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16. It is amazing how well the Beatles songs hold up, even if the lyrics are outdated

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:31 PM

Jun 2017

Please mr. Postman (yes I know it's a cover) is still an awesome song even if no one waits for snail mail to hear word from loved ones in an age of cell phones and email.

"When I call you up your line's engaged" -- busy signals are almost unheard of these days. Who cares though, another awesome song....

And some of them are politically incorrect, if they were even acceptable.

"I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man" I cringe but try to just focus on the music....

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how many beatles songs include the iconic "yeah, yeah, yeah" lyric? [View all] unblock Jun 2017 OP

A few more DonaldsRump Jun 2017 #1

that's two more off my list. unblock Jun 2017 #2

kick unblock Jun 2017 #3

Ghostbusters Orrex Jun 2017 #4

possibly more iconic that the 'yeahs' SCantiGOP Jun 2017 #5

true, but hard to verify any head shakes once they stopped touring ;) unblock Jun 2017 #6

It Won't Be Long robertpaulsen Jun 2017 #7

oh, wow! just listened to that track. unblock Jun 2017 #8

That's one of my favorite early Beatle songs. robertpaulsen Jun 2017 #9

it's a good one. i need to study it a bit more. unblock Jun 2017 #10

I still smile when I think of Paul's story of writing the lyrics to "She Loves You" (John wrote the Boomerproud Jun 2017 #11

yes, heard that one. imagine how he could have improved many of their songs: unblock Jun 2017 #13

LOL! Boomerproud Jun 2017 #14

Ah, The Beatles PennyK Jun 2017 #12

**50 years** since Sgt. Pepper's release... VOX Jun 2017 #15

It is amazing how well the Beatles songs hold up, even if the lyrics are outdated unblock Jun 2017 #16

That lyric from 'Run For Your Life' was lifted from Elvis' 'Baby Let's Play House' originally MiltonBrown Jun 2017 #17

Very true. But I'm speaking more of the later Beatles, 1967-69... VOX Jun 2017 #28

Darktown Strutter's Ball holds up incredibly well IMO. MiltonBrown Jun 2017 #18

Of course! It's a classic, catchy song. But it's not the kind of creative evolutionary leap... VOX Jun 2017 #27

Way less then Led Zeppelin songs that drone on with 'baby, baby, baby....' Tikki Jun 2017 #19

here's my list of "yeah, yeah, yeah" songs: unblock Jun 2017 #20

updated list: eight song! unblock Jun 2017 #21

Make that nine! unblock Jun 2017 #22

Long And Winding Road has four. "Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeeeeaaaah." Iggo Jun 2017 #25

Paul's Long and Winding Road concludes with 4 yeahs Special Prosciuto Jun 2017 #23

"The Long And Winding Road" ends with it..... lastlib Jun 2017 #24

updated list unblock Jun 2017 #26

Paul went apeshit at the end of Hey Jude. Too many 'yeahs' in rapid succession Special Prosciuto Jun 2017 #29

for my tastes, not apeshit enough. unblock Jun 2017 #30

*** this question will be featured this morning on siriusxm's the Beatles channel!!! *** unblock Jul 2017 #31

There's an episode of the Flintstones in which they spoof this. earthshine Jul 2017 #32

And they called it "Bug Music" thucythucy May 2018 #35

That's a five-star response ... earthshine May 2018 #36

And here it is: thucythucy May 2018 #37

Oh, you just won't let it go, will you? earthshine May 2018 #38

I remember watching this as a very little kid. thucythucy May 2018 #39

I think it's the case that later in that episode, we actually see the bug guys perform. earthshine May 2018 #40

Mother Nature's Son thucythucy May 2018 #33

oooh i think you're right! i'll have to dig that one up unblock May 2018 #34