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Laying in bed this morning, staring at the ceiling, I realized something. Something very profound. And then I lost it.

No, just kidding!

What I realized is that while I’ve seen a fair number of music-based memes passed around the LJ-blogosphere, I’ve not seen a Beatles-specific music meme. The Beatles are so… big that there’s an obvious need for one. If you like the Beatles, that is.

So, here we go. A bunch of questions about the Beatles, with hopefully none requiring a geek-like knowledge of the Fab Four!

1. Favorite Beatle as a Beatle:
2. Favorite Beatle as a solo performer:
3. First memory of the Beatles?
4. First Beatles album you bought?
5. Number of Beatles albums owned (approximations are okay):
6. Number of solo Beatles albums owned (approximations are okay):
7. Favorite Beatles album:
8. Least favorite Beatles album:
9. Favorite Beatles song:
10. Favorite obscure Beatles song:
11. Least favorite Beatles song:
12. Favorite solo Beatles album:
13. Favorite cover by the Beatles:
14. Favorite cover by the solo Beatles:
15. Favorite cover of the Beatles:
16. Favorite cover of the solo Beatles:
17. Favorite Beatles movie:
18. “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “Penny Lane”?
19. “Hey, Jude” or “Revolution”?
20. “Something” or “Come Together”?
21. “Free as a Bird” or “Real Love”?
22. Best Beatles song by John Lennon:
23. Best solo song by John Lennon:
24. Best Beatles song by Paul McCartney:
25. Best solo song by Paul McCartney:
26. Best Beatles song by George Harrison:
27. Best solo song by George Harrison:
28. Best song by Ringo Starr:

Take this brother, may it serve you well.

My answers, naturally?

1. Favorite Beatle as a Beatle:
   I don’t have one. Sometimes I think George’s guitar work is amazing. Sometimes I think Paul’s harmonies are perfect. Sometimes I think Ringo’s drumwork is definitive. Sometimes I think John’s lyrics are mesmerizing. But there’s no one Beatle I can place above the other three and point to and say, “That one’s my favorite.” It’s just not possible.
2. Favorite Beatle as a solo performer:
   Probably George Harrison. I listen to his solo work more than John’s or Ringo’s. And definitely more than Paul’s.
3. First memory of the Beatles?
   WTTG used to show A Hard Day’s Night about once a month when I was a kid. I didn’t know who the Beatles were. But I remember the movie.
4. First Beatles album you bought?
   Past Masters Volume 2.
5. Number of Beatles albums owned (approximations are okay):
   Thirty-five.
6. Number of solo Beatles albums owned (approximations are okay):
   Approximately sixty. I’m not going to go count.
7. Favorite Beatles album:
   Revolver.
8. Least favorite Beatles album:
   Please Please Me. I know, it’s their first. It’s also the one I listen to least.
9. Favorite Beatles song:
   “Let It Be.”
10. Favorite obscure Beatles song:
    “Cry Baby Cry” on “The White Album.” I love this song with its surrealistic, Lewis Carroll-like lyric, but it’s not one that’s ever played on the radio. It’s just an obscure album track as “The White Album” is about to barrel into “Revolution #9.”
11. Least favorite Beatles song:
    No clue, really. I think most people would answer this with, “Y’know, that noise collage they did” (that being “Revolution #9″), yet I like “Revolution #9.” It’d be something from their early work that didn’t “click” with me.
12. Favorite solo Beatles album:
    George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass.
13. Favorite cover by the Beatles:
    “Twist and Shout.”
14. Favorite cover by the solo Beatles:
    John’s “Stand By Me.”
15. Favorite cover of the Beatles:
    Elton John’s “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.”
16. Favorite cover of the solo Beatles:
    Guns N Roses’ “Live and Let Die.”
17. Favorite Beatles movie:
    A Hard Day’s Night.
18. “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “Penny Lane”?
    “Strawberry Fields Forver.”
19. “Hey, Jude” or “Revolution”?
    “Hey, Jude.” I “got” the song last year, in ways I’d never gotten it before.
20. “Something” or “Come Together”?
    “Come Together.”
21. “Free as a Bird” or “Real Love”?
    “Real Love.”
22. Best Beatles song by John Lennon:
    “A Day in the Life” (though I should note that Paul wrote the middle)
23. Best solo song by John Lennon:
    “#9 Dream.”
24. Best Beatles song by Paul McCartney:
    “The Long and Winding Road.”
25. Best solo song by Paul McCartney:
    “Maybe I’m Amazed.”
26. Best Beatles song by George Harrison:
    “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
27. Best solo song by George Harrison:
    “What Is Life?”
28. Best song by Ringo Starr:
    “Photograph.”