Hi, Not as easy as you think is it? Too many good ones to choose from, but I think if you narrow it down, starting with your fav album, this would probably contain your fav song, but not always so. My choice of songs are out of 3 of my fav albums:

While my guitar Gently Weeps - White album

Hard days night - Hard days night

Taxman - Rubber Soul

These can change as I'm sure your does too, But for now top 3

Thanks Daza:music:

A Day in the Life

off Rubber Soul, 'In My Life'

Abbey Road's "Here Comes the Sun"

Enjoy the Music,
-Mark

Glass Onion

Help!
In My Life
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Reprise)
Northern Song
Blue Jay Way
It's All Too Much

Tomorrow Never Knows - off of Revolver if I'm not mistaken.

In my Life

Your Bird can Sing

Benefit of Mr Kite

Mean Mr. Mustard

and my fav....I'm So Tired....

Norwegen wood
clearly there best ever.
Gorge's MY SWEET LORD comes second (was that after the break up) sorry.

Abbey Road - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Abbey Road - Octopus' Garden
Abbey Road - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Are you beginning to see a theme here?! I think that all of the Beatles albums are full of great (as well as timeless) tunes, but on their earlier albums, the sound quality isn't there, and there has to be a delicate balance for me-which is why I couldn't understand why Mobile Fidelity released box sets of the Rolling Stones & The Beatles (I own the Beatles collection.....they did the best that they could). I don't mind listening to the early works of the Beatles on something simple (like my car stereo), but in my home, I find that I can't get into the music because the quality of the recording isn't up to snuff. The only three Beatles albums that had excellent sonic quality were; "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Let It Be", & "Abbey Road". However, "Abbey Road" sounded like the band was working as a whole, and not quite as fragmented as the sessions from "Let It Be" or "Sgt. Peppers". Maybe the titles means something, but what do I know....

Just some food for thought!


Jason

The Beatles (Apple)
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
2. Helter Skelter
3. Revolution #9

As I own all of the Beatles albums this is a very tough question. Strangely, about 1/4 of those songs mentioned so far by respondents are among my least favorite - but that is okay, That is what makes the Beatles so likable - there is much to choose from for all tastes.
If I could own only one album it would be Abbey Road. It is not the first Beatles album (33 1/3) I ever owned but it was one of the first cassettes I owned. I finally wore it out as a teenager and later replaced it. Despite that being my favorite overall album I'm not sure if my favorite one song only would be from that album or not. I must give it some more thought.

This group on the back side of Abbey Road is one of mine


Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

There are so many it's hard to recall without going through all the albums....
'Dear Prudence' is a favourite, off the top of my head.
'Here Comes The Sun'
'Come Together'......................................... .................................................. .................................................. ...............................
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It's always changing , but right now ..

"It's only love"
"Nowhere Man"
"this boy"

I always liked the simplicity and beauty of Blackbird....

Impossible to answer as the supply is overwhelming. I will say that Something is my favorite by George.

Otherwise, I like em all. Some gems that come to mind are Rain, Its All Too Much, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Getting Better, etc, etc,

One that gets no attention is I've Got a Feeling on Let It Be. Its no classic, but a damn good R&R tune with both John and Paul singing. Had another band done it, it would have been a smash hit. For the Beatles, its an afterthought.

I don't have any one favorite tune. The Beatles are my favorite band. To me, all of their songs were equally great.

Its a question for the ages.......

Just a few would be:

The Long and Winding Road
Eight Days A Week
Norwegian Wood
Don't Let Me Down
In My Life

Beatles songs became better after 1967.

It is a moving target. After seeing all the posts here I'm playing

I Feel Fine
I've Got a Feeling
Don't Bring Me Down
Being For The Benefit of MR. Kite
I'm So Tired
Second side Abbey Road Medley - to me all of Abbey Road is my all time deserted island album

Also played

Hey Bulldog
Yer Blues
...

Hard to think of one I don't like, but for the current favorite I'll name Elanor Rigby. I a sucker for cello.

Regards,

D-Ray

Again..Abbey Road- side B. Ringo's drum solo on "Carry That Weight"...."HelloGoodbye" - a great radio play. "Love Me Do" ( I think that was their first single), "Blackbird"," It Don't Come Easy", by Ringo, another great radio play. "My Sweet Lord" and "Isn't It a Pity" by George. Just a few.

George's masterpiece "Something" and "A day in the life".

Its a question for the ages.......

Just a few would be:

The Long and Winding Road
Eight Days A Week
Norwegian Wood
Don't Let Me Down
In My Life Please excuse my ignorance but which album is 'Don't let me down on'?
Thanks. I think that is a goodie too:yes:

Please excuse my ignorance but which album is 'Don't let me down on'?
Thanks. I think that is a goodie too:yes:

Hey Jude!, I think.

Regards,

D-Ray

Please excuse my ignorance but which album is 'Don't let me down on'?
Thanks. I think that is a goodie too:yes:

Let It Be

Naked version great too. That's what I listen to most of the time.

