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Slow Down is worst. Surprised they didn't give that one to Ringo to sing.

I can't recall the dates, but Orbison's Pretty Woman came first, and we know the Beatles were fans of Roy.

Glenn, I really like Slow Down...it's a bit of a silly song, but the performance is energetic.

As for me, I can't ever really pick a true favorite, but my two favorite albums are Please Please Me and Revolver.

Way too many to pick from, but 'I Should Have Known Better' is always high on my list.

This is a toughie for me too. There are probably several, and they each have different meanings to me when I hear them. I'll always love "All My Loving" cause that was the first song on Sullivan. One of my other favorites for years has been "I'm A Loser". I remember seeing a broadcast of an English TV show here in the US where they did that live (along with "Kansas City" and several others), and I just completely dug Harrison's guitar playing. I spent hours and hours learning that one.

"Hey Jude" brings a lump to my throat when I see McCartney do it in concert (on DVD, I've never seen him live). I know, it's overdone, but it always kind of signified the height of their influence and abilities.

I suppose the one that I consider their "flagship" song is "A Day In The Life". There isn't one time when I hear it when I'm not awed by Lennon's voice. I also remember it as the song I heard on Dec. 8, 1980, when it finally hit home that he was gone.

So many good songs....so little time....

Here Comes The Sun is #1 for me...

I Feel Fine is #2, then after that Day Tripper, Drive My Car, She Said She Said, If I Needed Someone, If I Fell, I Should Have Known Better, Polythene Pam/Bathroom Window, Taxman, etc., are all way up there.

95.5% of them are WONDERFUL. The rest are just great.

One that i've always enjoyed from the Hard Days Night album is "Tell me why". And , as it turns out, it's a favorite of fellow Aussie forumite and "The Very Almosts" founding member Darren Trott!
As a consequence , "The Very Almosts" will soon be recording a version of TMW which we will post on the bands myspace page!

This post comes from a raving, lifelong fan, so don't misinterpret. But sometimes I have a difficult time nailing down just what it is about them that makes them so great. They ARE great, duh...but I can't always pinpoint what makes it so. Every song is so different from the one before, and every song has that...that Magic. But sometimes I honestly cannot define What It Is.

Even their more mediocre offerings are sprinkled with that magic Beatledust, or something, and only they could have pulled it off. I guess certain combinations of people create the magic that pushes it over the top. One thing I know for sure, no one had more magic than the Beatles.

I've always admired the Beatles' work for the fact that they wrote most of the music they performed once they started recording. As most here, a list of my favorites would be way too long.

But, some of the stands out for me are: Please Please Me, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, And Your Bird Can Sing, Paperback Writer, Taxman, Hello Goodbye and Back in the USSR.

"Let It Be" gets my vote. Great song, and it's one of those songs that I literally stop whatever I'm doing and just listen if it comes on the radio or if it's within earshot. To me, "Let It Be" defines the concept of "bittersweet resignation".

If I Fell goes down as best ballad in my songbook. Such tarnished innocence is quite poignant.

With a transcendent key change between intro and main body...moving beyond clever and into genius. What a song.

There were so many great songs from Hard Day's Night - Tell Me Why, If I Fell, Anytime At All, I Should Have Known Better...

AHDN is clearly one of their two best LPs.

Don't Let Me Down contains Lennon's best middle 8.

...life is very short, and there's no tiiiime...

That's my favorite Lennon middle 8.