Why was Sgt. Peppers such a huge album?

[drew]

Did Katy say she wants to grab Hooks by the horns?

[hookstownbrown]

I don't have no horns dang it!But I'll go buy some now...

[katy]

Hooks, me thinks thou dost protest too much!! Drew, how can I grab him by horns he keeps disavowing? Why the Beatles, Rock? For one, they were absolute experts in creating multiple musical and lyrical hooks throughout their songs, eh? I guess that's just oneof their claims to fame. I imagine the revolutionaryproduction (notable in Strawberry Fields) grabbed lotsof folks, like Hooks, by the horns, eh? lol

[drew]

Ah, so that's where the name "Horndog Brown" came from.

[mani]

Quote:Ah, so that's where the name "Horndog Brown" came from.Is it just me or does that sound a bit perverted?

[drew]

I don't know anything for sure, Mani, but my guess is that he's more than just a bit perverted.

[booker]

Don't go there Mani....he'll say it's "just you".Katy...I realize that we call them revolutionary....but not everyone thinks so. I think that Buddy Holly and Pat Boone could've been that way too....if they had gone on in the industry. Don't get me wrong....I agree with you...they seemed to have changed the face of pop music. Others have done so in small ways as well....but not to the same extent. I wonder if it will ever happen. Think about it...we still hear the Beatles stuff on stations today....will we be hearing Nirvana..20 years from now?

[mani]

I sure hope not! The reason I find Nirvana so hard to take (besides mediocrity) is that they were an unashamed ripoff of a bunch of truly great bands who never got as much credit as they deserved. Nobody in their right mind could suggest that Nirvana were better than the Pixies or Husker Du. But Kurt was a pretty boy. And pretty boys sell records.As much as I love the Beatles, I'm afraid I'd lean towards the 'not revolutionary' camp as far as the music was concerned. By and large, they really didn't do a lot that hadn't been done before but they were consistent and prolific and very very good. All IMO of course!

[katy]

Nirvana never did a thing for me, either. But, to be clear,I spent close to a decade listening almost exclusively tojazz. Dunno why other than that I was most drawn tojazz, after living on classical and r&b growing up. All things considered, I'd be counted in the "revolutionary" camp, when it comes to the Beatles, but again, that's just a matter of opinion and taste and doesn't excludeother prolific and fabulous writers, like Stevie Wonder &Sting. Interestingly enough, Stevie and Sting don't have songsin the top portion of the Rolling Stone list. From my pointof view that qualifies as a "huh?" or a "go figure!"

[ernstinen]

Quote:Oh, now Ern, that's a good subject! Great CD's forlong drives. I remember when I drove across country,when the radio didn't offer a lot of options, I listened toone of my best Tower of Power tapes, home-madeto include just my faves. Chicago works well for that,too. So, Katy, you ARE a "horn" gal! I played in a lot of horn bands over the years --- Chicago, Tower, BS&T etc. type material. My fave band had 3 saxes --- cool sound!**********************Back to our lovable mop-tops: No one in their right mind could say the Beatles were not "revolutionary", IMHO. Even from the beginning, garage bands were freaked out by them. "Listen, Joe, they play more than 3-4 chords! I better start practicing!" Even the Stones were freaked out, trying to keep up with the blossoming creativity, arrangements, concepts, vocals, musicianship, psychedelic touches etc. etc. They even touched avowed rock haters --- Frank Sinatra called "Something" his favorite ballad ever.No one had ever done anything like "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" before. C'mon, admit! "Tomorrow Never Knows"! --- How about the feedback on "I Feel Fine"!? First ever on record (according to Lennon). --- Rickenbacker 12-strings!? --- Sitars!? --- Mellotrons!? --- The Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road!? --- String quartets!? --- Orchestras playing from each instrument's lowest note to their highest note at random!? --- A compressed piano chord that lasts minutes!? --- Deliberately distorting a whole saxophone section!? --- Tape speed manipulation!? --- Oh, wait, I guess it wasn't the Beatles that did those things --- it was The Dave Clark 5! Ern