Comments on: The Beatles: Ten Best Songs

By: kjevb

kjevb — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:25:43 +0000

1) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/ With a Little Help from My Friends
2)I Want to Hold Your Hand
3)Day in the Life
4)Hey Jude
5)Penny Lane
6)Elanor Rigby
7)Something
8)Nowhere Man
9)Here Comes the Sun
10)All You Need is Love

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Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:12:10 +0000

[…] Band On The Run, My Love), and Paul’s Beatles contributions. Out of the latter, four out of my personal favorites (A Day In The Life, Something, Yesterday, Hey Jude) were performed, and there were many more. […]

By: Amir Thompson

Amir Thompson — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:32:16 +0000

Incredible track, and I’m not even into that kind of music.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Your list is great, there is soooo many amazing beatles songs. Heres my list.

1) A Day in the life
2) Let in be
3) Hey Jude
4) In my life
5) With a little help from my friends
6) Come together
7) Rocky raccoon
Hard days night
9) Back in the USSR
10) Revolution

By: francis

francis — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:28:51 +0000

you’re right in including a day in the life , in my life, strawberry fields, and hey jude in the top ten beatles songs. I think you
should have left nowhere man and help out of the list because those songs are not so exceptional. im thankful that something is there too, in the top ten list because it can match yesterday as the most covered song ever. and yesterday has a rightful place in the top ten list because its perfect. great melody and great lyrics. for me you should have include across the universe, here there and everywhere and cant buy me love because of its sophistication, catchy enough and in terms of lyrics and melody, quality
wise its the best. i wanna hold your hand has a rightful place in the beatles top ten songs too.

By: Atlas

Atlas — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:39:59 +0000

Dave, what are you talking about?! Hey Jude is epic. As for a George song.…. While my guitar gently weeps. =P

By: cup beans

cup beans — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:51:54 +0000

I can’t really make a list of the Beatles 10 best songs without changing it every week so I’m not going to try, liked your lists though. For me it all depends on the mood and there should be different lists for each mood.

By: Sur Glace

Sur Glace — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:52:28 +0000

Yikes! Of course that “While” My Guitar Gently Weeps (!)

I, too, agree on the cover of “You Really Got a Hold on Me”.….a Lennon vocal straight from the gut.

By: Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:13:14 +0000

Your choices were excellent and I enjoyed your comments.
My top 10 Beatles’ songs (for today, at least):
1 .Rain
2. Dear Prudence
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Here Comes the Sun
5. Day Tripper
6. Because
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Back in the U.S.S.R.
9. Hey Bulldog
10.The End

And my favorite Beatles cover song has always been their rendition of Smokey Robinson’s “You Really Got a Hold on Me”.

By: Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:13:14 +0000

Your choices were excellent and I enjoyed your comments.
My top 10 Beatles' songs (for today, at least):
1 .Rain
2. Dear Prudence
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Here Comes the Sun
5. Day Tripper
6. Because
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Back in the U.S.S.R.
9. Hey Bulldog
10.The End

And my favorite Beatles cover song has always been their rendition of Smokey Robinson's "You Really Got a Hold on Me".

By: Sur Glace

Sur Glace — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:06:49 +0000

I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned the George song "As My Guitar Gently Weeps" for inclusion here. The lyrics so zen-like "I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping" I find to be reflective of George's contribution to the band, i.e. his humility in doing the necessary (on guitar, on vocal harmonies, etc.) tasks he found needing doing as the "third" Beatle . We all know that Eric Clapton played the wailing lead guitar on the finished, album version, but I really prefer George's acoustic demo in the Beatles Anthology. This was one of his great songs, a great Beatles song, one for the ages like so much of their work.

By: Slammerworm

Slammerworm — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:45:17 +0000

Ye Gods, nobody’s mentioned ‘She Loves You’ or ‘Please Please Me’! A-grade pop songwriting which rocks, an irresistible combination.

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By: michael

michael — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:42:37 +0000

I enjoyed reading your list. My favorites tend to change but Anna and Tomorrow Never Knows remain constant.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:48:30 +0000

Interesting stuff... inspired me to check out that concert you describe. I might have to do some more Beatles blog posts...!

By: BlueGhost

BlueGhost — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:51:04 +0000

Hi Webmatica,

Well here’s kind of an amusing tale for you,looking back on this:
During the concert at Comiskey Park me and the girl I was with managed to make our way to their dressing room. Well when we
got there a member of The Searchers (a minor 60’s band) was standing outside the door talking with someone. The girl I was with would not quit screaming. Well that band member told us if she would quit screaming he would let us in the dressing room to meet them.
Well to make a long story short, she wouldn’t quit and along came
security. They ushered us back to our seats. I never spoke another
word to that girl. It’s heartbreaking, the thickness of a door, with
The Beatles on the other side.
BlueGhost

By: BlueGhost

BlueGhost — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:39:31 +0000

Just some interesting facts:

The song “Yesterday” has been coverd by over 3,000 different acts,
and aired more than 8 million times. How great is that?

