I'm proposing this thought experiment in an effort to get discussion
and/or debate going: If you forget about what came afterwards, how good
is "Love Me Do" by itself? I don't think it's very good. The feel is
dinky and trite. The lyrics are childlike. The melodies aren't
memorable. And then there is the cringeworthy Elvis pastiche.

The best part of the song is the harmony Lennon and McCartney create
when singing "So plee -- ee -- ease" before the chorus.

George Martin may have publicly praised the effort, but according to
Geoff Emerick, on hearing the song, Martin begrudgingly told Lennon and McCartney that "I suppose you have a kernel of something there."

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On 22/06/2025 10:28 pm, Norbert wrote:

I'm proposing this thought experiment in an effort to get discussion
and/or debate going:  If you forget about what came afterwards, how good
is "Love Me Do" by itself?  I don't think it's very good.  The feel is dinky and trite.  The lyrics are childlike.  The melodies aren't memorable.  And then there is the cringeworthy Elvis pastiche.

The best part of the song is the harmony Lennon and McCartney create
when singing "So plee -- ee -- ease" before the chorus.

George Martin may have publicly praised the effort, but according to
Geoff Emerick, on hearing the song, Martin begrudgingly told Lennon and McCartney that "I suppose you have a kernel of something there."

'Par for the course' for the era. More sophisticated than many, and instrumentally advanced for the genre especially considering they
actually played it.

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geoff

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Except that Andy White played drums on the official version of the song.

The Beach Boys' induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame came up on
my Youtube recently, and I witnessed Mike Love's bizarre onstage
meltdown once again. He took swipes at McCartney, Jagger, the Beatles
and Stones. Love mentioned the number of live performanc3es the Beach
Boys had played in the previous year, and said: "I'd like to see the
Moptops achieve that." Excuse me? The Beatles had only broken up
nearly two decades earlier. And BTW, they played their own instruments.

So much for the benefits of transcendental meditation (of which Love was
a big promoter).

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I was agreeing with Geoff, in a roundabout way, that the Beatles'
playing of their own instruments counts for a lot.

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