First Beatles Song Ever Heard [Archive]

Amalthea

Sep 22, 2001, 09:10 AM

Hi everybody,

maybe you have already had a topic like this, but I'm a new memeber and I couldn't find this...

I just wanted to ask you what is the first Beatles song you have heard, or if not just the first - anyone can listen to them without 'really listening' if you know what I mean...http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/braintumor.gif - at least the one that made you into the Beatles.

I try to be clearer saying mine, which is

Help! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/help.gif

since I have listened to it, I loved the Beatles, I felt that they were the Best ever...

Now I look forward to your replies... Ta http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wave2.gif

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Sep 22, 2001, 09:25 AM

That's the same for me too, Amalthea, first Beatles song I remember listening to. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif That and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds I think.

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jami

Sep 22, 2001, 09:32 AM

God, that's so hard to say, considering my Mom was/is such a huge Beatles freak. The music was always on at home. I think I'm gonna have to say "Yesterday" is the one I have the most memories of, though.

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HeyBeatle

Sep 22, 2001, 09:58 AM

The first one I remember is "Octoups' Garden" but I didn't even know that the Beatles were a band at that point, cause I was just a wee thing. The song that made me love the Beatles is "I am the walrus", to my 11 year old psyche that song was the best thing I had ever heard, I still love it but it isn't my faorite anymore.

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bearkat77

Sep 22, 2001, 12:21 PM

It appears that I'm the first to reply in this topic that experienced the Beatles firsthand. I remember a DJ saying something along the lines of 'new song from a group out of England'. Then I heard those famous chords that opened the flood gates for Beatlemania in the US - "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

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alliesun

Sep 22, 2001, 01:50 PM

The first song I remember listening to, was Taxman ... The song that addicted me to the Beatles was probably Eleanor Rigby ... Probably a strange "Beatles Conversion Song", but the strings played, and the harmonies sung in this song would stick in my head for days.

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old_moon_shining

Sep 22, 2001, 02:00 PM

I was just a wee thing unaware of the world around me. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink1.gif I remember my mother asking my older cousin, "What is this Beatles? - I'd like to hear them." So he went around the dial on the radio until he found them playing. Mum was amazed that you could just find them that easily - but I can't remember which song we heard. That was the first time I knew anything about them.

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Beatle79

Sep 22, 2001, 02:21 PM

I was a kid riding on a carousel and it played instrumental music, so on that day "Michelle" was playing. At the time, I didn't know it was a Beatles song. The way I found out about that carousel ride was from this home movie-thing my dad taped. Another memory is when I was a kid and hearing "Imagine" (maybe on a radio)and my mom, I guess, telling me to turn it off cause I guess she didn't like the lyrics..But now I like that tune. I'd say "Free As A Bird" really started things off. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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jtal909

Sep 22, 2001, 03:23 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
It appears that I'm the first to reply in this topic that experienced the Beatles firsthand. I remember a DJ saying something along the lines of 'new song from a group out of England'. Then I heard those famous chords that opened the flood gates for Beatlemania in the US - "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

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Same with me. My friend and I were listening to a small transistor radio outside on a sunny, Saturday afternoon when I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand.

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onosideboards

Sep 22, 2001, 04:25 PM

I have an uncle who lived very near my place and a daughter the same age as me. So, I was over there quite a bit. Anyway, he was a huge Beatle freak...watched every Beatle video he had on John's death, birth, and other various important dates. He had a movie poster for Help! and the white album portraits hung around a John Lennon clock. So those are my first real Beatle memories.

In late junior high or so I came into possession of the "Hey Jude" LP. I listened and listened to it. At first I loved "Hey Jude" but then grew more into a "Paperback Writer" phase. I had no idea the time frame of those songs. What's interesting is that I'm actually not a Paul fan at all now but since that "album" was so Paul-heavy, his were the first songs I grew to love.

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jtal909

Sep 22, 2001, 07:07 PM

You have a daughter the same age as you?

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shyGirl

Sep 22, 2001, 11:06 PM

The first Beatles songs I remember hearing when I was very young was "Do You Want To Know A Secret" and "All Together Now". The song that made me a fan was probably "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

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darkhorse

Sep 22, 2001, 11:39 PM

My dad played "Yellow Sumbarine" on his acoustic guitar when I was like 4 years old, so that should be my first.

