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Beatles forums => Polls => Topic started by: Walrus on August 21, 2011, 11:28:03 PM
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I'm not a fan of this album either, although I love the movie! I guess You Can't Do That is my favorite.
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its a wonderful album IMO, John in particular was on fire and as a band they are wonderful here.
sorry Walrus I cant choose a best ;sorry
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Lots of good ones here. 'Can't Buy Me Love' edges them out for me, though. Great lyrics, melody, energy. A top track.
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Great album, very energetic. The title track is my favourite here, and probably my favourite early Beatles song.
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I love If I Fell.A Hard Day's Night is high on my favorite Beatles albums.
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My favourite is Can`t Buy Me Love! And all the rest too...
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And I Love Her.
I'm such a Paul girl....
Though I also really love Things We Said Today, I'll Be Back, Anytime At All, and If I Fell.
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'If I Fell' is amazing. Particularly in mono.
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Hi guys !! yes , I chose "If I fell" as my favourite track . John,s ability to "cut to the chase" with his lyrics was a gift that endured throughout his career as a musician . John,s hard man image takes one on the chin here as his soft under belly is exposed and we are given a fly on the wall experience as John lays it on thick to some would be lover or other ! In many ways a precursor to "Norwegian wood" which was a retrospective overview of some brief liason that perhaps failed to deliver on it,s initial promise .
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Man, that's tough. I'm gonna have to go with I Should Have Known Better.
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Happy Just To Dance With You and If I Fell.
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Its too hard to pick a 'best' I like them all.
But it seems If I Fell is the winner, and I agree John cut through with those lyrics, beautiful melody and harmonies.
'If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true, and help me understand,
cos Ive been in love before, and Ive found that love was more, than just, holding hands....'
those are great lyrics, with a deeper meaning than songs like She Loves You
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And I Love Her
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Talk about a monumental task! The only reason I chose "If I Fell" instead of "And I Love Her" is that it has always amazed me how perfectly Paul and John's voices blend together in it. It was a long time before I realized that the lead was shared in this song and when I did it blew me away! Of course "And I Love Her" has some of the most touching lyrics ever. Sigh.... LOL
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I cherish three things in life - Old paperback novels, standing on a terrace on a Saturday afternoon, and b-sides.
'You Can't Do That'.
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I'm with And I Love Her. I agree this is a hard one to judge as all the songs are good!
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Although I love the movie, it's not my favourite album. Though there are some good Songs, like "If I fell".
My favourite is "Anytime at all" because I love the the drive and the voices of Paul and John on it.
Snoopy
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Lots of great songs, but I Should Have Known Better takes it for me. The fun level and energy with the lyrics and tone John sings with is awesome.
"That when I tell you I love you..." Gets me every time.
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Although I love the movie, it's not my favourite album. Though there are some good Songs, like "If I fell".
My favourite is "Anytime at all" because I love the the drive and the voices of Paul and John on it.
Snoopy
Yeah I love ATAA too, sung with such energy....PLAY IT LOUD !!!
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Yeah I love ATAA too, sung with such energy....PLAY IT LOUD !!!
Me too Kev. It's cool the way it starts and the rest is great too. ;)
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AHDN album show's Georges 12 String Rickenbacker at it's best!
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Me too Kev. It's cool the way it starts and the rest is great too. ;)
I can listen to it Anytime......At All !! :D
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I can listen to it Anytime......At All !! :D
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Right now it's...
The Beatles - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YitKiVZ8E#)
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Somewhere I saw someone write that her favorite Beatles song is always the last one she heard. That may not always be true but it sure seems to be true for me with A Hard Day's Night. I'm glad this isn't a life or death decision!
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Somewhere I saw someone write that her favorite Beatles song is always the last one she heard. That may not always be true but it sure seems to be true for me with A Hard Day's Night. I'm glad this isn't a life or death decision!
Me too! I just changed my mind to I Cry Instead!
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Somewhere I saw someone write that her favorite Beatles song is always the last one she heard. That may not always be true but it sure seems to be true for me with A Hard Day's Night.
thats great kelley, I just listened to 'I'll get You' first time in ages, what a great song for a B side, its my current favourite Beatle song :D
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I just listened to 'I'll get You' first time in ages, what a great song for a B side, its my current favourite Beatle song :D
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, whoa yeah! :)
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I've been mulling this topic (i.e., how to choose a favorite off this album) for a long time, and I can't do it. I love all of the AHDN songs so much, I just can't narrow
it down. They're all so fantastic.
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I've been mulling this topic (i.e., how to choose a favorite off this album) for a long time, and I can't do it. I love all of the AHDN songs so much, I just can't narrow
it down. They're all so fantastic.
totally agree ;)
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totally agree ;)
Spurred on by reading this thread, I've gone back to listen to AHDN again after not really hearing it through for quite a long time. It's an extremely high standard album. Very hard to pick a favourite. I usually go back and forth amongst the title track, If I fell, I'll be Back, Any Time at All and I Should Have Known Better. But there's not a dud song on the album and I'd happily listen to any of the tracks.
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So why does it rarely get called out in the greatest album discussions? If one found this forum, read this post first then went to one of the greatest album posts they would assume it was a slam dunk for AHDN.
I think people often get too deep when they are asked "greatest Beatle album" type questions. This may be it, top to bottom of fun and well written songs. Sure, it didn't charge into concept album space, didn't introduce new sounds, it wasn't a part of the summer of love, but it is a damn fine album that rarely gets mentioned as such. Four guys writing and playing together. Oh yeah, and a movie wrapped around it or it wrapped around a movie...good movie too.
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So why does it rarely get called out in the greatest album discussions? If one found this forum, read this post first then went to one of the greatest album posts they would assume it was a slam dunk for AHDN.
That's a good question. I wonder of its because this album is seen very much as belonging to the early Beatlemania period where the perceived audience was young girls. The music still shows the mark of merseybeat. So it has a more dated air to it. People pay lip service to it as the best of the early stuff. Which by definition separates it from the later catalogue.
Later albums such as Revolver, White Album etc are closer to what our modern conception of rock music is. So they're easier for latter day audiences to relate to. And they're perceived as "cooler".
I'm not saying I agree with these views. But even I'll admit that I haven't listened to AHDN as much as some other Beatle stuff despite its clear qualities.
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This may be it, top to bottom of fun and well written songs.
You're right; it is a fun album. When I first started listening to the Beatles on my own this was the album I played most. Of course, my sister stopped after Rubber Soul for some reason so I didn't have all the albums to choose from. And I was only 8 years old then but I haven't changed my mind on this one!