DM's Beatles forums
A part of DM's Beatles site
Meet people from all over the World
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Author Topic: All I've Got to Do  (Read 3794 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Melack

  • A Beginning
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 59
  • I'm a Loser
All I've Got to Do
« on: September 22, 2009, 02:38:11 PM »
Hi, I'm new here :)

I just wanted to make an appreciation thread for one of my favorite songs.
It doesn't seem to be discussed that much around Beatles fans.

I'm just in love with the melody. It's such a sweet ballad.
I love the way John hums the main melody at the end, leaving me with a bittersweet feeling.

Does anyone else love this song?
Logged
Sheet Music Plus Homepage

BlueMeanie

  • Guest
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2009, 02:42:25 PM »
I think you'll find it quite popular around these parts.

Welcome, btw!
Logged

Bobber

  • Guest
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 06:25:47 PM »
Oh yes. Didn't we have a 'in praise of AIGTD' yet? Amazing!
Logged

alexis

  • A Thousand Pages
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1860
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 06:30:25 PM »
I love the Ringo/John's guitar interaction. It is so perfect.

Among other things!
Logged
I love John,
I love Paul,
And George and Ringo,
I love them all!

Alexis

Hello Goodbye

  • Global Moderator
  • At The Top Of The Stairs
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 20133
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2009, 06:55:00 PM »
Some great early Motown....by The Beatles!
Logged
I can stay till it's time to go

Melack

  • A Beginning
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 59
  • I'm a Loser
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2009, 07:09:02 PM »
Sorry if this song already got it's own thread.

I looked some pages back but didn't find anything and just wanted to express my love for the song.

I'm glad it seems to be popular here.
And yes the melody is very Motown-esque. But still unique and very Lennon esque of course.

The humming of the melody at the end shows it's strength in a great way in my opinion.
Logged

Jane

  • A Thousand Pages
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3760
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2009, 09:02:37 PM »
You are very good at describing songs, Melack! Not only in this thread.  :)
Logged

tkitna

  • That Means a Lot
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 8620
  • I'm a Moondog,,,,,are you?
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2009, 11:51:36 PM »
Its not one of my favorites.
Logged

Melack

  • A Beginning
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 59
  • I'm a Loser
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2009, 08:55:08 AM »
Quote from: tkitna on September 23, 2009, 11:51:36 PM
Its not one of my favorites.

Each to his own, it's my favorite on with the beatles :)
Logged

tkitna

  • That Means a Lot
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 8620
  • I'm a Moondog,,,,,are you?
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2009, 12:06:21 AM »
Quote from: Melack on September 24, 2009, 08:55:08 AM
Each to his own, it's my favorite on with the beatles :)


Fair enough. I just looked at the track listing again and counted 11 songs I like better on 'With The Beatles'

Its all good.
Logged

NowhereMan

  • One And One Is Two
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 29
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2009, 10:57:27 AM »
Was my favourite song by the four at one point - love the pulsating bass and John's vocals :P
Logged

lockyfan

  • One And One Is Two
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 46
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2010, 10:40:04 AM »
i love the entire song from beginning to end, one of hte best of their early period to me actually
Logged

Hello Goodbye

  • Global Moderator
  • At The Top Of The Stairs
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 20133
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2019, 01:23:57 AM »
https://youtu.be/anMW41uvb_s



Some good covers...


https://youtu.be/FLBxdHR5l6s
Susanna Hoffs


https://youtu.be/GHEe_JbQwPE
Linda Ronstadt and Peter Asher


Logged
I can stay till it's time to go

Hello Goodbye

  • Global Moderator
  • At The Top Of The Stairs
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 20133
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2019, 01:25:09 AM »
https://youtu.be/mvnxbwO7VPc
The Castillo Kids

 icon_good
Logged
I can stay till it's time to go

Hello Goodbye

  • Global Moderator
  • At The Top Of The Stairs
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 20133
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2019, 04:59:21 AM »
^

Encore!  Encore!



https://youtu.be/lg_UcCw6B3o


 icon_good
Logged
I can stay till it's time to go

Mr Mustard

  • Getting Better
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 702
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2019, 11:14:27 PM »
For me it's a beautiful song with a brooding melody which never gets the plaudits it deserves.

Sublime vocal dynamics and impressive flirtation between John's rhythm chords and Ringo's Hi-hat.

The second of four tremendous opening tracks on "With The Beatles", before side one (I'm thinking in vinyl here) takes a nosedive.
Logged

Hello Goodbye

  • Global Moderator
  • At The Top Of The Stairs
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 20133
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2019, 12:39:06 AM »
I see it's been a little over ten years since I made the comment "Some great early Motown....by The Beatles!"  Indeed John was influenced by Smokey Robinson and Arthur Alexander during this time period and covered some of their songs.  John borrowed the introductory fourth chord and lyrical intent from The Miracles' 1959 romantic ballad (You Can) Depend On Me...


https://youtu.be/e-Od1IcSIkY


Logged
I can stay till it's time to go

Moogmodule

  • A Thousand Pages
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 4287
  • “Moog was the truth” TheseLyricsDoNotExist 2023
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2020, 10:31:42 PM »
I like All I’ve Got to Do. It’s one I didn’t hear til I was older as my brothers didn’t have the album so had to wait til I bought it myself. It’s a decent tune with a great John vocal. So hard not to like from my point of view.
Logged

nimrod

  • Global Moderator
  • A Thousand Pages
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 4891
Re: All I've Got to Do
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2020, 12:24:22 AM »
Great song, love it.

 icon_good
Logged
Kevin

All You Need Is Love
 

Page created in 1.385 seconds with 83 queries.