Comments on: Every Beatles song ever, all played at once: All Together Now

By: JohnnyLA

JohnnyLA — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:25:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen..after hearing this clip, we at the RIAA must fine you.. $2,100,232.21 for playing the entire Beatles catalog illegally.

Have a nice day.. :)

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:42:00 +0000

And yet you keep copy+pasting other people’s words and phrases instead of creating your own, you hypocrite.

By: Nigel Humphries

Nigel Humphries — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:51:00 +0000

My ears have let me down here.

By: zebbart

zebbart — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:39:00 +0000

I thought everyone loved that! Conversely I thought everyone hated the World Most Wanted Song. Hmmm.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:07:00 +0000

You’re just not looking in the right places, chum.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:38:00 +0000

Know1, and ComradeQuestions – I DO avoid Top 40 dreck, including Beatles songs that have been played into the goddamn ground, which meets my personal criteria for “Top 40 dreck” – If that’s alright with either of you.

And even better if it isn’t.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:15:00 +0000

Marktech –

“Back In The USSR”, live, the Dead Kennedys
“Dear Prudence”, Siouxsie & the Banshees
“Glass Onion”, the Godless Wicked Creeps
“Wild Honey Pie”, the Pixies
“The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill”, the Punkles
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, Todd Rundgrenn
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”, World Party

“Martha My Dear”, Vashti Bunyan & Max Richter
“I’m So Tired”, the Plums
“Blackbird”, Colin Linden
“Piggies”, Pumajaw
“Rocky Raccoon”, the Scooters
“Don’t Pass Me By”, the Ribeye Brothers
“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”, Lydia Lunch & Clint Ruin
“I Will”, Walter Clevenger & the Dairy Kings
“Julia”, Bongwater

“Birthday”, Underground Sunshine
“Yer Blues”, Lucky Peterson
“Mother Nature’s Son”, Harry Nilsson
“Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”, the Hoodoo Gurus
“Sexy Sadie”, Paul Weller
“Helter Skelter”, “live” *snort*, Alice Donut
“Long Long Long”, Low

“Revolution”, Billy Bragg
“Honey Pie”, A Cuckoo
“Savoy Truffle”, Pete Greenwood
“Cry Baby Cry”, Throwing Muses
“Revolution #9″, Kurt Hoffman’s Band of Weeds
“Good Night”, Matthew Sweet

I would’ve re-broadcast it this weekend, but I’m temporarily off the air while I convalesce from knee surgery. Maybe next year….

As for “Dark Side Of The Moon” covers – You can’t go wrong with the Squirrels’ “The Not-So-Bright-Side Of The Moon”.

And, speaking of “impossible” covers and “finely-wrought prog” – You should hunt down the Bad Plus’ version of “Tom Sawyer”. Killer.

By: Paul Chivers

Paul Chivers — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:15:00 +0000

800% VERY cool Steve, sounds fantastic.

By: Marktech

Marktech — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:06:00 +0000

A few years ago, I compiled and broadcast an all-covers version of the White Album

I'd love to hear that, but x years ago I'd probably have been aghast: when I was in my early teens, all of us cool kids liked to think that one of the distinguishing features of serious pop music was that nobody could really cover it. Yeah, I know, I know, but we were fourteen or so; and the music we were listening to was mostly finely-wrought prog rock. Ironic, really.

By: Tim Drage

Tim Drage — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:04:00 +0000

and just because you shouldn’t do something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

By: Tim Drage

Tim Drage — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:04:00 +0000

unironically ^this

By: Nasicournus

Nasicournus — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:09:00 +0000

Another lovely example of copy+pasting as art. Why create when you can rehash?

By: Jonathan Arkell

Jonathan Arkell — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:05:00 +0000

Absolutely brilliant.

But then, I am one of the rare people who loves “The Worlds most unwanted song”.

By: Madison Kaye Saxton

Madison Kaye Saxton — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:33:00 +0000

Can I get this in Led Zeppelin?

By: Madison Kaye Saxton

Madison Kaye Saxton — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:30:00 +0000

This actually managed to make me paranoid.

By: know1

know1 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:26:00 +0000

Any DJ who would describe the Beatles as “Top 40 dreck” doesn’t deserve to spin records on a turntable.

By: magicdragonfly

magicdragonfly — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:39:00 +0000

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:11:00 +0000

"Ahh Look at all the lovely people"

lonely people. Eleanor Rigby is about lonely people.

By: ComradeQuestions

ComradeQuestions — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Yeah, when are people gonna stop overplaying the Top 40 dreck like Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, and The Beatles???

By: Carl Jacobson

Carl Jacobson — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Cool, this reminds me of my Ambient mashup, Monk’s Ghost which combines all 12 versions of Round Midnight that I had in my library: http://soundcloud.com/carljacobson/monks-ghost

By: Skeezix Chaco

Skeezix Chaco — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:09:00 +0000

now tell me how to take it all apart. My Beatles’ records burned in a fire.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:07:00 +0000

To be honest, I’ll take “Metal Machine Music” over this any old day – Conceptualy, it’s much funnier, and just plain rocks harder.

By: Steve McL

Steve McL — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:39:00 +0000

This is very cool. A few years ago, I sped up all of The Beatles’ albums by 800% and compiled them into a one-hour recording. You can find it here: http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/all-the-beatles-uk-a.html

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:18:00 +0000

A few years ago, I compiled and broadcast an all-covers version of the White Album – It got a response very similar to what I’ve seen in here today. A few people hated it (For tinkering with something they’d prefer remain inviolate and pristine), a majority who were tickled and intrigued (And appreciated the idea of dovetailing the Beatles’ own experimentalism and artistic impulses with that of other musical artists), and a distinct minority who wanted nothing to do with the Beatles in any form (And who couldn’t be impressed with any concept of Beatles music whatsoever.).

Which, one could argue, could indicate that the Beatles’ influence and accessibility seem to be roughly the same as when they were extant and putting out new music. Interesting.

By: Hopeful_Greis

Hopeful_Greis — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Finally, a version tailored for Star Trek’s Data.

By: Paul Chivers

Paul Chivers — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:25:00 +0000

perfect

By: Paul Chivers

Paul Chivers — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:24:00 +0000

its tomorrow already

By: Paul Chivers

Paul Chivers — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:21:00 +0000

The lossless sounds awesome. I’m wondering how vinyl is going to sound :)

By: Paul Chivers

Paul Chivers — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0000

superlike!

By: josefina

josefina — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:35:00 +0000

With a noisy mashup of all Beatles songs, together with a noisy mashup of all Beatles songs *except*, say, “Come Together,” it might be possible to recover “Come Together” intact. Quick, update the copyright laws!