Dear Prudence
Blackbird
Revolution

There are so many, but if I`m strict with myself and decide for just ONE its gonna have to be : "In my life"
I dunno why, but it sometimes make tears appear in my eyes..

Here, There And Everywhere [Parlophone/U.K./Mono]

"Do You Want to Know a Secret" - from UK Parlophone, stereo, "Please Please Me."

It's close between Eleanor Rigby and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Man, they really did have some good tunes though.

Rocky Raccoon :music:

8 Days A Week. Nice harmony, Catchy lyrics, Well produced. Love the claps though out.

Yer Blues

I've always been very fond of......Lady Madonna


Steve

"Back into the USSR" is their best rocker!

:scratch2: I wish I could say just one is my favorite but there are far too many to choose from. I grew up in the 60s' as a Beatlemanic and though I don't like a few of their tunes, I love most of them, some more than others!

Right now it seems to be "Fixing A Hole". I can't stop listening to that song lately.
Mike

OK - I'll take the bait
For an early one, when they were doing a lot of covers - Slow Down from the Something New LP

From the middle period, the Paperback Writer/Rain 45 really kicked it up a notch. These were the first songs that really let you hear what Paul was doing. Absolutely great bass lines. Appeared on the Hey Jude compilation.

From the later LP's the song that really knocked me out was The End off Abbey Road. Ringo's drums at the beginning were perfect and then John Paul and George each trade smokin guitar riffs that lead to that great closing phrase. Just a couple of minutes long - typical of the Beatles, they leave you begging for more.

Rocky Raccoon :music:
:thmbsp:

I don't think I could pick a favorite from the white album. Great collection of songs from all over left field (with the possible exception of Blackbird - I'm back and forth on that one - so shoot me). If I could really only pick one though I'd have to put the white album aside and go with Elanore Rigby.

ml69 hit a main point.

They created "so much", and somehow, so many of their songs were very "listenable". I keep revisiting songs of theirs, and I can't think of another groups with so many that I like. It's very arguable that many of their lyrics were simplistic, but somehow they kept "getting it right".

My current "new/old" fav is "I will".

My current "new/old" fav is "I will".

:yes: I've had days where this is my fav too :yes:

How do you pick between your children? Don't you love them equally?
Today I would have to say "Across the Universe" is my Fave.
I will say that 40+ yrs later their music is still fresh,and relevant.:music:

Tomorrow Never Knows - off of Revolver if I'm not mistaken.

:yes:

don't let on you liked to partake :smoke:

I could probably pick 50 songs but I'll go with - I'll Follow the Sun...

Rocky Raccoon or A Day In The Life

ive just seen a face (Help)
things we said today (Hard Days Night)
i dont want to spoil the party (Beatles for Sale)

"Back into the USSR" is their best rocker!

Back in the USSR is not only a great rocker, but a superb tongue in cheek parody, as well.


In My Life
Nowhere Man
Eleanor Rigby

Oh... And every other Beatles song, too.

Yeah, great thread. So many great songs, although I like the stories behind the songs like 'Paperback Writer', a great track and I think Paul used 'direct injection' for his bass work on that track. 'Rain' is another interesting track, and one of John's first songs influenced/ inspired by LSD (the reversed bit at the end is very psychedelic!).

'Across the Universe', a beautiful song John wrote about transcendental meditation, and I can personally identify with the sentiments being a practitioner of T.M. myself. Regards, Felix aka catman.

Another vote for "Here Comes the Sun"

Not to be snarky, but who remembers this one? The best Beatles song that wasn't written by, performed by, produced by, or had any connection with the Beatles.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

Great thread. The Beatles are my favorite band.

Some of my faves:

Paperback Writer
Ticket to Ride
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Eight Days a Week
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
I'll Cry Instead
You Won't See Me
Mean Mr. Mustard
Hey Bulldog
I Should Have Known Better
She Said She Said

That's just a start. :)

I've always liked Eleanor Rigby. But I was born in '82, what do I know.

Very tough question - lots to pick from!

Off the top of my head, these would definitely be in the running:

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Yesterday
My Sweet Lord
Get Back

There should be one more on that list, but it hauntingly lingers on the tip my tongue (or should that be ear? :D ).

Close on their heels would be two groups: some ballads and "soft" tunes like Norwegian Wood and Nowhere Man, and a slew of their early "rock n roll" tunes like Ticket to Ride, 8 Days a Week, etc...

But mentioning any list like this seems unfair, as it omits a lot of good stuff, from Hey Jude to Back in the USSR and Dear Prudence, etc... Then again, there are some Beatles songs that I don't care for ("take it or leave it"), but their best were quite good.

After the break-up, I'd rank Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" as about as good as it got, no offence to Sir McCartney.

Ya say ya wanna revolution, well, ya know,,,,

Helter Skelter, Baby You're a Rich Man, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and Come Together. N8

"A Day In The Life"

"Back into the USSR" is their best rocker!


Did you know that Paul played drums on that cut and not Ringo?

Michelle
Nowhere Man
She Loves You
I'll Get You
She Was Only Seventeen
And I Love Her
Twist and Shout

A Day In The Life
Across The Universe
Norwegian Wood

At least at this moment in time.

