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Favorite B-side song?
18 August 2011
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TheTaxmansGirl
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Hope there’s another thread like this.
My favorite would be probably Rain .

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18 August 2011
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Sorry for the double post. Meant to say “hope there’s NOT another thread like this.” 🙂

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18 August 2011
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Mine would probably be… Rain . Although I’m Down is my favourite when I need a laugh.

As if it matters how a man falls down.'

'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.

18 August 2011
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Rain (I'm beginning to see a trend here). Revolution is a close second.

Because the wind is high, it blows my mind.
18 August 2011
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Interesting…I was expecting people to say Revolution , but glad it’s Rain . Such a great song (aren’t they all?) and much better than the “rain rain go away, come again another day” (half) song.

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18 August 2011
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Rain . And yes, I think there's a topic like this… but I don't remember… a-hard-days-night-paul-10

Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……

Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…

Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.

Beware of Darkness… 

18 August 2011
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Tricky because some B sides are really “double A” songs: Day Tripper , Strawberry Fields.

Revolution might have been one of those.

A real B side song was Yellow Submarine . Considering the impact of that song when it became a movie two years later, it would have to rank as an all time great B side regardless of its musical/lyrical merits. Right?

"Into the Sky with Diamonds" (the Beatles and the Race to the Moon – a history)

18 August 2011
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My first thought was, of course, “Rain .” But then I thought of “Old Brown Shoe ” and “We Can Work It Out ” and “I’m Down .” So now I’m undecided.
Nah, “Rain ” pwns.

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18 August 2011
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mithveaen said:

Rain . And yes, I think there's a topic like this… but I don't remember… a-hard-days-night-paul-10

I believe that was the “B Sides Better than A Sides” topic, which is slightly different

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18 August 2011
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“Into the Sky with Diamonds” said:

Tricky because some B sides are really “double A” songs: Day Tripper , Strawberry Fields.

Revolution might have been one of those.

A real B side song was Yellow Submarine . Considering the impact of that song when it became a movie two years later, it would have to rank as an all time great B side regardless of its musical/lyrical merits. Right?

Yellow Submarine /Eleanor Rigby was a double A side.

It’s hard to say for me, Revolution is brilliant and Rain is really good too. I think Revolution shades it.

Edit: I always forget I Am The Walrus in these discussions. That's my favourite.

I told her I didn’t 

18 August 2011
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Beatles b-sides were never your average  'b-side' quality. How This Boy could only be a b-side is insane.

 

Anyway. Favourite. I'll go for Old Brown Shoe . Classic George. Out of the norm and vastly underrated.

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18 August 2011
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The Walrus said:

Edit: I always forget I Am The Walrus in these discussions. That's my favourite.

Same here. Certainly I Am The Walrus .

As if it matters how a man falls down.'

'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.

18 August 2011
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That really is difficult isn't it — naming a favourite B-side — considering the quality of the material.    Several years ago, I burned a CD consisting of just the B-sides of all their British singles (I counted “Day Tripper “, “Yellow Submarine ” and “Strawberry Fields” as B-sides, even though I believe they shared A-side status with their flipsides) — and I thought to myself “man, if EMI released this, it would be a Number One seller — what other artist could release an album of their B-sides and top the charts?”).

Anyway, my favourite Beatle B-side is “Revolution ” — um.. or is it “I Am The Walrus “?…. or perhaps “Old Brown Shoe “… no….. “This Boy “… no, wait….

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18 August 2011
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Rain ” (x 1000)

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18 August 2011
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a-hard-days-night-ringo-8What he said… x 1000 more.

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19 August 2011
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This Boy , but Rain is one…that I don't mind. Honorable mention for You Know My Name (Look up de number).

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21 August 2011
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Definitely I Am The Walrus . Not the normal fake stereo but the real stereo one.

22 August 2011
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I like 'Old Brown Shoe ' Thought that should have been the A side.

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22 August 2011
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Let me think… I'm between This Boy , Yes It Is , Rain , I Am The Walrus , Revolution , Come Together and You Know My Name. a-hard-days-night-ringo-4
It's true that many B-sides are good, often better than the A-sides, in my opinion.


22 August 2011
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This Boy or Rain I think.

EDIT: Ignore that, it's I'm Down all the way.

I think it's great you're going through a phase,

and I'm awfully glad it'll all be over in a couple

of days

 

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