I love it too. Such an accurate insight that touches on something never before or since mentioned in a song. Sad, yes but also wonderful ! Pure genius !
A Day in the Life is one of the highpoints of western civilisation. I think the gentlemen should face criminal charges and a spell of time at Her Majesty's pleasure.
I would've included "In My Life." To me, it's one of John's most beautiful songs. The lyrics are great and the melody and harmonies are magnificent. It may very well be my favorite Beatles song.
So why didn't George Martin give that song a proper arrangement? Can you imagine the song "Yesterday" done in a medium tempo beat with Ringo pounding the drums? ...of course not. Then why did Martin arrange "In My Life" that way? "In My Life" should have been done slowly with a string quartet and possibly a flute (and no drums!!!)., and John should have been the only vocalist. "In My Life" deserved a sensitive tender arrangement, but it never happened.
@@b.walter6646 IMHO I think the arrangement was perfectly fitting for the song. Additionally, John would probably have vetoed a slower version with a string quartet. He was against those added effects. I would venture to say he probably wasn't crazy about George Martin's piano. John liked plain rock n' roll. He used to criticize some of Paul's songs as being "granny" songs. "In My Life" would've fallen into that category if The Beatles released a version like you suggest.
@@steve3602 I appreciate your response, but despite Lennon liking “plain rock n’ roll”, he didn’t opt for that style on other sensitive songs he wrote like “Imagine” & “Across The Universe”, so there were obvious exceptions to that rule. Also, the “granny” songs that John didn’t like were Paul’s old fashioned songs like “Honey Pie” & “When I’m 64”, not appropriately arranged songs with a classical touch like “Yesterday”. As far as George Martin’s piano, I agree that would have been a bad decision, but that’s not what I was suggesting. A cello and viola and one other appropriate instrument would have been fine and the outcome with John’s voice would have been stunning.
@@b.walter6646 I guess we both agree on our love of the Beatles. However, I look at "Imagine" as a great solo performance with very little production and basic instrumentals (piano, bass, drums, etc). "Across the Universe" was not John's doing if you're referring to the "Let it Be" album. That was a Phil Spector production. If you listen to other raw Beatles versions the only extra effects are birds flying. But I'll give you this: John was a changed man as he aged and talked about redoing "Help" in a slower format. Had he lived he might've re-recorded " In My Life" more to your liking. I still love the original.
@@outlawfett3530 Possibly the most underrated Beatles song out there. Always been in my top 10. Can you imagine hearing this song (and album) for the first time in 1966? It would be a total mind-blower.
I actually really like Her Majesty at the end. Sorta like a “They’ll always be around” kind of feel. The last line: “someday I’m gonna make her mine” gives off the hope for the future
agreed. The Beatles always had a sense of humor. they must have felt the sprawling medley at the end of Abbey Road needed something cheeky afterwards to soften it a bit. it’s classic Beatles and it works
In 1972 - I was in an 8th grade English class - the 20 something teacher was using Beatles lyrics as a teaching tool. She said - _wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door_ - is so descriptive - and so poetic - how does anybody ever come up with stuff like this. Her passion - and near tears - influenced me to love Beatles lyrics. And now in 2021 - you basically said the same thing about the same lyric. "How does anybody come up with this stuff anyway." Just I'd share that spurred memory. My favorite line - "he likes to keep his fire engine clean - it's a clean machine."
I'm Only Sleeping and Don't Let Me Down are two songs that are seldom mentioned that are firm favourites of mine, then again every album has several firm favourites and a lot of the singles have great B sides that are rarely heard, I'm Down, Rain and She's A Woman are 3 that instantly spring to mind.
Sounds about right! I was 10 years old in 64, had a little transistor radio, always loved to listen when a new Beatle song came out, seemed like every week!
@@christineharrelson4831 The chorus where he sings, "I'm kickin' out this old brown shoe, Baby I'm in love with you..." is one of George's best melody lines IMO.
While it is a really good song, I never understood why it was a Double A-side with Strawberry Fields Forever. Strawberry is easily the best of the two, much more mysterious, cryptic and super trippy/psychedelic. Penny is a really good song, but not as amazing as that one.
@@colin8007 Penny Lane is amazing and yes, it sounds like a proper single, but Strawberry is better all around. The instrumentation and arrangement clearly shows what The Beatles were aiming for the Sgt. Pepper album. Just listen to George's Sitar in Strawberry, it just gives it that extra soul searching vibe the track needed. John's cryptic lyrics and voice evoke mysticism. Paul's bass line adds to the beat and Ringo's drumming is steady and on point. Not to mention that sublime coda with the trumpets that comes back honking at you aggressively, for thinking it was over. Easily the best of the two.
@@alfredmedina9271 SFF wasnt a pop song. The record company wanted a pop song released so it would sell. Easy in hindsight to say SFF should have been A side but it was uncharted territory at the time
I found out that my father died. I had to take my son to the library. As soon as we got in there, "I'll Follow the Sun" came on the radio. It instantly became my favorite Beatles song for sentimental reasons.
Amazingly, George wrote the two best songs on the final album, "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something", which might be the best love song ever written. Thanks George!
My playlist : 1- Do you want to know a secret 2- Not a second time ( Sorry, JT.) 3- If I fell 4- I'm a loser 5- Ticket to ride 6- Nowhere man 7- Taxman 8- A day in the life 9- I'm the walrus 10- Happiness is a warm gun 11- Hey Bulldog 12- She's so heavy 13- Across the universe
The quality of their songs were consistently so high. Nobody else has ever been remotely in their league in this respect. Some artists put out perfect debut albums, but then their mine of inspiration got gradually worked out.
I am 70 years old and grew up with these guys. There never be another band who impacted the world like the Beatles did.They kicked down the doors for the intire British invasion. My favorite would be " something ". I must have heard the song a million times and never get sick or tired listening to this masterpiece. Great channel btw. I subscribed.
I'm gonna go esoteric and deep cuts: :"No Reply,""The Night Before,""It's Only Love,""Rocky Racoon,""The Fool On The Hill,""Lovely Rita,""Baby You're a Rich Man,""I Need You,""I Should Have Known Better,""Michelle,""In My Life,""The Long And Winding Road,""Hey Jude."
I need you is such an underrated one! I've heard some people talking bad about it for being too cheesy in comparison with the later George's songs, but I've always loved it. One of my favorite ones without a doubt.
