Do you have a favourite Beatles song that you would like to share ?

Anything from Revolver or Rubber Soul

When I think back on my often turbulent life this song always comes to mind and my thoughts are always tinged with sadness when I listen to the words which say so much to me...

Everything was better back then Ray....even the bad times were good, another song....could be the antidote my friend :))

Was it REALLY all better mate!! Or are we just suffering from that well known 'ocular disorder' that comes with the advancing years: looking at the past through rose coloured glasses...!!

As kids we were a pest, that i cannot deny, but we knew where the line was drawn and were prepared to take the consequences. We neither had nor wanted anything, a game of football in the street or bike made from the debris of others (never a new one) and we were mostly happy. Looking at the trappings of our upwardly mobile lives now and i think we were easily pleased. I also believe that because of such humble beginnings, now that i am retired i don't find life so hard with living on a pension (limited budget), our generation know what it's like to need rather than want, i don't need anything Ray, but i have a long list of wants, lol.

True and sensible comments bf-and ones I can personally relate to.
As regards 'needs' and 'wants'-well, the minute we stop entirely 'wanting' things, that's the the 'minute' we would be "better aff deid"- as the old Glesga saying goes-as I am sure you know!

Ha ha, i certainly do, and corned beef is deaf in rhyming slang :)) I thought it would be generous act to leave all of my 'wants' to my friends in my Will, it'll give them something to aspire to, what do you think ?

Selfless, as always, bf....LOL!!

Yeh, i think so too lol.

Now then blindfaith you know that is an unfair question to ask me!!! lol The Beatles NEVER did a bad song. How do you expect me to choose just one?

Post as many as you like Jan, yep they were mostly good ones :))

Bad Boy, Money, Baby You're a Rich Man, She Loves You. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, From Me To You. Hey Jude, My Bonnie (backing Tony Sherridan), Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Sgt. Pepper. Real Love,Yesterday, She's Leaving Home, Taxman, Yes It Is, Ticket To Ride are just for starters so is that enough to be going on with lol?

Well yeh, but we can't play them or hear them !!!!

Oops! I'll have to work out how to do that some time really soon. For now though I am waiting for a new cooker to arrive and need to get some ironing done. So maybe I'll be able to sort it out a bit later when I've had time to decide which one to do.

How about this one as well?

I can play it from this Jan, but i can't hear it :)
You got the picture, now you need to click on youtube, top rh corner :))

Hmmm, must try harder huh?

No you're doing great, it takes everyone a while to get the hang of it !!

You Tube won't open up for me at the moment so I'll try again later, maybe there aree too many people on there right now.

OK, IT'S YOU TUBE, THEN THE TITLE THEN SEARCH, oops caps lock.

Like this maybe???

YESSSS, well done Jan, now you can play any music your heart desires...past or present.. the world is your lobster :)))

Thank you for the tuition blindfaith. I knew we'd get there in the end lol. :-)

Ah, my old students will affirm, why some of them can actually play i believe :)))

I'll admit to being a recent student in how to add music for you but not to being old! lol

Or this?

:)))))

Yes, just about sums it all up Debs :)

Eleanor Rigby

Come Together -- I'm posting a cool bluesy cover too.

Thanks Veritas, cool and bluesy i like :))

I know Penny Lane well, the bus stop is still there on the island in the road.
Love me do was the 1st record i bought of the Beatles. Brings back old memories of my youth. :0)

Kicking around in Liverpool as a young girl, must have been fab. It was the music capital of the world back then....the Mersey Sound...

I was still at school when they were at their height but it was still exciting, lots of great Merseyside groups about. I saw quite a lot of stars on the clubs around Liverpool.
Do you remember the 4 most, Mike Millward of the group died, they had a concert for him in The Grafton, lots of famous people performed that night it was Great, i was only 15 at the time, went with some friends, what a night. All the clubs have long gone now.
The Empire is still there, i remember seeing Jerry Lee Lewis on there + a lot of old country stars. Those where the days my friend.

I forgot that you are just a kid :)) us older ones made the most of the days and nights back then...so much freedom and so much love, those were the days Lizzy you are right...

She was Welsh though, but i did enjoy this one. I always thought it had a Russian sound to it.
5yrs made a big difference back then. We never had much money those days but there was a lot of fun + laughter about.

Yeh, you wore a satchel and i wore a beard...5 years was old :))

I wore a mini skirt. lol. :))