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Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: RGMike on September 05, 2009, 11:16:02 AM
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
excellent idea -- weren't some songs issued exclusively as singles? or can we count the "past masters" LPs in there, too?
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
excellent idea -- weren't some songs issued exclusively as singles? or can we count the "past masters" LPs in there, too?
yeah, the Beatles albums had the classic British/American LP splits. Which I guess was fixed in the CD releases, but always messes with my mind.
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
She should play some rarities. Stuff not normally heard on radio.
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
She should play some rarities. Stuff not normally heard on radio.
That could be about half their catalog. I'm sure she'll do right by us. My personal pick would be Old Brown Shoe, but there are lots that would float my boat.
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VH-1 Classic is doing nonstop Beatles programming in the run-up to (one after) 9/9/09; I'm watching an hourlong collection of videos (or "promo films" as the British record labels used to call 'em). Great stuff, and I'm sure it will be repeated many times throughout the week. Check yer cable menu.
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As much as I'd love to hear "Revolution 9", perhaps a more realistic request would be to conclude the set with "The End".
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VH-1 Classic is doing nonstop Beatles programming in the run-up to (one after) 9/9/09; I'm watching an hourlong collection of videos (or "promo films" as the British record labels used to call 'em). Great stuff, and I'm sure it will be repeated many times throughout the week. Check yer cable menu.
Ahhhh...now I get it. 9/09...gotcha. So if it's the one after 9/09, shouldn't they wait until October 1 for this promo?
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Is KFOG doing this because of the release of Beatles Rock Band on Wednesday? I know the entire library is out 9/8. Or is it all of the above?
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Is KFOG doing this because of the release of Beatles Rock Band on Wednesday? I know the entire library is out 9/8. Or is it all of the above?
all of the above.
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(http://criticalmass.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/files/2009/09/beatles-rock-band-xbox-sm.jpg)
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"don't be nervous, John"
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Sing along with Ferris!
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shake it up baby....
ahhhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
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(http://www.lessignets.com/signetsdiane/calendrier/images/juillet/6/A_Hard_Day%27s_Night151.jpg)
why on earth should I moan?
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The Rolling Stone review of the remasters lists Twist and Shout as one of the highlights. (along w Something and a few others I can't recall...)
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEehooYC6Rk/SnNzFnGJgAI/AAAAAAAAAjA/vBUJRwrb-AM/s320/The%2BBeatles%2BSnow%2BPicnic.jpg)
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(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/00750029461df1be17b86c15792c0d6e/60114.jpg)
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We have achieved heavy-osity! BOS "Tomorrow Never Knows"
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was that George who said he saw no real difference b/w Rubber Soul and Revolver? Never heard that before, but it makes me feel better, b/c I can't decide which I prefer.
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was that George who said he saw no real difference b/w Rubber Soul and Revolver? Never heard that before, but it makes me feel better, b/c I can't decide which I prefer.
That jumped out at me. I hear huge differences between the two; Revolver is a more sonically diverse album. (It's also my favorite.)
10-way tie, but BOS of BOSes to this (demo?) version of "Across the Universe." I finally own the WWF version - got Rarities on vinyl.
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BOS "Tomorrow Never Knows", which came up on the Zune while driving to Yosemite on Sunday & Adrian joined me in singing along.
btw, Yosemite day trip was great, went with another family & we all brought our bikes. But Gabriel still had his training wheels on, and I had a funny feeling he'd want to take them off. Sure enough, he got fed up with trying to keep up with everyone else, & asked me to take them off & within 25 minutes he had learned to ride a bike (despite many tears of frustration...by him, not me). Very proud of him for digging in and just doing it. And what a story he'll have whenever the subject of learning to ride comes up.
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BOS of BOSes to this (demo?) version of "Across the Universe."
indeed, this is quite nice. Given the setup so far -- with interview clips corresponding to the songs -- it would seem preplanned; why did AL ask for "suggestions", then?
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will Hey Jude or Revolution make an appearance?
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will Hey Jude or Revolution make an appearance?
ixnay on the ude-jay: they played it this morning in the 6:00 hour.
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will Hey Jude or Revolution make an appearance?
ixnay on the ude-jay: they played it this morning in the 6:00 hour.
I've had stream trouble - are we already at the end with ADitL? Hard to follow this with anything.
