Comments on: Soldier Of Love

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:01:11 +0000

Disagree completely. Please Mr. Postman is a gem and was quite popular at the time (heard it on the radio in Detroit a fair number of times).

Interestingly, another Detroiter, Marshall Crenshaw, did a great version of Soldier of Love on his debut album.

By: Pilcher of the Yard

Pilcher of the Yard — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:52:24 +0000

This is a fantastic Lennon Vocal, up there with Twist and Shout and You really got a hold of me.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:51:21 +0000

I had never heard this so I went to YouTube. I would have preferred it over Anna and rank it about even with Please Mister Postman.

By: BillyShear

BillyShear — Sat, 13 May 2017 01:00:41 +0000

Please mister postman a clunker?? You’re crazy

By: realRL

realRL — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:37:34 +0000

Pearl Jam also did a nice cover of the song.

By: Joe Ewald

Joe Ewald — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:10:02 +0000

Always loved their version of this tune as well. The Live at the BBC version is good enough to again make you wonder about the group’s song selection for their earlier albums. There are some clunkers on each that could have easily been replaced by Soldier of Love (Please Mr. Postman?).

And yes, seeing this one live would have been pretty special.

By: Frank Ceresi

Frank Ceresi — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:11:09 +0000

When I first heard “Soldier of Love” I thought it sounded exactly like a fifties group….which, if you think about it, is quite logical because at this stage of their careers their roots were like a fifties group. I always loved it because it turned me onto the great Arthur Alexander. Similar to Money and Twist and Shout, even today I like the Beatles version better than the original….but Arthur’s version is great too.

Of all of the songs performed by the Beatles, this is the one that I would have loved to see them sing LIVE! With the harmonies in the background, it would have been totally definitive of the best of their 1962 sound in concert~~~~at least in my mind it would!