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Paul McCartney is too often marginalized by modern rock critics. This article is about seven of his most influential and important songs as a Beatle.
People always ask me "How can you be a fan of a band that doesn't even exist any more?" Yes, The Beatles no longer exist as a band, but their music plays on and their fan base continues to grow with each new generation.
This is a review of the top ten Beatles songs. All songs are from commercially released albums, with explanations and interesting information about each song.
Good production, lots of John Lennon.
Pamela Anderson Lee's wedding outfit (a white bikini), Debbie Gibson's halloween Seances, and Pres. Nixon's favorite Johnny Cash tune. Learn while you laugh. A music event timeline, covering the craziness of rock history w/ some down2earth facts mixed in.
Shopping for Father's Day for a fan of the Fab Four? Read this for gift suggestions that will make his day!
The company representing The Beatles, Apple Corps, has settled a $59 million royalty dispute with record label EMI Group, the two companies announced Thursday.
George Harrison is often overlooked when speaking about the Beatles due to the immense talent of John Lennon and Paul McCartney but he wrote many of the Beatles great songs himself.
Currently rare news footage and interviews with The Beatles have been available to buy via the Internet and the web service known as Wippit an online downloading website.
The Beatles finally succumbed to the practices of Capital-EMI in releasing Hey Jude. The only motive was profit, and structure and cohesiveness fell by the wayside.
Compare and contrast of magazine and television coverage of the Beatles in American and the UK.
This is another confusing album. The strongest tracks are George Martin compositions, and the Beatles seem almost detached.
This week, band the Fab Faux will be performing what the final Beatles album might have been. They'll be drawing on songs that Beatles members wrote before, and soon after, the group split. The Fab Faux features faces familiar from late-night TV.
Ever wonder what it is about the Beatles and their music that has resonated with not just one generation, but several? As an avid Beatle fan born after John Lennon was shot, I have my theories.
This is a live Beatle performance with a wildly enthusiastic crowd and the only Beatles' version of Shout in existence.
The two Apples settle dispute after two decades of wrangling. This new deals brings peace at last to Apple Corps and Apple Inc.
Shows rockabilly influence, pays musical dues.
This article lists the top ten songs of the musical group The Beatles, including a brief description of why the song was chosen along with anything of note pertaining to the tune itself.
Their newest release in a long time, Love is the culminating masterpiece of Beatles producer George Martin, featuring a genial compilation of tracks and mixes that are sure to delight even the staunchest fans of the Fab Four!
Have you ever wondered how a song makes the play list at a classic rock station? There is a bad rumor going around that all of the music is picked by computers, but there's strong evidence it has everything to do with this Rock God...
A look at the use of the music made famous by The Beatles in the early days of the 21st Century
Get links to all the great Beatles MySpace layouts here!
The Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies at his home in Vlodrop, Holland, at age ninety. He leaves behind a multi-million-dollar global empire and a TM Movement of constituents dedicated to the programs he developed to bring about Heaven on Earth.
Some songs by Lennon and McCartney impact me deeply. As time goes by I realize how integral they are to my memories of certain times in my life.
Descriptions of my favorite musical group, the Beatles', best ten songs
The Fab Four will eventually be on Apple's massive digital music store, but until they're finally added to the library, there are plenty of fantastic Beatles solo albums to download.
The Beatles have claimed to be "more popular than Jesus," but they possessed neither the talent nor the staying power to be more popular than Michael Jackson.
The Beatles were cultural icons. These are their 10 best songs.
A fan somehow manages to whittle the Beatles catalog down to ten songs. Somehow.
Since the Beatles were one of the biggest bands in history- and biggest influences in my life, I thought it would be appropriate to submit my opinion of their top 10 songs.
Being known as the "cute Beatle," James Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool England on June 18th, 1942 as son to father James and mother Mary McCartney.
Some of my all-time favorite Beatles songs.
An important step in the development of the Beatles
For the better part of half a decade since iTunes popularized by-the-song digital music sales, the works Beatles have been sorely excluded - and therefore frequently bootlegged. No longer. Apple Corps, the fab four's music trustee, will soon go digital.
This is a nice collection of early Beatle tunes.
This one is not very focused or cohesive. It has some great tracks, and some that aren't so hot.
It has been 25 years since John Lennon was killed and to commemorate his life and the phenomenon of The Beatles, publishers are releasing many exciting new books.
The newest release of Beatles music is an absolutely brilliant effort by Sir George Martin and his son Giles. It contains 26 tracks of wonderfully layered and blended music that will thrill any Beatles fan.
Two of the three EMI digital holdouts may soon be digitally unleashed. The three are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney.
A Strange mix indeed. American Idol, The Beatles, Michael Jackson and an obscure lyric from 'Laurie Anderson'. Was a 2-day Beatle-fest musical stint on American Idol such a good idea. Is Michael Jackson still pissing off Paul McCartney.
I grew up with the Beatles. They were like my older brothers - if I had had brothers who were insanely talented.
Who hasn't heard of the Beatles? With a prolific catalogue of songs spanning the 60's, here are ten tracks that best capture the evolution of the boys from breakthrough pop act to revolutionary artists.
The Beatles recorded A Day In The Life in 1967 and it became the final track on their most famous and ground breaking album Sgt Pepper. The song was an artistic landmark and still inspires musicians today almost 40 years later.
In the near decade The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder aired on NBC, Snyder had a number of cutting-edge performers appear on the show.
This album features Lennon's songwriting skills and some great musicians. It also has a personal attack on Paul McCartney.
Will The Beatles Every Be Available For Legal Download?