The thing about the Beatles is, and I don't think it's just me who believes this, every song is great. At least on some level. It's uncanny. Every period: moptop, Carnaby St, and heavy hippy. Fantastic. I think it's obvious and enough time has passed, it's Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, The Great American Songbook, and the Beatles. When they first appeared and the world was aghast at the screaming young girls, that obfuscated the fact that the record sales went way beyond 14 year olds. Once you got past the social upheaval aspect everybody, men and women, young and old loved them. Then and now. Those that were adverse to fame, like John and George, might have been chagrined to see the extent of popularity they achieved. Even Paul and Ringo, who take things as they come, have to be a little nervous at this level of adulation.
@@brianmallen8887 I believe it too. They are perfect, no other band or musician is nowhere near to them. They played almost all the genres that existed at time, created new ones and influenced everyone who came after them. I love rock and many other bands and artists but the Beatles are in other dimension. It can't be explained with words. They were only out for 10 years and that was enough to be unarguably the greatest of all time. I can sing any of their songs and I love all of them. I sometimes even get emotional when I think about them. How was it possible that those 4 geniuses were born at the same age, at the same city, at the same neighborhood and got to know each other and change the world and our lives forever. Each time I think about it it blows my mind.
Long, Long, Long has always been one of my favorites. Even from the moment that I removed the cellophane wrapper and placed the White Album on the turntable way back in the '60s, it touched me. Only much later did I find out that George had written the song to God.
"The Inner Light" brings me peace and "Tomorrow Never Knows" is an experience on the headphones. "Rain" was revolutionary, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is underrated, "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "Nowhere Man" evokes loneliness, "Something" I can relate to. Lastly, "A Day in the Life" brings the whole band together for their masterpiece.
I have no problem with anyone putting "Inner Light" in their top 10 best Beatles, I've always loved and respected it. "Day in the life" and "Rain" are 4 and 5 on my best list, and "You've got to hide" and "Tomorrow" competed strongly for my top 10 though I didn't put them in.
George Martin considered Sgt Pepper their masterpiece!! One song left out is All You.Need watched by over forty millon people world and many people there grooving!!
Ugh, The Inner Light is the very worst Beatles song, IMO. Revolution 9 is more grating, but it's not really a song, and at least it was interesting to listen to the first time I heard it.
@@GeraldM_inNC Yes - it's George at his best, with that signature Beatles guitar sound (the 12 string Rickenbacker) and their signature harmonies. If someone asked me, what did the Beatles 'middle-period' sound like, it would be the song I would play - even though it's not Lennon-McCartney.
Across the universe. Rain. Tomorrow never knows. In my life. A day in the life. These songs don't even get an honourable mention? Just shows what a great band they were.
Yeah, agreed. I was about to comment regarding the omission of Paperback Writer - but all of the other songs you mentioned are equally valid, as far as I'm concerned.
All awesome songs. I’d add No Reply, Don’t Let Me Down, Dig a Pony, I’m So Tired. All those kind of have a bluesy sad style that matches well together, those are my favorite style songs they do.
When I was growing up, I only knew Revolver from the American version _without_ "And Your Bird Can Sing", "I'm Only Sleeping", and "Doctor Robert." Talk about inexcusable omissions!
I love that you selected Nowhere Man. Such an underrated track My top 10 would be: •Across the Universe •Nowhere Man •She's leaving home •The long and Winding road •Eleonor Rigby •With a little help •We can work it out •Help •Norweigan Wood •A day in the life
The ending to Abbey Road- and the Beatles legacy listening to those last three songs is such a great experience. I get chills listening to all 4 solos and then them all saying “the love you take, is equal to the love…” and then John and Paul singing “you make” to the beautiful solo after its just perfect i get chills every time
So pleased you picked 'nowhere man'...first song that turned me on to The Beatles back in the early 70s and the one song that hurt when played on the day John was murdered,
When I saw Paul in concert a few years ago, he started off with that iconic chord 4:29 and I had chills from head to toe. This was a good list, but I couldn't possibly narrow it down to 10. I feel like I've lived and breathed Beatles music ever since I was a kid. Julia and that gorgeous guitar, Yesterday with the wistfully sad lyrics paired perfectly with the melody, simple guitar and strings, Hello Goodbye with the playful back and forth of the vocals and harmony, the irresistible beat of Birthday and Back in the U.S.S.R., in Getting Better the contrast of minor chords for the darker lyrics and the major chords for the chirpy, happy parts of the song, the psychedelic musical play in Rain, the brilliantly stitched together medley of partially written songs on Abbey Road and the guitar duel on The End, the soulfully beautiful Blackbird, Mother Nature's Son, Something, and the irresistible screaming rocker Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey LOL, and on and on and on...
The Abbey Road medley is the constant that I have stuck in my head literally any given morning when I wake up, the guitar licks are just so damn good and it just sticks in the brain like nothing else
"Help" was a highlight of the excellent recent movie, "Yesterday," and John said it was the only honest song he ever wrote, though I think he put put at least a few more honest tunes after the Beatles broke up.
I’m with you on “Within You, Without You”. When I was younger I didn’t care for it, but as I got older I came to really appreciate the song. Also, Patti Smith’s cover of the song could be my favorite Beatles cover.
I like your list. My favourites include "Glass Onion", "Things We Said Today" I'll Be Back" and "Fool on the Hill". There are many others but these stand out for me.
gloria! i was just scrolling through all these answers and thinking, “why does ‘things we said today’ never get any love? it’s such a mature composition for that period! and then you go and add in ‘i’ll be back’? wow, get out of my head! :)
@@modmother modmother, thanks for commenting. "Things we said today" and "I'll be back" just resonate with me and, yes, "Things we said today" is a very mature composition for the period, but you know what, it still sounds fresh and new to me each and every time I hear it. Ah, the genius of the Beatles. Have a great day!
My personal top 5: 1. Hey Jude (how could you not have included it???) 2. Norwegian Wood (so much good material on Rubber Soul!) 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Penny Lane 5. Lovely Rita Another song from Sergeant Pepper that never gets the recognition it should is She’s Leaving Home. Yeah, it’s an overly schmaltzy Paul ballad, but it totally encapsulates the generation gap, with the young woman fleeing the constraints of her upbringing and her parents seeing her action as a rebuke.
