OT: Beatles Survey (and General Beatlemania Thread)

[Strawberry Fields]

The middle harmonies in Dr. R are f***ing tough. Just like in Lady M.

And those f***ers make it so easy. When you tear down those songs and the music therein it really opens a third eye that not a lot of folks can experience truly.

What I mean is if you are a musician, with real, in depth musical knowledge, some of those songs/chords/harmonies/etc will blow you away

Hell, I have the musical ability of a potato and a lot of it still blows be away.

My first several listens to Sgt Pepper (the song, not the album) and Paperback Writer I never realized just how many harmonies there are in both songs. Sgt Pepper in particular. If you're not paying close enough attention it doesn't sound like much.

There's a guy on YouTube who breaks down the harmonies in Beatles songs. He's covered most of them. He does a good job but I still can't for the life of me pick out George's part in Yes It Is. Or all of Paul's part, for that matter

 

[DancingPanther]

Hell, I have the musical ability of a potato and a lot of it still blows be away.

My first several listens to Sgt Pepper (the song, not the album) and Paperback Writer I never realized just how many harmonies there are in both songs. Sgt Pepper in particular. If you're not paying close enough attention it doesn't sound like much.

There's a guy on YouTube who breaks down the harmonies in Beatles songs. He's covered most of them. He does a good job but I still can't for the life of me pick out George's part in Yes It Is. Or all of Paul's part, for that matter

Fradua!!

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Fradua!!

Yep, he's the one He's the one who taught me that John is the one singing the high harmony "in MIIIIIIIIINE" on I Saw Her Standing There. He's where I learned about the Pepper harmonies and just how many there are in the song. His This Boy, Yes It Is, and Yellow Submarine videos were especially helpful to me when I was first learning the Beatles

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Yep, he's the one He's the one who taught me that John is the one singing the high harmony "in MIIIIIIIIINE" on I Saw Her Standing There. He's where I learned about the Pepper harmonies and just how many there are in the song. His This Boy, Yes It Is, and Yellow Submarine videos were especially helpful to me when I was first learning the Beatles

Is Fradua the name of the channel you’re recommending? I’m interested.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Is Fradua the name of the channel you’re recommending? I’m interested.

The actual name of the channel is Beatles Vocal Harmony; Galeazzo Frudua is the name of the guy who runs it. In his videos he introduces the song and explains the intricacies of the harmonies. Then he sings the harmonies, first played together then broken down individually. He has a kind of thick accent but is pretty easy to understand and does a really good job of both singing the parts and showing who sings what and how it's supposed to sound. Recently he's been uploading the isolated vocals from the actual Beatles songs.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

The actual name of the channel is Beatles Vocal Harmony; Galeazzo Frudua is the name of the guy who runs it. In his videos he introduces the song and explains the intricacies of the harmonies. Then he sings the harmonies, first played together then broken down individually. He has a kind of thick accent but is pretty easy to understand and does a really good job of both singing the parts and showing who sings what and how it's supposed to sound. Recently he's been uploading the isolated vocals from the actual Beatles songs.

Listened to Yes It Is on iso vocals just now. For people who fuss over their lack of ability playing instruments should listen to that to better understand their greatness. So tight.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

I just made a list on US/UK #1 singles where I prefer the B-Side to the A-Side... anyone else have such a list?


#1 in UK/US Singles
Love Me Do / PS I Love You
Can't Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That
A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better
Eight Days A Week / I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
All You Need Is Love / Baby You’re A Rich Man
Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I just made a list on US/UK #1 singles where I prefer the B-Side to the A-Side... anyone else have such a list?


#1 in UK/US Singles
Love Me Do / PS I Love You
Can't Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That
A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better
Eight Days A Week / I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
All You Need Is Love / Baby You’re A Rich Man
Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus

P.S. I Love You and Don't Let Me Down are probably the only two B-sides I definitively like better than the A-sides. Revolution is pretty close as well. If Yes It Is didn't back one of my top five favorite Beatles songs it'd also be an easy choice. Most of the A's and B's I like pretty much equally. Admittedly I forget about the songs that were released as singles here but not in the UK so I never even thought of I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, which would be another one I prefer over the A.

