1. Across The Universe
2. Let It Be
3. Something
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. A Day In The Life
6. Here, There and Everywhere
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Come Together
9. I'm Looking Through You
10. Two Of Us

Timmy84 said:

NDRU said:

eh, it's not that bad IMO, the songs are so different. Plus I don't think lennon ever pretended he was not referencing this song.

I know. But judging from the covers CT got, I prefer the Ike & Tina version lol

I don't really get it. Are you saying that Come Together rips off that song? Long shot IMO.

I can see the vocal rhythm being similar in parts. But other than that they're really nothing alike.

Come Together shits all over it BTW

nd33 said:

I don't really get it. Are you saying that Come Together rips off that song? Long shot IMO.

I can see the vocal rhythm being similar in parts. But other than that they're really nothing alike.

Come Together shits all over it BTW

John was sued (not by Chuck) by the publishing company because the first line of Come Together comes from You Can't Catch Me.

MickyDolenz said:

nd33 said:

I don't really get it. Are you saying that Come Together rips off that song? Long shot IMO.

I can see the vocal rhythm being similar in parts. But other than that they're really nothing alike.

Come Together shits all over it BTW

John was sued (not by Chuck) by the publishing company because the first line of Come Together comes from You Can't Catch Me.

True! I heard it the 2nd time when I was listening for it.

Obviously a quote by Lennon. He loved that music. certainly wasn't the making of Come Together though although that rhythm was continued through the song. You can't sue somebody for referencing a rhythm though as far as I know.

nd33 said:

MickyDolenz said:

John was sued (not by Chuck) by the publishing company because the first line of Come Together comes from You Can't Catch Me.

True! I heard it the 2nd time when I was listening for it.

Obviously a quote by Lennon. He loved that music. certainly wasn't the making of Come Together though although that rhythm was continued through the song. You can't sue somebody for referencing a rhythm though as far as I know.

John was sued though, and recorded some songs on his solo album Rock N Roll album as a settlement.

Across the Universe

Come Together

A Day In The Life

Eleanor Rigby

A Hard Day's Night

If I Fell

In My Life

Real Love

Something

Tell Me Why

MickyDolenz said:

nd33 said:

True! I heard it the 2nd time when I was listening for it.

Obviously a quote by Lennon. He loved that music. certainly wasn't the making of Come Together though although that rhythm was continued through the song. You can't sue somebody for referencing a rhythm though as far as I know.

John was sued though, and recorded some songs on his solo album Rock N Roll album as a settlement.

On John's cover of the song (from 1975), the tempo is slower, and you can hear the similarity to "Come Together" better.. though I still don't think he 'stole' anything.. a lot of songs are similar. As far as I know, Chuck never complained about it.

Glass Onion?!

I can't believe 3 people mentioned that song.. It would be on my ten worst Beatles songs list.

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^ Really??

I love "Glass Onion" too, very deeply.. excellent song.

However I don't understand the much love for Across The Universe,

I am not feeling this...

Listening to Across The Universe right now.

Actually.

It is an "okay" song, but still not my fave, far from..

thedance said:

Listening to Across The Universe right now.

Actually.

It is an "okay" song, but still not my fave, far from..

Have you heard this version of the song? It sounds a lot better than the original..

The other three officially released versions.. each one is significantly different.

Original / WWF-Past Masters / Anthology 2

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Got To Get You Into My Life

Strawberry Fields Forever

Blackbird

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

A Hard Day's Night

Eleanor Rigby

Penny Lane

Here Comes The Sun

Hello Goodbye

Ticket To Ride

Just saying PM's My Love is one of my favorite songs because it's on.

I Saw Her Standing There

Can't Buy Me Love

Taxman

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

She's Leaving Home

Strawberry Fields Forever

Blackbird

Something

Here Comes The Sun

Get Back

CrabalockerFishwife said:

MickyDolenz said:

John was sued though, and recorded some songs on his solo album Rock N Roll album as a settlement.

On John's cover of the song (from 1975), the tempo is slower, and you can hear the similarity to "Come Together" better.. though I still don't think he 'stole' anything.. a lot of songs are similar. As far as I know, Chuck never complained about it.

I certainly don't think it's a ripoff. But because he took the one line and the melodies are similar, I suppose it is possible to see it that way.

Funny how Run For Your Life never got the same attention, did it?

I Am The Walrus

Strawberry Fields Forever

Tomorrow Never Knows

A Day In The Life

Nowhere Man

Got To Get You Into My Life

Helter Skelter

Don't Let Me Down

Something

I Want You (she's so heavy)

728huey said:

My favorite Beatles songs:

A Day In The Life

Tomorrow Never Knows

Here Comes The Sun

In My Life

Hey Jude

Let It Be

Eleanor Rigby

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

I Am The Walrus

Yesterday

BONUS: My favorite Beatles song that was a cover of somebody else's song:

Twist and Shout

2nd BONUS: My favorite Beatles songs that were covered by someone else:

Come Together - Aerosmith

With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

Across The Universe - Rufus Wainwright

And of course...

