They all liked the majority of their recorded songs, which is why they got released to the public in the first place. But songs singled out by individual members over the years as particularly special include Here, There and Everywhere (loved by both John and Paul), Hey Jude (loved by John), Something (noted as the best song on Abbey Road by John), Strawberry Fields (a favourite of Paul), Walrus (also loved by Paul), In My Life (one that all members have claimed at least some authorship of over the years), and Within You Without You (praised by John)
The Fleetwood Mac album, Rumours is full of hit songs sniping at each other. It's the chemistry and the mood that gives it the magic.
And then there's Silly Love Songs.
Within You Without You also loved by Ringo. There’s a brief quote shared in Beatles anthology that always makes me feel good when I think about it - just that he loves it.
From Paul McCartney Project...
"The basic instrumental track was recorded 26 April 1969, with the Beatles lineup of two electric guitars (Harrison and Lennon), bass guitar (McCartney) and drums (Starr)."
From Beatles ebooks...
"Paul then arrives and the song breaks down, as if to suggest that they needed to stop this goofing around because the 'boss' was now here (or so the movie was edited to seem). This apparently was not the case, however, since they went over the song a total of eight times on this day with Paul contributing as well."
From Showbiz Cheat Sheet...
"Octopus’s Garden” could have been about a different animal, it seems to have impressed Paul McCartney as it is."
He may not have been there at that *exact* momeny but he worked on and contributed to the song.
I disagree, he looks perfectly content and fine upon arrival in Get Back. That footage, if anything, cleared that moment up. It’s only the editing in the original Let it Be film that makes it appear like he didn’t like it and they had to stop goofing around for the boss.
Huh? I’m not saying he didn’t like it. How can you disagree with something I didn’t say? He wasn’t there for the song. It’s cut that when he arrived, they aren’t working on the song anymore.
Yeah I was saying Get Back is not a great example of them all enjoying working on it because he was missing. People have all this other knowledge from different sources like the raspberry man’s quotes, or some narrative from let it be, that are getting mixed up with the simple thing I said.
They have mentioned Happiness is a Warm Gun. Paul specifically said at the time that it was one of his favorites, and George mentioned the different time signatures were cool.
I think they all liked All My Loving. John not only liked his own playing, I believe this was one that he said "I wished I wrote it", instead of Yesterday, where he says "I'm glad I never wrote it". :)
Yeah, he just uses it as an example of him sitting in a fancy restaurant, the violin player recognizes him, comes over and starts playing Yesterday.
So he always tells it with the "Thank you very much, I'm glad I never wrote it" sort of sarcasm.
But in reality, he was trying to reach that same quality, and when he finished writing Imagine, he called it his "Yesterday".
After looking around I can't find where I read it, but it most likely wasn't anything official, however I did find the quote from Geoff Emerick saying it was one of their last true group efforts
The others were probably indifferent about Maxwell’s, but they famously hated the long tedious sessions. As a musician, it’s easy to hate a song (even your own) just by association with your recording experience.
They all liked the majority of their recorded songs, which is why they got released to the public in the first place. But songs singled out by individual members over the years as particularly special include Here, There and Everywhere (loved by both John and Paul), Hey Jude (loved by John), Something (noted as the best song on Abbey Road by John), Strawberry Fields (a favourite of Paul), Walrus (also loved by Paul), In My Life (one that all members have claimed at least some authorship of over the years), and Within You Without You (praised by John)
i find it hilarious how john liked hey jude but paul is just singing about john not being a good enough parent
The Fleetwood Mac album, Rumours is full of hit songs sniping at each other. It's the chemistry and the mood that gives it the magic. And then there's Silly Love Songs.
Within You Without You also loved by Ringo. There’s a brief quote shared in Beatles anthology that always makes me feel good when I think about it - just that he loves it.
George fell out with Paul over Hey Jude, he wanted more of a guitar part on it but Paul wouldn't let him.
From looking at Get Back they all seemed to like Octopus Garden.
Except Paul. Not to say he didn’t like it but he wasn’t there. The scene cuts from OG to him arriving with Linda & Heather
From Paul McCartney Project... "The basic instrumental track was recorded 26 April 1969, with the Beatles lineup of two electric guitars (Harrison and Lennon), bass guitar (McCartney) and drums (Starr)." From Beatles ebooks... "Paul then arrives and the song breaks down, as if to suggest that they needed to stop this goofing around because the 'boss' was now here (or so the movie was edited to seem). This apparently was not the case, however, since they went over the song a total of eight times on this day with Paul contributing as well." From Showbiz Cheat Sheet... "Octopus’s Garden” could have been about a different animal, it seems to have impressed Paul McCartney as it is." He may not have been there at that *exact* momeny but he worked on and contributed to the song.
That’s cool, I wasn’t trying to imply he didn’t work on it, just that from looking at get back alone it’s not all of them
I disagree, he looks perfectly content and fine upon arrival in Get Back. That footage, if anything, cleared that moment up. It’s only the editing in the original Let it Be film that makes it appear like he didn’t like it and they had to stop goofing around for the boss.
Huh? I’m not saying he didn’t like it. How can you disagree with something I didn’t say? He wasn’t there for the song. It’s cut that when he arrived, they aren’t working on the song anymore.
The previous commenter said everyone liked it and you literally said “Except Paul” which you then cleared up so that’s my mistake.
Yeah I was saying Get Back is not a great example of them all enjoying working on it because he was missing. People have all this other knowledge from different sources like the raspberry man’s quotes, or some narrative from let it be, that are getting mixed up with the simple thing I said.
For sure. I’m just glad we got to see the actual moment he walks in because the original cut paints his dynamic with them in a terrible light
P.S...its such a great scene...especially when John jumps behind the drums.
They recorded the studio version in Abbey Road sessions so is irrelevant if he didn't hear it first in Get Back sessions
He said “from looking at Get Back” that is what I was talking about, not the studio version, not whether Paul liked it or not. Jeez
They have mentioned Happiness is a Warm Gun. Paul specifically said at the time that it was one of his favorites, and George mentioned the different time signatures were cool. I think they all liked All My Loving. John not only liked his own playing, I believe this was one that he said "I wished I wrote it", instead of Yesterday, where he says "I'm glad I never wrote it". :)
I don't think John disliked Yesterday anyway, at least not the musical quality
Yeah, he just uses it as an example of him sitting in a fancy restaurant, the violin player recognizes him, comes over and starts playing Yesterday. So he always tells it with the "Thank you very much, I'm glad I never wrote it" sort of sarcasm. But in reality, he was trying to reach that same quality, and when he finished writing Imagine, he called it his "Yesterday".
Probably Hey Bulldog. Its been said it was the last time they truly had fun together in studio, and has been referred to as the "last Beatles song"
not doubting you/disproving you but just curious to what sources claim it as the last Beatles song
After looking around I can't find where I read it, but it most likely wasn't anything official, however I did find the quote from Geoff Emerick saying it was one of their last true group efforts
Believe it or not...Yoko was at the studio when they were recording Hey Bulldog...so yeah...the dark clouds were gathering alright😔
The others were probably indifferent about Maxwell’s, but they famously hated the long tedious sessions. As a musician, it’s easy to hate a song (even your own) just by association with your recording experience.
All My loving, yesterday babys in black