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will Hey Jude or Revolution make an appearance?
ixnay on the ude-jay: they played it this morning in the 6:00 hour.
me no up that early
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BOS "Tomorrow Never Knows", which came up on the Zune while driving to Yosemite on Sunday & Adrian joined me in singing along.
btw, Yosemite day trip was great, went with another family & we all brought our bikes. But Gabriel still had his training wheels on, and I had a funny feeling he'd want to take them off. Sure enough, he got fed up with trying to keep up with everyone else, & asked me to take them off & within 25 minutes he had learned to ride a bike (despite many tears of frustration...by him, not me). Very proud of him for digging in and just doing it. And what a story he'll have whenever the subject of learning to ride comes up.
Learning to ride a bike in Yosemite -- priceless. Seriously, my favorite place on earth.
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so will anyone be buying the box set? in stereo or mono?
if not, which individual albums will you pick up first?
I might get the stereo set for my brother (and then rip the CDs for me!).
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love the white album
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heltah skeltah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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love the white album
you'n'Charlie Manson, both!
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt400/t403/t40372zjpwk.jpg)
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love the white album
you'n'Charlie Manson, both!
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt400/t403/t40372zjpwk.jpg)
Yeah, that's one crazy mofo. Blisters on his fingers from killing people!
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Sleep pretty darling, do not cry...
Golden Slumbers, BOS along with everything else
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Sleep pretty darling, do not cry...
Golden Slumbers, BOS along with everything else
ditto.
Thanks Annalisa for another good start to the day.
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I don't mind that Let It Be wasn't represented in this set. I do mind the absence of MMT and YS.
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I don't mind that Let It Be wasn't represented in this set. I do mind the absence of MMT and YS.
"Fogheads choose", chickie-baby!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd3zZa5xGgM&feature=player_embedded
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maybe I missed it, but did AL actually mention the CD-rereleases or the RockBand game?
1. Twist & Shout
2. Hard Day's Night
3. Ticket to Ride
4. Eight Days a Week
5. Norwegian Wood
6. Tomorrow Never Knows
7. Across the Universe
8. Sgt. Pepper/A Day in the Life
9. Helter Skelter
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End Medley
(Audio clips from The Beatles & George Martin)
BONUS TRACK: Let it Be
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And it wasn't until I saw Gaz's blog today...
http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/09/beatles-revolution-9.html
...that I realized why they picked 9/9/09 as the date for all this Beatle stuff. Duh.
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maybe I missed it, but did AL actually mention the CD-rereleases or the RockBand game?
1. Twist & Shout
2. Hard Day's Night
3. Ticket to Ride
4. Eight Days a Week
5. Norwegian Wood
6. Tomorrow Never Knows
7. Across the Universe
8. Sgt. Pepper/A Day in the Life
9. Helter Skelter
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End Medley
(Audio clips from The Beatles & George Martin)
BONUS TRACK: Let it Be
Was my clock off or did this set start late? I turned on the radio at what I thought was 10:12 and heard the middle of T&S. I figured I was at least a few songs in by then. Had to go during ADitL though, so missed the last two. Will try to tune in tonight. Been a rough day here. Carry That Weight, indeed.
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I don't mind that Let It Be wasn't represented in this set. I do mind the absence of MMT and YS.
"Fogheads choose", chickie-baby!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd3zZa5xGgM&feature=player_embedded
"Oh, you mean those posh Fogheads who get everything wrong?"
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And it wasn't until I saw Gaz's blog today...
http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/09/beatles-revolution-9.html
...that I realized why they picked 9/9/09 as the date for all this Beatle stuff. Duh.
I regret that I didn't do more with that - I worked until almost 4 last night (copyediting R1ck St3ng3l isn't the easiest task; the guy really needs to add a few more transitional devices to his linguistic arsenal) and only got to sleep for a few hours before having to go back in. I'll try to write more about them, and about Rock Band, tomorrow.
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Wednesday we're getting an all-Beatles set -- AL's looking for suggestions.
I think she should play one from each album.
She should play some rarities. Stuff not normally heard on radio.
That could be about half their catalog. I'm sure she'll do right by us. My personal pick would be Old Brown Shoe, but there are lots that would float my boat.
And it looks like I was wrong again. While the set was fine, and several songs did float my boat, can't say too many of those songs would qualify in the Rarities column. In fact, about the only one I'd put there is Helter Skelter--and that only barely--and perhaps the demo of Across the Universe. The rest are songs I've heard plenty of.
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BOS to "The End" medley.
Hard to choose a WOS, but if I had to I'd pick "Let It Be" because I never need to hear it again. Still a great song, though.
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so will anyone be buying the box set? in stereo or mono?
if not, which individual albums will you pick up first?
I might get the stereo set for my brother (and then rip the CDs for me!).
