Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

"Oasis, The Killers and Razorlight are to cover songs from The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the album's 40th anniversary."

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Why?!?!

"Sgt Pepper" has been covered and usually desecrated to death over the decades. Why not a cover of the White Album or "Revolver" fot a change, or better still, why don't these bands use their own imagination and talent a create a "Pepper" of their very own for artistes to cover over the next 30 or 40 years?

I seem to recall it was "ruined" in the name of charity in 1986.

Just Beatles Anthology 2 if you want better versions of Sgt Pepper.

George Martin did over produce the album it is not my favorite Beatles album. Revolver is my favorite.

Mart wrote:
I seem to recall it was "ruined" in the name of charity in 1986.

Not only that but don't forget that Robert Stigwood and Dee Anthony movie which starred The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton and an unbelievable cast who destroyed The Beatles glorious songbook... with George Martin producing too.

No, "Pepper" is not my fave Beatles album either and I can live very happily without some of its tracks, but "A Day In The Life" remains an extraordinary piece of work as does "Strawberry Fields Forever" from the same sessions.

Funnily enough my 2 fave albums are "Help!" and the White album. Why "Help!"? Its just a great pop album as a whole... not all perfect but it remains very enjoyable. The White album is quite simply a diverse tapestry of ideas and songs I've always enjoyed.

Here in Liverpool its either "Rubber Soul", "Revolver" or "Abbey Road" that Scousers think are the best Beatles albums so you can imagine the interesting debates I've had about my choices!

Maybe I should be thankful those albums aren't going to be shamelessly "covered"!

Sgt Pepper is not my personal fave, its either Revolver or Abbey Road.
But I allways will love them all.
I deliberated didn`t mention Stigwood`s atttempt at Pepper.
A three letter word entails.
Yuk.

Mart wrote:
Sgt Pepper is not my personal fave, its either Revolver or Abbey Road.
But I allways will love them all.
I deliberated didn`t mention Stigwood`s atttempt at Pepper.
A three letter word entails.
Yuk.

And a lot of four letter words could be hurled at Stigwoods' version!

You're right though Mart, all The Beatles albums have special moments and indeed I love them all too.

Thanks about the movie guys I was always intrested to see it but I think I give it a miss unless its cheap.

White Album is a classic and nice songs again by George Harrison.

I have to Let it Be on the list underrated and even the re-issue aswell is rarely spoken off.

I get more pleasure from the bootlegs etc more simpler and no sound effects etc.