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When Prince Heard the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ for the First Time: Exclusive Interview Check out the article published by DIFFUSER entitled "When Prince Heard the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ for the First Time: Exclusive Interview": http://diffuser.fm/prince-sgt-pepper/ | |
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interesting, he denied the beatles influenced ATWIAD just like he denied the hendrix influence on his guitar playing in the 85 rs interview. | |
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I don't believe he had never heard The Beatles. But perhaps he wasn't very into them at first. The wooh is on the one! | |
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To be fair, I had never listened to a Beatles album until 2009 when I was 27. I'd heard them obviously, but never listened to their music properly. It was mind blowing when I did, especially their '66-'68 work. [Edited 5/27/17 13:39pm] [Edited 5/27/17 13:39pm] 3121... Don't U Wanna Come? |
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I (with my non-musician self nothwithstanding), HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO A BEATLES ALBUM....and probably won't. There are lots more ppl like me. early 40s here btw. I've stated elsewhere on threads that to me they're highly overrated. And yes, I feel like i can base that on having never heard an album. Their ubiquity has exposed me enough to know I'm not pressed to hear a full album. I don't like their voices and no melody I've heard has compelled to explore more. So P having not heard them is not unbelievable at all. They're NOT universally loved as some might have u think. | |
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PeteSilas said: interesting, he denied the beatles influenced ATWIAD just like he denied the hendrix influence on his guitar playing in the 85 rs interview. He always said he was Santana was his man. | |
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Man, everyone heard the Beatles! I'm younger than he is/was and their music was and still is inescapable. Everyone heard the song Sgt Peppers and other songs from it all the damn time. Even bums the homeless the infirm the mentally ill
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the Beatles influence in Prince's music is undeniable,especially on the albums Around The World In A Day and Parade. | |
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So true | |
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a person would have to be literally living under a rock to have not heard the Beatles,lol.Their ubiquity is a pox on us all! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Beatles are the most over rated thing in music since ELVIS... Beatles songs sound like corny fairground melodies... Who would even buy a ticket to see them play live in concert, they stand in the same place without moving for 2 hours... Sorry, I like my artists to have some SOUL. | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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all my life, i used to feel the same exact way...but, the last few years ive become a student of their catalog... the Magical Mystery Tour album is the one that finally got me into them... Let It Be and Revolver are great albums too... |
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have you guys seen this 50th anniversary set? Freakin' amazing!
The most ambitious reissue yet of an individual album from the Beatles’ catalog has just been released.It is an expanded and newly remixed edition of the Fab Four’s 1967 pop masterpiece, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Consistently ranked by critics and fans among the most influential rock albums of all time, “Sgt. Pepper” is being reissued in multiple formats and editions, including new stereo and surround-sound audio mixes along with nearly three dozen previously unreleased recordings from the same sessions.
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alot of black people didnt listen to The Beatles... in spite of their popularity and overexposure, black folks (generally speaking) didnt buy Beatles records, and Black radio didnt play their music, so for Prince to have never been exposed to their albums, is completely normal in the Black experience ... |
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Moonbeam said: Their ubiquity is a pox on us all!
While I agree that they make this white rock 'n' roll band consistently in the public eye for the last 50 years or so or whatever and not give props to other people like Chuck Berry or prop Muddy Waters little Richard, the original gods the ones who inspired them… The Beatles were great with their melodies their song craft their experimentation and the beginning of hard rock just listen to helter-skelter that shit kicks ass and is purveyor of hard rock [Edited 5/27/17 17:51pm] "Climb in my fur." | |
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I'll gladly play my Curtis Mayfield, Sade, Bowie records over The Beatles anyday. | |
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RJOrion said:
alot of black people didnt listen to The Beatles... in spite of their popularity and overexposure, black folks (generally speaking) didnt buy Beatles records, and Black radio didnt play their music, so for Prince to have never been exposed to their albums, is completely normal in the Black experience ... Aretha Muddy Waters Wilson Pickett Lakeside etc etc all have done Beatles covers "Climb in my fur." | |
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Badassery and soulful as fuck "Climb in my fur." | |
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black artists did Beatles covers because it was potentially profitable, when trying to cross their music over to the white (pop) charts, and white people in general, to diversify their appeal...Berry Gordy always had Motown acts doing show tunes and Beatles covers in attempt to cash in...but trust me, Black folks wasnt checking for no Beatles and Stones and Elvis, when they were in their primes...we saw them right away as culture vulures, stealing from the old blues acts like Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson... but upon further careful review, The Beatles (especially under George Martin's guidance) cooked up some compelling stuff... |
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Moonbeam said: Their ubiquity is a pox on us all! Thanks Moonbeam, could not have said it better | |
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its not like Wilson Pickett and Aretha and them grew up on Beatles joints and then got famous, and decided to re-record their stuff out of love...nah...their label & management was trying to cash in and ride the wave that was hot... [Edited 5/27/17 18:38pm] |
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Prince definitely was influenced by Magical Mystery tour... Christopher Tracy's Parade and Magical Mystery Tour as opening songs on each album, have the same feel and spirit.. |
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Not all the time and the ones I provided a quick example off the dome versions were anything but crossover style. They were gutbucket soul versions. Nothinggggg like Motown attempts at mass appeal for the white masses.
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Of course they didnt grow up on them lol. WTF? That does not mean they weren't fans of them and the songwriting.
Yes, they loved them.
You must be high lol
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Don't forget Billy Preston... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Yeah..Billy was the 5th (or 6th since George Martin was considered a member) of the Beatles. "Climb in my fur." | |
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no not high...but what im saying is...yes, other artists who were easily exposed to, and even crossed paths with the Beatles did respect them, and re-record their stuff... but in general, if you go through the majority of black americans record or music collections and you will most likely not find any Beatles stuff... |
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So overall my point is that yes, black people did listen to the Beatles. Regardless if you think it was for crossover, crossfit, or cross burnings. Those and other prominent black artists covering the songs meant that their black audience were also listening to the covers and sch. It wasnt as if they covered there ears when the artists covers of the Beatles songs were played.
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are you black?...di you have Beatles records growing up?...did your Black parents?...did your Black friends?...
i completely understand that Black people were aware of the Beatles and even heard their songs on the radio...my point is, as a demographic, we were not consumers of, or fans of the Beatles, its cool that you found some acts who did record their songs, but thats not my point or counterpoint...
and just because Lakeside sang a Beatles song doesnt mean Lakeside fans were curling up in front of a fire listening to "Long & Winding Road".... not at all..
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