Your favourite Beatles song?

[threebikesmcginty]

Yellow Submarine
or
Ohbladi Ohblada

Because they are the best...

I shall acquiesce to these choices as ianrauk is CC's biggest Beatles fan!

 

[ianrauk]

My bible

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I shall acquiesce to these choices as ianrauk is CC's biggest Beatles fan!

 

[swee'pea99]

Come on you guys, Wings were far better then the Beatles...

All together now.. Muuuuuullll Of Kintyyyyyreeeeee!!

and when we've all finished that one (two three four)

My sweet lord
Ooh my lord
etc

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Come on you guys, Wings were far better then the Beatles...

All together now.. Muuuuuullll Of Kintyyyyyreeeeee!!

Ah, yes, Wings ... "the band The Beatles could have been".

 

[ianrauk]

And not forgetting his quote about The Police..

"That was Roxanne from the The Police, of course now called Sting"

Reminds me of Alan Partridge's answer "The Best of The Beatles" when asked what his favourite Beatles album was !

 

[Happiness Stan]

Wings ... "the band The Beatles could have been".

I thought that was ELO

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Apparently he's called Sting because he used to have a yellow and black jumper, on which was written "from now on, I would like you all to call me Sting".

 

[ianrauk]

Sorry Mort,
My fault...
for what it's worth I love the 'Nothing Like The Sun' album...

Hurray! It's morphed into another "Why I Hate Sting" thread!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

'It's All Too Much' (a huge piece of brass, feedback and handclap-laced psychedelia from George), 'Northern Song' (John) and 'Hey Bulldog' (Paul) - they are all contractual obligations from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack and show that The Beatles were far better when they weren't trying so hard.

Other than those: 'Dear Prudence' and 'Daytripper' - and I know it's now fashionable for people who want to seem independent to sneer at The Beatles, but they produced more decent songs that most other bands of their generation.

That said, I still prefer The Kinks - who had way more style.

 

[beanzontoast]

Blackbird. It's a haunting little song.

As in the previous post - I too found ELO reminded me of The Beatles, which is probably why I took to the latter in the first place.

 

[Happiness Stan]

I know it's now fashionable for people who want to seem independent to sneer at The Beatles.

yeah what's that all about? Is it a 'I'm Hipper/Cooler Than Thou' thing where you have to say that the Congolese Hip Hop Duo you are into are way, way better.

 

[ChrisKH]

I don't want to seem independent or anything else for that matter, but after having unintentional aversion therapy as a child (looped tape Beatles music, at least that's what it seemed like at the time) I could quite happily murder Paul McCartney.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I could quite happily murder Paul McCartney.

That, I can assure you, is entirely normal!

 

[beanzontoast]

yeah what's that all about? Is it a 'I'm Hipper/Cooler Than Thou' thing where you have to say that the Congolese Hip Hop Duo you are into are way, way better.

I think it's different for people who were living when the Beatles first started, who grew up with their music when it was new and have memories associated with hearing the songs. One of my earliest memories of hearing any record played at home was the day my brothers went into town shopping after school and brought back the single of Twist and Shout which was then played for about an hour solidly!

I don't get into debates about the significance of them to the development of pop music - each to his own - I just enjoy listening.

 

[ianrauk]

But he wrote the Frogs Chorus

That, I can assure you, is entirely normal!