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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (9 Viewers)
- Thread starter krista4
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Shaft41
Footballguy
Just caught up on about 4 pages of this amazing, amazing experience. No quibbles whatsoever with any of the last few rankings. All great songs. I just wish I had paid attention to K4's album breakdown for her top 10 and made a better effort on my prediction. But why would I, since no one reads any of her posts. At this point, I just hope my #1 ends up being Krista's #1.
krista4
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krista4
Footballguy
I wrote up #11 and am dissatisfied with it. I'm also dissatisfied with my rankings not to have it in my top 10. Also dissatisfied with how long it takes me to spell "dissatisfied" correctly every single time. So many "s"s.
Since I can't get my #### together on Beatles tunes, let me just say that Lady Gaga is amaze-balls but that song is not really good. Good on dreamy Bradley Cooper to get up there and try, though.
Since I can't get my #### together on Beatles tunes, let me just say that Lady Gaga is amaze-balls but that song is not really good. Good on dreamy Bradley Cooper to get up there and try, though.
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zamboni
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krista4
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JZilla
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I don't get it, for similar reasons to my thoughts on that other song
People who went to Gainesville think everything is about sex?
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heckmanm
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Completed albums (i.e., these will not change, as all songs have been ranked).heckmanm said:I'm keeping a google spreadsheet to track high, low, average and median ranks by album.krista4 said:Well, the most you could expect would be three, since I said I'd have two Revolver songs and one single in the top 10, so you're still right there if "Rain" makes it.
ETA: I'm going to calculate a weighted average for each record. I don't know what happened to Revolver as I thought it was my favorite, but maybe Help! is based on the rankings.
Album Hi Lo Avg Med
----- --- --- --- ---
Please Please Me 35 202 131 147
With the Beatles 12 194 140 149
A Hard Day’s Night 23 161 82 72
Beatles for Sale 56 185 137 149
Magical Mystery Tour 44 197 143 160
Yellow Submarine 31 171 114 127
(Note to Binky - please reverse "Hi" and "Lo" headings when reading)
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
Hmmm...I already posted a lot of my favorite George vids (The Carl Perkins concert, his Hard Day's Night scene), but I'll do a few little ones here and look for others later
First, here's the depiction of how George joined the band (taken from the Anthology) spliced with the fantastic scene of that audition from Nowhere Boy. Love that part of the movie.
Next, we know how innovative and ahead of their time the Beatles were musically, but who knew that George also invented YouTube reaction videos
Finally, this one is kind of wrong but I laughed
Dr. Octopus
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Well this is actually the opposite of George's birthday, I suppose, but I'm reminded of when he died for some reason.krista4 said:
Me and three other friends decided to head into the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to soak in what was partially a mourning session but in reality more of a celebration of the life of a Beatle.
We were all supposed to meet up at this bar first (can't recall what it's really called but it's a real bar where that scene was filmed). So I get there first and I'm having a few beers be myself and this really messed up dude walks in - obviously tripping his balls off - and he sits next to me. We strike up a conversation. He was just kicked out of the Beacon Theater because he was acting "out of control". I don't remember what band he was seeing but it was a jam band (maybe Wide Spread Panic?). At one point he stands up on the bar stool and starts singing loudly along with the Pearl jam song playing in the bar. He's told by the bartender to sit down and shut up. He does the same again a few minutes later with the same result. The third time they boot him from the bar. My buddy Glenn shows up and a few minutes later that other dude walks through the door sees me and says "was I kicked out of here earlier?" I say "You sure were" and he turns around.
Anyway - Strawberry Fields was a great night, despite being a sad occasion to be there. There were 100s of people there of all ages drinking, smoking, and singing along with the 5-10 guys playing George Harrison Beatles' and solo songs on acoustic guitars. People just really loved this band.
fatguyinalittlecoat
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No, it's the opposite, I'm the one that thinks it's about sex. For example, the beginning:
What is it that he thinks she'll understand? I guess the innocent explanation would be something like "I think you understand what it is like to want to hold someone's hand." But to me, it seems a lot more like a wink-wink "you understand when I'm saying I want to hold your hand I'm really talking about sex, right?"
