US #1s of 1964

The only "flippin' lousy" Beatles song here is "Love Me Do". The rest are all A+ would jam again.

"*sigh* Nobody loves us!"

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wait so there's NO Spector on this list? bizarre

"Where Did Our Love Go"

The harp alone on "Love Me Do" lifts it way beyond lousy and above a bunch of the follow-ups for me. Love the Beach Boys but, on a point of order, those Beatles "I love you she loves you" lyrics are without exception about fucking. And nothing wrong with that.

Better harmonies, better musicianship (Beatles still in their "flippin' lousy" stage), and better lyrics that describe a much wider experience than "I love you she loves you you love me yeah yeah yeah whhhhooooo"

Sometimes enthusiasm trumps polish. Lots of times, actually.

wait so there's NO Spector on this list? bizarre

Yeah, his girl groups all peaked in '63, and Righteous Bros. were a year off still.

I Get Around is totally better than the Beatles songs on here - more inventive arrangement, better harmonies and playing (as noted), a bunch of weird, unpredictable melodic turnarounds, great lyrics (and okay as those early Beatles lyrics are I'd be hard-pressed to call any of them "great" - they're very generic). Basically I never listen to that early Beatles stuff, but I still get a kick out of I Get Around, so it wins.

The Beach Boys' single is better than all the Beatles cuts here. Better harmonies, better musicianship (Beatles still in their "flippin' lousy" stage), and better lyrics that describe a much wider experience than "I love you she loves you you love me yeah yeah yeah whhhhooooo"

in the authenticity/originality sweepstakes one could argue that the Beach Boys lyrics are better because in a lot of ways they are more personal and are a reflection on the details of the singer's actual life (something the Beatles wouldn't get to for another year at least

(and yes yes I know this is a totally rockist argument so what)

i think "i feel fine" has my favorite lyrics on the list -- the "she said so" still sounds cheeky.

Beach Boys didn't get better than The Beatles until Brian Wilson became the undisputed leader of the band. "I Get Around" is too much of a "rock" song to hold up with the fantastic early Beatles stuff.

Voted "I Want To Hold Your Hand", which is fantastic and perfect in every way, and was 1000 times better than anything American that had ever been made at the time!

American music was useless between 1963 and 1964, and might as well not have been made at all.

some grade-A friday night hongro-ing there.

in the authenticity/originality sweepstakes one could argue that the Beach Boys lyrics are better because in a lot of ways they are more personal and are a reflection on the details of the singer's actual life (something the Beatles wouldn't get to for another year at least

I don't see how anyone should possibly pay attention to lyrics at all, and particularly not lyrics written before the mid 60s.

Musically, The Beatles were one level above Beach Boys by 1964. They were only equals in 1966, never before, never since.

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American music was useless between 1963 and 1964, and might as well not have been made at all.

kinda surprised you don't like Spector, tbh

(the rest of your nonsense is par for the course)

American music was useless between 1963 and 1964, and might as well not have been made at all.
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tho i guess it was RECORDED in 62 ... omg GEIR IS RIGHT.

except
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in 3....2....1....

and
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Night_Beat_cover.jpg

oh let's just say that american music is always better, come on.

not that this needs saying but Geir totally wrong as usual.

Off the top of my head, American albums released 1963:

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke (recorded but not released until 1985) <<<THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING AMAZING
Sam Cooke - Night Beat <<<BUT THIS ALBUM IS EVEN MORE TOTALLY FUCKING AMAZING

lolz x-posts

suck on it world
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still might have to vote Hard Day's Night though, haha

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yeah it's def. hard day's night ... The Beatles were just Americans in disguise though.

Walk On By is a good song from this year, but it didn't make number one. I voted Rag Doll.

The lyrics of "She Loves You" are great.

This poll has been in the back of my mind today even while off the board, really really bothering me. Part of me didn't feel I'd heard enough of these songs to comment and was so in awe of others who had such fine things to say here. Beatles were too much a part of my childhood to ignore here, please put them in a Yahtzee can and shake the dice and pick any one of these Beatles tracks as my vote I don't care which one it is, here.

But someone said something really interesting about a Supremes track here that made me pause. I'm going to play "Come See About Me" and give it some thought. Also too drunk to pick a Beatles track. Please someone pick a Beatles track and vote for me?

I admire you all so much for participating. 1964 was a long ass time ago.

Also Shakey, I've been wanting to say this for awhile now but "Kitchen Paper Towel" is goddamn kickass screen name and I never would have thought of it myself and I salute you.

Thanking U.

OOOOOOH DIANA ROSS BABY she can take me home any TIME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PycKSdKG_74

Better believe it, bootchez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kge_Krzuegs

I mean really! Elvis can go eat one!

tylerw so otm in this thread

especially about the Beatles being secret Americans

got love for plenty of these but it's "rag doll"

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― k3vin k., Freitag, 12. Juni 2009 01:08 (2 days ago) Bookmark

i wish i'd never had read anything about the songs history and the lyrics :(

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xp Red Bird Records

That was the label Leiber & Stoller started. They released both "Chapel of Love" and "Leader of the Pack" in '64.

got love for plenty of these but it's "rag doll"

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― k3vin k., Freitag, 12. Juni 2009 01:08 (2 days ago) Bookmark

i wish i'd never had read anything about the songs history and the lyrics :(

― meisenfek, Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:29 AM (Yesterday)

why do you say?

goddam how great is ringo on "i feel fine"? some kinda faux-latin thing, just swings like hell.

why do you say?
― my god, it's full of straws! (k3vin k.), Montag, 15. Juni 2009 05:51 (17 hours ago) Bookmark

banalizes child labour.
on the other hand: agatha christie wrote a book called '10 little niggers'.

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:( @ no one else picking "Money Can't Buy Me Love"

well, the three songs that didn't get any votes are the ones I've never heard ...

You've never heard "Doo Wah Diddy"?

"And there she was just a-walkin' down the street/ Singin' doo-wah-diddy diddy-dum diddy-doo"

lolz yeah doesn't everybody know this song?!?

oops, yes i've heard that song. i was even in a band that played it. for some reason i thought the mandred mann was a cover? is that the original?

YEAH YEAH YEAH

lol

Now these are hits..

"chapel of love" too low, "hello dolly!" too high. i'm straight btw

I know a guy who played on “Chapel of Love.” /streetteam

Also never tire of the story of how it saved, and then led to the destruction of, Leiber and Stoller’s record labels.

Which also messed up some projects of the guy I know, but he bounced back, just like them.

Because of George Goldner's gambling + the Mafia?

Yeah. I see you’ve read about that.

You and I- and dow, to some extent- have been posting in parallel about that without ever actually colliding.

So I see! Reading my old posts can be very informative to me, since I'll often forget what I read just 2-3 years back.

You and me both, brother! Like I was saying in another context, these days I am older than Mr. Atoz.