No, for the longest time, the consensus was that it was the Beatles' greatest single, but I haven't heard many say that in years and years. I'm not a great person to ask for opinions about the Beatles, tho. There are only a handful of songs I thing are genuinely not good. I compare their stuff against each other.BitterTom wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:08pmI always got the impression anyway that it was regarded as one of their best numbers but could be wrong of course. As a song, it's just a little dull that really doesn't do much for me. Especially compared to possibly my top 3 Beatles songs, And I Love Her, If I Fell and Nowhere Man. I've been unfairly harsh on The Beatles here granted, but those 3 are perfection.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:02pmIs it overrated? It seems most people dislike it now. I still think it's fantastic. Its core is that perfect Beatles humanism, naive but so sincere.
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Shut your mouth!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:01pmI've come to hate lists, too, but they do have the virtue of provoking discussion.Kory wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 12:58pmThey have some fairly negative things to say about Day Tripper, but it's #6. I hate lists.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 9:59amhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/ ... les-ranked
A ranking of the Beatles' singles. No quibble with #1, but "Paperback Writer" at #3 is a headscratcher to me. Judging it by other Beatles songs, it seems rather thin to me. Ho-hum, just another solid bit of mid-period work, nothing that stands out.
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Welp, now I have Nowhere Man stuck in my head. Man, I can't believe there was ever a time that I didn't like this band.BitterTom wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:08pmI always got the impression anyway that it was regarded as one of their best numbers but could be wrong of course. As a song, it's just a little dull that really doesn't do much for me. Especially compared to possibly my top 3 Beatles songs, And I Love Her, If I Fell and Nowhere Man. I've been unfairly harsh on The Beatles here granted, but those 3 are perfection.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:02pmIs it overrated? It seems most people dislike it now. I still think it's fantastic. Its core is that perfect Beatles humanism, naive but so sincere.
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Well, that kind of sass has no place in a Beatles thread. Save that for the Rolling Stones thread, monsieur.Kory wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 2:43pmShut your mouth!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:01pmI've come to hate lists, too, but they do have the virtue of provoking discussion.Kory wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 12:58pmThey have some fairly negative things to say about Day Tripper, but it's #6. I hate lists.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 9:59amhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/ ... les-ranked
A ranking of the Beatles' singles. No quibble with #1, but "Paperback Writer" at #3 is a headscratcher to me. Judging it by other Beatles songs, it seems rather thin to me. Ho-hum, just another solid bit of mid-period work, nothing that stands out.
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Button your lip....Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 2:54pmWell, that kind of sass has no place in a Beatles thread. Save that for the Rolling Stones thread, monsieur.Kory wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 2:43pmShut your mouth!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:01pmI've come to hate lists, too, but they do have the virtue of provoking discussion.Kory wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 12:58pmThey have some fairly negative things to say about Day Tripper, but it's #6. I hate lists.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 9:59amhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/ ... les-ranked
A ranking of the Beatles' singles. No quibble with #1, but "Paperback Writer" at #3 is a headscratcher to me. Judging it by other Beatles songs, it seems rather thin to me. Ho-hum, just another solid bit of mid-period work, nothing that stands out.
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I love Hey Jude and I'm pretty sure most Beatles fans do as well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:02pmIs it overrated? It seems most people dislike it now. I still think it's fantastic. Its core is that perfect Beatles humanism, naive but so sincere.
The list is ok but I would have The Ballad of John and Yoko much a higher, it's a great song and performance. Anyone who doesn't put Yellow Submarine at the bottom of a list of Beatles singles is clinically insane.
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The only knock I have against Ballad is that it's rather bitter, which isn't really what we expect or want from Beatles records. That said, I enjoy the snarky middle finger to those who were outraged about John's "bigger than Jesus" comment. In retrospect, you can see that he no longer gave a fuck about continuing the Beatles myth.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 1:07pmI love Hey Jude and I'm pretty sure most Beatles fans do as well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Sep 2019, 1:02pmIs it overrated? It seems most people dislike it now. I still think it's fantastic. Its core is that perfect Beatles humanism, naive but so sincere.
The list is ok but I would have The Ballad of John and Yoko much a higher, it's a great song and performance. Anyone who doesn't put Yellow Submarine at the bottom of a list of Beatles singles is clinically insane.
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I agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
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I like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
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Nothing too wrong with either of those but fine bass playing and a great middle 8 do not make it a good song.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:54pmI like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
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The rest of it is decent enough imo. Better than the sitar crap he did.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:57pmNothing too wrong with either of those but fine bass playing and a great middle 8 do not make it a good song.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:54pmI like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is the overrated George song for me. The acoustic version on Anthology is nice but the LP version is just overcooked, and has added Clapton.
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I've never been a fan of "Something" just something I don't like about it.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 5:06pmThe rest of it is decent enough imo. Better than the sitar crap he did.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:57pmNothing too wrong with either of those but fine bass playing and a great middle 8 do not make it a good song.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:54pmI like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is the overrated George song for me. The acoustic version on Anthology is nice but the LP version is just overcooked, and has added Clapton.
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I'm thinking about how this was one of my favorite Beatles songs until someone told it wasn't the Beatles, many, many years later.
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Conversely, this was my favorite Springsteen song for only a few days.
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Agreed re. "Something," and I used to think "Guitar" was overrated, but when I heard the 2018 remaster, I was blown away. And I just pretend Clapton was busy treating backstage staff respectfully somewhere else, so they got, I dunno, Jimmy Page.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 5:06pmThe rest of it is decent enough imo. Better than the sitar crap he did.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:57pmNothing too wrong with either of those but fine bass playing and a great middle 8 do not make it a good song.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:54pmI like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is the overrated George song for me. The acoustic version on Anthology is nice but the LP version is just overcooked, and has added Clapton.
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Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 6:24pmAgreed re. "Something," and I used to think "Guitar" was overrated, but when I heard the 2018 remaster, I was blown away. And I just pretend Clapton was busy treating backstage staff respectfully somewhere else, so they got, I dunno, Jimmy Page.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 5:06pmThe rest of it is decent enough imo. Better than the sitar crap he did.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:57pmNothing too wrong with either of those but fine bass playing and a great middle 8 do not make it a good song.Heston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:54pmI like "Something" but it's all about the bass playing and the brilliant middle 8 for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 Oct 2019, 4:52pmI agree about "Ballad" being a great track. "Hey Jude" also excellent but "Something" is a boring turd of a song and "Come Together" eats it for breakfast.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps is the overrated George song for me. The acoustic version on Anthology is nice but the LP version is just overcooked, and has added Clapton.
Clapton was not yet the tool he later became in 1968. Just adding that to the mix.