The Beatles Tag 2025 - A response to A Little Beatles Corner

[@Imaginenumber9]

I thank you very much for doing and promoting the tag. I enjoyed hearing about why Free As A Bird means so much. Beatles songs are definitely the soundtracks of our lives. ❤

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

My pleasure Patricia

[@frednijsten7582]

Happy New Year Tone. Wishing you a good health and a very inspiring and muscially 2025. Take care. Cheers Fred

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Fred and Happy New Year to you

[@frednijsten7582]

@beatleytonesbeatleschannel ✌️🥂

[@mermaidtavern1603]

Absolute agreement about Gabriel’s version of Strawberry Fields 👏 Big PG fan anyway. Your Yellow Sub loving Martian idea made me guffaw! 😂 Your video about meeting Paul was great & has given me an idea for a future vid in fact, not that I’ve ever met him!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Glad you enjoyed the video and had a laugh. Your video idea sounds intriguing so will look forward to popping into the tavern for a pint

[@Paullewis-uv6oe]

Enjoyed your Beatles tag video and your favourite items especially the John Lennon cube vinyl spectacular , keep up the good work here’s to a great 2025

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Paul. Glad you enjoyed the video. Happy New Year

[@pollyhewitt5413]

Thanks for sharing your Beatle Tag, Beatley Tone. Really enjoyed it. Going to check out your Beatley Tone meets Macca. Take Care!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Polly. Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you enjoy the meeting macca vids

[@pollyhewitt5413]

@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel enjoyed both the meeting Macca videos. So exciting. Thanks.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

@@pollyhewitt5413 Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the videos Polly

[@charlesduncan3194]

Happy new year tone, i will listen to you talking about the beatles till the cows come home

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Happy new year Charles. Haha thank you 🙏

[@musicsoundgear]

Fun video! Beatles USA Picture Sleeves are my favorite collectible of The Beatles. I don't have many, but my favorite one is the Hello Goodbye/I Am the Walrus sleeve.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks Jeff glad you enjoyed the video. Hello Goodbye is a goodun. Plain green paper Parlophone boring sleeves for us Brits

[@ivc5150]

Happy New Year Tone, hope it’s a good one for you.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Same to you my friend

[@TonyStern]

Hi Tone, really enjoyed this video, especially your Martian version of yellow submarine. I’d totally forgotten that I had the ‘all this & World War II’ album until you mentioned it, but maybe as you said some of it is best forgotten. All the Best. Tony

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Tony, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes mostly best forgotten but it has a few gooduns

[@charliewelch6859]

Nice video of a good set of questions. I guess my 3 rankings of the last 3 new Beatles songs would be imo: Now And Then/ Real Love/ Free As A Bird

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing your rankings

[@beatlebrad5339]

This is the fun way to start off the new year!!! I did enjoy hearing you tell about how you got in to the Rutles LOL !!! No mo the Beatles :). I do like all you did say but the John L Disc so cool your Wife got that for you wow ell done!!! Yes great too see the Paul book!!! Yes so cool that you got Paul to sine your CD mate :). Well done in this video you did!!! I hope you are right about all the stuff for this new year!!!! Good fun cheers mate!!!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Hey Brad, happy New Year my friend. glad you enjoyed the video. As for stuff coming this year, as always we'll have to wait and see

[@beatlebrad5339]

I hope that the two of you had a happy new year as well :). Great video and I am sure they will come up with something for this year lol!!! Cheers mate:).

[@ThePeterjcgoodchild]

“Remember, the white album is perfect”. Couldn’t agree more. It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged. Another banger of a video, thanks!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Peter, glad you enjoyed the video

[@BRADHILL-z5w]

Great video ....I will have to look for the Peter Gabriel version of SFF on the internet...that Revolver picture disc is awesome! Beatles Second Album is my fave Beatlemania era album...Lennons vocal I on You've Really Got A Hold On Me is amazing. Another great video!!!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Brad, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@johndowling5850]

Great video Tone. Very interesting. My 3 worst Beatles songs are: All Together Now (truly dreadful), Little Child and What Goes Ooooooooon. I have a single with a picture cover that wasn't mentioned earlier. The single is Hey Jude/Revolution and the picture on the front has Paul McCartney playing piano with a parrot on his shoulder! The reverse side has the band playing Revolution: the picture would be immediately recognised by you.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

