Best seldom-played Beatles tune

[Archae]

What Beatles tune do you really like, that hardly ever gets aired on the radio now, or was hardly played at all (if ever) on the radio during the 60's?

For me, it's "Hey Bulldog."

That bass guitar riff is da BOMB!

[Birthmark]

1. Only A Northern Song.

Man, that's good stuff. "Hey Bulldog" rocks, too, though.

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. Agreed. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

40. Do you prefer "...Northern Song" to "If I Needed Someone"...?

I ask that because they have almost the same melody -- check it out.

I'm also fond of "I'm Looking Through You," although not so much for the song itself (which isn't bad, either) as for the arrangement, the way instruments or flourishes pop in and out on the different verses.

[FDRrocks]

2. Tommorow Never Knows

Although I don't think it was ever played on radio in the first place. It might not count.

[luckyluke]

3. "I got a feeling"

Again, it's all about the guitar riff. Well, that and the yelling. And the lyrics. And the pace of the song. Heck, the whole thing.

[elperromagico]

4. "Hey Bulldog" is a great song,

particularly the way John and Paul spar at the end.

"What's that boy?"
"I say, Ruff!"
"You know any more?"
"Ah-wooooooo!"
"That's it man, you've got it! You've got it! Don't look at me, man, I only have ten grandchildren!"

[grannylib]

5. Dear Prudence is one of my favorites

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. You and me both!

[Guaranteed]

45. Hey, there's something we can agree on...

I LOVE that song.

[Jade Fox]

6. Don't Bother Me

Off their first album "Meet the Beatles"

[HEyHEY]

7. I don't want to spoil the party

Have that on a 45 upstairs

[Don_G]

8. Blackbird

I'll Follow The Sun, Your Mother Should Know, Hey Bulldog, March Of The Meanies....

[SarahB]

9. Till There was You

[Dan-W]

52. Absolutely.

[sir_captain]

10. Rain

and Yes it is

[Kathleen04]

11. You Never Give Me Your Money

"Step on the gas and wipe that tear away" :)

I also like Paul's phoney deep voice.

[Guaranteed]

43. Everything on Abbey Road

:)

[MichaelHarris]

12. In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

[Old and In the Way]

18. Mine, too!

I'll never forget ABC playing that during Monday night football when they broke in and announced Lennon's assassination.

[MichaelHarris]

20. Its

an incredibly important song to me

[acmavm]

13. Things We Said Today, Julia, I Me Mine, Here There and Everywhere.

.

[XNASA]

14. "I Need You" and "The Inner Light" come to mind.

I was thinking of the song "I Need You" just yesterday, when I was reading a story about when George visited Southern Illinois in the Summer of '62. His sister lives in Benton. Anyway, he bought his first Rickenbacher at a guitar store in Mt. Vernon Illinois, which is where Mrs. XNASA grew up. It was always a big part of the local folk lore down there. There was even a sign at one of the stalls in the local hot-dog drive-in that said something like "Famous Beatle George Harrison Ate Here, July 17, 1962".

Cool story, huh?

[Maccagirl]

22. My best friend in high school

had an older sister who met George on that trip. Louise Harrison was married to the cousin of my friend's brother-in-law. They took George to his first drive-in movie and he loved it. A cute sidebar was at the family reunion an elderly uncle asked George what he did back in England and George said "I play guitar in a group called the Beatles." The uncle said "Son, with a name like that you're never going anywhere.".

[johnnie]

59. Louise...

I had the privilege of meeting Louise here in Cleveland last summer. She is a great woman and a strong activist for many wonderful causes.

[TN al]

15. One after 909

[Hemprus]

16. I saw her standing there.

Maybe its me, but I never hear it the radio.:hi:

[jpgray]

17. 'Oh! Darling', and 'Fixing A Hole'

Great songs.

[Parrcrow]

19. I Will

I'll probably come up with other tunes later. That's what's great about The Beatles.

[Gildor Inglorion]

21. "Piggies"

A George Harrison masterpiece.

[Whitacre D_WI]

23. I Want You

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

25. "The Inner Light"

[NewHampster]

26. Norwegian Wood

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me...
She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood.



actually, my favorite Beatles song.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

50. Norwegian Wood sung in Hindi...

....Cornershop covers that tune as sort of a bollywood number, doing in Hindi.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

27. Nowhere man

Maybe my favorite least played Beatles song (love those harmonies!) along with Dear Prudence.

