Since nobody has tackled this yet, I'll offer up one... shame all the other ones seemed a bit easier to me, but ill give it a whirl (without looking things up no less! although I will listen to a song if I think its the answer)

hrmm hard to place the lyrics out of context and without music..

3) is easy, thats the Walrus
5) is screaming out The Night before to me. But It's not in the song.. I'll get back to this.
1) You know I was wondering why this seemed so strage and out of context... its a tricky little one, its more of the ending of a lyric.. as in: I do all the pleasing with you its so hard to reason with youuuuuuu, oh yeah.. Please Please Me.
2) For some reason I keep thinking of John when I read this lyric. I'll come back to this one also.
4) At first I was sure this was from She's Leaving Home, but I kept having doubts about it, and now listening to it, I confirm those doubts. Well it sounds like this comes from a sad song, with a man in it. After listening to a bunch of different songs, I come to a song about a woman, which is why it was a little hard to come by. Those socks belong to the feet of father Mackenzie from Eleanor Rigby.
2) (revisted) Well I decided to tackle this one before 5), since I have a good idea where this is from. All it took was listening to a few tracks that have John written all over them, and sure enough this is from the Ballad of John and Yoko. But I think the lyric is "won't" not "don't" although it sounds like "don't" but it makes more sense with "won't"... who knows
now to solve the last one that eluded me...
5) Another sad song's lyric. Hrmm I guess the brute force method will have to do. (Listen to a bunch of songs at random, and apply this lyric with the rythym of that song).. Ah! I've got it. This is from I don't wan't to spoil the party! But the lyric is written incorrectly, no wonder it was so hard :P It's actually "There's nothing for me here, so I will disappear" :)

so to recap:

1) Please Please Me
2) The Ballad of John and Yoko
3) I Am The Walrus
4) Eleanor Rigby
5) I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

whew! that was hard, and now I'm late for class :)

If you caught me writing the lyrics incorrectly, then it looks like you just took ME to class. All correct, by the way. Nicely done.

Who's voice did George have in mind when he wrote "Something".

Not sure if this is ironic or not, but anyways...


What does "Norwegian Wood" refer to? What was the song about?

I don't understand the question. Voice? Do you mean, "about whom was the song written," or "whom did George envision singing it?"

It was written about first wife Patti. If your question is the latter, I don't know. Frank Sinatra?

No irony (or even sarcasm); real respect.

Norwegian Wood was about one of John's flings with another woman. What intrigues me more than anything about this song is that all of The Beatles had thousands of these flings and one-night stands all over the place. Thier hotel rooms after the concerts were sex marathons everywhere they went. So what made this one so special as to deserve its own song?

Sorry about the sloppy wording. "Whom did Geore envision singing it?" Was what I meant. It was Ray Charles. Not that he intended to give the song to Ray, but he said that when he wrote the song he could hear in his head Ray Charles singing it. He denied that it was actually about Patti at all, but just a song for Ray.

Well, I blew it on both parts. I've never heard that before, so thanks for the info.

Here are some Beatles song title anagrams. What songs are these?

1) thin adult door anyhow

2) able worn Elysium

3) dyke seat aweigh

4) snow hunk volt either abed

5) diet rite tock

Fun Thread! Who sings the, "She loves you, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" towards the end of "All You Need Is Love"?

heheheheh

not to discourage you or anything...it's a good question - and highly debated - read this thread for more info!

EDIT: this post has more information in it...

Oh man, sorry about that quadro2000. A long time member here gave me just today the link to this thread and I should have gone back and read all of it and not just the last page of the thread.
I was somewhere else and we debated this for weeks and I agree with your answer you linked me to. Much harder question than appears at first blush!

No biggie (and sorry if I came off like a dick). Glad to have you here! Yeah, it's amazing - when you think back, you gotta wonder if they ever realized their music - even their adlibs - would be subject to such intense scrutiny!

1) I Want To Hold Your Hand
2) Yellow Submarine.
3) Eight Days a week.
4) I Should Have Known Better
5) Ticket to Ride.

whew that took me about 45 minutes! :-p

Heres some Beatles song titles anagrams of my own:
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1) "Sweet Mary whine ugly piglet"
2) "Womanishly shitty nude dick"
3) "Hello Wolf in lust"
4) "Im a ratty clumsy ogre"
5) (this one is a bit tricky, bonus points if you get it) "Eh Im boring kid madman"

Hope nobody was offended by that, just some mindless hilarity in beatles song titles :)

1) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

3) I'll Follow the Sun

4) Magical Mystery Tour

5) Stumped. Need a clue.