My one friend/coworker who's the biggest Beatles fan I know besides myself argued last week that the early B-sides (Thank You Girl, I'll Get You) are just as strong as the A-sides, which I don't 100% disagree with.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I filled out your survey, but didn't include any "worst" choices.

When I got into the Beatles (Napster) I didn't listen by album, and I tended to ignore the songs I didn't like.

My favorites, though, are:

In My Life
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Hide Your Love Away
Paperback Writer
Day Tripper
She Loves You
I Saw Her Standing There
A Hard Day's Night
I Should Have Known Better
Norwegian Wood
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Rocky Raccoon
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Back in the USSR
Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End
Let it Be
Hey Jude
Revolution
We Can Work it Out
Ballad of John and Yoko

 

[trostol]

This is just weird

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Just a reminder on the survey front, for anyone who wants to take it but hasn't yet: I'm still planning to close the survey tomorrow afternoon around 5 eastern. Results will be posted shortly after. (That, of course, doesn't mean the thread as a whole has to end.)

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

P.S. I Love You and Don't Let Me Down are probably the only two B-sides I definitively like better than the A-sides. Revolution is pretty close as well. If Yes It Is didn't back one of my top five favorite Beatles songs it'd also be an easy choice. Most of the A's and B's I like pretty much equally. Admittedly I forget about the songs that were released as singles here but not in the UK so I never even thought of I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, which would be another one I prefer over the A.

My one friend/coworker who's the biggest Beatles fan I know besides myself argued last week that the early B-sides (Thank You Girl, I'll Get You) are just as strong as the A-sides, which I don't 100% disagree with.

I think Thank You Girl is very strong, but I think I’ll Get You is a definite drop in quality.

So many of their B-sides were of A-side quality.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

I filled out your survey, but didn't include any "worst" choices.

When I got into the Beatles (Napster) I didn't listen by album, and I tended to ignore the songs I didn't like.

My favorites, though, are:

In My Life
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Hide Your Love Away
Paperback Writer
Day Tripper
She Loves You
I Saw Her Standing There
A Hard Day's Night
I Should Have Known Better
Norwegian Wood
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Rocky Raccoon
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Back in the USSR
Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End
Let it Be
Hey Jude
Revolution
We Can Work it Out
Ballad of John and Yoko

Really love the ones in bold.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I think Thank You Girl is very strong, but I think I’ll Get You is a definite drop in quality.

So many of their B-sides were of A-side quality.

Their singles started getting so good that they had to start issuing double A-sides

This Boy
Yes It Is
I'm Down
Rain
would all be most other singers' best known songs. I've joked that Steven Tyler has made an entire 50 year career out of I'm Down and the last half of Hey Jude Thank You Girl was 100% A-side quality for its day

And that's not even counting their B-sides that pretty much everyone acknowledges (Walrus, Revolution, Don't Let Me Down)

 

[RockLobster]

Holy shit, just discovered this thread! I’ll have to look at it all as The Beatles are my all-time favorite band!

Sadly, whenever we discuss music in the HF Avs OT thread, no one shares my affinity for the 4 lads from Liverpool.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Bandit]

The Beatles are fascinating to me.

No one can deny their influence on rock music. Lennon & McCartney are among, if not the best songwriting duo of all time. But I’ve lived half a lifetime and the Beatles have been broken up longer than I’ve been alive. Also if my math is correct in December of this year Lennon will have been dead longer than he was alive, yet the Beatles remain as popular and present in popular culture as ever.

It’s a testament to their contributions to the world, but there are other artists that have made similar contributions that are not still held in such high regard in popular culture. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Michelangelo etc. Maybe when the Beatles are as far in the rear view mirror as these people that will be looked at similarly, but for now they are still very much at the forefront of the discussion and I don’t think it’s only among people who were teenagers in the 60’s.

 

[DancingPanther]

The Beatles are fascinating to me.

