Art by Tym Stevens.
BEATLESQUE SONGS
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BEATLESQUE Solo Songs!
Roll up for the '
BEATLES Reunion' Anthology;
a playlist of over 185 Beatlesque Solo (+ family) songs simulating a fantasy Reunion, as if the band had continued from 1970 to today.
"The Magical Mystery Tour is waiting
to take you away..."
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• 1)
MUSIC PLAYER
• 2)
Songs list
• 3)
Reunion essay
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• 1963-esque
• 1964-esque
• 1965-esque
• 1966-esque
• 1967-esque
• 1968-esque
• 1969-esque
• 1970-esque
• 'REUNION' 1970-Now
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Over 185 songs and 12 hours worth
of alternative Beatles sounds!
August 8, 1969.
BEATLESQUE
Solo songs
1970-Today
A Fantasy Reunion Anthology
John
Paul
George
Ringo
and Family
George + John '71; Ringo + Paul '73;
John + Paul '74; Ringo + John '76.
1 9 7 0 ________
• "
Love", John Lennon
('70)
• "
All Things Must Pass", George Harrison
('70)
• "
Maybe I'm Amazed", Paul McCartney
('70)
• "
Coochy Coochy", Ringo Starr
('70)
• "
My Sweet Lord", George Harrison
('70)
• "
Instant Karma", John Lennon
('70)
• "
Singalong Junk", Paul McCartney
('70)
• "
Encouraging Words", Billy Preston (w/ George)
('70)
• "
Look At Me", John Lennon
('70)
• "
Every Night", Paul McCartney
('70)
• "
Well Well Well", John Lennon
('70)
• "
Isn't It A Pity", George Harrison
('70)
1 9 7 1 ________
• "
Early 1970", Ringo Starr (w/ George)
('71)
• "
Imagine", John Lennon
('71)
• "
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", Paul + Linda McCartney
('71)
• "
Mrs. Lennon", Yoko Ono
('71)
• "
Oh My Love", John Lennon (w/ George)
('71)
• "
Back Seat Of My Car", Paul + Linda McCartney
('71)
• "
Jealous Guy" (instr.), John Lennon
('71)
• "
You Done Got Older", Billy Preston
('71)
• "
It Don't Come Easy", Ringo Starr
('71)
• "
Long Haired Lady", Paul + Linda McCartney
('71)
• "
Gimme Some Truth", John Lennon
('71)
• "
Too Many People", Percy Thrillington
('71)
• "
Bangla Desh", George Harrison
('71)
• "
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", John Lennon
('71)
• "
When The Wind Is Blowing", Wings
('71)
1 9 7 2 ________
• "
Back Off Boogaloo", Ringo Starr (w/ George)
('72)
• "
Blackbird", Billy Preston
('72)
• "
New York City", John Lennon
('72)
• "
Best Friend", Paul McCartney & Wings
('72)
1 9 7 3 ________
• "
Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)", John Lennon
('73)
• "
I'm The Greatest", Ringo Starr (w/ John + George)
('73)
• "
Live And Let Die", Paul McCartney & Wings
('73)
• "
Meat City", John Lennon
('73)
• "
Death Of Samantha", Yoko Ono
('73)
• "
Minuet For Me", Billy Preston
('73)
• "
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", George Harrison
('73)
• "
Photograph", Ringo Starr (w/ George)
('73)
• "
Hi Hi Hi", Paul McCartney & Wings
('73)
• "
Approximately Infinite Universe", Yoko Ono
('73)
• "
You Are Here", John Lennon
('73)
• "
Six O'Clock", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('73)
1 9 7 4 ________
• "
Band On The Run", Paul McCartney & Wings
('74)
• "
#9 Dream", John Lennon
('74)
• "
The Beatle Suite", George Martin
('74)
• "
Let Me Roll It", Paul McCartney & Wings
