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milleronic
(Minnesota)
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 16:27
 
 bronorb wrote:
I'm sorry, you cannot play "Because" without playing the rest.

 
Agreed! Any play from Abbey Road deserves the entire second half, at least. Better yet, the entire album. {#Biggrin}

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 20:11
 
 Dude wrote:

On the Beatles Anthology 3, disc 2, there is a version of "Because" that is vocals only.  It's mind-blowing.

If there ever was a 10, it's "Because".

 

I agree...  because I love this song...
 

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 12:31
 
tha'ts the funniest thing i've see all morning n

 calypsus_1 wrote:

The Beatles by rising70
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/

Odeon Cinema,Southend-on-Sea,December 9,1963

Copyright All rights reserved

 


TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 18:27
 
 (former member) wrote:


We be dancing...  love this song...


 
Yer codpiece is off-center.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 18:26
 
Sublime, of course, but...makes me also crave to hear:  SHE'S SO HEAVY!

calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 17:03
 

The Beatles by rising70
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/

Odeon Cinema,Southend-on-Sea,December 9,1963

Copyright All rights reserved



johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 09:58
 
This is a good Lennon song, but I'm still waiting for him to release something new.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 09:04
 
 kobkob wrote:
 and upload the video ?
got 2 c this
 

We be dancing...  love this song...




kobkob
(alloney aba israel)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 08:59
 
 romeotuma wrote:


I'll dance to this...
  and upload the video ?
got 2 c this



martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 08:58
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PfTH-It-tU&feature=related

Just in case you forget when this came out - 1969-

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 22:36
 
 Proclivities wrote:
I don't think ARP synthesizers existed until the 1970's.
 
Looks like it was a Moog, if we can trust Wiki:
The Beatles have also experimented with the use of the Moog synthesizer during the recording of their album, Abbey Road, used prominently in the songs "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Because", "Here Comes the Sun", and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 22:27
 


absolutely brilliant...  this is from one of the best albums of all time...

 

bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 11:00
 
I'm sorry, you cannot play "Because" without playing the rest.

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 10:57
 
the most beautiful song ever.....period
 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 08:50
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Cool photo, but I think the Beatles used an ARP. Or maybe both, depending on the song?

 
I don't think ARP synthesizers existed until the 1970's.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 14:14
 
 Dude wrote:

On the Beatles Anthology 3, disc 2, there is a version of "Because" that is vocals only.  It's mind-blowing.

If there ever was a 10, it's "Because".
 


Yes, I know what you mean...  love it, too...
 

ice-9
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 20:20
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Cool photo, but I think the Beatles used an ARP. Or maybe both, depending on the song?

 
I've read before that it was a Moog.  The first (and I suppose the last) time they ever used it was on this album.  Maybe the first electronic instrument they EVER used, but that's open to verification.


acolt
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 12:37
 
I won't ever argue the contributions of the Beatles to the advancement of music, so please don't take the following comment in that sense. It's purely an opinion about this song and a few others.

I don't get it. I just don't. It's not even that I think it's "stoner" music (although it sounds plainly like there were some psychedelics ingested during writing and recording). It's just, I don't know, unremarkable. There's nothing to it. Kind of like "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Just no substance to it. Actually, that's a bad comparison. This song just leaves me saying "Meh." "Hold Your Hand" makes me want to take a power-drill to my temple. Give me "Hey Jude," "I Am the Walrus," "Let It Be," or "Helter Skelter" any time.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 12:24
 


I'll dance to this...



Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 12:20
 
I always loved this song and its excellent harmonies........and then I saw "Love!" - the Beatles Cirque show in Vegas, and now I love it even MORE!!!


laurie_keller
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 02:43
 
All I can think of of is circ du soleil love ... ten ten ten.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 25, 2011 - 15:14
 
 Helchat wrote:

wow, cool info, thanks for sharing!
 


Thank you!  I love this song because it is soooo good...

 



Dude
(Los Gatos, CA)
Posted: May 25, 2011 - 15:13
 
 romeotuma wrote:


The song "Because" has a 3-part harmony vocal performance between Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, overdubbed three times to make nine voices in all... absolutely awesome...

