While a little easier than PLEASE, PLEASE ME, WITH THE BEATLES still proved to be a bit of a challenge. Sorry about "All I've Got to Do." Redemption comes from Franz Ferdinand, Robert Palmer, and, as much as I hate to say it, Amy Winehouse.
It Won't Be Long FRANZ FERDINAND
All I've Got to Do LINDA RONSTADT and PETER ASHER
All My Lovin' AMY WINEHOUSE
Don't Bother Me DELAVERDE
Little Child THE INMATES
'Til There was You PEGGY LEE (This was the version that inspired Paul.)
Please Mr. Postman THE MARVELETTES (original recording artist)
Roll Over Beethoven CHUCK BERRY (original recording artist)
Hold Me Tight THE TREASURES
You Really Got A Hold On Me SMOKEY ROBINSON (original recording artist)
I Wanna Be Your Man THE ROLLING STONES
Devil In His Heart THE DONAYS (original recording artist)
#5 I Feel Fine. The opening riff is amazing, the energy, especially in the Shea video represents the touring Beatles at their best.
#4 Don't Let Me Down. Sometime I watch this and wonder if they could've ever had any idea that this would be the last set they played together? To see them smiling and interacting makes me think they didn't. Triumphant and tragic.
#3 Help! To me, the melody starts to mature, a sign that John was growing up. The long hair reminds us that RUBBER SOUL arrived just 4 months after HELP! was released.
#2 Instant Karma! This video hints at the great things he was capable of on his own. Too bad the primal scream therapy hadn't kicked in. Love this video, from BBC's TOP OF THE POPS.
#1 Strawberry Fields Forever. Even without lyrics, the song would remind us that 'nothing is real.' But when Lennon's poetry is applied to the Beatles music on the verge of their SERGEANT PEPPER breakthrough, it's magic on magnetic tape.
Honorable mentions: (Started off as two songs, but the list kept growing. Sorry.)
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