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14 June 2016
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So I got this idea from the other solo Beatles 1 topic. However, rather than having solo #1 singles, this album consists of solo songs that resemble the songs on “1” in one way or another. For example we could put “Isn’t It A Pity ” in place of “Hey Jude “, or “Imagine ” in place of “Let It Be “.
*Try to avoid rerecordings, like Ringo’s “Love Me Do ” from Vertical Man, and Paul’s “Long And Winding Road” and “Eleanor Rigby ” from Give My Regards To Broad Street .
*Also try to avoid covers since there wasn’t any on the original “1”. A Beatle had to have written to the song, although it doesn’t have to be the same Beatle singing(mostly in the case of Ringo songs).
Here is the “1” tracklist as well as the paralleled solo songs which will be added/adjusted as decided.
1 Love Me Do —————————-
2 From Me To You ———————-Write A Letter (Paul)
3 She Loves You ————————
4 I Want To Hold Your Hand ———-Hi, Hi, Hi (Paul)
5 Can’t Buy Me Love ——————-
6 A Hard Day’s Night ——————-I’ll Give You A Ring
7 I Feel Fine —————————–She’s My Baby (Paul)
8 Eight Days A Week ——————-Everyday (Ringo)
9 Ticket To Ride ————————-Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long (George)
10 Help !————————————Cold Turkey (John)
11 Yesterday ——————————Here Today (Paul)
12 Day Tripper —————————-Girlfriend (Paul)
13 We Can Work It Out ——————Eye To Eye (Ringo)
14 Paperback Writer ———————
15 Yellow Submarine ——————–Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (Paul)
16 Eleanor Rigby ————————-Another Day (Paul)
17 Penny Lane —————————-Crackerbox Palace (George)
18 All You Need Is Love —————–Give Peace A Chance (John)
19 Hello, Goodbye ————————
20 Lady Madonna ————————-Mistress And Maid (Paul)
21 Hey Jude ——————————–Isn’t It A Pity (George)
22 Get Back ———————————–Helen Wheels (Paul)
23 The Ballad Of John And Yoko ——–Eat At Home (Paul)
24 Something ———————————Unknown Delight (George)
25 Come Together ————————-Give Me Some Truth (John)
26 Let It Be ————————————Imagine (John)
27 The Long And Winding Road ——–Ebony And Ivory (Paul)
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2.55pm
26 January 2017
Offline This is a cool idea, but it doesn’t really make sense to title it “1” since some of the songs won’t be #1s
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5.29pm
10 March 2017
Offline This sounds like a great idea.
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5.31pm
14 June 2016
Offline I see your point, but I’m not sure what else you’d call it. I think I’ll stick with the title so it stays true to the original album. Tho if you have any clever alternate title ideas, I’d love to hear them.
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2 January 2017
Offline Here are some suggestions:
Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long for Ticket To Ride ?
Here Today for Yesterday ?
It Don’t Come Easy for Get Back ?
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Offline I’d go with ‘Give Peace A Chance ‘ for ‘Love Me Do ‘. Simple premise and tune and the first proper solo single (in case someone calls out a bizarre single no one remembers but featured Paul or had “with Ringo” in the artist credit).
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5.33pm
27 February 2017
Offline What about either Heart Of The Country or Eat At Home for The Ballad of John and Yoko?
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6.57pm
26 January 2017
Offline The surreal Lennon lyrics on Come Together can match with #9 Dream.
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17 December 2012
Offline I think #9 Dream is too pretty a replacement for Come Together . Myself, I’d go for Gimme Some Truth .
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10 March 2017
Offline I think Cold Turkey would be a better fit for Come Together .
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14 June 2016
Offline Sorry I’ve been neglecting this topic for a bit. If you’ve read the In My Life you know I’ve been a tad bit busy. I have a bit of time now so I decided to revive this project.
First, you might have noticed that I changed the title. I came up with the new title and decided it was a bit more appropriate since all the songs aren’t #1’s, however it still stays true to the original title.
There were some good suggestions from you all. @meanmistermustard I’m going for songs that match style and/or theme of the song it’s replacing. I felt like Give Peace A Chance and All You Need Is Love were similar in the sense that they were simple songs encouraging Peace and Love.
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I see Hard Day’s Night / Hi Hi Hi as a match – getting down with some lovin’ after a stressful day. All You Need Is Love / Give Me Love works pretty well.
There’s probably lots more matches that work better, but I was mistakenly thinking that only solo singles were eligible, not album tracks.
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2 January 2017
Offline I was also thinking maybe Nobody Told Me (John) for We Can Work It Out , and Devil Woman (Ringo) for Paperback Writer ?
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14 June 2016
Offline I put Hi, Hi, Hi for I Want To Hold Your Hand , because it’s very not innocent, while IWTHYH is more innocent.
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9.58pm
10 March 2017
Offline Could Hello, Goodbye and Band On The Run work, they’re both upbeat Paul numbers.
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17 December 2012
Offline For me, I’m sticking with Give Me Some Truth for Come Together .
If I were to use Cold Turkey , I’d probably use it as a replacement for Help !.
My reasoning?
Come Together started life as a political campaign song for Timothy Leary, rewritten with lots of interesting wordplay; Give Me Some Truth is a comment on the dishonesty of the political system with lots of interesting wordplay.
Help ! is John crying for just that, though disguised by its upbeat performance; Cold Turkey is also a cry for help, but John’s no longer disguising the pain he’s in.
In the end, I find Cold Turkey too basic and uncomplex lyrically to find it a parallel for the much more complicated Come Together .
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1.23pm
10 March 2017
Offline But Cold Turkey and Come Together were released at the same time, so close together that i think the former would’ve fit well on Abbey Road , especially if Paul and George decided to join in and are both bluesy rockers although the latter is at a slower pace, that’s why i think they fit together although i can understand your reasoning as well.
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2.52pm
1 December 2009
Offline Yeah I appreciate that reasoning…the matches can be sonic or lyrical or thematic.
I think Eleanor Rigby / Another Day works if you think of AD’s protagonist as a much younger Eleanor
Also howbout Get Back / Helen Wheels? They both sound like road trip/driving songs to me.
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9.34pm
14 June 2016
Offline Lets make some decisions.
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17 December 2012
Offline I like the idea of I Want To Hold Your Hand for Hi, Hi, Hi .
Dylan misheard “I can’t hide” as “I get high”, while Paul always denied drugs were anything to do with Hi, Hi, Hi .
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