theDonandOnly

6y

Just some of the most immediate ones that are probably easiest to get into first:
Here Comes the Sun
Strawberry Fields Forever
Something
Blackbird
Eleanor Rigby
Day in the Life
Yesterday
In My Life
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Come Together
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

That misses out some of my favourites like Julia, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Nowhere Man, Tomorrow Never Knows, I Want You, Happiness Is a Warm Gun etc. tho

Aruji

6y

neither is even close imo. Mingus the goat.

theDonandOnly

6y

ray's influence lasted a long time too.

I feel like a classic 90s album like Pulp's Different Class can be traced back to him. parts of blur, billy bragg, arctic monkeys etc. all feel like they're a part of his tradition too even tho i don't like some of their music lol

Elric

6y

That interview was bonkers

Also nobody ever really accused the Beatles of being spellbinding musicians (although Paul ranks very high for bass imo). It was about the relentless string of classic songs they conjured themselves.

Jbreezyondeck

6y

Thanks bro. I’ll try to sit down this weekend and listen to a few

Aruji

6y

neither is even close imo. Mingus the goat.

Elric

6y

Yeah he definitely pioneered a particularly English type of rock that manifests itself in a new goat over generation or so. After teaching the Beatles and Stones to embrace their Englishness there's also:

Bowie
Bryan Ferry/Roxy
Morrissey/ Smiths
Pulp (my fave band of the 90s )
Franz

DonutHole

6y

Quincy didn't gaf during that interview
I don't know Paul's bass playing like that but Quincy got on his ass for it too.

They were no-playing motherfuckers. Paul McCartney was the worst bass player I ever heard.”

theDonandOnly

6y

jarvis cocker is unreal lyrically. some of the s*** he comes up with kills me

did you hear that album he did with Chilly Gonzales? Some of the lines in that Tearjerker song like the one about the social worker killed me lol.

Yeah i'd never seen the Morrissey connection but i see what you mean.

Elric

6y

No I just got finished 100%ing Pulps stuff when is that from

Teal_

6y

the beatles duh

aLIEN

6y

ktt is a terrible place to have this discussion

KOLLAPS

6y

This might be important. If you didn’t grow up with a dancing family MJ music might not hit the same.

Worldpremiere_

6y

Nah my family loved MJ but i just resonated with the beatles more growing up.

My cousin is a huge beatles fan snd we used to play beatles rockband literally all day

Aruji

6y

neither is even close imo. Mingus the goat.

KOLLAPS

6y

Rockband was the f***ing s*** even tho I was always cheeks

Worldpremiere_

6y

Especially the beatles one. They put so much effort in that game and all the animations. Was so f***in fun

theDonandOnly

6y

2017

here's a very casual live performance - https://youtu.be/mVtnNd5ULtk

He's got some good solo songs too. don't let him waste your time, c***s are still running the world etc.

do you like catatonia? cerys to me is one of the only lyricists i like as much from the 90s brit pop scene. she doesn't have his humour tho, apart from that song where tom jones is saving the lives of an angry welsh-english couple who want to kill each other that wasn't catatonia tho

Elric

6y

from the Marlene Dietrich Suite my queen

that was really nice dont want to go deeper cause i havent dove into his solo albums yet. soon.

not that you asked but heres my faves, make sure you know all of em;

KOLLAPS

6y

I don't remember it all that well cuz I was young but I remember being hype as f*** playing Sgt. Pepper songs while they wore the costumes

theDonandOnly

6y

i'm actually listening Do you remember the first time rn when i saw this post

all time uk anthems

yeah i know all these songs. great taste No babies tho?

Worldpremiere_

6y

incredible game man id cop it again rn if they reissued it