OK, and this part:
What exactly is he trying to hide? His love? Why? No, he's trying to hide his boner.
Seems pretty obvious to me.
JZilla
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JZilla
Footballguy
Here's my real, final answer.. if it's written by John, it's about boners. If it's written by Paul it's about hands. If it's written by George it's about doing music videos with taxidermied animals.
I honestly don't know but I'm about to catch up on the thread. Sorry but, historical significance aside, this song's always sounded like a fart in the wind to me.
(which can also be said about that other song..)
I honestly don't know but I'm about to catch up on the thread. Sorry but, historical significance aside, this song's always sounded like a fart in the wind to me.
(which can also be said about that other song..)
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wikkidpissah
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My cousin Rob gets her next. He's signed on to live-action The Little Mermaid for Disney and the gaGA wants it BAD and so does the mouse. Y'all ready for Ariel being a 35yo Italian girl from the Bronx?
rockaction
Footballguy
Love the way Mr. k got there.krista4 said:
krista4
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JZilla
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11. Strawberry Fields Forever (single, 1967)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
This feels like a song I shouldn’t write up, since it’s so beloved by music critics and actual humans alike. What could I possibly add?
Like The Song That Shall Not Be Named that is the other a-side of this single, it’s a look back at scenes from the writer’s childhood. But it doesn’t wallow in nostalgia; instead it uses those memories as a means for self-reflection. Oh man, I really can’t do it. I can’t speak eloquently or interestingly about such a masterpiece.
Here are some things I love, in no particular order:
The lyrics. John called the song “psychoanalysis set to music.” Though Strawberry Field was a real place that John played in as a child, “nothing is real” here and the song addresses deep feelings of alienation and feeling different (“No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low”). The lyrics, as in “Nowhere Man,” seem like a conversation John is having with himself, working through his ambivalence in real-time within the lyrics:
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone
But it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me
…
Always, no, sometimes think it's me
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think, er, no, I mean, er, yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
Though this not my favorite John vocal if heard in isolation, his tone perfectly fits the mood of introspection. There’s a sense of longing in there but it’s partially masked by an element of detachment, as if he’s so isolated that he can’t quite let himself go. He imagines a place that doesn’t exist to replace the isolation, a place where he’s understood.
As I stated earlier, Ringo’s fills here are one of my three favorite Beatles songs. Yeah, we talk about his fills a lot, but try for a second to imagine this song without them. It’s impossible. Add in the backward cymbals parts and this is one of Ringo’s best performances. George's guitar work is more subtle but fabulous, and George Martin's cello orchestration is phenomenal.
The Mellotron! There are a lot of interesting technical aspects to this song that nerdier people than I could discuss better (backward cymbals), but the most interesting to me is the use of Mellotron, a new instrument that contained various tape loops, and if you hit a note it could mimic other instruments. In this case Paul used it in the “flute” setting starting with that beautiful intro and continuing throughout the song.
One other interesting technical aspect of the song is that the finished product is actually two very different takes spliced together. John had decided that he liked the first half of one take but the second half of another, which had been recorded in a different key and at a different tempo! John was never concerned with the technical details and left it to George Martin to figure out how to give him the version he wanted. Martin and Geoff Emerick finally figured out that if they sped up the first one and slowed down the second, they could get the pitch and tempo to match. Then they had to figure out where to make the edit. If you listen closely around the one-minute mark, as John sings the beginning of the second chorus, you can hear the edit on the word “going” – “let me take you down ‘cause I’m going…”
Mr. krista: " “I like the song. I think it’s great. John kind of singing like Paul, a quality I like in this. It’s so smartly done. I like songs that paint an otherworldly picture. Maybe it’s a bit on the nose. The fills are killer. The drums sound incredible, really heavy, and all those fills grab you and pull you into this world they created. I like the complicated melody. All the horns and all that kitchen sink stuff they put in there seem essential, embedded into the music instead of slapped on."
Suggested covers: Didn't do much new with it, but the vocal is perfect: Ben Harper. Of course: Richie Havens at Woodstock Richie Havens polished version
*John loved this song and talked about it a lot. I’m copying a few of his explanation of the lyrics through the years, in case anyone is interested.
