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Post by rickyguitar on Jul 17, 2020 13:45:05 GMT -5
They had a bunch but I really like Elanor Rigby
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Post by fkaJimmySee on Jul 17, 2020 13:49:46 GMT -5
Put me in for Hey Jude -- and my reminder when things get too difficult for me -- "don't carry the world upon your shoulders."
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 17, 2020 13:51:33 GMT -5
Can't say I have a favorite, but this reminded me of my insomnia last night. When the brain hamster starts spinning lately I've tried, with some success, to distract myself with inane thoughts. Instead of ruminating about covid and stuff, I tried thinking of random song titles in alphabetical order. It didn't help the process when I amazed myself with how many Beatle songs first came to mind.
And I Love Her
Because
Come Together
Don't Let Me Down
Eleanor Rigby
and on and on
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2020 14:03:15 GMT -5
Too hard to pick one. Revolver was the first record I ever really got into, so if I had to pick my top 5 it would be
She Said She Said
I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To
Tomorrow Never Knows
And not from Revolver, but the B-side to Paperback Writer:
Rain
All 5 of those songs still have a massive influence on me today.
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Post by Davywhizz on Jul 17, 2020 14:06:55 GMT -5
When I read the thread title I thought Eleanor Rigby. There's something about that string quartet arrangement. But so many more...
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Post by RonC Picker on Jul 17, 2020 14:19:16 GMT -5
And I Love Her, and Yesterday come to mind.
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Post by hilltop87 on Jul 17, 2020 14:26:46 GMT -5
Day Tripper
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Post by RogerD on Jul 17, 2020 14:29:28 GMT -5
'Day Tripper'; yes! Also 'Something' by George.
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Post by HenryJ on Jul 17, 2020 14:43:43 GMT -5
Too many good ones. I remember January 1964 when they were first heard on the radio and seen on the TV. Heck, I even remember the short report from Walter Cronkite in late 1963. The only audio was "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." This was back in the day when news reporters were too old to appreciate the Beatles.
Sometimes "I Am the Walrus" comes to mind, other times "Dear Prudence," like when I am attempting to finger-pick along with the record. It's different songs on different days. Sometimes "Martha My Dear," since I used to play the tuba, and there is small brass ensemble on the song, including a tuba.
Too many good ones to select a favorite.
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Post by budg on Jul 17, 2020 14:45:03 GMT -5
Here comes the sun!
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 17, 2020 14:49:33 GMT -5
If I had to pick one it would probably be "In My Life".
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 17, 2020 14:55:46 GMT -5
So many good ones, but probably my favs:
•Doctor Robert
•Drive My Car
•If I Needed Someone
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Post by jazzguy on Jul 17, 2020 15:11:04 GMT -5
one is impossible for me, I'll give you 5 even though that's pretty hard for me too...
If I Needed Someone
I Feel Fine
Things We Said Today
She Said She Said
Sexy Sadie
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jul 17, 2020 15:40:46 GMT -5
"Gimme Shelter".
I've never seen Merry Clayton live with the Stones but I've seen Lisa Fischer doing Gimme with the Stones a half dozen times. I got chills each time. Nothing against Merry but I love Lisa.
Oops -- this is a Beatles thread. Sorry, I got nuthin'.
Kinda kidding.
"Please, Please Me" or "I've Just Seen a Face" or "Things We Said Today". I like the early stuff, Sgt. Pepper and after does nothing for me.
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Post by LM on Jul 17, 2020 15:45:46 GMT -5
When I was a youngster, Nowhere Man was my favorite song. Like others, it's hard to list just one.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A Hard Day's Night
Ticket to Ride
Paperback Writer
Get Back
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Post by gato on Jul 17, 2020 16:06:39 GMT -5
"She Loves You"
Because John and Paul pulled a musical okey doke, writing a song about a dude, giving relationship advice to another dude, based on information provided by the girlfriend of the aggrieved party ("she told me what to say')
Obviously J & P were done with this chick, and desperate to get the clingy bird "back where she belonged," before she noticed a missed "cycle," and began paternity proceedings.
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Post by jazzguy on Jul 17, 2020 16:46:03 GMT -5
from wiki...
