+3,640 It's funny how most music today is about how much the guy wants to hook up with you, when all the Beatles wanted to do was hold your hand, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

all though... i know at least one of their songs had to do with drugs...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

lucy in the skyyyy with diamonds.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And "we all live in the yellow submarine"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Norwegian wood.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(+Me): Norwegian Wood was about a lesbian, actually.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually, the Beatles have said that song was inspired by a drawing by one of the Beatles's kids. Judging how open they are about the use of drugs in their songs, I'm pretty sure they aren't lying about that one.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I totaly agree. Like "Happiness is a Warm Gun"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I agree too. It was like a picture the girl was drawing and one of the Beatles was like "what are those?" and she said they were diamonds.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You're retarded. It was one of their sons, he drew the picture about a girl in his class named Lucy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

that persons retarded for making a mistake? or being misinformed or whatever? wooooooow.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could've sworn that song was based on a drawing Julian made about a friend of his named Lucy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Fun fact: While most of their songs in the latter of their career were written on drugs, none of them were about them.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Lucy in the sky with diamonds O.o?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Common misconception, and the only one that's really debatable. John says it was written about a picture his son drew of a girl he liked, named Lucy. He brought home a picture, and said it was Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Lucy and Julian (his son) have confirmed this. Paul, who had nothing to do with writing it, later said it was about LSD. I, personally, believe John.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Is that you, Rose?! ... Oh, but I swear, my friend and I were JUST talking about this.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

HEY!!!! I KNOW WE WERE LIKE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The Beatles wanted to dance with you too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

aww beat me to it lol

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I love "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" :) the book though, not the movie

by Anonymous 14 years ago

that book is the best 200 something pages ive ever read

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And then they want to do it in the road. But yeah. Music can be pretty provocative these days.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Funny how there was old Southern country songs about killing black folk when today we have black folk shooting others. This is what your post came out as to me. Same shit, different wording and beat.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

WHOA, we were just discussing this is gym today!! Are you in my gym class?? O.o

by Anonymous 14 years ago

To be fair, Please Please Me (which was recorded earlier than I Want to Hold Your Hand) was about oral sex...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What is wrong with people? "Please, Please Me" is not about oral sex. It was about relationships, and a response to songs about sex. Since those were the norm in rock and roll then, they wanted to prove it can be different and still popular, only the only expected popularity in England.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well, excuse me for reading interviews with the people who wrote the song.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Do you know how many forged interviews there are with bands as big as them? When you've watched as many documentary/ audio interviews as me, then you'll have some credibility.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I promise you, I've seen as many documentaries and heard as many audio interviews and listened to as many radio shows with George Martin as I can physically get a hold of. Since you seem to think you are the grand authority on all things Beatles, let's just agree to disagree.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I can assure you I am, in fact, the grand authority on all things Beatles. I know more about the band than Ringo, as I have proven. And I know enough about them to know that George Martin and Pauls post- Beatles comments on Beatles song origins can be shaky at best.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

There is just no pleasing people like you. I always find it so disheartening when Beatles fans are so unloving and mean. If you think that you can convince me that you know more than I do, be my guest; I honestly do not care. I offered a solution to our problem. Like most songs, Please Please Me is open to many different interpretations. If you can't civilly take my solution, then I am truly sorry at the state of the human condition nowadays. This is my last comment on the issue, and I wish you a good life.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Dont try this "be the bigger man" crap on me. The beauty of their music stems from the countless interpretations. I'm always having friendly talks with strangers and friends alike about what a song could mean. My problem with you comes from two places. The first being your awful thoughts about what is really a pure song. As I said, their music could mean anything, so this wouldn't bother me if you didn't think that was the intention. Agreeing to disagree only works when one side isn't entirely disgusting and wrong. As for your personal attacks, I'm actually a very kind and loving man, even to the point of greatly disadvantaging myself.I live by a very strong moral code, and it is such that mkes you, some random person on the internet, worth writing these lengthy replies to.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Why the hell are you guys fighting about this? Music is not about whos right and whose wrong. All songs have different meanings to different people. Do you think the Beatles wanted to cause fighting? Honestly...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What they wouldn't want is one of their only purely innocent songs to be slandered. there has only been one song John has EVER written without an iron clad meaning, but he often keeps the true meanings of his music quiet, to allow his fans to find their own artistic visions, not this filth.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

All these comments confused the hell out of me talking about playlists, doin it in the road, gym class, some person named Rose and a yellow submarine.. ANYWAYS.. yes I think its cute, and pretty funny :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ahem, they also wanted to "do it in the road"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

http://www.amirite.net/232941 this is basically a wordier clone of this here POTD, amirite? i mean it's a brilliant post but shouldn't the POTD be the post that came first?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well he or she still got high ratings also, so it's all good brah.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This post has better grammar though :S

by Anonymous 14 years ago

and the temptations just imagined the relationship was happening :) those were better times.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

1. What the hell is wrong with songs about sex? A lot of them may be awful, but it's not the sex that makes them that crap, it's the people that write them. 2. The song itself may be completely innocent, but the Beatles weren't. In fact they were pretty huge manwhores a lot of the time.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

sure they did drugs, that was what was cool in the 60s and it's not like they were harmful drugs like today. They weren't 'manwhores'. Do you have any proof?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They just were, it's well known that they slept around, especially John. In fact it was a large part of why George's first marriage broke up. I may have been exaggerating by using the word "manwhores", but to be honest I was trying to have a bit of a laugh about it. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world to be debating is it? Also, I never actually mentioned the drugs and have no problem with any of the stuff they did in that sense

by Anonymous 14 years ago

John was married. Then he got divorced nd was married to Yoko. I can't say much for George, but you can't honestly say that there aren't any guys who do that now.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm not even sure what you're talking about any more =/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well to me, songs about sex are kind of obnoxious and annoying. Sex is a very intimate thing that should remain between two people that love eachother. For instance.. ever heard the song Rude Boy by Rihannah? It's a catchy tune, but read the lyrics. COMPLETELY innaproptiate.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I guess it's just a personal preference, I don't mind them generally, but there are ones that I find inappropriate too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I love that song- it's so innocent :) All he wants to do is hold your hand, but not anything innapropriate... yet ;) just kidding :P

