It wouldn't have worked releasing another Beatles' cover so soon after 'Ticket to Ride' though. If anything it would have given them less identity rather than more at this stage.
Good point. Then needed to establish their own identity.
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It wouldn't have worked releasing another Beatles' cover so soon after 'Ticket to Ride' though. If anything it would have given them less identity rather than more at this stage.
just because of an unhealthy addiction to all-things Carpenter - and Karen in particular.
Not all addictions are unhealthy. An addiction to Carpenters and Karen is one of the best you can have
What was it’s “A-side”?"Help!" was a b-side in Japan as it appears on the lovely Japanese Single Box.
Bless The Beasts wasn't it?What was it’s “A-side”?
You are correct! It was the movie soundtrack version of "Beasts".Bless The Beasts wasn't it?
It wouldn't have worked releasing another Beatles' cover so soon after 'Ticket to Ride' though. If anything it would have given them less identity rather than more at this stage.
Okay that’s got to be a special single. A mix that has never appeared elsewhere but the movie’s LP and the 2006 Japan set, and a song that was almost an ‘A-side’!.You are correct! It was the movie soundtrack version of "Beasts".
Good lord their version is eons better than the Beatles! I hate when people believe that they could do nothing less than brilliant genius because they’re THE BEATLES. I can’t stand that mindset. They didn’t really hit their stride until the later 60s and even then it’s not as if every song was perfect.
I wish Karen’s lead wasn’t so muffled but other than that it’s an amazing example of the variety of textures and tones they could handle before ennui kicked in.
I 100% agree ! The Carpenters "Ticket To Ride" is miles better than the Beatles. Don't get me wrong, I think Lennon/McCartney were fantastic song writers, wrote brilliant songs.... I just prefer their songs being performed by other artists like all the Carpenters versions, even Nancy Sinatra did some versions better IMO like "Day Tripper," "Run For Your Life" and "Something". I Just really don't like the Beatles delivery of their own songs, I think they're very overrated, I don't find them particularly good singers .... Now I'm going to run and take cover !
But I don't feel "Help" would have been a good single choice, definitely a good album track, a B-side is also a good place for it.
I 100% agree ! The Carpenters "Ticket To Ride" is miles better than the Beatles. Don't get me wrong, I think Lennon/McCartney were fantastic song writers, wrote brilliant songs.... I just prefer their songs being performed by other artists like all the Carpenters versions, even Nancy Sinatra did some versions better IMO like "Day Tripper," "Run For Your Life" and "Something". I Just really don't like the Beatles delivery of their own songs, I think they're very overrated, I don't find them particularly good singers .... Now I'm going to run and take cover !
But I don't feel "Help" would have been a good single choice, definitely a good album track, a B-side is also a good place for it.
Isn't it a crime to say anything negative about "The Fab Four" in the UK? Don't you known they were knighted by Her Majesty?!
I never thought John was a very good vocalist but he was an outstanding songwriter and stage performer. Paul had the voice. George was underrated and was given limited tidbits to write/sing on their albums. And Ringo. well...
PS: I'm amazed Ringo is still performing with his band. The are advertising on radio his upcoming appearance at a casino up here in the Sierra foothills. Back in 1971 at The Concert For Bangladesh, he forgot the words for his own hit song It Don't Come Easy.
Here it is with the group Badfinger & singers on back up vocals!! Matt Clark Sanford, MI