British Comedy Guide

Favourite Beatles songs Page 4

And isn't Eleanor Rig(s)by about a certain landlord's mum?

Quote: Jack Massey @ July 19 2009, 11:40 PM BST

Yes, but obviously that was a sitcom that was on forty years after the song and was just sharing the word, it isn't a direct mention to it like Meet the Wife was.

Oh I see what you mean now. But "Meet the Wife" could just mean "meet the wife" in the lyrics, couldn't it?

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 19 2009, 11:41 PM BST

And isn't Eleanor Rig(s)by about a certain landlord's mum?

Ban her! She's caught Chapman Disease. Pretty much incurable.

Quote: Badge @ July 19 2009, 11:44 PM BST

Oh I see what you mean now. But "Meet the Wife" could just mean "meet the wife" in the lyrics, couldn't it?

I once read a book explaining lyrics in Beatles songs and John Lennon wrote it is a mention to the sitcom. Also, Wikipedia mentions it- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_Good_Morning

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 19 2009, 11:41 PM BST

And isn't Eleanor Rig(s)by about a certain landlord's mum?

>_<

:)

I am spending this week listening to the entire Beatles' back catalogue thanks to this thread. Will report back soon. :P

Quote: roscoff @ July 19 2009, 11:44 PM BST

Ban her! She's caught Chapman Disease. Pretty much incurable.

Poor girl!

As there seems to be one or two Beatles experts on this thread I hope one of you can answer a question.

After the Beatles I know that John wrote a song called 'How do you sleep' which was about Paul, and I think Jealous Guy was about Paul as well.
Does anyone know the song which Paul wrote about John?
I know there was one, but I've never heard it.

The Frog Chorus?

Quote: Fred Sunshine @ July 20 2009, 12:19 AM BST

John wrote a song called 'How do you sleep'

That is a f**king amazing song btw.

Quote: Nil Putters @ July 20 2009, 12:22 AM BST

The Frog Chorus?

That is a f**king amazing song btw.

:D :D

I was laughing at the Frog Chorus bit.
And not the way the quote came out.
I'll laugh at that now
:D

Me too Laughing out loud

From WikiAnswers.com

Q: What song did John Lennon write about Paul McCartney?

A: How Do You Sleep on the album Imagine contains lyrics which attack Paul and particularly the quality of some of his solo work.

McCartney admitted that lines in his song Too Many People on the album Ram were intended as digs at Lennon and this was seen as John's reply, although he claimed later that the song was more about himself than Paul.

Hard to pick just a few songs as favourites as there were so many great Beatles songs, and I grew up listening to them.

But here's my Top Twenty (in no particular order):

While my guitar gently weeps
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Help!
Hey Jude
Don't let me down
Please, please me
Twist and shout
I want to hold your hand
She loves you
Some other guy
All my loving
Strawberry Fields
A day in the life
This Boy
Something
Yesterday
Here comes the sun
Lady Madonna
Eleanor Rigby
Because/Mean Mr Mustard/Polytheme Pam/She came in through the bathroom window (medley off Abbey Road)
Aarons' lam'ent

Fx

Quote: Fred Sunshine @ July 20 2009, 12:19 AM BST

As there seems to be one or two Beatles experts on this thread I hope one of you can answer a question.

After the Beatles I know that John wrote a song called 'How do you sleep' which was about Paul, and I think Jealous Guy was about Paul as well.
Does anyone know the song which Paul wrote about John?
I know there was one, but I've never heard it.

I think Let me Roll It off Band on the Run is supposed to be part of the tit-for-tat. How do you Sleep? is ace, though.

EDIT Wiki to the rescue. Let me Roll It was an olive branch hand of friendship thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Roll_It

Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight
In My Life
The Long and Winding Road
And I Love Her
Across the Universe
Blackbird
Oh! Darling
I'll Follow the Sun
Fixing a Hole
Taxman
Here There and Everywhere
Back in the USSR
Birthday
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Dear Prudence
Penny Lane
The Fool on the Hill
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

And so on...

Hey Jude
Black Dog Blues
Lovely Rita
You Know What to Do
We Can Work It Out
For No One
Strawberry Fields Forever
In My Life
I am the Walrus
Brian Epstein Blues
Revolution
She's A Woman
Why Don't We Do It In the Road?

and so many more

Quote: Jack Massey @ July 19 2009, 11:22 PM BST

Good Morning Good Morning which is the only Beatles song to mention a sitcom. The lyric is 'Everyone you see is full of life, it's time for tea and MEET THE WIFE' Meet the wife was a 1960's sitcom by On the Buses creators Ronnie Wolfe and Ronnie Chesney starring Freddie Frinton and Thora Hird which aired between 1963-1966.

When I mentioned that fascinating bit of trivia a month ago, it killed the thread stone dead. Strange that. https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/13647#P432408

Share this page