PaulWarning Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I would have to agree with him, my least favourite Beatles album
leschirons Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 It's just another opinion same as anyone else's to which he's entitled. As usual, the sales figures speak for themselves as to what the majority thought at the time and whether it was considered a load of tosh but I suppose we have to respect the opinion of a successful long standing rocker who can't cope with damping a 6th E string
randythoades Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Pretty much, I just don't 'get' Sgt Pepper at all. Heresy I know, but I find a lot of the Beatles, except the really early stuff, self indulgent twaddle... But I don't like the Rolling Stones either.
Bilbo Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 It is on my list of 'iconic LPs I have never heard'. So, in short, I have not got the foggiest.....
4-string-thing Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Actually, I think just the opposite... The early albums were just pretty trite pop songs or Rock n Roll covers and the albums after were patchy affairs which were not even played by "The Beatles" So, IMO it's the best Beatles album...
Happy Jack Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 You're never too old to discover "clickbait" ...
discreet Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1438852139' post='2837921'] You're never too old to discover "clickbait" ... [/quote] Is that online jailbait..?
Slipperydick Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Sgt Peppers was OK, just OK, but it was downhill all the way after it.
ras52 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I think it's one of those "you had to be there" albums. I was only six at the time, and I heard it a decade or so later. I can imagine how it blew people's socks off at the time. To me it sounds a bit soulless in comparison with what came before and after... they nailed it on side 2 of Abbey Road!
kodiakblair Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I've never heard it so can't comment. Keef really said it was crap just like Satanic Majesties " they saw us do a load of s**te and thought they could do the same "
SteveK Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Slag off arguably the most important album of the last 50 years - mention the new album out in September - Job done! I don't believe for one second that Keef actually thinks that.
discreet Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) It was released 48 years ago. It was one of the very first concept albums, the first to have no gaps between songs, the first to have lyrics printed on the cover and the first gatefold sleeve. It was one of the very first to include signal processing as a creative process, the idea of producer as an effective member of the band, and one of the first to use extensive multi-track recording. It was made as a studio album with no intention of ever having the band play it live, so could go anywhere, and did. In short, it was completely groundbreaking and started the cult of the pop/rock album. It was the benchmark to which subsequent bands compared their own output. I first heard it ten years after its release when I started to really properly listen to music and it blew my little teenage mind. So much music has been released since then it's easy to forget how unusual and how startlingly original this album was. In my view it has stood the test of time and still sounds very fresh and original even now. I love Keef, but if he said this then he's talking out of his arse. Jealous, much..? Edited August 6, 2015 by discreet
ambient Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I don't like it personally, but I don't like 60s music anyway. However it is most definitely a landmark recording, for all the reasons mentioned by mr Discreet.
Slipperydick Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438853537' post='2837952'] I love Keef, but if he said this then he's talking out of his arse. Jealous, much..? [/quote] It took me all of 10 minutes to even remember the title of The Stones idea of a psychedelic album. and I dont know anyone who actually bought it. So yeah, might be sour grapes.
Bilbo Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438853537' post='2837952'] It was released 48 years ago. It was one of the very first concept albums, the first to have no gaps between songs, the first to have lyrics printed on the cover and the first gatefold sleeve. It was one of the very first to include signal processing as a creative process, the idea of producer as an effective member of the band, and one of the first to use extensive multi-track recording. It was made as a studio album with no intention of ever having the band play it live, so could go anywhere, and did. In short, it was completely groundbreaking and started the cult of the pop/rock album. It was the benchmark to which subsequent bands compared their own output. [/quote]
Mykesbass Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1438851085' post='2837905'] It's just another opinion same as anyone else's to which he's entitled. As usual, the sales figures speak for themselves as to what the majority thought at the time and whether it was considered a load of tosh but I suppose we have to respect the opinion of a successful long standing rocker who can't cope with damping a 6th E string [/quote] Always be wary of using sales figures as an argument for quality, especially as Spice Girls and Shania Twain both have albums that have sold more!
Phil Adams Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Grew up with it and still think it's amazing, though to be fair I haven't played it for years. However. if Keef says it's rubbish, then it's rubbish, and he knows his rubbish!
discreet Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1438856553' post='2838003'] Please spare me yet more internet twattery. [/quote] You're in the wrong place!
leftybassman392 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I was 14 when this came out. The signs had been there in 'Rubber Soul' TBH, but this album was unlike anything I'd ever heard. 'Cataclysmic' is not too strong a word for me. It remains one of my favourite albums of all time, and is by common consent one of the defining events in rock music history. Keef '[i]oh by the way we've got an album coming out soon[/i]' Richards is talking complete and utter bollox.
gjones Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 If you listen to it with headphones, you can hear a squeak every time Ringo hits his bass drum pedal.
discreet Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1438857662' post='2838029'] If you listen to it with headphones, you can hear a squeak every time Ringo hits his bass drum pedal. [/quote] Ah, real drums! Those were the days! And its probably Paul McCartney...
Happy Jack Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I thought George Martin played the drums on that album? And keyboards, of course. And brass and woodwind. And probably some guitar. In fact, I don't think The Beatles were much involved, especially seeing as Paul was dead anyway.
leftybassman392 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1438858020' post='2838035'] Paul was dead anyway. [/quote] Not yet he wasn't!
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