“She’s Leaving Home” is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded and it’s not schmaltzy-it was inspired by 1) a true story and 2) the “Pet Sounds” album. Paul personally played the piano & sang the song for Brian Wilson and his wife and they both cried, Brian talked about it afterwards. The entire Sgt. Pepper’s album is made up of perfectly conceptualized art songs about the human condition and “Lonely Hearts”… it’s emotional therapy via pop music, there’s nothing else like it.
for my playlist i went a different route, a more broad view spanning the whole career: side one- 1: that'll be the day - quarrymen 2: like dreamers do 3: i saw her standing there 4: i want to hold your hand 5: a hard days night 6: yesterday 7: nowhere man 8: got to get you into my life 9: strawberry fields forever side two- 1: a day in the life 2: hello goodbye 3: i am the walrus 4: while my guitar gently weeps 5: come together 6: here comes the sun 7: let it be 8: real love this isn't a personal ranking but i believe it pulls together different aspects of the band. however, it's so hard to make a compilation of the beatles when their discography is near flawless!!
My fave is "Long, Long, Long", building from its whispered, hypnotic opening lines to a barely controlled tension in the bridge. At once peaceful, yet seething with emotion.
I made a playlist after watching this, then deleted it and made another one, and then another one. It's impossible to do this and I end up with a different result every single time. The crazy thing about The Beatles catalogue is how diverse it really is, and the playlists that I make with their music usually represent how I'm feeling or what mood I'm in when I'm making it. There really is no right or wrong way to do this and that's what I love about it!
I know it’s part of the Anthology, but “Real Love” is my favorite Beatles song. The harmonies, the instruments, the melody- it gets me every fucking time. I listen to that song on repeat sometimes- for hours and hours and hours. It never gets old.
I wouldn't say it was their best _song_, but their best _recording_ is "Tomorrow Never Knows." When I play "Revolver," I always play that one three or four times. I never get tired of it.
Is it just me???????? There are a half dozen songs on the Hard Day's Night CD that I think were the epitome of unique and great songwriting, especially for the time and what others were writing. IF I Fell, And I love Her, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, Things We Said Today, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Be Back (I know, that's more than a half dozen😏). There is alot of energy and yet tenderness in these tunes, and some great key-changing in places where no one would have thought to include them!! My Dad was an experienced barbershopper, and he really appreciated what he was hearing in these arrangements. This album was in my opinion the BEST string of early Beatles songs pre-Rubber Soul. So is it just me or are others hearing what I'm hearing in these songs?
Within you without you is my favorite Beatles song that was sung by george harrison and on the sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band album. It's also my 2nd favorite beatles song
My Top 10 (it's definitely hard to choose just 10 beatles songs for me) 1-What You're Doing? 2-Get Back 3-A Day In The Life(it's is a crime not to include this song on a list of the best Beatles songs). 4-Every Little Thing 5-I've Got a Feeling 6-Please Please Me 7-I'm so Tired 8-Here, There And Everywhere 9-From Me To You 10-Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End.
Talking about funerals, you might want to give "The End Of The End" a listen. It is a song where Paul thought about how he'd like his funeral to be. The song is on his album "Memory Almost Full".
I realize this is JTC's "Best of the Beatles" top ten, but I have to mention these omissions: •A Day In The Life •I Am The Walrus •Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds •Come Together •Ticket To Ride •Penny Lane (my Top Pick). They would likely make up about half of my list! And yes, it looks like a list of John's songs, but Paul's one song, "Penny Lane" has always been my favorite McCartney song of his entire career. JTC mentioned how perfect that Strawberry Fields was. I felt the same about it's flip side, Penny Lane, which I always described as "three minutes of musical perfection". It's fair to say that both songs on that "double A-side" single were the greatest songs of the Lennon/McCartney canon.
I AM THE WALRUS and COME TOGETHER were both in the bonus tracks. The rest of those numbers were all heavily considered for this list. PENNY LANE might have lost a bit of love in my eyes having to perform it every night, but it's still a masterpiece nonetheless.
- Tomorrow Never Knows - Within You Without You - The Fool On The Hill - Strawberry Fields Forever - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Happiness Is A Warm Gun - Mother Natures Son - Cry Baby Cry - Sun King
Girl, Rain, She Said She Said and their version of Smokey Robinson's You Really Got a Hold on Me. But my actual Beatles top ten would change every day. They wrote over 200 amazing songs and did some great covers too.
Funny story about Revolution: My sister was listening to Past Masters Volume 2 while trying to lull her months old baby to sleep. The gentle finale of Hey Jude was playing and all was well. UNTIL the opening of Revolution kicked in. As you guessed, there was instantaneous crying and wailing.
I'm glad you included I am a Walrus on the bonus track. The first time I heard that song, I couldn't sleep the next night. I tossed and turned playing that song over and over in my head. Still one of my favorites.
"Yesterday" is my all-time favorite song not only of the Beatles but from anyone! That song single-handedly invented the singer-songwriter genre. It's poetry, melancholy, beauty, and longing wrapped up in an amazing package that's never been equalled. Oh, and the string arrangement is both heavenly and groundbreaking. Sheer perfection!
Hi from Milan, Italy. Great video! I totally agree in including at least as honourable mentions, within you without you and walrus especially for the sublime orchestration they both have
"Did she understand it when they said, that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure, will she still believe it when he's dead?" Chills man
Beautiful!!! An excellent introduction for any novice to the Beatles. Your presentation is precise, factual and wonderfully narrated. An amazing trip down Beatles memory lane. As a kid I was so poor, all I had was Jesus and the Beatles. Peace.
Here comes the Sun is a great song because it is a beautiful song melodically, but, it also has a great message. Rejuvenation, renewal, hope, optimism after dark, dreary, sad, and hopeless times. Very relevant.
My top ten favorites, A Day in the Life, Here comes the Sun, Rain, She said She said, Tomorrow Never Knows, Something, Dear Prudence, Getting Better, Strawberry Fields Forever, and Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man is actually one of my most favorite Beatles songs and probably the one that gave me most goosebumps. It's not among their most popular but it was a total masterpiece.
My top Beatles track is Fool On The Hill (or Mother Natures Son). Pauls vocal is just infused with so much passion and the orchestrations are so fitting, a top notch song it is just spectacular. In My Life, Black Bird and Lady Madonna are worthy mentions.