“In ‘Strawberry Fields’ I’m saying, ‘No, always think it’s me,’ and all that bit, and ‘Help!’ was trying to describe myself, how I felt, but I wasn’t sure how I felt. So I’d be saying, ‘Sometimes, no always, think it’s real but…’ but I’m expressing it haltingly because I’m not sure what I’m feeling. But now I was sure: ‘Yeah, that was what I’m feeling – it hurts, that’s what it’s about.’ So then I could express myself.”
“So the line says, ‘No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.’ What I’m saying, in my insecure way, is ‘Nobody seems to understand where I’m coming from. I seem to see things in a different way than most people.'”
“It’s a bit of messing, let’s get away to Strawberry Fields. Certain parts of the song are fantastic to me, especially when you’re doing it, but then after that; you listen to it objectively. ‘Living is easy…misunderstanding all you see.’ It still goes, doesn’t it? The awareness apparently trying to be expressed. Let’s say, in one way, I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten. I was different from all the others. I was different all my life. The second verse goes, ‘No one I think is in my tree,’ well, I was too shy and too doubting. ‘Nobody seems to be as hip as me,’ is what I was saying. Therefore I must be crazy or a genius! ‘I mean it must be high or low,’ the next line. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to. Neither my auntie nor my friends nor anybody could ever see what I did. It was very, very scary, and about the only contact I had was reading about Oscar Wilde or a Dylan Thomas or a Vincent Van Gogh, all those books that my auntie had talked about their suffering because of their visions. Because of what they saw, they were tortured by society for trying to express what they were. I saw loneliness.”
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
This feels like a song I shouldn’t write up, since it’s so beloved by music critics and actual humans alike. What could I possibly add?
Like The Song That Shall Not Be Named that is the other a-side of this single, it’s a look back at scenes from the writer’s childhood. But it doesn’t wallow in nostalgia; instead it uses those memories as a means for self-reflection. Oh man, I really can’t do it. I can’t speak eloquently or interestingly about such a masterpiece.
Here are some things I love, in no particular order:
The lyrics. John called the song “psychoanalysis set to music.” Though Strawberry Field was a real place that John played in as a child, “nothing is real” here and the song addresses deep feelings of alienation and feeling different (“No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low”). The lyrics, as in “Nowhere Man,” seem like a conversation John is having with himself, working through his ambivalence in real-time within the lyrics:
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone
But it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me
…
Always, no, sometimes think it's me
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think, er, no, I mean, er, yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
Though this not my favorite John vocal if heard in isolation, his tone perfectly fits the mood of introspection. There’s a sense of longing in there but it’s partially masked by an element of detachment, as if he’s so isolated that he can’t quite let himself go. He imagines a place that doesn’t exist to replace the isolation, a place where he’s understood.
As I stated earlier, Ringo’s fills here are one of my three favorite Beatles songs. Yeah, we talk about his fills a lot, but try for a second to imagine this song without them. It’s impossible. Add in the backward cymbals parts and this is one of Ringo’s best performances. George's guitar work is more subtle but fabulous, and George Martin's cello orchestration is phenomenal.
The Mellotron! There are a lot of interesting technical aspects to this song that nerdier people than I could discuss better (backward cymbals), but the most interesting to me is the use of Mellotron, a new instrument that contained various tape loops, and if you hit a note it could mimic other instruments. In this case Paul used it in the “flute” setting starting with that beautiful intro and continuing throughout the song.
One other interesting technical aspect of the song is that the finished product is actually two very different takes spliced together. John had decided that he liked the first half of one take but the second half of another, which had been recorded in a different key and at a different tempo! John was never concerned with the technical details and left it to George Martin to figure out how to give him the version he wanted. Martin and Geoff Emerick finally figured out that if they sped up the first one and slowed down the second, they could get the pitch and tempo to match. Then they had to figure out where to make the edit. If you listen closely around the one-minute mark, as John sings the beginning of the second chorus, you can hear the edit on the word “going” – “let me take you down ‘cause I’m going…”
Mr. krista: " “I like the song. I think it’s great. John kind of singing like Paul, a quality I like in this. It’s so smartly done. I like songs that paint an otherworldly picture. Maybe it’s a bit on the nose. The fills are killer. The drums sound incredible, really heavy, and all those fills grab you and pull you into this world they created. I like the complicated melody. All the horns and all that kitchen sink stuff they put in there seem essential, embedded into the music instead of slapped on."
