Ann Powers has posted fifteen favorite Beatles songs. I can't resist following suit.
1. "A Hard Day's Night." The ninth greatest chord of the twentieth century.
2. "Yes It Is." Amazing texture.
3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand." A downward major scale conquers America.
4. "Michelle." Lamento!
5. "And I Love Her."
6. "Tomorrow Never Knows." Bring on the Stockhausen!
7. "For No One."
8. "All You Need Is Love." The title is now inseparable from Klaus Kinski.
9. "Eleanor Rigby." If only string ensembles had been strictly rationed in rock/pop from then on.
10. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." More lamento!
11. "Julia."
12. "Helter Skelter." Beatles hardcore.
13. "A Day in the Life." Xenakis!
14. "Revolution 9." John Cage!
15. "Something." What Ann said.
