10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without
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On a given day this list from me might change a bit, but here's a start. What are yours? In no particular order:
Tutti Frutti -- Little Richard
Kodachrome -- Paul Simon
Life'll Kill Ya -- Warren Zevon
Dead Flowers -- Rolling Stones
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore -- John Prine
The Comedians -- Roy Orbison
Diamonds and Rust -- Joan Baez
Women 'Cross the River -- Linda Ronstadt
It's My Party -- Leslie Gore
Let Him Dangle -- Elvis Costello -
Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
Vienna - Linda Eder
Going To California - Led Zepplin
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
God Only Knows - Beach Boys
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Jump - Van Halen
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day -
@yankeefan2 Some good choices, but it’s Marvin “Gaye.”
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@bruce-m I’m ashamed to say I only know 3 of those songs!
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White Room - Cream
Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Knights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
(I’m sensing a pattern here!)
Layla (fast version) - Eric Clapton
Heat Of The Moment - Asia
Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass
No Matter What - Badfinger (sorry, is that Beatles-related?)
Baba O’Riley - The Who
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
I’ll Be True To You - The Monkees
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (stolen from Yankeefan!) -
Corrected. I will try to make excuse for my mistake later -lol
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Superstition- Stevie Wonder
Bridge Over Troubled Water- Aretha Franklin
Everlong- Foo Fighters
Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison
Drift Away- Dobie Gray
Refugee- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Jumping Jack Flash- The Rolling Stones
Daniel- Elton John
Ain't No Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Down On The Corner- Creedence Clearwater RevivalAre my favourite non Paul or Beatles or Wings tracks.
Cheers Dears ️
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"Tutti Frutti" is classic 50's rock and I have always loved Little Richard. Fun story was that my HS won a contest by an AM radio station (1966) and got a concert with a few artists from those times and one of them was Lesley Gore. "Life'll Kill Ya is a great piano tune by Warren Zevon which I have always liked. "Kodachrome" is a good/catchy solo Paul Simon song, but I like so many others from his solo career more than that song. Not a big fan of when the Rolling Stones tried country type songs like "Dead Flowers". Roy Orbison could sing the "phone book" and I would love it, such a beautiful voice. "The Comedians" is a lovely ballad and a good choice IMO. I know almost nothing done by John Pine and was never a big fan of Joan Baez. Thanks for starting this thread, will be interesting seeing the choices by other posters.
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@njr They're not hard to find online!
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@njr said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
White Room - Cream
Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Knights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
(I’m sensing a pattern here!)
Layla (fast version) - Eric Clapton
Heat Of The Moment - Asia
Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass
No Matter What - Badfinger (sorry, is that Beatles-related?)
Baba O’Riley - The Who
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
I’ll Be True To You - The Monkees
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (stolen from Yankeefan!)Tastes vary, of course, and I would never object to anyone enjoying whatever they enjoy. But "Knights in White Satin" was one of those songs that was ubiquitous when I was in high school and that always made me leap to change the station before the dry heaves set in.
FWIW, I would say "No Matter What" isn't Beatles-related since none of the Fabs wrote or played on it -- unlike, say, "Come and Get It."
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@yankeefan2 said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
Corrected. I will try to make excuse for my mistake later -lol
ROTFLMAO!
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@elayblooze I know and like all of them except not familiar with the Foo Fighters song.
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@bruce-m said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@njr They're not hard to find online!
Quite sure of that, but there are only so many hours in the day and I have so many other priorities! No offense! ️️
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@njr said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@bruce-m said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@njr They're not hard to find online!
Quite sure of that, but there are only so many hours in the day and I have so many other priorities! No offense! ️️
You have a higher priority than hunting down my favorite songs?!?!?!?
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@bruce-m said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@njr said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@bruce-m said in 10 Non-Paul, non-Beatles-related songs you couldn't live without:
@njr They're not hard to find online!
Quite sure of that, but there are only so many hours in the day and I have so many other priorities! No offense! ️️
You have a higher priority than hunting down my favorite songs?!?!?!?
ROTFLMAO!