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howled
John thought "Ob La Di Ob La Da" was Paul's granny shit and John dismissed "Birthday" as some crap Paul came up with in the studio.

Paul recorded "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" without John and John wasn't too happy about it.

Yeah, John was a strange duck. John said his feelings were hurt when Paul did that without him, but for a guy always calling his music "granny shit" I don't blame Paul. John did stuff on his own too. He recorded Julia by himself before Paul did WDWDIITR. He did Revolution #9 by himself too. I think they were all going around and doing their own thing at that time, John just happened to like this particular song so he got all butt hurt over not being involved.

The White Album as single album:

1. Dear Prudence
2. Glass Onion
3. Wild Honey Pie
4. The continuing story of Bungalow Bill
5. While my guitar gently weeps
6. Happiness is a warm gun
7. I'm so tired.
8. Blackbird

1. Rocky Racoon
2. Julia
3. Yer blues
4. Everybody's got something to hide...
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Long Long Long
7. Revolution 1
8. Cry baby cry

and then 30 years later it's time for rest of the songs in a luxury box.

2 1 2 0

Ringo didn't agree, he was making a joke...

In this particular case - as when he thought Ringo shouldn't be used because he wasn't a "professional" drummer - George Martin was wrong. Probably listening to take after take of "Obla di bla Da" made him wish the sessions didn't go on so long, but the album's perfect.

Reminds me of those unfortunate people who think Exile has too many songs and their short attention span should be pandered to by making it a single album.

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71Tele
Ringo didn't agree, he was making a joke...

I don't know if he has ever agreed that it was self indulgent or anything like that, but there's a scene from the Anthology film (which has always kind of stuck in my mind for some reason) where he kind of concedes that it might have been too much, and calls a double LP "an awful lot of information" or something along those lines. I don't think he really was saying they shouldn't have, I think he was sort of playing devil's advocate

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71Tele
Ringo didn't agree, he was making a joke...

I don't know if he has ever agreed that it was self indulgent or anything like that, but there's a scene from the Anthology film (which has always kind of stuck in my mind for some reason) where he kind of concedes that it might have been too much, and calls a double LP "an awful lot of information" or something along those lines. I don't think he really was saying they shouldn't have, I think he was sort of playing devil's advocate

That's exactly what I was referring to. He did say that there's a lot of information, but the "white and whiter" was a classic Ringo joke.

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Erik_Snow
P..iggies
A..ll Things Must Pass
U..b la di ub la da
L..ong Long Long

I..Will
S..exy Sadie

N..ature's Son
O..b la di ob la da
T..he Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

A..Warm Gun
L..ong long long long
I..'m So tired
V..hy don't we do it in the road
E..verybody's got something to hide, cept me and my monkey

Okay, my favorite part has got to be "Vy don't vee do it in the road?"

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Erik_Snow
P..iggies
A..ll Things Must Pass
U..b la di ub la da
L..ong Long Long

I..Will
S..exy Sadie

N..ature's Son
O..b la di ob la da
T..he Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

A..Warm Gun
L..ong long long long
I..'m So tired
V..hy don't we do it in the road
E..verybody's got something to hide, cept me and my monkey

Genius!!! laughed my tits off to that

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Erik_Snow
P..iggies
A..ll Things Must Pass
U..b la di ub la da
L..ong Long Long

I..Will
S..exy Sadie

N..ature's Son
O..b la di ob la da
T..he Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

A..Warm Gun
L..ong long long long
I..'m So tired
V..hy don't we do it in the road
E..verybody's got something to hide, cept me and my monkey

Genius!!! laughed my tits off to that

All Things Must Pass was on the White Album?

There's no other option, I'm afraid. After all, they deserve to know



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-02-10 00:05 by Erik_Snow.

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Palace Revolution 2000
Okay, my favorite part has got to be "Vy don't vee do it in the road?"

Yeah but that's crap.

Leave that one out and you have "Paul is a Lie"

Boom... I said it.

(Only joking)

A golden rule when trying to compile this as a single set that would have been:

John + Paul will have the most songs
George gets 2
Ringo has to get 1

George Martin was wrong. Love it as it is.


IORR............but I like it!

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Blueranger
A golden rule when trying to compile this as a single set that would have been:

John + Paul will have the most songs
George gets 2
Ringo has to get 1

On my list I gave George 2, but no Ringo songs. Ringo doesn't HAVE to get a song. He didn't have a song on "A Hard Day's Night" or "Let It Be".

>He did Revolution #9 by himself too.

No he didn't.

Yeah, John did not do Rev 9 alone. The George and Paul both contributed, but it was lead and edited by Lennon.