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:31:14 +0000

Wow… I was wondering if you ever saw them in concert. That’s pretty awesome.

Obviously many in my generation will never get that chance… which is why I obsess over the recordings. Anyhow I do agree with you that the music will last on into other centuries. I think if there were any rock / pop music artists that people will still know about in 2100… pretty much of rock and roll could be summed up with Elvis and the Beatles…! The rest is just details or variations on a theme.

By: BlueGhost

BlueGhost — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:23:36 +0000

Webmatica,

Yes I was 14 when they hit the charts. I got to see them twice,once
at the International Ampitheater in Chicago and once at Comiskey in Chicago. Back then their sets were only 45 minuets long. So for 45
minuets we heard nothing but ear piercing screams. It was such a
wonderful one of a kind thing. The screaming really was deafening.
Reflecting on their music, I personally feel that many,many years
from now new movies will be made about them and their music will
endure for hundreds of years. Kind of in the company of the great
composers of time (i.e. Mozart,Bach,Shubert,that whole bunch). Can
you think of any act that can say that?

By: webomatica

webomatica — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:15:04 +0000

BlueGhost… it’s pretty true that the Beatles were about as far away from “one hit wonders” as you could get. I’m pretty impressed that both John and Paul were excellent songwriters, and George got really good too. I can’t really think of any other band that had two or more excellent songwriters…!

I take your last paragraph to mean that you were alive as the Beatles released their music… I was born after they broke up! But I’m still a big fan, which shows how awesome their music is.

By: BlueGhost

BlueGhost — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:10:18 +0000

Too many to pick from,I say. If you critique each composition by
Lennon and McCartney it’s easy to understand how any second rate
band (had they written any of these songs) make a entire career off
of one song. Yet The Beatles continually blessed us with a well-spring
of wonderful music on every album.
Not to mention the brilliance of the 5th Beatle Sir George Martin.

No it’s too hard to choose, but I’ll tell you this, I thank my parents
everyday for their timing. I was born at the right time to take in all
their timeless work right between the eyes.

Thanks for all you’ve done John,Paul,George,Ringo and George.
God Bless You!!!!

By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:48:19 +0000

SirCurry, it’s definitely a tough thing. As I mentioned above I tried to narrow it down to 10 songs. Really hard! And I had to have one George song. Feel free to come up with your own list and post a link to your site…!

By: SirCurry

SirCurry — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:39:53 +0000

What? No "Blackbird", no "Octopus' Garden"? There are at least half a dozen songs from the White Album I would include on any "Best of". I guess it truly is a personal thing. I sincerely hope "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" would at least make your top 20.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:33:05 +0000

I agree with Robert that my picks would change depending on mood. But there are a few that I think will always be on my list (Nowhere Man, Across the Universe) no matter what.

And Jase, I agree, I don’t think either Free as a Bird or Real Love will score well when you reevaluate them. I think the biggest problem with the two numbers is that they sound like John Lennon solo pieces (which they were/are) with middle-aged Beatles layered on for added effect (and a whole lot of the Jeff Lynn sound). Free as a Bird is the weaker of the two to me. Real Love is a good song, but I prefer the stripped down demo version they featured in the John Lennon documentary (was it titled “Imagine”? I don’t remember) rather than the spiffed up Beatles version. Probably both 2 star songs at best — maybe 3 if I’m feeling generous.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:58:33 +0000

Robert, that point about the singles is true. I didn’t pick up on that! I’ll have to check out your list and see if there is any overlap with mine…

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:55:56 +0000

Dave… yeah, it’s a personal thing, and I had a hard time narrowing it down in this manner. I felt like I had to put one George song in there, and it was down to Something or Here Comes the Sun. But I think the songwriting is better in the former.

Anyhow, the Past Masters 2 and Yellow Submarine are coming shortly. Dunno about those two Anthology songs. I don’t think they’ve aged too well, but I guess for completeness sake I ought to do a post about them.

And as for worst Beatles songs, I guess it won’t be hard to whip that one up!

By: Robert Rouse

Robert Rouse — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:54:47 +0000

I came up with my own list of Top Ten Beatles songs back in October of 2005, and at the time I realized that my own top ten seems to change depending on my frame of mind, the situation in my life, etc. There are simply too many great tunes to keep a consistent list. I did notice that all of your songs come from hit singles, where I tend to delve deeper into the catalogue.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:22:18 +0000

I can’t argue with your top 10, though I’d probably toss Hey Jude and Help from your list. I’ve also never been that enamored with Something (it is good), just not my fave — not sure what George song I’d toss in there.

If I had to pick right now, I’d probably go with either Nowhere Man or Yesterday for Beatles perfection with the tandem of Straweberry Fields and Penny Lane close behind.

So now you need to put together a list of the Worst 10 Beatles songs.

Btw…did you do Pastmasters 2? And while you’re at it you may as well review the songs from Yellow Submarine (if not the whole album) as well as the 2 “new” Beatles singles from Anthology. Why not finish out the entire “ouevre”?

I’ve enjoyed this project of yours. I hope you apply it to some other musical groups, classic albums or even solo beatles stuff.