Recommendations of the Editorial team
“I feel so privileged to have been on this planet when the Beatles were born,” said Ozzy Osbourne. “You are and will be the best band in the world forever. I remember how I spoke to Steve Jones of the sex Pistols. He said, ‘I didn’t like the Beatles.’ I said, ‘Something is not correct with you.’ “
“She Loves You” (1963)
That was the song that pulled me in. I was a 14-year-old boy with a blue transistorradio. I heard “She Loves You”. It blew me away. It was like you know all the colors of the world. And then someone shows you a whole new color. And you think: “Damned shit, man.”
“I want to hold your hand” (1963)
“I am the Walrus” (1967)
Lennon and McCartney were like cute and sour. Paul was the guy who said: “It is getting better and better.” John said: “It can’t be worse.” I loved Lennon’s pun. I love every song you think: “I don’t know what that means”. But you understand it anyway.
“A Day in the Life” (1967)
“Hey Jude” (1968)
“Help!” (1965)
When I hear that, I hear Lennon think. “Greater than big is not possible.” But they did it. They became huge than huge. And he just says: “Help!”. Because they don’t know what they created there. You only know how you did it.
“Eleanor Rigby” (1966)
“Eleanor Rigby” is damn phenomenal. I don’t know why. I only know that every time I heard something from the Beatles, I felt better that day.
“Something” (1969)
Black Sabbath had a residence in a bar in Zurich. It was winter. We drove home with the van at Christmas. We were homesick. No money. A cigarette for us four. This song reminds me of this time because we kept hearing it while we drove across the Alps.
“Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
I once worked in a slaughterhouse, and opposite was a shop for meat pies. And there this song ran on the radio all the time.
“The Long and Winding Road” (1970)
He reminds me of winter in England. It’s cold, you wear fingerless gloves. And he makes me sad because it was the end of the greatest film I’ve ever seen. You hear Paul say: “I’m in the end. I can’t do that anymore.”