('74)
• "
Steel And Glass", John Lennon
('74)
• "
Day Tripper" (Live), Billy Preston
('74)
• "
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five", Paul McCartney & Wings
('74)
• "
Goodnight Vienna", Ringo Starr (w/ John)
('74)
• "
Dark Horse", George Harrison
('74)
• "
Scared", John Lennon
('74)
1 9 7 5 ________
• "
Soily", Wings
('75)
• "
Move Over Ms L", John Lennon
('75)
• "
I Can't Stand It", Billy Preston
('75)
• "
Venus And Mars (Reprise)", Wings
('75)
• "
This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)", George Harrison
('75)
• "
You Can't Catch Me", John Lennon
('75)
• "
Love In Song", Wings
('75)
1 9 7 6 ________
• "
I'll Still Love You", Ringo Starr
('76)
• "
Let 'Em In", Wings
('76)
• "
Ecstasy", Billy Preston
('76)
• "
Beware My Love" (live), Wings
('76)
• "
It's In What You Value", George Harrison
('76)
1 9 7 7 ________
• "
Now And Then", written by John Lennon
('77)
• "
Wings", Ringo Starr
('77)
• "
One Of The Boys" demo, John Lennon
('77)
1 9 7 8 ________
• "
I'm Carrying", Wings
('78)
• "
Hard Times", Ringo Starr
('78)
• "
Don't Let It Bring You Down", Wings
('78)
• "
Get Back", Billy Preston
('78)
1 9 7 9 ________
• "
Winter Rose/Love Awake", Wings
('79)
• "
Blow Away", George Harrison
('79)
• "
India India" demo, John Lennon
('79)
• "
Here Comes The Moon", George Harrison
('79)
• "
Old Siam, Sir", Wings
('79)
PG+R, Clapton's wedding '79;
GR+P, Ringo's wedding '81;
GR + Yoko, Sean, Julian -Grammy Awards '88
(photo: Bob Gruen).
1 9 8 0 ________
• "
I'm Losing You", John Lennon
('80)
• "
On The Way", Paul McCartney
('80)
• "
Woman", John Lennon
('80)
• "
Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him", Yoko Ono + John Lennon
('80)
• "
One Of These Days", Paul McCartney
('80)
• "
Grow Old With Me", John Lennon
('80)
1 9 8 1 ________
• "
Wrack My Brain", Ringo Starr (w/ George)
('81)
• "
Attention", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('81)
• "
All Those Years Ago", George Harrison (w/ Paul + Ringo)
('81)
1 9 8 2 ________
• "
Here Today", Paul McCartney
('82)*
• "
Circles", George Harrison
('82)
• "
Tug Of War", Paul McCartney
('82)*
• "
Wanderlust", Paul McCartney (w/ Ringo)
('82)*
1 9 8 3 ________
• "
Going Down", Ringo Starr
('83)
• "
I Don't Want To Do It", George Harrison
('83)
• "
Pipes Of Peace", Paul McCartney
('83)*
1 9 8 4 ________
• "
Valotte", Julian Lennon
('84)
• "
Eleanor Rigby/ Eleanor's Dream", Paul McCartney
('84)*
• "
Let Me Count The Ways", Yoko Ono
('84)
• "
Beatle Tribute", Billy Preston
('84)
1 9 8 6 ________
• "
Want Your Body", Julian Lennon
('86)
• "
However Absurd", Paul McCartney
('86)
1 9 8 7 ________
• "
When We Was Fab", George Harrison
('87)
• "
Johnny B. Goode" (live), Chuck Berry + Julian Lennon
('87)
1 9 8 8 ________
• "
Lucille", Paul McCartney
('88)
• "
Handle Me With Care", Traveling Wilburys
('88)
1 9 8 9 ________
• "
Sunday Morning", Julian Lennon
('89)
• "
My Brave Face" demo, Paul McCartney + Elvis Costello
('89)
• "
Cheer Down", George Harrison
('89)
• "
Don't Be Careless Love" demo, Paul McCartney + Elvis Costello
('89)
• "
Veronica", Elvis Costello (w/ Paul)
('89)
*(Produced by George Martin.)
Reunion sessions '94 and '95;
Ringo, Paul, George, + George Martin.