I consider A Day in the Life the best song ever written, period. But I'd be crazy if I told you I could actually compile a playlist with their best songs. Would have to pretty much put all of them there.
When I was little my dad and I would drive the bus downtown together and he would sing "Here comes the bus" while we waited. Since then, HCTS has been one of my favorite beatles songs.
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One of my favorites is For No One. It's so underrated but such a beautiful song.
I mentioned in the video FOR NO ONE just missed being on this list.
It’s facts nothing but facts
A sad and melanchiloc song For no one is.
I love it too. Such an accurate insight that touches on something never before or since mentioned in a song.
Sad, yes but also wonderful ! Pure genius !
Those French horns were the perfect touch.
It’s a crime to leave out A Day In The Life, their masterpiece. Also I think that Rain definitely deserves a spot on my top list of Beatles hits.
I was just thinking that. Such a standout song
A Day in the Life is one of the highpoints of western civilisation. I think the gentlemen should face criminal charges and a spell of time at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Agreed--their masterpiece.
It's a very fine song - but their "masterpiece"? Not for me.
@@zargonthemagnificent330 i agree,its really good but...there’s so many others i prefer
The Best Beatle Song is .... The One You're Listening to at the Time!
So true!
They're pretty much all top ten
I listen to Revolution 9 quite often.
@@daleeloph6888 Banger 😩
Well said
I would've included "In My Life." To me, it's one of John's most beautiful songs. The lyrics are great and the melody and harmonies are magnificent. It may very well be my favorite Beatles song.
It's also recognized by some as the greatest song ever written.
So why didn't George Martin give that song a proper arrangement? Can you imagine the song "Yesterday" done in a medium tempo beat with Ringo pounding the drums? ...of course not. Then why did Martin arrange "In My Life" that way? "In My Life" should have been done slowly with a string quartet and possibly a flute (and no drums!!!)., and John should have been the only vocalist. "In My Life" deserved a sensitive tender arrangement, but it never happened.
@@b.walter6646 IMHO I think the arrangement was perfectly fitting for the song. Additionally, John would probably have vetoed a slower version with a string quartet. He was against those added effects. I would venture to say he probably wasn't crazy about George Martin's piano. John liked plain rock n' roll. He used to criticize some of Paul's songs as being "granny" songs. "In My Life" would've fallen into that category if The Beatles released a version like you suggest.
@@steve3602 I appreciate your response, but despite Lennon liking “plain rock n’ roll”, he didn’t opt for that style on other sensitive songs he wrote like “Imagine” & “Across The Universe”, so there were obvious exceptions to that rule. Also, the “granny” songs that John didn’t like were Paul’s old fashioned songs like “Honey Pie” & “When I’m 64”, not appropriately arranged songs with a classical touch like “Yesterday”. As far as George Martin’s piano, I agree that would have been a bad decision, but that’s not what I was suggesting. A cello and viola and one other appropriate instrument would have been fine and the outcome with John’s voice would have been stunning.
@@b.walter6646 I guess we both agree on our love of the Beatles. However, I look at "Imagine" as a great solo performance with very little production and basic instrumentals (piano, bass, drums, etc). "Across the Universe" was not John's doing if you're referring to the "Let it Be" album. That was a Phil Spector production. If you listen to other raw Beatles versions the only extra effects are birds flying. But I'll give you this: John was a changed man as he aged and talked about redoing "Help" in a slower format. Had he lived he might've re-recorded " In My Life" more to your liking. I still love the original.
All of revolver is great, but “I’m only sleeping”, “Love You To”, and “Tomorrow never knows” deserve some much needed attention.
Love you to is fantastic
@@outlawfett3530 Possibly the most underrated Beatles song out there. Always been in my top 10. Can you imagine hearing this song (and album) for the first time in 1966? It would be a total mind-blower.
They really do! Revolver is easily my favorite Beatles album!
I’m Only Sleeping is intoxicatingly beautiful. My favorite Beatle song
@@RetroEternal I would have to agree. (Love the anthology version too, hauntingly beautiful)
My Top 10 Beatles has about 83 songs in it.
Norwegian wood is one of my favourites and is a very pretty song on rubber soul and stands out to me
I have no problem with anyone putting in their top 10.
Rubber Soul is filled with many great songs, including the R&B influence "Drive My Car" and the classical-eqe "In My Life."
@@dariushenry88 in my life is ana amazing song
Holy Snapdragons JTC .... not even a mention for Norwegian Wood .... it's a cultural classic!
Here, There and Everywhere is one of my top five. No question. It's gorgeous.
Still makes me cry sometimes 😢
I actually really like Her Majesty at the end. Sorta like a “They’ll always be around” kind of feel. The last line: “someday I’m gonna make her mine” gives off the hope for the future
Same here. I feel that it is the post-credit of Abbey Road, just something fun to listen to after the album.
agreed. The Beatles always had a sense of humor. they must have felt the sprawling medley at the end of Abbey Road needed something cheeky afterwards to soften it a bit. it’s classic Beatles and it works
I always skip Her Majesty. It’s not only a throw away, but it completely ruins the vibe.
Strawberry fields, a day in the life, eleanor rigby, while my guitar gently weeps, penny lane, I am the walrus are my bangers.
My favorite Beatles songs?
You might want to pull up a chair and grab a snack. We're gonna be here for a while.
If you start with the first song on Please Please Me and go to the last song on Let It Be, you'd pretty much have my list.
Absolutely!!
I’ve got about 101 ties for 1st.
Exactly it’s a tough call to make with such a good catalog of tunes to pick from.
@@kobaianvagabond1344 more like I saw her standing there to real love lol
'She's Leaving Home' is a beautiful song with superb lyrics. It's a favourite of mine.
In 1972 - I was in an 8th grade English class - the 20 something teacher was using Beatles lyrics as a teaching tool. She said - _wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door_ - is so descriptive - and so poetic - how does anybody ever come up with stuff like this. Her passion - and near tears - influenced me to love Beatles lyrics. And now in 2021 - you basically said the same thing about the same lyric. "How does anybody come up with this stuff anyway." Just I'd share that spurred memory. My favorite line - "he likes to keep his fire engine clean - it's a clean machine."
Great line indeed.
Wow, I think we were in the same class!
@@aranisles8292 I do too. Lol
Thanks for sharing. Yours are really moving memories.
