Very Early Songs you like

[Hello Goodbye]

Interesting. I just assumed from their arrangement it was another girl group one. Cool.

Right, Moog.  But here are The Beatles once again covering a girl group...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGe-jfFrxCk#


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRAGi8lXFmk#
The Donays   1962


I love those early Beatles covers!

[Hello Goodbye]

Another cover of a girl group I really like is Chains...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOhavaeJYk#



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U95UnkbfBc#
The Cookies   1962

[Moogmodule]

Phil Spector looks a bit like Cujo's Ed Lauter there. 

It looks like Phil's bodyguard didn't know what to do standing there so just joined in.

[Moogmodule]

Right, Moog.  But here are The Beatles once again covering a girl group...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGe-jfFrxCk#


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRAGi8lXFmk#
The Donays   1962


I love those early Beatles covers!

I like Devil in Her Heart. Not the greatest song on With the Beatles but fun

[Normandie]

But here are The Beatles once again covering a girl group...

The covers they did really helped expand my knowledge of music by tracking down the original songs. (OK, that sentence is a grammatical nightmare, but you all know what I mean.)

I like Devil in Her Heart. Not the greatest song on With the Beatles but fun

I like it, too; it's actually one of my favorites. 

[Normandie]

I've always liked their version of Besame Mucho; not a favorite, but still enjoyable. The original is lovely.

https://youtu.be/y0VwQXnkDqU


https://youtu.be/MY0fuEfBmD4

[zipp]

Besame Much is horrible schmaltzy goo.

Remember, they never released it in ths sixties.

And quite rightly so.

[Normandie]

Besame Much is horrible schmaltzy goo.

You know, when I started on ocean liner forums 'way back in the 90s, I learned a lot. One lesson was to precede an opinion that flat-out dismisses something as bad with something along the lines of "In my opinion. . . "

[zipp]

You know, when I started on ocean liner forums 'way back in the 90s, I learned a lot. One lesson was to precede an opinion with something along the lines of "In my opinion. . . "

You said Besame Mucho is "enjoyable". You said the original is "lovely".

You didn't say "in my opinion".

So you didn't learn that much on your ocean liner forums, did you?

[Normandie]

I think my phrasing in the first instance is sufficiently clear. And to pacify you, I'll rephrase: "I think the original is lovely."

Happy now?  roll:)

[zipp]

I think my phrasing in the first instance is sufficiently clear. And to pacify you, I'll rephrase: "I think the original is lovely."

Happy now?  roll:)

Nope.

And I still say Besame Mucho is without a doubt horrible schmaltzy goo and was most definitely never released officially by the Beatles in the sixties with good reason.

[Hello Goodbye]

The covers they did really helped expand my knowledge of music by tracking down the original songs. (OK, that sentence is a grammatical nightmare, but you all know what I mean.)

Yes, I know what you mean, Kathy.  And that's the beauty of a forum; it's the opportunity to discuss our thoughts on various subject matters and enables us to gain as well as impart knowledge.

In the early '60s, John Lennon was inspired by Rosie Hamlin of Rosie and the Originals to have The Beatles cover several of the girl group R&B and doo-wop songs...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5U2qUBExwA#
1960


Indeed, John Lennon called it his "all-time favorite" and recorded it in 1973...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4kea1yZj0E#

For certain reasons, John didn't include it on his Rock 'n' Roll covers album.  Yet it remained a song he held dear to his heart.  His vocal was different than any of his vocals I heard before, clearly paying homage to her.

[Hello Goodbye]

Besame Much is horrible schmaltzy goo.

Nonetheless, Bésame Mucho remains one of the most popular songs of The Twentieth Century and a Latin music standard.

[Normandie]

Indeed, John Lennon called it his "all-time favorite" and recorded it in 1973...

. . .

For certain reasons, John didn't include it on his Rock 'n' Roll covers album.  Yet it remained a song he held dear to his heart.  His vocal was different than any of his vocals I heard before, clearly paying homage to her.

Thanks so much for sharing those recordings, Barry; I loved them! I used to call (well, still do) my son my "sweet angel dream baby."

I'm going to add both of those to my playlist right now. 

[zipp]

Nonetheless, Bésame Mucho remains one of the most popular songs of The Twentieth Century and a Latin music standard.

Yes indeed.

The Beatles very probably were inspired by the Coasters' version which I like because it has a nice groove.

Unfortunately the Fabs, as with most of their Coasters' material, decided to do a jokey version with those ridiculous "cha-cha-booms".

Wer'e coming up to the sixtieth anniversay of the Decca audition where the Beatles performed this song.

By chance, I just read this:

"Paul did Besame Mucho at Brian's insistence. He muttered that it was a silly ballad." - Tony Bramwell, Magical Mystery Tours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFiITwlO5Ck#