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Rating: You should know that I discovered the Beatles at 12, with "She Loves You". I had a kind of delayed Beatlemania; a gentleman gave me a book in Dutch with beautiful photos, among which there were pieces of napkin sold "for the price of gold" where the Beatles had eaten. I'm not sure, but I was truly crazy about them; I dreamed of them at night, if I found an article about them I would cut it out and glue it with Vinavil into a notebook. And I'm male, but I recognize a latent homosexuality in this, because how else can one explain this unconditional, devoted, exclusive "love" - We're all gay - Anyway, I remember that the favorite albums ranged from "Please Please Me" to "Meet The Beatles": already "Help" was dangerously subversive with that "Yesterday": it was already too serious, adult.
I liked the smooth Beatles, without mustaches or beards, at most "Ticket To Ride". I went crazy, in fact, for their re-editions like "Please Mr. Postman" or "Not A Second Time". The top was the "Help" movie which Rai aired thirty years ago in the late slot: my parents understood and let me have free rein. That Richard Lester film was the top for me, seeing the Beatles "move" and sing in a movie was a memorable event.
That is why, for me, their best album is "With The Beatles": the real Beatles, sparse, with some unbeatable songs like "Don't Bother Me" by George Harrison (the best of the album), and a certain "All My Loving". We are in full Beatlemania, alright, not much under the sun from a musical point of view, but this album and the subsequent "A Hard Day's Night" have sparked a wide-ranging revival of Rock n Roll globally: thanks to them, a "small phenomenon" like the American sixties garage punk of Seeds - We The People - Standells developed, basically the Sixties garage sound.
A kick-ass album with all the trimmings.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
06 Till There Was You (02:17)
There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
Till there was you
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
Till there was you
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
Till there was you
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
Till there was you
Till there was you
08 Roll Over Beethoven (02:48)
Well gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local D.J.
It's a rockin' little record
I want my jockey to play
Roll over Beethoven
I gotta hear it again today
You know my temperature's risin'
And the jukebox's blowin' a fuse
My hearts beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps a-singing the blues
Roll over Beethoven
And tell Tchaikovsky the news
I got a rockin' pneumonia
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I think I caught an arthritis
Sittin' down by the rhythm review
Roll over Beethoven
We're rockin' in two by two
Well if you fell you like it
Well get your lover and reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up
Just a trifle further and reel and rock it
Roll it over
Roll over Beethoven
A rockin' in two by two , oh
Well early in the mornin'
I'm a givin' you the warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede showes
Hey diddle diddle
I'm a-playin' my fiddle
Ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over Beethoven
And tell Tchaikovsky the news
You know she winks like a glow worm
Dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner
Oughta see 'em reel an rock
Long as she's got a dime
The music will never stop
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
And dig these rhythm and blues
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By RingoStarfish
The Beatles themselves were defining the Merseybeat trend, although everything in these songs suggests how much they wished to escape any definition.
In just over half an hour, you can go from listening to the pop perfection of the McCartney-like 'All My Loving' to the rage of father-to-be Lennon.
By Rax
The progress is evident and deserves a pass, even if it isn’t 'A Hard Day’s Night' or 'Help!'.
"Please Mr. Postman," a splendid cover... I adore it and prefer it much more to 'Twist and Shout'.
By claudio carpentieri
The history of rock would have had different evolutions without that July 6, 1957.
‘With the Beatles’ was the first songbook ... so to speak...