No one can deny their influence on rock music. Lennon & McCartney are among, if not the best songwriting duo of all time. But I’ve lived half a lifetime and the Beatles have been broken up longer than I’ve been alive. Also if my math is correct in December of this year Lennon will have been dead longer than he was alive, yet the Beatles remain as popular and present in popular culture as ever.

It’s a testament to their contributions to the world, but there are other artists that have made similar contributions that are not still held in such high regard in popular culture. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Michelangelo etc. Maybe when the Beatles are as far in the rear view mirror as these people that will be looked at similarly, but for now they are still very much at the forefront of the discussion and I don’t think it’s only among people who were teenagers in the 60’s.

I'm serious when I say the Beatles are in that Bach/Mozart exalted realm of music and are entrenched there. Who else is there is a discussion for a different day

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Survey has been closed. Will post results once compiled.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

My damn laptop shut down right as I was in the middle of typing my post and I lost both the post and the power point where I was keeping the data. Will post results now but after all that I really dont feel like posting the pie charts as well, so it'll be pretty bare bones.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Long wall of text incoming. 64 responses in all. Not everyone answered each one, but they didn't have to, of course. Maybe sometime soon I'll add the percentages, if not the pie charts themselves.

PLEASE PLEASE ME

FAVORITE
I Saw Her Standing There- 16
Twist and Shout- 15
Please Please Me- 9
Love Me Do- 6
Anna (Go To Him)- 5
There's a Place- 5
A Taste of Honey- 2
Chains- 1
Ask Me Why- 1
P.S. I Love You- 1
Do You Want to Know a Secret- 1

LEAST
A Taste of Honey- 17
Boys- 11
Chains- 6
Anna (Go To Him)- 4
Love Me Do- 4
Misery- 3
Baby It's You- 3
There's a Place- 3
Do You Want to Know a Secret- 2
Ask Me Why- 1
Please Please Me- 1
Twist and Shout- 1

WITH THE BEATLES

FAVORITE
All My Loving- 24
It Won't Be Long- 8
Don't Bother Me- 5
Please Mr. Postman- 5
Money (That's What I Want)- 4
All I've Got to Do- 3
Roll Over Beethoven- 3
You Really Got a Hold on Me- 3
Till There Was You- 2
Hold Me Tight- 1
I Wanna Be Your Man-
Devil in Her Heart- 1

LEAST
I Wanna Be Your Man- 11
Little Child- 10
Devil in Her Heart- 8
Please Mr. Postman- 4
Roll Over Beethoven- 4
Not a Second Time- 4
Money (That's What I Want)- 4
Till There Was You- 2
Hold Me Tight- 2
It Won't Be Long- 1
All My Loving- 1
Don't Bother Me- 1

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

FAVORITE
Can't Buy Me Love- 9
A Hard Day's Night- 8
And I Love Her- 8
If I Fell- 7
I Should Have Known Better- 6
Things We Said Today- 6
Tell Me Why- 5
Any Time At All- 3
You Can't Do That- 3
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You- 2
I'll Be Back- 2
I'll Cry Instead- 1

LEAST
I'll Cry Instead- 9
When I Get Home- 9
I'll Be Back- 6
If I Fell- 4
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You- 4
Things We Said Today- 4
You Can't Do That- 4
And I Love Her- 3
A Hard Day's Night- 2
Can't Buy Me Love- 2
Any Time At All- 2
I Should Have Known Better- 1
Tell Me Why- 1


BEATLES FOR SALE

FAVORITE
Eight Days a Week- 22
I'll Follow the Sun- 8
No Reply- 5
I'm a Loser- 4
Rock and Roll Music- 4
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party- 4
What You're Doing- 3
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby- 3
Baby's in Black- 2
Mr. Moonlight- 2
Kansas City- 1
Words of Love- 1
Honey Don't- 1
Every Little Thing- 1

LEAST
Honey Don't- 9
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party- 9
Kansas City- 8
Mr. Moonlight- 7
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby- 6
Words of Love- 3
I'm a Loser- 2
Baby's in Black- 2
What You're Doing- 2
No Reply- 1
Rock and Roll Music- 1
I'll Follow the Sun- 1
Every Little Thing- 1

HELP!

