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Favoriting December 10, 2018: White Out (with Special Guest Jim Price)

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"We Buy White Albums," a 2013 gallery show by Rutherford Chang

(* = new)

Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Primitive Air  Samadhi   Favoriting Creation Hymn  Beyond Beyond Is Beyond  2018  Cassette    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Shanti  Innocence   Favoriting Shanti  Atlantic  1971  LP      0:08:17 (Pop-up)
Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu  Bhajan   Favoriting Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road  Sublime Frequencies  2018  CD  From 1955  *   0:18:57 (Pop-up)
Mari Bolne  Sáráhka Viina   Favoriting Minority Report: Continental Subway's 2018 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 2001    0:23:05 (Pop-up)
Obelija  Ne bet kokia aš mergelė buvau   Favoriting Note Lithuania: Folk/World 2018  Lithuanian Music Information Centre  2018  CD    *   0:28:03 (Pop-up)
Gaye Su Akyol  Bağrımızda Taş   Favoriting Istikrarli Hayal Hakikattir  Glitterbeat  2018  CD    *   0:30:05 (Pop-up)
Basil Kirchin  I Start Counting   Favoriting "I Start Counting!" Film Music by Basil Kirchin  Trunk  2017  LP  From 1970; vocal by Lindsey Moore    0:34:44 (Pop-up)
 
Chet Baker  You Make Me Feel So Young   Favoriting Make Your Own Kind of Music: Michael Shelley's 2018 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 1958    0:48:21 (Pop-up)
Hank Jacobs  Pushin' the Button of Soul   Favoriting Mod Jazz Rides Again  Kent Soul  2018  CD  From 1967  *   0:50:57 (Pop-up)
C.J. & Co.  Is Your Love Life Better   Favoriting Ain't It Amazing: The Unreleased Westbound Masters  Westbound  2018  CD  circa 1977  *   0:53:50 (Pop-up)
Syd Dale  The Hell Raisers   Favoriting Spider-Jazz: KPM Cues Used in the Amazing Animated Series That We Are Not Allowed to Mention by Name for Legal Reasons  Trunk  2017  LP  From 1968    0:56:31 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
George Barnes and Carl Kress  Watusi for Luci   Favoriting single  Carney  1964  45      1:04:27 (Pop-up)
World of Oz  The Muffin Man   Favoriting single  Deram  1968  45      1:06:07 (Pop-up)
Cecilia  Fui   Favoriting single  CBS  1973  45      1:08:30 (Pop-up)
Jackson Heights  Maureen   Favoriting single  Verve  1973  45      1:10:57 (Pop-up)
Pete Shelley  Maxine   Favoriting single  Genetic  1981  45  R.I.P.    1:13:49 (Pop-up)
The Housemartins  There Is Always Something There to Remind Me   Favoriting single  Go! Discs  1987  45      1:17:20 (Pop-up)
Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger & His Rainbow Ranch Boys  That Crazy Mambo Thing   Favoriting single  RCA Victor  1954  45      1:20:41 (Pop-up)
Ann Peebles  Walk Away   Favoriting single  Hi  1969  45      1:22:46 (Pop-up)
Jethro Tull  A Christmas Song   Favoriting single  Island  1968  45      1:25:50 (Pop-up)
 
 
The Beatles ("The White Album"): Improved Edition
 
Side One:
The Beatles  Glass Onion   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:08:06 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Helter Skelter   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:10:08 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Julia   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:14:27 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:17:20 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Martha My Dear   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:19:47 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Happiness Is a Warm Gun   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1968  LP      2:22:14 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Blackbird   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:25:00 (Pop-up)
 
 
Side Two:
The Beatles  While My Guitar Gently Weeps   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:34:03 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  I'm So Tired   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1968  LP      2:38:32 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Dear Prudence   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:40:34 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Birthday   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:44:21 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Mother Nature's Son   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1968  LP      2:46:56 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Yer Blues   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1998  CD  From 1968    2:50:04 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Long Long Long   Favoriting The Beatles  Apple  1968  LP      2:53:49 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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annie:

gm jm!
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Aaron Working In Newark:

Good Morning Joe!
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Vincent Nifigance:

Happy, happy, happy, happy...
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pantz:

Mornin'
  9:04am
Ven:

Ahhhhhh ... nice.
Avatar 9:04am
Linda Lee:

what a pretty opener! good morning Joe! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Sem:

Hello and good morning, Joe. Greets, McGaskoes, and Christmas elves listening in from the sweat shop at the North Pole.
  9:04am
ignatatus666:

Clay
The Britannica got caught creating false people and history to fill pages
Avatar 9:04am
Vincent Nifigance:

Are you whittling the White album down today, Joe?
  9:05am
Kerbo:

sounds perfect for the headspace. man it's a jungle out there this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
The Oscar:

Mornin' all! Is it possible to not hear that record label in Matt Warwick's voice?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Krys O.:

Good morning, Joe!
  9:06am
ignatatus666:

Good morning joe
I always think of Ren and Stimoy when I hear this piece.
  9:07am
ignatatus666:

*Stimpy
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Made it! G'morning Joe and all!
Avatar 9:09am
mb:

Morning. Hey!

There has been a lot of excitement surrounding today’s show. I hope it lives up to the hype. No pressure DJ Joe McGasko
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
zopa:

Hey Joe. Is this gonna be a Gurdjieff Sacred Tunes kinda day?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
pantz:

This track is smocking!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I'm ready! Let's do this!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Monday! Yip yip! Boing boing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
The Oscar:

SIDE ONE:
1. Good Night
2. Wild Honey Pie
3. Helter Skelter
4. Revolution 9
SIDE TWO:
1. Revolution 9
2. Revolution 9
3. Revolution 9
Avatar 9:14am
Vincent Nifigance:

You are embarking upon a buffoon’s odyssey, gentlemen!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Joe McG:

Hi, folks! Here's the schedule for today: Early Single File at 10, Jim Price comes in at 10:30 and we start to argue about the White Album. We'll play our agreed-upon Sides 1 and 2 after we come to agreement, which may be quick or slow, I have no idea!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Joe McG:

@Oscar: Ha ha. I think you have to leave off "Helter Skelter" for that to be perfect.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Holy smokes! It turns out that July Fourth Toilet's massacree of the White Album is on Brandcramp. Is nothing obscure anymore???
Avatar 9:19am
TDK60:

Hi Joe; usually not here. And I'll likely miss the "white album" argument. Full disclosure: I didn't like the white album when it first came out; eventually I did like it.
Avatar 9:19am
Vincent Nifigance:

@GrannySpicyTuna Did I miss your Pet Semetary story?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
The Oscar:

@GST I came to that conclusion about 15 years ago, when I found a copy of "Uncle Goddamn" on DVD at Borders.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe, are the Esher tapes available separately?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Clay Pigeon says we should agree on a bonus download.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

@Vincent Nifigance, er… i guess? It's all archived forever on the AccuGlistener comments caravan. It was somewhat related to the Newlywed Game, except without a wedding or television.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Brian in UK:

Joe. I have heard a little of them, sounds like an oasis of calm in what was a decling situation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Kelly Jones:

It's a glorious morning to be alive!
Avatar 9:27am
TDK60:

Why is this Mari Bolne not climbing the WFMU Charts? Maybe it is?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Joe McG:

@Kelly: Now THAT'S the way to start a Monday! :)
  9:30am
renbo:

Hi Joe! I was wondering what the deal is! I was driving around up here in Ulster County NY near New Paltz and I heard FMU on the radio. Do you have a transmitter up here?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Joe McG:

I don't know, renbo, but I'm happy to hear it! We do have our 91.9 signal up there. Is that how you're hearing us?
  9:39am
MplsCoco:

Good morning Joe!! Have a lovely day!
  9:39am
Dropof Goldensun:

Good morning Joe and all!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Renbo.. you can get 90.1 in New Paltz, it doesn't quite make it up here to Kingston, although I once got it on Overlook Mountain in Woodstock.
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milkyway:

Thank youu for playing 'Istikrarli Hayal Hakikattir'
Avatar 9:41am
Jeezy:

Uh oh. Sounds like Ringo's in trouble...
  9:41am
renbo:

Right now I'm streaming you thru the innertubes but 91.9 in areas like Suffern, Chestnut Ridge, Nyack, and other areas of Rockland County the signal is notoriously bad so maybe the 91.9 transmitter is aimed up this direction? I'll get back to ya on this next week after I drive around up here more...I just moved...thanks as always for the best station on the planet!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Webhamster Henry:

The Off-white Album? the Shoji White Album?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
zopa:

Poor Ringo...
Avatar 9:43am
milkyway:

it means 'consistent fantasy is reality'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

The July Fourth Toilet "cover" of the White Album condenses the entire thing into 51 minutes. No track excluded! Ringo included!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
The Oscar:

Back when I ran the eBay store for a local record shop we once got a huge load of Turkish and Armenian 78s. Fascinating stuff, but they took foreverrrrr to transcribe, let alone research.
  9:45am
listener Rey:

G’morning Joe. I’m excited to hear what you guys come up with later
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steveo:

I am not extinct! Also, good morning!
  9:46am
JakeGould:

I am really looking forward to Joe and Jim fighting over the White Album.

Also, “Back in the U.S.S.R.” going into “Dear Prudence” cannot not be a part of the improvement effort. Just saying.
Avatar 9:46am
northguineahills:

I have the Continental Subway premium! It's amazing!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Brian in UK:

Guess that there is still a statue of Frank Zappa in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Avatar 9:47am
northguineahills:

TIL steveo is Sami. How is the reindeer cheese?
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Ike:

The 90.1 transmitter is in Mount Hope which is near Middletown NY and 90.1 reaches as far north as New Paltz and parts of Poughkeepsie, though once I got it in Sheffield, MA, on the Appalachian Trail! 91.9 is just a little one in Harriman State Park.
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Phillippe Bastille:

hi all
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The Oscar:

Also in my record store days, whenever someone would proclaim that they never "got" the Beatles (which was fairly often), my standard response was: If you want to understand why they were huge then, watch A Hard Day's Night. If you want to understand why they're huge now, listen to The White Album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Joe McG:

Time will tell, Jake!
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northguineahills:

@The Oscar: Transcribing Turkish, hard, but possible. Armenian forget it! (At least now we have plenty of Armenian WoofMoo friends now!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
steveo:

The reindeer cheese is a bit gamy; also, that's quite a logical leap, ngh!

I was in NW NJ yesterday (near Wantage) and wasn't getting MFU so good in the rental car....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
The Oscar:

Something Weird Video! "Down inside you're dirty. Do you hear me? Dirty!!"
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Brian in UK:

I remember a friend getting the White Album for Christmas '69. It was quite a handful but shows there was still so many ideas flying around.
The idea of a double album may not be the Beatles greatest legacy. Saying that most CDs are double album length nowadays. 44' 53" is long enough for most listeners.
  9:59am
Listener Robert:

Hell Raisers was used a lot as background in NFL Films.
  9:59am
JakeGould:

Has anyone done a film on Ringo quitting The Beatles when the White Album was being recorded? Between August 22, 1968 and September 4, 1968. Just call the film “Ringo in Sardinia” and just have it be him on vacation.
  10:02am
Listener Robert:

You and I both remember it from NFL Films.
Avatar 10:05am
TDK60:

..and my fave Fab 4 LP is "Beatles 65."
  10:05am
sinner:

I love it when someone says "have it be."
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Webhamster Henry:

The Unmentionable Superhero movie coming out soon looks really good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
The Oscar:

I don't know this guy.
  10:08am
renbo:

@ Ike Hey man thanks! Clears that up. I was psyched as heck to hear it felt like early christmas
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Mike Sin:

A twist of fate has me working from home today, and I'm very happy that I get to catch today's show live! I look forward to the White Album-editing talk. Fair warning of course, as I'm part of the cult that thinks the White Album should have been a triple album! ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Joe McG:

@Mike Sin: Ha ha ha! You are going to hate this! :)
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tadpoles:

Always good to hear Pete Shelley's voice. Cheers.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I enjoy Joe's wicked glee.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Joe and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
pantz:

Love The Housemartins and Beautiful South anytime
Avatar 10:20am
3rdAFCrewChief:

Good Morning
  10:20am
JakeGould:

This is a very specific 1980s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Joe McG:

Good morning, everyone, Jim Price is in the studio so we'll get Beatling soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

I've got fingers on my blisters (from liking all these tracks)
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Ike:

Very curious to see if "Revolution #9" survives the culling, LOL. It's my favorite on that album. It's very WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Joe McG:

@Granny: Ha ha ha!
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northguineahills:

I'm w/ Ike, my fave as well. And Yoko can't do no wrong in my eyes/ears....
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I once started working on an a capella version of Rev #9, but gave up. Now i wish Petra Haden would fulfill that dream for me.
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queems:

JETHRO TULL
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queems:

i love this song. what a lovely surprise
  10:28am
JakeGould:

@Ike: I listened to the album this weekend. Lord, there is a lot of crap on that double LP. I think “Back in the U.S.S.R”, “Dear Prudence” and “Revolution 9” will make it. But there is a lot of cruft that can easily be tossed.
  10:28am
melinda:

Hi everyone!
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The Oscar:

@Ike My local Pizza Hut had one of those pre-loaded CD jukeboxes (which always included the White Album), and my friends and I in high school used to love putting on Revolution 9 repeatedly. We'd have the entire place to ourselves by the end of round 2!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
The Oscar:

(Sometimes we'd switch it up by putting the album version of "The End" by the Doors in between)
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

@queems! We were yearning for you earlier, in the AccuGlistener caravan.
  10:30am
Brendan:

Damn Ian that was a harsh admonishment
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
dave wuz here:

tull? potterhouse!
  10:30am
brb:

What is this backgound track called
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
coelacanth∅:

good to hear that jethro tull song Joe!
Good Morning
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queems:

@granny i was awake for the beginning of polyglot, there was no way i was making it for w&b. hahahah i'm here now though!!
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Scott Williams:

JIMBO TULL!
  10:32am
Brendan:

@brb ‘Crystal Clear’ (Kevin Ayers)
Avatar 10:33am
northguineahills:

@The Oscar: I always love going to internet jukeboxes at bars, and will put on the longest songs I know (ie: Stereolab's 17 min, "Jenny Odioline"). And if I don't care for the crowd, I'll do Philip Glass (I'll love it, but most won't)
  10:33am
JakeGould:

Sittin on a pahrk bench
  10:33am
JakeGould:

Looks like everyone at WFMU likes to go to juke boxes and choose tracks that just antagonize others.
Avatar 10:34am
Vincent Nifigance:

Scott's here to make sure you don't ditch 'Long, Long, Long'.
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Roberto:

Holy smokes, when you mentioned Pete Shelley just now I could have sworn you said "Beef Jelly." I figured you were referring to some less-well-known punk figure. No joke!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

queems, wow. looks like it was a great program this morning
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Vincent Nifigance:

7 cds.
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Jeezy:

That new Beatles box set is AMAZEBALLS. But it's a horrible tragedy that they didn't include the mono mixes...
  10:36am
Listener Robert:

I love pieces whose lyrics & music are incongruous like that regal-sounding but sarcastic and holier-than-thou Jethro Tull piece.
Avatar 10:36am
northguineahills:

@Jake: I do it for myself, if others don't like it, meh???!
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Vincent Nifigance:

@Jeezy I hear the Mono is on the 7CD set.
Avatar 10:37am
Vincent Nifigance:

@Jeezy Disc: 7
1. PCM Stereo (2018 Stereo Mix)
2. DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 (2018)
3. Dolby True HD 5.1 (2018)
4. Mono (2018 Direct Transfer of 'The White Album' Original Mono Mix)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
pantz:

@Roberto "Beef Jelly" was the short-lived Dead Kennedy's and Meatloaf collaboration.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
steveo:

I listened to the white album maybe 1,000 times in the late-80s. I think I'm looking forward to this.
Avatar 10:37am
Jeezy:

WHAAAA!?!?! Omg, thank you so much @ Vincent!
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Jeezy:

Wait, so that's only the CD versions? not on Spotify?
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Jeezy:

Clearly, Honey Pie and Don't Pass Me By are in trouble here today...
  10:38am
melinda:

Try to avoid fisticuffs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
coelacanth∅:

it's 8 & change
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3rdAFCrewChief:

8:22
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coelacanth∅:

i cut revolution 9 off mine just because it was a choice of cutting that or cutting 2-3 other songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

First down. Ouch!
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Ike:

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? You guys are nuts! What kinda WFMU DJs are you?!?!
  10:40am
JakeGould:

NO!!!!!!!
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Agreed!!
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Jeezy:

I can't believe Joe only heard the full White Album last year. We may need to revolt...
  10:41am
Doug C.:

Rocky Raccoon needs to be deleted.
Avatar 10:41am
northguineahills:

You cultureless barbarians, cutting Rev 9!!!??????
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
The Oscar:

Alternate idea: an album consisting exclusively of the messy, excessive tracks from landmark double albums: "Revolution 9," "Fitter Happier," "I Just Want to See His Face"...
  10:41am
JakeGould:

“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” sucks.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

*about o bla di
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northguineahills:

@Jeezy: I've had my father's copy since I was 16.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
jmd:

Don't Pass Me By
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coelacanth∅:

obvious outs: honey pie; wild honey pie; don't pass me by; ob la di ob la da; rocky racoon.
  10:41am
JakeGould:

It really does.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Ringo hits the floor.
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Jeezy:

Ob La Di, Rocky, Don't Pass me By, Savoy truffle .... bye bye
(Only relatively... the White Album IS a masterpiece, of course.)
Avatar 10:42am
Vincent Nifigance:

Don't pass me buy rocks hard! Those drums! Love it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
dave wuz here:

i'm scratching out the offending tracks on my LP with a drywall screw.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:42am
TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

I cannot believe this Dont Pass Me By is GREAT!
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queems:

2 ringo 2 furious
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Goodnight can go
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coelacanth∅:

good night is not a Ringo song.
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Jeezy:

Revolution 9 was a great hit in High school when we'd do bong hits then listen in the dark...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Brian in UK:

The Beatles White EP?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
steveo:

update -- i don't like this! I love all the horrible songs on the white album :)
  10:44am
Listener Robert:

I get the impression I could cut 75-80%. I just didn't like as much of the Beatles.
  👻 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
tadpoles:

Bit of minutiae is that "Ob la de" was one of the songs banned from being played on US radio after 9/11. Maybe something to do with "life goes on".
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
queems:

in their piggy whatever
  10:45am
Kenny rotten:

Wild Honey Pie is one of my favorites on the album. The White Album is great because they left all of those strange odd tunes on it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
coelacanth∅:

i love Martha My Dear and all George songs make it onto mine.
  10:45am
David in London:

What will the Manson Family do without Piggies, though?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Webhamster Henry:

Piggies is a social protest song! It's also a good autoharp tune.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
The Oscar:

"Rocky Raccoon" really bothered me as a kid. I was so down for a song about a talking raccoon, and then he *dies*!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:46am
TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Yes record company piggies. Cant believe this. Piggies? I cant take this ..
Avatar 10:46am
Vincent Nifigance:

The Raccoon is DYING, Joe! It's not a kids' song!
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lukavino:

this rules. slash and burn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
coelacanth∅:

i had i will on mine but had to get rid of it to fit piggies on.
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northguineahills:

I prefer the single Revolution over the album version
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JakeGould:

“Rocky Racoon” sucks.