I Feel Fine is a definite go to for me.
Same, also Ticket to Ride
Yes, so garage-y and different-sounding for 1964.
Yeah, I'm really surprised that it wasn't on his list! First "intentionally " recorded feedback! It's really one of my favorites as a drummer!
I definitely agree
I Feel Fine has the happiest guitars I've ever heard! Never fails to give me a lift.
One of my favourites is Across the universe
#2 on my top 10 best list.
Top 5
I "disliked" this, and I (no shit) quoted this song in my high school yearbook, 1981. It's just not a special song.
@@TonyLovell weird flex but okay
Definitely a gem on Let it Be
I'm Only Sleeping and Don't Let Me Down are two songs that are seldom mentioned that are firm favourites of mine, then again every album has several firm favourites and a lot of the singles have great B sides that are rarely heard, I'm Down, Rain and She's A Woman are 3 that instantly spring to mind.
Definitely 👌🏾!!
I’m Only Sleeping and Across the Universe 🙌🏽
I'm Only Sleeping stans unite
The Anthology version of “I’m only sleeping” is awesome as well. Just guitars and their vocals make it a great rehearsal
@@saturatedneowax I learned how to play that song on the Guitar and I can't stop playing it!
Here There and Everywhere is the most beautiful love-song ever written. I love it so much.
Call me crazy but my favourite is "I Should've Known Better" so fun and simple
My favorite song🥰
Good choice, first song I ever sang in a band
One of my faves too
Everyone always slanders it but it slaps so hard
You're crazy :)
I love "You Never Give me Your Money" so much, It reminds me of the moment I decided to love The Beatles forever haha
I finally, after being a Beatles fan since 1964, made a playlist. I ended up cutting from 113 songs down to 90. Man was that tough.
Sounds about right! I was 10 years old in 64, had a little transistor radio, always loved to listen when a new Beatle song came out, seemed like every week!
Same here
@@MrTech337
Same here.
10 plus little transistor radio.
Post a link, please, interested in the take of a long time fan
Frank: not sure how to post a link......or I would. Always happy to discuss the Beatles. Saw them in 66.
“Please Please me” is one of the most underrated songs ever
My favorite is likely Hey Bulldog. The last song they recorded while still liking each other lol
My fave!!!
One of George's best songs didn't get mentioned, "Old Brown Shoe."
@@TheRealDrJoey LOVE that song!
@@christineharrelson4831 The chorus where he sings, "I'm kickin' out this old brown shoe, Baby I'm in love with you..." is one of George's best melody lines IMO.
It’s in my top five!
Where's the love for Penny Lane? It's the most perfect pop song ever written - it's got everything!
While it is a really good song, I never understood why it was a Double A-side with Strawberry Fields Forever. Strawberry is easily the best of the two, much more mysterious, cryptic and super trippy/psychedelic. Penny is a really good song, but not as amazing as that one.
@@alfredmedina9271 because they both deserved to be hit singles on the radio
@@colin8007 Penny Lane is amazing and yes, it sounds like a proper single, but Strawberry is better all around. The instrumentation and arrangement clearly shows what The Beatles were aiming for the Sgt. Pepper album.
Just listen to George's Sitar in Strawberry, it just gives it that extra soul searching vibe the track needed. John's cryptic lyrics and voice evoke mysticism. Paul's bass line adds to the beat and Ringo's drumming is steady and on point. Not to mention that sublime coda with the trumpets that comes back honking at you aggressively, for thinking it was over. Easily the best of the two.
@@alfredmedina9271 SFF wasnt a pop song. The record company wanted a pop song released so it would sell. Easy in hindsight to say SFF should have been A side but it was uncharted territory at the time
The video for Penny Lane is awful. Perhaps the worst video I've ever seen.
I found out that my father died. I had to take my son to the library. As soon as we got in there, "I'll Follow the Sun" came on the radio. It instantly became my favorite Beatles song for sentimental reasons.
Amazingly, George wrote the two best songs on the final album, "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something", which might be the best love song ever written. Thanks George!
And your bird can sing, quite simply the perfect pop song not sure why this gets overlooked so often.
Because of the lyrics.
It's my fav song!!!!!! 😀😃😄👍👍👍👍
That’s the most unique rhythm riff I’ve ever heard
My playlist :
1- Do you want to know a secret
2- Not a second time ( Sorry, JT.)
3- If I fell
4- I'm a loser
5- Ticket to ride
6- Nowhere man
7- Taxman
8- A day in the life
9- I'm the walrus
10- Happiness is a warm gun
11- Hey Bulldog
12- She's so heavy
13- Across the universe
Dude, if someone asked me to rank their best songs ,chronology, it would be a 6 album box set. I just couldn't do it.
The quality of their songs were consistently so high. Nobody else has ever been remotely in their league in this respect. Some artists put out perfect debut albums, but then their mine of inspiration got gradually worked out.
I wish songs like “I Want to Tell You” and “Hey Bulldog” got more love
I am 70 years old and grew up with these guys. There never be another band who impacted the world like the Beatles did.They kicked down the doors for the intire British invasion. My favorite would be " something ".
I must have heard the song a million times and never get sick or tired listening to this masterpiece.
Great channel btw. I subscribed.
Frank Sinatra considered it the best song written in recent memory.
kissed my first girlfriend through the entire song of Something. Decades ago, but I still remember it with delight!
I'm gonna go esoteric and deep cuts: :"No Reply,""The Night Before,""It's Only Love,""Rocky Racoon,""The Fool On The Hill,""Lovely Rita,""Baby You're a Rich Man,""I Need You,""I Should Have Known Better,""Michelle,""In My Life,""The Long And Winding Road,""Hey Jude."
🧡 No Reply!
I need you is such an underrated one! I've heard some people talking bad about it for being too cheesy in comparison with the later George's songs, but I've always loved it. One of my favorite ones without a doubt.
The thing about the Beatles is, and I don't think it's just me who believes this, every song is great. At least on some level. It's uncanny. Every period: moptop, Carnaby St, and heavy hippy. Fantastic. I think it's obvious and enough time has passed, it's Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, The Great American Songbook, and the Beatles. When they first appeared and the world was aghast at the screaming young girls, that obfuscated the fact that the record sales went way beyond 14 year olds. Once you got past the social upheaval aspect everybody, men and women, young and old loved them. Then and now. Those that were adverse to fame, like John and George, might have been chagrined to see the extent of popularity they achieved. Even Paul and Ringo, who take things as they come, have to be a little nervous at this level of adulation.