Suggested covers: Didn't do much new with it, but the vocal is perfect: Ben Harper. Of course: Richie Havens at Woodstock Richie Havens polished version
*John loved this song and talked about it a lot. I’m copying a few of his explanation of the lyrics through the years, in case anyone is interested.
“In ‘Strawberry Fields’ I’m saying, ‘No, always think it’s me,’ and all that bit, and ‘Help!’ was trying to describe myself, how I felt, but I wasn’t sure how I felt. So I’d be saying, ‘Sometimes, no always, think it’s real but…’ but I’m expressing it haltingly because I’m not sure what I’m feeling. But now I was sure: ‘Yeah, that was what I’m feeling – it hurts, that’s what it’s about.’ So then I could express myself.”
“So the line says, ‘No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.’ What I’m saying, in my insecure way, is ‘Nobody seems to understand where I’m coming from. I seem to see things in a different way than most people.'”
“It’s a bit of messing, let’s get away to Strawberry Fields. Certain parts of the song are fantastic to me, especially when you’re doing it, but then after that; you listen to it objectively. ‘Living is easy…misunderstanding all you see.’ It still goes, doesn’t it? The awareness apparently trying to be expressed. Let’s say, in one way, I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten. I was different from all the others. I was different all my life. The second verse goes, ‘No one I think is in my tree,’ well, I was too shy and too doubting. ‘Nobody seems to be as hip as me,’ is what I was saying. Therefore I must be crazy or a genius! ‘I mean it must be high or low,’ the next line. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to. Neither my auntie nor my friends nor anybody could ever see what I did. It was very, very scary, and about the only contact I had was reading about Oscar Wilde or a Dylan Thomas or a Vincent Van Gogh, all those books that my auntie had talked about their suffering because of their visions. Because of what they saw, they were tortured by society for trying to express what they were. I saw loneliness.”
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krista4
Footballguy
Congrats to simey for joining pecorino as a winner in guessing my top 10!
Final list of songs and who chose them correctly:
A Day In The Life
Shaft 41
Bonzai
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
bananafish
Heckmanm
fatguy
ilov80s
ManofSteelhead
Getzlaf
ScottNorwood
rockaction
simey
Dr. Octopus
tim
Spock
Tom Hagen
mike9289
Binky
pecorino
Across The Universe
ManofSteelhead
ScottNorwood
Mister CIA
simey
pecorino
And Your Bird Can Sing
Bonzai
ScottNorwood
Mister CIA
Simey
tim
Tom Hagen
Alex P Keaton
pecorino
For No One
Shaft41
Tim
I’m So Tired
Bonzai
Uruk
Abbey Road medley
Shaft
Bonzai
Ted Lange
bananafish
heckmanm
fatguy
Ilov80s
Getzlaf
simey
Dr. Octopus
tim
Spock
Uruk
Alex P Keaton
Binky
pecorino
I’ve Just Seen A Face
fatguy
Ilov80s
Mister CIA
Tom Hagen
mike9289
In My Life
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
fatguy
ManofSteelhead
Getzlaf
rockaction
simey
Spock
Tom Hagen
Uruk
Alex P Keaton
Binky
pecorino
Norwegian Wood
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
heckmanm
Ilov80s
ScottNorwood
rockaction
Spock
Tom Hagen
mike9289
Binky
Pecorino
Rain
rockaction
simey
Spock
Final list of songs and who chose them correctly:
A Day In The Life
Shaft 41
Bonzai
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
bananafish
Heckmanm
fatguy
ilov80s
ManofSteelhead
Getzlaf
ScottNorwood
rockaction
simey
Dr. Octopus
tim
Spock
Tom Hagen
mike9289
Binky
pecorino
Across The Universe
ManofSteelhead
ScottNorwood
Mister CIA
simey
pecorino
And Your Bird Can Sing
Bonzai
ScottNorwood
Mister CIA
Simey
tim
Tom Hagen
Alex P Keaton
pecorino
For No One
Shaft41
Tim
I’m So Tired
Bonzai
Uruk
Abbey Road medley
Shaft
Bonzai
Ted Lange
bananafish
heckmanm
fatguy
Ilov80s
Getzlaf
simey
Dr. Octopus
tim
Spock
