Top 3 Beatle's Song (1 Viewer)

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Lately I've been listening to my Beatle's albums on itunes while doing work on the computer and it seems lately that there has been a lot of talk on the Beatle's lately! So I thought this might be an interesting thread. I'm curious, what are you're top 3 favorite songs by them?

Mine are:

1. Help!
2. Hello Goodbye
3. Can't Buy Me Love

So what are yours?

Regards and Best Wishes, Vick

 

[thebritfarmer]

1. Eight days a week
2. Can't by me love
3. She loves you

 

[jazzeum]

It's completely impossible to pick three, plus what are the three best and your favorite three best?

Well, I think a clear number one and one of the best songs ever written is A Day in the Life. By the way, if you can, grab any Jeck Beck version of the song; it will blow you away.

My two favorite albums are Rubber Soul and Revolver so I need to pick from there. From Rubber Soul, I have to pick Norwegian Wood, a song on many levels. Sorry, I can't stop there. I love Think for Yourself, I'm Looking Through You and If I Needed Someone.

From Revolver, my all time favorite, Taxman and Eleanor Rigby are just classics as are I'm Only Sleeping, Yellow Submarine and Tomorrow Never Knows (the first use of backwards recording; discovered accidentally). However, the best and my favorite is She Said, She Said; I love this line "I Know What It's Like to be dead."

However, from the Past Masters set (singles collection), how can you forget Day Tripper (which every guitarist should be able to play the lick), Rain, Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna or Hey Jude.

Impossible to pick three but if you force me to pick three. Ok: A Day in the Life, Day Tripper and She Said, She Said.

If you want to read some great books, try "Can't Buy Me Love," a biography of the group. Recommend it highly. Also "Revolution in the Head," by Ian Macdonald. He analyzes every song they've written. Some of it is a little technical but well worth it.

 

[lancer]

1- Here Comes the Sun 2- Eleanor Rigby 3- I'm Looking Through You. Of course, there are many other favorites, but I'll go with these. -- lancer

 

[DCN1898]

1, You've got to hide your love away
2, A day in the life
3, The fool on the hill

 

[jazzeum]

Interestingly, the concept of "sun" shows up more than once in Beatle discography: I'll Follow the Sun from Beatles for Sale, Here Comes the Sun and The Sun King from Abbey Road.

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

1.Hard days night.

2.Let it be.

3.When I'm Sixty-four.

 

[mikemiller1955]

1) Carry That Weight Medley...

w/Golden Slumbers...Carry That Weight...You Never Give Me Your Money...Here Comes The Sun...The End

2) Something...

3) Yesterday...

 

[Warrior]

3.) It don't come easy

2.) Band on the run

1.) My sweet lord

(this under the assumption that had the band not broken up, all three of these songs would have been performed by the Beatles.......)

 

[jazzeum]

1) Carry That Weight Medley...

w/Golden Slumbers...Carry That Weight...You Never Give Me Your Money...Here Comes The Sun...The End

2) Something...

3) Yesterday...

You Never Give Me Your Money (kind of a critique on where the group stood; not too good at that point) kind of stands on its own so I think you mean maybe Mean Mr. Mustard through The End?

 

[jazzeum]

3.) It don't come easy

2.) Band on the run

1.) My sweet lord

(this under the assumption that had the band not broken up, all three of these songs would have been performed by the Beatles.......)

On the Beatles Anthology, there is actually a take of All Things Must Pass. The All Things Must Pass album is probably one of the best ever and probably the highpoint of George's solo career although his last album Brainwashed is a fantastic album.

 

[modwalls]

This is a hard thing to do, picking three, mike miller nailed my picks, Abbey Road is just a great album, the White Album also shows the total diversity of the group, as does Let it Be, maybe it should have been top 3 Albums. As George's pick show, each of their Solo careers gives us so many great tunes, it just saddens me what we lost. My two favorite Beatles are gone, but not really, their songs always live on.

 

[VIRIATO]

It would be easier to pick their best..300 songs.
I'll pick 3 almost at random, tomorrow I'll change my mind to another 3:
-Michelle;
-Eleanor Rigby;
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.


Paulo

 

[lancer]

On the Beatles Anthology, there is actually a take of All Things Must Pass. The All Things Must Pass album is probably one of the best ever and probably the highpoint of George's solo career although his last album Brainwashed is a fantastic album.

By far the best solo album done by any of the Fab Four. I still own my original LP purchased oh so many decades ago. Certainly a brilliant benchmark for the under-appreciated George. I am embarrassed to say that I have not heard the last album. I will have to change that. -- lancer

 

[mikemiller1955]

and in the end...

the love you take...

is equal to the love...

you make...


such great lyrics...so true

 

[jazzeum]

A fitting end to one of the greatest groups of all time.

 

[jazzeum]

Listened yesterday to the Beatles at the BBC, a fine two album disc.

If you're looking to supplement your listening, aside from the regular albums, I recommend, in addition to the Beatles at the BBC, the following:

Beatles Anthologies. In 1994, there was a Beatles documentary put out by the Beatles on television (available in a DVD set) and they put out Parts I, II and III, each with two discs, consisting of alternate takes, some songs not release, plus songs that John Lennon had started and put into a casette player before his death, which Yoko gave to Paul, George and Ringo and they turned them into songs. Very interesting. Part I also has the infamous Decca session from January 1, 1962.

Naked Let it Be. Let it Be were the "Get Back Sessions." The Beatles were going to go back to their roots. However, it just didn't work out so they moved onto the next project, Abbey Road. Rather than leave it in the can, John and Yoko brought in Phil Spector to finish it off, with his infamous wall of sound. For example, he took the Long and Winding Road and added an orchestra. McCartney had a fit and this was the final straw that led to the breakup. To make a long story short, in 2003, the Beatles put out a new version of Let it Be, removed of the Spector junk. It's a different sounding album, with The Long and Winding Road and Across the Universe sounding infinitely better. This is probably not the last word on the Get Back/Let it Be sessions. For example, there are three different versions of Let it Be, the one released as a single; the one on Let it Be; and the one on Naked Let it Be. Anyway a different but recommended album.