White Album, when's your last listen?

The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Mozart. I might toss Tchiakovsky in as well, I suppose.

Towards the less competitive, heavy metal/hard rock/grunge edge, I'd toss in Metallica, AC/DC Led Zep, and Nirvana, I suppose, but I would not put these in the same class as the others.

I'd say these are the artistic reference standards in various popular musical genres over the years that I am familiar with.

One of the many factors that make the Beatles great is the diversity and exploratory nature of their music. No two albums sound the same, particularly in the second more artistic half of their career. The White Album is the most in interesting from an artistic perspective, but it is not possible for me to say that any one album is "the best". White album is one of my favs for sure though for all the unique things that only it brings to the table.

went back last night for a listen...still groundbreaking and enjoyable....too back youngin's can't fully relate to back in the u.s.s.r. the way older folks do......a time capsule and satirical masterpiece, wrapped in a great beach boys parody.......the first time i heard it, i thought, holy cow, they've done it again. the rest of the lp is incredible as well.....i also agree that the the last beatles side ever recorded(abbey road)is the greatest of the great. talk about going out on top.

The white album is a great one, of course. Since it has not been mentioned yet, I recommend another listen to "A Hard Days Night" (the album not just the song) and not the old US Capitol release. This one needs a remaster but the rock music is great. I think Lennon sings and wrote most of it as he did for about all of their early albums before losing interest.

I was surprised to hear it coming from our family room system when my teenage college student was home on spring break- I reminded me of an incident from about twenty-five years ago when I was in the service- I was between assignments waiting for a "A" school program to start and I was placed on a detail to rake leaves. With me were several other waiting students and a few people waiting on discharges. One guy was a huge Beatles fan and we were singing snippets of Beatles songs as we worked and challenging each other as to who could do the best renditions. We did this a while and ran through most of the standards- "Help", "Here comes the sun", "Baby's in black"...,
He said "I can sing any Beatles song" I tried to stump him with "Hey bulldog"- spot on.
I thought what cant he sing- I challenged him with"Revolution 9"- he reeled off a perfect rendition with sound effects and all!- I was stunned!
This demonstrated to me how deeply every nuance of their music had been absorbed by our generation- and now by our kids.
My best friend from childhood always said that his favorite "White " song was "Wild Honey Pie"