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Feb 23, 2008 11:45

Favourite Beatles song? Why?

Or, if that doesn't turn your crank, then if you were stuck on a desert island, what three albums would you bring? (Don't be a dink and argue about 'how would I play it, hurr, hurr?')

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domina_mira February 23 2008, 17:06:54 UTC

Greatest Hits: The Roads Less Travelled, This Is Where I Came In and Blue.

If I could take just one extra song, not on any of those albums--Woman of Mass Distraction.

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:08:27 UTC

Nice stuff. Why those ones?

(And, yes, for all you can say about the BeeGees, the title track from 'This is Where I Came In' is spectacular.)

domina_mira February 23 2008, 17:13:08 UTC

There are a few songs spread out over them that I'll never get tired of. I don't think very hard about music most of the time, honestly, but there are songs I could listen to for days.

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:14:50 UTC

Good to know. I was wondering if people would pick albums that they can listen to over and over or if they'd choose more sentimental things.

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undeadredhead February 23 2008, 17:27:20 UTC

"Run For Your Life". I like the... sentiment. Or maybe "Helter Skelter"

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:28:32 UTC

Thematic. Not 'Happiness is a Warm Gun'?

undeadredhead February 23 2008, 17:32:01 UTC

Guns are soooo... impersonal. I'm all about the touchy-feely.

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:33:27 UTC

I'm quite happy avoiding both options, but I suppose to each his own.

What'll you take to your desert island?

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starsmedic February 23 2008, 17:38:48 UTC

"The Long and Winding Road"! Of course, "Let It Be" is a classic, too.

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:42:01 UTC

Why those ones? Lyrics? Sentiment? Catchy tune?

starsmedic February 23 2008, 17:50:00 UTC

Nostalgia, mostly. I don't really know much by the Beatles, but those two were big parts of my childhood.

As for albums... hm. Stevie's Wonder's I Was Made to Love Her, The Four Tops' 1964 release, and... the Commodores' Millennium Collection.

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 17:52:16 UTC

It's odd. I had a whole stack of Beatles songs I loved as a kid, but now that I'm older and I've looked into things a little more, there are so many more that really appeal to me. The entirety of the Sgt. Pepper's album, for one.

Nice choices. The Four Tops are pretty darn good. Are you a fan of Dusty Springfield?

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acolytem February 23 2008, 18:21:17 UTC

Guillame looks reluctant for a moment to admit to liking any 20th-century music, but " 'In My Life' is very nice."

"Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah," and Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet "and The Great Organ Works of Bach."

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 18:27:09 UTC

It is. I've got a weakness of 'A Day In The Life' -- love how it changes part way through.

Interesting. I don't know if you'd have the right sort of acoustics for those on an island, but interesting nonetheless.

victormakesart February 23 2008, 18:40:06 UTC

'I am the Walrus'. It's a fun song!

dame_de_pique February 23 2008, 18:45:31 UTC

I've never really been into the more psychedelic/surreal stuff. 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is about as much as I can handle.

And on your island?

victormakesart February 23 2008, 18:58:59 UTC

Ah, that's fair! It's not for everyone!

I'm really bad at deciding things... I think I would bring The Dresden Dolls because I imagine being stuck on an island would be stressy, and singing along to that CD destresses me (destress? unstress? I can't think of a good word to go there.) It'll take Much Thought to come up with the other two.