I guess the parrot was the movement on his shoulder :-) Thnaks for sharing your thoughts on this John

[@johnalello9233]

Beatley Tone good picks for your Beatles Tag 2025 ! Happy Xmas my favorite too album cover is Abbey Road! All picks are correct How we feel at the time! Great show Beatley Tone looking forward to Ringo's country album Look up Friday! Happy New Year Beatley Tone looking forward to 2025!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Happy new year John. thanks for sharing your thoughts on this

[@jean-jacquesmasse9388]

BT Meets Macca ? Wow I must see that ! Cheers Tone, thanks again.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Enjoy - it's a 2 parter

[@BeatleDustino]

Great picks. I’m took a pause on editing mine to watch yours. Mine should be up on Saturday.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Glad you enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing yours

[@shineonugrzydieman]

Wonderful entertaining tag. Thanks for sharing

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it

[@petercozzi1772]

Absolutely agree with the Free as a Bird comments...I love it...and I am a 1st gen.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Ive only watch 3 or 4 peoples tags but not seen anyone else pick FAAB as number 1 so glad you agree Peter

[@gavaxemanspins]

Good Choices as ever Tone - I shall be taking part after finishing 14 Manic Street Preachers listening pile - well said on Yellow Submarine!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Cheers Gav. Look forward to watching yours. Enjoy your run through of the Manics - sounds like a labour of love

[@gavaxemanspins]

@ indeed it is - as the song goes “You Love Us!”

[@terrymann1341]

Nice vid Tone and a very happy new year to you and your family. I loved your choices, especially your fave Beatles album cover Rubber Soul, which also happens to be mine. So Mod and so Britpop, before Britpop was even born. I have done my version of this tag in the comments on Beatle Dave's video on this vinyl tag. (Sorry mate I listed two white album tracks as my least favourite Beatles song, but I kind of agree with your take on Yellow Sub, it never occurred to me that it could've been a standalone single, and good call with Rain replacing it on revolver) I may make a playlist of Revolver replacing Yellow Sub with Rain just to see what that sounds like. Any way thanks for this vid Tone I hope it was as much fun to make as it has been for me to watch.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Happy New Year to you and yours Terry. Glad you enjoyed the video and yes it was fun to make. . haha it's ok, the White Album thing was just my little joke, people are entitled to choose whatever they like - no right or wrong answers here. I've done the playlist thing on Revolver - sounds good. Best wishes for 2025 mate

[@stevelowerson6347]

Another great watch, as said by many , your enthusiasm is contagious. Agree with Yellow Submarine, am I correct in saying that is the only track which is on two seperate albums, apart from compilations? Pleased you didn't mention ObladiOblada in list of worst songs like many do. Reason I like it is as a young lad in short trousers, I loved Marmalades version and this was my introduction to The Beatles. Anyway, pleasure watching, look forward to next video.

[@Robutube1]

@@stevelowerson6347 Ah, Marmalade with, if memory serves (and it quite possibly won't at my age!) Junior Campbell on lead vocals😁. Yes, it WAS a good version.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Steve, glad you enjoyed the video. Glad the enthusiasm is coming across. Yes YS is on Revolver and the Yellow Submarine album so you are right. I can also remember Marmalades version of Ob la Di before I'd even heard the Beatles version. I just think it's one of those harmless songs that is a lot of fun - no big musical statement just fun.

[@mikeciresi3697]

I really like “Christmas Time is Here Again “

[@vinnygood]

Referring to the lettering for Rubber Soul, I’ve known the artist Charles Front for over 30 years. He was working in the floor above for an architects and was asked to come up with something different, lettering wise. He virtually invented bubble writing in the style to compliment the distorted image of the Fab Four. Charles is in his nineties now and we are still in regular contact with each other. I’ll send him the link to this video

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Ohh this is great info Vinny. Very glad to hear that Charles is still with us and yes he did pretty much invent bubble writing with which we all wrote the names of our favourite bands on our school books in the 70s. Thank you for sending him the link

