Sunday, July 4, 2010

Octopus’s Garden by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1969

One of my all-time Beatles favorites from "Abbey Road". Some people don't like this song. I can't understand why. It's Ringo's best composition with The Beatles and arguably best song next to "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help". It's also on "1967-1970". Ringo is seen auditioning this song for the others in "Let it Be". This demo version appears on "Anthology 3" in 1996. It is also used for 2006's "Love".

A live version appears on 1998’s "VH1 Storytellers" with a great story as to how and why he composed the song. The superior live version appears on "Live at Soundstage" from 2007.

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