Which Beatles recording would you leave to posterity?
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Tomorrow Never Knows. That track is still mesmerizing, years on.
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Mine would be I am the Walrus. Even nowadays the song sounds like it's been beamed in from Mars so God knows what it would have sounded like had you been fortunate enough to hear it as a new release in 1967.
I originally heard it for the 1st time around 1983 when I bought a green sleeved 7 inch single (with a pic from the SFF video shoot on the back). A 1976 reissue sleeve I think? I was 12 or 13 years old and I listened to it over and over again on headhphones on my Dad's stereo trying to hear everything in the song. I had to stop once my ears had got so hot they'd gone bright red and hurt. I love it. It's mental!
I originally heard it for the 1st time around 1983 when I bought a green sleeved 7 inch single (with a pic from the SFF video shoot on the back). A 1976 reissue sleeve I think? I was 12 or 13 years old and I listened to it over and over again on headhphones on my Dad's stereo trying to hear everything in the song. I had to stop once my ears had got so hot they'd gone bright red and hurt. I love it. It's mental!
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Re: Which Beatles recording would you leave to posterity?
I'd have to agree with this. History will simplify the Beatles phenomenon into 'early' & 'late' periods, the split being at the end of touring in 1966. This song more than any other represents the split. Recorded while they were still the touring 'moptops, and the last song on Revolver, for me it was the Beatles saying to the world ...... "This changes everything".beatlesondvd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:07 pm Tomorrow Never Knows. That track is still mesmerizing, years on.
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There's a great video of some kids listening to The Beatles on youtube, and one kid's reaction to IATW is priceless. Talk about a double-take.MarkRJones1970 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:21 pm Mine would be I am the Walrus. Even nowadays the song sounds like it's been beamed in from Mars so God knows what it would have sounded like had you been fortunate enough to hear it as a new release in 1967.
I originally heard it for the 1st time around 1983 when I bought a green sleeved 7 inch single (with a pic from the SFF video shoot on the back). A 1976 reissue sleeve I think? I was 12 or 13 years old and I listened to it over and over again on headhphones on my Dad's stereo trying to hear everything in the song. I had to stop once my ears had got so hot they'd gone bright red and hurt. I love it. It's mental!
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Re: Which Beatles recording would you leave to posterity?
With Lord R's description of what is about to happen, "Across the universe" would be ironic, for the title and lyric "nothing's gonna change my world".. . Also "It won't be long" and "Here comes the Sun".
But my serious answer is "A day in the life" as many have said already.
But my serious answer is "A day in the life" as many have said already.
“I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, I don’t really remember yesterday all that well.”
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Joke answer: Carnival of Light. (So at least someone might get to hear it one day.)
Serious answer: Strawberry Fields Forever. (It was one of two Beatles singles in my parents record collection that I played a lot when I was a kid.)
Serious answer: Strawberry Fields Forever. (It was one of two Beatles singles in my parents record collection that I played a lot when I was a kid.)
Re: Which Beatles recording would you leave to posterity?
With A Little Help From My Friends. It might show future civilizations that come upon it and give them an image of familiarity and friendship as opposed to an image of distrust and hate.
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Well, the closest real-life instance to this (actually) having happened was: the Capitol AHDN single placed in the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair Time Capsule (to be opened 5000 YEARS LATER ).
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