[@Holywell88]

Hi Tone, just a quick catch up. I enjoyed your Macca deep tracks, and I agree with Mumbo. For me it is the best track on Wildlife. I got the US 64 box with my Amazon vouchers. I know it's cheaper to get them individually, but the box looks so nice on the shelf. I haven't listened to the Beatles Story yet but I will. Nice quality vinyl too. Regarding Anthology I wouldn't be surprised if it is the main release this year, with Rubber Soul delayed to 2026, hope I'm wrong on that, but the left field releases we have had in the last two years makes me think this could be the case. Hope you are well, talk again soon

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Hi Andrew, Well you could be right about rubber Soul although it does seem a bit nailed on with it being the 60th anniversary this year. As usual they will keep us guessing. Sounds like you are enjoying the US albums . Happy new year my friend

[@peterx1957]

Hey Tone, Happy New Year, hope you're keeping well. Interesting responses to The Beatles tag. I wondered if my tag video response partly prompted your reaction to the '3 worst Beatles songs' question as you named all 3 of my choices..lol. I took the question to mean officially released tracks and those 3 (Dig It, Wild Honey Pie & Why Don't We Do It In The Road) WERE officially listed as part of their respective LP's regardless of track length. I kind of agree on Hold Me Tight while Run For Your Life is 'problematic' these days. Can't agree on Yellow Submarine though your suggestion regarding including Rain on Revolver instead of YS was a good one. I hope Rubber Soul is the next one in the remix series. Not so sure about the Anthology though...do we really need a remaster? Anyway cheers mate. Take care. 👍😊

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Hi Peter, Happy new year mate and hope you’re enjoying some decent weather down under. No i havent managed to catch yours yet , but will do later butvi hadnt seen it in my feed for some reason. Ahh people can choose whichever songs they choose- i was just having a little joke - everyone has choice and all that. As for Anthology, i always say there is no real collective’we’ some people will welcome it, others not so much. All the best mate

[@peterx1957]

@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel hi interesting you say that my video didn't come up on your feed. Thanks for the heads up. I'm noticing a lack of response from people on my videos lately. Wonder what the issue is? A settings problem perhaps? I'll have to look into it further. Cheers mate.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

@@peterx1957 You tube works in mysterious ways sometimes Peter. Usually not a logical solution, mainly luck of the draw. I dont think anyone truly understands the YT algorithm

[@peterx1957]

@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel just chatted with someone else who said the same thing and is also experiencing the same with her channel. I also have a video about my issues with the US Mono box where I've actually returned it. All explained there. Cheers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZTWfWt9odueaposi=QawXHARdw7sbKScg

[@timothyjamessinglesclub7803]

Might we consider Day Tripper as a holiday song, in the British sense? I know it was just a one-way ticket, yeah, and she only took us half the way there, but this is more than most of us Brits were brought up to expect.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Low expectations works for most of us 😂

[@billleary5779]

While I do love Yellow Submarine I would agree Rain would make a better choice for Revolver but that would leave Ringo without a vocal performance……I will have to go back and watch or rewatch your Macca meeting video. Let’s hope for a revamped Anthology and Rubber Soul box as well as an Archive London Town/Back to the Egg for 2025. Great video Tone…Happy 2025 and thank you!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Yeah no vocal but he doesnt have one on A Hard Days Night either so its allowed 😂Happy new year Bill, glad you enjoyed the video

[@Rich-fh5fh]

Very enjoyable video Tone. I agree abour the Rubber Soul (UK) cover. The US one looks a bit bleached out.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much Rich, glad you enjoyed the video

[@zsatsfm]

Another fab video Tone. I quite like the song Yellow Submarine (lovely guitar chords) but I agree that it would have been better left off the Revolver LP and replaced with Rain. My 3 least favourite songs (and you are dead right, you can't pick anything off the flawed masterpiece that is the White Album) are Run for Your Life, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You and You Like Me Too Much as all three have poor/clunky/contrived lyrics - although the music is still good. Cheers!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video. Ooh I nearly picked You like Me too much - it was close :-)

[@christopherhahn6728]

I actually like or love Hold Me Tight, Run For Your Life and Yellow Submarine. The tunes I seldom or ever listen to are Across the Universe, Inner Light and Savoy Truffle.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

That's cool Christopher, we all have or favourites or non-favourites in this case

[@Robutube1]

Great fun Tone, and I obviously took issue with most of your choices! Your Martian in the pub story made me grin and reminded me that EMI refused to allow "Here Comes the Sun" on the 'golden disc' aboard the 1977 space explorer Voyager. Had they acceded to Carl Sagan's request we might already have made first contact... Now, where's my tin foil hat?