FAVORITE
Yesterday- 16
Ticket to Ride- 13
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away- 11
Help!- 7
I've Just Seen a Face- 6
You're Going to Lose That Girl- 3
It's Only Love- 3
The Night Before- 2
I Need You- 1
Tell Me What You See- 1

LEAST
Dizzy Miss Lizzy- 19
Act Naturally- 9
You Like Me Too Much- 5
Tell Me What You See- 4
I've Just Seen a Face- 3
The Night Before- 2
I Need You- 2
Another Girl- 2
Ticket to Ride- 2
It's Only Love- 2
Yesterday- 2
You're Going to Lose That Girl- 1

RUBBER SOUL

FAVORITE
In My Life- 26
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)- 12
Nowhere Man- 10
I'm Looking Through You- 4
Girl- 3
Michelle- 2
If I Needed Someone- 2
Drive My Car- 1
You Won't See Me- 1
The Word- 1

LEAST
Run for Your Life- 15
What Goes On- 9
Michelle- 6
If I Needed Someone- 4
The Word- 3
I'm Looking Through You- 3
Drive My Car- 2
Norwegian Wood- 2
You Won't See Me- 2
Girl- 2
In My Life- 2
Wait- 2
Nowhere Man- 1
Think for Yourself- 1


REVOLVER

FAVORITE
Eleanor Rigby- 19
And Your Bird Can Sing- 9
Tomorrow Never Knows- 7
I'm Only Sleeping- 6
Here, There, and Everywhere- 6
For No One- 5
Yellow Submarine- 4
She Said She Said- 2
Good Day Sunshine- 2
Got to Get You Into My Life- 2
Taxman- 1

LEAST
Yellow Submarine- 12
Doctor Robert- 12
Love You To- 9
I Want to Tell You- 6
Here, There, and Everywhere- 4
Tomorrow Never Knows- 4
She Said She Said- 3
Taxman- 2
For No One- 2
Eleanor Rigby- 1
And Your Bird Can Sing- 1

SGT PEPPER

FAVORITE
A Day in the Life- 32
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- 6
When I'm Sixty-Four- 5
With a Little Help From My Friends- 3
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!- 3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- 2
Getting Better- 2
Fixing a Hole- 2
She's Leaving Home- 2
Within You Without You- 2
Lovely Rita- 2
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise- 2

LEAST
When I'm Sixty-Four- 11
Within You Without You- 10
Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!- 9
Good Morning Good Morning- 7
She's Leaving Home- 5
Lovely Rita- 5
Fixing a Hole- 4
Reprise- 4
Getting Better- 1

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

FAVORITE
Strawberry Fields Forever- 28
Hello, Goodbye- 7
Penny Lane- 7
The Fool on the Hill- 5
I Am the Walrus- 5
All You Need is Love- 5
Magical Mystery Tour- 2
Flying- 1
Blue Jay Way- 1
Your Mother Should Know- 1
Baby, You're a Rich Man- 1

LEAST
Blue Jay Way- 14
Flying- 13
Baby, You're a Rich Man- 9
Hello, Goodbye- 7
Your Mother Should Know- 6
Magical Mystery Tour- 3
The Fool on the Hill- 1
I Am the Walrus- 1
Penny Lane- 1

WHITE ALBUM

FAVORITE
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- 19
Dear Prudence- 8
Happiness is a Warm Gun- 8
Back in the USSR- 6
Blackbird- 3
Sexy Sadie- 3
Helter Skelter- 3
Long, Long, Long- 3
Ob-La-Di, OB-La-Da- 2
Cry Baby Cry- 2
I'm So Tired- 1
Rocky Raccoon- 1
I Will- 1
Julia- 1
Yer Blues- 1
Me and My Monkey- 1

