On Jul 28, 1:40Â pm, poisoned rose
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wrote:>> When was the last time Beatles rocked?
>
> This from the guy who worships Pink Floyd, whose catalog is stuffed with Â
> non-"rocking," slow-motion, dreamy, sluggish tunes. And ooh, who rocks
> harder than Van Der Graaf Generator?
>
>
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>> These are the only Beatles songs I can seriously rock out to.
>
>> Chronologically...
>
>> Album songs (14)
>> ______________
>> Twist And Shout
>> Love Me Do
>> Please Please Me
>> I Wanna Be Your Man
>> A Hard Days Night
>> Cant Buy Me Love
>> Eight Days A Week
>> Help
>> Ticket to Ride
>> Got to Get You Into my Life
>> Back in the USSR
>> Hey Bulldog
>> Come Together
>> Get Back
>
>> Non album songs (8)
>> _________________
>
>> From Me To You
>> She Loves You
>> I Want To Hold Your Hand
>> I Feel Fine
>> Im Down
>> Day Tripper
>> Paperback Writer
>> Lady Madonna
>
> As someone else said, you clearly aren't even very familiar with the
> Beatles' catalog. Looks like you've just heard their best-of albums.
> Either that, or you're simply trolling again. You cite light stuff such
> as "Love Me Do," "From Me to You," "Please Please Me" and "Eight Days a
> Week," but not "Birthday," "Helter Skelter," "Revolution," "Yer Blues,"
I hate most songs from Disc 2 of White Album. They stink even if some
of them rock hard.
> "One After 909," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My
> Monkey," "The End," "I Saw Her Standing There"
How are these rocking? I Saw Her Standing There" threatens to rock at
some places though.
>and a pile of covers such
> as "Long Tall Sally," "Money (That's What I Want")," "Slow Down," "Leave
> My Kitten Alone," "Dizzy Miss Lizzie," "Boys," "Roll Over Beethoven"...?
None of them are that great songs. I think Boys and Slow Down are
pretty good but really not their best stuff.
> Pretty hard to rationally defend, if you're really claiming to judge the
> Beatles purely by whether they "rock."
>
> Dude.
