Woohoo!! My "Beatles for Sale" iTunes iMix is in Top Rated!!!

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Okay… Talk about self-service: Not only is this a self-congratulatory “Yay me!” post, but also a thinly veiled hope that some of my fellow iTunes-enabled Dopers might approve of my iMix and might help me maintain it’s good standing by voting for it.

The premise is this: back in the early 80’s, Apple Corps (the Beatles’ record label) “allowed” Apple Computer to use the name Apple, so long as it didn’t delve into the music business. With the iPod and iTunes Music store, Apple Computer is under fire from Apple Corps.

I expect that this little court battle will keep the Beatles from putting their music on the iTunes Music Store anytime soon (though Ringo has some music on it). So I found a bunch of Beatles covers that are done by other famous musicians or are just pretty interesting on their own merit.

Check it out. Hopefully, it will still be listed under “Top Rated.” If not, I’m not sure how to direct someone to find it.

The tunes inclued are:

Paperback Writer - 10cc
I’m Down - Aerosmith
I Will - Alison Krauss & Tony Furtado
Within You, Without You - Angels of Venice
Let It Be - Anne Murray
Eleanor Rigby - Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops
Honey Pie - Barbra Streisand
Oh! Darling - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Live) - Billy Joel
Get Back - Billy Preston
Drive My Car - Bobby McFerrin
Something - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Yesterday - Boyz II Men
Hello, Goodbye - Brian Robbins & Erin Alden
Penny Lane - Canadian Brass
Magical Mystery Tour - Cheap Trick
If I Fell - Chet Atkins
When I’m 64 - Connie Evingson
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Cornershop
The Inner Light - Danny Schneider
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
Do You Want to Know a Secret? - Evan Marshall
Things We Said Today - Gwendolyn Fields
I’ve Just Seen a Face - Holly Cole
A Day in the Life - Jeff Beck
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Live) - Jimi Hendrix
With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker
Mother Nature’s Son - John Denver
In My Life - Johnny Cash
Good Night - Linda Ronstadt
Come Together - Michael Jackson
I Am the Walrus (Live) - Oasis
A Hard Day’s Night - Otis Redding
You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away - Pearl Jam
Tomorrow Never Knows - Phil Collins
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Phish
Lady Madonna - Richie Havens
For No One - Rickie Lee Jones
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party - Rosanne Cash
Across the Universe - Rufus Wainwright
Dear Prudence (Single) - Siouxsie and The Banshees
I’m Looking through You - Steve Earle
We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
Revolution - Stone Temple Pilots
I Want to Tell You - Ted Nugent
Savoy Truffle - They Might Be Giants
Here Comes the Sun - Tim Howe
Help - Tina Turner
Hey Bulldog - Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Long and Winding Road - Tony Bennett
Helter Skelter (Live) - U2
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett

I hate to say it, but some of the covers are better than the originals.

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Which ones would you say are better? I’m a big Beatles fan so I might have to check them out…

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Wow, I had no idea there were that many Beatles covers.

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I know that the I Am Sam soundtrack was made up entirely of Beatles covers, and I loved it. Thanks for the plug Hey You!, off I go to check it out.

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The Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller version of Day Tripper is a lot faster and rockier than the original. It’s on B Sides, Sea Sides and Free Rides by OCS, I think.

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How do I find your list on iTunes?

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Really?

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Here’s a link.

Nice mix, Hey you!

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Go to the iTunes Music Store
Click on iMix
Look for one that’s titled Beatles for Sale

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Thanks for tipping me off to the Alison Krauss version of “I Will.” Sweet. “I Will” download it presently.

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Well, it’s subjective of course, but Linda Ronstadt’s version of Good Night is a perfect marriage. I never liked that song until I heard her version. Although I’m NOT a Barbara Streisand fan by ANY measure, she camps up the retro jazz style of “Honey Pie” that works well. Although I wouldn’t say Holly Cole’s version is superior to the original, it’s a fine example of an update that demonstrates how a 40 year old song still works with today’s musical sensibilities. I also like how Rufus Wainwright’s unique vocal style treat “Across the Universe”

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That’s a funny thing to say about “Honey Pie,” since it sounded 40 years old the day Paul recorded it… a real Tin Pan Alley kind of song. It’s one of my favorites, and not a lot of people know it.

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I generally don’t like beatles covers in the first place, but I am philosophically opposed to the very idea of Beatles covers by Aerosmith :wink:

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twitch

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Now see, whenever I see the words Beatles and cover together, I’m compelled to mention this song. It’s Eleanor Rigby done by a Goth band called Godhead. The rest of their stuff is crap(IMO) but this song has some strange power over me. As a bonus, it was on their lovely album, “Power Tool Stigmata”, named one of the worst albums of the year by the Commercial Apeal music critic. :smiley: So yeah, that’s Godhead. I’m not sure I can call it good, but it’s interesting. I keep coming back to it again and again. God only knows why.
-Lil

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I can’t wrap my mind around the notion of Bobby McFerrin doing a Beatles cover (“Drive My Car”)…

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The ultimate version of ‘Day Tripper’ is from Jimi Hendrix. You can find it on BBC Sessions (though I’m not sure if that’s on iTunes).

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Just found out that Some Other Guy also posted a 14 song iMix called Beatles Covers.

[spite]Bah! Mine’s better.[/spite]

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Wow. Let me say thank you to any kind Dopers who voted for my iMix.
When I checked it this morning, it was in the #1 position with 141 votes!

Thank you once again.