All You Need is Love-The Great XMTS Beatles Thread

[davedove]

My favorite Beatles cover was actually a Beatle covering someone elses song, Act Naturally by Buck Owens, done by Ringo.

They actually did a video duet of the song.

[Finn]

Glen,
I won't argue that John's solo career was the most influential. In fact, some of his solo work remains deeply personal to me. Double Fantasy was beautiful.
Unfortunately, the collaborations with Yoko I find to be wholly egregious. That colors my view (perhaps unfairly) on his post-Beatle career.

IrishGodfather,
Check the liner notes of bands. Many list the Beatles as an influence. From Folk to Punk to Metal the Boys from Liverpool left a huge imprint.

Morris,
The Monkees were the first Boy Band and they are very special to me! Thanks!

[Erisianmonkey]

I've skipped over most of this thread, so if some of what I say has been said, please forgive me. I'll also not be paying much attention after I drop my $0.02 in, so PM me if you really want to ask me about something.

I don't much care for the Beatles. (Yeah, yeah, I know, heresy, I'm evil, etc. ad nauseum-I've heard them all-I swear, Beatles fans can be like the Spanish Inquisition when they find out you don't follow their musical religion. ) I won't deny that they have had a great influence on music, but the early stuff grates on my nerves, and it colors my ability to enjoy the latter when sung by the same people.

That being said, I do think that they were wonderful songwriters, and I tend to love most Beatles covers. Our Lady Peace do a cover of Tomorrow Never Knows on the soundtrack from the movie The Craft that is utterly incredible, and Johnny Cash's Version of In My Life from American IV:When the Man Comes Around goes straight for the soul.

[michaelbeeman]

Very hard to pick, I really do love it all, but here goes.
Album: Revolver
Song: All you need is Love
Beatle: Richard Starky
Memory: My first Beatles 45, would have been "Hey Jude".
Best Cover: David Bowie's version of "Across the Universe".

[Galb]

I don't much care for the Beatles. (Yeah, yeah, I know, heresy, I'm evil, etc. ad nauseum-I've heard them all-I swear, Beatles fans can be like the Spanish Inquisition when they find out you don't follow their musical religion. )

But NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

[Rouge Piper]

The Beatles Phenom was huge. They were in the right place at the right time with the near perfect marketing scheme. There couldn't have been a better time for it to happen than between the 50's and the Viet Nam war.
Nothing like that could ever happen again. Too bad, it would be fun.