today is the day i remind myself...
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acroyear...just how damned incredible the Beatles were.
In Tower's disappearance, I picked up the classic Red and Blue compilations (plus the 2nd volume of the Capitol Albums box, which I also got for my dad).
Now, aside from Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery, and Abbey Road, the Red was the only Beatles my father had (on LP, of course) when I was a kid. Yes, at age 5 I actively put the Red on rather consistently (along with Wish You Were Here, Ommadawn, Close to the Edge, Relayer, Seventh Sojourn, and a Seals and Croft album), so the Red is THE "old" Beatles to me. Yeah there were other songs (a LOT of them given that they put out 8 albums from Meet the Beatles to Rubber Soul that are on that compilation) but those simply don't have the "always there" presence in my life as those on the Red.
The Beatles always stop and make me think about the "always there" factor.
As a kid, there was never a time that the Beatles didn't exist. More importantly, there was never a time of knowing there is a Beatles album still coming. EVERY Beatles album was out, and as such, all of the sounds of them, all the progress they made from Love Me Do to Hey Jude, all the variety, it's all just THERE. I can't just listen in order and hear Rubber Soul without knowing in my head the Abbey Road and White Album that will come from it.
Of course, the fact that I've put the 4 cds on "random" doesn't exactly help that... :)
In Tower's disappearance, I picked up the classic Red and Blue compilations (plus the 2nd volume of the Capitol Albums box, which I also got for my dad).
Now, aside from Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery, and Abbey Road, the Red was the only Beatles my father had (on LP, of course) when I was a kid. Yes, at age 5 I actively put the Red on rather consistently (along with Wish You Were Here, Ommadawn, Close to the Edge, Relayer, Seventh Sojourn, and a Seals and Croft album), so the Red is THE "old" Beatles to me. Yeah there were other songs (a LOT of them given that they put out 8 albums from Meet the Beatles to Rubber Soul that are on that compilation) but those simply don't have the "always there" presence in my life as those on the Red.
The Beatles always stop and make me think about the "always there" factor.
As a kid, there was never a time that the Beatles didn't exist. More importantly, there was never a time of knowing there is a Beatles album still coming. EVERY Beatles album was out, and as such, all of the sounds of them, all the progress they made from Love Me Do to Hey Jude, all the variety, it's all just THERE. I can't just listen in order and hear Rubber Soul without knowing in my head the Abbey Road and White Album that will come from it.
Of course, the fact that I've put the 4 cds on "random" doesn't exactly help that... :)
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Date: 2007-01-04 01:19 am (UTC)Made me think of you, mister, and it made me thankful that he appreciated good music by the great composers. Or pretty sopranos. I'm not quite sure which.
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Date: 2007-01-04 03:30 am (UTC)The closest I got to listening to the Beatles when I was a kid was Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops doing The Beatles.
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Date: 2007-01-04 03:31 am (UTC)