The Beatles (and McCartney solo), "Things We Said Today" (4 videos) [View all]

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This one was written by Paul McCartney alone, during a vacation in 1964.

The Beatles live for a BBC Radio show:

Solo acoustic performance:

And a live version from a Beatles concert in 1964.

Love this song. It's been my favorite Beatles song since I first heard it in 1964. No input from John Lennon on this one, pure McCartney.

Which was fine with me, since I've always thought McCartney was the most talented of the Beatles (though he did his best work with them).

I should add that I was never a huge Beatles fan, though of course I had all their albums. I preferred the Animals (I'm sure my parents wished "The House of the Rising Sun" had never been written, let alone recorded), the Spencer Davis Group, the Yardbirds, and Cream. Liked the Stones, but thought much of their original material was overrated (especially "Satisfaction" ). Their amazing cover of "Not Fade Away" was my favorite Stones recording from 1964 until I heard "Sympathy for the Devil" (also loved "Gimme Shelter" and "Tumbling Dice" ).

I didn't like the Beatles films, and I thought too much of a fuss was made about them. I have painful memories of a boyfriend who insisted on listening to the White Album backward during the "Paul is dead" insanity.

I listened to the Beatles, of course, since it was impossible NOT to, then, but I was never a Beatlemaniac.

But every now and then Paul McCartney would write a perfect love song, and sing it perfectly, and although this wasn't usually my type of music, I couldn't stop listening to it. I thought this was his best.


Wikipedia article on the song:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_We_Said_Today