Still the Greatest The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers

by Jackson, Andrew Grant

• ISBN13: 9780810882225
• ISBN10: 0810882221
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-20
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Forty two years, after breaking up, the Beatles remain the bestselling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, and thousands of covers have been recorded and performed. Band biographies, pop music histories, song books, and academic titles on the Fab Four clutter shelves. But never has there been a definitive guide to the finest songs of the Beatles after they called it quits.

Author Biography

Andrew Grant Jackson has written for Yahoo! Movies, Baseline Studio System, music magazines Burn Lounge, Mean Street, and Dispatch and has copy edited the Hollywood monthly magazine Ingenue. He directed and cowrote the feature film The Discontents (2004) starring Perry King and Amy Madigan and served as actor Jeff Bridges's development associate at Asls Productions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xxiii
1970: Year One	p. 1
Instant Karma! Lennon	p. 6
My Sweet Lord Harrison	p. 8
Maybe I'm Amazed McCartney	p. 8
Beaucoups of Blues Starr	p. 10
Man We Was Lonely McCartney	p. 11
What Is Life Harrison	p. 12
Cold Turkey Lennon	p. 13
Junk McCartney	p. 15
Every Night McCartney	p. 15
Mother Lennon	p. 16
God Lennon	p. 17
All Things Must Pass Harrison	p. 19
Give Peace a Chance Lennon	p. 20
Working Class Hero Lennon	p. 21
1971: It Don't Come Easy	p. 25
Imagine Lennon	p. 29
It Don't Come Easy Starr	p. 31
Wah-Wah Harrison	p. 33
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey McCartney	p. 35
Jealous Guy Lennon	p. 38
Another Day McCartney	p. 39
It's So Hard Lennon	p. 41
Oh Woman, Oh Why McCartney	p. 42
Apple Scruffs Harrison	p. 43
Oh Yoko! Lennon	p. 44
Early 1970 Starr	p. 46
The Back Seat of My Car McCartney	p. 47
Isn't It a Pity Harrison	p. 48
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Lennon	p. 49
1972: Gimme Some Truth	p. 53
Hi Hi Hi McCartney	p. 58
Power to the People Lennon	p. 59
Back Off Boogaloo Starr	p. 60
Awaiting on You All Harrison	p. 62
Love Is Strange McCartney	p. 62
New York City Lennon	p. 63
C Moon McCartney	p. 64
I Found Out Lennon	p. 66
Monkberry Moon Delight McCartney	p. 67
Remember Lennon	p. 68
Hear Me Lord Harrison	p. 69
Woman Is the Nigger of the World Lennon	p. 69
Too Many People McCartney	p. 71
Gimme Some Truth Lennon	p. 72
Dear Boy McCartney	p. 73
Crippled Inside Lennon	p. 74
Run of the Mill Harrison	p. 76
Isolation Lennon	p. 76
Dear Friend McCartney	p. 78
Behind That Locked Door Harrison	p. 79
How? Lennon	p. 80
Ram On McCartney	p. 81
Angela Lennon	p. 82
Mama's Little Girl McCartney	p. 83
Oh My Love Lennon	p. 84
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Harrison	p. 84
Hold On Lennon	p. 85
Tomorrow McCartney	p. 86
1973: Everest	p. 89
Live and Let Die McCartney	p. 91
Mind Games Lennon	p. 92
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) Harrison	p. 94
I'm the Greatest Starr	p. 96
Helen Wheels McCartney	p. 97
Bring On the Lucie (Freeda Peeple) Lennon	p. 98
You're Sixteen Starr	p. 99
My Love McCartney	p. 101
Only People Lennon	p. 102
Jet McCartney	p. 103
Don't Let Me Wait Too Long Harrison	p. 104
Out the Blue Lennon	p. 105
Photograph Starr	p. 107
Band on the Run McCartney	p. 107
1974: Lost Weekends	p. 111
Whatever Gets You thru the Night Lennon	p. 115
Junior's Farm McCartney	p. 116
Oh My My Starr	p. 117
Dark Horse Harrison	p. 118
Let Me Roll It McCartney	p. 120
Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) Lennon	p. 120
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five McCartney	p. 122
Scared Lennon	p. 122
Mrs. Vandebilt McCartney	p. 123
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) Lennon	p. 124
Picasso's Last Words McCartney	p. 126
(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna Starr	p. 128
