If you had to take Beatle records only on a desert island...which ones?

Question

Would it be songs by Paul, John, George or Richard? It is given that Lennon and McCartney songs were predominantly individual contributions....so which songs would you take - limit to 5 (i know thats hard to do)

Answer 1

happiness is a warm gun, a day in the life, sexy sadie, i am the walrus, lovely rita.

Answer 2

Beatles records: Live At The BBC, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, Help, A Hard Days Night.

Paul McCartney/Wings: Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, Off The Ground, Flowers In The Dirt, McCartney, Flaming Pie

George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Live In Japan, All Things Must Pass, Brainwashed, Cloud Nine

Ringo: Pure Gold, Ringorama, Choose Love, Beaucoups of Blues, I'm The Greatest

John: Imagine, Mind Games, Shaved Fish, Walls And Bridges, Plastic Ono Band

Answer 3

Albums or individual songs?

Albums would have to be:

1. Sgt Pepper's
2. Magical Mystery Tour
3. Abbey Road
4. White Album
5. Help

Songs are harder but I would try ( But there's way too many!):

1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2. Help
3. A Hard Days Night
4. Day Tripper
5. She's Got A Ticket To Ride

Answer 4

Seeing as how today marks 26 years from the death of Lennon... I really should make an attempt to pick five of his, right?

This is as much as I can narrow it, i'd toss a coin to settle the other ones.
1.Maxwell's Silver Hammer or Eleanor Rigby (tie)
2. Love Me Do, I want to Hold Your hand (tie)
3. Here Comes the Sun, While my guitar* (tie)
4. Strawberry Fields, Norweg. Wood, or My Michelle (tie).
5. Helter Skelter, Day in the life (tie).

Ouch, no Ringo.

*only because it features Clapton

Answer 5

1.Yesterday - Beatles
2. Hey Jude - Beatles
3. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
4. Mull of Kintyre - Paul Mc cartney
5. Imagine - John Lennon
It's just a good job i've got about 6 cd's with all these and more. Cos it is difficult to choose 5.

Answer 6

I did it. On the Dragonship Ringo, I rounded the delex 3200 in
record time moving in behind the Strawberry fields to the
Mr. Postman mountain cliffs, drawing the dolphins off to the
aqua peace. Landing to meditate for the 10 hours second
John Yoko peace prayer I had to say the individual efforts with
their own kids was my choice. All had such outside discs cut
in the early years, I chose the ones with the classic songs.
John and Darryl, yoko, sean with Mr. Postman, Paul with
Chloe and Linda doing Mercy, mercy and She loves you.
Ringo with Barbara and Ollee, Karlotta, and Dean doing several
choices from ringos mountain jam show, and especially
Help. George with Patty , Semore, and Dennis doing My
Sweet Lord the whirligigs reunion and especially Rubber soul.
So I got out of the jamroad netrak with PM, and JL manuever 1.

Answer 7

You're going to lose that girl from Help, Something from Abbey Road, Good Morning Good Morning from Sgt Pepper's, Taxman from Revolver & Drive My Car from Rubber Soul could think of a thousand more The Beatles were great.

Answer 8

Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. At least I like singing along to all of those songs. I'd go crazy with thier earlier stuff - too 'poppy' for a deserted island.
Would you be on the island with me? That might be fun!

Answer 9

Strawberry Fields Forever/ Penny Lane.
Something
Tomorrow never knows
All across the Universe
I am the Walrus.

Basically the Blue best of would do if i could take a whole album.

Answer 10

White Album
Revolver
Hard Day's Night
Past Masters Vol. 1&2 ;) hehe

Answer 11

Get Back, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Revolution, Let It Be, and One After 909.