Uruk
Alex P Keaton
Binky
pecorino
I’ve Just Seen A Face
fatguy
Ilov80s
Mister CIA
Tom Hagen
mike9289
In My Life
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
fatguy
ManofSteelhead
Getzlaf
rockaction
simey
Spock
Tom Hagen
Uruk
Alex P Keaton
Binky
pecorino
Norwegian Wood
Ted Lange
Atomic Punk
heckmanm
Ilov80s
ScottNorwood
rockaction
Spock
Tom Hagen
mike9289
Binky
Pecorino
Rain
rockaction
simey
Spock
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Your top 20 or so has been a gut punch to my particular taste and ranking but damn if it isn't somewhat beautiful.
And I say that here for no reason that I can think of because you have this about 10 spots higher than I do, but it's the whole ensemble of songs in this group I think.
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krista4
Footballguy
I get it. And the whole notion of ranking these songs has been a never-ending gut punch; it's like choosing a favorite child (if you're Shawn Kemp I guess). Can't say I regret it since I've enjoyed the thread, particularly hearing people's stories and interacting with people on a subject we all love so much.
rockaction
Footballguy
Oh no. You didn't.
eta* Man, I managed to snag a four on your charity quest. Thanks for doing that. St. Jude is worthy, and I'm sure simey will pick something worthy as well. Awesome all around. Kudos to you for your generosity, and kudos to simey and pecorino for getting down to the nub of it.
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krista4
Footballguy
Here's who's left in the "guess my #1" thingie. No one chose four of the songs that made my top 10: Across The Universe, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, and I've Just Seen A Face.
- simey – Abbey Road medley
- Binky the Doormat – In My Life
- Spock – Rain
- Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
- Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
- shuke – Abbey Road medley
- Ilov80s – Norwegian Wood
- Atomic Punk – A Day in the Life
- Mrs. Punk – In My Life
- bananafish – Abbey Road medley
- bonzai – Abbey Road medley
- Sebowski – I’m So Tired
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Yes, @simey let me know your charity and any special dedications when you have a chance.Oh no. You didn't.
eta* Man, I managed to snag a four on your charity quest. Thanks for doing that. St. Jude is worthy, and I'm sure simey will pick something worthy as well. Awesome all around. Kudos to you for your generosity, and kudos to simey and pecorino for getting down to the nub of it.
JZilla
Footballguy
Strawbs was gonna be my guess for your number one so just as well I never got a submission together
Any other band in the world, it would be much easier to peg your own and other people’s faves but there is just too much good stuff here and it’s all so subjective
Also some of these in the teens would be below 100 on my list. The only song we shared in top ten.. A Day In the Life (my new guess, feels like chalk though)
Any other band in the world, it would be much easier to peg your own and other people’s faves but there is just too much good stuff here and it’s all so subjective
Also some of these in the teens would be below 100 on my list. The only song we shared in top ten.. A Day In the Life (my new guess, feels like chalk though)
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wikkidpissah
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Place association, as with Strawberry Fields and No Name Lane, would be an odd, ambivalent thing for war babies from Liverpool.
Me Ma was born in Bootle, on the other side of Liverpool, in the 20s but only lived there a few wks before the fam returned to Dublin. When me auntie left a trust which allowed me to summer in Ireland as a kid, my folks lobbied to take me over the first time. That was 1966, and one of the things we did together was take the ferry over to Liverpool to see where Ma was born.
