Stamping the Beatles With One Song !
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Topic: Stamping the Beatles With One Song !
Posted By: trackstoni
Subject: Stamping the Beatles With One Song !
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:17
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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 >> ------------- Tracking Tracks of Rock |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:32
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Muffin Man ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:56
| A Day in the Life |
Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:56
I Want to Hold Your Hand   Fave song when I was 5  When it came on the radio, I listened ------------- Matt |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:22
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Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:28
What is this I don't even
"A Day in the Life"
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CinemaZebra wrote:Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:52
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Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 21:50
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Ticket to Ride from Help!, it's about the futility of love (a common theme from their earlier songs), it has a nice rock and roll beat, and several time signature changes that foreshadow progrock appearing on the scene a few years later. ------------- "You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 21:55
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My favorite Beatles song is Happiness is a Warm Gun, but I agree with others taht A Day in the Life best sums up their style, since it includes the writing styles of both Paul and John and it just plain rocks.
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 22:05
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Layla In The Sky for The Benefit of Shaft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI ------------- 
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Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 22:54
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A DAY IN THE LIFE ---end--- ------------- http://img229.imageshack.us/i/bonfirma.jpg/"> 
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Posted By: tarkus1980
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 23:05
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Paperback Writer ------------- "History of Rock Written by the Losers." |
Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 23:32
An excellent song imo too. McCartney´s bass sounds great there. ------------- http://img229.imageshack.us/i/bonfirma.jpg/">
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 00:53
xD I love that video. "The Beatles invented the thumbs up..."
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Posted By: progman2010
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 04:03
Penny Lane. Proggy liitle tune, nice melody 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 06:52
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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!)
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 06:55
I wish you'd quit stamping around, I am trying to get some sleep.   Revolution Number Nine  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 06:57
Really...you can "headbang" to that one? I'd like to see that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 07:00
| Strawberry Fields. |
Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 08:00
I headbang with canterbury lyrics, Rev 9 is easy stuff. I would stap Revolution 9 too, the most brilliant song they ever made. -------------  Pentagram Pizza YumYum Bloody
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 08:06
In that case...................I am nonplussed and truly a bit stunned at that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 08:30
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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.
moreover
A day in the life is their best track! ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 09:46
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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" |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 10:09
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How about one single? Rain/Paperback Writer. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 10:15
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One single? Yours is up there Jammun, along with.... Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 10:34
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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.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 10:35
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Also monster is.... Hey Jude/Revolution |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 11:03
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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.
------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 11:36
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. |
Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:41
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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 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te ------------- Pentagram Pizza YumYum Bloody
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:43
Yep. Far more interesting than the banal pop piffle they chucked out. |
Posted By: berger_king
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:19
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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. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:30
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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.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Dan Locke
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 22:23
| 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. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 06:26
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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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 06:53
| 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" |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 06:54
Hmm, choosing a Beatles song that has none of them playing on it, that's interesting.
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Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 09:18
<< 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 ! >> ------------- Tracking Tracks of Rock |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 09:22
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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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 09:25
This skinned fella ain't he? In My Life (because i like it) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 11:30
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Hey Jude... ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 12:33
| A Day in the Life. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 12:57
In My Life is a simple song with nice sentiment. Not a bad choice at all. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:29
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Another for "A Day in the Life": ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:44
I have a particular thing for "All You Need is Love", though, because of The Prisoner's final episode: ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:50
Ridiculous! Revolution 9 is one of my favorite things the Beatles ever did. It's a very enjoyable listen for fans of experimental music/musique concet like myself. -------------
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:55
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^ I too have a personal thing about ;All You Need is Love' . It was one of only two popular singles owned by my departed Uncle (The others were all trad jazz. (The other 'pop' single was a Bob Dylan one 'The Times they are' I think. But my sister and I when we were little played it to death, along with the B side 'Baby you're a Rich Man' which I love for some reason. It's a little odd I think that's why so...
Not their best songs but actually 'All you Need is Love' is very Beatles in many ways too.
------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 14:01
I'm guessing you two didn't end up being rich men but if you had some fun with music you were most certainly enriched. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 14:12
We certanly were Mr Bartfast, we certainly were...
And so one could say I was a rich man as a result..
(All you need is love la da da da......if only) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:08
 They have more than one style, and many great & essential songs, so that's not easy.
A favourite track would be "A Day In the Life."
In order to broaden the scope, if I can cheat a bit I'd nominate the entire side two suite from Abbey Road as "one" song/track.  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:08
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One more for "A day in the life" ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:21
------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 22:55
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While it's not my favorite or necessarily the "best", the "most Beatles" song is probably Rain. Love that track. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 23:05
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Hey Jude
Ticket to ride
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: August 03 2010 at 03:51
| A Day in the life, without a doubt |
Posted By: Deleuze
Date Posted: August 04 2010 at 07:30
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ALL WE NEED IS LOVE easy choice :P ------------- 
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Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: August 05 2010 at 05:15
| eleanor rigby or we can work it out |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 05 2010 at 17:12
It would be if there was actually a Beatles song of that title. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 05 2010 at 17:13
Good call - both Lennon and McCartney wrote and sung sections of this song - and it's a cracker. |
Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 07:11
| Here comes the sun |
Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 12:48
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I'm going with the crowd so, A Day In The Life it is!
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Last.fm: TursakeX RYM: Tursake |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 13:45
Yellow Submarine  for its humour and quirk, I Stamp Beatles with that...