With an agreement to allow The Beatles catalog to be sold on iTunes seemingly imminent, here's my take on which albums by the Fab Four to add to your digital music collection.
Although it's not true to the British release, Meet The Beatles is an acceptable substitute. After all, it's the Beatles, no?
The best songs of all time. In this article: The Beatles.
Despite poor sound quality, this is a priceless collection, capturing the raw, energized sound of the young Beatles.
Rubber Soul (American) fails to capture the essence of the British release. Most perplexing is the absence of songs which define the British version of Rubber Soul.
Rock N Roll Royalty And Me
A list of ten songs to sing out loud by the greatest band in the world, ever.
An abstract look at the life of former Beetles band member, George Harrison
Stories behind the Beatles songs (part two)
Some crazy theories never seem to want to fade away. This is the case with the famous Paul McCartney's death rumor that started at the time that the Beatles were recording the "Sgt. Pepper's" album.
Why not a list of the top 10 songs by former Beatles? All four went on to successful solo careers. There is plenty of material from which to choose.
George Martin and Cirque de Soleil collaborated for a Las Vegas show based on remixes of Beatles songs. The resulting album, titled "Love," is a good Beatles compilation, but hardly the chilling remix many Beatles fans expected.
Just a reminder of who it was that changed, not only the music industry forever, but also worldwide culture and the way we live.
The Top Ten Songs of the 1960's lists, year by year, Billboards Top Ten and other music that never made it but should have. It also highlights some interesting historical facts about the Societal upheaving decade.
This one features interesting cover tunes and provides a great glimpse of the vintage Beatles.
A new generation blossomed amidst the smoldering embers of destitution and desecration of the years following World War II.
Something New lacks the structure of the British titles--it was a move by Capitol to make money. It's still good music by the greatest band in history
In the third -- and most costly -- legal battle in as many decades, Steve Jobs and Apple, Inc. have reportedly paid over $50 miilion to the Fab Four for use of the Granny Smith icon.
Have you ever wondered how a song makes the play list at a classic rock station? There is a bad rumor going around that all of the music is picked by computers...
From famous musicians to obscure talents there are many stories steeped in legend.
It is probably not too necessary to go into detail about who The Beatles were.
With a little help from the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr returns with a solid collection of pop-rock gems
Have you ever wondered what made the songwriting team of Lennon and McCartney so very special? There are reasons why each artist has a different treatment of their individual solo career in the press. Read to find out more.
John Lennon used his fame as a platform to promote a message of peace, because he understood that the overly-intellectual rhetoric often used made the real ideals of the movement too obscure for the average person to understand.
The music is great vintage stuff by the Beatles. Capitol had well-defined, though dubious, motives in releasing this album.
a fascinating documentary that examines Lennon's transformation from musician to activist and how that drew the attention and ire of the United States government
It seems an impossible task to sift through the daunting list of #1 Beatles hits and pick out just ten. But here's my humble attempt. The following is a list of personal favorites and a few reasons why they top my charts.
The Beatles listened to whatever they could musically, resulting in their ambitious style. Here are three bands that greatly influenced the Fab Four's work.
how the Beatles changed the face of rock and roll forever. this paper looks at the introduction of the Beatles through the ED Sullivan show, and how their unique style changed everyones idea of music.
The Beatles
For the third time, multimedia rights trustee Apple Corps Ltd., which oversees the collective works of the Beatles, is going to court over Apple Computer - this time with the claim that iTunes violates a noncompete agreement between the two entities.
The Beatles Revolution Lounge is a interactive club in Las Vegas.
An asssessment of the reason the Beatles were popular
The White Album showed The Beatles diverging creatively and personally. It was released on November 22, seventeen days after Richard Nixon became President. John's Revolution 1 advocated peace but the Vietnam War was to continue for another five years.
A list of my favorite songs by my favorite band the Beatles and a few interesting factiods.
When a conversation begins about great songs and favorite bands, The Beatles must be included. Although dated, this group filled my teenage years with the rock 'n' roll that my parents even liked.
According to me, the top ten Beatles songs are All You Need is Love, In My Life,
Let It Be, Michelle, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, Twist and Shout, When I'm Sixty-Four, With a Little Help From My Friends, Yellow Submarine, and Yesterday.
The end of an age of innocence: the assassination of JFK and the healing British invasion.
Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have long admitted that they are the Beatles' most famous fans in music.
These are the ten songs this lifelong Beatles fan thinks were the most significant, sometimes for cultural reasons and sometimes for reasons which are purely personal. In no way should this be considered an objective list.
Muisc is both product and parcel of the times we live in.
As the guru vibrates through the Bardo state, the Maharishi Global Financial Capital offers 15-year 10% bonds. Keeping a low profile, people have long thought that the Yogi was already dead, or at least immortal, while his enemies were wishing that he were dead.
Don't buy it--get the complete British version of Revolver. The American release lost everything in the translation.
The next entry in my list of the best albums of all time.
Across the Universe takes highly revered music and reintroduces it to us in a new way.
The real story of The Strangeloves.
Despite the success he had with The Beatles, those in the know acknowledge that there was in fact another drummer who made the band the force they were in the `1960s and it's not Ringo Starr.
Almost everyone has at least one Beatles song that they enjoy or at least can relate to. For me, picking the top 20 of their best songs was difficult considering how many wonderful tunes they have shared with the world.
Follow me as I take a ride on the Magical Mystery Tour!
Across the Universe was an incredible film that has a captavating love story. The soundtrack is fantastic as it is many different actors and actresses singing only beatles songs. If you love the beatles, then you'll absolutely love this film.
For the last two years, Louisville has hosted the extremely anticipated Beatles fan-fest entitled Abbey Road on the River.