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You can only choose 3 Beatles songs...

FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
edited June 2010 in Other Music
I'm sure everybody on here is a pretty big fan of The Beatles. I've been on a big time Beatles kick the last few days and it got me thinking: What 3 Beatles songs could you not live without? Also, give a little explanation why this song is so awesome to you. This is quite a loaded question and can be ever-changing for most of us, but let's get it going....here's mine:

Guitar Gently Weeps (no explanation necessary)
I've Got a Feeling (beautiful harmony between J&P)
I Saw Her Standing There (the essence of "early" Beatles)

Oh man, there are so many more, but please let's keep it to 3.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
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  • Electric_DeltaElectric_Delta Posts: 977
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps (great atmosphere)
    I Me Mine (great bluesy breakdown)
    Hello Goodbye (bass guitar dream)
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Ok, here goes....

    If I Fell- So simple and yet so brilliant, the Beatles can make anything sound good.

    I'll Follow the Sun- Paul sounds so good on this track, just a beautiful song overall.

    Here, There, and Everywhere- When I re-listened to Revolver last Sept when the re-issues came out, I must have went back and played this song 20 times in a row.

    I have to say that asking for 3 Beatles songs is like picking which one of your kids is you're favorite......it can't be done. There are so many more songs I know I couldn't live without but these are the 3 that I like the most right now.
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    Helter Skelter ---> It rocks!!
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    youngster wrote:
    I have to say that asking for 3 Beatles songs is like picking which one of your kids is you're favorite......it can't be done. There are so many more songs I know I couldn't live without but these are the 3 that I like the most right now.
    I know, it's kindof an unfair question. But I'm asking it anyways. :lol:

    I just want to see the diverse answers from the masses.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • DecoderDecoder Posts: 25
    Happiness Is A Warm Gun - Nice and dark!!! Like the time changes and melodies.

    Golden Slumbers - Makes me wanna cry everytime i hear it even though it's only 1:32 seconds long. I put it on repeat sometimes...

    Help! - Great lyrics & melody.

    Ask me again next week.....
  • Yield151Yield151 Posts: 267
    well this would probably change everyday BUT for today :

    In My Life
    You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
    Here Comes the Sun
  • Still In HidingStill In Hiding Posts: 370
    while my guitar gently weeps
    i've just seen a face
    back in the USSR
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    edited June 2010
    Ticket to Ride
    A Day In The Life
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Helter Skelter
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  • markin ballmarkin ball Posts: 1,075
    Back in the USSR
    You Never Give Me Your Money
    Elanor Rigby - string arrangement is just so good
    "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."

    "With our thoughts we make the world"
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Golden Slumbers
    I'm Looking Through You
    Don't Let Me Down

    question is impossible though
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    1)Don't let me down
    2)Elenor Rigby
    3)Hey Jude
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    You've got to hide your love away
    Across the Universe
    Something
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,518
    Within You, Without You
    Tomorrow Never Knows
    Love You To

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,697
    Helter Skelter
    I'm Down
    Hey Jude
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    Rain
    Lucy in the Sky
    I am the Walrus
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    She's So Heavy
    Getting Better
    Sometime Antholgy 3 version
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    Revolution
    Day Tripper
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    run for your life... for its subversion.

    day in the life... just cause

    day tripper.. cause pauls a dick.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Yer Blues
    Hey Jude
    Revolution (No. 1) - The acoustic version from 'The Beatles'.
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    In My Life
    And I Love Her
    Here Comes the Sun
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    In My Life
    Happiness is a Warm Gun
    A Day in the Life
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    A Day In The Life (there's something sad and melancholy about the way Lennon sings that I like)
    Something (George)
    Martha My Dear (vocally, one of Paul's best songs)
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    edited June 2010
    No particular order (and this is hard!)

    Hey Jude (1rst Beatles song I ever got into, rocking out at 7 years old.)

    Why my guitar Gently weeps (Just an epic song, great lyrics melody, One of Harrison's best).

    A day in the life (I just love this tune, great little break down and build thing in the middle.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,940
    Back in the USSR
    Helter Skelter
    Strawberry Fields Forever

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  • maynardsuxmaynardsux Posts: 1,096
    Man this a tough one!

    "Fool on the Hill"
    "Girl"
    "In My Life"

    Honourable mentions: "Hello, Goodbye" and "Don't Let Me Down"
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Very tough.

    1. A Day in the Life [their best song, which features even contributions from both Lennon and McCartney; while both were obviously amazing songwriters, when they came together like this it almost always resulted in a classic... we won't ever see such a talented duo of songwriters working together again... I mean, Lennon's sad, melancholy vocal, paired with McCartney's pop sensibilities, along with that orchestra coming together to form such an amazing, almost chilling climax... everything about this song is perfect]

    2. Tomorrow Never Knows [who knew that a reading from the Tibetan Book of the Dead would be such a success? this song was so ahead of its time... backwards tape loops, Lennon's mantra-like phrasing, Ringo's crazy drumming... this song is so forward-thinking that it'll still influence many for years to come]

    3. Day Tripper [I was struggling between either picking this one or "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", but for sheer fun, Day Tripper narrowly takes the cake... another very forward-thinking track, this song blended psychedelia with pure pop, and was one of the first songs alluding to taking drugs that became as successful as it did, just a perfect song through and through... plus it's very fun to play on guitar]
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I love it guys! Keep em coming.

    Also, I just played a poker tournament tonight and one guy at the table was like "Man, I fn hate the Beatles". I almost fell off my chair. To each his own I guess.
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  • Citizen ZackCitizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    Something (a beautiful, emotional song)
    Across the Universe (my favorite Lennon lyrics)
    Yesterday (just seems fitting right now)
    "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau

    No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Nate, this might be my favorite thread of yours...EVER!!

    This is so tough for me, being a huge Beatles fan. This will obviously change after I write this, but here I go...

    Across the Universe - Possibly Lennon's greatest lyric. Amazing. This resulted from Cynthia talking while they were in bed and Lennon was annoyed (near the end of their marriage) and he started to write this song. The lyrics are poetry. Words can't describe the way he sings this song; it's just beautiful.

    Norwegian Wood - What can I say about this song? A song rumored to be about an affair Lennon had. When Lennon and McCartney sing together, it's just beautiful. George steals the song with his sitar work. Just an amazing song.

    I Don't Want to Spoil the Party - This was a tough decision to put this song instead of Ticket to Ride. Amazing song and an amazing melody. Lennon in his "Dylan stage". Amazing song and amazing lyrics.
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    Glass Onion
    Helter Skelter
    Let it Be
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