Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
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WestwayKid
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Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
...and now the decision gets a little bit tougher...!!
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
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WestwayKid
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
"Please Please Me" was such a monster track for the band and it's still a powerful listen. Their enthusiasm is contagious. I like the harmony on the verses, with John going low and Paul going high and then the call and response on the bridge is great.
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Flex
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
Yeah, the lyrics in I Saw Her Standing There don't age as well, historical context acknowledged. Please Please Me rules hard with no blemishes.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Silent Majority
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
I voted off PPM, as ISHST is melt your face rock 'n' roll.
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Dr. Medulla
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
As good as Standing There is—its got some proper rock n roll aggression to it—Please Please Me is early Beatles perfection, the kind of song that sets them apart from everyone else around them. But if Standing There triumphs, it ain't no crime.
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Heston
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
I voted off ISHST, not because of any perceived dodginess of the lyrics (I just dont get the issue of a guy of 20 having the hots for a girl of 17, especially when they could legally be married to this day) but because PPM is just an amazing song.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
ISHST this time. A week ago I'd have said differently but after more listens, those harmonies are spot on, PPM is a joy. Only the harmonica ruins what would have been a perfect song.
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Heston
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
Just to counter that shocking version of PS I Love You/Love Me Do by Macca that was posted recently, here's an amazing version of PPM. This never fails to move me.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Dr. Medulla
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Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
God, if that doesn't make you smile, you might be made of stone.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
I bought the DVD when it came out! So good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Oct 2020, 6:51pmGod, if that doesn't make you smile, you might be made of stone.
They also do I'll Get You, which is just so great.
Re: Beatles Survivor Poll - Please Please Me Side A / Round 6
Please please me is the superior track.