On 9/9/09, on way home from work, I stopped by a Target for some other items and saw the Beatles CD display. I decided right then and there to buy all 14 remastered stereo CDs, as they have 'em on sale: single albums at $11.98 and the two double CDs (White Album and Past Masters) at $16.98. Bonus at Target, for every two of those CDs I got a free $5 gift card, so $35 worth for future use at Target. Total for the CD's was $178 less the $35 gift cards = $143 (plus tax). Good deal compared to the list price of the box set at about $250. Target sale runs thru Sat, be there! A friend ordered the mono box set, so I'll have access to that. I look forward to the Sat morning replay of AL's set to hear the comments between songs by George Martin & the boys!
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so will anyone be buying the box set? in stereo or mono?
if not, which individual albums will you pick up first?
I might get the stereo set for my brother (and then rip the CDs for me!).
On 9/9/09, on way home from work, I stopped by a Target for some other items and saw the Beatles CD display. I decided right then and there to buy all 14 remastered stereo CDs, as they have 'em on sale: single albums at $11.98 and the two double CDs (White Album and Past Masters) at $16.98. Bonus at Target, for every two of those CDs I got a free $5 gift card, so $35 worth for future use at Target. Total for the CD's was $178 less the $35 gift cards = $143 (plus tax). Good deal compared to the list price of the box set at about $250. Target sale runs thru Sat, be there! A friend ordered the mono box set, so I'll have access to that. I look forward to the Sat morning replay of AL's set to hear the comments between songs by George Martin & the boys!
Nice score, Wayback!
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so will anyone be buying the box set? in stereo or mono?
if not, which individual albums will you pick up first?
I might get the stereo set for my brother (and then rip the CDs for me!).
On 9/9/09, on way home from work, I stopped by a Target for some other items and saw the Beatles CD display. I decided right then and there to buy all 14 remastered stereo CDs, as they have 'em on sale: single albums at $11.98 and the two double CDs (White Album and Past Masters) at $16.98. Bonus at Target, for every two of those CDs I got a free $5 gift card, so $35 worth for future use at Target. Total for the CD's was $178 less the $35 gift cards = $143 (plus tax). Good deal compared to the list price of the box set at about $250. Target sale runs thru Sat, be there! A friend ordered the mono box set, so I'll have access to that. I look forward to the Sat morning replay of AL's set to hear the comments between songs by George Martin & the boys!
Nice score, Wayback!
yes, nice value shopping, WB. I heard amazon was already sold out of the mono set, which the true Beatlemaniac wants. I've read that the Lads didn't really care about the stereo mix on their albums (save for Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be, which were mixed in stereo from the start) b/c the common mode of listening back then wasn't necessarily hi-fi. Some of the "stereo" mixes on their early stuff in particular is awkward, to say the least, like instruments on left channel, vox on right. kind of hard to listen to, esp in headphones.
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so will anyone be buying the box set? in stereo or mono?
if not, which individual albums will you pick up first?
I might get the stereo set for my brother (and then rip the CDs for me!).
On 9/9/09, on way home from work, I stopped by a Target for some other items and saw the Beatles CD display. I decided right then and there to buy all 14 remastered stereo CDs, as they have 'em on sale: single albums at $11.98 and the two double CDs (White Album and Past Masters) at $16.98. Bonus at Target, for every two of those CDs I got a free $5 gift card, so $35 worth for future use at Target. Total for the CD's was $178 less the $35 gift cards = $143 (plus tax). Good deal compared to the list price of the box set at about $250. Target sale runs thru Sat, be there! A friend ordered the mono box set, so I'll have access to that. I look forward to the Sat morning replay of AL's set to hear the comments between songs by George Martin & the boys!
Nice score, Wayback!
yes, nice value shopping, WB. I heard amazon was already sold out of the mono set, which the true Beatlemaniac wants. I've read that the Lads didn't really care about the stereo mix on their albums (save for Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be, which were mixed in stereo from the start) b/c the common mode of listening back then wasn't necessarily hi-fi. Some of the "stereo" mixes on their early stuff in particular is awkward, to say the least, like instruments on left channel, vox on right. kind of hard to listen to, esp in headphones.
indeed, as your good buddy Mr Selvin said yesterday, the early singles were made to be heard on an AM radio. Phil Spector hated stereo for the same reason. But those weirdly divided stereo mixes were great for making sure your stereo was working properly.
When "AM stereo" (remember that?) was being experimented with in the '80s, you could take 2 cheap AM radios and tune them to the same station -- one slightly above the frequency, one slightly below -- and hear stereo. I remember when WNBC in NY was trying it out, and the best way to test it was during a Beatle record.