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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2010 at 08:06
Originally posted by Klogg Klogg wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I wish you'd quit stamping around, I am trying to get some sleep. AngryLOL

Revolution Number Nine Rawks

Really...you can "headbang" to that one?

I'd like to see that.

I headbang with canterbury lyrics, Rev 9 is easy stuff.
I would stap Revolution 9 too, the most brilliant song they ever made.

In that case...................I am nonplussed and truly a bit stunned at that. 
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Revolution 9 is pure nonsesne, soundbytes spliced together randomly, and they even admitted that. Its not even a song, its an idea that was good int its time and now is best forgotten. I cant stand the ACADEMIC talk over this gibberish on the net these days.
 
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A day in the life is their best track!
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Picking one song for the Beatles is just insane....so I don't try to pick their best.....just the one that happens to remind me most of what I enjoy about them

"Two of Us"
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How about one single?  Rain/Paperback Writer.
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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One single?  Yours is up there Jammun, along with....

Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane
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I thought on Eleanor Rigby..But it's too orchestral, not common in them 
 
Then on "Here Comes the Sun"....-but it's a Harrison track and most of their stuff is Lennon & Mc'Cartney.
 
Being that we are talking about most representative rather than our favourite.....It has to be Paperback Writer, it's Rock, with a POP edge and some ooos.
 
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Also monster is....

Hey Jude/Revolution
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Getting somewhat off topic, them Beatles generally did a good job of representing the facets of the group on the singles.
 
I Feel Fine/She's a Woman
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
 
And the others we've already mentioned.
 
Actually Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus is not bad either.
 
I tend to see a Lennon/McCartney trend here.  One side, ya get a fairly upbeat, cheerful, poppy McCartney.  Other side ya get a fairly downbeat, morose, proggy Lennon.
 
Which of course is what makes it pretty much impossible to choose just one song.  I suppose A Day in the Life, which has both, is possibly representative, though it ignores Harrison.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Revolution 9 is pure nonsesne, soundbytes spliced together randomly, and they even admitted that. Its not even a song, its an idea that was good int its time and now is best forgotten. I cant stand the ACADEMIC talk over this gibberish on the net these days.
 
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A day in the life is their best track!

Well I was being a little silly.  A Day In The Life is a good choice though.  I don't know if it qualifies as a typical Beatles song though as they didn't do a lot of typical songs.  I think variety was their stock in trade when they were at their peak. 


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Hey! Rev 9 IS A SONG! People can judge it as a bad one, but it is a song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te
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Originally posted by Klogg Klogg wrote:

Hey! Rev 9 IS A SONG! People can judge it as a bad one, but it is a song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te


Yep. Far more interesting than the banal pop piffle they chucked out.
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The question seems to be basically what is the 'ultimate' Beatles song and that's a tough one... I think I would sincerely go with 'Free as a Bird' because it showed that whatever it is that the Beatles had was not a fluke, and I believe they effortlessly picked up right where they left off, it only for a moment in time.
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I always thought that "And You Tried So Hard" from Gong's "Camembert Electrique" album was a mockery of the Beatles.


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I wouldn't say that it's very representative of their overall style, but "A Day in the Life" is, by far, my favorite of their songs.
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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by Klogg Klogg wrote:

Hey! Rev 9 IS A SONG! People can judge it as a bad one, but it is a song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te


Yep. Far more interesting than the banal pop piffle they chucked out.

Yeah.  Wait try this "that pathetic pop piffle". PPPPPPPP.

Banal or pathetic, they did crank out some good pop.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Practically impossible to pick one song that encompasses their early and later stuff. I would have to pick something mid-period like "Drive My Car" or "In My Life"
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Originally posted by trackstoni trackstoni wrote:

 Choose The Song That You Feel it Matches With The Beatles Style Of Music &  Caracter of the Band  , And Stamp Them With ! My Choice is <<<   Eleanor Rigby  >>
 
Hmm, choosing a Beatles song that has none of them playing on it, that's interesting.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Impossible to sum up the Beatles in one song but anyway
 
She's Leaving Home
 
(this thread will just end up being a list of great songs!)
 

     << And Why Is That , Why You Always put an x on Things you Don't Like , Let Proggers gives their Opinions , i'm new in this site and need to know , if yu're not , don't participate my friend ! >> 
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Originally posted by trackstoni trackstoni wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Impossible to sum up the Beatles in one song but anyway
 
She's Leaving Home
 
(this thread will just end up being a list of great songs!)
 

     << And Why Is That , Why You Always put an x on Things you Don't Like , Let Proggers gives their Opinions , i'm new in this site and need to know , if yu're not , don't participate my friend ! >> 
 
He has participated by naming a song. And he's right, you can't sum up The Beatles with one track so it is just going to be a list of people's favourite Beatle songs.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by trackstoni trackstoni wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Impossible to sum up the Beatles in one song but anyway
 
She's Leaving Home
 
(this thread will just end up being a list of great songs!)
 

     << And Why Is That , Why You Always put an x on Things you Don't Like , Let Proggers gives their Opinions , i'm new in this site and need to know , if yu're not , don't participate my friend ! >> 
 
He has participated by naming a song. And he's right, you can't sum up The Beatles with one track so it is just going to be a list of people's favourite Beatle songs.

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In My Life (because i like it)
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