# Best of the Beatle **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979 "2017-08-18T14:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/21 "2017-08-19T00:09:03Z")
Paul - Maybe I’m Amazed George - The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll) Ringo - It Don’t Come Easy John - How ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/22 "2017-08-19T00:15:43Z")
I know it’s in the ear of the beholder, but… > [@pulykamell](#): > > Paul - “Temporary Secretary” Sweet Crappin’ Christ on a Krispy Kreme!! Sorry. Carry on. mmm ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/23 "2017-08-19T01:01:58Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Paul: “Live and Let Die” > John: “Imagine” > Ringo: “Octopus’s Garden” > George: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” A full 50% of those are Beatles tunes. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/24 "2017-08-19T01:07:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I know it’s in the ear of the beholder, but… > > Sweet Crappin’ Christ on a Krispy Kreme!! > > Sorry. Carry on. > mmm _shrug_ I dunno. I just LOVE that song. Still sounds fresh and fun to me to this day. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/25 "2017-08-19T01:10:05Z")
> [@SpeedwayRyan](#): > > A full 50% of those are Beatles tunes. Oops, I failed reading comprehension. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/26 "2017-08-19T01:46:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I know it’s in the ear of the beholder, but… > > Sweet Crappin’ Christ on a Krispy Kreme!! > > Sorry. Carry on. > mmm Actually, it appears [I’m not the only one who likes it](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-temporary-secretary/). Looks like some DJ in Europe a couple years ago loved it enough to make it popular in dance clubs, and it’s wormed its way back into Sir Paul’s setlist. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/27 "2017-08-19T04:54:17Z")
Lennon - Instant Karma McCartney - Live And Let Die Harrison - My Sweet Lord Starkey - Back Off Boogaloo (and by far my favorite of the bunch) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/28 "2017-08-19T12:08:06Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > _shrug_ I dunno. I just LOVE that song. Still sounds fresh and fun to me to this day. OK, sorry to jump on you. It’s just that that selection stood out (to me) like a turd in the punch bowl. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/29 "2017-08-19T12:29:05Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I know it’s in the ear of the beholder, but… > > Sweet Crappin’ Christ on a Krispy Kreme!! > > Sorry. Carry on. > mmm I had never heard that before, and wish I could still make that claim. I can’t help but laugh at the look on his face here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCH7ZewAf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCH7ZewAf) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/30 "2017-08-19T13:22:47Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > OK, sorry to jump on you. It’s just that that selection stood out (to me) like a turd in the punch bowl. > mmm Oh, no, I expected some raised eyebrows, hence the paranthetical in my original reply. 🙂 I remember hearing it the first time and wondering what in the fuck I was listening to and then, like a fungus, it grew on me. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/31 "2017-08-19T13:23:40Z")
I wish you has not flagged that song up, I would not have gone looking for it. I want to delete the internet now ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/32 "2017-08-20T16:47:54Z")
Paul: Beautiful Night (the Flaming Pie version) John: Imagine Ringo: Photograph George: What is Life (if we can count Wilbury songs, Handle With Care) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/33 "2017-08-20T23:12:27Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > I wish you has not flagged that song up, I would not have gone looking for it. > > I want to delete the internet now [Here’s a nice cover of it](https://youtu.be/qmy3K9vLR1c) with cleaner production and a much updated sound. Seriously, it’s a decent, if not totally campy and ridiculous song! “She can be a neurosurgeon if she’s doing nothing urgent”! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/34 "2017-08-20T23:17:42Z")
I called my favorite Beatle, Herbie. 😃 Ringo’s best song is You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine. It refers to a high school boy and his gf Paul’s is Band on a Run Harrison - Guitar Weeps ---
**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979/35 "2017-08-24T14:17:33Z")
Paul - Love in Song John - Jealous Guy George - Isn’t It a Pity? [Version Two] Ringo - Six O’Clock [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatle/793979.md?page=1)