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So for all of you Beatles fans (who isn't one), this is your chance to shine. I will be doing A LOT of driving next week for the holidays, and I want to put together the perfect Beatles compilation CD. You can:

 

1. Reply with an entire compilation (20 songs or so.. whatever would take up your standard CD-R)

2. Just throw out your favorite songs that you think should be on there.

 

This can include, popular songs, underated songs, underground songs.. Just whatever songs you think was their absolute greatest work. :thumbup

 

Thanks in advance!

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Please Please Me 1963

With The Beatles 1963

A Hard Day's Night 1964

Beatles For Sale 1964

Help! 1965

Rubber Soul 1965

Revolver 1966

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

Magical Mystery Tour 1967

The White Album 1968

Yellow Submarine 1969

Abbey Road 1969

Let It Be 1970

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Leave it up to Analogman to add a reply like that.. :rotfl

 

It's true though.. It's probably impossible to make a 20 song "Best of" for the beatles because everything they produced was their greatest.. But keep those personal favorites coming.. Thanks :thumbup

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in no particular order:

 

you know my name (look up the number)

across the universe

for you blue

something

you never give me your money (anything from here on out on abbey road is top notch)

dear prudence

glass onion

the continuing story of bunglow bill

while my guitar gently weeps

happiness is a warm gun

i'm so tired

sexy sadie

long long long

cry baby cry

the fool on the hill

flying

baby you're a rich man

all you need is love

getting better

fixin a hole

 

fuck there's too many songs to choose from. get an ipod

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Leave it up to Analogman to add a reply like that.. :rotfl

 

It's true though.. It's probably impossible to make a 20 song "Best of" for the beatles because everything they produced was their greatest.. But keep those personal favorites coming.. Thanks :thumbup

 

Joke -

 

Although - that's the way I listen to them.

 

I don't think I could listen to them out of sequence.

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"I Am the Walrus"

"Something"

"Let It Be"

"Get Back"

"In My Life"

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My Favorites:

 

I Saw Her Standing There

From Me to You

She Loves You

A Hard Day's Night

Things We Said Today

I Feel Fine

No Reply

Ticket to Ride

Help!

I'm Down

Girl

I'm Looking Through You

I'm Only Sleeping

Here, There & Everywhere

For No One

Across the Universe (anthology version)

Hey Bulldog

Hey Jude

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Sexy Sadie

Cry Baby Cry

Don't Let Me Down

The Ballad of John & Yoko

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Joke -

 

Although - that's the way I listen to them.

 

I don't think I could listen to them out of sequence.

 

You know, you bring up a good point. I should pay attention to sequence when I'm building this compilation. For instance keeping the older stuff first, and then ending with their latest etc.. I really do take these compilations seriously for some reason.. But the more I think about it and the more people reply, its almost like you can't have a compilation.. You just have to play their first album, then their next, and so on...

 

The 25 Big Classics

 

Please Please Me

Twist & Shout

She Loves You

I Want to Hold Your Hand

A Hard Day's Night

Ticket to Ride

Help!

Yesterday

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

In My Life

Eleanor Rigby

Tomorrow Never Knows

Penny Lane

Strawberry Fields Forever

A Day in the Life

All You Need Is Love

I Am the Walrus

Hey Jude

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Get Back

Something

Come Together

Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be

Across the Universe

 

My 25 Favorites:

 

I Saw Her Standing There

From Me to You

She Loves You

A Hard Day's Night

Things We Said Today

I Feel Fine

No Reply

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Ticket to Ride

Help!

I'm Down

You Won't See Me

Girl

I'm Looking Through You

I'm Only Sleeping

Here, There & Everywhere

For No One

Across the Universe (anthology version)

Hey Bulldog

Hey Jude

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Sexy Sadie

Cry Baby Cry

Don't Let Me Down

The Ballad of John & Yoko

 

Nice.. Thanks!

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I really love the song "Long, Long, Long".... in my opinion it's probably one of the most underrated songs in the Beatles catalog. "Here Comes the Sun" is probably my all time favorite song, ever! "Blackbird" and "Day Tripper" are the songs that got me into The Beatles. "Tomorrow Never Knows" inspired me to get into the production side of music.

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In general, my favorites tend to be the leat-played Beatles tracks (not that there is such a thing, but, for now...):

Hey Bulldog

It's All Too Much

I'm Only Sleeping

Two Of Us

She Said, She Said

I've Just Seen A Face

You've Really Got a Hold On Me

Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except For Me & My Monkey)

 

so, there's a few

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You know, you bring up a good point. I should pay attention to sequence when I'm building this compilation. For instance keeping the older stuff first, and then ending with their latest etc.. I really do take these compilations seriously for some reason.. But the more I think about it and the more people reply, its almost like you can't have a compilation.. You just have to play their first album, then their next, and so on...

 

 

 

Nice.. Thanks!

 

What I mean to say is - I would take all the cds and listen to them one at a time.

 

They still sound funny to me - as from early 1970s-199? - I only knew the US versions.

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I pared this down very quickly from all of the officially released material (though I didn't take anything from Live at the BBC). It clocks in at 79:50 (on Winamp, anyway), and it's very much geared to my own taste, but now that I've figured out this list I'm probably going to have to burn a copy of it for myself. :thumbup

 

I haven't sequenced it yet, so this is probably in alphabetical order by the albums the various tracks come from.

 

If I Fell

And I Love Her

Something

Here Comes the Sun

No Reply

I'm A Loser

Words of Love

You're Gonna Lose That Girl

Ticket to Ride

Two of Us

Don't Let Me Down

Across the Universe

Let It Be

Your Mother Should Know

I Feel Fine

I'm Down

Day Tripper

Rain

Lady Madonna

Don't Let Me Down

I'm Only Sleeping

For No One

In My Life

Getting Better

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Blackbird

Don't Bother Me

Hey Bulldog

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