 
 
On the Beatles Anthology 3, disc 2, there is a version of "Because" that is vocals only.  It's mind-blowing.

If there ever was a 10, it's "Because".


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 12:43
 
 shawshank wrote:
Bring back the MOOG!!!!

 
Cool photo, but I think the Beatles used an ARP. Or maybe both, depending on the song?


fast_eddie
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 12:23
 
Sometimes Bill can just seem to find the right song for the right day.  This appears to be a song about the new, which fits me today!

Helchat
(150 miles southwest of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 12:22
 
 romeotuma wrote:


The song "Because" has a 3-part harmony vocal performance between Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, overdubbed three times to make nine voices in all... absolutely awesome...

 
 
wow, cool info, thanks for sharing!


unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 12:22
 
Love is all; Love is you ...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 20:06
 
 Rooney wrote:
Absolutely mind-blowingly awesomely beautiful.  "Because the world is round, it turns me on..."  indeed.  Pure joy.

{#Notworthy}
 


Yeah, this is great stuff...  love it...
 

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 18:41
 
Absolutely mind-blowingly awesomely beautiful.  "Because the world is round, it turns me on..."  indeed.  Pure joy.

{#Notworthy}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 06:22
 
I had this rated as an 8??????? What the hell was I thinking??? 10, rectified, feel better.{#Meditate}

Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky)
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 06:11
 
The era...sigh |o)  The sunny day it was, relegated to the antique mall and our minds.

juniorlocutor
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 06:10
 
wonderfull, big music, uauuuu

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 08:00
 


The song "Because" has a 3-part harmony vocal performance between Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, overdubbed three times to make nine voices in all... absolutely awesome...

 

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 07:56
 
you wonder if this just came to them one day, and didn't think much of it when it did.  at least, that's how I imagine how their minds worked.

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 07:54
 
Bring back the MOOG!!!!



casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 07:52
 
Always and forever - stops me in my tracks.  Makes me LISTEN.  Altered my life in so many ways.  LOVE - LOVE - LOVE

peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 07:51
 
..because...

zipper
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 11:21
 
because it fills up my heart and soul. because it reminds me how it feels to be young and free. because it makes me happy enough to weep, i love this song the most.

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 11:20
 
 azdcryan wrote:
Many moons ago as a 12 year-old I joined Columbia House (at the time, soooo exciting!).  Abbey Road was one of the first CD's I ever bought (along with Led Zeppelin II, and The Who's Greatest Hits).  I remember receiving those 3 disks...unwrapping them one spring afternoon when I had the whole house to myself.  I listened to them all start to finish on the bitchin "Technics"  hi-fi home audio system we had...with the hideous, big tower speakers cranked...a truly spiritual experience for a young boy who knew almost nothing at the time (well, I guess I knew enough to order those albums anyway).

I was in kindergarten when most of this music was released and I recall hearing it regularly as a small child...some of my earliest childhood musical memories.  Several years later, sitting all alone on the floor of our living room shiny new CD cases in hand, it was almost like hearing it again for the very first time.  I remember being truly creeped out scared by the end of Abbey Road...such haunting and psychedelic sounds coming from both the instruments and the players.  I had never really "heard" anything like it, completely blown away...a total revelation.

To this day, and perhaps for the rest of my life this music will be just about as good as it gets.  True expression.
 

Your memory just gave me chill bumps....well said.

casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 11:20
 
I needed to hear this.

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 20:08
 
best pop song of all time.  period.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 17:32
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

This is actually my favorite Beatle album and I think it is probably top 5 of all times!
 


I understand what you mean, and I agree...

 

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 09:37
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Yes, this is great stuff...  and it is from one of the top ten albums of all time...
 
This is actually my favorite Beatle album and I think it is probably top 5 of all times!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 21:28
 
 cortney_joy wrote:
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!
 

Yes, this is great stuff...  and it is from one of the top ten albums of all time...



