make THIS one a single album!

["BING E BONG"]

Twist and Shout
I Saw Her Standing There
You Can't Do That
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Call Your Name
Boys
Long Tall Sally

Rock and Roll Music
Slow Down
Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Money (That's What I Want)
Bad Boy
Matchbox
Roll Over Beethoven

Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Any Time at All
Drive My Car
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
The Night Before
I'm Down
Revolution

Back in the U.S.S.R.
Helter Skelter
Taxman
Got to Get You into My Life
Hey Bulldog
Birthday
Get Back (album version)



_{yes I know it's all wrong, but have at it anyway...}

[DarknessFish]

Christ. A new board was started so we could talk about The Beatles and Roxy Music?

[Admin]

Jan 9, 2019 8:43:28 GMT DarknessFish said:

Christ. A new board was started so we could talk about The Beatles and Roxy Music?

you know what to do! I even sent you a MESSAGE

[rayge]

Jan 9, 2019 11:00:04 GMT Admin said:

Jan 9, 2019 8:43:28 GMT DarknessFish said:

Christ. A new board was started so we could talk about The Beatles and Roxy Music?

you know what to do! I even sent you a MESSAGE

yeah, more Current 93, Coil, Ochs, TG, Dancing Did and Wyrd folk threads upfront now, Fishy

be careful what you wish for, Ad-Min

["BING E BONG"]

Twist and Shout
I Saw Her Standing There
You Can't Do That
I Call Your Name
Boys
Rock and Roll Music
Money (That's What I Want)

Roll Over Beethoven
Any Time at All
Drive My Car
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
The Night Before
I'm Down

[lazarus]

I'd limit it to the cover versions

[quaco]

You Can't Do That
Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Rock and Roll Music
Bad Boy
Slow Down
Matchbox

Long Tall Sally
Boys
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Money (That's What I Want)
I Wanna Be Your Man
Twist and Shout


All the later songs can be discarded. They don't really fit. On the original album, the jump from "I'm Down " to "Revolution is a bit like the cut from the spinning bone to the spaceship in 2001.

I chose the ones that were either sweaty covers, or felt like them. "You Can't Do That" has always been powerful, and could always have been an album opener. And then just keeping up the rocking...

[rayge]

There's a half-decent 7inch EP lurking in there somewhere

[Stacy Heydon]

Taxman was a really odd choice for the album.

[loveless]

Boy, I sure loved this damn thing when I was a kid (got it for Xmas '76 - asked Santa for it at the Macy's), the silver cover, the many (then) new to me songs. It had that damn stupid late 60s/early 70s Sides A/D, Sides B/C pairing (presumably for automatic players, another abomination...I can't tell you how confusing this made the narrative of Jesus Christ Superstar)

But...yeah, it's a mess. We own it, and I've probably never bothered putting it on in the past 40 years.

I loved Side 4 when I was a kid cause I suppose the later songs appealed to me (certainly Bulldog and Skelter). I'd actually argue that "One After 909" fully qualified for inclusion. Much as I like, for example, 'Slow Down' or 'Bad Boy' on their own merits, the very notion of three Larry Williams covers on one album creates a bland sameness out of what is supposed to be their most raw and high energy shit (Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby and Matchbox - whatever their objective merits - also strike me as pure bottom drawer filler, despite their qualifications).

So. My stab at this sort of thing?

Long Tall Sally
Money (That's What I Want)
Rock and Roll Music
Boys
Leave My Kitten Alone
Roll Over Beethoven
I Saw Her Standing There
Slow Down

I'm Down
And Your Bird Can Sing
Revolution (single version)
One After 909
Back in the USSR
Get Back (single version)
Twist and Shout

[osgood]

I missed this thread the first time around. Will come back with my proposal later, but let me say that, whatever you want to do with this, there is just one reasonable option as album opener, I Saw Her Standing There.