Liverpool, as an important port, was heavily bombed in the Blitz and we were astounded to see that, 25 yrs later, very few of the hundreds of bombed-out rowhouses had been torn down. I got whooped for wandering off to climb about the rubble a half dozen times that afternoon, so compelled by it was i. I've never heard any Beatle anecdotes about that kind of thing, but one would have to develop a very strange & strong sense of place growing up in those circumstances.
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krista4
Footballguy
I was shocked no one chose it as my favorite. It would seem to be the chalky choice along with Abbey Road medley and A Day In The Life.
Even after writing up 194 songs, I doubt that anyone could accurately predict my taste (in general, not just talking about choosing a #1), so it's hard to imagine anyone doing it without the "benefit" (using that quite loosely) of those write-ups. And of course I don't really know my own taste either sometimes. I think when Mr. krista posted something along the lines that he actively disagreed with his own opinions, the same could be said for me. I heard "I'm Looking Through You" on the radio last night and thought it should have been in my top 10.
simey
Footballguy
I'd like the donation to go to Ruff Love Rescue. The woman that runs it, Sue, works tirelessly saving as many dogs as she can that have come from terrible situations. She gives them another chance for a good life, and the ones that are dying from horrific circumstances, she makes sure they are comfortable, and lets them experience what love is during their last days, weeks, or moments.
krista4
Footballguy
Very interesting observation. I don't think I have either. I wonder why.
Even Strawberry Field was written up in the press as if it were a dingy place, but John and Paul objected to that characterization. I've never heard them focus on the negative aspects of Liverpool.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The only thing that stuck with me on Liverpool was that is was a port city, giving the lads easier access to records imported from the states.
krista4
Footballguy
Done and done, to St. Jude and Ruff Love. They both took PayPal, and coincidentally I had $200 sitting in my PayPal account because I gave a friend $200 to help get her truck towed off a forest road where she'd crashed it. Never expected her to repay me, but she did, so that money was just sitting there waiting to go to a good cause!Thank you, krista.
ETA: Both great causes. I lived in Memphis for 3.5 years and had many friends who worked at St. Jude. And of course I'm supportive of any cause that helps the little furry ones, like Ruff Love.
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Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Great charity. My company does a lot to support them. I've visited St Jude in a very personal setting, and it's an experience that is life changing and frankly more emotive than I'm accustomed to. Well done all around.Oh no. You didn't.
eta* Man, I managed to snag a four on your charity quest. Thanks for doing that. St. Jude is worthy, and I'm sure simey will pick something worthy as well. Awesome all around. Kudos to you for your generosity, and kudos to simey and pecorino for getting down to the nub of it.
rockaction
Footballguy
Oh, I see the thinking reaction to one of my posts. I was laughing about Shawn Kemp, certainly not the charities. The charity digression was just an "edited to add" thing that had nothing to do with the original impetus for my comment.
Shawn Kemp. Ouch. Antonio Cromartie. Antonio Brown...the list gets long.
Shawn Kemp. Ouch. Antonio Cromartie. Antonio Brown...the list gets long.
krista4
Footballguy
10. I'm So Tired (White Album, 1968)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
As I alluded to in my discussion of "I"m Only Sleeping," I've had chronic insomnia since I was about 15 years old. I love this song because it perfectly encapsulates my nearly nightly struggle. I can't adequately explain if you haven't experienced it, but John starts with a sleepy vocal, and that's how I start my night...I'm so tired, and all I want to do it sleep. But then, John's sudden change in tone and the increasing urgency with which he sings the next lines completely captures what happens to my mind as soon as I lie down - my brain starts being bombarded with thoughts, of everything that has happened, everything that might happen, everything I've done right or wrong, everything everyone else has done right or wrong, everything. It's indescribable, except John describes it, not even just in words but more so in mood. His weariness and exhaustion, then that increased urgency, and finally his wailing of "I'd give you everything I got for a little peace of mind" is me, pretty much every night.
For a long time I figured this song couldn't be fully loved and appreciated by anyone without insomnia, and then I found out it's Champion Sleeper Mr. krista's favorite Beatles song! Turns out the atmosphere it sets with its ever-increasing tension could be appealing even to normal people. The heaviness of the song, the tempo changes, the pauses (that too-long pause ~1:03 kills me in a good way), the spot-on vocal...everything comes together to make it musically interesting for anyone. This song is in excellent company with "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Across The Universe" as one of the few that John himself continued to love throughout his life.