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 04, 2010 - 10:44
 
 azdcryan wrote:
Many moons ago as a 12 year-old I joined Columbia House (at the time, soooo exciting!).  Abbey Road was one of the first CD's I ever bought (along with Led Zeppelin II, and The Who's Greatest Hits).  I remember receiving those 3 disks...unwrapping them one spring afternoon when I had the whole house to myself.  I listened to them all start to finish on the bitchin "Technics"  hi-fi home audio system we had...with the hideous, big tower speakers cranked...a truly spiritual experience for a young boy who knew almost nothing at the time (well, I guess I knew enough to order those albums anyway).

I was in kindergarten when most of this music was released and I recall hearing it regularly as a small child...some of my earliest childhood musical memories.  Several years later, sitting all alone on the floor of our living room shiny new CD cases in hand, it was almost like hearing it again for the very first time.  I remember being truly creeped out scared by the end of Abbey Road...such haunting and psychedelic sounds coming from both the instruments and the players.  I had never really "heard" anything like it, completely blown away...a total revelation.

To this day, and perhaps for the rest of my life this music will be just about as good as it gets.  True expression.
 
Nice reminiscence. Thank you for sharing this.


jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 04, 2010 - 10:31
 
{#Music}  Macca lays down a mean bass track on this.

evansdad
(CT)
Posted: Jan 04, 2010 - 10:30
 
 azdcryan wrote:
Many moons ago as a 12 year-old I joined Columbia House (at the time, soooo exciting!).  Abbey Road was one of the first CD's I ever bought (along with Led Zeppelin II, and The Who's Greatest Hits).  I remember receiving those 3 disks...unwrapping them one spring afternoon when I had the whole house to myself.  I listened to them all start to finish on the bitchin "Technics"  hi-fi home audio system we had...with the hideous, big tower speakers cranked...a truly spiritual experience for a young boy who knew almost nothing at the time (well, I guess I knew enough to order those albums anyway).

I was in kindergarten when most of this music was released and I recall hearing it regularly as a small child...some of my earliest childhood musical memories.  Several years later, sitting all alone on the floor of our living room shiny new CD cases in hand, it was almost like hearing it again for the very first time.  I remember being truly creeped out scared by the end of Abbey Road...such haunting and psychedelic sounds coming from both the instruments and the players.  I had never really "heard" anything like it, completely blown away...a total revelation.

To this day, and perhaps for the rest of my life this music will be just about as good as it gets.  True expression.
 

Great story...nice job.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Dec 04, 2009 - 02:05
 
 Jungle_Jim wrote:
As good as it gets. I think RP's ratings scores should go to 11, like Nigel Tufnel's amp, just for tracks like this.
 
   I respecfully dissagree !
  It is far too complicated as it is,,a simple YES or NO and even I will
 understand the rating system !{#Stupid}

Jungle_Jim
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 16:50
 
As good as it gets. I think RP's ratings scores should go to 11, like Nigel Tufnel's amp, just for tracks like this.

azdcryan
(Sunny Arizona)
Posted: Aug 31, 2009 - 15:31
 
Many moons ago as a 12 year-old I joined Columbia House (at the time, soooo exciting!).  Abbey Road was one of the first CD's I ever bought (along with Led Zeppelin II, and The Who's Greatest Hits).  I remember receiving those 3 disks...unwrapping them one spring afternoon when I had the whole house to myself.  I listened to them all start to finish on the bitchin "Technics"  hi-fi home audio system we had...with the hideous, big tower speakers cranked...a truly spiritual experience for a young boy who knew almost nothing at the time (well, I guess I knew enough to order those albums anyway).

I was in kindergarten when most of this music was released and I recall hearing it regularly as a small child...some of my earliest childhood musical memories.  Several years later, sitting all alone on the floor of our living room shiny new CD cases in hand, it was almost like hearing it again for the very first time.  I remember being truly creeped out scared by the end of Abbey Road...such haunting and psychedelic sounds coming from both the instruments and the players.  I had never really "heard" anything like it, completely blown away...a total revelation.

To this day, and perhaps for the rest of my life this music will be just about as good as it gets.  True expression.