Hey, don't forget Help!! That's WAY better than etc., super. Feel free to post away. I think one more post and you're no longer a slacker!

Well then, in the interest of graduating from slacker, I'll admit fault for not including Help! It really is a good record as well. Aside from the obvious favorites, I've always liked "You're Gonna Lose That Girl". I don't agree with earlier posts that claim the Beatles didn't become "artists" until the "Rubber Soul" period. Their entire catalog is brilliant. I just don't see how any band can come close.

My favorite Beatles albums are "Revolver" and "The White Album."

My all-time favorite Beatles song is While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Other great songs:

Hey Jude
Rocky Racoon
Come Together
She Loves You
Let it Be
Imagine (I don't know if it qualifies)

Oh, and I don't care what other people may be saying, Obla-Di, Obla-Da is a good song.

Revolver's my favourite album of my local band, followed by Abbey Road

Fave tracks-

Day In the Life
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
Revolution
Fool on the Hill
We Can Work it Out

1. A Day In The Life
2. Yesterday
3. Rocky Raccoon
4. In My Life
5. Hey Jude

While my Guitar Gently Weeps
Blackbird
Hey Jude
Yesterday
Elanor Rigby
Let it Be
Imagine-If this counts as Beatles.

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My favourite Beatles album is Abbey Rd. Everyone always talks about the second half (which is outstanding) but there are so many great songs before it too. Actually, I can't think of a better album by anyone.

Choosing favourite songs is tougher though. Here are a few that spring to mind

I Am The Walrus
In My Life
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Eleanor Rigby
Yesterday
She's So Heavy
A Day in the Life
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

That'll do...

My favoite album is "The Beatles" aka "The White Album". As an album, I don't think it's as cohesive as Sgt. Peppers or Abby Road, but I think it features some of their best individual tracks. Here are my top tracks:

1. Sexy Sadie
2. Happiness is a Warm Gun
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Hey Bulldog
5. Glass Onion
7. Mean Mr. Mustard
8. Taxman
9. Across the Universe
10. I'm so tired

Is that 10 already? I tried to pick some odder choices, as I don't think anybody really wants to see "Hey Jude" or "In My Life" on a list anymore.

Oh gosh. Don't get me started. I love the Beatles. I grew up on the Beatles because my parents grew up on the Beatles. I really love Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966) although every album has something unique and amazing about it.
As for songs, I dig: (in no particular order)
across the universe

happiness is a warm gun (the beatles being totally hardcore)

i need you (although i can't even listen to this song without a tear coming to my eye)

taxman (george harrison being quite clever)

i'm only sleeping (i love the overall structure and changes in this song, plus to backwards guitar solo)

i'm so tired (my favorite part: i wonder should i call you but i KNOW what you would doooo...)

run for your life (the beatles being morbid)

back in the ussr

one after 909 (this song was written in 1963, one of the beatles' first songs. it wasn't released until 1970 on 'let it be' and sounds quite 'old-rock' for the rest of that album)

i want to tell you (really, i just love george harrison!)

things we said today

a day in the life

you're gonna lose that girl

Wow, I'm gonna have to come back and make a few more posts on this thread after I run upstairs and look at all my Beatles LPs and realize how many songs i've forgotten to mention!

In the music scene here, I talk to a lot of kids who are really into hardcore punk and metal, and some of them totally dismiss the Beatles' impact on music today, and they don't even realize how hardcore the Beatles really were, and in more important ways, in musically adventurous ways, in experimental ways, in socially conscious ways...they were daring, they were clever, and had an amazing knack for pop sensibility and song structure. To me, you just can't deny that the Beatles were masters of pop and rock'n'roll.
Even Otis Redding was inspired by the Beatles: he wrote the hit 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay' after listening to Sargaent Pepper's in large doses.
People are always going to be inspired by the Beatles.

Geez, I can't believe I forgot to mention "while my guitar gently weeps"... that is WAAAY up there with one of the most beautiful Beatles' songs ever. Also, "I want you (She's so heavy)" and "Something"... oh, and "you never give me your money".

Hehe...I'll be back.

I'm at a disadvantage because I haven't heard a whole lot of the non-album songs.

There's no way I could *order* my top ten Beatles songs without listening to them intensively for a few hours. But here's a list I'll throw out in order I think of them.

Norwegian Wood
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Born In The USSR
She Said She Said
Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
Getting Better
Tomorrow Never Dies
I'm Looking Through You
You Never Give Me Your Money+

Let it be is probably my favorite. It is pretty contemporary and may sound like a cop out, but it's the only song that I could just keep listening to on repeat.

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Originally posted by Twin Forces!:
"... oh, and "you never give me your money".

" You Never Give Me Your Money" is a great tune. Just missed my top 10.

I want you (she's so heavy) heres why

Well, being new to this fourum, nobody knows my personal preferences etc, so for a very brief intro: 4 years ago, I became musically aware thanks to a local public radio station (3RRR). I have since being working my way backwards in time through all the good music I could get my hands on. I reached the beatles about a month ago.

I was in my work club, and put on Abbey Road. Through the first few popular tracks, nothing amazing took place, talking amoungst each other as usual. Then the base line of I want you hit, and slowly all of turn to each other with look of bewilderment: "How could this amazing music be made 40 years ago?"

Since that night, 'I want you' has been cirlcling my around my head constantly. It is brilliant.

A lot of Beatles stuff has freaking awesome bass. People tend to forget it, mostly because Paul MacCartney's kind of turned into this cheesy popster, but back in the day he was arguably the greatest bass player in rock.

I think Revolver is the best Beatles album, with Eleanor Rigby being the best song.

Rubber Soul is a close second in the album category, though.

I've always loved Abbey Road. my personal fav off it would have to be... Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End. just how it flows in a way that the Beatles could only make it flow.

Some of my beatle favs.
Fav album: Probably rubber soul. It think John's singing was at his best and most heart felt song writting. paul's you wont see me is still one of his best songs. I love the back ground harmonizing. And honestly, using the sitar on Norwegian Wood really added another dimension to the song. It was a perfect for that song.
It is impossible to try and create a fav song list because each time I try I think of other songs I should have put on the list. But to put a spin on it i loved the anthology version of And your bird can sing. I love the laughing and clowning around going on. That, and the fact that it is just a very different version. Even though the album version itself was one of my favs. I also love the anthology version of Tommorow never knows. I didn't like revolver version that much, but the anthology version is fantastic. ringo's drumming was so ahead of it's time.
anyway fav songs:
rain
It's only love
girl
she said she said
here comes the sun
norwegion wood
words of love (holly cover)
I will
polythene pam/mean Mr mustard
hide your love away
good morning good morning
tell me what you see

ob la di ob la da was a good song in a couple respect.
1) listen to paul's voice on that song. very very good singing.
2) also, the bit of gender bendering at the end of the song-desmond is actually a tranny.
"Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer with the band"

Favorite Songs
1. A Day in the Life
2. Blackbird
3. Dear Prudence
4. Eleanor Rigby
5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Here Comes the Sun
7. Julia
8. My Guitar Gently Weeps
9. Rocky Raccoon
10. Norwegian Wood
My Fav Album
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band- The greatest album of all time! I know it's the obvious choice but still I love it.