[@jameswheelock5006]

I had a picture disc of Sargent Pepper that I like although the sound quality not so good. Maybe I need to clean it up with the vynl cleaning fluid I got from Amazon! Speaking of Amazon, my brother gave me a gift card from there and I picked up meet the Beatles and Beatles 65! I have a lot of room still left on it so I might buy the others. What is your favorite of the U.S . Album s collection?

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Glad you enjoyed the video Rob, if you didnt take issue, I would be disappointed. Glad you had a laugh at the martian story. Here comes the Sun 😂😂

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

@@jameswheelock5006 I have that picture disc too, yes it sounds terrible , Im not sure cleaning fluid can save it James 😂The two that you have are my two favourites , next would probably be The Beatles Second Album

[@andrewbrazier9664]

Do you think we might see a Paul McCartney live album curated from his tour ? 🎶

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

It's possible I guess. I havent heard any rumours on this yet though Andrew

[@GÖTEBORGSBYGGENII]

Great vid, great episode! A random question on your opinion of numbers of Beatle Studio albums: how many do you "feel" they are? I write "feel", as there seems to exist different views of this!!?? I, of course, claim them to be 11. YS and MMT can not count as "studio albums". MMT was released as double EP, and YS contain one side of George Martin's film music (very nice, though). The definition of a Studio album must be when a band goes into a studio with the purpose of recording an album. This was not the case for either of YS or MMT. MMT was a put together album consisting of the already released double EP and previously released singles. YS did have 4 new songs recorded as a means to fulfil contractual obligations...

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video. Whilst I don’t disagree with your logic, since 1987 MMT has been adopted as part of the core canon. Personally i think its worthy with the track listing MMT is better as an LP than an EP. YS despite its lack of Beatles music has always been part of the core canon despite its lack being the weakest of all the albums. So if im doing a Beatles ranking i would include 13 albums

[@GÖTEBORGSBYGGENII]

@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Well, we certainly can agree on disagreeing. I feel it's not a question of what the canon has evolved into, but rather what occurred at the time of recording. More objective than subjective. 11 it is. Anyway, thanks for your input!

[@mr.milehi9883]

What color cowboy hat will you be wearing when you review Ringo's new album?

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

you'll have to wait and see

[@BeatlesEddieV]

What band is Pauls best backing , not the Beatles, Wings 1976, World Tour band 1989-90, his current band?

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

his current band

[@PeKe999]

Hi Tone Great choices. Concerning Revolver ........ my picks would be And Your Bird Can Sing and I Want To Tell You to be left of and replace them with Paperback Writer and Rain. I don't like George's singing on I Want To Tell You. It is I Want To Teeeeellllllll You,. The word "Tell" annoys me, but Revolver is still my number two Beatles album. Let's keep our fingers crossed for Rubber Soul and Anthology being released in 2025. Take care

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Hi PeKe, it's funny the things that annoy us 😂 I love And Your Bird can Sing though :-)

[@mr.milehi9883]

Ed said you this banjo for your Ringo Starr country album review video and fortunately it's expensive to ship. Plus I don't think you have enough time to learn to play it before you post that next week. How about a ukulele instead? Haha. No, save that for Ringo's Hawaiian album I suppose not

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

I can actually play a bit of ukulele , mango is way too hard for me

[@derekroberts6654]

It always bugged me a little how John’s “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” always showed up on his compilations while Paul’s “Wonderful Christmastime” didn’t, just on bonus discs or as bonus tracks… not really fair.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

all about the marketing men I guess but I agree it's odd

[@jimconlin5546]

Hi Tone. Stinkers....Hold Me Tight and Run for your Life all day long....Goodnight.....last track on white album? anyone?.I just cant stand that one. The martian in the bar singing yellow submarine cracked me up big time. Cheers Tone.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Glad you had a laugh out of the Video Jim. Im not keen on Goodnight either but not in my bottom 3

[@jimconlin5546]

is it ok to replace Goodnight with Mr Moonlight?

