When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform - always do the most disagreeable first.I have this printed and hanging in my office. I try to do this in my work, getting the tasks I dread out of the way so that they stop looming over me and I can get on to other work. It seems to work well for me.
Josiah Quincy
For my BYOBO series, I've created a rather lengthy list of artists I want to feature and each week when I go to choose the artist for the week, there is one that I pass over knowing that it is an impossibility to narrow down a list to just 15 tracks. Their name mocks me when I view the list, each time I hear a song of theirs on the radio I cringe at the thought of trying to decide whether to include it. As much as I love The Beatles, they were wearing me down.
Enough is enough - it's time to bite the bullet and get at this.
So once again inspired by Nat at Mini-Obs, the idea is (almost) the same as always:
This week, I'm changing the rules a bit. I decided that to just pull 15 songs from their collected works was going to be impossible, so instead I'm going to take advantage of the fact that there were 15 original CD releases and choose one song from each release. Considering how much they evolved from the first notes of Please Please Me to the end of Abbey Road, this also seems like a good way to make sure the full evolution is represented.So here goes - The Best of The Beatles as compiled by me:
1. O-Bla-Di, O-Bla-Dah
2. Across The Universe
3. Hey Jude
4. Norwegian Wood
5. All You Need Is Love
6. Let It Be
7. My Sweet Lord
8. Dear Prudence
9. Strawberry Fields Forever
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. Lovely Rita
12. Paperback Writer
13. Yellow Submarine
Hard to choose, but I'll stop at a baker's dozen. Have a great weekend!
Great choices all.
SB
"Here comes the sun" is probably one of my all-time favorite songs.
Great list by the way
Thanks for the comment
SB
Thanks for the visit and the comment
SB
And Rubber Soul is forever my favorite, with Revolver second and Sgt. Pepper's in third.
And George was always so underrated, but what a hot-shit writer and
performer he really was! AND he had a great sense of humor to boot! I miss him.
SB
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Ticket to Ride
Eleanor Rigby
Help
Yesterday
And now that I think of it, I was seven years old when they came to America and I was completely gone over them. It helps me understand the Tweeners voting for their favorites on American Idol a bit more. At least the Beatles could sing. And their songs were completely awesome.
As far as getting the tough job done first, I agree, but it depends on how much I've been doing that. Sometimes, a person needs a treat. Dessert first, yanno?
Oh, and as much as I might have sounded like I was complaining, having to go through and listen to Beatles music is certainly a treat.
SB