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Tom Petty and Paul Simon at the RRHoF featuring a certain guitarist.....

I don't want this site to get shut down, so I'll just point a link here: http://youtu.be/ifp_SVrlurY

"Paul Simon"??? You mean Steve Winwood?

MickyDolenz said:

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Got To Get You Into My Life

Fixing A Hole

Helter Skelter

Bungalo Bill Who Did You Kill

Yesterday

Devil In Her Heart

Let It Be

Yer Blues

I Want You(She's So Heavy)

MickyDolenz said:

In the 1980's, there used to be this radio program that came on every Sunday called Breakfast With The Beatles.

Great show. Still current.

Started in '83 and hosted by Deirdre O'Donoghue until she passed away in 2001.
Currently hosted by Chris Carter: http://www.applescruffradio.com

Airs locally in L.A. every Sunday morning at 9am on KLOS-FM (95.5) and on Sirius/XM at 9am & 12 noon ET (Ch.21)


Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records

CrabalockerFishwife said:

thedance said:

Listening to Across The Universe right now.

Actually.

It is an "okay" song, but still not my fave, far from..

Have you heard this version of the song? It sounds a lot better than the original..

I agree,

thanks for posting the video,

much better version.

thedance said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

I agree,

thanks for posting the video,

much better version.

If you never bought the album Let It Be... Naked, you should.. it's a better produced, cleaner sounding version of the original album. "The Long and Winding Road" sounds a lot different, too.

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Your advise is much appreciated..

I will maybe buy Let It Be.. Naked.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

thedance said:

I agree,

thanks for posting the video,

much better version.

If you never bought the album Let It Be... Naked, you should.. it's a better produced, cleaner sounding version of the original album. "The Long and Winding Road" sounds a lot different, too.

Totally agree. It's a much better album. Except, I still had to wonder why they included Across the Universe which was recorded at a different time.

thedance said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Have you heard this version of the song? It sounds a lot better than the original..

I agree,

thanks for posting the video,

much better version.

The Wildlife version and then this rare one are my two favorites -- I dig the female vocals on them -- but the Naked version is way better than the album version.

NDRU said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

If you never bought the album Let It Be... Naked, you should.. it's a better produced, cleaner sounding version of the original album. "The Long and Winding Road" sounds a lot different, too.

Totally agree. It's a much better album. Except, I still had to wonder why they included Across the Universe which was recorded at a different time.

Eh, I'm not a big fan of Naked. "Across the Universe" is the big improvement for me (but again, I prefer the Wildlife version). Spector's strings are by far the best part of "The Long and Winding Road"; I find it rather boring and, well, naked without them. I also don't like that they used the live version of "Don't Let Me Down" instead of the single version.

AlexdeParis said:

NDRU said:

Totally agree. It's a much better album. Except, I still had to wonder why they included Across the Universe which was recorded at a different time.

Eh, I'm not a big fan of Naked. "Across the Universe" is the big improvement for me (but again, I prefer the Wildlife version). Spector's strings are by far the best part of "The Long and Winding Road"; I find it rather boring and, well, naked without them. I also don't like that they used the live version of "Don't Let Me Down" instead of the single version.

Actually, I skip The Long and Winding Road on either album LOL

I never really got Paul's indignation about the strings. The strings perhaps helped to make it a fleshed out classic.

I can see liking the original better.

Mostly, I think Naked is closer to the album they set out to make, and it is cleaner. Just music, no awkwardly cut voiceovers or snippets of songs. I mean, I suppose I am glad to have heard the original album with Maggie May and "I DIG A PYGMY!!!" but ultimately Naked feels like a stronger collection of songs [to me]

1. Hey Jude

2. Norwegian Wood

Hey Jude

Yesterday

The Long And Winding Rode

We Can Work It Out

Something

Come Together

Day Tripper

I Saw Her Standing There

Get Back

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

I think the controversy about the strings in "The Long and Winding Road" has always been a bit overblown. The reality is that the track was never properly recorded - the version used was a rough run-through with a good vocal. The instrumentation is full of mistakes, John was playing bass, and his part was clumsy and had plenty of flubbed notes. Spector had to cover up the mess w/ strings. And besides when Paul played it live in the 70s he used a very similar arrangement, as I recall.

The Naked version is a better performance of the song, apart from the vocals which are very tentative compared to the originally released version. But the sound is pristine and it's really nice to hear w/out the layered strings.

But overall I think "Naked" is a vast improvement on the "Let it Be" album. Most of the tracks benefit from the new version, IMHO. "I've Got a Feeling" for instance is terriic.

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