[@nicksyrett]

It must be so difficult for you knowing there is a 10” now and then out that and you don’t have it!!! 😊

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

I'll live. 10" are a record filing nightmare sent to try us

[@Willsontime]

I thought that the Beatles version of Free as a Bird was far too heavy and dragging with a thumping drum beat and tedious first line of the song. It should have been much lighter, more like a bird - with Mind Games style floating keyboards. Now it will be forever credited the Beatles and probably difficult to redo again.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Opinions will always vary.

[@petercozzi1772]

By the way I know Clapton isn't your favourite for various reasons...but do have a listen to his version of Love Comes To Everyone..I know its Harrison not Beatles but he does a masterly job on it

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Yes Ive heard it. It's pretty good

[@williamswanson6199]

Baby you're a rich man You Know My Name Look up my number not crazy about those two

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Love both of those . We all have our favourites and non-favourites i guess. No right or wrong answers

[@BeatlesEddieV]

Worst song Hold Me Tight, you like me to much and Tell me what you See

[@jean-jacquesmasse9388]

Wow, 3 worst songs... Hold me tight, 2 versions, meaning they were not fully satisfied indeed but please, Harrisongs were worse at this time... (do you know the strange Stackridge cover ?) Run for is pure Lennon, with machist lyrics attached, no problem with that & Yellow Sub stands for its imagery at least, its movie, its merchandising (I had the Corgy Yellow Sub as a kid !). Now every sub is yellow for kids. Black is for war. And I love the Lennon demo So NO NO NO thrice. I'd rather take I need you, I wanna be your man & I me mine for instance...

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Your choices are yours and mine are mine. No right or wrong answers here, just opinions

[@jean-jacquesmasse9388]

@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Sure Tone I have never seen two Beatles (real) fans alike. So, I'm beginning to see how your mind flies. Cheers and cheers

[@chuckjones8459]

Pray the rosary to end war.

[@GoonyBoxes]

I did mine as a list on MeanMrMayo's channel a few days ago when he did the tag thing. I don't make content videos, but I thought I'd join in anyway. White Album songs I'm afraid, including Wild Honey Pie - and I'm sober. 😃 It was noticeable on the Beatles 64 movie that the concert and press conference stuff from the 60's had been greatly enhanced, and the Anthology interviews had been cleaned up. Anyway I'll copy and paste my answers for posterity. 🙂 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm going to have to go for a list instead of following the actual rules of showing stuff. 1. John and Yoko - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 2. A Collection of Oldies but Goldies - I know a lot of people dislike the cover and the album, but I love both. 3. The 1978 release of the 1967-1970 blue album on blue vinyl. 4. 1982 UK reissue of All You Need is Love. 5. Now and Then, Real Love, Free as a Bird. - I love them all, but if forced to order them that would be it. 6. 1980 Beatles Ballads - again I know a lot of people dislike the cover and find the album a bit superfluous, but I like both. 7. Rain/Paperback Writer. - I think Rain is superior to a few other A sides as well. 8. Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees. 9. Twist and Shout. 10. You Know My Name, Wild Honey Pie, Why Don't We Do It In the Road 11. I've just bought the 1964 themed T-Shirt from the official UK Beatles store online. 12. Capitol singles - only just started collecting these. 13. 1980 World Records Liverpool Box Set - I get a bit emotional over this. I bought it just after release in November 1980 and played it solidly for a few weeks. I showed it to a work colleague who just said as a throwaway quip "It'll be worth a fortune one day when they're all dead". Only two of them had even turned 40 at that time and the thought of any of them dying seemed way in the distant future. 14. Beatles US Albums 1964 in Mono. 15. A bit of an obvious answer, but I think we really do need Rubber Soul in 2025. I'd like to see more US albums as well.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Thanks for pasting your answers. I really like the oldies sleeve too . And yeah number 13 😟