the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

For some of the more recent years I only picked my favorite of the year, or left it for others to choose. I know there's more, but I know so much more about this era, and I really think it's the best pop era; 1956-1977 is my list; 1963-1973 is the best part of it, and 1966-1967 is the peak of the peak. Like a mountain pop may never reach again; I'd bet that it won't in fact. And even though I know a lot from this era, it's so rich and there were so many local centers of music, that there's probably almost as much that I don't know from this era as from the other periods.

There's one group I haven't mentioned since they broke up, going backwards from their solo hits in 1970, and that of course is The Beatles. This great one was also recorded in late 1966 and released in early 1967. It's a vivid and beautiful slice of life; specifically of their lives, but that doesn't matter, because it's my life too; I'm there. Penny Lane.





The Beatles never recorded anything as good after this one, IMO. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band was recorded at about the same time, and became their biggest hit album, at least until The Beatles (White Album). I liked For the Benefit of Mr. Kite and Lovely Rita from that album, but none of its songs come close to being a best songs ever pick by Eric. Still, there were some other good songs after Penny Lane, although none good enough to merit it's own video post on this thread; well; maybe almost good enough

Including these (unfortunately the copyright enforcers are pretty good at taking off Beatles songs from you tube anyway):

Your Mother Should Know (Magical Mystery Tour)
Only a Northern Song (Yellow Submarine) not available on you tube
It's All Too Much (Yellow Submarine)
Mother Nature's Son (White Album, "The Beatles")
Black Bird (maybe) (same as above)
Come Together (Abbey Road)
Let it Be https://youtu.be/7yftZAcGggE?t=19m22s
Get Back (Let it Be) https://youtu.be/txzcXUuoTSk
Across the Universe (Let it Be) (maybe)