Fun fact: this song was part of the fuel for the "Paul is dead" whackos' fire, as they claimed that John's spoken gobbledy#### at the end, when played backwards, said, "Paul is dead, man. Miss him, miss him, miss him!"
Mr. krista: "I am tired. I haven’t slept. My favorite Beatles song. Lennon’s best vocal since "Twist and Shout." Lyrics are just perfect. Having an idea for a song and just writing a song, nothing ambitious about it. No bass might be a plus because it doesn’t get in the way. It’s simple, the changes all make sense. It’s heavy. All about Ringo going through those time changes. And it just ends. Mint jam."
Suggested cover: Alex Chilton (!)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
As I alluded to in my discussion of "I"m Only Sleeping," I've had chronic insomnia since I was about 15 years old. I love this song because it perfectly encapsulates my nearly nightly struggle. I can't adequately explain if you haven't experienced it, but John starts with a sleepy vocal, and that's how I start my night...I'm so tired, and all I want to do it sleep. But then, John's sudden change in tone and the increasing urgency with which he sings the next lines completely captures what happens to my mind as soon as I lie down - my brain starts being bombarded with thoughts, of everything that has happened, everything that might happen, everything I've done right or wrong, everything everyone else has done right or wrong, everything. It's indescribable, except John describes it, not even just in words but more so in mood. His weariness and exhaustion, then that increased urgency, and finally his wailing of "I'd give you everything I got for a little peace of mind" is me, pretty much every night.
For a long time I figured this song couldn't be fully loved and appreciated by anyone without insomnia, and then I found out it's Champion Sleeper Mr. krista's favorite Beatles song! Turns out the atmosphere it sets with its ever-increasing tension could be appealing even to normal people. The heaviness of the song, the tempo changes, the pauses (that too-long pause ~1:03 kills me in a good way), the spot-on vocal...everything comes together to make it musically interesting for anyone. This song is in excellent company with "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Across The Universe" as one of the few that John himself continued to love throughout his life.
Fun fact: this song was part of the fuel for the "Paul is dead" whackos' fire, as they claimed that John's spoken gobbledy#### at the end, when played backwards, said, "Paul is dead, man. Miss him, miss him, miss him!"
Mr. krista: "I am tired. I haven’t slept. My favorite Beatles song. Lennon’s best vocal since "Twist and Shout." Lyrics are just perfect. Having an idea for a song and just writing a song, nothing ambitious about it. No bass might be a plus because it doesn’t get in the way. It’s simple, the changes all make sense. It’s heavy. All about Ringo going through those time changes. And it just ends. Mint jam."
Suggested cover: Alex Chilton (!)
krista4
Footballguy
I hit the thinking reaction before you made your edit, and it was because I was thinking if I should have used Antonio Cromartie or someone more current instead.
Zegras11
Footballguy
There is it is!! Moves up 32 slots on the Composite. This type a pick happened quite often with the last ten Top 25's sent in. Someone liking a song a lot and only on 2-3 lists. Not a bad thing at all.
I've tried to like this song. And I used to have insomnia when I was 27-35. One night I just said #### it. I'm going to get up and not worry about this any longer and go watch a movie until I feel tired again. Haven't had it since.
I've been going to sleep very easily playing my spotify list at nights the last few months. There is a timer app I downloaded and I set it for 30 minutes and I'm always asleep before the music stops. It's stopped that super tired, then brain racing thing....
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
this is another one of my oversights - I love this song and always have.
The White Album seems to take a lot of hits around here, but I was focused on what I liked, wtf was I thinking?
time for me to DO OVER!!!
krista4
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
happy birthday George!
"Don't Bother Me" is a song by the Beatles from their 1963 album With the Beatles. It was the first song written by George Harrison.
I did not know that.
"Don't Bother Me" is a song by the Beatles from their 1963 album With the Beatles. It was the first song written by George Harrison.
I did not know that.
Zegras11
Footballguy
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