@@brianmallen8887 I believe it too. They are perfect, no other band or musician is nowhere near to them. They played almost all the genres that existed at time, created new ones and influenced everyone who came after them. I love rock and many other bands and artists but the Beatles are in other dimension. It can't be explained with words. They were only out for 10 years and that was enough to be unarguably the greatest of all time. I can sing any of their songs and I love all of them. I sometimes even get emotional when I think about them. How was it possible that those 4 geniuses were born at the same age, at the same city, at the same neighborhood and got to know each other and change the world and our lives forever. Each time I think about it it blows my mind.
When did "Hey Jude," "Michelle," " The Fool on the Hill," and "The Long and Winding Road" become deep cuts?
Glad I’m not the only one who loves Within You Without You!!! The instrumental break is the highlight of the whole song
Long, Long, Long has always been one of my favorites. Even from the moment that I removed the cellophane wrapper and placed the White Album on the turntable way back in the '60s, it touched me. Only much later did I find out that George had written the song to God.
Yes, some Hindu god I'mean sure
That is such a beautiful tune. Harrison had some of the most beautiful songs. He could write love songs without sounding smarmy and contrived.
Other-worldly atmosphere to that song.
So sad Michelle didn’t make the list, it’s so simple yet so beautiful
I think Michelle might be my fav Rubber Soul song!
Rubber Soul is one of my favorite Beatles albums! Also, nice to see you here Crystal Shannon. Love your videos!
"The Inner Light" brings me peace and "Tomorrow Never Knows" is an experience on the headphones. "Rain" was revolutionary, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is underrated, "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "Nowhere Man" evokes loneliness, "Something" I can relate to. Lastly, "A Day in the Life" brings the whole band together for their masterpiece.
I have no problem with anyone putting "Inner Light" in their top 10 best Beatles, I've always loved and respected it. "Day in the life" and "Rain" are 4 and 5 on my best list, and "You've got to hide" and "Tomorrow" competed strongly for my top 10 though I didn't put them in.
George Martin considered Sgt Pepper their masterpiece!! One song left out is All You.Need watched by over forty millon people world and many people there grooving!!
Ugh, The Inner Light is the very worst Beatles song, IMO. Revolution 9 is more grating, but it's not really a song, and at least it was interesting to listen to the first time I heard it.
You're not alone when it comes to Within You Without You. That's a top 10
And, picked for the right reason, the instrumental is very innovative and exciting
Also the lyrics are top-tier
@@doctorbananashooter Yes
for sureee!
If I Needed Someone is my second favourite Beatles song (after Day in the Life). So glad someone else appreciates it.
I gave it serious consideration for my top ten best list.
@@GeraldM_inNC Yes - it's George at his best, with that signature Beatles guitar sound (the 12 string Rickenbacker) and their signature harmonies. If someone asked me, what did the Beatles 'middle-period' sound like, it would be the song I would play - even though it's not Lennon-McCartney.
Across the universe. Rain. Tomorrow never knows. In my life. A day in the life. These songs don't even get an honourable mention?
Just shows what a great band they were.
One of my all time favourites is “wait” from rubber soul
That's a very underrated Beatles song if ever there was one. I blew up my dad's expensive B&O hifi listening to Wait played at full volume!
YES! The guitars SEETHE with restrained anger in this one. It's also the best song with volume-pedal effect.
Actually an outtake from the "Help!" sessions, mind you. It's not bad, but to me it sounds weak in an all-timer like "Rubber Soul".
@@VMBFV ok ok geez
I LOVE THAT SONG!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one! It’s also one of the funnest Beatles songs to sing, imo.
for me, "For No One" will always be in the Top 10 😍
Rain is seriously underrated. We Can Work it Out, Blackbird, Paperback Writer....
Let's Create Volume Two! .... Tomorrow Never Knows, A Day in the Life, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ....
Yeah, agreed. I was about to comment regarding the omission of Paperback Writer - but all of the other songs you mentioned are equally valid, as far as I'm concerned.
All awesome songs. I’d add No Reply, Don’t Let Me Down, Dig a Pony, I’m So Tired. All those kind of have a bluesy sad style that matches well together, those are my favorite style songs they do.
Yes, "Rain" is great. I'd been a Beatles fan for years before I even knew it existed.
Rain's bass line is a fucking blast.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" from "Revolver", should've been included on the best 10 songs list!!
And I'm Only Sleeping
Their best album. Which four songs should be cut???
When I was growing up, I only knew Revolver from the American version _without_ "And Your Bird Can Sing", "I'm Only Sleeping", and "Doctor Robert." Talk about inexcusable omissions!
I love that you selected Nowhere Man. Such an underrated track
My top 10 would be:
•Across the Universe
•Nowhere Man
•She's leaving home
•The long and Winding road
•Eleonor Rigby
•With a little help
•We can work it out
•Help
•Norweigan Wood
•A day in the life
The ending to Abbey Road- and the Beatles legacy listening to those last three songs is such a great experience. I get chills listening to all 4 solos and then them all saying “the love you take, is equal to the love…” and then John and Paul singing “you make” to the beautiful solo after its just perfect i get chills every time
"Martha my dear" has to be one of my favorite beatles songs!
It's truly an outstanding song!
Mine too! Loved it immediately!
So pleased you picked 'nowhere man'...first song that turned me on to The Beatles back in the early 70s and the one song that hurt when played on the day John was murdered,
A Day in the Life, hands down, is their greatest and most influential masterpiece.
My No.1 is still “in my life”. It’s very reflective and I think it’s the best song they ever wrote.
When I saw Paul in concert a few years ago, he started off with that iconic chord 4:29 and I had chills from head to toe.
This was a good list, but I couldn't possibly narrow it down to 10. I feel like I've lived and breathed Beatles music ever since I was a kid. Julia and that gorgeous guitar, Yesterday with the wistfully sad lyrics paired perfectly with the melody, simple guitar and strings, Hello Goodbye with the playful back and forth of the vocals and harmony, the irresistible beat of Birthday and Back in the U.S.S.R., in Getting Better the contrast of minor chords for the darker lyrics and the major chords for the chirpy, happy parts of the song, the psychedelic musical play in Rain, the brilliantly stitched together medley of partially written songs on Abbey Road and the guitar duel on The End, the soulfully beautiful Blackbird, Mother Nature's Son, Something, and the irresistible screaming rocker Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey LOL, and on and on and on...
