Do you have one single favourite song?

[henry bear]

No

[stuartbert two hats]

I've been thinking about this question ever since the original post. I've thought about many songs that mean a great deal to me, and the answer is...

 

 

Of course I don't have a favourite song!

[bamber]

On 7/17/2021 at 8:50 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Skip that page, sorry, drunk.

I stand by my first choice. Doubts abound.

"No" would have done.

I'm fickle on these things.

Edited July 24, 2021 by bamber

[Skelts]

Like most people have said, it’s difficult to name one favourite, and it’d change tomorrow anyway. 
But, I’ve always loved Purple Rain and will never hear it too much. 
 

Edited July 25, 2021 by Skelts
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[stuartbert two hats]

I do have a favourite Beatles song though. Despite Lennon being easily my favourite Beatles, I think their best song is actually Penny Lane.

And in a sign that Super Hans is right about "people", the Penny Lane/I Am The Walrus double A was the only single to not go to No.1 other than those right at the start and end of their career.

And the way he uses key changes is ingenious - like a hill that goes upwards in both directions. When it moves to the chorus, the key goes down, but the notes jump up to the next octave, so the move to the chorus gives a boost of energy. Then when returning to the verse, there's an upwards key change, which gives another boost of energy.

And the horns and backing vocals and sound effects and fourth-wall breaking lyrics and...

It's good. There's a lot going on, but it never feels like muso tricks are being applied for the sake of it - it's just catchy as hell.

Edited August 1, 2021 by stuartbert two hats

[maelzoid]

You mean Strawberry Fields Forever, not I Am The Walrus,

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[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, maelzoid said:

You mean Strawberry Fields Forever, not I Am The Walrus,

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Yes, I do! Duh.

I Am The Walrus was a b-side wasn't it? The selection of which was probably the trigger for Lennon disengaging from the production heavy approach and arguably a turning point towards the band splitting up!

So, yeah, not sure how I got that mixed up. 

 

 

[Punksnotdead]

5 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Yes, I do! Duh.

I Am The Walrus was a b-side wasn't it? The selection of which was probably the trigger for Lennon disengaging from the production heavy approach and arguably a turning point towards the band splitting up!

So, yeah, not sure how I got that mixed up. 

 

 

B side to Hello, Goodbye.

[stuartbert two hats]

38 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

B side to Hello, Goodbye.

Which whilst catchy, was clearly not the equal to Lennon+Martin's masterpiece.

[henry bear]

On 8/1/2021 at 10:01 AM, stuartbert two hats said:

I do have a favourite Beatles song though. Despite Lennon being easily my favourite Beatles, I think their best song is actually Penny Lane.

Not sure about my favourite Fabs song (in truth I probably don’t have one of those either) but it’s certainly up there. I don’t understand why Macca rarely plays it these days - you’d think it’d be up there with Eleanor Rigby and the rest of the pretty much ever-presents. Perhaps it doesn’t work live now.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Not sure about my favourite Fabs song (in truth I probably don’t have one of those either) but it’s certainly up there. I don’t understand why Macca rarely plays it these days - you’d think it’d be up there with Eleanor Rigby and the rest of the pretty much ever-presents. Perhaps it doesn’t work live now.

It certainly sounded pretty shit in 2004 with the cheap keyboard sounds.