The Beatles

heya

i havent heard any Beatles songs,well 1, shame on me, and i wanna listen to some of their songs because some people always say they are so good, but i dont know any of their songs so dont know what to be looking for, im gonna try get over to HMV some time soon when i get a bit of money to see what i can find, but if u guys know any good songs then which ones do you suggest?

cheers

Julia

I can guarantee you’ve heard more than 1 Beatles song, you just don’t know it yet.

start by searching youtube with "free as a bird" and work backwards, (or maybe start with Real love).

Or start with the songs from the "paul is Dead" clues.....

you could find all the songs refrenced in the free as a bird video and watch
them...

http://www.phaseshift.com/beatles/faab/

The easiest thing to do would be to watch the musical "across the universe", which uses Beatles music. you can by it in HMV.

After you have the basics of the beatles figured out, go onto "The Rutles", can't beat Idle and innes.

That's not the way to do it.

start with something like Rubber Soul or Revolver, both are amazing albums from the middle of their career. Here's the link to the beatles mix (40 videos) on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE&a=GxdCwVVULXfH-k_IVzQbQcibTdWOSgKg&list=ML&playnext=1

paulsmith2001 wrote: That's not the way to do it.

start with something like Rubber Soul or Revolver, both are amazing albums from the middle of their career. Here's the link to the beatles mix (40 videos) on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE&a=GxdCwVVULXfH-k_IVzQbQcibTdWOSgKg&list=ML&playnext=1
Well, if you want to do it the easy way by giving her 40 youtube vidoes, where's the adventure in that?

I just looked at some of those videos and half of them aren't even the beatles. ha ha, still It's better to listen to real songs than Jeff Lynne's idea of the beatles and don't get me started on that film.

I suggest you ignore the Beatles and instead buy all of Paul McCartney's Wings cds. Wings are the band the Beatles could've been if only that layabout John lennon had left the band back in the early 1960s.

Jet! woo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo. Jet!

emrabt wrote: I can guarantee you’ve heard more than 1 Beatles song, you just don’t know it yet.

start by searching youtube with "free as a bird" and work backwards, (or maybe start with Real love).

Or start with the songs from the "paul is Dead" clues.....

you could find all the songs refrenced in the free as a bird video and watch
them...

http://www.phaseshift.com/beatles/faab/

The easiest thing to do would be to watch the musical "across the universe", which uses Beatles music. you can by it in HMV.

After you have the basics of the beatles figured out, go onto "The Rutles", can't beat Idle and innes.

real love is the one i know :D its awesome :') and thanks for the help <3

After you've found some you like post them and someone can suggest more / an album.

Here's a list of some of my favourite Beatles songs in chronological order.

please please me
love me do
all my loving
i wanna be your man
money
a hard day's night
and i love her
can't buy me love
eight days a week
help
ticket to ride
yesterday
drive my car
norwegian wood
michelle
i'm looking through you
in my life
taxman
eleanor rigby
i'm only sleeping
she said she said
and your bird can sing
doctor robert
tomorrow never knows
magical mystery tour
your mother should know
hello goodbye
strawberry fields forever
penny lane
lucy in the sky with diamonds
she's leaving home
when i'm sixty four
a day in the life
glass onion
happiness is a warm gun
martha my dear
blackbird
rocky raccoon
birthday
helter skelter
something
golden slumbers
carry that weight
the end
all together now
all you need is love
across the universe
let it be
one after 909
the long and winding road
get back

Every one of these songs is a classic and that only at a quick glance

I'd add "If I Fell" to that list.  Lennon and McCartney's voices blend like no other in that song.

"Come together", "Hey bulldog", "lady Madonna", "i'm so tired", "i am the walrus", "Blackbird", "Being for the Benifit of mr kite",  "revolution", "a Day in the life"" and "back in the USSR" can also be added to that list.

(Edit: obviously you'll have to remove the blackbird that's already on your list to add mine.)

Unless you've been living under a rock it's impossible to have only heard one beatles song.......

Holly2003 wrote: I suggest you ignore the Beatles and instead buy all of Paul McCartney's Wings cds. Wings are the band the Beatles could've been if only that layabout John lennon had left the band back in the early 1960s.

Jet! woo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo. Jet!

Without John the Beatles would have never been big.

You have heard some.  Paulosham's list looks great... a few of my Beatles favourites are (in no order)
Love me do
hard days night
help!
ticket to ride
eight days a week
from me to you

You know the song 'we all live in a yellow submarine'?  That's Beatles lol.  They also made a couple of movies, which i think are hilarious, although i dont actually know anyone else who thinks they're overly funny lol.  My favourite of their movies is 'Hard Day's Night.'  Its black and white, and is hilarious.
Enjoy!

i think you've made a great choice to expand your music tastes in this direction....beatles are without any doubt in my mind the greatest band ever...much as queen will always be my favourites, the beatles are where it all started...and practically every band that followed drew some influence from or inspriation from the beatles.....they changed music forever..

enough of the boring spiel...you probably heard all that before

you want to really find out what they could do?

try these three albums:
rubber soul - great 3 minute pop tunes, just as they satrted their journey away from beat-pop
revolver - the real divergence and the beginning of the psychadelic movement
abbey rd - incredible album, great pieces of music intertwined with some great pop medleys

oh...and for good measure....give these singles a go  strawberry fields/penny lane, paperback writer/rain (first ever tune with backawrads instrumentation),

enjoy your quest...you'll find out that the beatles did with 8-track recording what many 70s/80s bands couldnt do with 24 tracks

I am sure you have heard many Beatles songs without maybe realising. For example "All You Need Is Love", "Hey Jude", "She Loves You", "With A Little Help From My Friends" .

As a huge Beatles fan I can only suggest you get as many Beatles songs as you can:-) For a start I recommend an ealier album, for example "A Hard Days Night", a middle period album like Revolver or Rubber Soul and definitely "Sgt Pepper'sLonely HeartsClub Band" as well as the "White Album". Best would be to get them all :-)