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awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 01:46 AM Sep 2015

My favorite Beatles song is

"What Goes On"' from Rubber Soul. Not sure why. Maybe it is because I remember the album cover from when I was a kid. Maybe it is the rockabilly feel about it. Maybe it is the first time I heard the guitar come out and be the lead instrument. Not sure, but here it is. Post your favorite Beatles song

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My favorite Beatles song is (Original Post) awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 OP
It's too hard to pick a favorite Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #1
Nice awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #3
I just listened again at full volume awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #4
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #2
John later said he wrote this song about himself Va Lefty Sep 2015 #35
Supposedly the line awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #43
Mine changes daily Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #5
Never heard this. Thanks. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #6
If I had to pick only one Trailrider1951 Sep 2015 #7
That's on my feel-good CD Ron Obvious Sep 2015 #19
My daughter (baby #2) was born to that song. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #41
I love that song too! smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #50
Dear Prudence LiberalElite Sep 2015 #8
"In My Life" femmocrat Sep 2015 #9
Mine too PennyK Sep 2015 #13
"A Day in the Life" catbyte Sep 2015 #10
If I had to choose just one: "Eleanor Rigby" Glorfindel Sep 2015 #11
"Across the Universe" is my favorite by them. Tobin S. Sep 2015 #12
I think you're right. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #15
I agree with that malthaussen Sep 2015 #25
au contraire, Doc_Technical Sep 2015 #31
Tomorrow Never Knows The Second Stone Sep 2015 #14
Turn off your mind Mendocino Sep 2015 #49
Lots of good ones posted. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #16
No Reply PassingFair Sep 2015 #17
Just too many to list. AngryOldDem Sep 2015 #18
Right now, the carnival ride - - helter skelter Ptah Sep 2015 #20
Within You Without You Mr.Bill Sep 2015 #21
I feel exactly the same way MuseRider Sep 2015 #30
Hell, I love 'em ALL! lastlib Sep 2015 #22
That is so moving. Boomerproud Sep 2015 #23
Thow in a candle for Stu Sutcliffe. malthaussen Sep 2015 #26
For Stu: lastlib Sep 2015 #28
Don't know that I can pick just one gratuitous Sep 2015 #24
And now for something completely different: malthaussen Sep 2015 #27
Whatever song I am listening to MuseRider Sep 2015 #29
Only a Northern Song annabanana Sep 2015 #32
"Fixing a Hole," but that's just me DFW Sep 2015 #33
"I'm looking through you" Va Lefty Sep 2015 #34
Impossible to choose hifiguy Sep 2015 #36
Not possible. LWolf Sep 2015 #37
Excellent selection! smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #51
I Saw Her Standing There Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #38
Revolution 9 Kablooie Sep 2015 #39
Tie: "Something" and "I've Just Seen a Face" Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #40
If I needed someone Danmel Sep 2015 #42
Rubber Soul is a great album, and my first Beatle album. However ... kwassa Sep 2015 #44
Savoy Truffle Doc_Technical Sep 2015 #45
Baby, You're a Rich Man LynneSin Sep 2015 #46
So many ailsagirl Sep 2015 #47
Wow, this thread has taken off... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #48
I can only think of maybe 5 songs I don't completely love by the Beatles olddots Sep 2015 #52
This Boy Miles Archer Sep 2015 #53
 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
4. I just listened again at full volume
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 02:10 AM
Sep 2015

Mindblowing. The transition from pop band to something just a little stranger.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
43. Supposedly the line
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 10:29 PM
Sep 2015

"curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid get" was John cursing his cigarette addiction (SWR brought tobacco from the new world back to England)

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
5. Mine changes daily
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 02:24 AM
Sep 2015

Too many to choose from, but since tonight I expertly (clumsily) timed walking my dog to coincide with a big rain storm... ...



 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
19. That's on my feel-good CD
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 07:21 PM
Sep 2015

I made a CD of songs to pick me up out of the doldrums, and that one is on it. I always feel better afterwards.

Also, Good Day, Sunshine, It's a beautiful Morning (Rascals), and Twist & Shout. I think I'll play it right now; it's been a few years.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
41. My daughter (baby #2) was born to that song.
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 08:45 PM
Sep 2015

My husband said "It should have been "Here Comes the Daughter."

