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UK rock band called «The Beatles» was founded in 1960, and immediately gained an audience. The group was founded by a 15 year old John Lennon, it happened in 1956.
The Beatles have 18 albums, the most popular of them are called: «Help! », «Magical Mystery Tour», «Beatles for Sale» and others.
The Beatles were able to make a real revolution in music, finding harmonious and melodic solutions that no one had done before them. The compositions of the group are so light, unpretentious, but do not fit into the framework of any particular genre – the musicians did not worry about this, they composed everything.
The group does not lose its fame to this day, and in this collection you can find out about the 10 most popular Beatles songs in order to listen to them later.
10 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Issued: 2 1967 June
Famous song lyrics “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” carries an absurd plot, and the first letters in the title of the composition (we are talking about nouns) create an abbreviation meaning LSD, which was associated in the 60s with the drug.
The chorus sings: “Lucy is there in the diamonds of the sky, Lucy is there in the diamonds of the sky…” Lennon always had to explain to journalists – this song is not about drugs, there are no hints of LSD in it.
The author said that the images that came to him when creating the song were inspired by a fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland” and a painting by Julian’s son, which depicted Lucy O’Donell (a British housewife with whom Lennon’s son studied in the same class) and he, sitting with her at the same desk.
The original song is now owned by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
9. A day in the life
Issued: 2 1967 June
The composition of critics was recognized as the best song in the entire existence of sound recording. John Lennon found his inspiration in the newspapers and the song mentions this: “Today I learned from the newspaper about a lucky man who became famous. It helped him get rich.”.
Interesting fact: immediately after the release of the album, the song «A day in the life» was banned from broadcast on BBC radio because it contained an allusion to smoking marijuana. A BBC representative explained this by saying that the broadcast could contribute to the promotion of drugs, but John Lennon rejected such hints in the composition.
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
Issued: February 13 1967
John Lennon wrote a song “Strawberry Fields Forever” while in Spain filming Richard Lester’s How I Won the War. Critics recognized it as one of the best records of the group, thanks to the peculiarity of the genre: psychedelic rock.
When the author returned from Spain, he played the composition to his colleagues, everyone was silent in the hall, but Paul could not restrain himself and shouted: “It’s great!” The song carries a surreal undertone, despite the fact that it sings about very real events and places.
7. In my life
Issued: December 6 1965
Melody to the song “In my life” Paul wrote and John did the lyrics. In 2004, it was ranked #23 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.
Colleagues rewrote the lyrics several times, trying to make them more accessible and easy to understand for all listeners.
The composition demonstrates how much Lennon has evolved as an author and performer. The song contains some very touching lines: “In my life I have loved everyone, but there is no one comparable to you – in my life I love you more than anything …”
6. Eleanor Rigby
Issued: August 8 1966
The topic of loneliness is a topic that almost always worries everyone. Text “Eleanor Rigby” about this state of mind was written by Paul McCartney and became an innovative work of the group due to its unusual subject matter, style, and interesting plot.
The name of the heroine of the song was composed of Eleanor Bron, who played the main role in the film Help!, and “Rigby” was borrowed from a Bristol store sign, which McCartney drew his attention to.
For your information: the author sings vocals written twice to the accompaniment of 2-string quartets.
5. Please Please Me
Issued: February 25 1963
Initially, John Lennon conceived the song as bluesy and slow in the spirit of the famous “Only The Lonely”, but George Martin turned the speed knob because the original did not suit him.
The double meaning of the word “please” intrigued the author Bing Crosby with the words: “Please lend a little ear to my pleas».
Song «Please Please Me» became the band’s first single to reach number one on the UK charts. John wrote it while visiting his Aunt Mimi Smith.
Interesting fact: John Lennon lived with his aunt and her husband, George, for most of his childhood.
4. All You Need Is Love
Issued: July 17 1967
For the first time a popular song “All You Need Is Love” the group performed on the 2-hour show “Our World” (Our World), broadcast in 26 countries around the world. Especially for this occasion, John and Paul composed this song, it translates as follows: “All you need is love”.
The Beatles were supposed to represent Britain on worldwide television, and they only had 2 weeks to prepare.
Interesting fact: George Harrison played the cello for the first time in his life.
3. Come Together
Issued: October 1 1969
In 2004, the song “Come Together”, which means “Come with me” ranked #205 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
John Lennon said about this song: “This is a funky and blues record. I like her melody, it’s easy to dance to it”.
Interesting fact: The song was originally planned as a slogan for Timothy Leary, who planned to become Governor of California, but his election campaign fell through when an unfortunate incident occurred. Leary ended up in prison, the reason for this was the possession of a psychoactive substance – marijuana.
2. Help!
Issued: July 19 1965
Song “Help!” was conceived as the title track of a comedy film by Peter Sellers. The song contains these lines: Help me, I’m so tired! Confidence is gone, I forgot about it”about which Lennon spoke: “The lines from the composition are the pure truth of life, there is no trace of my independence”.
Indeed, in 1965, John was not well – he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, constant touring exhausted him, the schedule was tight, and it could not be changed to relax. Cynthia (John’s wife) wanted to sit her husband in front of the TV, turn on an entertainment channel and calm him down – Paul talked about this.
John at that time really needed rehabilitation and rest – because of the marijuana that his colleagues smoked, their eyes were always red and tired.
1. Yesterday
Issued: 13 September 1965
Composed by Paul McCartney, the most played song on the planet started with a song about scrambled eggs! According to Paul, the song was created spontaneously – there was a piano next to his bed, he woke up, jumped out of his bed and sat down behind it. Thus was born a new melody that he dreamed about.
The music was easy to create, but the lyrics had to be worked on. The first words that fell on the melody turned out to be delusional, they meant “scrambled eggs,” McCartney composed the song for a long time and constantly scrolled through it in his memories while the other members of the group worked on new compositions.
For your information: for a long time the song did not even have a serious name, it began to be called «Yesterday» shortly before the final version was written.