# Best of the Beatles: Please Please Me

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 9, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888 "2014-02-09T13:39:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888/21 "2014-02-11T01:02:49Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Yeah, those are the two that I was deciding between. The more “hipster” part of me wants to pick the less obvious “There’s a Place,” but I just can’t deny the opening of “I Saw Her Standing There” and the driving pulse of the song.

Well put.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888/22 "2014-02-11T01:14:58Z")

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So many great songs on this one. Choosing one wasn’t easy

Despite “Twist and Shout” being a cover, I had to vote for it–between the song, the production and Lennon’s strained voice, it’s the most concentrated 2-minute-33-second expression of lust ever put on vinyl.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888/23 "2014-02-11T03:13:44Z")

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^ ^ ^  
This, plus the guitar line has got to be one of the strongest before the days of power guitar playing. There’s a reason why it’s a staple at Springsteen and The Who concerts, and it wouldn’t have been if not for the Beatles’ version. I’m kind of surprised that it isn’t the runaway winner in this poll, which is not to take anything away from the other songs. It’s just so iconic of pure rock and roll.

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888/24 "2014-02-11T03:47:58Z")

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Few Beatles songs strike me as genius. One of them is “Yesterday.” But for that record, I’d say “T&S.”

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-please-please-me/680888/25 "2014-02-12T14:37:23Z")

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After reading [this excellent analysis of “I Saw Her Standing There,”](http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/ishst.shtml) I realize it’s more musically sophisticated than I’d given it credit for. So, **pulykamell** , turns out I can dig its fun excitement, AND be a tasteful hipster. 😉 Now I’d put it in a tie with “There’s a Place.”

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