"I Feel Fine" starts with a single, percussive feedback note produced by McCartney plucking the A string on his bass, and Lennon's guitar, which was leaning against McCartney's bass amp, picking up feedback. This was the first use of feedback on a rock record. According to McCartney, "John had a semi-acoustic Gibson guitar. It had a pickup on it so it could be amplified ... We were just about to walk away to listen to a take when John leaned his guitar against the amp. I can still see him doing it … it went, 'Nnnnnnwahhhhh!' And we went, 'What's that? Voodoo!' 'No, it's feedback.' 'Wow, it's a great sound!' George Martin was there so we said, 'Can we have that on the record?' 'Well, I suppose we could, we could edit it on the front.' It was a found object, an accident caused by leaning the guitar against the amp."[4] Although it sounded very much like an electric guitar, Lennon actually played the riff on an acoustic-electric guitar (a Gibson model J-160E),[9] employing the guitar's onboard pickup.
Later, Lennon was very proud of this sonic experimentation. In one of his last interviews, he said: "I defy anybody to find a record – unless it's some old blues record in 1922 – that uses feedback that way."[10]
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 17, 2020 17:57:19 GMT -5
I Saw Her Standing There. Early cover by my very first band.
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Post by jazzguy on Jul 17, 2020 18:08:14 GMT -5
The original title of this track was "MAHARISHI." Substitute Maharishi for Sexy Sadie every time it's sung, and the song starts making sense. It was written by John after leaving Maharishi Mehesh Yogi's retreat in Rishikesh, following a rumor that the Yogi had tried to have sex with an American girl staying there. John had already been quite disillusioned by the Yogi, feeling that he was simply after money and fame, and the sexual assault rumor was the final nail in the coffin. This song was his vitriol unleashed upon the Yogi, but George Harrison begged Lennon to change the title and song's subject from Maharishi to Sexy Sadie, as he was still quite into meditation and Eastern philosophy and wanted not to offend the guru.
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Post by windmill on Jul 17, 2020 18:24:36 GMT -5
Today it is While my Guitar Gently Weeps
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Post by snakeboy on Jul 17, 2020 18:27:59 GMT -5
The Sun King medley on the B side of Abbey Road is probably my favorite music written by anyone......ever.
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Post by Bronx on Jul 17, 2020 18:43:46 GMT -5
I love most. My faorite changes often. Right now it would probably be Come Together.
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Post by Spotz on Jul 17, 2020 20:52:50 GMT -5
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away.
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Post by Ragtop on Jul 17, 2020 21:35:50 GMT -5
"Penny Lane"
Brilliant.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 17, 2020 22:14:06 GMT -5
Eleanor Rigby is a good one too, and was a recurring one throughout quarantine.
My wife has a co-worker with a three syllable first name and two syllable last name, so any time her name came up in conversation, I would switch it to her name and then make up lyrics to fit the song based on what the conversation was. Basically to try to make my wife laugh while on calls with her co-workers.
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Post by Debs on Jul 17, 2020 23:59:48 GMT -5
My favorite Beatle song is side two of Abbey Road done by the Fab Faux.
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Post by BigBadJohn on Jul 18, 2020 4:05:57 GMT -5
Paperback Writer
Tomorrow Never Knows
I Am The Walrus
Get Back
I Should A Known Better
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Just To name a few.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jul 18, 2020 4:13:39 GMT -5
Helter Skelter.
The entire band stood on the accelerator the entire time. My kinda music!
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Post by Ayns on Jul 18, 2020 4:22:40 GMT -5
The Sun King medley on the B side of Abbey Road is probably my favorite music written by anyone......ever.
Me too 
But there are plenty of other contenders:-
I Want to Tell You I Feel Fine Get Back In My Life Hey Jude Paperback Writer You've got to Hide Your Love Away Revolution
I've always thought of The Beatles as *my* band I was born in 1960 and "grew up" with them, (in a manner of speaking). My mam took me to see A Hard Day's Night when I was 5, and that was it for me.
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Post by HenryJ on Jul 18, 2020 5:43:49 GMT -5
A new day, a different Beatle song:
Paul's protest song against direct deposit, which Allan Klein started doing: "You Never Give Me Your Money." Great song, with its twists and turns.
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