Sgt. Pepper's 40th Aniversary!!!!!!

I'm not the hugest Beatles fan YET, and I'm broke, so unfortunely I do not have this album. Regardless, Lucy in the Sky and A Day in the Life are two WONDERFUL songs, and I thought to commemorate the 40th aniversary of the release of this album, we could have an official thread. Here you go, and I hope this doesn't tick Tessa off too much. But the Beatles are just slightly better than the Stones...

YAY!!!!!

i love this album, and i have it! i haven't removed the cardboard cut-outs. i'm not inclined to cut it. :P

my favorite not-so-known Sgt. Pepper's song is Fixing A Hole.. :P

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>DoBS<font size=1>Funjuns wrote: [/QUOTENAME]the Beatles are just slightly better than the Stones...[/QUOTE]

That's common knowledge. ;)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>DoBS<font size=1>Funjuns wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But the Beatles are just slightly better than the Stones...[/QUOTE]

That's like saying that Ronaldinho is a slightly better player than Beckham.

The Rolling Stones are "ok." There is nothing special about them at all. The Beatles, on the other hand, are the world's greatest rock band and nobody can beat them! Not even Queen, and they've admitted it.

WEEE! I love this album.

My favorite song on it would have to be either She's Leaving Home orrrrr Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

I love the Beatles so much! ^_^

I personally like Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour a little bit better.

... while the White Album is my favorite. But this was a good one and a fun album cover. I've never known anyone to get 'em all without peeking.

The first few times I heard this one (I heard most albums for the first time just a few weeks ago, except for the White Album), the White Album remained as my fav, but nowadays it's Sgt Pepper's, definitely.

The Beatles _O_

About the Rolling Stones thing... The RS are just a good band, The Beatles are The Beatles!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr.Jingles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I personally like Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour a little bit better.[/QUOTE]

Former: agreed (especially for "For No One")
Latter: strenuously disagreed!

And I would like to note "The Beatles" (aka 'The White Album') too.

*sigh* I had a funny feeling I'd never win THAT debate. Still one of the two is still rocking, rolling and attracting massive crowds forty years on from when they began and it ain't the Beatles. And Charlie Watts is at least a more technically proficient drummer than Ringo but someone's gonna contradict me on that too aren't they? :P

As for Sgt. Pepper I happen to love Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds as well as Within You Without You. And the title track.

The reason why The White Album is not my fav is that while most of the songs are some of the best songs The Beatles have ever written, there's a few of them that are so horrendous that they might have as well left them off the album.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=brianJM>RollingBowieQueen wrote: [/QUOTENAME]And Charlie Watts is at least a more technically proficient drummer than Ringo but someone's gonna contradict me on that too aren't they? :P[/QUOTE]

Once John Lennon was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and he replied:

Are you kidding me? He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles.

I always found the Beatles a tad bit overrated. I prefer the Stones. It depends on your musical taste, really. The Stones have been blues babies for half their lifetime. I think the Beatles are a bit too 'pop' but I do respect them and like many of their songs. The Beatles weren't that talented as musicians...Ringo? Mediocre drummer. John? Horrible guitarist...the only talented people in the Beatles, IMO were Harrison and McCartney and I HATE the latter. McCartney was easily the better songwriter between Lennon and McCartney while Harrison was the best among his group with his instruments. Paul was okay with bass, much better than Lennon was with guitar. I hate how people obsess over Strawberry Fields Forever and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds to "prove" Lennon's apparent songwriting talent. "YO HO HO I KIN RAIT SYKODELIK MYOOZIK AFTER DOIN' DROOGZ YEEEEEEEEYYAYEYAYE I'M SUNGRAITER OV DEE SENCHOOREE". Lennon was a much better person that McCartney, agreed. More people like him nowadays, agreed as well. But you must admit that it's because of the tragic circumstances of his death. If he was still alive today, he would've become just as obscure as Ringo.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Saif wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I always found the Beatles a tad bit overrated. I prefer the Stones. It depends on your musical taste, really. The Stones have been blues babies for half their lifetime. I think the Beatles are a bit too 'pop' but I do respect them and like many of their songs. The Beatles weren't that talented as musicians...Ringo? Mediocre drummer. John? Horrible guitarist...the only talented people in the Beatles, IMO were Harrison and McCartney and I HATE the latter. McCartney was easily the better songwriter between Lennon and McCartney while Harrison was the best among his group with his instruments. Paul was okay with bass, much better than Lennon was with guitar. I hate how people obsess over Strawberry Fields Forever and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds to "prove" Lennon's apparent songwriting talent. "YO HO HO I KIN RAIT SYKODELIK MYOOZIK AFTER DOIN' DROOGZ YEEEEEEEEYYAYEYAYE I'M SUNGRAITER OV DEE SENCHOOREE". Lennon was a much better person that McCartney, agreed. More people like him nowadays, agreed as well. But you must admit that it's because of the tragic circumstances of his death. If he was still alive today, he would've become just as obscure as Ringo.[/QUOTE]Wow you brave person. And they thought I'D get pissed off. But I like Paul McCartney better than John. I think Lennon became so up his own arse in the Seventies. I actually think Paul's as nice as mega-famous people come.