PennyK

(2,302 posts)
13. Mine too
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:25 AM
Sep 2015

Beautiful and moving. Bette Midler sings it in "For the Boys," as a singer performing for soldiers in Vietnam and it is just ...beyond. One of the many reasons I love her.

malthaussen

(17,202 posts)
25. I agree with that
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 09:37 AM
Sep 2015

I think they are the only group with an extensive repertoire who haven't got a dog barking somewhere. Even their lamest covers are good. Even on the bootleg tapes.

-- Mal

Mr.Bill

(24,301 posts)
21. Within You Without You
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 07:53 PM
Sep 2015

I think of it as more of a George Harrison solo song, but he was my favorite Beatle. I was so sad the day he died and when I listened to this song all the grief just left me. It has a healing power.

It will be played at my funeral and everyone will be given a copy of the lyrics to take home.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
23. That is so moving.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:21 PM
Sep 2015

I couldn't agree with you more. Those four men and their music will be in my heart forever. Here's my post.


gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
24. Don't know that I can pick just one
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 01:51 AM
Sep 2015

But think about the lyrics to "Help" and "Yesterday," and realize that they were written by guys in their twenties. Those are two songs by old men, or at least old souls.

malthaussen

(17,202 posts)
27. And now for something completely different:
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 09:51 AM
Sep 2015


You ever notice that most Beatle lovers always cite their later work, and may even be disdainful of their early, straight-ahead rock and roll period? Me, I think "Please Please Me" is one of the best two minutes ever recorded. Tight, great beat, and incredible energy. I can't think of many pop groups that come close to them in every respect.

-- Mal

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)
29. Whatever song I am listening to
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 10:31 AM
Sep 2015

is my favorite. A couple not mentioned that I always listen to when I can,

"Within You Without You"



Also "Fixing A Hole"


And last but not least "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"


Sgt. Pepper is not my favorite album by any means but those 3 songs from it are pretty cool.
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
36. Impossible to choose
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 04:50 PM
Sep 2015

but this bit of pungent Lennon wordplay, spooky Macca bass parr, Ringo at his minamalist best, and general off-the-wallness has always held a favorite place in the utter timeless greatness that is the Beatles catalogue:

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
37. Not possible.
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 07:39 PM
Sep 2015

It just isn't. Here are the first to pop into my head:







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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
51. Excellent selection!
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 12:49 AM
Sep 2015

I have already noted "Here Comes The Sun", but "Blackbird" is another of my favorites. There are so many great songs thought.

Danmel

(4,915 posts)
42. If I needed someone
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 10:11 PM
Sep 2015

If I had some more time to spend, then I guess I'd be with you my friend, if I needed someone.

I still haven't figured out hit to post video. I'm such a maroon!

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
44. Rubber Soul is a great album, and my first Beatle album. However ...
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 11:25 PM
Sep 2015

your favorite song is not on the North American release of album, nor is "Drive My Car", another of my favorite Beatle songs. It is only on the English release.

The American edition differed markedly from its British counterpart. Four tracks were removed and set aside for the next American album, Yesterday and Today: "Drive My Car", "Nowhere Man", "What Goes On" and "If I Needed Someone". These were replaced with two tracks from the UK Help! album: "I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love". The total time was 28:55, nearly 7 minutes shorter than the British version. Through peculiarities of sequencing, by placing the Help! tracks at the beginning of each side, Rubber Soul was deliberately reconfigured to appear a "folk rock" album to angle the Beatles into that emergent lucrative American genre during 1965.[49]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Soul

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
47. So many
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 05:18 PM
Sep 2015

Here are a few:

For No One (Rubber Soul)
I'll Follow the Sun (Meet the Beatles)
I'll Be Back (Meet the Beatles)
You Can't Do That
Money
Help!
Please, Mr. Postman
No Reply
A Day in the Life
Boys

Such a (seemingly) innocent time


 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
48. Wow, this thread has taken off...
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 07:57 PM
Sep 2015

haven't been able to track it on the iPhone lately- something is crashing the page. Works good on the desktop, though.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
52. I can only think of maybe 5 songs I don't completely love by the Beatles
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 02:13 AM
Sep 2015

and it would be hard to remember them .

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