LEAST
Revolution 9- 22
Piggies- 6
Ob-La-Di, OB-La-Da- 3
Wild Honey Pie- 1
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill- 2
Happiness is a Warm Gun- 2
Don't Pass Me By- 2
Why Don't We Do it in the Road?- 2
I Will- 2
Mother Nature's Son- 2
Me and My Monkey- 2
Back in the USSR- 1
Glass Onion- 1
Rocky Raccoon- 1
Julia- 1
Birthday- 1
Yer Blues- 1
Sexy Sadie- 1
Savoy Truffle- 1

YELLOW SUBMARINE

FAVORITE
Hey Bulldog- 24
All Together Now- 18
Only a Northern Song- 8
It's All Too Much- 6

LEAST
It's All Too Much- 19
All Together Now- 15
Only a Northern Song- 10
Hey Bulldog- 6


ABBEY ROAD
Here Comes the Sun- 16
Something- 11
Golden Slumbers- 6
Come Together- 5
Oh! Darling- 5
You Never Give Me Your Money- 5
I Want You (She's So Heavy)- 4
Carry That Weight- 3
Because- 2
She Came In Through the Bathroom Window- 2
Sun King- 1
Mean Mr. Mustard- 1

LEAST
Maxwell's Silver Hammer- 10
I Want You (She's So Heavy)- 9
Octopus's Garden- 8
Polythene Pam- 8
Her Majesty- 5
Come Together- 3
Oh! Darling- 3
You Never Give Me Your Money-3
Because- 2
The End- 2
Sun King- 1
Mean Mr. Mustard- 1

LET IT BE

FAVORITE
Let It Be- 12
Across the Universe- 10
Get Back- 10
The Long and Winding Road- 9
Two of Us- 8
Dig a Pony- 5
I've Got a Feeling- 4
One After 909- 3
I Me Mine- 2

LEAST
Dig a Pony- 11
One After 909- 11
Maggie Mae- 9
For You Blue- 8
Dig It- 7
The Long and Winding Road- 3
Get Back- 2
Across the Universe- 1
Let It Be- 1


FAVORITE NON-ALBUM SONGS
Hey Jude- 23
Paperback Writer- 22
We Can Work It Out- 20
Revolution- 15
Day Tripper- 14
I Want to Hold Your Hand- 13
She Loves You- 12
Don't Let Me Down- 12
I Feel Fine- 11
Rain- 9
Lady Madonna- 7
The Ballad of John and Yoko- 6
From Me to You- 5
This Boy- 5
Yes It Is- 4
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)- 4
She's a Woman- 3
I'm Down- 3
I'll Get You- 2
Long Tall Sally- 2
I Call Your Name- 2
Old Brown Shoe- 2
The Inner Light- 1

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I'm just gonna warn I think I missed a few in my frustrated haste. For example, a poster in the thread I made in the entertainment board commented that There's a Place isn't in the final results even though he voted for it. I had already had a long day and losing all my progress with posting the results here didn't do anything to help me. I will double check and revise in the coming days.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Added There's a Place and its five votes for favorite song from Please Please Me to the results post. Somehow I completely glossed over it.

 

[DancingPanther]

Your's truly was the lone Words of Love, I Need You, and Yer Blues "favorite" votes. Couldn't help but notice the Yer Blues least favorite vote *squints*

I need to talk to whoever voted Nowhere Man as their least favorite. Those harmonies bruh

Where is my Long Talk Sally brother?!

I'd also like to ahem "talk" to whoever voted my all time favorite Beatles song their least favorite on Revolver (And Your Bird Can Sing). Just talk

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Your's truly was the lone Words of Love, I Need You, and Yer Blues "favorite" votes. Couldn't help but notice the Yer Blues least favorite vote *squints*

I need to talk to whoever voted Nowhere Man as their least favorite. Those harmonies bruh

Where is my Long Talk Sally brother?!

I'd also like to ahem "talk" to whoever voted my all time favorite Beatles song their least favorite on Revolver (And Your Bird Can Sing). Just talk

I also saw some astonishing things from my perspective. People have got some explaining to do.