of course. it would havebeen a better swan song for the Beatles break up than Long and Winding Road ac IMO. They should have put Don't Let Me Down on the Let It Be album instead and dumped I Me Mine. John and Paul unwittingly did George a huge favor [& George did himself a favor] by rejecting All Things Must Pass as a Beatles song, as history has shown.

As a die hard Beatles fan and a former music teacher, 68, I have my own list. But I try not to insert musical preference over common sense, which is really hard to do. At what point is experimentation out of the regular song form required in pop and rock music considered a fail? A subject like this needs a criteria to follow or it becomes subjective and 183,000 different opinions. For me it's lack of melody and effort beyond the mundane like Blue Jay Way, but as a drugged up psychodelic tune it's great lol. Often the early Beatles songs get dissed as boy band stuff but they knew exactly what they were writing and why...to break into the USA music market, knowing full well if they did not gear their writing toward that USA pre teen/ teen market they would never make it. For example when you slow down There's a Place, it becomes a beautiful ballad...sometimes it's the style of tempo of a song and not it's content that makes the difference. There's an example of following a criteria to judge with. My musical preference: I love "You Know My Name Look up the Number" for the mere insanity and fun of it though. I laugh everytime I hear it. In a way it's like Ravel's Bolero, same thing over and over...the difference is they don't repeat the same style over and over in the song, which makes it more interesting. In an interview in the USA in 1964 Ringo famously was asked what the thought about Beethoven and he responded “I love Beethoven, especially his poems.”

Before watching, here are three popular crowd-pleasers that I hate: 1. Your Mother Should Know 2. When I'm Sixty-Four 3. The Long and Winding Road

"Goodnight" #spoton

I know absolutely nothing about Iron Maiden, except for Run to the Hills and Nikko McBrain once appeared on the Sooty Show with Matthew Corbett. I am prepared to receive an education, however.

i´m really amazed that "Good Morning Good Morning" didn't appear on any list.... It´s absolutely rubbish.

Thanks for taping such a fun podcast, gents. You were brave for tackling such potentially controversial subject matter, since we all have Beatle opinions, but you made it fun whether agreeing or disagreeing with your pov. .

"O Darlin" is four keys too high. That's its main problem.

Nice video, guys! Obviously I don't agree with all your choices, but you defend them well and you've given me some food for thought (have I ever really liked 'All You Need is Love'?). Looking forward to checking out your other content 👍

The songs by Paul are generally my least favorite as the songs written by George are most of my favorites. Least favorite Beatles song for me : come together (just tired of hearing this) thanks for the video guys! Cheers ☕️

I darent mention that Jazz musician and musicologist Chris Ingham said that John Lennon's least favourite Beatle song was... "Let it Be!" From an interview in 1980 John mistakenly thought Paul had copied Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water". He also said " ..what were we supposed to do during the solo-laugh?" So anyway....thank goodness none of us middle aged "Corndogs" ever brought up that old chestnut! Happy Boxing Day and thanks to everyone who's liked/ hated, watched or even just switched off! And lets maybe agree as Paul famously said to just- "Let it be!"

I love "Don't Pass Me By"!👍🎶

Very negative approach to the efforts of four people who brought so much to music. Pity you had nothing positive to do with your time. I reached 2.40 minutes before binning this fucking crap.

Your Mother Should Know and When I’m 64.The latter I’ve hated since 1970 especially since being forced to sing it as a 7 yr old.

Paul has said many times Why Don't We Do It In The Road was inspired by seeing two monkeys "at it" in the middle of a street while the band was in India with the Maharishi.

Many lists mistakenly conflate 'most overrated or overplayed Beatles songs' with 'worst Beatles songs.' This mix-up explains the baffling inclusion of classics like 'In My Life,' 'All You Need Is Love,' and 'The Long and Winding Road' in rankings of the band's 'worst' tracks.'

Beatles VI & Something New are not very good.

"Eight Arms to Hold You" was the proposed title of "Help!"

Surprisingly, McCartney songs dominate all three lists... I agree though! Revolution 9 isn't a song btw it's a sound collage akin to Stockhausen

Love Me Do and Obla-di-obla-da should be on the list

These cheesedogs lost all credibility dissing 'don't let me down'. These are some of the worst opinions possible. Total disrespect to george. they should rename this video '30 stupid opinions from 3 clueless blokes.'

Again its all in the ears of the beholder. George Martin was very critical of the White Album, and thought it should have been a great single album. Personally I love the early rock and roll numbers too, despite not being maybe great 'Art'. Thanks very much for your comment and taking the time to contribute.

I can’t believe all the great songs on your lists when you left off obvious, tedious choices like “Mr. Moonlight” and “Dizzy Miss Lizzy."

"Run For Your Life" is, in my opinion, by far the worst Beatles song. John is threatening to murder his "little girl" if he catches her with another man. Now, what exactly was John doing in "Norwegian Wood"? Isn't it good? Well, I guess that we must ignore this obvious double standard.

Like the "writerly" comment. Paul's songs always had a 'plot' to them - Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby, even Honey Pie. Paul's lyrics with Wings became 'plotless'

You're right it's just three middle aged blokes and it's all subjective. The Beatles are the greatest band there's ever been. "All we are saying...." is that even the greatest band can compose a song that not everyone likes. I mean Paul and John would argue over Paul's " granny music"...and George had to fight for his songs like "All things must pass", and Lennon McCartney looked down their collective noses at his early songs. It's all just for fun and definitely no offence intended. 🎉😊

I always feel compelled to watch these types of videos, allthough it’s just three people I don’t know saying things like ‘A day in the life’ is the ninth worst Beatles song in the world’.

If you are tripping on acid and have just finished listening to "Revolution 9" you need to come back down to earth and "Good Night" is just perfect for this. Okay, maybe "Hey Jude" would have been a better closer.

How could “The Long and Winding Road” be on anyone’s list of worst Beatles songs? It’s an all-time-great power piano ballad.

“Oh, Darling” is on this list of the worst Beatles songs? That’s bonkers. It’s a fantastic throwback piano rocker with one of the Beatles’ most outstanding vocal performances.