Country Dreamer McCartney	p. 129
#9 Dream Lennon	p. 130
1976: Pizza and Fairy Tales	p. 133
Let 'Em In McCartney	p. 137
Stand by Me Lennon	p. 137
Listen to What the Man Said McCartney	p. 139
Slippin' and Slidin' Lennon	p. 140
Ain't That a Shame Lennon	p. 140
Silly Love Songs McCartney	p. 141
This Song Harrison	p. 143
Snookeroo Starr	p. 144
Going Down on Love Lennon	p. 145
This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) Harrison	p. 146
Sally G McCartney	p. 147
Beautiful Girl Harrison	p. 148
What You Got Lennon	p. 149
You Gave Me The Answer McCartney	p. 150
1980: Other Plans	p. 153
(Just Like) Starting Over Lennon	p. 156
Girls' School McCartney	p. 157
Cafe on the Left Bank McCartney	p. 157
Blow Away Harrison	p. 158
Woman Lennon	p. 159
I'm Losing You Lennon	p. 159
Coming Up McCartney	p. 161
Attention Starr	p. 162
With a Little Luck McCartney	p. 163
Dear Yoko Lennon	p. 164
London Town McCartney	p. 165
Beautiful Boy Lennon	p. 166
Mull of Kintyre McCartney	p. 167
Watching the Wheels Lennon	p. 168
1985: Borrowed Time	p. 171
Borrowed Time Lennon	p. 175
Take It Away McCartney	p. 176
All Those Years Ago Harrison	p. 177
In My Car Starr	p. 179
No More Lonely Nights McCartney	p. 180
I'm Stepping Out Lennon	p. 181
The Pound Is Sinking McCartney	p. 182
I Don't Wanna Face It Lennon	p. 183
Wanderlust McCartney	p. 184
Cleanup Time Lennon	p. 185
I Don't Want to Do It Harrison	p. 187
Grow Old with Me Lennon	p. 188
Here Today McCartney	p. 189
Nobody Told Me Lennon	p. 192
1989: When we was Fab	p. 195
Got My Mind Set on You Harrison	p. 199
Move Over Busker McCartney	p. 200
Handle with Care The Traveling Wilburys	p. 201
Back on My Feet McCartney	p. 202
End of the Line The Traveling Wilburys	p. 204
My Brave Face McCartney	p. 205
When We Was Fab Harrison	p. 206
Yvonne's the One McCartney	p. 207
Devil's Radio Harrison	p. 208
Picture Show Life Starr	p. 209
That's What It Takes Harrison	p. 210
Figure of Eight McCartney	p. 211
This Is Love Harrison	p. 211
Put It There McCartney	p. 212
1997: The Song we were Singing	p. 215
Free as a Bird The Beatles	p. 218
After All These Years Starr	p. 220
Hope of Deliverance McCartney	p. 221
Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go Starr	p. 222
Get Out of My Way McCartney	p. 224
Heading for the Light Traveling Wilburys	p. 224
Weight of the World Starr	p. 225
Fish on the Sand Harrison	p. 226
Young Boy McCartney	p. 226
Poor Little Girl Harrison	p. 227
The Song We Were Singing McCartney	p. 228
Cheer Down Harrison	p. 229
Beautiful Night McCartney	p. 229
Real Love The Beatles	p. 230
2005: Never without You	p. 235
Any Road Harrison	p. 238
Party McCartney	p. 239
Looking for My Life Harrison	p. 241
No Other Baby McCartney	p. 242
Shake a Hand McCartney	p. 243
I Don't Believe You Starr	p. 244
Jenny Wren McCartney	p. 245
From a Lover to a Friend McCartney	p. 246
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Harrison	p. 247
Your Way McCartney	p. 248
Anyway McCartney	p. 249
Pisces Fish Harrison	p. 250
Never without You Starr	p. 251
Heather McCartney	p. 252
Brainwashed Harrison	p. 253
2011: Ever Present Past	p. 257
Fine Line McCartney	p. 260
Fading In and Out Starr	p. 261
This Never Happened Before McCartney	p. 261
Free Drinks Starr	p. 262
Too Much Rain McCartney	p. 263
Riding to Vanity Fair McCartney	p. 264
The Other Side of Liverpool Starr	p. 265
Mr. Bellamy McCartney	p. 266
Nothing Too Much Just out of Sight The Fireman	p. 267
Some People Starr	p. 268
Ever Present Past McCartney	p. 268
Liverpool 8 Starr	p. 269
That Was Me McCartney	p. 270
Vintage Clothes McCartney	p. 271
Epilogue: Further Listening	p. 273
Solo Beatles No. 1 Singles	p. 281
1970-2011 Anthology (The Yellow, Green, and Indigo Albums)	p. 283
Album Discography	p. 287
Single Discography	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 303
Index	p. 309
About the Author	p. 327
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