[Rooktoven]

28. Hey Bulldog.

I was going to post that before I read the thread...

[bobthedrummer]

30. "It's All Too Much"; "Dr. Robert"; but the best one of them all, for me is

"Long, long, long"!

[lucidmadman]

31. Please Please Me

...It has a really good chorus. Good vocal harmonies. I really like Love Me Do, also. I find I sit and listen to it. Simple, good 'pop' songs...

[nemo137]

32. "for no one"

best french horn part in the beatles repertoire. also the song i listened to the most when my first girlfriend dumped me on valentines day.

[CanuckAmok]

33. Production: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.

n/t

[FDRrocks]

34. God that song rocks

It wasn't, at first, apparent to me... but that song totally rules. It excuses the songs before it and after it on Sgt. Pepper. I think the whole song is driven by Ringos use of the hi-hat.

[Zinfandel]

35. "You Know My Name"

Great! Stoney Beatles.
:smoke:

[FDRrocks]

37. Look up the number?

Damn man I couldn't listen to that song on 3 potent hits of acid :)

I could listen to Revolution #9 on the same amount of acid, of course I'd bug out and try to kill my wall, but I guess that's beside the point.

[Zinfandel]

38. Yes, I know...

I'd sit after I dropped early in the morning, many times after going to the Fillmore, sometimes right after work at night...at this litle dive of a hot stand in SF called Doggie Diner...I'd play that song...the only juke box around that had the song...I love it (and heard a lot of different "takes" by the Beatles in the studio since). Fun song!

What was the flip side?

[FDRrocks]

39. No idea... n/t

[dbt]

42. Let It Be, innit?

[KittyWampus]

49. Let It Be Was Flip Side

I've got a copy.

[Zinfandel]

36. "Nunber Nine"

[Guaranteed]

47. LOL there's a reason that's seldom played

;)

[VolcanoJen]

41. "Dear Prudence" and "I Me Mine"

:D

[Guaranteed]

44. Yeah... Dear Prudence is frickin' BEAUTIFUL

That song just kills me.

[KittyWampus]

46. Tomorrow Never Know, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Lyrics To Tomorrow Never Knows

Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream,
It is not dying, it is not dying

Lay down al thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.

Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing

And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving

So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning

[caffefwee]

48. Revolution 9

;)

[elfwitch]

56. Revolution 9

was voted by the Beatles fan-club, almost unanimously to be the least favorite song of theirs.

[nuxvomica]

51. "Old Brown Shoe"

I think it was the B side of "Ballad of John and Yoko". I remember I had the single and that's the side I always played. I can't even remember how "Ballad" goes anymore.

[Dan-W]

53. She came in through the bathroom window.

Great guitar. Also, Please Please Me.

[catzies]

54. So many songs listed are George's, didja notice?

I guess I'm lucky b/c here in LA we have a Sunday morning radio show, "Breakfast With the Beatles" so I get my fix no matter what. And they play lots and lots of George's fine songs with the Fabs.

[sir_captain]

55. really?

most of them look like paul's to me...

no knock on george--he's my favorite

[catzies]

60. Nope. Look again.

I Need You
If I Needed Someone
Only a Northern Song
Don't Bother Me
The Inner Light
It's All Too Much
Old Brown Shoe

ALL GEORGE. :)
edit: added one I missed.

[sir_captain]

61. good call

[catzies]

62. Two more I missed that are George's

I Me Mine
Long, Long, Long

Almost worth donning a :tinfoilhat: for. ;)

[Loonman]

57. "For No One"

nt

[Ishoutandscream]

58. "I'll Be Back" from the Hard Day's Night album

I believe one of the best love songs the Beatles ever did. And a Lennon song to boot.

[Beware the Beast Man]

63. "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End"

n/t

[tigerbeat]

64. I Me Mine nt

[AntiCoup2K4]

65. And Your Bird Can Sing

...especially the Anthology 2 version where the boys are totally baked and cracking up through the entire song.

[Beware the Beast Man]

66. I cracked up the first time I heard that...

It's implied from the CD booklet notes that they were pretty fried during that take.

[Scurrilous]

67. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

It was on the 'Help' album I believe, but I've never heard it played on the radio.