Here's your chance to edit The White Album!

[mac56]

I ran this question last year. Had some fun with it, so I'm doing it again.

Flash back to September 1968. George Martin summons you to Abbey Road Studios. Seems the Beatles are about to release a new album, "The Beatles", but they have about twice as many songs as they need. He wants you to cull enough songs out of "the white album" to make one standard LP.

For those of you unfamiliar with LPs: they had two sides, with a maximum of about 25 minutes of music on each. That's your limitation.

Wanna tamper with a classic? How would you go about doing it?

I'm posting my votes below.

[a_random_joel]

1. I'd make Revolution #9 even MORE trippy

Is that even possible?

[a_random_joel]

4. Ooops. I missed the point of the question.

Have to think about that. But you can't talk enough about the White album without mentioning #9...

[mr_hat]

5. Yes, it is. Just drop "Obladi, Oblada" and "Martha My Dear."

[mac56]

2. Here's mine

Side 1:

"Back In The USSR"
"Dear Prudence"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"I'm So Tired"
"Blackbird"
"Piggies"
"I Will"
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun"

Side 2:

"Birthday"
"Yer Blues"
"Mother Nature's Son"
"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey"
"Revolution #1"
"Helter Skelter"
"Long, Long, Long"
"Cry Baby Cry"
"Julia"

[Intelsucks]

11. I like your picks. These would work for me.

n/t

[Intelsucks]

3. The first thing I would do, is scrap Revolution#9

then the elimination process can begin from there.

[a_random_joel]

6. You are crazy

But then again, you are a Stones fan
;-)

[Intelsucks]

8. I can't see the point of hearing that track more than a couple of times

in your entire life. But, then again like you said... I'm a Stones fan.;-)

[a_random_joel]

9. It depends on the environment

and the substances introduced into that environment.

But I would'nt know anything about that...
:hippie:

[Intelsucks]

Well, because of all these music threads

I will have to listen to The Replacements, The Smiths, and The Beatles tonight. Damn you people! It's all your fault!;-)

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Here goes:

Side A:
Savoy Truffle
Dear Prudence
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
I Will
Glass Onion
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

Side B:
I'm So Tired
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Don't Pass Me By
Helter Skelter
Sexy Sadie
Wild Honey Pie

[mac56]

15. I like this.

"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" and "Wild Honey Pie" are great side-enders.

[mitchum]

10. I would just pull "Ob La Di, Ob La Da" off side A...

it ruins a perfectly good opening side. God, I hate that song.

[a_random_joel]

12. That is the all time happiest song!

Never fails to cheer me up. How could you say such a thing?

[mitchum]

14. I'll concede that it is a happy song...

and understand why some enjoy it but for me it just smacks too much of the straw hat and cane music hall doo-dah for which Paul has a...uh... sweet tooth

[BeatleBoot]

13. Here Goes...

Side one:

Back In The USSR (2:43)
Dear Prudence (3:56)
Glass Onion (2:17)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (4:45)
I'm So Tired (2:03)
Blackbird (2:18)
Piggies (2:04)
I Will (1:46)
Julia (2:54)
Total Time: 23:49 (I think)

Side Two:

Birthday (2:42)
Yer Blues (4:01)
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (2:24)
Helter Skelter (4:29)
Revolution 1 (4:15)
Cry Baby Cry (3:10)
Revolution 9 (8:13)
Total Time: 30:59 (I think)

I can't do it! Lol!! I really should be doing my taxes anyway!

:7

[mac56]

16. I like this too.

We're kind of thinking alike here.