New Beatles Tracks

[MacVittie]

I'm looking forward to hearing the new Beatles tracks when they're released. I'm not expecting them to be anything spectacular, but I'd love to hear what's there. I doubt it'll enter the classic Beatles playlist that I go to when I want to hear Beatles stuff, just because those are all songs that I remember listening to in the car on trips to Rochester to see my grandparents. Anything new won't have that nostalgia for me. I didn't hear Let it Be until I was in college, and while there's song good stuff on there, it don't put it in the same category as Revolver and Help!, which I've been listening to since I was in a car seat.

[jennysmurf]

I've heard it's very experimental and psychedelic, so some of the fans are going to be disappointed, I think. I'm curious, but I doubt I'll love it.

[Furtherman]

Meh. Let me know when there are new Kinks tracks.

[Enabler]

Meh. Let me know when there are new Kinks tracks.

Best post of all time! :thumbup:

[west milly Tom]

I am a Beatle maniac. I can't wait to hear new tracks. Ive really been listening to a lot of Johns solo career stuff. Man its good. I like Plastic Ono band the best.

[DarkHippie]

If you mean Carnival of Light, prepare to be meh. It is one track 14 minutes long, of the beatles just walking around, hitting instruments and screaming. Its pure experimentation.

Not that I dont wanna hear it, but dont expect "I wanna hold your hand"

[paulisded]

If you mean Carnival of Light, prepare to be meh. It is one track 14 minutes long, of the beatles just walking around, hitting instruments and screaming. Its pure experimentation.

Not that I dont wanna hear it, but dont expect "I wanna hold your hand"

Yeah, this will be little more than a curiosity.

What I'd love to see released is the infamous 20-minute version of "Helter Skelter" that has yet to hit the bootleg circuit.

And while we're talking about the Fab Four, I have to disagree with Dave's assessment of Let It Be...Naked. That was really a squandered opportunity for a memorable reissue. I don't have a problem with the remastered, re-tinkered version on the first disc, but that medley of chatter on the second disc is ridiculous. There's so many things they could have done with the bonus disc:

1. Cover tunes. There's hours and hours of old (and not-so-old at the time) favorites that would have been a fun listen.

2. Songs that ultimately found homes on solo albums. "Gimme Some Truth", "Junk", "All Things Must Pass" are a few examples of tracks that began as Beatles songs.

3. Alternate versions of LIB tunes. There are dozens of versions of almost all of the songs that made LIB. Most don't vary much from the official version, but some (specifically "Get Back") saw vast rewrites as the sessions dragged on.

4. A "typical day" snapshot. Almost every day in January, 1969 the group showed up at Twickenham Studios for rehearsing/recording. Why not just pick what was considered a good day and cherry pick a mix of the various songs that were recorded that day?

Hell, this would be a box set that would rival the Anthology discs.

[A.J.]

It'll still be better than most of the shit McCartney's been putting out these days.

[PapaBear]

It'll still be better than most of the shit McCartney's been putting out these days.
I think you meant to say "all of the shit".