"Broken Face," "Tame" and "There Goes My Gun" by the Pixies
"Hold On" and the "Strawberry Fields Forever" demo by John Lennon*
"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths
"Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis
"Cretin Hop" by the Ramones
"The Power of Independent Trucking" by Big Black
"Pumpin' 4 the Man" by Ween
"Flux = Rad" by Pavement
"Think" by James Brown (live at the Apollo)
...and "What Deaner Was Talkin' About" clocks in at exactly 2 minutes.
Amusingly enough, I decided to make this list because of the amazing Lennon/McCartney song "I'm So Tired," but that only makes the cut if you leave out the mumbling at the end. (Paul is alive and well, folks.**)
* On Anthology 2.
** I was going to say "alive and well and boring," but come on, that's not nice. I looked back at my Beatles "math" and felt bad about it—I mean, what did Paul ever do to me? Besides which, dorky though he may seem in that unfair juxtaposition, he's actually being kinda nice, yeah?—and I like his jacket and tie. (It's good to be rich.) So with that in mind, here's a bonus list:
GOOD PAUL McCARTNEY SONGS
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"The Night Before"
"Another Girl"
"You Won't See Me" (best one)
"Getting Better" (although I heard the best part was written by John)
"Fixin a Hole"
"Lovely Rita" (wait, maybe this is the best one)
"Back in the U.S.S.R." (I mean...it's fun)
"Helter Skelter"?
"Oh! Darling" (OK, this is the best one)
"You Never Give Me Your Money"
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"
"Get Back"
WORST ONE: "Yesterday"
And while we're at it...
BEST NON-"LENNON/McCARTNEY" SONGS
"Blue Jay Way" and "Something" by George Harrison
"Don't Pass Me By" by Ringo Starr
"Flying" (only song written by all four together?)
Adorable.
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