Your favorite Beatles/John Lennon, McCarthney(sp?) song/s?

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Mines are Imagine and Woman.

~Kisses.

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[goliath_91710]

First of all, you do realize that this is an impossible feat, right?

But as far as Lennon songs go, I really like Mother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkc1aKAVYY).

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

lol

~Kisses.

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[2009AD]

2 of us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ztr8j_-gD4

I've Just Seen a Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbKGsEK_T9g

Long & Winding Road: http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/427995

Yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXp-vpE9eU

[Dengoza]

I have to agree its a difficult task, there are so many! But heres a short list of favs that come to mind:

Julia
Across The Universe
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Happiness is a Warm Gun? hmmm
Ive Got a Feeling
Michele
Norwegian Wood
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Imagine

...OK this really useless because I can go on and on, I love the Beatles!

[2009AD]

Blackbird

Oh yea, how could I forget...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERnT1X9HPw

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

I have to agree its a difficult task, there are so many! But heres a short list of favs that come to mind:

Julia
Across The Universe
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Happiness is a Warm Gun? hmmm
Ive Got a Feeling
Michele
Norwegian Wood
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Imagine

...OK this really useless because I can go on and on, I love the Beatles!

lol I knew you'd post here! ;)

~Kisses.

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[baileyandkc]

Here, There and Everywhere (for slow)

Back in the USSR (for upbeat)

George Harrison was superior to John/Paul (My Sweet Lord and You!)

[jjhill]

It's to hard to pick just one....if i had no other choice. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" or "Something In The Way She Moves"

[LTR_Seeker]

Live & Let Die

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Live & Let Die

Looove love that one too! :P

~Kisses.

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[LTR_Seeker]

Live & Let Die

Looove love that one too! :P

~Kisses.

HTG It awesome song ising it at work with radio then get told to stop lol

[jaycanuck]

So many. Hard to pick one. Here's a few...

Getting Better

Eleanor Rigby

I'm Only Sleeping

She Said She Said

Tomorrow Never Knows (this song could be made today and still be a hit...possibly one of the first electronica songs)

Strawberry Fields

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band..

Out of all of them Revolver is my favorite album.

On a side note my Mom saw them live in Toronto in 64. When she told this to me I went on and on about it (I mean c'mon...you won't see that ever again). She didn't seem to put much emphasis on it. She just told me that all she could hear was screaming girls and 4 mop tops on bouncing on stage. So I looked it up on Youtube and she was right at that. Here's the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8cRDzQKvg

[JustMeHere]

I've been in a "Just Gimme Some Truth" kind of mood lately.

[jaycanuck]

I've been in a "Just Gimme Some Truth" kind of mood lately.

I think we all need a bit of that these days.

[MacShreach]

It's to hard to pick just one....if i had no other choice. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" or "Something In The Way She Moves"

Man of taste. Both Harrison songs.....He remains underrated even now. He was not as prolific as Paul "The trick is to get him to shut up" McCartney or as gritty as John Lennon, but he had a real eloquence in his writing that made him stand out. IMO.

Surprised "Hey Bulldog" hasn't been mentioned yet, or "I am the Walrus."

[Distance]

It's to hard to pick just one....if i had no other choice. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" or "Something In The Way She Moves"

Man of taste. Both Harrison songs.....He remains underrated even now. He was not as prolific as Paul "The trick is to get him to shut up" McCartney or as gritty as John Lennon, but he had a real eloquence in his writing that made him stand out. IMO.

Surprised "Hey Bulldog" hasn't been mentioned yet, or "I am the Walrus."

Too right, two gorgeous Harrison songs. ''I am the walrus'' definitely is a highlight. ''Strawberry fields'' (the candy flip version is very nice, too) and ''Lucy in the sky with diamonds'' are my personal favorites.

[The Piper]

Hey Jude
Penny Lane
I am a Walrus

[MariaTgirl]

It could be said that George Harrison would have been better off if he hadn't been a Beatle, because he was overshadowed, maybe even kept down by John and Paul. His best Beatle songs were "Here Comes the Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Otherwise I would choose Hey Bulldog, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Hey Jude, Let it Be, The Long and Winding Road, I'm Only Sleeping and A Day in the Life.

[jaycanuck]

It could be said that George Harrison would have been better off if he hadn't been a Beatle, because he was overshadowed, maybe even kept down by John and Paul. His best Beatle songs were "Here Comes the Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Otherwise I would choose Hey Bulldog, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Hey Jude, Let it Be, The Long and Winding Road, I'm Only Sleeping and A Day in the Life.

I won't argue with you about George being talented. Guitar Gently Weeps is probably in my top 5 beatles songs. The unfortunate thing back then was that it was all band-based...everyone was in a band. The other unfortunate thing is that George (from his interviews) was quite the shy fellow. He may have been kept down..but John was the ballsy "leader".

[2009AD]

Great thread. One suggestion: please add links to the songs. I was not a Beatles fan in my teens, but I've learned to appreciate their contributions to rock.

Taxman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzLry3ABpV0

Paperback Writer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwap79uy1G8

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

[MacShreach]

It could be said that George Harrison would have been better off if he hadn't been a Beatle, because he was overshadowed, maybe even kept down by John and Paul. His best Beatle songs were "Here Comes the Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Otherwise I would choose Hey Bulldog, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Hey Jude, Let it Be, The Long and Winding Road, I'm Only Sleeping and A Day in the Life.

I won't argue with you about George being talented. Guitar Gently Weeps is probably in my top 5 beatles songs. The unfortunate thing back then was that it was all band-based...everyone was in a band. The other unfortunate thing is that George (from his interviews) was quite the shy fellow. He may have been kept down..but John was the ballsy "leader".

