I thought that you meant that the album cover (artwork) was 'money' (adjective) and I was super inclined to agree, but turns out I'm probably wrong (and so are you, again, lol).
Nah, the Money cover is pretty much the shit.
But this is a pretty iconic cover and not just because it's the fab 4... it's the lighting and positioning.
I guess a conversation nobody wants to have is why are the Beatles not part of the poptimism arguments with an album like this?
Possible hot take: they nail every one of these covers.
And I dig the cover of You Really Got A Hold On Me probs the most.
But this is a pretty iconic cover and not just because it's the fab 4... it's the lighting and positioning.
I guess a conversation nobody wants to have is why are the Beatles not part of the poptimism arguments with an album like this?
Possible hot take: they nail every one of these covers.
And I dig the cover of You Really Got A Hold On Me probs the most.
Yep, I love their cover of You Really Got A Hold On Me. Something about it! And Till There Was You is one of my favourites as well. But I don't know, it feels less consistently exhilarating than either Please, Please Me before it or Hard Day's Night after it. It's a toss up between this and Beatles for Sale as my least favourite early Beatles (though not worst - because they never made a bad album, except maybe Yellow Submarine). Sale has better originals, but this has better covers. So it's a close one. _________________ Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by indieshins
WAAAAAAAAY less white than the carpenters version. But yeah. White people be white? haha.
We don't even acknowledge The Carpenters' version round these parts.
I just think there are some songs that shouldn't be fucking touched unless you're sure you're gonna take it to someplace new. (The Slits with 'Grapevine' springs immediately to mind.) Like, why would you even bother taking on The Marvelettes if all you're gonna do is remain relatively faithful but without any of the passionate, pained, desperate longing that Horton brings to the vocal take? By the end of the song she sounds ready to die unless she receives that letter, whereas Lennon - for all his attempts to conjure some of the same rasp - sounds like he's ready for a soapy bath and a nice cuppa. I'm glad they liked the song, but just leave it a-fucking-lone. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
By the end of the song she sounds ready to die unless she receives that letter, whereas Lennon - for all his attempts to conjure some of the same rasp - sounds like he's ready for a soapy bath and a nice cuppa.
Yes, but that's his cocky personality rather than his voice alone, I think
We don't even acknowledge The Carpenters' version round these parts.
I just think there are some songs that shouldn't be fucking touched unless you're sure you're gonna take it to someplace new. (The Slits with 'Grapevine' springs immediately to mind.) Like, why would you even bother taking on The Marvelettes if all you're gonna do is remain relatively faithful but without any of the passionate, pained, desperate longing that Horton brings to the vocal take? By the end of the song she sounds ready to die unless she receives that letter, whereas Lennon - for all his attempts to conjure some of the same rasp - sounds like he's ready for a soapy bath and a nice cuppa. I'm glad they liked the song, but just leave it a-fucking-lone.
hehe - yeah that's fair.
I suppose it was the culture of the time. Covers were just as common as original material, whether you were black or white.
But I agree, you can't beat that original. And I don't think they were trying to is all/why I still support it/like it.
Not the best Beatles album, but an interesting set of rock and roll songs. They have compilations centered around those rock & roll years whioch features some of the highlights here as well as other from Please, Please Me and other early records
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