Seven Paul McCartney Written Piano Based Classic Songs With The Beatles
Before The Beatles, most rock bands pretty much stuck to a simple guitar, bass, and drums arrangement for their songs. The Beatles on the other hand began to try out different types of instrumentation. This article is focused on 7 of The Beatles greatest tunes which feature a piano.
"Hey Jude" is definitely a classic. It was a huge hit single all around the world in 1968 and now in 2009 it remains one of The Beatles best known and loved songs. It's length (over 7 minutes) was groundbreaking at the time and for many years it was the longest #1 single of all time in both the UK & US.
"Let It Be" is one of The Beatles most timeless songs and like all seven of The Beatles piano based songs in this article it was sung and written by Paul McCartney (who also played the piano on all of these songs.) It was title track to the last album The Beatles released, although it was actually recorded before Abbey Road. It was a hit single in countries around the world and is still among their most popular songs today.
"The Long & Winding Road" is a pretty ballad that was overblown by Phil Spector's over the top production on the version released in 1970. The more stripped back version heard on Let It Be... Naked allows you to hear McCartney's true intention for this song (and lets you hear the piano that's pretty much drowned out in the Spector version.) I really like the little organ solo on the stripped down version.
"For No One" is a very beautiful ballad from Revolver. Along with the piano, it also features a french horn and a harpsichord. The Beatles were always looking for new sounds to try on their recordings. This song is less well known than it should be. Those of you who only have The Beatles "greatest hits" compilations are really missing out on some of their greatest work. Buy the albums!
"The Fool on the Hill" is such a great song. I think part of what makes it so great is that it's hard to pinpoint exactly what kind of song it is. Plus there's the flutes. You can't go wrong with flutes like that.
"Lady Madonna" this an upbeat song whose melody so catchy that it became a hit again in the 1990s when Sublime used it for their song "What I Got." Along with that catchy melody and the piano, the song also features a saxophone and a suitably awesome bass line by Paul McCartney. And here's a tip: If you haven't, start paying attention to The Beatles bass lines. They're awesome.
"Penny Lane" is so stuffed to the gills with awesome sounds and interesting instrumentation that it's easy to overlook the piano. - 18758
"Hey Jude" is definitely a classic. It was a huge hit single all around the world in 1968 and now in 2009 it remains one of The Beatles best known and loved songs. It's length (over 7 minutes) was groundbreaking at the time and for many years it was the longest #1 single of all time in both the UK & US.
"Let It Be" is one of The Beatles most timeless songs and like all seven of The Beatles piano based songs in this article it was sung and written by Paul McCartney (who also played the piano on all of these songs.) It was title track to the last album The Beatles released, although it was actually recorded before Abbey Road. It was a hit single in countries around the world and is still among their most popular songs today.
"The Long & Winding Road" is a pretty ballad that was overblown by Phil Spector's over the top production on the version released in 1970. The more stripped back version heard on Let It Be... Naked allows you to hear McCartney's true intention for this song (and lets you hear the piano that's pretty much drowned out in the Spector version.) I really like the little organ solo on the stripped down version.
"For No One" is a very beautiful ballad from Revolver. Along with the piano, it also features a french horn and a harpsichord. The Beatles were always looking for new sounds to try on their recordings. This song is less well known than it should be. Those of you who only have The Beatles "greatest hits" compilations are really missing out on some of their greatest work. Buy the albums!
"The Fool on the Hill" is such a great song. I think part of what makes it so great is that it's hard to pinpoint exactly what kind of song it is. Plus there's the flutes. You can't go wrong with flutes like that.
"Lady Madonna" this an upbeat song whose melody so catchy that it became a hit again in the 1990s when Sublime used it for their song "What I Got." Along with that catchy melody and the piano, the song also features a saxophone and a suitably awesome bass line by Paul McCartney. And here's a tip: If you haven't, start paying attention to The Beatles bass lines. They're awesome.
"Penny Lane" is so stuffed to the gills with awesome sounds and interesting instrumentation that it's easy to overlook the piano. - 18758
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