Some of George Martin's references suggest to me that this was a management/record company policy that was probably begun by Epstein and carried forward to Apple, by which time Lennon/McCartney were well established as the "hit factory." You have to remember that it wasn't until the late 60's that albums became important commercially and a valid art form in their own right (in pop, anyway, which was years behind jazz.) Most albums of the era are just collections of A and B sides. Harrison's writing was definitely more introspective (in a way that Lennon actually adopted later,) and I suspect he was just not encouraged in the early days because his stuff wasn't considered commercial enough, especially to Martin, who was very "old school" in that sense.

By the 70's all that had changed and people were expecting to hear a range of moods--and funnily enough the Beatles themselves were instrumental in causing that change, esp with Sgt Pepper, of course, but mostly with the White Album, which is the one everybody seems to forget but which was, for me anyway, their definitive work. It lost the relentless (and to me annoying) quality of mid-era albums like Revolver and Rubber Soul and had developed a maturity which, sadly, because of the internal tensions in the band, was never really followed through.

[tstv_lover]

I agree that it's a great thread but an impossible choice!

How about I pick my favourite 53 rather than just one? lol

A John Lennon song that hasn't been mentioned is Beautiful Boy, which he wrote for his son. IMO it's even better than Imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5HyePwfIXQ&feature=related

[tstv_lover]

I've been in a "Just Gimme Some Truth" kind of mood lately.

I think we all need a bit of that these days.

Yes, and more of this one - Give Peace A Chance...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlKX-m17C7U

[deee757]

My john Lennon song would have to be "John Sinclair" named after a white anti-war activist. Lennon performed this song on stage with notorious Black Panther Bobby Seale

[Star Angel 86]

She Loves You
Help
Day Tripper
I Feel Fine
Strawberry Fields

[silbersack]

Elanor Rigby
Strawberry Fields Forever
Revolution
Hey Jude

[russ23]

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Working Class Hero, great lyrics, beautiful guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

@Dengoza - Love Michelle also

@The Piper - And also, Penny Lane

:P

~Kisses.

HTG

[acacab]

Here Comes the Sun, love the optimism.
She's So Heavy
Dig Paul's vocal on Oh Darling!
Good Morning, Good Morning
I'm Only Sleeping
Norwegian Wood
A Day in the Life
They also did a great cover of Please Mr. Postman, John belts it out.

Go see the Cirque Du Soleil Love Show in Vegas...it is fantastic. They manage to create a moment at the starts of the show where it is like they are performing on stage together again. What a feeling, however brief.

[acacab]

I agree that it's a great thread but an impossible choice!

How about I pick my favourite 53 rather than just one? lol

A John Lennon song that hasn't been mentioned is Beautiful Boy, which he wrote for his son. IMO it's even better than Imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5HyePwfIXQ&feature=related

There is another youtube vid that shows Paul listening to this song sometime after John was killed. You can see the emotion sweeping over him and he begins to tear up, turning from the camera a bit. It is very touching.

[JamesHunt]

A Day In The Life

found my way upstairs and had a smoke, and somebody spoke and I went into a dream, aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..........

luv it 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCMstGj4_pw

[acacab]

It could be said that George Harrison would have been better off if he hadn't been a Beatle, because he was overshadowed, maybe even kept down by John and Paul. His best Beatle songs were "Here Comes the Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Otherwise I would choose Hey Bulldog, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Hey Jude, Let it Be, The Long and Winding Road, I'm Only Sleeping and A Day in the Life.

I won't argue with you about George being talented. Guitar Gently Weeps is probably in my top 5 beatles songs. The unfortunate thing back then was that it was all band-based...everyone was in a band. The other unfortunate thing is that George (from his interviews) was quite the shy fellow. He may have been kept down..but John was the ballsy "leader".

Some of George Martin's references suggest to me that this was a management/record company policy that was probably begun by Epstein and carried forward to Apple, by which time Lennon/McCartney were well established as the "hit factory." You have to remember that it wasn't until the late 60's that albums became important commercially and a valid art form in their own right (in pop, anyway, which was years behind jazz.) Most albums of the era are just collections of A and B sides. Harrison's writing was definitely more introspective (in a way that Lennon actually adopted later,) and I suspect he was just not encouraged in the early days because his stuff wasn't considered commercial enough, especially to Martin, who was very "old school" in that sense.

By the 70's all that had changed and people were expecting to hear a range of moods--and funnily enough the Beatles themselves were instrumental in causing that change, esp with Sgt Pepper, of course, but mostly with the White Album, which is the one everybody seems to forget but which was, for me anyway, their definitive work. It lost the relentless (and to me annoying) quality of mid-era albums like Revolver and Rubber Soul and had developed a maturity which, sadly, because of the internal tensions in the band, was never really followed through.

Interesting. I've read comments from John and Paul were they said that they just didn't George's stuff was worth more than two songs per record. Paul said that it wasn't until Abbey Road that he realized George's work was as good as theri own. And George was 3-4 years younger than John and Paul, too so there was that side of pecking order, too...George was only 27 when the band broke up!

[JamesHunt]

Nice song I think was penned by George.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oFESUMWhU

[Realgirls4me]

Hmmm, I can't. It depends I suppose on the mood I am in at the time. One moment it could be, And Your Bird Can Sing, and the next it could be, The Ballad of John and Yoko. So many songs, and so many moods to accompany them.

[Realgirls4me]

Double posting. Oops. :)

[eclipsemint]

Strawberry Fields Forever
Hey Jude
Let It Be

Great post. Takes me back to learning guitar in my teens.