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JulianT View member profile	Friday, 02:05 PM Post #181
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,568 User: 8,705	37th: 289 points Revolution BGLGzRXY5Bw Voters: Severin 40 Notorious D.O.T. 39 Bjork 36 dandy* 35 Jade 34 jimwatts 30 popchartfreak 23 danG 20 Brer 14 Chez Wombat 12 WhoOdyssey 5 JulianT 1 This is a song from the “White Album”. Multiple versions were recorded, including the best known rocky version, a slower bluesy version called “Revolution 1” and the abstract blend of sounds and noises called “Revolution 9” which doesn’t really bear any relation to the song people know. The Beatles rarely involved themselves with politics, “Taxman” being an exception. This was a response by John to some of the political left at the time putting pressure on them to be revolutionaries.


Roba. View member profile	Friday, 02:10 PM Post #182
Rob aah Joined: 3 July 2007 Posts: 38,327 User: 3,804	'I Feel Fine' is grand.


Jade View member profile	Friday, 02:26 PM Post #183
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,209 User: 12,810	'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is gorgeous, such a tender and moving John ballad I find the Help! project underrated in terms of Beatles album discourse - it'd probably scrape into my top 5 of theirs, plenty of great songs even if not quite as ground-breaking as later work. 'With A Little Help From My Friends' has grown on me exponentially over the years, I find it really charming these days. 'Revolution' is awesome - what an attention-grabbing, unhinged intro . I used to be obsessed with one of the slower versions of it as well, 'Revolution 1 Take 20', as someone used the entirety of it in the background of their Beatles collection video on YouTube - it was instantly lodged in my brain. That version was 11 minutes long and I apparently have 70 scrobbles of it on my last.fm, which I think would've all come from my iPod during sixth form days, the fixation was real I absolutely love the riff throughout 'I Feel Fine' and that intro feedback is indeed a standout feature too <3


Popchartfreak View member profile	Yesterday, 09:49 AM Post #184
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,863 User: 17,376	deep into Beatles classics now! You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was written about gay manager Brian Epstein, apparently, which adds pathos given what happened to him, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me in my teens, there weren't any other obvious songs offering support until Killing Of Georgie in 1976 (thanks Rod). I Feel Fine I bought in 1976, amongst the Beatles chart invasion as all the singles were out with new (awful) sleeve covers - plus Yesterday for the first time. I was mad on those riffs and the intro! Revolution lived in the shadow of Hey Jude, but it got some airplay in the 60's, It was the Blue Album Xmas 1975 that got me into it big time. Rifftastic, and John as always had his finger on the pulse of what needed saying at the time.


JulianT View member profile	5 hours ago Post #185
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,568 User: 8,705	36th: 291 points All My Loving pOxAqhTaXzw Voters: jimwatts 46 Bjork 40 ben08 40 …ready for it 32 King Rollo 25 Roba. 25 JulianT 21 WhoOdyssey 15 Severin 13 dandy* 13 danG 12 popchartfreak 8 Notorious D.O.T. 1 This is a 1963 Paul track included on “With The Beatles”. While not a single it received considerable airplay, and was subsequently released as the title track of an EP including 2 tracks from “Please Please Me” and 2 from “With The Beatles”. Although it’s very much a product of the more primitive early Beatles sound, I think this uncomplicated ballad has a lot of heart to it, and it’s done very well here for an early non hit.


Roba. View member profile	5 hours ago Post #186
Rob aah Joined: 3 July 2007 Posts: 38,327 User: 3,804	'All My Loving' has done well indeed.


Popchartfreak View member profile	5 hours ago Post #187
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,863 User: 17,376	Yes, that was unexpected! 6-year-old me thanks everyone who voted it this high, I loved it more than actual Beatles singles at the time!


JulianT View member profile	4 hours ago Post #188
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,568 User: 8,705	35th: 293 points Can’t Buy Me Love srwxJUXPHvE Chart run: 8-{1}-1-1-2-4-7-13-15-22-25-30-38-44-47R(2)->15 Voters: …ready for it 44 Roba. 35 WhoOdyssey 34 Brer 33 Bjork 29 ben08 29 gooddelta 28 Severin 27 popchartfreak 15 steve201 8 danG 7 Jade 4 It’s a double of early songs today, as the lead single from “A Hard Day’s Night” lands here. This was a #1 in many countries including the UK and US, and remains their 3rd biggest pure seller in the UK with over 1.5 million copies, the 4th biggest seller of the 60s and one of the 40 biggest selling singles of all time. “Can’t Buy Me Love” is certainly a stonker of a rock ‘n’ roll song, but there’s a clear evolution between it and “A Hard Day’s Night” and I think this marks the end of their early phase before they really began to push the envelope.