Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Beatles and iTunes part II

Here's my top twenty must have itunes from 1967-1970.
1.Strawberry Fields Forever
2. Fixing a Hole
3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
4. A Day in the Life
5. I Am the Walrus
These 5 probably represent the best of the Beatles Psychedelic Period. Three from Pepper and Two from Magical Mystery Tour. Lennon would never be more lyrically obscure after these tracks. Even McCartney's Fixing a Hole is a trippy affair.
6. All You Need is Love
7. Baby You're a Rich Man
Two more from Mystery Tour. Track 6 is of course one of the two unofficial themes of the summer of love. The other is that Scott McKenzie tune ( San Fransisco)
While Sgt. Pepper gets all the glory, I've always felt the tracks on Magical Mystery Tour were overall Stronger, except for Your Mother Should Know and Flying....
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
9. Dear Prudence
10. Helter Skelter
11. Don't Pass Me By
Four from the White Album, one apiece. Harrison is clearly an equal in songwriting with the other two. The band is now 4 guys in different studios, doing different things but it's still magical.. Helter Skelter, Paul's answer to the Who's I Can See For Miles is the heaviest, dirtiest track the Beatles every put together, redeeming his absolutely crappy Ob-La- Di, Ob-La-Da
12. Revolution
Lennon's at his roughest in the Beatles. Brilliant. Crank up the opening riff!!!
13. Get Back
14. Hey Bulldog
15. It's All Too Much
Two from Yellow Submarine. Some psychedelic leftovers that still hold up today.
16. Come Together
17. Here Comes the Sun
18. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/ The End
O.K. I'm cheating a bit here. Three from Abbey Road. Harrison's 'Sun" is pure optimism and always makes me feel good. Come Together, Lennon's anthem for what??? and a bit the medley. Ringo's solo and a three guitar duel!! and the most prophetic line the Beatles ever sang.. And In the End...
19. Two of Us
20. Let It Be
Two from the Let It Be album. Two of Us is my favourite Beatles song. If I didn't own the discs, it would be the first iTune I would buy.
There it is. Twenty must have tracks from the Beatles studio years. Now will they be available tomorrow on iTunes???

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