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5 November 2011
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I’m not even sure what bittersweet means, but there are songs that I enjoy so much that when I listen to them I cry (which can actually be super annoying and confusing). The biggest offenders are Help !, Yesterday , Penny Lane , Hey Jude , The Long And Winding Road , and Here Comes The Sun . It can really happen with any song, though, especially when I think about how much their music means to me and how great they are and how mUCH TIME AND MONEY I HAVE WASTED IMMERSING MYSELF IN THEIR STOry and magic and how super cute they are and that sparkly jacket Richy wore at the Grammys in 2014. ):
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11.35am
26 January 2017
Offline Wow haha, I don’t even remember posting that. In My Life is definitely a song I can’t listen to without tearing up. I think Two Of Us is also very sad.
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The Hole Got FixedI've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
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2 September 2016
Offline I don’t think that anyone has mentioned Ram On . One of the most beautiful songs by a Beatle, up there with Long, Long, Long and it renders me immobile during a nice listen. The song is so simple and the ukulele is so tender.
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Martha, sir walter raleigh, Beatlebug, Pineapple Records"Is it strange I should change?, I don't know, why don't you ask her?." - Neil Young
"As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging, still my guitar gently weeps." -George Harrison
"Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you, forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you." -Bob Dylan
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No doubt it will have been mentioned already but one for me is ‘God ‘. The build up to, and the initial impact of “I don’t believe in Beatles!” is still incredibly powerful. The emotion, meaning, and significance afterwards also continues to carry one hell of a punch.
I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that’s realityThe dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over
Yesterday
I was the dream weaver
But now I’m reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I’m John
And so dear friends
You’ll just have to carry on
The dream is over
John’s vocal is up there with anything ever recorded and put to music. The song is easily one of the best by any Beatle in or out of the Beatles.
George’s demo for ‘All Things Must Pass ‘ (‘Anthology 3 ‘) gets me with
All Things Must Pass
None of life’s strings can last
So I must be on my way
And face another day
Now the darkness only stays at night timeIn the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
It’s not always going to be this grey
One strong reason is that it will be the song and version played at my funeral when I am dead. Burn me, toss me in the sea, throw me in a ditch, whatever you do with my body I don’t care but I want that played.
If going Beatles the basic track for ‘The Long And Winding Road ‘ would be it as I can hear how it’s meant to be there, however, it doesn’t get me in the slightest.
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6.21pm
26 January 2017
Offline I also forgot to mention Isolation , my go-to song when I feel down and out.
"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"
-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"
-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
6.45am
19 January 2017
Offline So many John Lennon solo songs: How?, Isolation , Mother , Jealous Guy , Beautiful Boy, Love, Look At Me – the list goes on…
For Beatles songs though I’d have to go with Julia .
"And life flows on within you and without you" - George Harrison
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18 December 2017
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Long, Long, Long is so beautiful that it makes me cry. 
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1.25pm
26 January 2017
Offline meanmistermustard said
No doubt it will have been mentioned already but one for me is ‘God ‘. The build up to, and the initial impact of “I don’t believe in Beatles!” is still incredibly powerful. The emotion, meaning, and significance afterwards also continues to carry one hell of a punch.I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that’s realityThe dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over
Yesterday
I was the dream weaver
But now I’m reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I’m John
And so dear friends
You’ll just have to carry on
The dream is overJohn’s vocal is up there with anything ever recorded and put to music. The song is easily one of the best by any Beatle in or out of the Beatles.
George’s demo for ‘All Things Must Pass ‘ (‘Anthology 3 ‘) gets me with
All Things Must Pass
None of life’s strings can last
So I must be on my way
And face another day
Now the darkness only stays at night timeIn the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
It’s not always going to be this greyOne strong reason is that it will be the song and version played at my funeral when I am dead. Burn me, toss me in the sea, throw me in a ditch, whatever you do with my body I don’t care but I want that played.
If going Beatles the basic track for ‘The Long And Winding Road ‘ would be it as I can hear how it’s meant to be there, however, it doesn’t get me in the slightest.
I always feel ‘God ‘ is hugely underrated in terms of John solo tracks. His vocal in the ‘I don’t believe in’ section is wrenching, and the pleading in his voice in the outro similarly so.
I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
1.49pm
5 September 2017
Offline Agree with all of these. I’d add from Paul’s solo stash, “Put it there.”
simple and moving. Love it!
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14 November 2017
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4.27pm
5 September 2017
Offline Father McKenzie said
Would She’s Leaving Home qualify?
Yes, imo
beautiful, ironic, moment in time, yet timeless
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Offline Father McKenzie said
Would She’s Leaving Home qualify?
I love She’s Leaving Home , John’s part makes it a great song, I think. The strings, harp, everything, it’s bliss!
Fun fact, my English essay in the Junior Cert (the Irish GCSE) was inspired by SLH. I partially credit it for my A so thanks Beatles!
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11.15am
14 November 2017
Offline AppleScruffJunior said
I love She’s Leaving Home , John’s part makes it a great song, I think. The strings, harp, everything, it’s bliss!
Fun fact, my English essay in the Junior Cert (the Irish GCSE) was inspired by SLH. I partially credit it for my A so thanks Beatles!
Congratulations @Apple-scruff-junior 
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4.03pm
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18 March 2013
Offline Father McKenzie said
Congratulations @Apple-scruff-junior
Thanks, I mentioned it in a post on the ‘Beatles references that you made in schoolwork, at home’ whatever. To give you an idea of how long ago I did the JC, I was doing it the year I joined this forum.
Sooooo long ago
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4.14pm
14 November 2017
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Thanks, I mentioned it in a post on the ‘Beatles references that you made in schoolwork, at home’ whatever. To give you an idea of how long ago I did the JC, I was doing it the year I joined this forum.
Sooooo long ago
You’re welcome. I can beat that. I did my GCSE’s in 2001 
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4.17pm
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18 March 2013
Offline Father McKenzie said
You’re welcome. I can beat that. I did my GCSE’s in 2001
Someone’s going to say “well, I did my GCSE’s in 1921” now.
Look what we’ve started!!!
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4.22pm
14 November 2017
Offline AppleScruffJunior said
Someone’s going to say “well, I did my GCSE’s in 1921” now.
Look what we’ve started!!!
You’re right. We should 
hahaha 
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