Thanks for the move - I wasn’t sure where this should go…
Anyway, I’m compiling a list, and unsurprisingly, there are 26 songs on it so far. Of these, only 6 have more than one vote.
I think this certainly confirms my initial thought that there is no answer to this question. I’m impressed (but not surprised given this group) to see some less “popular” songs on this list.
Thanks to you all!
Thanks for the links Happy Lendervedder
Over here, a guy called **Stauderhorse **is listening to all the Beatles albums, in order.
It would be interesting to get his vote. So - calling **Stauderhorse **.
Euphonious, you might also consider making a simple histogram graph which classes the songs by, say, year. It looks like 1966 and 1968 are favorites among these Dopers.
If you do this, don’t forget that Let It Be was recorded before Abbey Road!
In My Life, or the solo version of Yesterday from Anthology 2
“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.”
I’ll probably want to change my mind in a second, but that was my current impulse.
If the Abbey Road medley doesn’t count, I’ll go with Here Comes The Sun.
No, wait, Something.
No, wait, the slow version of Revolution.
No, wait, Ticket To Ride.
Okay, I’ll go with Here Comes The Sun.
Another that’ll probably get just this one vote: “Hey Bulldog”
Kick-ass piano riff to open. John/Paul harmonies. Classic George solo. Ringo perfect as always.
No, wait, While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Good to see George Harrison getting some love here!
I also like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
Nitpick (probably not to Stauderhorse, though)- I believe Stauderhorse is a female.
Don’t really know the Beatles’ catalog well at all, but I’ve always liked Rocky Raccoon. Actually, if anyone could point me towards any of their other songs that are similar to RR, it would be appreciated.
“I Am the Walrus” is trippy in an active way, without being soporific. With vivid lyric imagery and striking arrangement (string quartet, vocal glissandos, memorable bridges), it goes places where no “pop” song had ever gone before. John Cage in 2/4 time.
Oops: bad guess. :o
(Bad excuse: isn’t guy generic in the USA?)
“Guy” may be generic, but “his” isn’t!
Gotcha there, didn’t I?
My vote goes to “Hey Jude”.
Actually, no. I was referring to Wilhelm His, Snr. At that point, I’d lost interest in Stauderhorse, and I’d moved on to old Wilhelm. The fact that he is dead, and my sudden collapse of grammar has got nothing to do with anything.
I would probably have been another vote for “Tomorrow Never Knows” (or “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “For No One” or “I Am The Walrus”), but just because it hasn’t been mentioned yet, I’m going to go with “Got To Get You Into My Life”. For some reason, it never occurred to me the song was an ode to marijuana until I read it in one of the billions of Beatles books I own.
Ah, now I understand. I feel so foolish!
And I always wondered who invented the microtome. Turns out it was His invention!
There are lots of songs that are similar, but for different reasons.
For period-sounding songs: Honey Pie, Piggies, When I’m 64, Your Mother Should Know, Martha My Dear, Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite.
For a more country-music feel: What Goes On, Don’t Pass Me By
Songs that tell a story: Eleanor Rigby, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Mean Mr Mustard/Polythene Pam.
Upbeat songs that don’t fit traditional “rock” molds: Octopus’s Garden, Yellow Submarine, Hey Bulldog, All Together Now.
Not really a big Beatles fan, but I’d have to pick Nowhere Man, although Tomorrow Never Knows would be up there…