Beatles Revisionism: Make The White Album A Single Record

[mikehattem]

What if you had to cut the White Album to NO MORE THAN 14 SONGS??? Which would they be??

Rules: 1) At least three members must be represented with at least one song. So you are not required to choose a Ringo song. Also let's say a maximum of 8 from one member.

In no order:

1. Dear Prudence
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4. I'm So Tired
5. Blackbird
6. Julia
7. I Will
8. Sexy Sadie
9. Cry Baby Cry
10. Revolution #1
11. Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da
12. Martha My Dear
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Savoy Truffle

My count: John - 8, Paul -5, George - 1

[lou2ser]

Weird, I was watching the Anthology DVD last night and there was a minor segment about how maybe they should have not made it into a double album.

[gymp]

my cd copy is some russian bootleg version with extras so it comes to 55 tracks…

[jefferoo]

better as a double. what is a double album, without filler?

[rogersbowne]

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
2. Sexy Sadie
3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
4. Wild Honey Pie
5. Yer Blues
6. Dear Prudence
7. Rocky Raccoon
8. Revolution 9
9. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
10. Don't Pass Me By
11. Blackbird
12. Revolution 1
13. Helter Skelter
14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[patman?]

While the white album may have some mediocre tracks in the bunch, fuck changing it. You're really ruining a masterpiece by doing that. Why must people feel the need to "improve" art?

And if you take Revolution 9 off of there, you're a fuck face.

[horseface]

And if you take Revolution 9 off of there, you're a fuck face.


HAHAHA oh man that made me laugh.

i agree w/ jefferoo. but one album...


dear prudence
glass onion
while my guitar gently weeps
happiness is a warm gun
i'm so tired
blackbird
piggies
why don't we do it in the road?
mother nature's son
sexy sadie
long, long, long
savoy truffle
cry baby cry

[thugginit]

i don't think i could even cut disc 1 down to 14 tracks...

[BigBlackSmoke]

mother nature's son
sexy sadie
helter skelter
honey pie
savoy truffle
cry baby cry
dear prudence
cont story of bungalow bill
while my guitar gently weeps
happiness is a warm gun
rocky racoon
I'm so tired
I will
julia

[Aqualad]

revolution 9 is really great, though.

[theaddingmachine]

when i was little my parents had copied the white album from lp to cassette so we could all listen to it on our cassette players, and they had omitted revolution #9. i only heard it for the first time a couple years ago.

[mikehattem]

While the white album may have some mediocre tracks in the bunch, fuck changing it. You're really ruining a masterpiece by doing that. Why must people feel the need to "improve" art?

And if you take Revolution 9 off of there, you're a fuck face.

I never said to "improve" it. I'm saying if it was up to you and you had to make it a single album what would you include. I knew I was gonna incur the wrath of patman at some point ;)

Obviously if you cut it down to 14 tracks then its essentially a different record. I am not putting the record down (I love it actually) or saying it would be better as a single album. I just thought it'd be an interesting exercise because it is so hard to nail it down to that length. It would force you to make some very tough choices. This isn't a "should the White Album be a single album" thread at all.

[Cecil]

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
3. Happiness is a Warm Gun
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Don't Pass Me By
6. Savoy Truffle
7. Dear Prudence
8. Revolution #1
9. Blackbird
10. I Will
11. Glass Onion
12. I'm So Tired
13. Martha My Dear
14. Rocky Raccoon

[lucylala]

1. Cry Baby Cry
2. Cry Baby Cry
3. Cry Baby Cry
4. Cry Baby Cry
5. Cry Baby Cry
6. Cry Baby Cry
7. Cry Baby Cry
8. Cry Baby Cry
9. Cry Baby Cry
10. Cry Baby Cry
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Cry Baby Cry
13. Cry Baby Cry
14. Good Night

[pinocchio]

what is so great about 9... you really enjoy that? 1 is really good.
also, where is this filler on the record? i don't find there to be any filler at all.

[jefferoo]

looking back at the tracklisting, i agree. I take it back, no filler there.

[nach_heart]

I'm listening to The White Album right now, coinicidentally. I've been a bit obsessed with it this week.

Okay let's see:

1. Back in the USSR
2. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Happiness is a Warm Gun
5. Martha My Dear
6. I'm So Tired
7. Rocky Racoon
8. Julia
9. Birthday
10. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except for Me and My Monkey
11. Sexy Sadie
12. Helter Skelter
13. Honey Pie
14. Savoy Truffle

I don't really feel like figuring out the members thing but yeah. Pretty much.

[mikehattem]

I only put the members thing in there so that you couldn't just load it up with John (or Paul) songs. You did well. I think almost all of us had a very similar tracklist give or take 2-3.

[bedbug]

1. Glass Onion
2. Dear Prudence
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Happiness is a Warm Gun
5. Martha My Dear
6. I'm So Tired
7. Piggies (might swap for Helter Skelter)
8. I Will
9. Julia
10. Everybody's Got Something to Hide
11. Sexy Sadie
12. Rev 1
13. Savoy Truffle
14. Cry Baby Cry