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bearkat77

Sep 23, 2001, 01:08 AM

I think he means that his uncle's daughter is the same age as him, making the daughter onosideboards' cousin.

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FPSHOT

Sep 23, 2001, 04:16 AM

The first song I heard was She Loves You and I was completely sold, yet being so young at the time.

From then, I followed about everything from the Beatles, not only all the singles and LP's, but things now being called memorabilia, chewing gum wraps, playing cards, articles etc.

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mindgames

Sep 23, 2001, 07:56 AM

I remember "I Should Have Known Better" as the first one I thought was great. I remember singing it in the shower. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/teeth1.gif

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beatlesno9

Sep 23, 2001, 08:43 AM

The first Beatles song I can remember hearing was P.S. I Love You. My sister was a HUGE Beatles fan (her and my brother were lucky enough to see them perform in Chicago) and had that single. Because her initials are P.S., she, like many other girls with the same initials, imagined the song was for her. She would therefore play it over and over. Unbelieveable as it may sound, I STILL like that song!

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MaccaGirl

Sep 23, 2001, 01:02 PM

THe very first Beatle song I ever heard was Michelle, and Hey Jude, see, when I was born, I got three musical dolls, each one from a different person but anyways, one played Michelle, one Hey Jude and the other played Beautiful Boy. The BB one wore out quickly. But the first song that I remember hearing and knwoing it was the Beatles was Love Me Do, at the school gymnastics show.

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Sep 23, 2001, 02:23 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By mindgames:
I remember "I Should Have Known Better" as the first one I thought was great. I remember singing it in the shower. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/teeth1.gif
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You may not be the only one remembering http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/teeth1.gif

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bearkat77

Sep 23, 2001, 06:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By mindgames:
I remember "I Should Have Known Better" as the first one I thought was great. I remember singing it in the shower. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/teeth1.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's what I heard. And I thought that was Yoko singing. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif

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joe

Sep 23, 2001, 10:01 PM

I heard I Wanna Hold Your Hand at the corner of Sts. Henry and Edmund St. in my mom's car in about Jan. '64
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mindgames

Sep 24, 2001, 03:24 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
You may not be the only one remembering http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/teeth1.gif

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mindgames

Sep 24, 2001, 03:25 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
That's what I heard. And I thought that was Yoko singing. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif

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Lucy in the diamond sky

Sep 24, 2001, 03:30 AM

The first Beatles song that I heard was "love me do" at Molly's home.She had bought the cd "please please me" and she was trying to introduce me to Beatles.I remember that we heard "love me do","misery" and "twist and shout".But I wasn't that interested.The moment that I loved the Beatles and their music was when I bought the "1".My favourite song from this cd is "hey Jude" !http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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onosideboards

Sep 24, 2001, 07:31 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
I think he means that his uncle's daughter is the same age as him, making the daughter onosideboards' cousin.

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you're mostly correct--except that i'm a she. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/girl.gif i love these smilies! yes, my uncle had a girl who was the same age as me.

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bearkat77

Sep 25, 2001, 09:17 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By onosideboards:
you're mostly correct--except that i'm a she. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/girl.gif i love these smilies! yes, my uncle had a girl who was the same age as me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry about the gender mix-up, onosideboards. You're not the first to be mistaken for the opposite gender. Just ask darkhorse. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif

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Sep 26, 2001, 08:41 AM

You better not ask darkhorse, she might get offended. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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HMVNipper

Sep 26, 2001, 09:14 AM

The first Beatles song I have a vivid memory of hearing was "The Fool On The Hill" -- when it was new. I was a little kid, but WABC radio here in NYC used to play it at almost the same time every day. My first really conscious Beatle song/album memory is of listening to Abbey Road on the recommendation of a slightly older girl I met at summer camp in 1975 -- it was that that hooked me for good.

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hellogoodbye

Sep 26, 2001, 09:39 AM

Let me see..I guess I've heard few Beatles songs when I was so little, since my father is their great fan..but I don't pay much attention on it

Then when I was in junior high sch. he bought the White Album CD.

