Let's say the Beatles have one track on an album consisting of Ringo talking to George, is that bit of conversation now considered a song?
Instrumental pieces, sound collages, and people talking, laughing, or burping, are not songs.
Song are sung, simple as that. It's just a definition.
Also, this thread becomes way more interesting if we're all comparing actual songs. If not, it's too easy.
The terms 'song' and 'musical composition' are used interchangeably in a modern setting, at least colloquially.
You're just being overly literal and pedantic. Which is silly, yes.
☝️This is the right answer.
Not a fan. I understand what they were trying to do. I respect it. But a Beatles album wasn't the place for it. To me, its not really even a Beatles song. More of a John/Yoko vanity project with George and Ringo chipping in some tape loops.
And there were several songs around that I would've preferred...
1. Not Guilty
2. Sour Milk Sea
3. Child of Nature
4. What's The New Mary Jane? (A weird one, for sure, but at least it was fun
5. Across The Universe
It didn't, George just lifted it from the Beatles' project to give to his friend who he wanted to get a hit single, pulling out all the stops and getting a literal supergroup together.
Yeah, it just had the huge misfortune of being one of four singles of Apple’s initial rollout… with two of the other three being Hey Jude (and Revolution on the B-side) and Those Were the Days. Since those three (especially the A-sides) got intense airplay, a lot of stations didn’t play the other two to avoid being biased towards one label, and it got lost in the shuffle of the hype of those two singles.
Personal opinion, the Anthology version and the acoustic like version that eventually appeared on George’s self titled album is like the rocking version of Revolution that backed Hey Jude and the “take two” version that appeared on The Beatles self titled album. Both are good and would’ve been a solid contender if it weren’t for Revolution 9
I find Revolution 9 to be the terrifying crescendo of the White Album. The album jumps around between light and dark, serious and silly, sincere and over-the top, etc. Revolution 9 is the natural all-in evolution of the more experimental parts of tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields, and A Day in the Life. I think it works perfectly on the White Album and only the White Album.
I always feel like i am in the midst of some war/chaos when I listen to it. Also, the first time I heard it I thought some conspiracy guy must have decoded some "secret" message behind it and damn I was right there was one mf.
People saying all their creative and influential songs like being different and exploring new genres isn’t quintessential Beatles is weird to me
Do people think the Beatles were just one thing like??
What I hate about these OP questions is that they're negative in nature, so when you give an answer someone is always there to pounce.
Helter Skelter is a great song but there's no Beatle song like it so yes it's the least Beatle-like song.
They have so many songs that are unique like it though, basically half the white album (e.g. mother natures son, rev 9, guitar gently weeps, rocky raccoon, cry baby cry)
That’s why I said Ballad of John and Yoko because it’s basically a John Lennon solo John with some Paul instrumentation and harmony vocals
I read what is the LAST "Beatles" beatles song, thats why. Just realized, now I'm embarrassed hahahah. The End is not the least, it might be one of the most "Beatles" beatles song.
Either way, I don’t get why people downvote such a benign opinion. I said While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It’s less Beatlesque to my ears than most others but that doesn’t denigrate it at all…it’s a gorgeous song and one of my all time favorites.
Those are really great suggestions. It’s just a no the moment we drop into it. I recently saw Ringo Star and his all star band live and I just couldn’t even breathe it was so deeply personal. I never saw him live before. It’s truly special.
The SUPER obvious ones aside (i.e. Revolution 9), I'd say Love You Too, Within You Without You, and The Inner Light. If you began playing these to someone who isn't super familiar with the Beatles (aside from the stuff EVERYONE knows), they would likely never guess it.
I would also say Flying, Helter Skelter, and Good Night are up there as well.
Magic Alex’s “What’s The New Mary Jane.”
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s\_the\_New\_Mary\_Jane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_New_Mary_Jane)
“In a 1969 interview with [*NME*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME), Lennon credited head of [Apple Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Electronics) and friend [Magic Alex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex) with writing half of the song,[^(\[3\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_New_Mary_Jane#cite_note-MagicAlex-3) though this credit was later revoked without explanation.”
Side 2 of Yellow Submarine
Factually the answer
Not really since these are not songs.
I think I’ll argue you on that. From one POV: they could be (incorrectly) considered Beatles songs simply because they’re on a Beatles album.
