FAVOURITE BEATLES SONG.

Paint It Black

Please   Please  Me

Not saying it's my favourite, but the most copied of their songs, ie the one most recorded by other artists is... Yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UelDrZ1aFeY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

Further to my 0725 post...
Good versions of Yesterday available on YouTube are those of Elvis, naturally, and Matt Munro.... Imo

If I had to choose one song to the exclusion of everything else it would be Dear Prudence.

Lovely Rita.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqe_yLT8wd4

I consider the Beatles cover of Siouxie & The Banshees original Dear Prudence to be inferior. 3 best imho A Day in the Life, I am the Walrus, Helter Skelter. I was privileged to be in my 20s witnessing the progress of the group that was once the support act to Helen Shapiro.

Twist and Shout.... She Loves You, yeah yeah yeah..

Baby,You're A Rich Man

Slicer

Hey Jude and Imagine.

Adaay in the Life
Twiston-Davies & Shout
Lucy in the Sky with Dianne Sayer

Mr Steerforth-
btw I still haven't forgiven you for what you did to Emily & Ham.

The old horse was a kinder soul.

A Day In The Life, although Here Comes the Sun is a favourite of mine. My Sweet Lord another George Harrison masterpiece.

My Sweet Lord was ok, but I prefer the Chiffons orginal

Eleanor Rigby.

steerforth - Billy Preston`s LIVE version of My Sweet Lord is the best I have ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EORbL8N-R8

.... some star studded line up that!

Mean Mr Muscutt

The masterpiece recently put together Now and Then is up there.Lennon was an icon,historically one of the greatest ever songwriters.

strawberry fields

Lennon was good but McCartney was the master songwriter and engine of the Beatles.

And Sinatra said "Something" by George Harrison was the best love song ever written.

Great compliment as Frank hated the modern stuff at the time.

... he told me that himself.

Sinatra was a true superstar and a true legend. He sang Something in a lot of his live shows and recorded it many times. Greatest love song ever wrote according to Sir Frank.

..... When I say told me, I mean he told the audience, not me personally one to one conversation

come together - my lyrics

Baby You’re A Rich Man.

bob dylan 25 Mar 24 07:52 
come together - my lyrics

Thought they ripped it off a Chuck Berry song?

roll on john verse six - Slow down you're moving way too fast
Come together right now over me
Your bones are weary, you're about to breathe your last
Lord, you know how hard that it can be

Come together was certainly not about Madam Olga's establishment in Kings Cross London where the customers always come first.

A bit about it here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Together

Lawsuit
In late 1969, "Come Together" was the subject of a copyright infringement claim brought against Lennon by Big Seven Music, the publisher of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me".[45] Morris Levy, the owner of Big Seven Music, contended that it sounded similar musically to Berry's original and shared some lyrics (Lennon sang: "Here come ol' flattop, he come groovin' up slowly", and Berry's had sung: "Here come a flattop, he was movin' up with me"). Before recording, Lennon and McCartney deliberately slowed the song down and added a heavy bass riff in order to make the song more original.[46] The case was settled out of court in 1973, with Levy's lawyers agreeing that Lennon would compensate by recording three Big Seven songs for his next album.[47] A brief version of "Ya Ya" with Lennon and his son Julian was released on the album Walls and Bridges in 1974. "You Can't Catch Me" and another version of "Ya Ya" were released on Lennon's 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll, but the third, "Angel Baby", remained unreleased until after Lennon's death. Levy again sued Lennon for breach of contract, and was eventually awarded $6,795. Lennon countersued after Levy released an album of Lennon material using tapes that were in his possession and was eventually awarded $84,912.96. The album was called Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits.[48]

Hard to beat A Day In Life, but Across the Universe also my favourite.

In My Life is a great song for a funeral imo, Mighty Mac as a Sinatra fan, do you know who New York, New York was written for?

Liza with a zee (zed in UK).

That's right slicer, you probably saw same program as me. Sinatra heard her singing it and had to record it himself. From a film she did with Robert De Niro, apparently he chose it for the theme tune to the film.

The writers wrote some other great tunes.

In My Life is a good choice with that harpsichord sound achieved by a piano played at x2 in the middle.

In My Life
The Long and Winding Road - scale backed version even better
Something
Hey Jude
Strawberry Fields - demo version

Mar 24, 2024 -- 11:16PM, themightymac wrote:

Lennon was good but McCartney was the master songwriter and engine of the Beatles.

