i've just started to get into the beatles, so i'm curious. give your favorite beatles songs and top three albums (preferbly no greatest hits or compilations)
mine:
hey jude, blackbird, rocky raccoon, piggies, octopus' garden, yesterday, dear prudence, bungalow bill, obladi oblada, don't pass me by, yellow submarine, mean mr mustard, here comes the sun, lady madonna, eleanor rigby, golden slumbers, penny lane, lucy in the sky with diamonds, back in the ussr, and others i can't think of right now
and i've only been listening to disc one of the white album, please please me, and beatles for sale...so no favorite albums yet.
so any opinions would be good
2006-08-11 10:46:04 · 19 answers · asked by bluobird2829 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
IINDISPENSIBLE ALBUMS:
Revolver
Rubber Soul
White Album (you already have it)
GOOD TO HAVE:
Abbey Road
Past Masters Vols I & II (simply because they're quickest way of acquiring some of the 'odds' and 'ends'
Let It Be ('Naked' (non-Phil Spector Version - See Amazon.com)
NECESSARY TO OWN JUST SO YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE IT:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
ONLY IF YOU HAVE A TRUST FUND AND NOTHING BETTER TO SPEND GOOD MONEY ON:
Magical Mystery Tour
MOST REVEALING BEATLES RECORDING:
Anthology Vol 3, CD 1 - Listen to the 'unplugged' versions of some of the songs you've listed above
THE MOST FAMOUS SONGS YOU DIDN'T MENTION
Norwegian Wood
Michelle
And I Love Her
In My Life
Hello Goodbye
Come Together
Something
I Saw Her Standing There
Let It Be
The Long & Winding Road (I HATE this song, but still...)
From Me To You
Love Me Do
Can't Buy Me Love
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Help!
A Hard Day's Night
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
With A Little Help From My Friends
Helter Skelter (White Album - more notorious than famous)
MINOR CLASSICS (OFTEN NEGLECTED IN FAVOUR OF THE MORE FAMOUS BEATLES SONGS)
For No-One
I'm Looking Through You
The Word
Rain
And Your Bird Can Sing
Taxman
You Know My Name (well, I like it : )
I've Just Seen A Face
I Am The Walrus
This Boy
A Day In The Life
We Can Work It Out
Honey Pie (well, I like it : )
Lovely Rita
Revolution (it's in 3 flavours - original, #1 and #9 - all good)
GOOD COVER VERSIONS OF SONGS YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED:
Golden Slumbers: Eva Cassidy
Blackbird: Sarah McLachlan (Bobby McFerrin does a real funny one, complete with flapping wings!)
Hey Jude: Wilson Pickett
Lucy: The Black Crowes
Here Comes The Sun: Paul Simon w/ George Harrison
Phew...fingers tired, just look around!
Happy listenin'!
2006-08-11 11:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Twist and Shout
With A Little Help From My Friends
Here Comes the Sun
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
2006-08-11 10:52:26 · answer #2 · answered by Melancholy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Blackbird and Eleanor Rigby
umm with albums I like abbey road and the white album both are vinyl and not CD which makes them more awesome
2006-08-11 10:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by Reaper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like Yellow Submarine & Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
2006-08-11 10:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by ~lil' ghetto azn kid~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't Buy Me Love and Hard Day's Night
2006-08-11 10:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Nikki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check for the album labeled Number One it has all of their best hits. It's difficult to choose one so that should help you.
2006-08-11 10:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Justify My Thug" on the Grey Album. The Beatles and Jay-Z. An excellent callabo.
2006-08-11 10:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i like all their music! the beatles are so amazingly great!!!
all the songs you mentioned plus come together, accross the universe, oh! darling, she came in through the bathroom window, love me do, i want to hold your hand, eight days a week, ticket to ride, cant buy me love, a hard days night, i feel fine, day tripper, let it be, all you need is love, we can work it out...so many many more
2006-08-11 10:54:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In My Life and Norwegian Wood are two of my faves
2006-08-11 10:54:49 · answer #9 · answered by Birdlegs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A day in the life , listening to that song you have to ask your self is that for real?
2006-08-11 10:56:45 · answer #10 · answered by Slow Poke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