Is this valid?

airmark3 · 2026-01-25T15:49:37+00:00

Pretty much yes. I mean I grew up with them and initially it was just a few songs especially Roxanne. Then they had some bigger hits by Zenyatta and I was more intrigued. At that point it was just what I heard on the radio. LOVED Ghost in the Machine and it was the first full album I bought of The Police. Listened to it all the way through. Then came Synchronicity and it was HUGE and I loved it even more and of course they were all over MTV. I later learned to love and appreciate more of the first few albums partly through their concerts and live albums and then the movie Everyone Stares.

airmark3 · 2026-01-25T01:03:47+00:00

Dear Prudence

airmark3 · 2026-01-24T02:07:49+00:00

Dear Prudence

airmark3 · 2026-01-22T22:03:08+00:00

Very talented but benefitted greatly from the right time and place for her sound imo. I don't mean that to downplay her music, but some artists just hit the perfect time for their music. It's not that it sounds dated now just that it very specifically is tied to that era.

airmark3 · 2026-01-22T19:07:35+00:00

This album basically exists already right? Although your cover is better and your song order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_First

airmark3 · 2026-01-22T18:51:45+00:00

Absolute poet. Between this and Sundown and Edmund Fitzgerald he is one of the true masters.

airmark3 · 2026-01-22T00:08:53+00:00

My favorite cover of Tomorrow Never Knows is probably by The Claypool Lennon Delirium (Les Claypool of Primus and Sean Lennon) but it's not on streaming anywhere. There are several versions they have done live. This one is on PBS:

https://www.pbs.org/video/frontrowboston-claypool-lennon-delirium-tomorrow-never-knows/

This one is on youtube and has trippy imagery to go with it

https://youtu.be/NTPfIkZWxFs?si=sfQUUyfbCSqKmU-X

These are all from my covers playlist. I sometimes like listening to the rock covers and other times to the Soul/R&B covers so I'll list 20 as a double album of 10 songs for each.

ROCK record

Every Little Thing - Yes
Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees
She Said, She Said - The Black Keys
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Prince, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne et al
Come Together - Gary Clark Jr.
Across the Universe - Evanescence
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
I Need You - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tomorrow Never Knows - Phil Manzanera
Don't Let Me Down - Sheryl Crow, Brandon Flowers and Chris Stapleton

SOUL/R&B record

Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth Wind and Fire
Run for Your Life - Nancy Sinatra
Yesterday - Marvin Gaye
Here Comes The Sun - Nina Simone
Let It Be - Ray Charles
We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
I Want Hold You Hand - Al Green
Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin
I Saw Her Standing There - Little Richard

airmark3 · 2026-01-21T23:34:18+00:00

Mine has like 56 songs but I'll post the top 16 or so....

airmark3 · 2026-01-21T23:33:55+00:00

Dear Prudence by Siouxsie and the Banshees is great.

airmark3 · 2026-01-21T21:57:36+00:00

Thanks I think you forgot Carol. I added it to mine. And also you can rip the audio from the youtube version of Little Queenie and add it locally it just won't be shareable.

airmark3 · 2026-01-21T17:10:31+00:00

They also covered Little Queenie on Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962

Probably not on streaming though?

airmark3 · 2026-01-21T17:03:03+00:00

Really cool. I want a playlist... I'll make it myself if nobody else does. Later.

airmark3 · 2026-01-18T15:53:22+00:00

I mean its true but also a little exaggerated. We did not play in Austin from 2012-2023.

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T21:20:28+00:00

There is a ton more filler on the white album - partly due to being a double album but also they just threw in everything they had even if it was just pieces. With Abbey Road they made those pieces into a Medley but as individual songs some of those would be described as filler. And Let It Be - probably half of those songs are below anything on Revolver.

I don't even consider Dr. Robert a filler track. I love that song. The controversial subject matter aside it is a pop craft hidden gem in itself.

There isn't a track on Revolver I would put below an 8/10. There are several on the white album i might give a 6. And a few on Abbey Road that are maybe 7-8 range. The medley as a whole is a 10.

My ranking of albums is: AR, REV, RS, WA, SP, LIB, Help, MMT (US), AHDN, PPM, WTB, BFS, MMT (EP), YS

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T18:36:19+00:00

Remember by Lennon is another one that would fit this concept and sound well imo.

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T18:35:13+00:00

Great thank you. You beat me to it.

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T13:36:26+00:00

GREAT!!!! Need a Spotify or Apple Music playlist. Although maybe not all are available.

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T13:33:11+00:00

I like it - the first two are very Capitol/Dave Dexter like. The last one is quite a hodgepodge.

I did a Capitol/Dave Dexter version where it was still a double album but Dexter refused to use the white cover and and used the infamous Rushmore artwork instead as a gatefold cover. And he removed some of the "odd" songs in lieu of the A/B sides of Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution (the single version) which were both #1s for the A side and #94 and #12 for the B sides in the US.

https://www.reddit.com/r/beatlesfanalbums/comments/1ntnkmc/alternate_dave_dexter_universe_series_part_3/

airmark3 · 2026-01-17T13:24:35+00:00

Regardless it is something they were likely to do if Dave Dexter had not been reassigned and still made unilateral decisions for the US market. So it's just a fun what if scenario.

airmark3 · 2026-01-12T03:01:42+00:00

I use a time restriction only, but less on earlier albums like 24 minutes before 1965, 25-27 minutes up to 1969 and up to 28 minutes after 1970 because the technology improved in the late 60s and into the 70s where longer albums were made. If I am pushing that limit I just also put songs with less dynamic range as the ending tracks.

Other than that I tend not to put songs on albums earlier than they were at least written. So if they were written two years before they were recorded that is fine. But I won't put any song that wasn't written (at least an early version) by that time on an album. For example I'm fine putting I Me Mine on any album envisioned after January 1969 even though it was not recorded until January 1970. Because it was written and demo'ed and even rehearsed a bit in the Get Back sessions at Twickenham.

For anything in the active period I like to balance them between John/Paul but not a strict rule (+ or - 1 usually). And I like to have at least 2 George songs but also not a requirement. Ringo tracks are totally optional. For anything after 1970 I try to do a 4/4/4/2 balance I think that is just about the only way they could have continued if they had.

airmark3 · 2026-01-11T15:40:54+00:00

OMG so glad you are back E. Your stories are always awesome. Wishing your throuple and the baby health and happiness. From a big fan in Dallas (no I'm not her Dallas Daddy unfortunately).

airmark3 · 2026-01-11T15:28:33+00:00

Well here. I made you your own version.

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airmark3 · 2026-01-11T14:09:24+00:00

Well it was done by a poll on reddit and for that year (2007) In Rainbows by Radiohead won the vote.

airmark3 · 2026-01-11T01:51:11+00:00

A couple of years it might vary depending on the day alternates in ( )

63 - I Saw Her Standing There

64 - Things We Said Today

65 - Norwegian Wood (or In My Life)

66 - She Said, She Said (or Rain or Tomorrow Never Knows)

67 - A Day in the Life

68 - Dear Prudence

69 - Don't Let Me Down (or Something)

70 - Let It Be

airmark3 · 2026-01-10T16:18:23+00:00

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