Yes - definitely in the latter years.
The other 3 couldn't keep up with him.
He kept them going for as long as they did.

Being For the Benefit of Mister Kite



John Lennon being a creative genius saw a poster in a an antique shop and turned it into a song.

I was thinking the winner of the 6.00 must be named after a classic 60s hit

When Jesamine goes, a part of me knows
I'm not really living
A butterfly child, so free and so wild
And so full of living

But no, it's a slightly different spelling - Butterfly Jasmine, not Jesamine.

The Hendersons were all meant to be there, but they were late withdrawals.

stewarts rise - I think New York, New York was originally written for Cabaret the musical and first sung by Liza Minelli, Judy Garland`s daughter, but I may be wrong.

The original is my favourite Beatles song but I'll share what I consider is the best cover that any other Artist has done of any of their songs.

https://youtu.be/xRL7nKsCidU?feature=shared

George Michael's cover of The long and winding road is top draw.

Not only a great cover but also one of the best intro's of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXV4WyQMHFM

Been watching this with great interest and some fantastic suggestions.
For me. Penny Lane . A Day In The Life. Kurt Elling's cover of Norwegian Wood is worth a listen.

All within 7 years.
Hard to imagine.
I discovered Martha My Dear a few years ago.
Couldn't believe it - a throw away album filler!
These guys weren't human.

Fun fact - apparently Paul wrote Let It Be & Long and Winding Road on the same day!

If that's true, incredible!

Revolution In The Head” by the late Ian McDonald - I read it & couldn't believe it.
The Beatles Bible for all true fans. He goes through the story of every song.

All You Need is Love!

She's Leaving Home. A brilliant story in a song.

Anybody seen the new Let It Be documentary?

Was going to buy it on Blu Ray but a bit pricey at £20+. Any recommend it before I buy?

Obvs seen clips on YouTube plus reviews.

I always like "I feel fine"

Watched a clip on YT recently ... they basically stole the tune from Bobby Parkers 'Watch Your Step'

^ 1st song to ever use feedback

I saw The Beatles live at the Hammersmith Odeon in the late sixties. Trouble was, I'd been spoilt by Elvis long before they were formed. The Beatles were okay the night I saw them, but not a patch on The King. Go into anywhere karaoke in the world - everyone sings Elvis. No one sings the Beatles. George Wheeler (Jockeypedia Founder)

A few tribute acts - Bootleg Beatles the most famous?

I don't think they performed live again after 1966, so it was probably a bit earlier when you saw them, JP.

In Arthur Goldman's character assassination biography, The Lives of John Lennon, he wasn't complimentary about Lennon's musicianship, saying you couldn't hear him on rhythm guitar.

He seemed to play well at the Toronto concert in 1969, but maybe that was more Eric Clapton.

What Beatles song would you sing at a karaoke?

A nice easy one imo - Yesterday.

When drunk ... my go to karaoke go to song is The Beatles "I call your name"... not one of their better known tunes..

.. but quite easy to sing

Penny Lane,that was the name of Roy of the Rovers wife but Penny Lane must be up there with the rest of the fab four greatest  songs ,written in London i believe ,but the song is about a street in Liverpool and the Barber shop is still there.
Great song.......................................

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean.

The documentary released in 2019 The Beatles: Get Back is what I think you are asking about is very long. PQ is good and it seemed to me the whole reason was for the rooftop concert at the end. Worth getting just for that.

Jockeypedia, don't think you can really compare a solo singer like Elvis to The Beatles, yes he was a fabulous singer no doubt, i loved his gospel singing and his ballads more than his early rock and roll myself. The Beatles were a group of super talented musicians and song writers. As for Karaoke, i'd think Elvis songs are easier to sing and has far more impersonators than the Beatles complex songs.
   I have a pal 81 who won't have anyone to compare with Frank Sinatra and earlier people would have said Bing Crosby, so it's all subjective and down to personal taste i guess.

Jealous Guy, Lennon classic!

It is alleged that John Lennon said that Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles. However, it has been proved that John Lennon did not say that even though many in the industry thought the contents of the saying were true!

Regarding Elvis,  he was brilliant in the early days but come 1960 when he joined the army he just started singing for our parents and it was such a shame for the fans who made him famous.

Awful band and awfuls songs!

Presume you're not from that Era FBS?

To call Elvis simply "a talented singer" is to completely miss the reason for his iconic position in out musical culture.
Watch the Chuck Berry concert on youtube to see what he - the absolute God of Rock and Roll - what he thought of the Beatles.