Best Song on Revolver?

[Jacknotjohnbass]

Just wondering cause it came on my mind and I’m curious


EDIT: When I say “best” I meant to say favorite...I know best isn’t the right word for this type of thing

 

[Son of Wobble]

Just wondering cause it came on my mind and I’m curious

Wow, this is a tough one!
If I never heard "Submarine" again, I'd be a happy camper. As for the rest of the choices -- well, there's a reason I can't choose... And that's because I reckon this to be one of the very best pop albums ever made. Aside from the somewhat pedestrian "Love To You," this album could pass as a greatest hits album, with every melody sterling.

 

[TigerInATrance]

Voted for Tomorrow Never Knows because it's my personal favorite, but really should've gone with I Want To Tell You. Of course they're all brilliant so there's really no wrong answer.

It really is my absolute favorite Beatles album.

 

[Spectrum]

Eleanor Rigby has the most emotional impact so I guess I'll pick that one. Tomorrow Never Knows is awesome, though.

 

[Michedelic]

This isn’t necessary. Why can’t the album be enjoyed as a whole piece of work? It was one of, if not THE, first albums going beyond the ‘two or three singles and then filler crap’ format. Rubber Soul, of course, was the transition, and, depending on your viewpoint, so was the electric Dylan albums of that moment.

 

[electracoyote]

Tough choices in there. Revolver and Rubber Soul are bookends that would have made the ultimate double LP.

Applying logic and reason, I have to go with "Eleanor Rigby" because it is a bit of pop rock history and inspired that stripped down string quartet driven sound for so many songs and bands that came after it (it is actually an octet, but you get the idea). A great song in its own right with only voice/instrument, and featuring fairly deep provocative lyrics, it is one of the best examples of a Beatle (McCartney) asking George Martin for something outside his element, and Martin delivering the goods, big time. Some of the vocal arrangement was Martin's idea as well.

 

[MattZilla]

This isn’t necessary.

Why can’t the album be enjoyed as a whole piece of work?

It was one of, if not THE, first albums going beyond the ‘two or three singles and then filler crap’ format.

This.

I voted for the one song that the album really didn't need, but is still a neat little ditty.

 

[NG51]

Great album. Tough to choose! Those guys had a deep bench of great songs.

 

[Dabndug]

Taxman has the best guitar break in any Beatles song. Take a bow Paul!

 

[lermgalieu]

Not voting

 

[SparkyLB]

I like the fact that the 4 most picked are my 4 favorites. I picked Taxman because it's the first song I learned on bass. Pretty easy; but pretty rough getting your hands to move that fast! She Said She Said was absolutely groundbreaking. What's with the effects! Brian Epstein in action. The Yellow Submarine outlier must be by the "'that the album didn't really need" guy. Never was a fan of Submarine; but the Beatles were to music what Shakespeare was to the written word.

 

[GIBrat51]

Doctor Robert... followed closely by And Your Bird Can Sing and Taxman - which brings back memories of my time in the UK. Then the rest of the album in no particular order; except for Eleanor Rigby, which is next-to-last. But, to be fair, only because I've heard it about a gazillion times on the radio over the decades... Last? Definitely Yellow Submarine. It was inane the first time I heard it; IMO, it has not improved with age...

 

[Keger Jupit]

Not voting

Me neither; there is a disturbing lack of "All of them"* in the poll.

Rubber Soul & Revolver are the 2 best albums they did as a whole.









*"with the exception of..."

 

[RyanOh]

Taxman is an easy favorite, I just like to play it.

 

[mikewalker]

What a great album. A twelve-way tie for favorite, excepting YellowSub (that doesn't really associate with this record) and "Love You To"... which to my astonishment I simply cannot bring to mind at all now (And I personally transcribed the entire Beatles bass line catalog back in 1979, then gigged most of them heavily, so I'm pretty deep into the Canon...)

 

[Pirate Captain]

 

[Son of Wobble]

What a great album. A twelve-way tie for favorite, excepting YellowSub (that doesn't really associate with this record) and "Love You To"... which to my astonishment I simply cannot bring to mind at all now (And I personally transcribed the entire Beatles bass line catalog back in 1979, then gigged most of them heavily, so I'm pretty deep into the Canon...)

"Love To You" is the song that admonishes us to "Make love all day long/Make love singing song." Personally, I'm just not that much a
multitasker

 

[tpaul]

Pleasantly surprised that my vote agrees with the majority at this moment (She Said She Said). What a great song. Of course, it's a difficult choice when presented with such a fantastic collection.

 

[Michedelic]

I’m surprised at all the Yellow Submarine hate. I guess none of you were ever children. I certainly was when I first heard that song, and we all used to sing it at the top of our lungs on the bus out to summer camp(in addition to Henry The 8th and B-I-N-G-O). It’s no dumber than a lot of drinking songs that get bellowed out. In my earlier comments, I forgot to mention the shear variety of styles and moods on that album; does no one here know the term ‘comedic relief’? Richard Starkey performed the role of “Ringo”, the sad sack, in the band, and always did goofy, forlorn, underdog, or schmaltzy material that befitted his character. The tune is John at his most mad, maniacal, juvenile self; proto-Monty Python almost. Anyone remember the bathtub scene in “Hard Day’s Night”? Not everything has to be the Tibetan Book of the Dead sung from a mountain top.

 

[ellipsis]

My favorite Beatles album. And in the same year they released the "Paperback Writer" single which has my favorite Beatles b-side: