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Post by nine on Apr 2, 2009 8:25:53 GMT -5
The contenders are....
I Me Mine (Maybe shouldn't be included but Johnny had left at this point),
I'm The Greatest
All Those Years Ago
Free As A Bird
Real Love
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Post by beatlejuice72 on Apr 7, 2009 18:57:56 GMT -5
I gotta go with "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" by John. Phenomenal track. I never get tired of listening to it. Say what you want about Phil Spector, but he brought so much to that track. It was sad to see The Beatles break up in 1970, but after listening to this track by John it's easy for me to see why he wanted to break out on his own. George Martin was great for The Beatles, but Phil Spector was great for John Lennon at least in the early 1970s.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 8, 2009 15:53:34 GMT -5
I gotta go with "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" by John. Phenomenal track. I never get tired of listening to it. Say what you want about Phil Spector, but he brought so much to that track. It was sad to see The Beatles break up in 1970, but after listening to this track by John it's easy for me to see why he wanted to break out on his own. George Martin was great for The Beatles, but Phil Spector was great for John Lennon at least in the early 1970s. Ditto! A great single. Great song. Great recording. |
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Post by georgeclint on Apr 18, 2009 16:33:13 GMT -5
YEAH 'INSTANT KARMA' IS PRETTY DAMN GOOD. SO IS 'MAYBE I'M AMAZED,' 'IT DON'T COME EASY,' 'MY SWEET LORD,'
AND 'FREE AS A BIRD,' AND 'IMAGINE.' THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT CUTS ON PAUL'S 'FLAMING PIE' CD AND I STILL LIKE LENNON'S 'GOD.'
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Post by vectisfabber on Apr 18, 2009 17:46:43 GMT -5
If I had to limit myself to one each I would go for:
Beautiful Boy
Daytime Nighttime Suffering (which might change in 5 minutes' time)
Handle With Care
Photograph
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Post by Beatle Bob on Apr 18, 2009 21:08:14 GMT -5
The contenders are.... I Me Mine (Maybe shouldn't be included but Johnny had left at this point), I'm The Greatest All Those Years Ago Free As A Bird Real Love I gather based on above, your criteria for "Best Post Beatles Song" means 3 or more Beatles on a track post breakup? The we can't really include "I Me Mine" as the breakup isn't official until April '70, when Paul spilled the beans on his Q&A in the McCartney album,so I'd have to go with "Free As A Bird", as it gathered the surviving Beatles together for the first time that including John's vocal and piano playing. For me it was a joy hearing it on the ANTHOLOGY broadcast on ABC-TV. It brought tears to my eyes. Regards, Beatle Bob  |
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Post by mikev on Apr 19, 2009 6:09:54 GMT -5
I think a cool idea for Anthology would have been to pick four of their best individual solo tracks from the seventies and rerecord them as a group. To have all four Beatles on it I choose the following:
Paul - Uncle Albert-utilizing vocals of the song by John Lennon (with Ringo) from Syracuse in 1971.
Ringo-I'm the Greatest or Life Begins at 40. Cookin is too weak. Goodnight Vienna maybe.
John-Imagine-using the organ version
George-What is Life -this would have been most difficult, as John never played on a solo Harrison track-but he was supposedly at the What is Life sessions.
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Post by beatleroadie on Apr 28, 2009 16:24:06 GMT -5
Didn't John record a demo of "Help!" done slowly on acoustic guitar in the 1970s?
Paul, George and Ringo could have used that as the basis for a new version of "Help!" on Anthology. That would have actually fulfilled one of John's wishes.
I also think P, G and R were too restrictive when picking new Beatles songs to record for Anthology. I like "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love," but I was always perturbed that A3 did not have a new song on it. Not just as a Beatles fan, but as someone who likes continuity, ya know?
They should have just rewritten and completed "Now and Then" referencing John's demo as a composition, not using it as a backing track. So what if John wasn't playing or singing on the finished version of "Now and Then"? If he wrote the chorus and a verse, he's still in the process (and more involved than he was on several '60s Beatles recordings). George and Paul could have sung it, and it would have been great!
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Post by gripweed on Jul 20, 2009 0:10:38 GMT -5
Instant Karma has that great Alan White drumming. Fantastic song.
George - Isn't it a Pity
Paul - Every Night
Ringo - I'll go with I'm the Greatest with John backing vocals.
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Post by beatleroadie on Jul 23, 2009 22:15:19 GMT -5
All Things Must Pass would be pretty obvious, but I'll go with Gimme Some Truth. John worked on it with the other three during the Get Back sessions like George did with ATMP, but GST features George on guitar as well as John. So 2 Beatles > 1 Beatle. Although if someone tells me that was Ringo playing on ATMP, then my theory is shot. But I think he only played on a couple of those tracks...didn't Keltner do the bulk of the drumming?
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Post by ronbeat on Jul 28, 2009 16:03:58 GMT -5
from John - "Instant Karma"
from George - "What Is Life?"
from Ringo - "I'm the Greatest"
Paul is gonna be a difficult one...totally out of left field..."Junior's Farm". I just never get tired of that song.
At first, I thought you meant the (Pete) Best Post-Beatles, Beatle Song...and I was saying to myself, "Didn't know Pete covered a Beatles song after he left?" ;D
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Post by gv1967 on Oct 23, 2009 15:15:56 GMT -5
Rather hard but here goes:
John Lennon - #9 Dream
Paul McCartney - Too Many People
George Harrison - Flying Hour (edited, sped up version intended for release)
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
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Post by winstonoboogie on Oct 23, 2009 17:03:16 GMT -5
So gripweed, is that a picture of your wife in your avatar? If so, then yowza!   |
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