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Little Piggy Dragonguy said

Starr Shine? said

Hold Me Tight – idk mmm, this song got energy it is a bop.

I agree. Hold Me Tight is fun. 

Little Child – I don’t like old adults hooking up with a ‘Little Child ’. Unlike their other more uncomfortable songs, it doesn’t slap hard enough to ignore the lyrics. If I could ignore lyrics, it would be higher than All I Gotta Do

It’s very weird for grown adults to be singing like that about a little kid. I don’t understand how they could write it and think the lyrics were okay to actually put on an album. Pretty creepy, honestly. 

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It’s the language used at the time and there are numerous other examples, the immediate one that comes to mind is ‘Young Girl’ by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap which was released 5 years after ‘Little Child ‘. ABBA were singing ‘Does Your Mother Know‘ in the 70’s.

With the football into extra time might as well do one of these.

1. All I’ve Got To Do – A pure innocence flows thru this. Folk highlight ‘This Boy ‘ and ‘If I Fell ‘ when trying to prove John had a tender side to him, this is up there. The confidence in this is incredible and Ringo’s drumming, love the hi-hat use.
2. Not A Second Time – Always been a favourite, could be top but probably not. John trying desperately to convince himself he won’t go back but we all know he will, and we have all been there. 
3. It Won’t Be Long – I was blown away when I first heard this as a kid and still am – the force from the first millisecond to the very end. A brilliant opener to an album as you don’t have time to be hooked, you simply are. 
4. You Really Got A Hold On Me – I loved this as a kid, John sounds like he hasn’t a clue what he’s meant to do in life yet you believe every damn word he is signing and all the emotions he was going thru. Any doubt of the Beatles being able to take covers and own them forever after the first album must have been thrown down the deepest chasm after hearing this kind of number. A second album is meant to be tricky, this is an example of that not being an issue – clear progress in every way possible.
5. Please Mister Postman – A cracking cover which turns a cutesy request into a raucous demand which makes you fear for the postman. So much fun and leaves you delighted there was a breather at the end, if you are listening to the vinyl.
6. Till There Was You – Listen to the Decca run-thru and you’d be struggling to believe it’s the same band, the difference in 18 or so months is unbelievable. The drummer sounds like he knows what he’s doing, the singer is singing properly not crappy pretend crooning (I hate how Paul sings on most of the Decca tracks) and George’s solo is outstanding. When ‘LATBBC’ came out in ’94 there was a review/run-thru in the ‘Beatles Monthly’ which said that it was finally irreversible proof to all the doubters that George did the album solo on ‘TTWY’ and I get why. It is very easy to see why the Beatles failed at Decca, and then be mightily relieved that they did.
7. All My Loving – Can see why this got so much press as it’s such a mature track from a 20/21 year old but I always find something missing. As mentioned by so many, including John himself, Johns guitar work is fantastic. 
8. Don’t Bother Me – George’s debut and it’s decent enough for a starter. Solid enough but I think I prefer the unfettered basic track that exists on bootleg. Not sure there is much to add.
9. Roll Over Beethoven – A decent cover which is easily superseded by the live BBC recordings. Fun tho.
10. Devil In Her Heart – A decent cover which is easily superseded by the live BBC recordings. Fun tho.
11. I Wanna Be Your Man – A fun original which is easily superseded by the live BBC recordings. Fun tho.
12. Little Child – It’s a fun rocker which was and will always be filler. It comes, it goes, it serves a purpose and never overstays it’s time – John was brilliant at these. 
13. Money (That’s What I Want) – The opening is the best part of the song, otherwise it’s a mundane Beatles cover that I fail to see what others do. There is a marked improvement from the dreadfully weak Decca attempt which is something. Never been bothered by the BBC performances either. [One item to note tho is this was featured in an episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ (‘Mother Nature’s Son ‘) and is probably the highlight and one reason for watching it (so no point buying the DVD as it’s apparently been replaced).]
14. Hold Me Tight – Quite possibly the Beatles song I detest the most and one I will most always skip if not playing the album in full. There is nothing about this track I like and maybe nothing I can find bearable to tolerate it’s run time; as said before, John and George sound bored senseless, the rhythm track is all over the place and all whilst Paul tries way too hard on a track that should have been ditched for a second time (god knows how bad the ‘PPM ‘ version was if this was deemed better). And it annoys me even more and makes me detest the song even more that there is another Paul song with the exact same title which is in every way complete s**t.

Writing this out and the biggest note I come away with is the confidence in the Beatles playing and singing. And just how bad the Decca audition was.