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Posted By: Westsiyeed
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 18:59
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A Day in the Life came immediately to my mind before reading the posts.
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Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 12:29
Yes , in Fact It Is ! But ! Until Certain Limits !------------- Tracking Tracks of Rock |
Posted By: besotoxico
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 22:10
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A Day in the Life for sure. I still think of I Want You (She's So Heavy) first when I think of the beatles though. Maybe because I'm a fusion junkie.
------------- Lies, he only tells the truth, for he means it, means, not anything he says, eyes unseen, but everything is ........ So sincere, so sincere, so sincere, so sin. |
Posted By: Rush77
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 17:04
I know it's kinda cheating but I'm gonna say The Abbey Road Melody
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 09:37
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To stamp The Beatles, I'd surely say She Loves You, since it contains their trademark Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 10:00
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Candidates: Help - A Lennon song more in the McCartney style. Really some of their best songs are the early, happier Lennon sung tunes that actually feel like true collaborations.
We Can Work It Out - McCartney song with Lennon bridge that is much less cut and paste than Day in the Life (which is lauded for the same reason though reversed)
The two sided single of Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields really is the ultimate for me. The balancing point between their experimentation and pop sensibilities, both band leaders, psychedelia. Brilliant. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 23:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk7GSS_WRog&feature=relatedLes Intrigantes - Hello Goodbyesome French Gals------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 22:22
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 23:29
| The Abbey Road side 2 medley, if you consider that one song |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 01:34
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EVERY LITTLE THING. that is all. |
Posted By: progtapper
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 02:53
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I'm not a Beatle fan at all!
Heard it a lot too much when I was young.
My thought!
But I still prefer the cover version of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel.
He still plays it live with a lot of power.
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 06:01
| Impossible. One of the striking characteristics of The Beatles was the way they could adapt to almost any style and bring freshness and originality to it. |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 06:30
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*BANGBANG* ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 14:15
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Ticket to Ride is what I think of when I think of the Beatles. ------------- 
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Posted By: resurrection
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 23:17
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[QUOTE=progtapper]
I'm not a Beatle fan at all!
Heard it a lot too much when I was young.
That says it all. You probably don't realise it, but everything you've heard since is based on the same thing. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 23:26
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it certainly is not A Day in the Life, maybe Eleanor Rigby or For No One |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:43
Damn straight compadre, Penny Lane was the first song I can remember as a child of 5 while playing with my toy cars. I used to think the creators of these wonderful sounds were little tiny men who lived inside the wireless. (Oh lordy I've said too much?....) Plus it's got that Bach trumpety thing on it to boot... ------------- 
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Posted By: DavetheSlave
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:53
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The long and winding road ------------- I'm a normal psychopath |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 07:42
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Cry Baby Cry From The White Album Geez I love that ditty |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:41
| Let It Be |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 15:46
So the music that repels you is the basis for everything else, including my beloved prog? Call in a designated driver, this man's had enough!
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 17:50
The only song I know is Yellow Submarine..stamped. Plus you can headbang to it....really you can.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 23:04
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Day Tripper ------------- |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 05:34
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Revolution Number 9. I guess my point is since there is no one song you can stamp the Beatles with you might as well stamp them with one song really not like any other. v |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 05:49
Methinks you are being disingenuous yes?  -------------
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 21:55
| Because. Harmonies so soulful the Fab Four almost sound like they are exhaling emotions from every cell of their being. Also, In My Life, if only because it underlines the difference between geniuses and talented/great artists. A genius never ever disdains a simple idea and never thinks it is too childish for him to write or play because he has the clarity to see that it is very special in spite of or because of its simplicity. |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: June 23 2011 at 18:10
| Day in the Life |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 24 2011 at 18:52
| Stamping the Beatles with one song is a nonsense but i'm gonna play the game and say a single flip side and a Georges song : Old brown shoe |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 24 2011 at 19:35
Merely a warmup for the quiet one's solo career.
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Posted By: JeanFrame
Date Posted: July 02 2011 at 09:59
| Help is for me the epitome of the Beatles way of doing things. |
Posted By: Tengent
Date Posted: July 02 2011 at 23:17
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Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: July 05 2011 at 02:13
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Gotta be either "Hey Jude", "Revolution", or "All You Need is Love". "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life" are close runners up. "Hey Jude" is ultimately the winner for the seemingly infinite outro to fadeout... " NAAA NA NA NaNaNa NAAA NaNaNa NAAA HEY JUDE! JUDAY JUDAY JUDAY JUDAY!" and so on and so forth. That ending epitomizes the Beatles for me.
------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show) 
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Posted By: moszaic
Date Posted: September 12 2011 at 04:14
| while my guitar gently weeps |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: September 13 2011 at 20:54
| One after 909 |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 18:12
Hey you, i'm back ( and drunk ) and i say there are many, many great and beautiful Beatles songs, they brought us happiness and hope  ------------- FAIS QUE TON REVE SOIT PLUS LONG QUE LA NUIT HAVE YOUR DREAM LASTING LONGER THAN THE NIGHT |
Posted By: ProcolWho?
Date Posted: September 26 2011 at 23:44
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no question about it You Know My Name, Look up The Number |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 06:27
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Please Please Me. With simple methods they create a brilliant pop song, which contains everything: nice vocal harmonies, excellent accompaniment, verse, refrain, a middle part, a melody to remember... This early song already shows their compositional talent, which they later refine, throughout their career. ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 12:30
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I read the news today..... Oh boy! <5 minutes later> EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............................ ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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