Every Little Thing

Every Little Thing

Interesting. Which album?

I actually like a lot of the material from the BBC sessions. Gives you that raw musical talent they had and a bit more sense of the histeria that was going on at the time. Hard for people who weren't here at the time to really rasp how big Beatlemania was!

It was like nothing before that time. I read a great book last year that gave a good sense of it. How it changed their lives and the lives of so many internationally.

I keep telling my son - the Beatles really changed what was played on the radio and TV. Elvis did a lot too. But the Beatles were part of a revolution in music. They were driven by Rock and Roll. EMI wanted them to record softer stuff but they fought back.

Given music industry today it's hard to imagine what it was like back in the late 50's early 60's. They risked a lot sticking to what they loved. And it paid off!

Here Comes the Sun..................

All time favorite band and these change from day to day but for now:

1. I Will
2. We Can Work it Out
3. I'll Be Back
4. Here There and Everywhere

Back in the USSR is not only a great rocker, but a superb tongue in cheek parody, as well.


In My Life
Nowhere Man
Eleanor Rigby

Oh... And every other Beatles song, too.

Yes and "Get Back" is there second best rocker! I remember when this video played on the Ed Sulivan show! This was when they were at their peak of understanding their minds (if you know what I mean) and before their minds got too big...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVT_KRRwH0M

These guys were sooooooo coooooool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_PS0fReYh8&NR=1

Are you the only one who picked up on the fact that Back in the USSR is a masterful parody, stoutblock?

Are you the only one who picked up on the fact that Back in the USSR is a masterful parody, stoutblock?

The title of the song is a tribute to Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A." while the chorus pays homage to the Beach Boys' "California Girls." The song also contains a pun on Hoagy Carmichael's and Stuart Gorrell's "Georgia on My Mind." McCartney is singing about the Soviet Republic of Georgia, whereas "Georgia on My Mind" after "Moscow Girls" has been described as being about either or both of the state of Georgia in the U.S. or a woman named Georgia. McCartney thought that when he listened to the Beach Boys, it sounded like California, so he decided to write a song that "sounded" like the U.S.S.R.. The title was inspired in part by the "I'm Backing Britain" campaign which had been endorsed by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. It has been suggested that McCartney twisted that into "I'm Back In (backin') the U.S.S.R."

In his 1984 interview with Playboy, McCartney said:

“ I wrote that as a kind of Beach Boys parody. And 'Back in the USA' was a Chuck Berry song, so it kinda took off from there. I just liked the idea of Georgia girls and talking about places like the Ukraine as if they were California, you know? It was also hands across the water, which I'm still conscious of. 'Cuz they like us out there, even though the bosses in the Kremlin may not. The kids do. And that to me is very important for the future of the race.

yes masterful but also a solid rocker by any standards!

Ever wonder why hardly anyone/band records Beatles tunes, except for maybe muzak?
The only one I'm aware of is Mahogany Rush covering Norwegian Wood.

Any others out there?

Ever wonder why hardly anyone/band records Beatles tunes, except for maybe muzak?
The only one I'm aware of is Mahogany Rush covering Norwegian Wood.

Any others out there?

Joe Cocker and the Grease Band - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window!
Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

are a few. But you are right. Hard to recreat their sound as so much if it 2-3 great voices that just meld together.

Joe Cocker and the Grease Band - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window!
Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

are a few. But you are right. Hard to recreat their sound as so much if it 2-3 great voices that just meld together.

Man, how did I miss those? :scratch2:

Of course, you're right about their sound. I suppose it can be re-created, to a certain degree, in the studio. But, why bother?

Joe did a fantastic job with "With a Little Help From My Friends" at Woodstock, though. One of the best performances of the Festival. I'm almost positive he did more than one song there.

If I were one of the first responders I would have gone with the medley on the B side of Abbey Road, but as I'm not, I'll throw a bone to one of their simpler compositions, "Two of Us". I'd never considered it a favorite, or a contender for best Beatles song, until I realized I've played it more than any other Beatles song over the years, so there goes my vote.

Steve

Soooo many great tunes, it is hard to pick one. But since I am doing my income taxes this week, I'll go with:
Taxman

The Beatles..... isn't that the group Paul McCartney was in before Wings?

The Beatles..... isn't that the group Paul McCartney was in before Wings?


I know that's gotten to be popular slap to the Beatles but it really is arrogant. While McCartney was the Beatle with the most natural talent it would not have been the Beatles without John. Ringo is a great drummer and George was a great guitarist, singer and became a great writer too.

new Beatles: Abbey Road - "Come Together"
old Beatles: Rubber Soul - "In My Life"
dead Beatles: All Things Must Pass - "All Things Must Pass"

Every Little Thing

Interesting. Which album?



From the album Beatles VI. It's the last song on side 2 (B).
Yes did a pretty cool version of it on their first LP titled "Yes".

Yer Blues

Wow, so many greats to choose from. Here goes: Tomorrow Never Knows, Hey Jude, Piggies.