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What's the huge appeal of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Sorry if I sound like I'm being my usual critical self, but something I really want to know is why many regard The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as one of the best albums of all time, because I gave it a listen and didn't like any of the songs on it :( . Other bands from the 60s/early 70s have done songs I like, such as September Gurls by Big Star, Badge by Cream, Tangerine by Led Zeppelin and Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young, but Sgt. Pepper does nothing for me.
Assuming that a large proportion of the community here are fans of The Beatles, can you give examples of chord progression that you like in songs on Sgt. Pepper and also try and justify the reason why it was so popular, when I regard it as one of my least favourite popular albums of that era. |
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Musically I like it because it's catchy and nice. It's also composed with a really sound logic between how the lyrics and music progress. And the production sounds great to this day (probably because of how much The Beatles set the ground in the world of producing). There's lots of other reasons but I do think that it's overrated as **** can be and there's no need to force yourself to like it so long as you can understand the impact the album had. |
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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite gets stuck in my head pretty easily.
I'd like to see what your thoughts on the album would be after returning to it, maybe after a break in time. |
Sgt. Pepper's is obviously a sexist album which puts women in their place.
Against “Sgt. Pepper”: The Beatles classic made pop seem male, nerdy and “important” — and that wasn’t a good thing - Salon.com |
Teenage girls must stay in the home!
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The idea that a rock record could be a cohesive work of art instead of a collection of singles begins here. To question its significance is akin to asking what the significance of the novel is to literature.
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A Day in the Life is one of my all time favorite songs.
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One of the first proper concept albums, and also has been claimed as one of the first true progressive rock albums. There are two reasons to hate it. ;)
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The Brain Police need a word sir |
I remember getting it on the remastered CD for christmas in like '09 or '10. Still holds up for me to this day. The Beatles were one of the first bands that I really dove deep into. I'm not really able to comment on its significance when it was first released but for me now it is a solid part of my childhood.
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To put Sgt Pepper into context, the following albums came out the same year:
Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? The Doors - The Doors Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico Procol Harum - Procol Harum The Beatles where so "ahead of their time" and revolutionary right? :rofl: :rofl: :tramp: |
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It's catchy and psychedelic, personally I'd love if more of the mainstream pop music was this heavy on LSD.
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I was never a fan of that particular album from the Beatles. It is kind of catchy though and I think generally it was a turn in a newer direction for music. Of course, I am more a "buy a hits album from the Beatles and you will have the valuable songs" considering there is only a few songs from each album I do like. Let It Be and Eleanor Rigby will always be my favorites.
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1967 - half a century ago.
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Pierre Schaeffer would like a word.
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Please. Everything today has borrowed from yesterday. Don't make it a diss. Although, I'm not sure who was the first to attack a guitar with a skewer...... |
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Or maybe I'm just saying that the studio tricks they were doing had already been done by the 40s, which makes the 1967 tag less impressive. "Not first" is actually not even an insult, it's just kind of a fact. Quote:
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You are a dullard if you are trying to discount Sgt. Peppers in any way shape or form.
Maybe you should just go and put 4'33 on a loop and listen to it for a few hours. Frownland: "Beethoven's Symphony #5 is devirative". Stop. Just stop. |
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Did I say "FIRST"?
Did I say "FIRST"? Did I say "FIRST"? Did I say "FIRST"? Did I say "FIRST"? Did I say "FIRST"? Stop. Just stop you. I just asked the OP to listen to "A Day in the Life" Another instance where you try to fit me into your boring narrative. |
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It's awe inspiring. Looking for some petty way to diminish it shows you're still not ready for it. It's that great. It's not open to deification. It's been a God since the day it was released. |
lulz the old farts think I don't like A Day in the Life or that it not being the starting point of musique concrete is a negative thing.
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catchy/good music is appealing :0
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Everything is open to comment. Even "critical" ones. Let me know what you want me to say and I'll put it in my posts. Here's a guess: "The Beatles did not invent musique concrete, so everything else they did does not count." Am I close? Is that what you want to argue against instead of my original point? As a mod, I'm here for you. |
I believe they were the first ones to have sitar in their music
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Better than being dumb enough to think that not inventing a genre/musical approach is discounting the band in any way. Or actually thinking that an album can be untouchable just because it's important to you. At the end of the day we're all just a flock of morons I guess.
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People really think like this. |
Frown v. Chula has been kind of quiet recently. Glad to see them together again.
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Lol, the Beatles is subject to criticism as much as anyone else.
I always find it amusing that Zappa's Freak Out was a large influence on Sgt Pepper, yet Sgt Pepper still gets all the credit. Yes, A Day in the Life is a great track but it's not like a certain rock musician* hadn't already used an orchestra before (and was about to release a full-on orchestra/band/Musique concrete collage album). That orchestra part isn't original either but it makes for the Beatles 2nd best song (firstly being the Stockhausen knock off Revolution 9) |
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But what if they aren't the first ones to do anythig? I mean them being first or second or third to do such or such or whatever doesn't change their music, why even bother pointing that out? Just listen to the **** and like it or don't.
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