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Feb 15, 2010, 10:31 AM
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Rocky Raccoon
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Best Vocals on Beatles Songs
Last edited by LennonStarrFan : Feb 15, 2010 at 10:59 AM.
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Feb 15, 2010, 12:56 PM
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Apple Scruff
Join Date: Jan 12, 2010
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I agree with this selection very much so.
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Feb 15, 2010, 05:43 PM
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Fool On The Hill
Join Date: Oct 03, 2009
Location: TN
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Paul: Oh Darling, Golden Slumbers
John: Twist and Shout
George: I Me Mine
Ringo: With a Little Help from My Friends
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Feb 16, 2010, 11:18 AM
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Fool On The Hill
Join Date: Dec 27, 2009
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Harrison sings Here Comes The Sun so beautiful.
Lennon I Should Have Known Better
McCartney All My Loving and I Saw Her Standing There
Ringo Honey Don´t
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Feb 16, 2010, 12:31 PM
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Wild Honey Pie
Join Date: Dec 16, 2009
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Ooh, I really like this thread. I'll have to think about my answers...
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Feb 16, 2010, 12:40 PM
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Day Tripper
Join Date: Sep 07, 2002
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My choices are
Paul McCartney: The long and winding road-
John Lennon: Twist + Shout
Ringo Starr: Octopus garden
George Harrison: Something -
Honorable Mention: WMGGW- Anthology
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Feb 18, 2010, 04:30 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Mar 02, 2003
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LennonStarrFan
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Great list. Maybe the only thing I'd change is give George an honorable mention instead for For You Blue or While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 
Both John and Paul do an AWESOME job on the songs mentioned above. I definitely strongly agree with those!
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Feb 18, 2010, 07:56 AM
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: Oct 29, 2009
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Last edited by ManAtTheWindow : Feb 18, 2010 at 08:13 AM.
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Feb 18, 2010, 08:41 AM
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Wild Honey Pie
Join Date: Sep 24, 2009
Location: the hills of Tennessee
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John and Paul's refrain work on "No Reply" is wonderful.
I think Ringo's single best vocal on a Beatles' record might well be his own "Octopus's Garden". I also really like "Honey Don't".
George's vocal on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" should not go unmentioned.
Paul...too many great vocals to mention, really.
Same is true with John.
Very few rock groups ever have been blessed with the vocal talent that John Lennon and Paul McCartney brought to the Beatles.
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Feb 18, 2010, 12:02 PM
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Apple Scruff
Join Date: Feb 13, 2010
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John Lennon: Across The Universe or Twist And Shout
Paul McCartney: Got To Get You Into My Life or Hey Jude
George Harrison: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ringo Starr: With A Little Help From My Friends
John, Paul, and George should also get credit for the vocals on "Because".
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Feb 18, 2010, 08:52 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 23, 2001
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Paul: And I Love Her, All My Loving, Things We Said Today, I'll Be On My Way, Can't Buy Me Love, I'll Follow the Sun, Michelle
John: If I Fell, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Help!, Wait, Girl, Rain
George: Do You Want to Know a Secret (his voice was so sexy on this one), I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, I Want to Tell You, Taxman, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun
Ringo: Boys, I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends, Octopus' Garden
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Mar 02, 2010, 12:18 PM
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Fool On The Hill
Join Date: Apr 26, 2008
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George - Something
Paul - The Fool On The Hill
John - If I Fell
Ringo - I Get By (With a little help from my friends)
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Mar 09, 2010, 10:36 AM
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Wild Honey Pie
Join Date: Feb 20, 2010
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John = "Help!"
Paul = "Hey Jude" or "Helter Skelter"
George = "Here Comes the Sun"
Ringo = "Octopus' Garden"
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Mar 09, 2010, 11:12 AM
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: Oct 29, 2009
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More vocal magic...
Quote:
Originally Posted by CassyInTheSky
John, Paul, and George should also get credit for the vocals on "Because".
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I'd definitely second that motion.
'Because' is the epitome of Beatles harmony singing and I still consider it to be the most beautiful track they ever recorded.
I always felt that it was under-rated for a long, long time but recently the Anthology 3 and Love albums have drawn some overdue attention to its brilliance.
Another couple of tracks which displayed the Beatles' great close-harmony skills were the covers of 'You Really Got A Hold On Me' and 'Please Mr. Postman' on the With The Beatles LP.
Top performances.
As backing vocalists, I always loved John's "Bye-bye" responses on 'Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey' and Paul's equally magnificent supporting role on 'Money', especially his final "That's what I want!"
Brilliant, vibrant, high-energy singing.
I always felt that Paul's harmony singing on 'Don't Let Me Down' proves beyond doubt there was a completely unique dynamic happening in the Beatles.
In that track we hear two of Britain's finest ever rock voices, and each was absolutely made for the other.
They are always distinct, bringing two overwhelmingly powerful vocal personalities together in a perfect blend of power and musicality.
When John sings at the top of his effective range and Paul supplies even more energy in the higher register, the result is truly magical.
Does anyone else ever listen to 'What You Got' on John's Walls And Bridges album and think, "If only Paul was singing the higher parts on this track..." ?
It's a really fine song but I think it suffers a little from John having to fake harmonies that Paul would have taken in his stride. |
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