"Cry for a Shadow" ain't bad. And I like "Don't Bother Me." "If I Needed Someone" is great and so is "Taxman." "I Want to Tell You" and "Love to You" not quite as good.
But I'd have to say his most cosmic, first great song is "Within You or Without You"--easily on the level lyrically of anything John wrote (and John liked this song). And just as great as "Tomorrow Never Knows."
And I don't think there are any other Beatles on it.
The instrumental track on Anthology is great by itself.
And I still don't know why those knuckleheads didn't immediately record and release "All Things Must Pass" when crap like "Dig It" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" were deemed important.
I've always felt the first song he recorded, Don't Bother Me, was great. It's fun to listen to his early takes to see how this song evolved. In my opinion, his songs just kept getting better all the time culminating with masterpieces like While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes The Sun. I've always admired his quiet and persistent mastery of both the guitar and his songwriting ability.
And I still don't know why those knuckleheads didn't immediately record and release "All Things Must Pass" when crap like "Dig It" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" were deemed important.
This is a mystery, adamzero. I wondered at several of their choices at that time, considering some of the songs that were released vs. others that were held over for the solo careers (although they didn't plan it that way at the time). I think it robbed the Beatles legacy of some truly fine work, which is regrettable, because I think the solo careers are followed by only a fraction of the Beatles following. So frustrating!
But choosing the songs to bump, that would be hard. I have my list, but then I see the songs I would bump appear as someone else's favorite tracks. I suppose it was that way with the Beatles as well. Or as George once said, you didn't necessarily bring in your best song, but the one you thought would be easiest for the group to understand and work with. So there might have been some of that pressure as well.
Great first song: Am I the only one addicted to "Think For Yourself?" I love it as well as "If I Needed Someone". Rubber Soul was George's breakout album, IMHO.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Rubber Soul is an incredible album. I think the Revolver-mania makes it and Sgt. Pepper get shoved to the side. Unfairly. John's work on Rubber Soul is as good or better than Revolver.
I think George comes out slightly better on Revolver than Rubber Soul just because he gets an extra song and the album opener. Still, If I Needed Someone is a classic.
I really like Think for Yourself, but that damned fuzz-bass is too hot in the mix. And I think there's a second bass (unfuzzed) under it too. I'd love to hear a mix of it without the fuzz.
George was kicking a** by the mid-60s as a songwriter. Gotta love his chord changes.
I think George comes out slightly better on Revolver than Rubber Soul just because he gets an extra song and the album opener. Still, If I Needed Someone is a classic.
Heartily agree with both statements! Yes, 3 George songs are better than 2. Especially when they're all so good!
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George was kicking a** by the mid-60s as a songwriter. Gotta love his chord changes.
I love this quote of Bob Dylan's, "Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid..." Well, George was the source of those outrageous chords (or "naughty" chords, as he would have preferred to call them). I love the story of George and Bob sitting down together and George saying, "Give me some words!" and Bob saying "What about those chords?"
I just bought Rubber Soul. *skips and jumps* I own hardly any Beatles music, but I found a deal on this and snapped it up. So now I own 4 Beatles albums. Thank goodness for the library and YouTube!
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
I am so looking forward to it! Getting to possess and revel in these treasures will be like reading Lord of the Rings for the first time. Not to be missed!
BlueMeanie, here's a present for you. Cheers!
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
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