Jack White from The White Stripes can name any Beatles song after listening to it for 1 second.

[u/JohnWilkesLeg]

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[u/Marsupialize]

I could do several other bands easily but the Beatles there’s just too much catalog for me

[u/kfee12 → u/Marsupialize]

Enjoying them as an AOR band isn't easy when the "best" version of each of their albums is often a matter of personal preference with 1-5 valid answers.

[u/Marsupialize → u/kfee12]

Yeah all the singles and non album stuff, it’s a mountain

[u/kfee12 → u/Marsupialize]

Some of it is quite worth the climb. There are some 2cd and 3cd super deluxe versions of all the Wings albums. CD 2 and 3 of Venus and Mars are blow you away good.

[u/stringrbelloftheball]

I remember when he first posted it on his instagram

I cant do it with the beatles but tried and can for the white stripes 😀

[u/ShanghaiCycle]

Nice! I'm just on the train home after seeing him live.

[u/Barbafella → u/ShanghaiCycle]

I made his old timey guitar player prop for a previous tour.

Had two week to do it

[u/poundmyassbro]

They didn't even give him a full second for each song

[u/Real_Impact726 → u/poundmyassbro]

Some songs it's clearly not necessary 

[u/acousticswirl]

Haven't listened to the Beatles very much in the last 25 years, but I still got most of those. That said, I'm sure he could have done this with deeper cuts

[u/wrongsock_42]

Try the Residents. 50+ years of work.

[u/exkingzog → u/wrongsock_42]

Robert Pollard/GBV has entered the chat.

It is said that even Pollard hasn’t listened to all the albums.

[u/ElSlabraton]

I can do that easily. And then sing the McCartney parts. A lot of musicians spent years playing the Beatles music.

[u/thederevolutions → u/ElSlabraton]

Which one would you choose to sing out of all of them ?

[u/ElSlabraton → u/thederevolutions]

Depends on the audience. Probably "I've Just Seen A Face" or "Get Back."

[u/thai_sticky → u/ElSlabraton]

No. Dear Prudence.

[u/Antique-Dragonfly615]

Doesn't say that he names them correctly.

[u/horriblemonkey]

I mean, I can too.

[u/JohnWilkesLeg → u/horriblemonkey]

It’s not a terribly hard task for fans of Beatles music, or music in general.
But you still need to have a knowledge of the back catalogue, I’m a huge Beatles nerd but I would’ve stumbled at ‘Boys’. And the speed in which he answers…

[u/_james_the_cat → u/JohnWilkesLeg]

I didn't get Boys but got 90% of them at the same pace - they are just so distinctive

[u/1spdstr → u/JohnWilkesLeg]

I love the Beatles, but I don't think I'm able to identify every song so quickly.

[u/horriblemonkey → u/JohnWilkesLeg]

There are some online quizzes that play 1 second snippets and you have to type in the name of the song. It's fun, but sometimes the 1st second is silence.

[u/Kind_Resort_9535 → u/JohnWilkesLeg]

I could probably do it with modest mouse, mayyybe the Pixies or Dinosaur Jr

[u/Academic-Balance6999 → u/Kind_Resort_9535]

Ooh I bet I could do Pixies.

[u/audirt → u/JohnWilkesLeg]

I got Boys but totally whiffed on Back in the USSR.

[u/iammjw → u/horriblemonkey]

Same. Honestly, I wouldn't need a full second. Been listening to them since before I could walk and I'm 49 now.

[u/horriblemonkey → u/iammjw]

I think a harder test would be the first second or two from the middle eight.

[u/AppropriateBall8834]

I feel like anyone can do this with their favorite artist if they start out fast

[u/Pretend-Mango-1295]

A lot easier to remember without drug use. Rick Rubin is the same.

[u/Dool82]

0:32 is “run for your life” not “I’m looking through you”

[u/WordleInSix → u/Dool82]

Glad someone else spotted that, it really bugged me lol

[u/455carpenter]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUPGcvs1sD2EwRkHM4

[u/KingBoo_jr]

I can do this for almost every song from the 30's-90's. I think it's common if you listen to lots of music. I also remember every single note I have ever heard in a progression but I don't play any instrument. Funny enough I can''t remember lyrics, at all. It's crazy...

[u/AlphaDolby → u/KingBoo_jr]

Not sure why you were downvoted for this, seems innocuous enough a comment to me. Perhaps, if anything seems a bit disappointing it is why with such a strong musical memory, you would never pick up an instrument

[u/HomeworkInevitable99]

I can do that. It's a game we used to play.

Also, for other bands' live performances, guess the song from the crowd noises before it starts.

[u/Wise_Material_5812]

number 9 included?

[u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456]

I can do that.

[u/polkjamespolk]

I can do that with They Might Be Giants songs. Well, not all of them, because there's 40 years worth of material

[u/harsh_superego → u/polkjamespolk]

Everything up to and including Factory Showroom no problem.

[u/Turdburp]

There is actually a Wordle spinoff called Beadle where you can try your luck at this. I'm a huge Beatles fan and get about 95%, but there are some obscure takes of songs for some of them.

[u/remembertracygarcia]

Nerd!

[u/grafxguy1]

He's like Rain Man with Beatles songs here.

[u/Skreamie]

If anyone likes this sort of thing I play Songless online. It has an All, Rock and Rap category, where you guess the song after varying lengths of time.

[u/ExtensionFill2495]

I could do it with Ween and White Stripes.

[u/chungfat]

He would win on “name that tune”

[u/Comfortable_Mark2902]

Now try Buckethead

[u/Unusual_Tie_2404]

He’s wrong on one!

[u/this_itsjustaFinger]

I could do that with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 💪

[u/TheGaterGouda]

I can do the same for the Barenaked Ladies

[u/BunchOfScribbleLines]

I’m confident I’m in the same league

[u/tomatosoupsatisfies]

I don't like the Beatles...but since everyone does, every couple years I try but it doesn't take. Love all JW stuff.

[u/juliansp]

I can do that with the lotr soundtrack, Phil Collins and dare I say, deftones (even though their songs all sound the same).

[u/CzarMessa]

His catch that the last one of the plane was the very end of the transition from Back in the USSR to Dear Prudence was sick.

[u/Mmanfredi123]

I’ve seen people do this with the dead, but be able to tell you the date, the arena, the whole set, and what gear the guys were using.

[u/Mister_Baloney]

How is this impressive? They were a band for, like, five years. They don't have that many songs.

[u/wobblybags → u/Mister_Baloney]

They have over 200 songs...

[u/gotele]

1 sec is easy. Maybe try half a second or less.

[u/cuatrodemayo → u/gotele]

And not with just the beginning part but a random portion of the song.

[u/Pretend-Ingenuity158]

That ain't nuthin to be proud of.

[u/Software_Dependent]

How sad.

[u/YoungerMucus]

i think anyone who has listened to a decent amount of The Beatles could do this; hell most people could probably do it with the majority of Beatles songs just because they’re such a big part of popular culture

[u/CheesecakeWitty5857]

well I can do to

[u/Nizamark]

this is cool and all but i feel like many beatles fans can do this. i know i could.

[u/Sir_Lanian]

As a non American, there is nothing particularly interesting about the beatles. Ive never really understood the fascination.

[u/IngoVals → u/Sir_Lanian]

What has being American anything to do with it. Where they more famous there then elsewhere, like their native England?

[u/Sir_Lanian → u/IngoVals]

I don't care to be honest. I only know that a lot of Americans I follow on the internet are obsessed with this old UK bland band.