UK rock band called "The Beatles" was founded in 1960, and immediately gained listeners. Founded 15 year old group John LennonIt happened in 1956.
The Beatles have 18 albums, the most popular of them are called: “Help! "," Magical Mystery Tour "," Beatles for Sale " other.
The Beatles were able to make a real revolution in music, finding harmonious and melodic decisions that no one had previously implemented. The group’s compositions are so light, unpretentious, but they don’t fit into the framework of any particular genre - the musicians didn’t worry about it, 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, so you can listen to them later.
10. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Issued: June 2, 1967
Lyrics of a famous song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” carries an absurd plot, and the first letters in the name of the composition (we are talking about nouns) create an abbreviation meaning LSD, which was associated with the drug in the 60s.
The chorus is sung: "Lucy there in the diamonds of the sky, Lucy there in the diamonds of the sky ..." Lennon always had to explain to reporters - this song is not about drugs, it does not contain any hints of LSD.
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 picture of Julian’s son, which depicted Lucy O’Donell (British housewife, with whom Lennon’s son studied in the same class) and he, sitting with her at the same desk.
The original song now belongs to David Gilmore of the Pink Floyd band.
9. A day in the life
Issued: June 2, 1967
Critics recognized the composition as the best song for the entire existence of sound recordings. John Lennon found his inspiration in the newspapers, and the song mentions this: “Today I learned from the newspaper about one lucky man who became famous. It helped him get rich. ”.
Interesting fact: right after the release of the album, the song "A day in the life" banned from broadcasting on the BBC because it contains a hint of smoking marijuana. A BBC spokesperson explained this by saying that the broadcast could have contributed to drug promotion, but John Lennon rejected such hints in the composition.
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
Issued: February 13, 1967
John Lennon composed a song “Strawberry Fields Forever” while I was in Spain to shoot in Richard Lester’s film “How I Won the War”. Critics have recognized her as one of the group’s best records, thanks to a genre feature: 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 surrealistic connotation, despite the fact that it sings about very real events and places.
7. In my life
Issued: December 6, 1965
Song melody “In my life” Paul wrote, and John wrote the text. According to a magazine called Rolling Stone, in 2004 it ranked 23rd on the list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Colleagues rewrote the lyrics several times, trying to make them more accessible and easier for all listeners to understand.
The composition demonstrates how Lennon evolved as an author and performer. There are very sentimental lines in the song: “In my life I loved everyone, but there is not one that is comparable to you - in my life I love you most ...”
6. Eleanor Rigby
Issued: August 8, 1966
The theme of loneliness - almost always excites everyone. Text “Eleanor Rigby” Paul McCartney wrote about this state of mind and became an innovative work of the group thanks to its unusual theme, style, and interesting plot.
The name of the heroine of the song was made up of Eleanor Bron, who played the main role in the picture “To the rescue!”, And “Rigby” was borrowed from the Bristol store sign, to which McCartney turned his attention.
For reference: the author sings vocals recorded twice to the accompaniment of 2-string quartets.
5. Please Please Me
Issued: February 25, 1963
Initially, John Lennon conceived the song as blues and slow in the spirit of the famous “Only The Lonely”, but George Martin twisted the speed knob because the original did not work for him.
The double meaning of the word "you are welcome" intrigued the author of 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 the top spot in Britain’s charts. John wrote it when he was visiting his aunt Mimi Smith.
Interesting fact: John Lennon lived with his aunt and her husband, George, most of his childhood.
4. All You Need Is Love
Issued: July 17, 1967
First time popular song “All You Need Is Love” the group performed at the 2-hour show "Our World" (Our World), broadcast in 26 countries. Especially for this occasion, John and Paul composed this song, it is translated as follows: "All you need is love".
The Beatles group was supposed to represent Britain on world television, and they only had 2 weeks to prepare.
Interesting fact: For the first time in his life, George Harrison played the cello.
3. Come Together
Issued: October 1, 1969
In 2004, the song “Come Together”translating meaning "Come with me" was on the 205th place in the list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” according to the American music magazine Rolling Stone.
John Lennon talked about this song: “This is a funky and blues record. I like her melody, it’s easy to dance to her. ”.
Interesting fact: The song was originally planned as a slogan for Timothy Leary, who was planning to become the governor of California, but his election company failed when an unpleasant incident occurred. Leary was 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 the comedy film by Peter Sellers. There are lines in the song: “Help me, I'm so tired! Confidence has disappeared; I forgot about it. ”that Lennon talked about: “Lines from the composition are the pure truth of life, there is no trace of my independence”.
Indeed, in 1965, John was not feeling well - he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, his constant tours exhausted him, his schedule was tight, and he could not be changed to rest. Cynthia (John’s wife) wanted to put her husband in front of the TV, turn on the entertainment channel and reassure him - Paul told about this.
At that time, John really needed rehabilitation and rest - because of the marijuana smoked by his colleagues, their eyes were always red and tired.
1. Yesterday
Issued: September 13, 1965
Composed by Paul McCartney, the most performed song on the planet began with a song about fried 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 him. So a new melody was born, which he dreamed about.
It was easy to create music, but I had to work with the text. The first words that fell upon the melody turned out to be delusional, they meant "scrambled eggs," McCartney composed the song for a long time and constantly scrolled it in his memories while other members of the group worked on new compositions.
For reference: 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.