Also, “Sgt. Pepper” is the Beatles album most kids listen to.
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3rdAFCrewChief:

I was 21 when the White Album came out...we were all very drug experienced by that time.. so these guys have no clue what they're yacking about
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chapelhillian:

I hope Savoy Truffle doesn't get the axe
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coelacanth∅:

"a second version"? no it's the original revolution. the single version was an afterthought.
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Jeezy:

I'm gonna throw it out there: Savoy Truffle and Glass Onion.
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Krys O.:

Dang it! I missed a bunch of this being on the phone with a customer.
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Jeezy:

SEXY SADIE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR F-ING MINDS?!?!?!?!
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Vincent Nifigance:

Nope.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Yes. Sexy sadie can go. Its on my list
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northguineahills:

When the single version came out, djs thought it was mastered wrong, because it was so noisey.....
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Roberto:

Nooo you gotta keep Sadie.
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JakeGould:

“Sexy Sadie” sucks.
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jmd:

Bungalo Bill
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The Oscar:

"Wild Honey Pie" and "Regular Honey Pie."
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3rdAFCrewChief:

I'm outa here...ya'all have a good day
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Roberto:

Without Sexy Sadie we wouldn't have Karma Police. Interpret that as one will.
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steveo:

we should do a warriors-style gang movie about factions fighting about the songs on the white album
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

OUCH!
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Webhamster Henry:

Hunting Tigers is better!
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Vincent Nifigance:

This is the musical equivalent of Russian Roullette.
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Itzall Ablurr:

I never thought the titular Raccoon was an actual animal, just a gunslinger with an odd name. There's really nothing at all in the song to make it a children's song, it's about his violent death at the hands of an angry, jilted cowboy (apparently "Lil" was kind of popular).
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northguineahills:

The only reason I like the Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill is Yoko's vocals....
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JakeGould:

“Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” sucks.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Fists clenched. You guys hate The Beatles. Bungalo bill was about how they viewed the typical american.
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queems:

damn i love this ruthlessness
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coelacanth∅:

sexie sadie; revolution; piggies; bungalo bill... you guys are certifiably insane!
it;s Yoko...and it's not a kids song it's a social commentary.
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Warwick joe:

You’re making a fatty juicy steak into a dry turkey burger
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The Oscar:

@Itzall That's probably true, but as a four-year-old I only took all my culture via talking animals.
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Webhamster Henry:

They bite
They scratch
They make an awful fuss
It's no use stroking them and saying "puss puss puss".
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Spankyflop:

At the rate you're going, it might end up as the white e.p.
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JakeGould:

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” sucks.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

Yeah, The Beatles released some crappy songs! However, I heard they practiced 8 hours a day, so they could do anything they want well, even if it sucked. Except Revolution #9. It just sucks IMHO.
By the way, anybody claiming "They don't get The Beatles" is just being a contrarian to stir up sometihing, it is self evident that the Beatles and The Stones were objectively good. Its like saying "The Carpenters were shitty musicians" when obviously they were not. You might not like them, but they were not objectively bad.
I could live my life without hearing Rocky Racoon ever.
WAS Helter Skelter the first heavy metal song? I thought the Kinks You Really Got Me was. Am I wrong?
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Listener Scott:

These deletions can all be compiled separately as the White-Out Album
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Yeah. Get rid of I will.
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JakeGould:

“Oh Darlin” is good.
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coelacanth∅:

why don't we do it in the road is great!
it's one of only 3 Paul songs that made my lp.
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Webhamster Henry:

I like the self-referential-ness of Glass Onion.
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Dean:

Was it the White Album that included that endless Kevin Ayers demo loop?
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

OUCH! I'm not so sure how great this final cut is going to be.
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Itzall Ablurr:

The Oscar, as a 4 year old I was so deep into horror/monsters/cowboys that I wanted to hear those in every song and a love triangle where one of the characters dies was right up my alley. Does that make it a "kids" song? Well, if that kid was me, yes.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Birthday is definitely on my cut list and U.S.S.R
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Roberto:

OK you lost me with Savoy Truffle. I no longer listen to this White Album of yours. Goodnight and goodbye indeed!
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Vincent Nifigance:

F*ck you guys!
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coelacanth∅:

savoy truffle. yes - certifiably insane.

yeah, Granny, i wouldn't buy this album!
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JakeGould:

YOU HAD BETTER KEEP “BACK IN THE U.S.S.R!”
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Webhamster Henry:

You're going to have some trouble sequencing these leftovers.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Of course, I also loved Bloodrock's only hit, "DOA" too.
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Listener Robert:

I agree, Wild Neil, the Beatles were TECHNICALLY very good, & I wouldn't mind at all hearing them cover pieces I really like.
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Marc Francis:

Damn! Y'all just made the White Album not fun!
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queems:

i have no horse in this race and i love the outrage
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Itzall Ablurr:

I echo the comment of Vincent above, f#ck youse guys.
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Webhamster Henry:

"I will" is so wedding-music-y.
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Jeezy:

I think we're being too reasonable here. Comment boarders, who will join me in storming the Jersey City studio and executing these charlatans?!?!?!
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Spankyflop:

I Will was my wedding song.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

queems, this is heaven and hell for me
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Roberto:

Spankyflop, your wedding may soon be annulled.
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tim from champaign:

I will argue that Martha My Dear is the first Paul solo song that would fit with his 70s catalogue
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tadpoles:

This comments board is running Hot!
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Itzall Ablurr:

Jeezy, I'm IN.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I want Jim and Joe to fight more, though.
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Brendan:

You two would make great record company execs.
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queems:

@granny i need the michael jackson eating popcorn gif
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sk:

I Will is good it's sweet and small-scale and has a nice bridge
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Mick:

Isn't "I Will" like 2 minutes long?
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Jeezy:

Haha, @Itzall
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Itzall Ablurr:

No probs, Joe and no worries about me withholding my monthly stipend, I'm sure it won't be missed as cash flush as you guys must be. Apparently.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

queems, har!!! This is going to end in BLOOD
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GListener MW:

This has been a great listen; thanks for the Beatles-talk and White Album memories
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compostable:

Rocky raccoon was my wedding song
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The Oscar:

I love the White Album, but I love record pedantry even more, so I'm 100% here for this.
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coelacanth∅:

the original sides were 23-25 minutes each. it doesn't need to be cut that much. my version is 49 minutes.
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Jeezy:

RESEQUENCING now?!?! :()
This is the musical equivalent of separating families at the border...
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JakeGould:

“Dear Prudence” needs to stay and needs to come after “Back in the U.S.S.R.”
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Roberto:

"Why Don't We Do it in the Road" was my honeymoon song.
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Vincent Nifigance:

@Jeezy HAHA!
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Itzall Ablurr:

"Why Don't We Just Do IT" was my honeymoon song... that I whistled.
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queems:

i will cover @itzall ablurr's monetary contribution if you guys get more brutal
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

The Oscar, way to work in the vocabulary word of the week!
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Roberto:

Sorry Itzall, beatcha to it.
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Yale:

Cry Baby Cry over Glass Onion.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Though you guys have shocked and disgusted me, this has been fun and I like this game. And a Buffy reference! Good job.
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Vincent Nifigance:

They sort of used Glass Onion that way for the Love album. After a protracted intro.
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Itzall Ablurr:

somebody better.
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GListener MW:

The album would be much more efficient if you just overlayed every track together into a single 3-minute piece of cacophony.
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Listener Robert:

The fast track was my wedding song. The label got very scratched up.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Ha Roberto! Awesome, I just saw it.
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sk:

back in the USSR is still the right opener!!!! the plane coming in in stereo is like woo here we go!!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

"Bungalo Bill" was my honeymoon song
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Marc Francis:

"Joe is now dead to me" -my wife
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queems:

@glistener MW AGREED
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Parq:

"Rocky Raccoon" was another one of those songs that late-60s TV variety show producers adored, because it was a top 40 song that worked for mom-and-dad performers. Plus it was a story so you could work up a sketch around it. Bob Hope did one that I remember specifically, and someone else did one in which Nancy was played as a Mae West type.
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Roberto:

Yeah Monkey's gotta stay. That's one funky monkey.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Somehow this is starting to feel a lot like FELDER
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Vincent Nifigance:

Hmmm interesting...
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Good argument, Joe. Great song.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

@GListener MW me too!!!
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Parq:

MW, I'm pretty sure someone's done that.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

@Marc Francis. Lol!!
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listener Rey:

This is great. Mostly on board with your choices but strongly disagree on Do It In the Road
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Maybe we could just cut every song and half. Share and share alike.
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Rich in Washington:

If only Charlie had some kind of Brit-to-Yank glossary of idioms - history might've been different.
  11:03am
Doug C.:

Helter Skelter was maybe the heaviest song the Beatles ever did. I can't believe McCartney had it in him.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Yeah, Rey! Do it in the road needs to go on
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JakeGould:

“Dear Prudence” is being treated like an afterthought.
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The Oscar:

I've always loved that the man who wrote "Wonderful Christmastime" also wrote a hard rock song brutal enough to inspire one of the most notorious violent crimes of the 20th century.
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Aural Medication:

you guys are KEEPING "Long, Long, Long"???
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@GST - All the songs at double-speed. It's the WFMU way.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

IF it's actually Ringo!!!
  11:04am
sk:

#ringorights
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Chud:

Give it to Jim!!
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Roberto:

Julia...GURL, BAI!
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Planet Tyler:

It is Ringo w the blisters, confirm
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Roberto:

All George must stay except Weeps. Too long, too whiny.
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coelacanth∅:

my version: revolution 1
dear prudence
glass onion
...me and my monkey
bungalow bill
while my guitar gently weeps
julia
*side 2*
martha my dear
piggies
why don't we do it in the road
savoy truffle
warm gun
cry baby cry
helter skelter
long long long
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Aural Medication:

Oh yes, definitely Ringo with blisters
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Planet Tyler:

Savoy Truffle is a fuckin SEXY song cmon guys
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coelacanth∅:

Doug C Paul didn't conceive helter skelter like that. it was heavy but not nearly as much.
it evolved
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

coelacanth∅: i like that
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Itzall Ablurr:

This (much like Felder) is a perfect example of the phrase, "There's no accounting for taste". Also, Joe is dead to me now.
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dotpattern:

Do you think the Esher Demos re-qualify any of the songs on the cut list?
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Vincent Nifigance:

It's inconceivable to open and close the album in any other way than it already does.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Joe, FIGHT!!!!!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

This game wuz rigged.
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paul b:

I've long had the idea, similar in spirit to this enterprise, (likely along with other people) that someone should look at the various solo albums and try to make one (or two) more Beatles albums out of selected songs
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Chud:

Hahaha, Jim just brought his own mix?
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coelacanth∅:

i may not like this album that much, but i'm cranking this anyway!
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Brian in UK:

We all need a dovetail joint.
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steveo:

Are you playing the original mixes or the recently released remixes (sorry if this was covered already)
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Yes, i AM cranking!!!!
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Nulsh:

How you holding up Vincent?
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Vincent Nifigance:

The Depoliticized White Album. No USSR, no Revolutions. Imagine...
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Webhamster Henry:

Ken's 2005 premium was "Moptop Mashups."
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Rich in Washington:

I love this strings interlude.
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tadpoles:

Great Lennon channelling his love of Lear/Carroll/Goons/Dylanetc all in one song.
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Vincent Nifigance:

@Nulsh I'll be honest, I've been up since 2:45am and I'm pulling my fingernails off for fun right now!
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Webhamster Henry:

Next special : the George Martin album.
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joshjoshjosh:

I love your show, but man, you all have really messed up the White Album
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Itzall Ablurr:

Yeah, that sucked balls.
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coelacanth∅:

paul b someone said that to me just 2 days ago and when i got home i got right on it...then soon gave up!
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dotpattern:

Weird not hearing the same song after.
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Vincent Nifigance:

YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS!
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jmd:

stereo mixes, eh?
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compostable:

This album sucks
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Marc Francis:

Improved edition my arse.
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steveo:

@dot yeah my mind was like where's ob la di?
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Nulsh:

Heh heh Vincent. Sounds like y'all need a drink!
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Guido from Cologne:

sounds like a 60ies stereo mix
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I'm laughing and crying and barfing and crawling naked across the carpet!!!
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Velvet Frog:

Can I return this album?
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Marc Francis:

This is the first time Surface Noise has angered up my blood.
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Patrick:

i might be the only person in the chat that has never listened to this album from start to finish, so i feel it is only appropriate for this to be my first listen in its entirety. thanks Jim thanks Joe!
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JakeGould:

OMFG you comment board nerds and your offing mono mixes!!!
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coelacanth∅:

hahahaha Granny ST!
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steveo:

Granny, your avi understands Helter Skelter
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queems:

@patrick i haven't listened to it all the way through either
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

@Patrick i'm glad somebody is not falling apart at this moment
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dotpattern:

Skelter still gives me goose bumps... Charlie.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

At least this avatar is not Sharon Tate (though i was born at the exact time of her funeral)
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lukavino:

i'm with Patrick so i am enjoying this immensely.
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Boomis:

Segue from Helter Skelter to Julia is perfect.
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coelacanth∅:

that segue, hmm...
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listener Rey:

Nope Nope Nope... not working for me
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Joe McG:

I gave in too easily! I don't like this sequence!
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kevlicki:

I love freeform radio
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Doug C.:

I may be one of the few listening who think the original album bad and needs to be cut. The tracks don't gel as a cohesive whole. I did like Ringo's slightly awkward good nite as a closer.
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queems:

i'm bathing in these salty tears right now
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The Oscar:

One of my favorite used record finds ever is a water-damaged copy of the White Album where someone fingerpainted "POLITICAL PIGGIES" on the front cover in red (and put a single fingerprint on "Helter Skelter" on the tracklist).
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm interested to know what will be the bonus tracks on this CD.
  11:18am
whitey:

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

JOE!!!!!! Say it ain't SO!!!
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Jeezy:

As we all previously agreed, in this current political climate the only sensible response to this show is horrible violence. Buuuuut... it's kinda cold out and I got stuff to do, etc...
So after some quick but extensive research I believe that instead of storming the studio we should just UberEats Joe and Jim some delicious donuts which, after some extra communication with the delivery lad, will be laced with ARSENIC....
Who's with me?!
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Rich in Washington:

I own this album on CD and vinyl and I've never just played it straight through - rather just skipped around to songs I particularly liked. Usually while reading either Ed Sanders' The Family or the old chestnut by Vincent 'The Bug' Bugliosi.
So this reordering isn't unwelcome by me.
  11:19am
JakeGould:

@JoeMcG: This is what you get for denying the fact that “Back in the U.S.S.R.” going into “Dear Prudence” is great. It’s the other 28 tracks that need help!
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coelacanth∅:

my version first closed with prudence, which took some serious contemplation; then i decided there is nothing that follows julia gracefully, so i changed it all round.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

queems, shall i pour your favorite libation into this crystal goblet? The BLOOD OF RINGO, perhaps?!??!
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northguineahills:

This is one of my top 5 Beatles songs....
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Roberto:

Wait, did they strip Prudence? That's indecent!
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steveo:

The monkey is very good.
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David in London:

@The Oscar - does it have a faded ‘Spahn Ranch Music Library’ stamp on the inner sleeve..?
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Itzall Ablurr:

Jeezy, you know I'm in IF you can figure out a way to make them both pay for it first.
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jess:

does anyone think the White Album had pre-metal songs on it? monkey, helter skelter?
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dotpattern:

@Joe - U didn't have a chance to check the segues
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Jeezy:

@Itzall, can you please run for Pres in 2020?!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

oh, Itzall Ablurr, they'll pay for this alright!!!
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Itzall Ablurr:

Why not? I ain't doing nothin' special anyway.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Can Michele come to the studio and you folks work on your version of the album cover?
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steveo:

also it's interesting that many of the segues have similar instrumentation. monkey to piano opening here, e.g. have noticed others like this. will this be on the test?
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tim from champaign:

I'm with you Joe! The sequencing here isn't doing it for me either. Give Jim hell on Side 2!
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dotpattern:

And then there's the art exhibit with a display of original White Album Covers with serial number on them rutherfordchang.com...
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I mean, how did this goofy song about a dog make the cut!?!?!
  11:23am
JakeGould:

Those Beatles really knew how to do things.
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Roberto:

It made the cut because of the piano intro.
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Warwick joe:

Listening to this on my cell phone is bringing some new discoveries to light. the horns on Martha are exquisite.
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Guido from Cologne:

i love every second of the white album
  11:23am
sk:

paul "oompah dipshit" mccartney
  11:23am
leafmoonmama:

the White Album in its entirety is the best tutorial for a mixtape there is. i'm having massive anxiety due to this butchering...ugh
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Doug C.:

I don't see how Martha My Dear made the cut. It has all McCartneys compositional flaws. Mawkish lyrics, twee time signatures and goofy instrumental break.
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Joe McG:

@tim: I plan to!
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steveo:

the original sequencing is so hard-wired into my brain, though, that any new order is going to just sound odd, i think
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queems:

@sk HAHAHAH
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Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

I think this is a lot of fun. I hope you do this again to other highly regarded double albums.
  11:24am
JakeGould:

This is the Chuck Schumer sequence; endless compromise and no meat.
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jûjû killah:

Get rid of Martha and add savoy.
  11:25am
Listener Alexandra:

Can you guys make this a real thing? Because you've basically taken all of the annoying filler out of the White Album and made it amazing.
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dotpattern:

Good segues make or break it
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Tom:

This White Album review/reduction is totally cool and long long long time overdue. I must add this: that is John Lennon at the end of Helter Skelter- ain't no Ringo! Thank you.
  11:26am
sk:

when you guys took martha over i will i was like yeah ok same/same but listening back to martha i have become really firmly team i will...i simply cannot countenance paul's oompahpah horseshit
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Patrick:

@granny, @queens... im pretty excited about this. dont know if ill be able to listen to it any other way again. or rather dont know if i will need to even listen to again.
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The Oscar:

Ooh, that transition definitely worked for me.
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Jeezy:

I woulda cut Blackbird. But I'm with ya @steveo
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melinda:

Blackbird is a keeper.
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Jeezy:

@ Tom: EVERYONE knows it's Ringo at the end
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

yeah, jûjû killah, they sure took the teeth outta this album when they dropped Savoy.
  11:27am
frenchee:

I am so late to this White Album remix. thank dog for the archives
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steveo:

I am willing to stake £100 on an electroacoustic analysis of the formants in the speaker's voice.
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zpulpa:

This is giving me a very strange kind of pleasure.
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northguineahills:

bad dj!
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Matt Warwick:

HOW DARE YOU CUT OFF PIGGIES!!!!!
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coelacanth∅:

all 4 Harrisongs are Great, but savoy and long long long may be the 2 best songs on the album.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Matt, help!!! Joe has lost his mind and now WFMU is losing half of its paying listeners!!! You're our only hope!!!
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Joe B:

coming up next, Todd-o-phonic Todd and I will cut Sgt Pepper down to a one-sided, two-song flexidisc
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Marc Francis:

^^HAHAHAHHA^^
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Itzall Ablurr:

Oh, the humanity...
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Back in the USSR should be the LAST song.
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queems:

oh man this has been such a treat
  11:32am
JakeGould:

“Back in the U.S.S.R.” is great. You’re dead to me!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Keep punching, Joe!!!
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tim from champaign:

@Joe B - do it!
  11:32am
Dean:

"The Ukraine girls really knock me out. They leave the West behind." How is that not marvelous?
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Krys O.:

The kerfuffle reminds me of the scene from Magic Christian where Sir Guy Grand buys a school of Rembrandt painting only to cut out the nose for posterity. "You can burn the rest."
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Jeezy:

Yes, Matty W, you're are only hope! Can you please accidentally dump a bath tub of water on the console, electrifying both DJs to death?
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Webhamster Henry:

The real question is, what is the White Album about?
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coelacanth∅:

if i took martha off my version i'd put ussr back.
-tough choices.
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andaloudog:

Joe B: Haha. Thanks for reminding me why I last bought this album forty years ago and won't again for the rest of my life.
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The Oscar:

This should be a regular feature, and I am 100% serious.
  11:33am
kudubundu:

I think that you guys have made this an album to listen to again. Too much padding IMHO.
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listener Rey:

Sounding like too many slow tempo tracks left over
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Mike Sin:

If you're a BeatlesGeek with a sense of humor, this has been great radio and a very fun listen! BeatlesGeeks can, in general, be an uptight crowd, though.
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tim from champaign:

@Joe B - my suggestion is Good Morning Good Morning followed by Sgt Pepper Reprise.
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steveo:

you'll have to have them all pulled out after the ricotta torta
  11:34am
Dean:

The white album is a visual pun, the etymology of "album" being classical Latin for "white."
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JakeGould:

“BACK IN THE U.S.S.R.” IS A GREAT ROCK AND ROLL SONG!!!
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jt:

While I agree with a lot of the choices I find this exercise to be pure torture... for instance: Birthday > Back in the USSR!?
  11:35am
rw:

I want to hear the disc of leftovers once you guys are finished.
  11:35am
jess:

precursor to metal?
  11:35am
JakeGould:

“Birthday” is cloying bullshit.
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Joe B:

@ Mike Sin - agreed!
  11:35am
frenchee:

LOL this is fun: POKE THE BEATLEBEARS!
  11:36am
kudubundu:

@The Oscar. Agreed let's do this again. Hot Rats? Trout Mask Replica?
  11:36am
Irene:

What a great adventure this White Album resequencing is! While I don't agree with some of your choices, it mostly works for me. I do happen to love the original and would only dump a couple of the songs. As a bit of personal trivia, I remember buying my first copy after I found a $10 dropped on the floor at the Morristown Public Library.
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Planet Tyler:

Ok, still having a problem with Helter Skelter being second.
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Kelly Jones:

Normally, I freakin' hate The Beatles but I'm actually not cringing listening to this presently. Can you do a Yoko show next week? I much prefer the Yoko.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

In the immortal words of Pete & Ray, "You CRUUUUcified it!" That said, i clicky-starred this episode.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Why did you skip the dates for these tunes?? Confusing.
  11:36am
JakeGould:

@JoeB: Yeah but what about the mono mixes, tho.
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Ike:

"Back in the USSR" is essential. You're all bonkers. And I don't even care about the White Album that much but Jim's opening sequence is terrible!

Oh and BTW, TULL SUCKZZZZZZZ!
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steveo:

what was the cover of this that ended that animated movie.. that was just a heartbreaking version
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Joe McG:

@Ike: That's me, Ike! Jim wanted it, but I think it's silly.
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steveo:

Regina Spektor. The movie was Two Strings (which I also enjoyed)
  11:38am
melinda:

I don't know the entire White Album but this has been fun.
  11:38am
Ben:

I love this song !
  11:39am
Kevin in Doomsville:

Digging Jim's sequencing, but tossing Back in USSR?!

In any event, it's great to hear so much Beatles music on WFMU...
  11:39am
JakeGould:

This side 2 is better.
  11:40am
Dean:

Local campus station played Lennon's "God" yesterday. I hadn't heard it in years. Damn, it sizzles.
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The Oscar:

I always forget that "I'm So Tired" is maybe one of my favorite Beatles songs.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

^I was thinking the same thing The Oscar. Huh.
  11:41am
David in London:

Sir Walter Raleigh was such a stupid git. Genius lyric.
  11:41am
Dean:

There's that Ayers loop again.

Oh, no, I guess not.
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Roberto:

Oh there's Prudence. Call me Emily Litella!
  11:42am
DjSpiteFromToronto:

Next Week: Never Mind The Bollocks?! Waaay too long!
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Rob Gee:

This side is working better
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I'm actually sore from laughing so much.
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Rob Gee:

shoulda ended with the skelter though
  11:44am
Doug C.:

I'm enjoying the heartbreak this is engendering. You'd think they had kidnapped someone's kitten and were pulling it's head off.
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Mick:

This has been a super fun experiment and conversation (well, multiple conversations happening at once). Some of the new transitions are great, but in general for me it's sort of reinforcing the order of the real album. it's almost as though those Beatles sort of knew what they were doing...
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Patrick:

boy, Dear Prudence is actually a good song...
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Planet Tyler:

I dont know if i can handle this white album. It's so heavy (too fantastic, too good!) w/o the filler
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

It's not too late to end with USSR…
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Jeff Moore:

Your second side is starting out really strong.
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Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

I'll be the guy that points out that the Beatles did everything Beatles before any of them turned 30. Think about that.
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steveo:

FWIW, Me and my Monkey is winning the clickystar battle.
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Roberto:

"Monkey" with the most favorites so far at 7.
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Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

That said I hate "Birthday".
  11:45am
Bill Graef:

Birthday! Really?
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Jeff Golick:

USSR >>>>>>>> Birthday. I'll hang up and listen now.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Is this a good time to talk about how great Ringo is?
  11:46am
JakeGould:

This placement of “Dear Prudence” is not great. It should have been the second track of the first side preceded by possibly “Back in the U.S.S.R.” the way God intended it.

And “Birthday” is a bullshit song they play at Chuck E. Cheese “Rockin” birthday parties.
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steveo:

birthday sucks less than i remembered (hand claps!)
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Roberto:

I like "Birthday."
  11:47am
JakeGould:

@đ¢ ÞäŦ: Scroll up to see my idea of there being a movie about Ringo’s couple of weeks off (aka: quitting) while the album was being recorded.
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jmd:

At least this version of the White Album doesn't mock Brian Wilson.
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The Oscar:

Radio Rethink has the cover art for this song as Revolver. COME ON. YOU HAVE ONE JOB!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Is this one of those songs where it's actually Ringo playing all the instruments?
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

How does Birthday suck any worse than any of Paul's other songs?
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tadpoles:

Including all the tracks that have been left off this just reinforces to me that the Beatles were great.
  11:47am
JakeGould:

@jmd: And that is why “Back in the U.S.S.R.” is a great song.
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melinda:

Not crazy about Birthday.
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Jeezy:

In the end, if you're a BeatleGeek or really just a student of the Greatest Era in Pop music EVER, you have the White Album ingrained you DNA, intractably and irremovably. Hearing it in ANY different order is akin to bringing a girl home from a bar and upon removing her clothes, finding an ear where her left boob should be and... I dunno... A nose where her critical lady part should be.
  11:48am
Dean:

Gryphon has a great cover of "Mother Nature's Son."
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Jeezy:

Oh my lord, what the hell am I saying?! Will someone please ban me from the board FOR G-DS SAKES!
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zopa:

Let's re-sequence Thick as A Brick!
  11:48am
JakeGould:

@melinda: Maybe the mono mix would have changed your mind?
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steveo:

@Roberto -- great minds!
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Jeezy:

This is all very upsetting!! :()
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coelacanth∅:

birthday's good but it still got the axe in my version. written for fill in a few minutes and sounds like it.
...still good.
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steveo:

PRUDENCE HAS TIED MONKEY
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Let's remix Chipmunk Punk!
  11:49am
Taavi:

Maybe one has to be a cold-war kid to appreciate the brilliantly sly subversion of "USSR."
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Jeff Golick:

@TheOscar: now seeing Ramsay Lewis????? (for MNS)
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steveo:

MONKEY PULLS BACK INTO THE LEAD!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Prudence will win.
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steveo:

Monkey is better.
  11:50am
Doug C.:

I have not listened to Mother Natures Son in forever and I have to say it's surprising and pleasurable to hear McCartney sing schtick-free in a natural voice.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

There it is. Best song on the album. Yer Blues.
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Krys O.:

FWIW--The version of Yer Blues on Rock 'n' Roll Circus is AMAZING!
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steveo:

Prudence is great though.
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Jeff Moore:

Where do Junk and Sour Milk Sea go in the new album?
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tadpoles:

I miss John Lennon...
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Krys O, yes. Even though Crapton is on it.
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Mike Sin:

@Joe B -- Can I come on your show and do this with the Clash's ‘London Calling’ and explode the comments board? ;)
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Great idea Mr Sin.
  11:54am
frenchee:

DO IT Mr. Sinnnnnformational Note!
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Joe McG:

@Mike: Joe says that's cool, but he'd rather start with "Sandinista."
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Matt Warwick:

Tomorrow I cut down THE WALL
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The Oscar:

@Mike Sin Holy shit, I would be SO THERE for that!
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Krys O.:

@Jeff Moore: They go on the special digital download available with the coupon code.
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Planet Tyler:

Long Long Long needs to be after Helter Skelter
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Scott Williams:

Mike Sin & Joe B DO IT!
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frenchee:

@Matt Warwick, that is a very good idea
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everybody! Jim and I had a lot of fun. See you next week!
  11:56am
Fred:

let the explosions begin. Two cheers for the Clash: "Boo, Boo!"
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Jeff Moore:

:-)
  11:56am
Dean:

I'm just not comfortable missing "Revolution 9." It's like tossing the jam disk from All Things Must Pass. Maybe it's a totally inefficient use of time and vinyl, but hey, it's rock 'n' roll, where efficiency isn't always a virtue.
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Planet Tyler:

That's the end: Helter Skelter and Long3
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queems:

@matt ww please do
  11:56am
DjSpiteFromToronto:

Clash's Sandanista could lose some weight?!
  11:56am
JakeGould:

@Matt: Why don’t your resequence a Sleep album? Like maybe just “Dopesmoker” but condensed.
  11:57am
Irene:

Such a brilliant experiment! Thanks Joe and Jim!
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The Oscar:

@Matt CUT DOWN THE WALL!
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Planet Tyler:

I miss Rev 9 too. It's important
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coelacanth∅:

Jeff, right after all things must pass
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steveo:

yes thanks Joe & Jim for a fun time. I love this album and I plan to listen to it again in 2038.
  11:57am
JakeGould:

Thanks Joe! Despite your negative views towards “Back in the U.S.S.R.”
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

It's not too late to end with USSR!!!
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Joe & Jim!
  11:57am
Dean:

I'd love to hear what you all do to Layla.
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heyitschris:

This was great, thanks!
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

NO FUCKING WAY. SANDINISTA IS PERFECT.
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Phillippe Bastille:

Great discussions. Loved the concept. Thanks Team White Album!
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Scott Williams:

Great time, fellas! Really fun show
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northguineahills:

Thanks Joe and Jim!
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queems:

this was really fun. thanks, gentlemen
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Mick:

Thanks for this madness!
  11:59am
rw:

Nice ending indeed! Unfortunately I missed most of it but a good time nonetheless! Thanks!!!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Ia gree DC Bat (sorry about the font) Sandanista is my Fav Clash
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Joe and Jim Great show!
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Sem:

Been a whole lotta fun, Joe, Jim and all. Great idea. Seeya later.
  11:59am
sk:

loved ending on long^3
  11:59am
Dean:

For instance, it wasn't a wine bottle. It was cough syrup.
  11:59am
kevlicki:

Thanks Jim and joe!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Thanks a lot. Really!
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jt:

in the end it sounded great
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The Oscar:

Thanks J&J! Will probably save this as a playlist to relisten to on its own :)
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steveo:

prudence, monkey, onion all tied in clickystars!
  11:59am
David in London:

Great show.
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coelacanth∅:

yeah i was hoping others would put their whole sequence on the comment board.
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Rich in Washington:

The comments have been really hilarious!
  12:00pm
JakeGould:

“Sandanista” is really easily to condense. So self indulgent. Sorry Clash!
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Jeff Moore:

Thanks, guys!
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Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

Super fun. Thanks!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

You've run the gauntlet relatively unscathed. Congratulations!
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Rich in Washington:

Let's do a Sandinista deconstruction next!
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steveo:

@coel mine is already on the wikipedia page :)
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coelacanth∅:

DKs! i never heard this!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I can die happy?
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Rich in Washington:

I actually like all the supposed 'throwaway' songs on that LP.
  12:01pm
Dean:

DKs played in Berkeley last night.
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Listener Scott:

Great idea and execution Joe and Jim, thanks.
  12:02pm
DjSpiteFromToronto:

Ha!HA! Rockin!
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jt:

wow, there IS so much crap on the white album...
  5:16pm
illswami:

NEITHER of you guys put Sexy Sadie on your White Albums? I'm not sure I can take Joe's show at all seriously anymore!! (of course, that's beside the point...)
  1:15am
Elaine Cross:

Thanks for the show - it was as much fun hearing the banter and consideration for placement as it was to hear the songs (and I'm so glad you started off side 2 with 'While my guitar' which is my favourite song on the album).
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