Friday Fun: Best of The Beatles
This week, my dear friend Nikki sent me an e-mail with a link to an article, USA Today Picks the 20 Best Beatles Songs, with the subject line "Do you agree with this?"
As a matter of fact, I did not agree with the list. So today, just for fun, I'm going to tell you which Beatles songs I think are the best. Please comment and let me know if you agree! If you don't, let me know that, too! (P.S. You try to do it; it's hard!)
- Here Comes the Sun
- I Will
- Two of Us
- Rocky Raccoon
- Blackbird
- Something*
- Yesterday
- Oh! Darling
- When I'm Sixty-Four*
- Hello, Goodbye
- All You Need is Love
- She Came In Through the Bathroom Window***
- Carry that Weight***
- Do You Want to Know a Secret?
- If I Fell
- And I Love Her
- I'll Follow the Sun
- Michelle
- She Loves You
- Help!
**This was a tough one, as McCartney wrote a handful of similar songs, such as "Honey Pie" and "Your Mother Should Know." I love his old-time music, but I'm pretty sure "When I'm Sixty-Four" is the best one of the bunch.
***I realize it's difficult to separate any of the songs on Side Two of Abbey Road, but I had to. Sure, neither song really packs the ultimate punch without the songs just before and after them, but I think they are still rockin' enough to stand on their own, especially "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window."
Thing I'm thankful for: such exceptional musicians. Music is wonderful. :)
posted by Sara @ 6:32 PM
4 Comments:
Oh man, this was hard! These are my favorites, sort of in order but not really cause I can't pick a favorite.
1.Blackbird
2.In My Life
3.We Can Work It Out
4.And I Love Her
5.She's Leaving Home
6.Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7.I've Just Seen a Face
8.Eleanor Rigby
9.Ticket To Ride
10.You Never Give Me Your Number
11.Something
12.She Said She Said
13.All You Need Is Love
14.Helter Skelter
15.For No One
16.Good Morning Good Morning
17.Happiness is a Warm Gun
18.Across the Universe
19.I Want To Hold Your Hand
20.Paperback Writer
Oh, yeah! "We Can Work it Out" should be on there FOR SURE!
I'd add Here, There, and Everywhere too. Whose idea was it to narrow best Beatles songs down to only 20? :P
My sisters and I used to watch the movie Help! a lot, so a lot of the songs from that album evoke a particularly happy feeling.
When I still shared a room with one of my sisters, whenever we'd say goodnight, we'd sing "For tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun." Kinda dorky, but it was fun.
I'm not even going to attempt that feat.
However, I'd just like to share that, when my grandpa turned 64, all of us grandkids learned the words and sang it to him. I must've been about 5, and I still remember how important I felt holding the microphone for my part.
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