The Beatles - because smurf everyone

[Goldenboko]

All I really want is to bro-out with The Man about how I can listen to them four 4 hours straight and when the iPod finally runs out of their music, it's okay because it's on repeat.

"A Day In the Life" is probably my number one favorite song by them. After that it really all blurs depending on my mood. I love Rocky Raccoon. I always picture Rocky as Sylvester Stallone, but then it's really no surprise that I'm a better shot then him

Also an a similar note I found out that "Imagine" is made up of a very easy 6 notes. Now I can look cultured and musical and trout.

[charliepanayi]

Abbey Road is my favourite album of theirs.

And everyone should stop being mean about poor Ringo!

[Flying Mullet]

Who are The Beatles?

[Goldenboko]

They're pretty underground, you've probably never heard of them.

[NeoCracker]

Blackbird and I wanna Hold your hand are my favorites.

I don't think they are, on a whole, amazing.

What I think is they are consistently good with a couple really good songs here and there.

[Flying Mullet]

They're pretty underground, you've probably never heard of them.

Do they have a MySpace page?

[Chris]

This just seems extremely insane to me.

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[Araciel]

Norwegian Wood

[Goldenboko]

Norwegian Wood

I recently read an old interviewer with John Lennon about how badly he wanted to talk about the orgies they had, but didn't because many members of the Beatles were married which spawned the song Norwegian Wood

[The Man]

I agree, smurf everyone.

Anyway, best album? If forced to choose at gunpoint I'd probably have to go with The White Album just because of the variety. Also, many of their best songs are on it - "Blackbird", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Julia", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", etc. Abbey Road and Revolver are also strong contenders.

There are a large number of candidates for best Beatles song ever. "A Day in the Life" is certainly one of them. Apart from the White Album songs I mentioned, I'd throw on "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus", the whole suite on Abbey Road starting with "You Never Give Me Your Money", and probably a number of selections from Revolver. From the early period I really like "No Reply" and "I'll Be Back", but let's be honest, there was a period there where they started outdoing themselves with virtually every album (with the arguable exception of Beatles for Sale). Some of the early stuff is great, but it really doesn't hold a candle to their later psychedelic weirdness. The Beatles are a great exhibit for the "Drugs have done good things for us" school of argument.

Of course we all know how popular they were, but tons of artists have been popular and not had lasting value. The Beatles have. The number of bands who would not exist, or would sound radically different without, the Beatles is so massive that I don't really even know where to begin. There are only a handful of artists from the same era who can make a legitimate claim to having influenced as many musicians - Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, Neil Young, and maybe Miles Davis. A few other contenders would come around later - possibly '70s-era Pink Floyd. (Yes, Floyd's early stuff with Barrett, which started around '66, is great, but it's not Beatles-level influential).

Anyway, great band. I could write a lot more about them but it's been awhile since I returned to their music. Might go back to it this weekend.

[Tigmafuzz]

I'd like to be
under the sea
in an octopus's garden, in the shade

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Also Norwegian Wood.

I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but their range means most people have at least one song they like. It's tough to argue against their influence as well.

[Laddy]

The White Album is my personal favorite, followed by Sgt. Pepper.

As for song? That's damn hard. I absolutely adore "While My Heart Gently Weeps", so maybe that. Also, "Yesterday" and "A Day In The Life" is awesome too.

[Mercen-X]

Hey Jude, You're Going to Lose That Girl. What You're Doing. You Can't Do That. You Know What to Do. We Can Work It Out With a Little Help From My Friends. She Said She Said She Loves You, Yes It Is Real Love.