Comments on: Whittling Down the White Album http://www.danmooney.net/whittling-down-the-white-album/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.danmooney.net/whittling-down-the-white-album/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Dan Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:37:10 +0000 http://www.danmooney.net/?p=1036#comment-333 Joe, I enjoy very much that our lists were so similar, not least because it lets me know my choices weren't so far off base. Top suggestions for titles of the 16-track companion compilation: The B-Sides/Besides/Beasides, or the Blight Album. Joe, I enjoy very much that our lists were so similar, not least because it lets me know my choices weren’t so far off base.

Top suggestions for titles of the 16-track companion compilation: The B-Sides/Besides/Beasides, or the Blight Album.

]]> By: Joe O'B http://www.danmooney.net/whittling-down-the-white-album/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Joe O'B Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:34:51 +0000 http://www.danmooney.net/?p=1036#comment-332 It's almost eerie how similar our tastes are on this. My 14-track White Album would have almost the same exact songs as yours, and for virtually the same reasons. One exception would be that I'd have to include "Why Don't We Do It In The Road." You're right that it's not much of a song, but for me that's part of it's charm (and the haphazard charm of the White Album as a whole). That, and the fact that Paul's singing about doing it in the road, and also his falsetto when he sings the beginning of the last verse. To make room for that song, I'd lose "USSR." Part of me knows it's a good song but for some reason I have an irrational dislike of that one and "Birthday." To me, they've always just felt really out of place on The White Album, which I realize makes little sense. But I even went so far as to not include them when I downloaded the White Album to my iPod, so that part 1 starts with "Dear Prudence" and Part 2 starts with "Yer Blues." Sacrelicious, I know, but I just like it better that way. It’s almost eerie how similar our tastes are on this. My 14-track White Album would have almost the same exact songs as yours, and for virtually the same reasons.

One exception would be that I’d have to include “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road.” You’re right that it’s not much of a song, but for me that’s part of it’s charm (and the haphazard charm of the White Album as a whole). That, and the fact that Paul’s singing about doing it in the road, and also his falsetto when he sings the beginning of the last verse.

To make room for that song, I’d lose “USSR.” Part of me knows it’s a good song but for some reason I have an irrational dislike of that one and “Birthday.” To me, they’ve always just felt really out of place on The White Album, which I realize makes little sense. But I even went so far as to not include them when I downloaded the White Album to my iPod, so that part 1 starts with “Dear Prudence” and Part 2 starts with “Yer Blues.” Sacrelicious, I know, but I just like it better that way.

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