Beatles - White Album

[OLDROKERENDER]

I'm sure I read an interview with McCartney saying that him and Lennon were really into some of the avant garde classical stuff at the time.

I tried listening to some Stockhausen years ago and found it completely f***ing weird. Might try again at some point to see if I still think the same now.

Lennon was also heavily influenced by the American experimental composer John Cage. Revolution 9 is certainly a nod towards some of Cage's work.

 

[Mr Vertigo]

Good albums but i much prefer the white album

Songs in the key of life. Goodbye yellow brick rd. Whatever happened to double albums.

This is a superb list. I'd probably have the wall instead of bitches brew.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/11419935/The-best-double-albums-ever.html

Nee WuTang Forever?

 

[GK]

Nee WuTang Forever?

The wu tang totally passed me by tbh but one of my old mates was absolutely obsessed

 

[rapscallion]

Nee WuTang Forever?

"You don't need to go to summer school this year.

Just pick up the Wu-Tang double CD and you get all the education you need".

The wu tang totally passed me by tbh but one of my old mates was absolutely obsessed

It's one of the finest releases, but you need ears like Lineker to absorb

 

[Teed]

I'm sure I read an interview with McCartney saying that him and Lennon were really into some of the avant garde classical stuff at the time.

I tried listening to some Stockhausen years ago and found it completely f***ing weird. Might try again at some point to see if I still think the same now.

Yes, I've watched a few docs where it's been mentioned, McCartney was the first Beatle to use tape loops, as far as I know, he was involved in a lot of stuff that he was never credited for.
I think Jane Asher's family turned him on to various music he would never have been introduced to without their influence.

 

[Mr Vertigo]

The wu tang totally passed me by tbh but one of my old mates was absolutely obsessed

They're amazing. They've done 6 or 7 albums and each of their nine members have done at least 2 or 3 solo albums each - a lot of which are brilliant. There like a separate genre all by themselves.