Four Liverpudlians to escort ya’ll back home
This week the remastered Beatles catalog was released for sale, and once again, they went straight to No. 1. According to USA Today:
“Discs are moving steadily, with the $260 stereo and $299 mono box sets selling out at many outlets. Even the band’s website alerted buyers that new box orders would not be shipped until late October “due to the incredible demand.”
At Amazon, the stereo and mono sets ranked first and second on the list of music best sellers, even though the site’s allotment sold out the week before and new orders won’t ship for up to six weeks. The Beatles held 15 spots in the top 20.”
So in light of all that, conversation the other night turned to a difficult subject:
“What’s your favorite Beatles song?”
I didn’t have an answer because, well, it depends. One of the great things about the Beatles discography is its range.
When I want some of the early, kick-butt, toe-tapping and rockabilly-influenced stuff, I might go with “Roll Over, Beethoven.” If you’re in a more contemplative mood, “Norwegian Wood” or “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” are hard to beat. You’ve got the playful giddiness of things like “Rocky Racoon” and “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” and the sweetness of “When I’m Sixty-Four” or “Something.”
Tonight, though, here’s my pick:
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DebbieDoRight
September 11th, 2009
4:17 pm
Here’s my Friday’s item. Today I’m honoring two kings and also all the tax cheats out there; and how they’ve made me so much money this year!! It seems, surprisingly, (haha), that the majority of tax cheats are the same gender. So this offering is to them. Enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Febr_t_qa9U
Hef
September 11th, 2009
4:22 pm
Favorite-not an easy answer,Let it Be I guess if you held a gun to my head. Just an incredible band with muliple sounds. I used to think the “stones” were the best rock band ever,especialy in younger day’s,but I was way wrong. The Who,Led Zeplin,&Pink Floyd were great bands as well,but the lads from Liverpool were in a class all to themselves.
Bosch
September 11th, 2009
4:35 pm
Rut Roh Raggie.
Normal
September 11th, 2009
4:36 pm
My favorite Beatles song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qpfGVUd8c
and it weeps for thee…
DebbieDoRight
September 11th, 2009
4:37 pm
Here’s another. It’s in honor of the tax cheats, god bless you all, every one; AND an homage to Jay’s 4 guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQwwqajZXD8
Hef
September 11th, 2009
4:49 pm
Normal-was that B/Preston & Ringo & Clapton on for the ride?-excellent clip
@@
September 11th, 2009
4:50 pm
Gosh, jay.
Not one piece have you done in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01.
But the Beatles discs are aiding capitalism.
Interesting.
Joey
September 11th, 2009
4:53 pm
DebbieDoRight:
When writing of the tax-cheats, do you intend to include Geithner and Daschle?
DoggoneGA
September 11th, 2009
4:55 pm
“Not one piece have you done in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01.”
This is an open forum…I don’t see anything from YOU either.
Brad Steel
September 11th, 2009
4:56 pm
Beatles covers rarely come close to matching the original. Unlike any band worth covering, I don’t think I have ever heard a Beatles’ cover that exceeds the quality and experience of the original.
Here is a cover that effectively pays tribute to the seminal original of Across the Universe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H71Fv3PcQQY&feature=PlayList&p=158639FBB1AAE9AA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18
Hef
September 11th, 2009
4:59 pm
Was it Clapton who stole Harrison’s wife or vice versa?
Normal
September 11th, 2009
4:59 pm
Hef, yep, and it was always the urban legend that Eric played the guitar lead…I like a good lead guitar, don’t cha know…
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:00 pm
Clapton did the stealing…Harrison was just too nice a guy…
DebbieDoRight
September 11th, 2009
5:01 pm
Joey aren’t they both men? Then your answer is YEP! I hope, in the future, if they need help, they’ll contact the firm I work for……more money, more money, more money!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jukQX2pl2Q
Tom
September 11th, 2009
5:04 pm
Nice.
And so it is 09/11/09. And we are again reminded that there really exists not an iota of difference between the original 9/11 terrorists and those like-minded cretins of today’s Republiscum Party. It’s all utterly relative. The same hatreds. The same cowardice. The very same ever-destructive mindsets. Yes indeed. Yup.
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:07 pm
Y’all I like this Beatles song too, so unlike the. I especially like the video. I had dedicated it to Jay on one of his C&W kicks…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
david wayne osedach
September 11th, 2009
5:07 pm
I think I’ll wait until Christmas to buy my set. By that time they will have ramped up production into over production. And the price will drop a $100 dollars or so.
Paul
September 11th, 2009
5:12 pm
I’ll piggy-back on Jay’s observation – no matter what mood you’re in, there’s a Beatles song to fit. And a darn good song at that.
DebbieDoRight
September 11th, 2009
5:14 pm
Does Michael Jackson’s estate still own the majority of the Beatles songs? If so, I want to report that I AM THE MOTHER OF BLANKET; and i didn’t legally give up my rights to him. I signed a paper under hypnosis and Michael scared by by dancing the Thriller video with his wig off. AND I was under the influence of alcohol and Janet flashed her boob at me and blinded me in both eyes. IT WASN’T MY FAULT!!!
Also, I would like to add , Blanket, Mommy LOVES YOU!! And I want you to send her some money, (not for me — for my legal defense so that I can get you back); as soon as you can.
Hef
September 11th, 2009
5:16 pm
Kinda scary,I know I’m gettin old I can remember the invasion,Paul is dead,& The Long & Winding Road. At least,I think I Remember-uh what was I sayin?
Jay
September 11th, 2009
5:21 pm
How come nobody mentioned that my video didn’t post?
It’s up now.
