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  • Re: Paul's 3 Favorite Albums

    From Nil@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jul 3 16:22:48 2025
    On 03 Jul 2025, super70s <[email protected]d> wrote in rec.music.beatles:

    On 2025-07-03 16:34:17 +0000, Bruce said:

    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Music From Big Pink - The Band
    Harvest - Neil Young

    He named these in a magazine article not too long ago.

    I certainly get Harvest (wouldn't have guessed he'd be into that
    particularly though) and even Pet Sounds but The Band was never
    one of my favorite bands.

    I remember buying a The Band greatest hits (as such) CD one time
    and getting rid of it after a few listens.

    Personally, I love The Band, at least their first few albums. I can see
    how they attracteded Paul in those days, by showing that you could
    scale back on much of the production fru-fru and just play a good,
    rootsy song with passion and groove, with more of a live feel. Kind of
    a template for the Let It Be and Abbey Road sessions.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 3 16:34:17 2025
    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Music From Big Pink - The Band
    Harvest - Neil Young

    He named these in a magazine article not too long ago.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Bruce on Thu Jul 3 13:46:29 2025
    On 2025-07-03 16:34:17 +0000, Bruce said:

    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Music From Big Pink - The Band
    Harvest - Neil Young

    He named these in a magazine article not too long ago.

    I certainly get Harvest (wouldn't have guessed he'd be into that
    particularly though) and even Pet Sounds but The Band was never one of
    my favorite bands.

    I remember buying a The Band greatest hits (as such) CD one time and
    getting rid of it after a few listens.

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  • From Geoff@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Jul 4 11:18:49 2025
    On 4/07/2025 4:34 am, Bruce wrote:
    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Music From Big Pink - The Band
    Harvest - Neil Young

    He named these in a magazine article not too long ago.

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    Surely Pet Sounds is just out of politeness ?

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    geoff

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  • From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 4 13:02:34 2025
    No! Paul was crazy about Pet Sounds, and has praised the songs and the
    bass playing (which he incorrectly ascribed to Brian Wilson -- not
    Paul's fault, as the Wrecking Crew guys weren't credited originally)
    constantly over the decades.

    The Band and Neil Young surprise me a bit.

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  • From Nil@21:1/5 to Norbert on Fri Jul 4 17:07:04 2025
    On 04 Jul 2025, [email protected] (Norbert) wrote in
    rec.music.beatles:

    No! Paul was crazy about Pet Sounds, and has praised the songs
    and the bass playing (which he incorrectly ascribed to Brian
    Wilson -- not Paul's fault, as the Wrecking Crew guys weren't
    credited originally) constantly over the decades.

    The Band and Neil Young surprise me a bit.

    I don't think Paul was admiring the bass playing per se, but the lines.
    The Wrecking Crew may have physically played the bass parts on Pet
    Sounds, but Brian composed them. They're idiosyncratic and distinctive
    and far from what most seasoned session players would have come up on
    their own.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Geoff on Sat Jul 5 18:37:45 2025
    On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 23:18:49 +0000, Geoff wrote:

    On 4/07/2025 4:34 am, Bruce wrote:
    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Music From Big Pink - The Band
    Harvest - Neil Young

    He named these in a magazine article not too long ago.

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    Surely Pet Sounds is just out of politeness ?

    All 4 Beatles loved that album when it came out.

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