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Norm Smith Medallist
Top 20 Non Singles are better than most artists top 20 singles.
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It ain't easy, but i'll have a crack at it!
Album tracks only, no A's or B sides.
1. A Day In The Life
2. She Said, She Said
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
4. I'm Only Sleeping
5. You're Going To Lose That Girl
6. In My Life
7. Tomorrow Never Knows
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
11. For No One
12. Back In The USSR
13. Glass Onion
14. And Your Bird Can Sing
15. Hey Bulldog
16. Across the Universe
17. I Saw Her Standing There
18. It Won't Be Long
19. Any Time At All
20. Drive My Car
4.
Michelle (1965, Rubber Soul)
The Beatles won only four Grammy awards while they were together and this ballad won Song of the Year. In France this song went to number 1, and the French verse has become a mondegreen, often misheard as "Sunday monkey won't play piano song.”
1965 must have been a good year for bass solos, with Paul taking charge here, and there’s also John Entwistle’s effort on My Generation. I struggled hard to find a decent version of Michelle online, but all Beatles fans know how good the original sounds anyway. When I typed “Michelle The Beatles” into Google, this clip came up. I don’t know whether the singer is being serious or whether they are attempting a bizarre troll by deliberately putting out a terrible version of this classic. It has more dislikes than likes, but if you can tolerate even half the song, you may get a few laughs.
The White Album anniversary edition is out in a few weeks!!
I Wanted to post my favourite Beatles interviews, with context!!
Paul McCartney 1980, he is tired and honest here, he'd been through a year of really tough times, but had released a record at the time..
John Lennon in 1975, what a cool guy!
This is my favourite, Ringo and George in 1988, hilarious!
It comes across as a jam session of 4 individuals that somehow works. There is no over-arching theme apart from freneticism and experimentation. To me , apart from George Martins involvement, it sounds very guitar orientedThe White Album for me, is just the perfect album to escape to. It basically invented the first real modern sounding rock record, in my opinion. It still sounds fresh and not many albums from the 1960s you can say that, even Sgt Peppers sounds dated to me. The White Album just always sounds fresh and new and mint.
It comes across as a jam session of 4 individuals that somehow works. There is no over-arching theme apart from freneticism and experimentation. To me , apart from George Martins involvement, it sounds very guitar oriented
Thanks. Across the Universe at 2 I can be happy withI actually have a website ranking that deals with this very question!
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/stingbitten/unreleased-beatles-songs-that-should-have-been-hits/
Let me know what you think.
Thanks. Across the Universe at 2 I can be happy with
The irony is I thought most of those had been released as singles. Shows how much they infiltrated the mind. I did listen to a lot of albums so I got to know the songs anyway
One song I like is Mr Moonlight but its far from their 'pop craft' that I'm not sure of how it would be received. Maybe in a different time the press officer could put out advance notice that they were returning to their roots instead of using them as album fillers. Johns voice on Mr Moonlight also highlights the point you made about Oh Darling
I actually have a website ranking that deals with this very question!
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/stingbitten/unreleased-beatles-songs-that-should-have-been-hits/
Let me know what you think.
A very comprehensive website. You could well be the Mark Lewisohn of Australia.
I was interested in your opinion about Helter Skelter. You have written: The one time Paul got hard-rock right in the Beatles - 'Helter Skelter' has all the Manson connotations but in my opinion it's more ferocious than some of the other heavy metal tracks of the time. I think this song would have fit just as snugly in the 'Easy Rider' soundtrack alongside Steppenwolf.
Firstly, do you consider I'm Down to be a hard rock Beatles song of Paul's? Is there something about it you do not like?
What hard rock songs of John's in the Beatles do you appreciate?
Do you consider Taxman a hard rock song?
I feel the 1976 Beatles Rock and Roll compilation album could have included better hard rocking songs, do you agree? I do not mind that the album included cover versions, but I do not see Matchbox, Slow Down, as well as Got to Get You Into My Life and Anytime At All as hard rock songs.
What other heavy metal tracks of the time do you rank along side Helter Skelter?
A very comprehensive website. You could well be the Mark Lewisohn of Australia.
I was interested in your opinion about Helter Skelter. You have written: The one time Paul got hard-rock right in the Beatles - 'Helter Skelter' has all the Manson connotations but in my opinion it's more ferocious than some of the other heavy metal tracks of the time. I think this song would have fit just as snugly in the 'Easy Rider' soundtrack alongside Steppenwolf.
Firstly, do you consider I'm Down to be a hard rock Beatles song of Paul's? Is there something about it you do not like?
What hard rock songs of John's in the Beatles do you appreciate?
Do you consider Taxman a hard rock song?
I feel the 1976 Beatles Rock and Roll compilation album could have included better hard rocking songs, do you agree? I do not mind that the album included cover versions, but I do not see Matchbox, Slow Down, as well as Got to Get You Into My Life and Anytime At All as hard rock songs.
What other heavy metal tracks of the time do you rank along side Helter Skelter?