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DevinBelow t1_j9vde6q wrote

Revolution No. 9

Look, I respect the hell of out it. It's experimental, and audacious, and the very idea that the Beatles would include a "song" like this on one of their albums is probably one of the things that made me first fall in love with the Beatles, back in high school when I was taking a lot of acid...having said that...it's just too damn long. It is the only Beatles song on any Beatles album that I ever hit "skip" on.

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Due_Flan_4760 t1_j9vrs25 wrote

The White album should have been a single album. Would have been perhaps the best album ever if cherry picked songs down to a single LP.

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DevinBelow t1_j9vs8k0 wrote

I disagree. I think they should have ditched R9 and included Child of Nature, Not Guilty and Junk (and spent the time fleshing those songs out obviously). There aren't any other songs that I'd personally cut from the album.

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deeplife t1_j9y2tvs wrote

Nope. Just take out Revolution 9, that’s it.

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chadmac81 t1_j9vytc9 wrote

Revolution No. 9 gets way too much hate for being the 2nd most unlistenable track on the record. Looking at you, Wild Honey Pie

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DevinBelow t1_j9w1tih wrote

I'd maybe agree with you if WHP were 8 1/2 minutes long.

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banstylejbo t1_j9xesvs wrote

It’s the only song I’ll skip on The White Album. But damn, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer… I just can’t get through it.

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_jaf00nm wrote

I mean, it's a little silly, sure, but it's occasionally listenable.

Whereas idk...Let It Be, Hey Jude, Come Together, and Yellow Submarine are just flat out annoyant.

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Fit-Friend-8431 t1_j9vmxyw wrote

Nah theres a few songs on there worth skipping tbh.

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DevinBelow t1_j9vnygw wrote

You can skip as many as you want. You don't even have to listen to it at all. I'm just saying the song that I would have taken off the album is that one.

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Fit-Friend-8431 t1_j9vqfa4 wrote

I don’t think you understand the original question. It’s what perfect album gets ruined by one or two songs. Theres a number of skippable songs there. Not just one.

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DevinBelow t1_j9vra74 wrote

Except you're wrong, and that's okay. You're allowed to be. There aren't any other skippable songs on that record.

You could also just stop for two seconds and realize that it is completely subjective. Just because you view a song as "skippable" doesn't make it some universal truth. There are no objectively good or bad songs, or songs that objectively ruin an album.

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Fit-Friend-8431 t1_j9vrp03 wrote

It’s all subjective, thanks for stating the obvious.

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DevinBelow t1_j9vruzf wrote

Then what are you arguing about? What are you implying I don't understand?

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Fit-Friend-8431 t1_j9vsdig wrote

Of all the possible answers you could of picked theres better observations and more interesting answers than The Beatles White Album that’s all I’m saying.

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Malanderer t1_j9vo4qq wrote

Agreed. Excellent album but very much imperfect, which is the point.

I would get on perfectly fine without Birthday.

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Fit-Friend-8431 t1_j9vp88o wrote

For every While my Guitar Gently Weeps theres a Wild Honey Pie that just stinks the room out.

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Malanderer t1_j9vpuf4 wrote

That one I can deal with, because it’s only a minute long and is clearly meant to confuse the listener, by which standard it does its job very well. I wouldn’t listen to it on purpose but I can’t usually be bothered to skip it. For some reason it reminds me more of a short cutscene in a video game than anything else.

I have more of a problem with its namesake, Honey Pie. I respect the Beatles for their understanding of British music history and their place in it, and their love for the music that represented that tradition, but I don’t need to show that respect by repeatedly listening to their take on music hall.

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