Just for Fun--What is your favorite Beatles song of all time?

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Well, then there's Here Comes the Sun. I wish we had some of that feeling throughout the country right about now....

 
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Strawberry Fields B/W Penny Lane. Absolute peak songwriting from John and Paul; unequaled creativity by the band, and inspired production by George Martin.

Honorable Mention: I am the Walrus. What an interesting, amazing song. Unique chord progression, and lyrics from another dimension.
 
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yeah, i know rubber soul was a watershed moment for the band and music in general, but i hear revolver was more acclaimed.
 
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Revolver was the "transition" album. The move from the moptops to Sgt. Pepper. LSD, the '60's culture around them, George started into Indian music, etc. Perhaps the most diverse collection of songs ever, by anyone.

"Tomorrow Never Knows" was recorded in April of 1966. How did they go from "Help!" to "Tomorrow Never Knows" in 8 months? Astounding. And they were still performing in concert at this point, playing their oldies, and hating it. Last concert in August '66.

Here's a great video from PBS about the recording of "Tomorrow Never Knows":



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Honorable mention:

Hey Bulldog
Yesterday
Cry Baby Cry
Dear Prudence
If I Fell
Can’t Buy Me Love
I Should’ve Known Better
 
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I read once that Paul said what made them such great writers and performers was that they were never shy about singing in front of each other.
 
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There isn't much in the Beatles catalog I don't love. Maybe my favorite is take 6 of Strawberry Fields Forever…it makes up the first minute or so of the released version, but you can listen to (almost) the whole thing nowadays. (It's commonly known as "take 7" per George Martin's original mix of it.) The old bootlegs preserved a ramshackle post-fadeout jam that lasts an extra 20 seconds or so.



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Instead of being my usual curmudgeon when it comes to the Beatles, let me obeserve that In Those Days many albums were released with the hope that the listener would listen to the whole album as a single piece of art. Pulling out individual songs undermined that vision, as did record companies that released what they thought would sell rather than what the artists assembled. In that spirit let me contribute that, while I listened to many Beatles albums when they came out, the only one I bothered to buy for my collection was Abbey Road.
 
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walrus said:
Revolver was the "transition" album. The move from the moptops to Sgt. Pepper. LSD, the '60's culture around them, George started into Indian music, etc. Perhaps the most diverse collection of songs ever, by anyone.

"Tomorrow Never Knows" was recorded in April of 1966. How did they go from "Help!" to "Tomorrow Never Knows" in 8 months? Astounding. And they were still performing in concert at this point, playing their oldies, and hating it. Last concert in August '66.

Here's a great video from PBS about the recording of "Tomorrow Never Knows":



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If I'm not mistaken, "Tomorrow Never Knows" was the FIRST song recorded in the Revolver sessions (even though it appears as the last track on the LP). That blew me away when I first read that. To have created that at the beginning, it surely must have set the tone for the rest of the album.
 
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It’s just not possible for me; after learning to strum simple songs like Little Brown Jug, Greensleeves and Sidewalks of New York, 1965, a friend gave me a book called Top 40 Beatles Hits or something like that, and I was off. I was listening to the Help soundtrack today.

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Get Back is a song I always enjoy listening to, but another one that grabs me in a different way every time I hear it is The Word from Rubber Soul. That album was an amazing game changer when it came out. It was clear they had jumped to another level.
 
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Grassdog said:
If I'm not mistaken, "Tomorrow Never Knows" was the FIRST song recorded in the Revolver sessions (even though it appears as the last track on the LP). That blew me away when I first read that. To have created that at the beginning, it surely must have set the tone for the rest of the album.
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Yes, TNK was recorded first! Amazing! Imagine recording that, then having to go stand on front of thousands of screaming girls to play "Long Tall Sally" - no wonder they quit touring!

bobouz said:
Get Back is a song I always enjoy listening to, but another one that grabs me in a different way every time I hear it is The Word from Rubber Soul. That album was an amazing game changer when it came out. It was clear they had jumped to another level.
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"The Word" is a great song! Also, it is one of the best examples of Lennon being sort of a "prophet", i.e. realizing that he had the world's attention with his songs, and they could say something important. "Say the word and you'll be free, say the word, and be like me. The Word is Love".

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wow how does one choose from a variety like Here Comes the Sun to Helter Skelter. Lots of flavors.

For me if I'm on the computer: Any of the songs from the rooftop session video. I saw that I could play rythm guitar after watching them

Cry Baby Cry, Dear Prudence, Martha My Dear, Yer Blues, Mother Natures Son...I'll always stop what I'm doing if those come on.


BUT...if I have to pick one, I'm thinking Norwegian Wood.

Nope, just watched I Got A Feeling roof top....what chemistry..

EDIT: I dig a pony.

Thanks Wood...gonna be a late start for me today!
 
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