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catfood03 
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 08:52 |
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Since The Beatles are included in this large umbrella of Progressive Music categories on this site it should be within bounds to have a Beatles poll...
I believe the list above includes all of "The Quiet One's" songs that appeared during his time in the Beatles. Some of these songs are admittedly obscure, but I didn't want to omit any songs considering how widely heard the Beatles catalog has become.
My personal faves are Blue Jay Way, Something, Old Brown Shoe, Here Comes The Sun, Piggies, If I Needed Someone, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 08:54 |
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"Taxman Mr Wilson"
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 09:03 |
Something was a personal favorite of Frank Sinatra and he always made a point of praising the song writer skills of the Lennon/McCartney partnership because of this song. Frank Sinatra's version is actually very good.
So I voted Something because it is one of the best love songs of all time.
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 09:19 |
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 10:06 |
While my Guitar gently weeps is my favorite Beatles song! Good one Mr. Harrison and good work on the guitar solo Mr. Clapton.
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catfood03
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 12:05 |
 toroddfuglesteg wrote:
Something was a personal favorite of Frank Sinatra and he always made a point of praising the song writer skills of the Lennon/McCartney partnership because of this song. Frank Sinatra's version is actually very good.
So I voted Something because it is one of the best love songs of all time. |
...but Sinatra was mistaken on the songwriting credits.
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 20:03 |
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My favourite Beatles song is While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Another of my favourites is Here Comes the Sun.
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: August 14 2010 at 22:07 |
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Here Comes the Sun just barely beats out While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Taxman.
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 00:00 |
Snow Dog wrote:
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"ah-ah,Mr. Heath" yes, George has penned many great songs with The Beatles, however I'd like to focus our attention on the last song of side 3 (White)..what is with this song? particularly the ending..is has Definetly been a long, long time
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 00:26 |
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Yellow Submarine is far from the Beatles' best work, but I've always had a soft spot for "It's All Too Much" and "Only a Northern Song" (the former got my vote)
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 01:39 |
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while my guitar gently weeps is an awesome song in general, imo
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 02:23 |
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George made worthwhile contributions to the Beatles song catalogue, but didn't really have the same level of class as Lennon-McCartney. His best two songs were While my guitar gently sleeps and Here comes the Sun. He tended to be rather derivative in his structures and flow of melody was often lacking, more like B-sides of a single. Without probably intending to, he took other's ideas and developed them as his own. My Sweet Lord was sued for plagarism, and the whole concept of Something was taken from a James Taylor song Something in the way she moves (he produced James Taylor for Apple). But again, I stress that his contribution was worthwhile, probably suffering from proximity to two exceptional songwriters.
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 03:28 |
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^ All Things Must Pass suffered from proximity to no-one. An absolute classic. I would put him on a par with the other two
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 04:09 |
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Has to be "Here Comes The Sun"
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 13:56 |
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Blue Jay Way. I love the post rock vibe of that song, and the fact that this song was released like 35 years before post rock.
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Posted: August 15 2010 at 16:09 |
..there's a fog upon L.A....
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rip George Harrison
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assume the power 1586/14.3
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 11:39 |
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While My Guitar Genly Weeps, though It's All Too Much is a very close second.
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 03:45 |
It always amazes me to see that I Me Mine on Let It Be is sooooo overlooked.
Here Comes The Sun and Guitar Gently Weeps round out the top three.
I'd also mention Badge that (from Cream) was written during Beatles days.
Edited by Sean Trane - August 17 2010 at 03:46
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 07:36 |
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I Voted Taxman
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 10:10 |
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I Need You, especially for the great guitar sound, but he did lots of other good ones like Here Comes the Sun and It's All Too Much (Steve Hillage did a great progged up version of that).
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