The Abbey Road medley is the constant that I have stuck in my head literally any given morning when I wake up, the guitar licks are just so damn good and it just sticks in the brain like nothing else
Help! is my favorite. Extremely poignant lyrics coupled with a banger of a tune.
Have you heard Deep Purple's cover of that song, it's amazing
"Help" was a highlight of the excellent recent movie, "Yesterday," and John said it was the only honest song he ever wrote, though I think he put put at least a few more honest tunes after the Beatles broke up.
I’m with you on “Within You, Without You”. When I was younger I didn’t care for it, but as I got older I came to really appreciate the song. Also, Patti Smith’s cover of the song could be my favorite Beatles cover.
The first sentence of your comment is perfect :)
Hiii have you watched George Michael sing long and...flawles and this coming from a huge Beatles fan that I'm 👏 and who doesn't enjoy covers
I like your list. My favourites include "Glass Onion", "Things We Said Today" I'll Be Back" and "Fool on the Hill". There are many others but these stand out for me.
gloria! i was just scrolling through all these answers and thinking, “why does ‘things we said today’ never get any love? it’s such a mature composition for that period! and then you go and add in ‘i’ll be back’? wow, get out of my head! :)
@@modmother
modmother, thanks for commenting. "Things we said today" and "I'll be back" just resonate with me and, yes, "Things we said today" is a very mature composition for the period, but you know what, it still sounds fresh and new to me each and every time I hear it. Ah, the genius of the Beatles. Have a great day!
You are not alone in having "Within You Without You" as a favorite. Perfect melding of Indian classical and western pop.
My personal top 5:
1. Hey Jude (how could you not have included it???)
2. Norwegian Wood (so much good material on Rubber Soul!)
3. I Want to Hold Your Hand
4. Penny Lane
5. Lovely Rita
Another song from Sergeant Pepper that never gets the recognition it should is She’s Leaving Home. Yeah, it’s an overly schmaltzy Paul ballad, but it totally encapsulates the generation gap, with the young woman fleeing the constraints of her upbringing and her parents seeing her action as a rebuke.
She’s leaving Home!
Love lovely Rita
"She's Leaving Home" is only schmaltzy on the surface, it. has that Beatles tongue in cheek vibe!
Hey Jude would eat up 2 songs worth on the vinyl record format though
“She’s Leaving Home” is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded and it’s not schmaltzy-it was inspired by 1) a true story and 2) the “Pet Sounds” album. Paul personally played the piano & sang the song for Brian Wilson and his wife and they both cried, Brian talked about it afterwards. The entire Sgt. Pepper’s album is made up of perfectly conceptualized art songs about the human condition and “Lonely Hearts”… it’s emotional therapy via pop music, there’s nothing else like it.
Drive My Car! Especially, on vinyl with a turntable speed control. Tune down a half step to C#. Gives me music chills!
"I'm so tired," Tomorrow Never Knows."
Tomorrow is one of my favorites!
Your tiny list is better than JTs
naah not im so tired, its not that good
"I'm so tired" would compete to be in my top 10 personal favs, "Tomorrow never knows" barely missed my top 10 best.
@@ollelindelof2592 I’m so tired !
for my playlist i went a different route, a more broad view spanning the whole career:
side one-
1: that'll be the day - quarrymen
2: like dreamers do
3: i saw her standing there
4: i want to hold your hand
5: a hard days night
6: yesterday
7: nowhere man
8: got to get you into my life
9: strawberry fields forever
side two-
1: a day in the life
2: hello goodbye
3: i am the walrus
4: while my guitar gently weeps
5: come together
6: here comes the sun
7: let it be
8: real love
this isn't a personal ranking but i believe it pulls together different aspects of the band. however, it's so hard to make a compilation of the beatles when their discography is near flawless!!
Something is a master piece you should have included.
My fave is "Long, Long, Long", building from its whispered, hypnotic opening lines to a barely controlled tension in the bridge. At once peaceful, yet seething with emotion.
I made a playlist after watching this, then deleted it and made another one, and then another one. It's impossible to do this and I end up with a different result every single time.
The crazy thing about The Beatles catalogue is how diverse it really is, and the playlists that I make with their music usually represent how I'm feeling or what mood I'm in when I'm making it.
There really is no right or wrong way to do this and that's what I love about it!
I know it’s part of the Anthology, but “Real Love” is my favorite Beatles song. The harmonies, the instruments, the melody- it gets me every fucking time. I listen to that song on repeat sometimes- for hours and hours and hours. It never gets old.
Here Comes The Sun is my personal favorite, as well as Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and Strawberry Fields Forever.
I wouldn't say it was their best _song_, but their best _recording_ is "Tomorrow Never Knows." When I play "Revolver," I always play that one three or four times. I never get tired of it.
Is it just me???????? There are a half dozen songs on the Hard Day's Night CD that I think were the epitome of unique and great songwriting,
especially for the time and what others were writing. IF I Fell, And I love Her, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, Things We Said Today, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Be Back (I know, that's more than a half dozen😏). There is alot of energy and yet tenderness in these tunes, and some great key-changing in places where no one would have thought to include them!! My Dad was an experienced barbershopper, and he really appreciated what he was hearing in these arrangements. This album was in my opinion the BEST string of early Beatles songs pre-Rubber Soul. So is it just me or are others hearing what I'm hearing in these songs?
It's a great album no doubt, really the moment where they establish themselves as contenders to any of the legendary songwriters.
I completely agree, the best early album. Doesn't have any covers, and is even better than Help in part because of that.
Within you without you is my favorite Beatles song that was sung by george harrison and on the sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band album.
It's also my 2nd favorite beatles song
My Top 10 (it's definitely hard to choose just 10 beatles songs for me)
1-What You're Doing?
2-Get Back
3-A Day In The Life(it's is a crime not to include this song on a list of the best Beatles songs).
4-Every Little Thing
5-I've Got a Feeling
6-Please Please Me
7-I'm so Tired
8-Here, There And Everywhere
9-From Me To You
10-Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End.
