Two Of Us - Classic Everly Bros style. A song that other artists would kill to have written. Great opening track.
Dig A Pony - Amazing riff! Woohoo! John, Paul and George playing the same notes in unison. Really smoking, bada** riff. Pretty cool John vocals too.
Across The Universe - Another classic. No other artist could have written this song. I could imagine the Pink Floyd guys melting in admiration for his song. Drifting. Nonsensical. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I Me Mine - Killer bass lines from Paul. Some excellent riffs too. Gotta love this Spector version.
Dig It - KGB/BB King..brilliant fifteen seconds of disconnected thoughts. Sets the stage for
Let It Be - Classic. Always thought of it as a gospel song. No need to explain.
Maggie Mae - For me it is an essential track. I just love how the song segues into
I've Got A Feeling - This is probably the most overlooked track on the album due to the fact that it is the least popular. No other band could play this right and then someone said here somewhere that it is just some COMBO EFFORT. Sorry, I really couldn't forget that comment Nobody could even come close to Paul's vocal on this one. Well maybe Little Richard..
One After 909 - Strange. I could just imagine the Beatles playing "I'll Cry Instead" in '69.
The Long And Winding Road - Another classic. Another song that other artists would kill to have written.
For You Blue - Fantastic slide by John. Great honky tonk piano from Paul. Overall a catchy great George 12-bar blues song.
Get Back - Classic. Gotta love Billy Preston. Needs no explanation.
Amen muh bruthu'. Most bands would have given their left nut to have a release as good as this. I guess the people that are bashing it are really giving the band a compliment in a roundabout way because they feel the Beatles were so good that this excellent album is an inferior product. Either way The Beatles get two thumbs up.
Had a look at the 1970's album charts to see what LIB was up against. Stones had Let it Bleed (great album, great songs), Simon and Garfunkels Bridge Over Troubled Waters was the biggest selling (more great songs I suppose). Then there's Zeps 111 and Pink Floyds Atom Heart Mother (I don't know enough about them to comment on quality).
Had a look at the 1970's album charts to see what LIB was up against. Stones had Let it Bleed (great album, great songs), Simon and Garfunkels Bridge Over Troubled Waters was the biggest selling (more great songs I suppose). Then there's Zeps 111 and Pink Floyds Atom Heart Mother (I don't know enough about them to comment on quality).
Pretty heady stuff indeed. Simon & Garfunkel won out over the Beatles and got the Grammy for 'Best Song' for 'Mrs. Robinson'. "Let It Bleed" is my favorite album of all time. Notice it didn't take but about 5 minutes after the dissolution of the Beatles that the Stones began calling themselves "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World".
Was the title Let It Bleed a piss take on LIB or just a bizarre coincidence?
It was released before "Let It Be" so I think its a coincidence. They followed so many of the Beatles leads though, maybe they heard about the song/title beforehand and just went for it, the timing is definitely odd.
Stones needed the Beatles to break up to begin to develop their own style. Before that they copied The Beatles. Let It Bleed was a direct dig. Remember the sessions were completed almost a year before any of the music was released.
also keep in mind that The Beatles and Stones attended parties where they would bring acetates of unreleased material and play them for each other. This occured quite frequently between the two bands. Let It Be ( title ) I'm not certain when it was decided to go with it. My understanding is that John hated the song and he was the one responsible for getting the album together.
also keep in mind that The Beatles and Stones attended parties where they would bring acetates of unreleased material and play them for each other. This occured quite frequently between the two bands. Let It Be ( title ) I'm not certain when it was decided to go with it. My understanding is that John hated the song and he was the one responsible for getting the album together.
They threw the 30+ hours of material in Spector's lap, and I'm pretty sure that naming the album 'Let It Be' was an Allen Klein decision.
The info: Although I don't know the validity of it. Album Title: Let It Bleed Original Release Date: 1969
Rating: 5 Stars (Essential)
An essential companion piece to Beggar's Banquet. The title was a take-off from the Beatles song title, “Let It Be.” Whereas Beggar's Banquet was about the Stones looking out at the world, Let It Bleed was more about the world's perception of the Stones. Again produced by Jimmy Miller and again featuring Nicky Hopkins, as well as other guest instrumentalists and vocalists. Includes “You Can't Always Get What You Want,” “Midnight Rambler,” “Gimme Shelter” and “Let It Bleed.”
The info: Although I don't know the validity of it. Album Title: Let It Bleed Original Release Date: 1969
Rating: 5 Stars (Essential)
An essential companion piece to Beggar's Banquet. The title was a take-off from the Beatles song title, “Let It Be.” Whereas Beggar's Banquet was about the Stones looking out at the world, Let It Bleed was more about the world's perception of the Stones. Again produced by Jimmy Miller and again featuring Nicky Hopkins, as well as other guest instrumentalists and vocalists. Includes “You Can't Always Get What You Want,” “Midnight Rambler,” “Gimme Shelter” and “Let It Bleed.”
I don't think it was a take-off at all. The songs have nothing in common and again, at that stage of the game it was still the 'Get Back' sessions, as nature intended them to be, etc, etc.
This is an alledged Keith Richards quote from http://www.timeisonourside>com/lpBleed.html "(It didn't have) a thing (to do with LI.B) Just a coincidence because you're working along the same lines at the same time at the same age as a lot of other cats (Cats!!!) All trying to do the same thing basically, turn themselves and other people on. Let It Bleed was just one line in that song Mick wrote. It became the title...we just kicked a line out...We dug that song so...maybe there was some influence because Let It Be had been kicked around for years for their movie, for that album. Let it be something.Let it out. Let it loose."
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Nobody could even come close to Paul's vocal on this one. Well maybe Little Richard..
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