Reasons To Love The Beatles
I love making lists, and most other fansites have one of these, so I thought I'd create my own list of reasons to love The Beatles. Seriously, this is the best list of its kind. I defy you to find one better.
1) the energy of "Twist and Shout" that forces you to get up and dance
2) the handclaps in "Eight Days A Week"
3) the handclaps at the beginning of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
4) John's sick humor
5) George's unexpected hilarious quips.
6) The bass line in "I'll Cry Instead."
7) The
Anthology version of "Can't Buy Me Love."
8) John's mad behavior at Shea Stadium.
9) Ringo's drum solo in "The End."
10) Everything else in "The End."
11) Moptops.
12) Jelly babies.
13) John's Buddy Holly glasses.
14) The simplistic beauty of "Because."
15) "How did you find America?...."
16) "Ticket To Ride"
17) Ringo's nose.
18) The opening chord to "A Hard Day's Night."
19) That weirdass
Anthology version of "And Her Bird Can Sing."
20) John's jacket in the
All You Need Is Love TV performance.
21) The harmonies in "This Boy."
22) The quiet beauty in "Here Comes The Sun."
23) "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
24) Paul's "Yessss" in "The Night Before".
25) John's moan in "A Hard Day's Night."
26) The Beatles' kickass pad in
Help!
27) "Please, say no more..."
28) Those wacky wizards in
Magical Mystery Tour.
28) Ringo's badass drumming in "Rain."
29) The
Anthology One version of "One After 909."
30) The driving force of "Get Back."
31) The soothing trippiness of "Flying."
32) Paul's rockin' vocal on "Long Tall Sally."
33) The forgotten gem "I Call Your Name."
34) The harmonies in "Paperback Writer."
35) The perfection of "Something."
36) The upbeat fun of "Octopus's Garden."
37) The naughtiness of "Please Please Me."
38) "There's A Place"
39) The count-in to "Taxman."
40) The count-in to "I Saw Her Standing There," for that matter.
41) The brass in "Got To Get You Into My Life."
42) The soft, loving "In My Life."
43) The instrumentation in "Within You Without You."
44) The fucked-upedness of "Revolution #9."
45) Paul's dog Martha.
46) Clapton's guitar in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (or is that a reason to love Eric Clapton?)
47) The guitar in "Blackbird."
48) The intro to "Do You Want To Know A Secret?"
49) Their cover of "I Got To Find My Baby" from
Live At The BBC
50) Paul's vocal in "Lady Madonna."
51) Ringo's sweet vocal in "Goodnight."
52) The brass in "Savoy Truffle."
53) The orchestration in "Here, There and Everywhere."
54) John's dancing in the "Hello Goodbye" video
55) The "Free As A Bird" video
56) George in the "Rain" video
57) The bass line in "Old Brown Shoe"
58) The
Love soundtrack
59) The "It Won't Be Long" home movie montage in the
Anthology
60) The
Revolver cover
61) The drumming in "Good Morning Good Morning"
62) Beatle bootlegs!
63) The harmonies in "If I Fell"
64) The Palace scene in
Help!
65) Fanfiction (
Into My Life, anyone?)
66) The dorky costumes and props they used during photo shoots.
67) John and Little Nicola in
Magical Mystery Tour.
68) Tribute bands!
69) John's antics in the "We Can Work It Out" video.
70) Everything about "Tomorrow Never Knows."
71) The handclaps in "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
72) The danciness of "Roll Over Beethoven."
73) "Cry For A Shadow"
74) Paul's optimism
75) 1964. The year The Beatles were perfect.
76) "John, have - you - got - a - cig-a-rette for - me - please?..."
77) "My name's Betty."
78) Beatles fansites (the few that don't suck)
79) The online Beatles community
80) Beatle boots
81) The Shea Stadium jackets.
82) The Rutles. Without The Beatles there would be no "Pre-fab four."