Beatles song lists are like people, all of them are beautiful, no matter what.
The End. I am having that played at my funeral.
Maybe Her Majesty will be there.
Talking about funerals, you might want to give "The End Of The End" a listen. It is a song where Paul thought about how he'd like his funeral to be. The song is on his album "Memory Almost Full".
@@MegaChriz is it sad that I'd rather think about my own funeral than Pauls😭 he cant die
baby you’re a rich man is one of my absolute favorites. along with i want you (shes so heavy) . just perfect songs.
I realize this is JTC's "Best of the Beatles" top ten, but I have to mention these omissions:
•A Day In The Life •I Am The Walrus •Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds •Come Together •Ticket To Ride •Penny Lane (my Top Pick).
They would likely make up about half of my list! And yes, it looks like a list of John's songs, but Paul's one song, "Penny Lane" has always been my favorite McCartney song of his entire career. JTC mentioned how perfect that Strawberry Fields was. I felt the same about it's flip side, Penny Lane, which I always described as "three minutes of musical perfection". It's fair to say that both songs on that "double A-side" single were the greatest songs of the Lennon/McCartney canon.
I AM THE WALRUS and COME TOGETHER were both in the bonus tracks. The rest of those numbers were all heavily considered for this list. PENNY LANE might have lost a bit of love in my eyes having to perform it every night, but it's still a masterpiece nonetheless.
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Within You Without You
- The Fool On The Hill
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
- Mother Natures Son
- Cry Baby Cry
- Sun King
For me all of their songs !!! I am a die hard fan ... But one of my favorite is Your mother should know i love the harmonies of this song.
That’s a great one!
agree Within You Without you is profound and beautiful... its like a sound journey, stunning
I’m not going to argue about your selection but I’m surprised that you didn’t include “Tomorrow Never Knows”.
It was definitely a contender. It's hard to whittle this list down.
@@JTCurtisMusic I would also argue the same with "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
Girl, Rain, She Said She Said and their version of Smokey Robinson's You Really Got a Hold on Me. But my actual Beatles top ten would change every day. They wrote over 200 amazing songs and did some great covers too.
My favorite early Beatles song is "Please Please Me"; middle Beatles: "She Said She Said"; late Beatles "Across the Universe."
I agree with you that they made so many great songs so my top ten change from time to time. Therefore, it's hard for me to make a top ten list.
@@mikephalen3162 Both versions of Across the universe are lovely
Hey, in Girl they say tit 64 times. I am not making this up. Listen to it again carefully.
@@betaneptuneYes. I laughed though it sounds more like 'dip' or 'dep' with a Scouse accent to me.
Funnier to think of it as 64 'tits' though. 😊
Rain and There's a Place, Strawberry Fields, Hard Days Night , Norwegian Wood, Within You and Without You. For No one.
Funny story about Revolution: My sister was listening to Past Masters Volume 2 while trying to lull her months old baby to sleep. The gentle finale of Hey Jude was playing and all was well. UNTIL the opening of Revolution kicked in. As you guessed, there was instantaneous crying and wailing.
Great list! It's a lot harder to choose favorites, when it's all good.
I'm glad you included I am a Walrus on the bonus track. The first time I heard that song, I couldn't sleep the next night. I tossed and turned playing that song over and over in my head. Still one of my favorites.
If someone asked me to make a top 10 best Beatles songs list, I'd have to ask "From which album?"
Haha, same 😉
"Yesterday" is my all-time favorite song not only of the Beatles but from anyone! That song single-handedly invented the singer-songwriter genre. It's poetry, melancholy, beauty, and longing wrapped up in an amazing package that's never been equalled. Oh, and the string arrangement is both heavenly and groundbreaking. Sheer perfection!
Honestly, yeah. And I hate that it has so many covers, because nobody did it better than Paul, imo.
Hi from Milan, Italy. Great video! I totally agree in including at least as honourable mentions, within you without you and walrus especially for the sublime orchestration they both have
Girl is criminally underrated.
"Did she understand it when they said, that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure, will she still believe it when he's dead?"
Chills man
I know this list is mostly there more published material but I would say Hey Bulldog as one of the best beatles songs
Within You Without You has always been a favorite of mine. Glad to see it get some love.
Solid list. Impossible to just pick 10 without leaving out so many other great ones.
A Day in the Life is my favorite all time Beatles song. I also like Ticket to Ride a lot, love the guitar and drums in that song.
NOT ENOUGH TIME OR SPACE TO LIST MY FAVORITE BEATLE'S SONGS. Really.
Beautiful!!! An excellent introduction for any novice to the Beatles. Your presentation is precise, factual and wonderfully narrated. An amazing trip down Beatles memory lane. As a kid I was so poor, all I had was Jesus and the Beatles. Peace.
Here, There, and Everywhere and Michelle are also one of their best songs❤️
Here comes the Sun is a great song because it is a beautiful song melodically, but, it also has a great message. Rejuvenation, renewal, hope, optimism after dark, dreary, sad, and hopeless times. Very relevant.
My top ten favorites, A Day in the Life, Here comes the Sun, Rain, She said She said, Tomorrow Never Knows, Something, Dear Prudence, Getting Better, Strawberry Fields Forever, and Nowhere Man
Love the bass line in Dear Prudence!
Nowhere Man is actually one of my most favorite Beatles songs and probably the one that gave me most goosebumps. It's not among their most popular but it was a total masterpiece.
Don't worry! I love Within you Without you too because it feels like it means sooo much and is so rich in atmospherics
My top Beatles track is Fool On The Hill (or Mother Natures Son). Pauls vocal is just infused with so much passion and the orchestrations are so fitting, a top notch song it is just spectacular. In My Life, Black Bird and Lady Madonna are worthy mentions.
“Fool on the Hill” and “Mother Nature’s Son” are both gorgeous and creative as hell! I wish they got more love in general.
I consider A Day in the Life the best song ever written, period. But I'd be crazy if I told you I could actually compile a playlist with their best songs. Would have to pretty much put all of them there.
When I was little my dad and I would drive the bus downtown together and he would sing "Here comes the bus" while we waited. Since then, HCTS has been one of my favorite beatles songs.
Songs I would include that you didn't: A Day in The Life, Hey Jude, For No One, Hello Goodbye, And I Love Her
finally, some love for I’ve Got A Feeling! my personal favorite beatles song!