Hi,
 
I don't listen to the early stuff that much, but just heard a month ago (again) and in its entirety, the album with them in Munich was before the fame days, and the mistakes, freshness and obvious care to a lot of their music, was already present, and if you ask me, I would say it is/was a bit weird that someone did not grab them sooner. 
 
I much prefer anything from beyond the Sgt Pepper's album. For anything Beatles before that, I like the Christmas Shows way better, as you can hear their personalities, which the songs, obviously, do not show as much or as well. The later material is more "personal" and consequently "interesting" for me. Before that, it felt just like another song, and all of them were nicely done for my tastes ... and listen for Ringo's drum fills ... really nice!

This is a nice old thread isn't it.
 
Comforting, like a worn-in pair of slippers, a bag of Werther's Originals, or that little light in the glove box compartment of a 1982 Austin Maxi.
 
Ahhh.

This fred knows what it's like to be dead.

Wait! Before this thread dies, let me add this one:

Hey Bulldog   
from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album. It wasn't in the
theatrical version though, at least not in the US.

I didn't care for this song.

drewfx1
This fred knows what it's like to be dead.

The thing that makes the Beatles better than they really were, was the fact that they took the music business by storm, and blew it up and apart. Even Elvis did not have the pull and strength that the Beatles pulled off, and then went out and got it done with the Rolling Stones, and other bands ... as, until that time, the music business was way too controlled and not a true sensor of the feelings and public sentiments on music at the time. 
 
As their fame went worldwide, that was rare, since no single entity, anywhere, had really been a huge seller or personality the world over, and that is something that some bands and performers have duplicated, but not quite won over. Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson, would be in this group by now.
 
It's dead in that they are old/dead/gone, but not "old" as they are really a part of the history of the media in the 20th century, since they helped explode it the world over. I think that makes them more important, although that's not necessarily to say that the music got better as was the case with PF and MJ.
 
This is how I see it, being that I saw the commotion in Brazil, and then I saw it here in America as well, and then got to experience the California scene in the 70's.
 
Quite a time, I tell you!

I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
 
People tend to forget that the early Beatles was an overhyped bubblegum band. Riches made from the insane following of female tweens, allowed them to experiment and produce the interesting stuff that some love to have.

Its easy for me : Octopus's Garden is hands down the absolute worst.
 
And Hey Bull Dog ?  I always liked that one.
 
While My Guitar gently Weeps has a preachy quality that I don't like very much.
 
But hey, everybody has an opinion, eh?
 
Cheers,
 
Bert

slartabartfast
I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
 
People tend to forget that the early Beatles was an overhyped bubblegum band. Riches made from the insane following of female tweens, allowed them to experiment and produce the interesting stuff that some love to have.

Exactly...imagine what Freddie & The Dreamers could have become, were it not for the cruel hand of fate.

Old Brown Shoe.

BassDaddy
Old Brown Shoe.

Polish them up.
 
Good as new.