What is it the Beatles are saying at the end of "I am the Walrus"? I am told "Everybody smoke pot"...sounds pretty close. Sorry if you have already answered this...thread has gotten quite long! Any other subliminal message answers regarding the Beatles would be great!

warrrreagl: for number 5, the title you are trying to unscramble is not in English :)


tralls: I always just thought it was repeating: "Everybody ha ha!"

Ahh, that clue gave it away. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand

As for the "I Am the Walrus" fadeout question, I haven't the slightest idea. I know that ever since the song first came out, my brain interpreted the lyrics as "oo-pah oo-pah everybody oo-pah." Although this makes no sense and is most certainly NOT the correct lyrics, it's what I still sing inside my head whenever that song comes on.

I have actually heard this. My wife has a copy of it she got from an import store some time ago.

For those of you not in the know, it is a German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

The third Beatles album released by Capitol Records in the U.S. called "Something New" had this version on it. I used to listen to it over and over, completely fascinated.

I have to admit I was hooked on that song for a while... dunno why though, seeing as how I don't speak German. I just think it's cool how they translated the song into German. I know many people have translated their songs into other languages, but were the Beatles the first pop number to do so? Anybody know?

It gets murky, there. European pop acts were constantly translating pop songs back and forth. I assume you meant "English-speaking pop act," but I think even Tony Sheridan had a few singles translated into German way back then.

I do remember the utter scorn and teasing heaped on The Beatles when "Michelle" was first released (with the opening line sung in both English and French). And I've never really liked "Michelle" as much as everybody else, for some reason.

George Harrison wrote two number hit singles that he "gave" to other artists before he recorded them. Name them, and the artist that benefitted from his inability to recognize the hit quality of the tune he tossed to another.

I think I can only do one of these, but I'm going to guess that he gave "Something" to Joe Cocker....?

Correct on the first one. Cocker recorded "Something" before the Beatles did.

The second is a bit harder.

yup that's what I was referring to. Ah, interesting...

Side thought: There is actually a class on the Beatles being offered at my college, I've been dying to get in, but they haven't offered it for a few terms now... Hopefully they will have it again before I graduate.

I'll help you through it!

Uh...maybe he gave "My Sweet Lord" to the Chiffons? :D

"The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp" to Frank Sinatra?

"For You Blue" to Blue Oyster Cult?

"Here Comes the Sun" to Ozzie Osborne?

"Long, Long, Long" to Jimi Hendrix (inside sexual joke there)?

"Old Brown Shoe" to Jeff Goldblum?

"Piggies" to Ted Nugent?

"What is Life?" to Ted Nugent?

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" to Yngwie Malmsteen?

"Beware of Darkness" to Ray Charles?

"I Dig Love" to Kurt Cobain?

"Isn't It a Pity?" to Kurt Cobain?

"Wah-wah" to Anita Bryant?

Kurt Cobain covered "I Dig Love" before George Harrison recorded it??

None have gotten it yet, but Warren has given some great answers.

The second one was a solo hit for George, not a Beatles song.

Cute.

He actually BOUGHT "He's So Fine" in the end so the litigation would end.

I'm not sure of the protocol here, so I don't know if I'm supposed to give the answer yet. I will, and if that's the wrong thing to do, someone can kindly correct me.

"My Sweet Lord" was the song, Quadro got it in jest. Billy Preston recorded it before Harrison did so during the ALL THINGS MUST PASS sessions.

Ehh, obviously you're smarter than the rest of us, so I think it's okay that you gave the answer. :) I had no clue that Billy Preston recorded it first...great factoid!

Here's another, then: There were many songs dedicated to John Lennon after his death. Can you name one that was dedicated to him before he died (and I don't mean "The Ballad Of John And Yoko").

Beatlefan,

If I don't know it, I'll usually a) admit it, or b) stall with misdirection.

What time is it?

A guess here: Silly Long Songs?

No. And I mean it was actually dedicated to John, not just in his style or supposedly referring to John (like "Let Me Roll It" was stylistically, and "Too Many People" was by way of reference).

I don't know the answer - but can you explain the stylistic relation of Let Me Roll It to John? I've never heard that before.