1 9 9 0 ________
• "
New Blue Moon", Traveling Wilburys
('90)
1 9 9 1 ________
• "
Saltwater", Julian Lennon
('91)
• "
Roll Over Beethoven" (live), George Harrison
('91)
1 9 9 2 ________
• "
Weight Of The World", Ringo Starr
('92)
1 9 9 3 ________
• "
Hope Of Deliverance", Paul McCartney
('93)
• "
Strawberries, Oceans, Ships, Forest", The Fireman
('93)
1 9 9 5 ________
• "
Talking To The Universe", Yoko Ono + Oma (w/ Sean Ono Lennon)
('95)
• "
Free As A Bird",
The Beatles ('95)
1 9 9 6 ________
• "
Real Love",
The Beatles ('96)
1 9 9 7 ________
• "
Beautiful Night", Paul McCartney (w/ Ringo)
('97)*
• "
Great Day", Paul McCartney
('97)
• "
Looking For You", Paul McCartney (w/ Ringo)
(rec. '97)
• "
Glory Tales. Trionfale", Paul McCartney + LSO
('97)
• "
Really Love You", Paul McCartney (w/ Ringo)
('97)
1 9 9 8 ________
• "
King Of Broken Hearts", Ringo Starr (w/ George)
('98)
• "
I Don't Wanna Know", Julian Lennon
('98)
• "
Vertical Man", Ringo Starr
('98)
• "
Watercolour Guitars", The Fireman
('98)
• "
Queue", Sean Ono Lennon
('98)
• "
La De Da", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('98)
1 9 9 9 ________
• "
Run Devil Run", Paul McCartney
('99)
• "
Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On", Ringo Starr
('99)
• "
Somedays", Paul McCartney
('99)
*(Orchestration by George Martin.)
Paul Ringo + George '01;
Cirque du Soleil's LOVE '06.
2 0 0 0 ________
• "
Plastic Beetle", Paul McCartney
('00)
2 0 0 1 ________
• "
Horse To The Water", George Harrison + Jools Holland
('01)
• "
A Long Time Gone", Electric Light Orchestra, w/ George
('01)
• "
Riding Into Jaipur", Paul McCartney
('01)
2 0 0 2 ________
• "
Rising Sun", George Harrison
('02)
• "
Marwa Blues", George Harrison
('02)
• "
While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (live), McCartney/Starr/Clapton
('02)
• "
Photograph", Ringo Starr
('02)
• "
My Sweet Lord", Billy Preston
('02)
2 0 0 3 ________
• "
Something" (live), Paul McCartney
('03)
• "
Instant Amnesia", Ringo Starr
('03)
• "
Elizabeth Reigns", Ringo Starr
('03)
2 0 0 5 ________
• "
Jenny Wren", Paul McCartney
('05)
• "
English Tea", Paul McCartney
('05)
• "
Don't Hang Up", Ringo Starr
('05)
• "
Long Haired Lady (Reprise)", Twin Freaks
('05)
2 0 0 6 ________
• "
Truly", thenewno2
('06)
• "
Parachute", Sean Ono Lennon
('06)
• "
Spectacle", Sean Ono Lennon
('06)
2 0 0 7 ________
• "
Gimme Some Truth", Jakob Dylan + Dhani Harrison
('07)
• "
Mr Bellamy", Paul McCartney
('07)
• "
Nod Your Head", Paul McCartney
('07)
2 0 0 8 ________
• "
Another John Doe", thenewno2
('08)
• "
For Love", Ringo Starr
('08)
• "
Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight", The Fireman
('08)
2 0 0 9 ________
• "
A Day In The Life/ Give Peace A Chance" (live), Paul McCartney
('09)
Ringo + Paul '14.