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Copy :/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm having deja vu.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I must know the person decided this would be POTD! I LOVE YOU! just kidding

by Anonymous 14 years ago

WHY IS THIS POTD!!! i had to say it before anyone else, i actually like it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Lies

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This made me smile. :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Quality POTD.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I believe it said, "I want to touch your Paaants."

by Anonymous 14 years ago

bahaha(: me too. me too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's not like the beatles were that great anyway. All they did was do acid and write music that sounds like what you would hear when you were high on acid. They're overrated.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

your face is overrated..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

My face was never rated. It can't be overrated.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

your face was never rated...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You're so fucking retarded

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm the retarded one? I said people don't rate my face, they act like a child and say retarded things that don't make sense, and i'm the one who is retarded? No sir, You're the one who is retarded. Learn things, then you can act like a complete dickfag.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Grow up, faggot

by Anonymous 14 years ago

How am i not the grown up one? I'm the only one acting older than 4 years old. You're a terrible troll.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

your face isn't the grown up one...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That is exactly what i'm talking about :/ ...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Honestly I've never really been that crazy about them either. Compared to other music of the time, there was so much more going on! I'm not saying that they're bad, but I've personally never been able to listen to one of their songs all the way through and feel like I've enjoyed it. I bet most of the people who voted you down don't even listen to The Beatles regularly. They just think it's sacrilegious not to be absolutely in love with a band so old and so legendary. :/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Anyone who has even attempted to listen to the Beatles knows for a fact that some of their most popular songs were no where close to their best. Honestly, just listen to a couple different albums (they're more diverse post '66 it seems) and you'll realize it. And if you ever watch interviews or live concerts of them you'll see how their personalities make them cool.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm willing to give them a second listen; I have by no means listened to them extensively. Would you recommend any song(s) in particular?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Come Together, Something, It Won't Be Long, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Yesterday, Nowhere Man, and Ballad Of John and Yoko are really good ones to start with I think :D

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yesterday is a beautiful song. I cry everytime I hear it :')

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Omg, I just had to come back to this comment to say you were right! I downloaded The White Album and Abbey Road and they're pretty good! Glad I gave them another listen. :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's so awesome of you!! :) I'm glad you liked them! Revolver is another sweet album if you're interested haha. Once you get into them you realize that they have so much to offer and songs that appeal to all different people.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Nick a Nora<3 :D Oh! And The Beatles<3 hehe

by Anonymous 14 years ago

thatbook is amazing, i always think of it when people mention this song :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*Sigh* repost!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*Sigh* repost!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Wow. Repost squared.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Obscene songs are nothing new, it's just that only recently have obscenity been recorded and released commercially. Here are a few lines of a song Jelly Roll Morton recorded for the Library of Congress in 1938, in the same style that had been performed for decades: "Come here you sweet bitch, let me get in your drawers. I'm gonna make you think you're fucking with Santa Claus" "Tell me baby don't you like the way I grind, If you do let me get a little from behind." "Throw you legs up like a church steeple, so I can think I'm fucking all the people" "You're the fuckingest bitch, yeah baby, I've ever met"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I feel like the only teen these days who doesn't like The Beatles..get over them.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

get over eminem or whatever crap music you listen to. And I use the term music lightly, extremely lightly.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Why do you assume he or she listens to crap just because he or she isn't into The Beatles? Are the sole creators of good music in the world, now?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

@783213 (Anonymous): @783017 (WryVendor): I never said everyone else's music is crap. Just most of today's 'artists' are crap. The sad thing is that most of todays people say they were inspired by the Beatles

by Anonymous 14 years ago

He said that The Beatles such, and you automatically told him to "get over" whatever "crap" music he listens to. How is that not saying that everything else sucks?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You people act like The Beatles are the best thing ever and they're really not. I don't listen to Eminem but if you look at most of his lyrics they're far more revolutional than The Beatles. Sure they were cool in the 60s but they're dead now and their music is nothing special.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So you're saying anything but the beatles is crap? (note im not capitalizing "the beatles" Because frankly, they haven't shown me they deserve it.) David bowie is my personal favorite artist. He is a great artist who still makes music, even though he started in the 60's. He has a song with john lennon. But he was never in the beatles, so you must think he sucks major ass.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And I quote: Why don't we do it in the road? ;)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Happiness is a warm gun...well in England...happiness is pronounced sort of without the h. Say it for yourself, with a english accent.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You make no sense. In any accent.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

100th comment!!! But really, I miss the good ol' days when music had meaning other than clubbing whores... and I wasn't born yet, but still.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Just saying, the Beatles are now FINALLY on iTunes. :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I KNOW! It makes this POTD soooo much better.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Years after everyone probably already just went out and ripped the CDs or pirated the albums, lol.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, I know. It's a shame haha. I already have the album my iPod. But it's ncie to finally see it up anyways.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm thinking it will still sell pretty well, anyway, since a lot of fans will buy it again for support and lot of the younger generation today are getting into them again.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly. I'm really happy kids my age and younger can appreciate talented artist like the Beatles. They're really my obsession, haha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Very Unoriginal.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's not funny, it's sad. It's like almost (note, almost) all of the new songs are about sex, drugs, or just lyrics without a particular meaning. 8(

by Anonymous 14 years ago