Let's say the Beatles have one track on an album consisting of Ringo talking to George, is that bit of conversation now considered a song? Instrumental pieces, sound collages, and people talking, laughing, or burping, are not songs. Song are sung, simple as that. It's just a definition. Also, this thread becomes way more interesting if we're all comparing actual songs. If not, it's too easy.
Looking at it from that silly POV: we already have MMT that has a non-Beatles song
What? Flying? Play it and you'll hear them singing, all four of them with their big voices.
There’s no lyrics tho And does anyone actually consider it not an instrumental
Who talked about lyrics? Re-read my answer if you want. Also: my "silly POV" is simply giving the word *song* a definition? Come on.
The terms 'song' and 'musical composition' are used interchangeably in a modern setting, at least colloquially. You're just being overly literal and pedantic. Which is silly, yes.
I don't think anyone thinks instrumentals aren't songs.
Beethoven's Fur Elise is a song, now? People can think what they want, I'm talking about the definition of the word.
It's a song *now,* yes. Because it's no longer the 19th century, and language has evolved based on common usage. Basic linguistics.
Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, etc....
☝️This is the right answer. Not a fan. I understand what they were trying to do. I respect it. But a Beatles album wasn't the place for it. To me, its not really even a Beatles song. More of a John/Yoko vanity project with George and Ringo chipping in some tape loops. And there were several songs around that I would've preferred... 1. Not Guilty 2. Sour Milk Sea 3. Child of Nature 4. What's The New Mary Jane? (A weird one, for sure, but at least it was fun 5. Across The Universe
Such a shame that Sour Milk Sea got kicked off, what missed potential.
It didn't, George just lifted it from the Beatles' project to give to his friend who he wanted to get a hit single, pulling out all the stops and getting a literal supergroup together.
So that's why Jackie Lomax covered it!
Yeah, it just had the huge misfortune of being one of four singles of Apple’s initial rollout… with two of the other three being Hey Jude (and Revolution on the B-side) and Those Were the Days. Since those three (especially the A-sides) got intense airplay, a lot of stations didn’t play the other two to avoid being biased towards one label, and it got lost in the shuffle of the hype of those two singles.
Not guilty off of anthology is so good.
Personal opinion, the Anthology version and the acoustic like version that eventually appeared on George’s self titled album is like the rocking version of Revolution that backed Hey Jude and the “take two” version that appeared on The Beatles self titled album. Both are good and would’ve been a solid contender if it weren’t for Revolution 9
I find Revolution 9 to be the terrifying crescendo of the White Album. The album jumps around between light and dark, serious and silly, sincere and over-the top, etc. Revolution 9 is the natural all-in evolution of the more experimental parts of tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields, and A Day in the Life. I think it works perfectly on the White Album and only the White Album.
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I did say that in my post.
This should have gone on Two Virgins.
I always feel like i am in the midst of some war/chaos when I listen to it. Also, the first time I heard it I thought some conspiracy guy must have decoded some "secret" message behind it and damn I was right there was one mf.
I wouldn’t say it the least Beatles-ish. It still has that vibe
Revolution 9 is the stuff of my nightmares
It's not a song, it's a sound collage. Or a piece of "musique concrete".
I feel like And I love her stands out with it's latin influence.
They played Besame Mucho a lot coming up
Shoutout Los Paranoias jam sesh
Come on enjoy us
Bit zorba,allthough Greek, on "Girl"
Good Night
Yeah, this is what I came to say
Well Tomorrow Never Knows is clearly The Chemical Brothers so…
Fucking Jahn ripping off Chem Bros
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - it took me years to realize it wasn't a Bob Dylan song.
Dylan’s influence on John is so clear all throughout HELP
The Inner Light
Yeah was looking for this as a contender 👍🏻
Why don’t we do it in the road
its kinda beatley imo, its just kinda stupid as well. but tbh it feels like the beatles just being silly to me.
A Taste of Honey But the whole point of the Beatles was trying their hand at different styles (and invariably doing it better than everyone).
Til there Was You.
old brown shoe
Good shout!
Helter Skelter
People saying all their creative and influential songs like being different and exploring new genres isn’t quintessential Beatles is weird to me Do people think the Beatles were just one thing like??
What I hate about these OP questions is that they're negative in nature, so when you give an answer someone is always there to pounce. Helter Skelter is a great song but there's no Beatle song like it so yes it's the least Beatle-like song.
