I am an associate to a Facebook groud called The Beatles.
It is an international group, so everything goes in English...
and I will try not to sing out of key!
My first publication in the group was a provocation,
Here is one straight from Brazil to this fantastic fandom:
Which Beatles song has the best vocal harmony?
Mine is ‘This Boy’!
Immediately, in the first comment, I justified my vote:
'Because’ rivals with ‘This Boy’ but the former was performed in a studio, whil the latter was performed live several times, with John, Paul and George sharing ONE microphone!
First, Paul and George harmonize with John, then they provide extremely sensitive backing for a stunning, amazing, astonishing lead vocal by John!
One of the times was on the second Ed Sullivan show, in Miami, on February 16th, 1964 just 7 days after the 'Night That Changed America!', on !
Here, a link for the performance on Ed Sullivan, Miami
Almost 200 Likes, more than 200 answers, a few of them with songs that did not fit with the question, some others with more than one answer, what I considered valid!
With such numbers I found that there was materiality enough and decided to provide some statystics!
Here is the picture, 30 hours after publication.
'Because' is indeed, the champion!
My choice was runner up, and of course I admit 'Because' is the deserved champ!
Very close came 'If I Fell', that I like a lot, specially after the AHDN film scene, when John 'teaches' Ringo in his accoustic guitar, while The Funny Beatle sets his drum's parts. 'Nowhere Man' and 'Yes It Is' followed, still on the two-digit-level.
Other 40 songs have been appointed, but did not reach the fingers of one hand, such as 'Help', 'Words of Love', Here Comes The Sun King', 'Paperback Writer', 'Two of Us', 'We Can Work It Out', 'Your Gonna Lose That Girl'.
I was very happy with my initiative and the response and the stats I made!
And proud to iterate in a such high level Beatles experts group!!
Very close came 'If I Fell', that I like a lot, specially after the AHDN film scene, when John 'teaches' Ringo in his accoustic guitar, while The Funny Beatle sets his drum's parts. 'Nowhere Man' and 'Yes It Is' followed, still on the two-digit-level.
Other 40 songs have been appointed, but did not reach the fingers of one hand, such as 'Help', 'Words of Love', Here Comes The Sun King', 'Paperback Writer', 'Two of Us', 'We Can Work It Out', 'Your Gonna Lose That Girl'.
I was very happy with my initiative and the response and the stats I made!
And proud to iterate in a such high level Beatles experts group!!
Very nice and interesting tally, Homero! Without a doubt, BECAUSE is unbeattable!! However, the fabfour were renown for their awesome vocal harmonies, which are commonplace in, say, 7 out of 10 of their songs! Very good job, Homer!
ResponderExcluirEu não lido bem com listas de melhores. Eu acho um desperdício de tempo ficar ouvindo os Beatles para classificar qual é melhor nisso ou naquilo. Gosto de usar meu tempo ouvindo os Beatles para voar, viajar com eles, visitar Pepper Land...e voltar mais leve e abençoada. Sempre retorno abençoada. Afinal todas as músicas são lindas. Todas as harmonias são lindas.
ResponderExcluirMas entendo que, muitas vezes, a intenção é boa. A intenção é fazer com que debrucem mais uma vez sobre suas interpretações e comentem a respeito, trazer novas ideias...e acredito que todas amorosas e respeitosas como é o caso aqui.
Homerix com certeza também viaja com eles e sua ideia foi apenas uma provocação para um debate proveitoso. Tantas músicas lindas foram citadas e lembradas.
Mas se me perguntassem eu não teria como escolher a melhor. Because é a mais bem trabalhada, porém as outras soam tão lindas quanto. Sun King...Nossa que maravilha. Meu pai diria "Paperback Writer"por achar que soa bem parecida com a harmonia da Marujada de Montes Claros. Ele era folclorista. Dizia que Rain parecia nossos foliões. Por isso gotava tanto das duas musicas.
Na verdade ele antes não apreciava tanto os Beatles. Respeitava. Costumava cantar Help para brincar comigo Mas ao ouvir Paper Back Writer ficou maravilhado antes de saber quem estava cantando. " Que coisa linda é essa? Parece a Marujada! Quem está cantando?" Ficou boquiaberto quando disse que eram os Beatles. E tudo por causa da harmonia.
A propósito vale aqui um comentário...Eis um dos motivos porque, mesmo gostando de muita coisa que fizeram solo, eu realmente prefiro os Beatles. Por melhor que suas músicas solo fossem jamais ouviríamos a harmonia. Jamais eles cantando juntos assim tão magicamente. Então sempre ficam abaixo...deles próprios.
Cool, but "Because" has the best vocal harmony.
ResponderExcluirEssa é sempre a minha favorita
ResponderExcluirAcho que é o mesmo grupo no FB, que participo