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Topic: Top 10 Beatles Tunes
Posted: February 12 2011 at 21:47

What are you favourite top 10 Beatles Songs (do not have to be specifically in order)

1.A Day In The Life

2.Abbey Road Medley

3.Get Back

4.She's Leaving Home

5.I Am The Walrus

6.Strawberry Fields Forever

7.Helter Skelter

8.Penny Lane

9.I Want You (She's So Heavy)

10.Hey Jude

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Posted: February 12 2011 at 21:54

oh gosh, too big a catalog for only ten, here goes for this moment in time -

Tomorrow Never Knows
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
It's All Too Much
And I Love Her
Yer Blues
Every Little Thing
Come Together
Hey Bulldog
Within You Without You
Rocky Raccoon

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Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:49

Hmmm...favorites or level of importance?

From an importance standpoint, I would say:

1. Eleanor Rigby (a rock song with no guitar, bass, keyboard or drums? Preposterous!)

2. Hey Jude (a rock band can't have a hit song over 7 minutes long, it just isn't done!)

3. Norwegian Wood (the first time a sitar appears on a rock release -- the Yardbirds used one, but on a demo)

4. Tomorrow Never Knows (one of the most influential pieces of psychedelia ever recorded)

5. Yesterday (the most covered song in history -- so that must mean something, right?)

6. A Day in the Life (Progressive before there was such a thing)

7. In My Life (Lennon's final piece of evolution from pop tune writer to rock composer)

8. I am the Walrus (psychedelic symphonic orchestration? And lines from King Lear?)

9. Something (the first Harrison song to appear on the A side of a single)

10. Helter Skelter (Paul McCartney writes an acid rock song? And Charles Manson hears voices)

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Posted: February 13 2011 at 05:52

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun (White Album)
2. When My Guitar Gently Weeps (White Album)
3. "black bird singing in the dead of night" song (White Album)
4. Desolation Row (Bob Dylan wouldn't have written this, if The Beatles hadn't encouraged him to go electric)
5. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob Dylan wouldn't have written this without influence from The Beatles).

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Posted: February 13 2011 at 16:21

paganinio wrote:

5. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob Dylan wouldn't have written this without influence from The Beatles).

The Beatles had nothing whatsoever to do with this song, written in 1965. It is more influenced by the Book of Ecclesiastes and the Everly Brothers than anything.

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Posted: February 13 2011 at 17:08

paganinio wrote:

3. "black bird singing in the dead of night" song (White Album)

That would be "Blackbird".

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Posted: March 02 2011 at 14:16

Tomorrow Never Knows

Its All Too Much

She's Leaving Home

Eleanor Rigby

LSD

Ticket To Ride

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Michelle

A Day In The Life

Paperback Writer

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Posted: March 02 2011 at 16:39

Tough one, off the top of my head -

Strawberry Fields Forever
Hello Goodbye
For No One
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
In My Life
The Fool On The Hill
Here Comes The Sun
Martha My Dear
She's Leaving Home
I Want You

though if you asked me tomorrow I'd probably change a few of these

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Posted: March 03 2011 at 02:58

1. A Day In The Life

2. Abbey Road Medley

3. She’s Leaving Home

4. Hey Jude

5. Penny Lane

6. Let It Be

7. Something

8. Lady Madonna

9. For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

10. Eleanor Rigby

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Posted: March 04 2011 at 06:01

Tough one but perhaps:

1. Tomorrow Never Knows

2. A Day in the Life

3. Ticket to ride

4. In my Life

5. Girl

6. Nowhere Man

7. Eleanor Rigby

8. Strawberry Fields Forever

9. Happiness is a warm Gun

10. I want you (She's so heavy)

Mostly Lennon it seems with only one McCartney tune.

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Posted: March 05 2011 at 03:37

Incredibly difficult. Anyway:

1.Because

2. Love You To

3. Tomorrow Never Knows

4. Penny Lane

5. Strawberry Fields Forever

6. In My Life

7. Hey Jude

8. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

9. Day in the Life

10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

EDIT: Damn! Put Here Comes The Sun and Eleanor Rigby somewhere in there too. Ouch

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Posted: March 07 2011 at 09:48

A Day In The Life
I'm Only Sleeping
Two of Us
Strawberry Fields Forever
Piggies
Octopus' Garden
Happiness is a Warm Gun
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I'm Looking Through You
Abbey Road Medley

List is in a rough order. I'm not sure I could make it exact.

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Posted: March 07 2011 at 09:51

paganinio wrote:

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun (White Album)
2. When My Guitar Gently Weeps (White Album)
3. "black bird singing in the dead of night" song (White Album)
4. Desolation Row (Bob Dylan wouldn't have written this, if The Beatles hadn't encouraged him to go electric)
5. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob Dylan wouldn't have written this without influence from The Beatles).

And the Beatles wouldn't have written anything if their parents didn't give birth to them, but that's not exactly what the OP was asking.

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Posted: March 07 2011 at 10:48

The list could be ALOT longer, but...

Please Mister Postman

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I'm Only Sleeping

Tomorrow Never Knows

Fool on the Hill

Fixing a Hole

Within You Without You

While my Guitar Gently Weeps

Happiness is a warm gun

I Want You (She's so Heavy)

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Posted: March 08 2011 at 03:34

Abstrakt wrote:

Fool on the Hill

I forgot that one.

Great song!

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Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:36

Not in order....

-While My Guitar Gently Weeps

-Happiness Is A Warm Gun

-A Day In The Life

-For No One

-Michelle

-I Am The Walrus

-Strawberry Fields Forever

-She's Leaving Home

-You Never Give Me Your Money

-Let It Be

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Posted: March 26 2011 at 18:59

~~A Day In The Life~~
~~I Am The Walrus~~
~~In My Life~~
~~Within Without You~~
~~Dear Prudence~~
~~Hey Bulldog~~
~~I Me Mine~~
~~Because~~
~~Octopuss Garden~~
~~The End~~

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Posted: March 26 2011 at 19:46

Does every post you make have to be huge,blue,underlined, and crossed-out

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Posted: March 26 2011 at 20:50

Horizons wrote:

Does every post you make have to be huge,blue,underlined, and crossed-out

I noticed you hated it thats ~~WHY Y DID IT THIS TIME~~

but first time was just making a point

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Posted: March 26 2011 at 20:54

1- Revolution 1

2- Helter Skelter

3- While My Guitar Gently Weeps

4- A Day In The Life

5- Sexy Sadie

6- Strawberry Fields Forever

7- Can't Buy Me Love

8- Octopus's Garden

9- Day Tripper

10- The End

The Beatles, best band ever my favorite definitely

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