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liberalpragmatist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:42 PM
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Good BEATLES Songs That Weren't Hits!
Edited on Tue Aug-03-04 10:21 PM by liberalpragmatist
So many. And the hits are great too. But for me, I'm going with these:

Rain: GREAT song, the John-penned B-side to "Paperback Writer." For the life of me I can't understand why it wasn't a double-A side. Now found on Past Masters II compilation CD.

Two of Us: Great song from Let it Be and Let it Be...Naked.

Also...
"Happiness is a Warm Gun," "Dear Prudence," "Long Long Long," "I'm So Tired," "Helter Skelter," and "Savoy Truffle" from The White Album.

And the Abbey Road Medley from Abbey Road.
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:43 PM
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1. You know my name, look up the number!
:)
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bunk76 Donating Member (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:45 PM
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2. Blackbird....
fly,into the light of the dark black night.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:47 PM
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3. Helter Skelter was a hit (Hey Bulldog, Dear Prudence, Northern Song)
Edited on Tue Aug-03-04 09:48 PM by Argumentus
If for the wrong reasons...

I've always loved Dear Prudence, and some of the stuff off Yellow Sub, like Hey Bulldog and Northern Song, are pretty damned good.

And Tomorrow Never Knows: techno before there was techno.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:49 PM
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6. Tomorrow Never Knows
Living Colour just did a remake of it on their latest album.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:50 PM
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7. No shit?
I may have to buy that. Is the rest of the album any good?
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:53 PM
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11. I'm biased, but...
...yeah, it's fantastic.

They also cover AC/DC's "Back In Black". (Get it?)
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Ivan Sputnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:48 PM
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4. Sexie Sadie
Also . . .

Hey Bulldog
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:49 PM
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5. "Rocky Racoon" n/t
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:52 PM
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10. Incredibly well written -- very clever
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:09 PM
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19. And catchy...
I thought I was the only one. Thanks Argumentus!

:hi:
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LouKYDem Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:23 PM
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24. Lena Horne singing Rocky Raccoon
LOL I remember Lena Horne singing "Rock Raccoon" on The Flip Wilson Show, something about it was very weird, I'm not sure what i was.
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:29 PM
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29. Welcome to DU!!
I grew up in Louisville, or Luv-all.
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LouKYDem Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:42 PM
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32. thanks!
Actually though, I've been around here for about a year, lol, I just seem new since I am mainly just a lurker. It is nice to know that there are other people familiar with the area on these boards too, lol, because I usually don't see TOO many people from Louisville (or the state of KY for that matter) on here.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:51 PM
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8. Looks like we can pretty much put down, "The Whole White Album"
Edited on Tue Aug-03-04 09:51 PM by Mayberry Machiavelli
in this category!

I agree by the way.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:54 PM
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13. Lemme tell you about the time I ate an entire sheet
...and listened to the "White" album. On second thought, I won't bore you. But Jesus says "hi," and the acid is, indeed, good in heaven.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:51 PM
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9. Tomorrow Never Knows
Nice version by "Our Lady Peace" opens the Neve Campbell movie "The Craft." David Lee Roth "attempted" the song on his last album "Diamond Dave." Brian Eno, when he was in "801" with Phil Manzanera, covered it on "801 Live."
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liberalpragmatist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:55 PM
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14. Of course
I was just naming some of my favorites. Of course, the list will be different whenever someone asks me, with the exception of "Rain" which is probably my very favorite Beatles song.

Basically, virtually everything the Beatles did was fantastic. I'm someone relatively young, 19, but I'm a HUGE Beatles fan. I don't like all their stuff, but not b/c it's bad, just b/c some of their stuff can sound more dated. But on the whole I love them.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:56 PM
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15. Love that song!
And 'Our Lady Peace'. Now I've got to get my hands on that!
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:02 PM
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17. The first time I saw "The Craft" and didn't know the song was in the movie
...I got CHILLS.

It was that good. Totally unexpected, an aerial shot of the clouds, opening credits, and THOSE CHORDS. THAT SONG.

It's a pretty cool little soundtrack, but completely overshadowed by T.N.K...
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:25 PM
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25. Plant: '75 tour. Page: ' 77 tour. Nice shots!
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:14 PM
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21. Taught me the meaning of life
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream,
It is not dying, it is not dying

Lay down al thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.

Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing

And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving

So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:54 PM
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12. Blackbird...
The Night Before...The entire 'White Album'...The Sun King (listen to Radiohead's 'A Wolf At The Door', btw)...Twist and Shout.

My roomate and sister and I would drive around in my sister's old Capri and think we were so cool listening to a compilaion of obscure Beatles hits. We also did a lot of high volume Quiet Riot, too. Lohoosers!

I probably haven't said this enough tonight, but Mike Malloy ROCKS! God, I love this guy!
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:12 PM
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20. Blackbird is great!
:thumbsup:
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 09:57 PM
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16. "It's All Too Much"... A top-5 of mine. Thank you, George!
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:28 PM
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27. Ya beat me!
One of very favorites.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:02 PM
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18. Taxman from Revolver.
Don't Let Me Down from Let it Be.

All of Sargent Pepper's. All of the White Album.
I Want You (She's So Heavy) from Abbey Road.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:15 PM
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22. If I Needed Someone
For No One
She Said
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NeoConsSuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:19 PM
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23. You can't do that
I think it was a B side. I could be wrong.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 11:03 PM
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35. It was the flip of "Can't Buy Me Love." And it actually charted.
"You Can't Do That" peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:26 PM
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26. Think For Yourself
Your Mother Should Know
For No One
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:28 PM
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28. "Polythene Pam" "She Said She Said"
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:30 PM
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30. "She Said" sums up my entire marriage
Interesting song for me, because on one hand it's so personal, and on the other it's so universal.
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:42 PM
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31. Supposedly, Peter Fonda's stoned acid-ramblings inspired it.
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Rooktoven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:53 PM
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33. Hey Bulldog.
From Yellow Submarine.

"...if you're lonely you can talk to me..."
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 11:01 PM
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34. "I'm Down."
The flip side of "Help!" and one of the best Little Richard knock-offs ever!
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 11:18 PM
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36. Any Time at All (nt)
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tcfrogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 11:59 PM
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37. Norwegian Wood
eom
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 12:01 AM
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38. 'No Reply' - One Of My Faves !!!
:bounce:
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 12:05 AM
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39. Ooooohhhh!!! That's a good one!
I love that and-"I'll Be Back", "All I've Gotta Do", and "Inner Light". Now I have to go listen to some Beatles...
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