Paul's spookiest songs?

The Fool On The Hill
Things We Said Today
Penny Lane
Yesterday
Golden Slumbers
And I Love Her
Can You Take Me Back?
Rocky Raccoon
For No One
Junk (Beatles' version)

Runnnerr...

None of them compares to Ringo's "Spooky Weirdness" though. :-)

Dimitrios Paskoudniakis...

Looking at your list, I have no idea what you mean, except for perhaps "Can
You Take Me Back". Sounds like you equate a song with a few minor chords
with "spooky". A handful of minor chords in an upbeat song (ie Penny Lane)
or a ballad (Yesterday, Golden Slumbers, And I Love Her, For No One) does

etrirta...

You sound like a real dimwitted ass.

Dale Houstman...

Sounds to me like he's being reasonable and correct. How does thst make
him a "dimwitted ass"? I don't find one of the songs listed above as
being "spooky" and I don't see how anyone could.

eyesinhis...

That's one of the many differences between you and Paul
McCartney, foo'. :-))

Dale Houstman...

I'm taller...

not mean "spooky".

I'm not sure how I would define a "spooky" song myself, but here are a few:

Wild Honey Pie
Glasses
Monkberry Moon Delight
1882
Loup
Love In Song
San Ferry Anne
Don't Let It Bring You Down
Morse Moose
Reception
We're Open Tonight
Old Siam, Sir
To You
On The Way
Darkroom
Check My Machine
The Pound Is Sinking
Be What You See
Eleanor's Dream
Mr. H. Atom
Robber's Ball
Talk More Talk
Pretty Little Head
Angry
Ou Est Le Soleil
Somedays
Big Day
How Kind of You
At The Mercy
Jenny Wren
A Certain Softness

poisoned rose...

Wow. Most of those aren't even familiar to me. I sure wouldn't call "Ou

poisoned rose...

I labeled myself "masteroftheobvious" earlier today, but I think I must
pass that title onto you now. ;)

poisoned rose...

Groan. Just because I hadn't heard (or didn't recall) the songs you
named didn't mean I didn't know they were from McCartney albums. Since
they were your picks for "spooky Paul songs," I think it goes without
saying that they were songs by Paul McCartney rather than, say, Alanis
Morissette.

Est le Soleil" spooky, though.

Chris Jepson...

What, no Eleanor Rigby?

Chris Jepson

Rerics...

"Helter Skelter", considering the whole Manson thing.

Yourimageunreels...

What is spooky about "yesterday" & "And I love her"? Never heard "Can
you take me back."

TAR...

"Can you take me back" isn't really a song. It's more like a snippet.
You've heard it before, Jeff. You know... "Can you take me back where I

JohnB...

If you want real spooky McCartney, there was a short take on Band On
The Run that he did for a BBC tv trailer, all wine glasses and backward
tape loops and things. I think he did something similar on his Live
from Abbey Road tv special. None of the above come close.

came from, can you take me back..." It comes right before "Revolution
9". I don't have the album in front of me to see where the track ends,
but it might even be part of "Cry Baby Cry" (though I doubt it).

Anyway, I do agree that it's a bit spooky, but I think part of the
reason is that it comes right before "Revolution 9" which IS spooky, in
my opinion.

Yourimageunreels...

Ok, now I know what song you are talking about, Donna, and it IS
spooky..almost creepy.
Someone in RMB should finish this song off.

- Donna

VI...

The bootleg version is a song. Has many more lyrics.

Yourimageunreels...

Can you please post it..to download? Thanks.

asbb...

Jeff, you can go here and download it:

Mr. Girsch posted it there a few years ago.

Yourimageunreels...

Thanks for the link. He never told me about this.

asbb...

He told the whole group when he posted it. You just probably forgot it was

Yourimageunreels...

Things were going so much faster in those days. I didn't have the time
to absorb it all.

VI...

"But I was soooo much older then....I'm younger than that now....

there.

VI...

The song last about 1 minute 17 seconds.

Has Paul on accoustic guitar and someone (Ringo) playing bongos.
The below is a transcipt. One unclear spot is the third line.
Not clear if it's Face the grotto or face the broto. Kind of a munbled word.

Can You Take me Back
(Lennon - McCartney)
Time: 1:17
Unreleased

Oh no brother can you take me can you take me by the hand
Oh no brother can you take me can you take me by the hand

All you brothers face the grotta
Oh you take me back
can you take me
can you take me
can you take me back?
can you take me me back where I came from
can you take me back?

Are you happy living here honey
Honey Are you happy living here

I ain't happy living here baby
Honey can you take me back

Can you take me back to where I came from
can you take me back

Can you take me back to where I came from
brother can you take me baaaaaaaaaaaaack
can you take me baaaaaaaaaaack
oh Can you take me where I came from
can you take me baaaaaaaaaaaaack

asbb...

I can post it if anyone is interested.

Montauk6...

Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Dress Me Up As A Robber
Waterfalls
Blackbird
You Won't See Me

Dale Houstman...

I always found Paul's "Love in Song" (Venus and Mars) to be one of his
most haunting tunes, which is close enough to spooky for me...