I love George Martin, but let's face it, he clearly prefered nice pop songs that he could do orchestrations on. "Revolution #9" must have been quite a shock to him.

If you hear Paul tell it he wasn't even in the country when Revolution #9 was made and when he got back and heard it tried to talk John out of putting it on the album.

In "The Beatles" by Hunter Davies (an authorized book with interviews) Paul said, in response to John supposedly having his feelings hurt over Why Don't We Do It In The Road:

"Anyway, he did the same with 'Revolution 9'. He went off and made that without me."

Of course with The Beatles (and other bands) the story you get depends on who you talk to and how they're remembering it that day.

Mark Lewisohn is considered an authority on these matters:

John Lennon - Spoken Vocals, Tape Loops, Sound Effects
George Harrison - Spoken Vocals, Tape Loops, Sound Effects
Yoko Ono - Spoken Vocals, Tape Loops, Sound Effects

In addition, McCartney and Ringo Starr performed on the extended "Revolution" coda, elements of which were used intermittently in "Revolution 9", and a line by George Martin was used as one of the tape loops.

Lots of info here:

[en.wikipedia.org]

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gripweed
you HAVE to have Revolution I on this LP...

Yeah, it was a tough call, but I wanted more George input.
Further, you can consider John's blues "Revolution" secondary
simply because it was already released in another form. That
was my criteria for removing it.

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wow not much love for sexy sadie. I always thought that song was great.

It is ... and it perfectly leads to "Helter Skelter",
but I wanted more rock tunes on my list, despite that
"Monkey" and "Yer Blues" are very similar.

Impossible task. It's the white album.

"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Dear Prudence"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
"Martha My Dear"
"I'm So Tired"
"Blackbird"
"I Will"
"Julia"


"Yer Blues"
"Mother Nature's Son"
"Sexy Sadie"
"Long, Long, Long"
"Revolution 1"
"Honey Pie"
"Savoy Truffle"
"Cry Baby Cry"
"Revolution 9"

In Lp order

Back in the U.S.S.R
Dear Prudence
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Martha My Dear
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Julia
Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Good Night

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Back in the USSR
Dear Prudence
Blackbird
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Rocky Raccoon
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Birthday
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Everybody's Got Something to Hide
Helter Sketler
Long Long Long

I really like this one, sir! Kudos.

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Blueranger
A golden rule when trying to compile this as a single set that would have been:

John + Paul will have the most songs
George gets 2
Ringo has to get 1

On my list I gave George 2, but no Ringo songs. Ringo doesn't HAVE to get a song. He didn't have a song on "A Hard Day's Night" or "Let It Be".

He would without a shadow of doubt have gotten one anyway back then. Don't Pass Me By was his first selfpenned song.

1. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
2. "Dear Prudence"
3. "Glass Onion"
4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
5. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
6. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
7. "Blackbird"
8. "Rocky Raccoon"

9. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
10. "I Will"
11. "Julia"
12. "Birthday"
13. "Yer Blues"
14. "Mother Nature's Son"
15. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
16. "Helter Skelter"

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gripweed
you HAVE to have Revolution I on this LP...

Yeah, it was a tough call, but I wanted more George input.
Further, you can consider John's blues "Revolution" secondary
simply because it was already released in another form. That
was my criteria for removing it.

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msw2525
wow not much love for sexy sadie. I always thought that song was great.

It is ... and it perfectly leads to "Helter Skelter",
but I wanted more rock tunes on my list, despite that
"Monkey" and "Yer Blues" are very similar.

i first heard the white album on cassette and the song order was different than the lp & cd.sexy sadie wasn't on the same side as helter skelter. it took a long time getting used to hearing it in the correct order. i'm glad the stones albums were never done like that (as far as i know)

01. Back In The USSR
02. Dear Prudence
03. Glass Onion
04. Blackbird
05. Honey Pie
06. Bungalow Bill
07. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
08. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

09. Birthday
10. I'm So Tired
11. Yer Blues
12. Helter Skelter
13. Revolution 1 (or the single version which is much better)
14. Savoy Truffle
15. Julia
16. Good Night

Well isn't high time to @#$%& Back in the @#$%& USSR as a starter for a great album soon?

2 1 2 0

Birthday
I Will
Back in the USSR
Dear Prudence
Rocky Raccoon
happiness is a Warm Gun
Why Don't we do it in the Road

I'm So Tired
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Sexy Sadie
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Julia
Savoy Truffle
Long, Long, Long

Back in the USSR
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Helter Skelter

Everything else is garbage