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Don't Pass Me By.

brammy wrote:99 44/100% of everything the Beatles ever did

BIG +1 on that. I mean, that's why they're special, right? The vast, vast majority of their songs contains at least one of those moments that nearly makes you weep.

"Lady Madonna": the propulsive rhythm stops and those harmonies hit on "See how they run." (And lo, E.L.O. was born...)
"Paperback Writer": at :07, after the vocal intro, when the rock kicks in.
"She's Leaving Home": the self-absorbed voices of the parents in the backing vocals
"And I Love Her": in the bridge, how we seem to get stuck in that dark couplet of "could never die / as long as I" and then the B comes at the end, on "have you near me," and we are safe again.

...and the thing is, except for "And I Love Her," these aren't even my favorite Beatles songs. And they all contain magic.

The 'edit' on Strawberry Fields.

I shoulda added this one in with the start of this post!!

3. the perfect sounding heavy crash hit at the end of the organ licks in "Tell me what you see" .

CCR got it just about right after their chorus' on Proud Mary!

fireglo wrote:I love the beginning of Sun King. The bass part.

+1.

jps wrote:Tioga Pass.

Pass The Peas

two favorites:
1) the climbing "come-on, come-on, come-on..." before Please Please Me rit
2) the coda on "It won't be long": ('till I belong to) YOUUUUU!!!

The bridges to "I Feel Fine" and "No Reply".....the entire song "Rain".....the guitar solo on "Nowhere Man".....

wait......the first inhalation of breath on "Girl"......the bridge to "Yes It is"......guitar solo on "Don't Bother Me"

Lennon's falsetto at the end of "It's Only Love"......

Honey Don't and It Won't Be Long--the E to a C.