2 0 1 0 ________
• "
Walk With You", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('10)
• "
The World Was Made For Men", The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
('10)
• "
Father's Son", Fistful Of Mercy
('10)
2 0 1 1 ________
• "
Invisible", Julian Lennon
('11)
• "
Disconnected", Julian Lennon
('11)
• "
Live A Lie", thenewno2
('11)
2 0 1 2 ________
• "
Cut Me Some Slack", Paul McCartney + Nirvana
('12)
• "
Anthem", Ringo Starr
('12)
• "
All That You Wanted", Matt Backer + Julian Lennon
('12)
2 0 1 3 ________
• "
Bluebell", James McCartney
('13)
• "
Make It Home", thenewno2
('13)
• "
Rain In England", Tony Mortimer + Julian Lennon
('13)
• "
New", Paul McCartney
('13)
• "
Hosanna", Paul McCartney
('13)
2 0 1 4 ________
• "
Devil You Know", The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
('14)
2 0 1 6 ________
• "
Bubbles Burst", The Claypool Lennon Delirium
('16)
• "
Alice", James McCartney
('16)
2 0 1 7 ________
• "
Never Know", Dhani Harrison
('17)
• "
Give More Love", Ringo Starr
('17)
2 0 1 8 ________
• "
Despite Repeated Warnings", Paul McCartney
('18)
• "
Do It Now", Paul McCartney
('18)
2 0 1 9 ________
• "
Grow Old With Me", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('19)
• "
In A Hurry", Paul McCartney
('19)
2 0 2 0 ________
• "
Slidin'", Paul McCartney
('20)
2 0 2 2 ________
• "
Feeling The Sunlight", Ringo Starr (w/ Paul)
('22)
• "
Round And Round Again", Julian Lennon
('22)
2 0 2 3 ________
• "
Ghost Garden", Dhani Harrison
('23)
• "
Miss Jean", Ringo Starr
('23)
• "
Let It Be", Dolly Parton, with Paul + Ringo
('23)
• "
Now And Then",
The Beatles ('23)
2 0 2 4 ________
• "
Primrose Hill", James McCartney (co-written with Sean Ono Lennon)
('24)
• "
Crooked Boy", Ringo Starr
('24)
JOHN PAUL GEORGE RINGO
The archaic narrative is that
The Beatles were a beautiful romance that ended with a bitter divorce. But conflict narratives are agitprop for tabloid hacks, and the true story is that their love resolved all pain across time, for themselves and their supporters.
The apex of this is in the real Reunion songs "
Free As A Bird", "
Real Love", and "
Now And Then".
By themselves they are lovely songs with resonant grace, which is all they need be. Larger, they are also metaphors of redemptive alchemy; at their heart is a haunting ache now transformed into elegant psalms for the ages, full of redemption and resolve from shared experience. Any failure by some to appreciate this is simply that. These wonderful hymns are Love and they are thus loved.
The Beatles were unable to actually get back together as a quartet because of fate. In one regard, this
Reunion Playlist is a hopeful fantasy of what songs they might have recorded as a band over the years.
In another light, each of these songs exist because each soul never lost the person they had been.
Their personal paths weren't a denial of their past, but a fulfillment of their diverse possibilities. And along the way, facets of their original core continued "shimmering, glimmering". Even solo, they consistently made particularly Beatlesque songs in the same general spark or specific sound as they had together.
The real re-union of The Beatles was in spirit across time.
Their bond of mutual love was borne out in song, in an arc that resolved grief, anger, and disappointment into humility, kinship, and respect. Gradually they became comfortable with their full identity and their fellowship again. Because of this, whether made solo, or by duets, or trios, or family, each of these actually is a real Beatles song. This player is really about their
reunification of spirit, as a brotherhood, a family, a happy legacy.
We were blessed to have had the band, and we've been rewarded with the family songs that have continued to come since then.
LENNON McCARTNEY HARRISON STARKEY
The Beatles were The Beatles, until they weren't.
They became four individuals who expanded their merit on their own. Along the way they fought, flirted, and gradually reconciled with each other and with their legacy. This player charts that parallel journey of the four souls with reverence.
Their sons aren't The Beatles and aren't supposed to be.
They are five individuals who continually prove their own merits in their unique ways. Along their own paths, they have occasionally channeled the sonic spirit of their fathers -as they have as much right to do as all the other musicians who did- and those moments are included here just for fun and family.
But
Julian Lennon,
Sean Ono Lennon,
James McCartney,
Dhani Harrison, and
Zak Starkey are their own selves, and we respect them best by letting them be.
Follow your hearts, have fun, create progress, reunite the world.
Love.
George, Julian, + Ringo '85;
Sean, Yoko, + Ringo; Dhani + Paul;
Julian + Sean; Julian + Dhani;
Sean + Dhani; Sean + James;
Dhani + James; James + Zak.
"And in the end, the love you take
is equal to the love you make."
© Research, Art, and Essay by
Tym Stevens
Hear the whole BEATLESQUE Songs series:
• 1963-esque
• 1964-esque
• 1965-esque
• 1966-esque
• 1967-esque
• 1968-esque
• 1969-esque
• 1970-esque
• 'REUNION' 1970-Now
A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
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