# I'm Hosting the party and playing The Beatles - choose Red or Blue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 2, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358 "2022-03-02T17:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/21 "2022-03-02T20:13:08Z")
I voted “Blue,” based on the timeframe (and was shocked to find “Rain” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” missing … wait … no “Hey Bulldog” either? Well sod that!) but would like to change my answer to Red. (ETA, oh wait. I _can_ do that. Changed.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/22 "2022-03-02T20:16:21Z")
Red has a nice beat and you can dance to it. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/23 "2022-03-02T20:23:31Z")
Get a temporary membership to Spotify and play whole albums, in order, starting with Rubber Soul. When it gets to Revolution 9, you can skip that one. I don’t like listening to greatest hits albums, especially for bands like the Beatles that had a different sounds for different albums/eras. Sure, play Elvis’s greatest hits, but not the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/24 "2022-03-02T20:39:18Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Red has a nice beat and you can dance to it. Yeah, it’s got a backbeat; you can’t lose it. A second idea I had was to put “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” on loop. Totally make sense - all that cocktail lounge stuff going on, replete with lounge host - your party gets a bit of a cable boost. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/25 "2022-03-02T20:46:23Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Yeah, it’s got a backbeat; you can’t lose it. Ugh. Their covers of Chuck Berry are the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/26 "2022-03-02T22:23:28Z")
Are you really restricted to playing just one or the other, or are we just having a fun poll? The real answer is to pick and choose songs from each (let’s call it the Purple Album). But anyway, I voted Red because, even though it’s older, it will seem fresher. mmm ETA: Oh yeah, go out and get yourself the real Beatles albums. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/27 "2022-03-02T23:17:28Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > A second idea I had was to put “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” on loop. If you really want people to leave just play this album… [https://supersonicrecords.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SGTPEPP2.jpg](https://supersonicrecords.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SGTPEPP2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/28 "2022-03-02T23:56:50Z")
Yeah, Red inexplicably & criminally left off several top cuts from Revolver (in addition to TNK, it ignored Got to Get You into My Life, She Said, She Said, and Love You To (among others) in favor of the frucking Yellow Submarine. Just play a copy of that album in between the comps. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/29 "2022-03-03T00:55:28Z")
Somehow loop the Hey Jude Na na’s and see how long it takes for someone to notice. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/30 "2022-03-03T01:12:18Z")
Isn’t that how it works? > **[love all this • Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles...](https://loveallthis.tumblr.com/post/166124704)** > > Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles classic, ‘Hey Jude.’ > > > > now you can buy a print! ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/31 "2022-03-03T02:13:16Z")
Hey, don’t knock how long Hey Jude goes. It was the final song in my eighth grade dance and considering the girl I was dancing with, I didn’t want it to end. I voted Blue (I owned both on eight-track!) The Red album isn’t nearly, but would be OK as just background music. Or will you be offended if people stop talking to listen to A Day in the Life? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/32 "2022-03-03T02:16:28Z")
Answer: Revolver. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/33 "2022-03-03T05:13:17Z")
Red first, to get folks dancing. As things mellow out later on, from whatever’s being ingested, Blue will be more intriguing to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/34 "2022-03-03T14:06:31Z")
I’d play both, myself! But if I had to choose, I would go with Blue. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/35 "2022-03-03T14:20:00Z")
wow I had heard the Sgt pepper soundtrack had some unique stuff but the bee gees and Alice cooper? steve martin and George burns? ? I guess the acid trips didn’t end in the 60s… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/36 "2022-03-03T14:49:56Z")
I’m going to fight the hypothetical and suggest the OP get a copy of the Mono Box Set and play that. In the pre-CD days I hosted an all-day pool party and used a reel to reel tape with all the albums back-to back for the background music. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/37 "2022-03-03T15:36:22Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > wow I had heard the Sgt pepper soundtrack had some unique stuff but the bee gees and Alice cooper? steve martin and George burns? ? I guess the acid trips didn’t end in the 60s… it’s a weird album, and an even weirder movie. It’s widely felt that it was a major factor in ending Peter Frampton’s run of success in the '70s, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/38 "2022-03-03T17:50:56Z")
A Beatles compilation that gets sneered at, that I really like, is Rock’n’Roll Music. It has a lot of covers on the first two sides, like Money, Boys, Roll Over Beethoven, which if you’re wondering why you want to hear a group known for writing hits do other people’s songs, it’s because those are the songs that inspired them, that they played for years in clubs, they love those songs and it shows - their versions are really revved up, especially when John cuts loose with one of his screams. That sort of energy is infectious, and coupled with the fact that in the US there was a conspiracy to replace that raw sort of music on the radio with tamer stuff, it’s no wonder the Beatles hit it big in America when they did - hearing a hopped-up Paul doing Little Richard was like, oh no you didn’t! So Rock’n’Roll Music might not be your greatest collection of Beatle originals, but it’s a blast to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/39 "2022-03-03T18:40:12Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > If you really want people to leave just play this album… Quite frankly, 90 minutes of the Beatles, if the music dominates the scene, Red or Blue, would be plenty enough to convince me to leave early. If it is not a specfically Beatles-themed party, I would be annoyed at the way all the other awesome music of that era was being overlooked. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358/40 "2022-03-03T21:41:52Z")
Maybe I’m “old school,” but I definitely go with Red on this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358.md?page=3)