As a 'beginner', the first song that attract me was Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
Since that I'm so in love with them
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Rellevart

Sep 26, 2001, 10:12 AM

I know I was vaguely aware of the Beatles in the 60's, but I was so little that it didn't really register. The first time I remember really being aware of them was when "Band On the Run" came out. I loved that song and wanted to know more about what Paul had done before that....in a matter of weeks, I was hooked for life! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Michelle

Sep 26, 2001, 12:36 PM

One "Beatle Memory" I have that stands out (I have many!) is when I was about 11 or 12 years old, walking down the hallway toward my brother's room. He had Help on the stereo, and I heard "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"...really heard it, for the first time. I did not understand what it meant, being so young, but it moved something in me, to hear John singing with so much feeling, so much pain. I didn't even go into my brother's room, I just stood in the doorway, still, and LISTENED.

So, I have always loved that song, and hearing the version on the anthology renewed my appreciation for such a beautiful song.

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darkhorse

Sep 26, 2001, 08:23 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:
You better not ask darkhorse, she might get offended. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Who me? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/ponytail.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Sep 27, 2001, 09:20 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Rellevart:
I loved that song and wanted to know more about what Paul had done before that
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"You mean he was in another band before Wings???" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/afraid4.gif

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Beatleicious

Sep 29, 2001, 04:23 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By darkhorse:
Who me? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/ponytail.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:

"You mean he was in another band before Wings???" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/afraid4.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

Eight Days A Week (that song is quite partial to me for this reason http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif ) was the first song I heard that I knew was the Beatles, but I know for a fact I was exposed to many of their songs before without knowing it.

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Beatle Chick

Oct 05, 2001, 02:41 AM

When I was a baby my parents said they
always played John's song imagine to me
every time I started crying& couldn't
sleep. And apparently it worked because
as soon as he started singing I would
slowly and quietly drift off to sleep!

I really don't remember that!!!!!!

The first song I can remember hearing
was If I fell it made me cry!!!!!
It's so beautiful and is always a special
song to me.

With Love From Me To You

Beatle Chick
xxxx

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Beatle Chick

Oct 05, 2001, 02:42 AM

bearkat77

Oct 06, 2001, 08:50 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Beatle Chick:
When I was a baby my parents said they always played John's song imagine to me every time I started crying& couldn't sleep. And apparently it worked because as soon as he started singing I would slowly and quietly drift off to sleep!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And a very peaceful song it is. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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Beatleboy

Oct 07, 2001, 08:26 PM

The first Beatles song I ever heard was "Got To Get You Into My Life" back in 1976, when it was released as a single. I was three years old at the time, and it scared the you know what out of me. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif Yes, it scared me that much!! Maybe it was the way Paul wailed on that song, or the blaring horn section, or perhaps a combination of both. Not the best introduction to The Fab Four, but it's now one of my favorite Beatles songs. Live and learn I guess.

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bearkat77

Oct 07, 2001, 09:16 PM

"Got To Get You Into My Life" is one of my Top Five favorites. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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Amalthea

Oct 08, 2001, 02:00 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Beatleboy:
The first Beatles song I ever heard was "Got To Get You Into My Life" back in 1976, when it was released as a single. I was three years old at the time, and it scared the you know what out of me. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif Yes, it scared me that much!!
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Wow, that means that Beatles songs can cause all kinds of feeligs http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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Beatleboy

Oct 08, 2001, 09:28 PM

Yes, THE SCARY BEATLES!!!

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bearkat77

Oct 08, 2001, 09:32 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Amalthea:
Wow, that means that Beatles songs can cause all kinds of feeligs<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And here's a few of them:
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Amalthea

Oct 09, 2001, 08:02 AM

And even
http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/yeah.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thinker.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/crosseyed5.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap1.gif
but never...
http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/sleep2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/shakehead1.gif

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Oct 09, 2001, 09:34 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Amalthea:
but never...
http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/sleep2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/shakehead1.gif
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Except for "I'm So Tired" and "Revolution 9" respectively.

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Oct 09, 2001, 09:35 AM

Not to mention double posts.

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Beatleboy

Oct 09, 2001, 09:45 AM

Hey, "Revolution 9" still scares the pants off me!!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/afraid1.gif Whatever you do, don't listen to it in the dark, if you listen to it at all. Be http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/afraid4.gif, be very http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/afraid4.gif

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Amalthea

Oct 09, 2001, 10:13 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:
Except for "I'm So Tired" and "Revolution 9" respectively.
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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally posted by Beatleboy: Hey, "Revolution 9" still scares the pants off me!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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