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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 4, 2007 10:51:41 GMT -5
 Not being a real Beatles guy, I have no clue what this was supposed to be about. Maybe it's a real famous picture and I just don't know.  |
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Post by wrath on Jan 4, 2007 10:56:31 GMT -5
I imagine this was during their acid faze?
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Post by spec on Jan 4, 2007 12:12:16 GMT -5
Paul and Ringo look well caned.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 4, 2007 12:37:52 GMT -5
This was the original photo that was going to be used on the American compilation album "Yesterday...and Today"
The Beatles wanted to do something avant-garde and this is what was used. It certainly was a switch and caused an uproar considering how clean cut they were.
If you have an album with that cover it's worth some money-they were pulled from the shelves shortly after they were released due to the negative press
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Post by THE Dinobot on Jan 4, 2007 13:42:25 GMT -5
Look at George!
No reason...just look at him, he's so dreamy.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 4, 2007 18:15:13 GMT -5
This was the original photo that was going to be used on the American compilation album "Yesterday...and Today" The Beatles wanted to do something avant-garde and this is what was used. It certainly was a switch and caused an uproar considering how clean cut they were. If you have an album with that cover it's worth some money-they were pulled from the shelves shortly after they were released due to the negative press Thanks. |
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 4, 2007 18:18:45 GMT -5
I imagine this was during their acid faze? You mean that phase when they were all in a band called The Beatles? |
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Post by tommyvercetti on Jan 4, 2007 18:26:21 GMT -5
I thought it was done in protest of the american record companies chopping up their albums and not releasing them as intended?
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Post by The OP on Jan 4, 2007 18:29:45 GMT -5
I imagine this was during their acid faze? You mean that phase when they were all in a band called The Beatles? Nah, I know what he means. The Beatles were second-rate Buddy Holly wannabes until they got into drugs and quit trying to sound American. Then they were awesome. |
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Post by gsguy on Jan 4, 2007 18:41:32 GMT -5
I thought it was done in protest of the american record companies chopping up their albums and not releasing them as intended? Nope, that's just a urban legend. Willywonka has the right explanation: Here's a great site explaining the "butcher cover" www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/butcher.html |
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Post by gsguy on Jan 4, 2007 18:43:53 GMT -5
You mean that phase when they were all in a band called The Beatles? Nah, I know what he means. The Beatles were second-rate Buddy Holly wannabes until they got into drugs and quit trying to sound American. Then they were awesome. Although the Beatles best work was Rubber Soul and after, I disagree with you. The early albums are very good, especially "A Hard Days Night." |
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Post by tommyvercetti on Jan 4, 2007 18:49:55 GMT -5
I thought it was done in protest of the american record companies chopping up their albums and not releasing them as intended? Nope, that's just a urban legend. Willywonka has the right explanation: Here's a great site explaining the "butcher cover" www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/butcher.htmlMy copy of "The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia" says you are right. |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 4, 2007 19:02:28 GMT -5
Snopes.com has an article on it. Being a huge Beatles fan, I believe that was the cover of the "Yesterday and Today," a US "album" (the US record company that put out their albums edited their UK albums taking out tracks, using the extra songs to make "new" albums to make more money off of them. The Beatles were getting photographed (not really for album covers), by a artsy photographer. Some people thought it was done intentionally by the Beatles to comment on the how their US record company (I think it might have been Capital)was butchering their real albums in order to create more and more "new" albums. I think Rubber Soul marked the first time the US record company stopped "butchering" their albums. Rubber Soul is a great album by the way.
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Post by The OP on Jan 4, 2007 19:03:45 GMT -5
Nah, I know what he means. The Beatles were second-rate Buddy Holly wannabes until they got into drugs and quit trying to sound American. Then they were awesome. Although the Beatles best work was Rubber Soul and after, I disagree with you. The early albums are very good, especially "A Hard Days Night." Ok, maybe I shouldn't have said second rate, but I don't think they were much better than most pop/rock groups of the time, excepting the fact that they did more originals than most groups. |
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Post by tommyvercetti on Jan 4, 2007 19:04:51 GMT -5
To say a Beatle album is great is redundant, lol.
To me...if its an album..and The Beatles made it..it was great.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 4, 2007 19:07:28 GMT -5
I think it obviously means that the Beatles were Snitsky fans.....
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Post by MCP Hates You on Jan 4, 2007 19:11:53 GMT -5
You see, Paul was going to be the name that Kane gave to his baby because he wanted to name him after his father, Paul Bearer. So the "Paul is Dead" stuff was just an ode to Snitsky.
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Post by The OP on Jan 4, 2007 19:12:21 GMT -5
To say a Beatle album is great is redundant, lol. To me...if its an album..and The Beatles made it..it was great. I can't agree. I hate having to sit through their bland renditions of Chuck Berry songs when I listen to the radio at work. I'm always like, why the hell don't they just play the original? They did always have some good songs though, even early on. But for my first totally on-topic comment, I would say that's a picture of the Beatles having smoked weed and been talking about art is what the hell is going on there. |
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Post by gsguy on Jan 4, 2007 19:33:52 GMT -5
Snopes.com has an article on it. Being a huge Beatles fan, I believe that was the cover of the "Yesterday and Today," a US "album" (the US record company that put out their albums edited their UK albums taking out tracks, using the extra songs to make "new" albums to make more money off of them. The Beatles were getting photographed (not really for album covers), by a artsy photographer. Some people thought it was done intentionally by the Beatles to comment on the how their US record company (I think it might have been Capital)was butchering their real albums in order to create more and more "new" albums. I think Rubber Soul marked the first time the US record company stopped "butchering" their albums. Rubber Soul is a great album by the way. Nope, they messed up Rubber Soul in America. No drive my car, Nowhere Man and two others (What Goes On and If I Needed Someone.) Revolver was also changed in America because three of it's tracks were on Yesterday and Today (I'm Only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing and Doctor Robert.) Pepper was the first album untouched. |
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