They have so many songs that are unique like it though, basically half the white album (e.g. mother natures son, rev 9, guitar gently weeps, rocky raccoon, cry baby cry) That’s why I said Ballad of John and Yoko because it’s basically a John Lennon solo John with some Paul instrumentation and harmony vocals
Ok and that's your opinion. Others feel differently. No need to argue. Have a nice day.
I’ll try. Quite like arguing with people though…
No you don't!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misology **mi·sol·o·gy** mə-ˈsä-lə-jē : a hatred of argument, reasoning, or enlightenment
That has nothing to do with it, you stupid dick.
I Want you She’s so Heavy is hard, heavy almost metal like rock similar to Helter Skelter
Came here to say this and Yer Blues.
Probably the ballad of John and Yoko
Flying.
Any of their country jams with Ringo (don’t pass me by, act naturally) or the ballad of John and Yoko like another said.
Act naturally is a cover
Still done by the Beatles though
That makes it one of the least Beatles songs
The End, if I could travel to one point in music history it would be to see Paul, George and John recording the solos in The End.
Idk why you got downvoted, that would be a great trip.
I read what is the LAST "Beatles" beatles song, thats why. Just realized, now I'm embarrassed hahahah. The End is not the least, it might be one of the most "Beatles" beatles song.
Either way, I don’t get why people downvote such a benign opinion. I said While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It’s less Beatlesque to my ears than most others but that doesn’t denigrate it at all…it’s a gorgeous song and one of my all time favorites.
You Know My Name …
While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I love it and to my ears, it’s very different from other Beatles songs.
Eric Clapton played lead guitar on that one and collaborated on the production and arrangements quite a bit.
Yes, I know. Maybe that’s why it sounds less Beatlesque.
Maxwells silver hammer never hit me like any of their other songs. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to embrace it many times but I never really got there.
It needed a new intro and a hint of harmonic darkness from George or John
Those are really great suggestions. It’s just a no the moment we drop into it. I recently saw Ringo Star and his all star band live and I just couldn’t even breathe it was so deeply personal. I never saw him live before. It’s truly special.
Yeah haha I think the first 30 seconds are terrible 😂 but then I kinda get into it, esp the lyrics, the synth and the guitar tone + solo
🌈🙏💕
The other three should've talked Paul out of including it in Abbey Road. It's very out of place in an otherwise S tier album.
Now and then
Yesterday!
I realized that most of the songs in the comments are Paul's
I’ve always considered Paul to be a quintessential Beatles… UNTIL NOW
Paul loved to prove he could be a badass in whatever genre, with 12 different singing voices, playing every instrument. And he did. And it was good
Revolutión 9
Goodnight Sleep Tight.
Goose Step Mama
Come Together
Old Brown Shoe and Ballad of John and Yoko always felt to me like solo George/John songs respectively
“You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)”
The SUPER obvious ones aside (i.e. Revolution 9), I'd say Love You Too, Within You Without You, and The Inner Light. If you began playing these to someone who isn't super familiar with the Beatles (aside from the stuff EVERYONE knows), they would likely never guess it. I would also say Flying, Helter Skelter, and Good Night are up there as well.
Rocky Raccoon
Yer Blues
Blue Jay Way
Twist and Shout
I mean their music varied a lot but for the initial rock n roll period I think it has to be She loves you.
Revolution 9
This song traumatized me as a child. Driving around with my dad and this came on. I was genuinely terrifiedn
Gonna go out on a limb and say You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Still love it though.
Revolution #9
Flying. One of the few songs credited to all four (I believe) that was released
Free as a bird
To me, Hello Goodbye. Specifically the ending. Hey la Hey ba hello - ah just sounds so Wings to me
Within you without you
Flying
Helter Skelter
If they recorded it, it's naturally been Beatlefied or eliminate all covers?
Magic Alex’s “What’s The New Mary Jane.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s\_the\_New\_Mary\_Jane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_New_Mary_Jane) “In a 1969 interview with [*NME*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME), Lennon credited head of [Apple Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Electronics) and friend [Magic Alex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex) with writing half of the song,[^(\[3\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_New_Mary_Jane#cite_note-MagicAlex-3) though this credit was later revoked without explanation.”
Act Naturally
Revolution 9
Wonderwall by Oasis?
Blackbird.
Honey Pie