Very Early Songs you like

[Hello Goodbye]

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

Maybe that was Paul's way of livening up the Latin beat...Desi Arnaz style...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6AF8e6SQHQ#

Chick-chicky boom!   

[Hello Goodbye]

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.

Brian Epstein wasn't wrong in his insistence.  He had his finger on the pulse of popular music in the early 60s.  He was quite intuitive in this regard.  Latin music was very popular at that time and dance halls played cha-chas and rumbas.  Indeed, bossa nova soon became popular with the hallmark Girl From Ipanema as well as Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 later on.

But fortunately The Beatles chose their own path in the music field.

[Hello Goodbye]

Okay, Kevin.  I'm sure you've been waiting for this one.  It's one of my favorite Beatles songs, early or late...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQ8nWZJrhA#

This version, with the organ, is my favorite.  What a romantic song this is!  Yes, the 1964 World's Fair New York City Pavilion was converted to an ice skating rink after the fair closed...








The organist used to play Mr. Moonlight frequently.  Skating with a girl to that tune was as romantic as it gets!  On ice, that is. 

[zipp]

Brian Epstein wasn't wrong in his insistence.

I'll choose Paul McCartney over Brian Epstein any day.

[nimrod]

Well you take a day or 2 off !!
I meant this thread to be Lennon?mcCartney written songs, but I didnt make that clear I guess  :police:

Anyway, it doesnt matter 

Mr Moonlight is horrible Baz, they couldve put World Without Love  on the album instead !

But apparently it was vetoed as the first line "Please lock me away" had them all in stitches  ha2ha

[Hello Goodbye]

Mr Moonlight is horrible Baz

I love that song!

[Hello Goodbye]

I meant this thread to be Lennon?mcCartney written songs, but I didnt make that clear I guess  :police:

Oh!  Well, Kev, in that case it's this one...








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



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28d_A_NuJ7A#



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbqgF_dd0rE#


Written by Paul when he was 16!

[Moogmodule]

Well you take a day or 2 off !!
I meant this thread to be Lennon?mcCartney written songs, but I didnt make that clear I guess  :police:

Oh

Well, on that theme, I think this is a catchy little tune and it was fun to hear Paul do it in concert.

https://youtu.be/hADNCcYFjc0

[zipp]

Mr Moonlight is horrible Baz, they couldve put World Without Love  on the album instead

Agreed.

World Without Love has a nice tune and they could have fixed the words.

And it's a Lennon/McCartney composition.

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

[Hello Goodbye]

Mr Moonlight is horrible Baz

Agreed.

I reckon neither of you know how to ice skate.   

[nimrod]

Agreed.

World Without Love has a nice tune and they could have fixed the words.

And it's a Lennon/McCartney composition.

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

Ive always loved that.
It also couldve replaced Mr Moonlight

[Hello Goodbye]

It also couldve replaced Mr Moonlight

I love that song!

[fendertele]

Tons but first one to mind is Hold me tight.

[Normandie]

Great song.

[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.

I'd forgotten exactly how much I love both versions of this song. With my usual caveat that I'm not a professional musician, I have to say I'm impressed that John was able to nail the falsetto notes. I hadn't realized he recorded his version during his "Lost Weekend." He certainly doesn't sound to me like someone who's basically in the middle of a months-long bender. (Or maybe he does—I really wouldn't know.    )