The Beatles Bible - Forum: Please Please Me

Von Bontee on Was There Anything Left?

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:39:52 +0100

Yeah, it regularly pops up on "least favourite" lists. I'm curious why it took so many takes - possibly they had trouble staying in sync during the decelerando at the end?

They were really pushing themselves during that evening segment of the session, weren't they? Playing beat-the-clock, nailing the songs down in four takes or less rather than upwards of eight earlier in the day. (How many of those were false starts/breakdowns? And how many complete alternate takes are still in the archive?)

...ontherun on Was There Anything Left?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:11:42 +0100

Never cared for Hold Me Tight personally

mja6758 on Was There Anything Left?

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:30:50 +0100

There is another thread that asks whether Hold Me Tight should be added as the first attempt at recording took place on 11 February. It was also reported on 22 February 1963 by New Musical Express that Keep Your Hands Off My Baby had also been recorded. All of the evidence is against this.

Based on Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, here is what was recorded on that day.

10.00an-1.00pm
There's a Place [takes 1-10]
Seventeen (working title of "I Saw Her Standing There") [takes 1-9]

2.30-6.00pm
A Taste of Honey [takes 1-5]
Do You Want to ...

patbit on Please Please Me: Remaking A Classic

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:18:23 +0100

Watch it on youtube

Beatles in the Blood on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:06:03 +0100

I'd wouldn't put it on, Paul wouldn't have another vocal for WTB which he needed so I think it worked out well.

Beatles in the Blood on Was There Anything Left?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:57:36 +0100

Was there any songs lef over from the ten hour session, it just cam to my mind if there was any outtakes from that time. The only one I know of (that wasn't part of the ten hours) is How Do You Do It. Though that was intended for a single in 1962 so I'm not even sure if that counts.

parlance on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:57:28 +0100

Egroeg Evoli said

parlance said

*yells loudly* I love this freaking song! Every time I hear it I start dancing. Even if I have to car-dance.

parlance

I finally listened to it, and while I'm not quite as in love with it as parlance is, I like it.

parlance

Egroeg Evoli on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:26:31 +0100

parlance said

sky090909 said

AppleScruffJunior said
*whispers* I actually like Hold Me Tight *runs away*

*whispers* so do I

*yells loudly* I love this freaking song! Every time I hear it I start dancing. Even if I have to car-dance.

parlance

I finally listened to it, and while I'm not quite as in love with it as parlance is, I like it.

vonbontee on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:34:55 +0100

Aw c'mon Zig, you mean you're happy to talk about the same unlucky 13 studio albums the way they are?! From now until the end of eternity?

Are you denying having personally drooled at the prospect of an alternate-universe Revolver featuring "Rain"?!

sky090909 on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:42:40 +0100

Zig said
*climbs up on soap box*

In the name of God and everything Holy, can we please stop messing with the album tracks?

We are talking about the best, most successful, best selling band in the history of mankind and we want to omit/add/switch album tracks?

PUH-LEEEEEEEEEAAAAAASE gimme a break.

*jumps off soap box, mounts trusty steed and rides off into the sunset*

Although Zig was being sarcastic, I agree.

Even for my least favorite songs, they're on the albums for a reason. Why change it? I mean I guess its fun to imagine, but I ...

fabfouremily on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:12:29 +0100

I can't imagine any song being on any album that it wasn't on originally. So even if I wanted to change anything (which I most definitely don't), I wouldn't.

mja6758 on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:15:01 +0100

I think it's a great song as well. Question here seems to be whether the first two Beatles albums should be changed by moving it to Please Please Me from With The Tight.

parlance on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:22:53 +0100

sky090909 said

AppleScruffJunior said
*whispers* I actually like Hold Me Tight *runs away*

*whispers* so do I

*yells loudly* I love this freaking song! Every time I hear it I start dancing. Even if I have to car-dance.

parlance

Egroeg Evoli on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:03:38 +0100

Thanks, I'll listen to it when I get a chance- I'm not allowed to listen to music (or anything with sound, for that matter) after a certain time. Mom's rule.

EDIT: I tried to listen to it with the volume very, very low, and it sounded like K-Pop or J-Pop or something like that...

sky090909 on Would You Add Hold Me Tight to Please Please Me?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:20:53 +0100

Egroeg Evoli said

sky090909 said

AppleScruffJunior said
*whispers* I actually like Hold Me Tight *runs away*

*whispers* so do I

*whispers* I've never actually heard it before, or if I did, I don't remember it.