kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 18:57 | |
BLADERUNNER wrote:Back in the day, i had every single Beatle album and single.......and this is the only one to have survived all the upgrades and purges, and remains in my treasured vinyl collection. a sublime work of art.
Yes, this is a fine Beatles album. It may not be their best, but I never understood why so many think Magical Mystery Tour is a lesser album. If I remember correctly, it didn't do as well as Sargent Pepper when it came out and the critics really slammed it, but I think it has aged well. |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 12:02 | |
Takes me back to 'da day when they spelled PSYCHODELIC with an "O" instead of an "E"
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 11:36 | |
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
pop fluff? like "I wanna hold your hand"?
Wrong era LongGoneDaddy. At least "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was a direct lyric. This one bounces aimlessly in a systematic roundabout of simplistic jargon. Just not for me so much and don't understand why it has such a high rating. |
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LongGoneDaddy
| | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 07:03 | |
ziakut wrote:This doesn't deserve such a high rating. Ok, ok...it's The Beatles....but c'mon! It's pop fluff of theirs. pop fluff? like "I wanna hold your hand"? |
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ziakut
(Right Here) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:42 | |
This doesn't deserve such a high rating. Ok, ok...it's The Beatles....but c'mon! It's pop fluff of theirs.
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:37 | |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 09:00 | |
RobRyan wrote:I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically.  The lyrics are pretty silly. Apparently, even John Lennon called the lyrics "three minutes of contradictions and meaningless juxtapositions", but the melody is far from "ho-hum" - to me. |
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BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 08:19 | |
billbangert wrote:It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP. Maybe you had to grow up listening to this to appreciate it even more now-a-days. For those who do not see the value of RP, i say good riddance to ye. |
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BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 08:02 | |
Back in the day, i had every single Beatle album and single.......and this is the only one to have survived all the upgrades and purges, and remains in my treasured vinyl collection. a sublime work of art.
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cdnabroad
(Monterey, CA) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 14:58 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 21:31 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
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jimbaca
(Albuquerque) | | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 14:33 | |
I was living in Iceland when this song came out. It always brings back memories of a beautiful country and even more beautiful women.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 21:04 | |
crnkan wrote:
I had a Mercury Cougar!
Cool!
I love this song... |
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linzie
| | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 21:00 | |
Is there a reason I can hear any song from these guys, at any time, and never dislike it? |
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 13:59 | |
kaybee wrote:
I never understood why so many people (many of them staunch Beatles fans) disliked this album. I've always liked it. And you have to admit, "Strawberry Fields", "Penny Lane" and "I Am the Walrus" are neither trite nor ho-hum.
(However, I am ashamed to admit I used to like "Baby You're a Rich Man", which really does suck poo!)
I've always preferred this album to all their others, even Sgt Pepper. I can remember buying the 45s of this backed with "I Am The Walrus" and a few months later, "Penny Lane" backed with "Strawberry Fields" came out. I've always thought those two 45s were the peak of the Flower Power era of rock. |
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 13:59 | |
Good song. Great album. Same year as Disraeli Gears and Surrealistic Pillow... What a decade-! So much music and so many new artist's doing great work.... No mush-sounds all seeming the same.
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 14:48 | |
Balthazar wrote:
Exactly! And I owned almost all of their LPs. But this song was ho-hum even in my elementary school.
I never understood why so many people (many of them staunch Beatles fans) disliked this album. I've always liked it. And you have to admit, "Strawberry Fields", "Penny Lane" and "I Am the Walrus" are neither trite nor ho-hum. (However, I am ashamed to admit I used to like "Baby You're a Rich Man", which really does suck poo!) |
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Balthazar
(Ljubljana, SI) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:31 | |
RobRyan wrote:I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. Exactly! And I owned almost all of their LPs. But this song was ho-hum even in my elementary school. |
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crnkan
(Pleasant Hill, Mo) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:31 | |
romeotuma wrote:
1967— a great year for The Beatles and Mercury Cougars...
I had a Mercury Cougar! |
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frank-peter
(Siegen / Germany) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:29 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:28 | |
1967— a great year for The Beatles and Mercury Cougars...
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:27 | |
billbangert wrote:It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.
The reason why The Beatles are so transcendent is that they are impervious to overplay, I am saddened for you that you do not recognize their greatness.  |
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crnkan
(Pleasant Hill, Mo) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:26 | |
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flapser
| | Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 10:58 | |
billbangert wrote:It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.
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calypsus_1
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Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 13:28 | |
window wrote:
In other words, "My acceptance of this free service is of such a high value that I can influence the programming by announcing that I'm tuning out."
To which much be said: "Get over yourself."
WORD!  |
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window
(Richmond, VA) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:37 | |
billbangert wrote:It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.
In other words, "My acceptance of this free service is of such a high value that I can influence the programming by announcing that I'm tuning out." To which much be said: "Get over yourself." |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:29 | |
always soooo good to hear...
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stevebeaver
(Washington DC) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:23 | |
billbangert wrote:It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.
Good riddance. If 3 minutes can't be spared to enjoy this.....well I don't even know what to say except it must be a hard life. |
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:21 | |
Back in Chicago in the 70's we had a local band that did Beatles and Kinks stuff and they'd sing this song as such: You say eat sh!t and I say f!ck off and so on....  |
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