Your Favorite Beatles Songs
yuichi
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Here are mine:BlackbirdDay in the LifeIn My LifeWith a little help from my friends
yuichi
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-Here There and Everywhere
-Anna
It Won't Be Wrong
She Said She Said
Tomorrow Never Knows
Paperback Writer
The Night Before
Strawberry Fields Forever
It's All Too Much
helter skelter
i'm only sleeping
don't let me down
it won't be long
long long long
Long, Long, Long
in my life
Cry Baby Cry
Tomorrow Never Knows
I am the Walrus
cry, baby, cry
side b of abbey road (not gonna divvy that up, yo.)
you've got to hide your lov away
i'm only sleeping
i am the walrus (forgot that one...always on the list. Row-ow-owwwwww...)
That is some NEXTLEVEL shit right there- they went to a unique place in recording that song, and it is a place that few artists are ever capable of finding, much less capturing.
That rattling sound at the end? that is a beer bottle on top of an amp they recorded in the studio.
The tiny strum of unplugged guitar strings to close the song? perfect.
The warmth of the bass throughout?
Long, Long, Long is pretty much the definition of facemotherfuckingmelt.
It has made my girl sob while listening to it...
She said, She said (edit: okay, that was mentioned)
In my life
Fixing a hole
Rain
But A day in the life is forever number one. So amazing.
Yeah, it was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. It really is a brilliant song. It is one of the only reasons I pull the white album out on a regular basis, and even though I have heard the song tons of times it doesn't get old.
While I can dig all the weird stuff on the White album for what it is, that album could possibly be one of the best rock LPs ever as a single LP with all the filler taken out.
I hear what you're saying, but the two can't exist without each other; the rock songs need the weirdness and vice versa. Based on where they were at the time, it doesn't seem restraint and editing were really possible.
I always think of it as 4 solo eps with george's being the best one.
The mellow start, the build up, the climatic chorus... "i'd give you everything i've got for a little peace of mind'...
And then it ends. Perfect.
Ballad of John And Yoko
I remember reading these were done by John and Paul alone(?).
Rain (great hippie weather song showing that Ringo is a good drummer)
Day Tripper
Do You Wanna Know a Secret
Paperback Writer
With A Little Help From My Friends
I suppose my favorite songs are the ones that some of my favorite bands based a career off of. "Sexy Sadie" has Radiohead all over it, "She Said She Said" reminds me of Oasis and their anthem rock, "I'm So Tired" the Smiths have admitted to being influenced by -- also one of my faves.
Some others include Ticket to Ride, Nowhere Man, Dear Prudence, Julia, Mother Nature's Son, I Am the Walrus, and many others.
A Day In The Life
I Am The Walrus
Strawberry Fields Forever
Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolution No. 9
More or less, that's probably my top 6
There's a lot more but:
You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)
The Ballad Of John & Yoko
Old Brown Shoe
Lady Madonna
The Inner Light
Yer Blues
Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me & My Monkey
Paperback Writer
Rain
I Want To Tell You
Girl
Help!
I'm Down
Yes It Is
Revolution
It's All Too Much
All Together Now
I also like the "Mellotron Experiments"
"The Ballad Of John & Yoko" were done by John and Paul, as George was on vacation and Ringo was "somewhere else". Paul handled drums and piano.
"You Know My Name" featured all of them, with Brian Jones playing the sax solo at the end. I always liked the song because outside of the fact that it's goofy and has nothing to do with its A-side ("Let It Be"), it was the only chance people got to hear the silliness they had put on their Christmas records. John does say "Ringo, let's hear it for Dennis!" in the second part, and that's definitely him playing the drums throughout (especially part one, and the congas sound similar to what he played in "Till There Was You"). Of course, you can tell that's John and Paul's vocals in part 1. According to "The Beatles Recording Session", George was definitely present throughout the various sessions that created the song (which had taken about two years to complete and eventually assemble).
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Eight Days A Week
We Can Work It Out
I had no idea.