[Dean's World] Ron Coleman: Beatles R&B

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Posted by Ron Coleman:
Beatles R&B
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1178641645.shtml


   This is just a post I've wanted to write since forever. This is as
   ridiculously inappropriate a time as ever.

   People often say that for all their great innovation in popular music,
   the Beatles are often ignored for their very high quality R&B music.
   It's not surprising, because everything they recorded has become so
   iconic that it's all "Beatles music" -- its own genre.

   But here are my suggestion for the best Beatles R&B songs, fundamental
   12-bar guitar blues more or less, that stand up on their own merits as
   such. I'm not including covers from the "early Beatles" years but
   original Lennon & McCartney compositions only:
    1. One After 9:09
    2. I Saw Her Standing There
    3. The Ballad of John and Yoko
    4. Yer Blues
    5. Back in the USSR

   Did I miss any?