I think.
They “upgraded” Wordpress this week AND switched us from Macs to Windows, so the transition has caused some issues.
Paul
September 11th, 2009
5:25 pm
Jay
Note to you at 4:57 in the Wilson thread –
Someday the tide will turn. It has to –
Pleasant weekend, all -
AmVet
September 11th, 2009
5:28 pm
The one that changed the world.
Then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkjGsG7tpwc
and now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MWVo1fjRsQ
Bosch
September 11th, 2009
5:30 pm
Um Jay,
That was the whole “Rut Roh Raggie” thing with me. I’ve got an old person having a malfunction right now – so I’m out…….
Pleasant weekend all!
DoggoneGA
September 11th, 2009
5:30 pm
“At least,I think I Remember-uh what was I sayin?”
Like the old hippie who doesn’t need drugs anymore, because he gets the same effect by just standing up fast?
Jay
September 11th, 2009
5:33 pm
Thanks Paul. Hadn’t seen that.
The most interesting part was that the Arlington Tx school district had refused to show Obama’s speech, explaining it would interrupt the school day, but is busing 500 kids at taxpayers expense to Cowboy Stadium to hear George W. Bush.
AmVet
September 11th, 2009
5:35 pm
Perfect for the day before yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQiQLqAKOA
And Shoob-de-do-wah;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLqSwEqgxkQ
Hef
September 11th, 2009
5:42 pm
Doggone-Or in my case,movement in general.
jokerman
September 11th, 2009
5:42 pm
Whiner .. A little something to debunk your often misinformation concerning global warming.
“2 German cargo ships pass through ‘Arctic Passage’
“In July, new NASA satellite measurements showed that sea ice in the Arctic was not just shrinking in area, but thinning dramatically”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_arctic_passage
And here is a song dedicated to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRv34Cat3Vw
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:45 pm
Thes guys ain’t the Beatles, but are definitely British and deserve to be in the rock and Roll Hall of Fame…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdzUi-vfA4
josef nix
September 11th, 2009
5:46 pm
@@
“Not one piece have you done in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01.”
I noticed that, too. Sad. Even my Little Ones at school remembered.
Jay
September 11th, 2009
5:47 pm
Jokerman, I see that clip was filmed at the Circus Krone in Munich, which takes me back. The first rock concert I ever attended was at Circus Krone. It was Pink Floyd debuting their “Dark Side of the Moon” album, and the experience was … very interesting.
DoggoneGA
September 11th, 2009
5:52 pm
“Pink Floyd debuting their “Dark Side of the Moon”
Ok, now *I* feel old. My first, and only rock concert, was Iron Butterfly in Jacsksonville, FL and they did a 35 minute “Ina Gadda Davida”
wet wiccan
September 11th, 2009
5:54 pm
AmVet @ 5:28 – Thanks for that post. Didn’t you go to see Sir Paul a couple of weeks ago? How was it?
Jay
September 11th, 2009
5:55 pm
Dog, are your ears still ringing?
@@
September 11th, 2009
5:55 pm
Doggone:
Had I made a comment it would have been a reminder to jay of something he obviously forgot. For personal reasons, I no longer feel a sense of obligation to jay.
I was over at Kyle’s reading the piece he did on 9/11/01. If it’s any consolation, Wooten didn’t do one either.
I can only guess that Kyle hasn’t grown as hard and crusty as jay and Jim.
I’ve visited a multitude of sites that are offering tributes. A moment of reflection.
Back to the Beatles for you.
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:56 pm
Josef, it’s hard to find a song that really fits 9121 and I’ve been looking…this is the best I can do…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbpgmJCxT8&feature=related
DoggoneGA
September 11th, 2009
5:56 pm
“Dog, are your ears still ringing?”
Yep! Still one of my all-time favorites too.
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:57 pm
I was at the Pink Floyd concert here too. What a show!!!
AmVet
September 11th, 2009
5:57 pm
wiccan, yes, me and about 50,000 of my closest friends saw Paul in Piedmont Park. What an experience! It was odd going to see a rock show and just KNOWING that people wee gonna cry at it. Music is such a powerful thing and let’s face it, he and those other three guys changed the world.
Thank Gawd for liberals!
Always loved John’s voice on these two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcDSndO0Vr4
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygocvhKtcwo
Normal
September 11th, 2009
5:58 pm
Josef, that’s 911…I got fat fingers
jokerman
September 11th, 2009
6:01 pm
Jay been to Munchen several times while a G.I. (Oktoberfest) sorry to say never got much past the beir gartens.
wet wiccan
September 11th, 2009
6:02 pm
In remembrance of Freddy Mercury, whose birthday was this week. I love this song and he sings like an angel. I miss him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8-rH2ilkxk
I Report/ Vast White Wing Conspirator (-: You Whine )-:
September 11th, 2009
6:03 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_kNeorDSk
Normal
September 11th, 2009
6:07 pm
Coming soon…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtSpsYURAQ&feature=related
Tom
September 11th, 2009
6:07 pm
Tis NASCAR/NRA Time. The frothing Little People vomit forth their anger and witlessness. It is good.
Normal
September 11th, 2009
6:09 pm
Flash backs, anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHBCpTbRqpE&feature=related
josef nix
September 11th, 2009
6:12 pm
FOR 9/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS4ZW6f89QI
AmVet
September 11th, 2009
6:17 pm
What a great time to be alive:
Both from A Hard Day’s Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgNM1_3Tx9A&feature=related
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKl4ufehjpA
josef nix
September 11th, 2009
6:21 pm
Favorite Beatle, good music, good cause
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VpuBxRhhkw