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dumb it down for me, poindexter!
You are supposed to do your own. But you could choose not to be your own person.wait, are we doing our own personal top 25s or what we think krista's top 25 will be?
Tomorrow I want to be Justin Timberlake.You are supposed to do your own. But you could choose not to be your own person.
JFC, dude. You choose 25 Beatles songs based on a ranking system of 1-150. Then you send it to Grafzepplin. He will take your 25 and add it to his 25. Then he will divide it by two to come up with an average. Next he will compare your/his average with the aggregate averages of every other poster that submitted songs. Eventually Krista and Gräfenberg will determine the winner through blind draw.dumb it down for me, poindexter!
Oddly enough I did come up with a list of 25 great Beatle songs.I plan to post my list of what I think Tanner's top 25 Beatles song will be. But as I compile the list I'm noticing that 3 of the songs were never even recorded by the Beatles. So what gives, buddy?
Who was this weirdo? Did Mr krista submit a list or something?The 13th entry added SEVEN new songs that no one had chosen before.
I’ve got a feeling about this one.There is one song that has only been listed twice and it has a #1 and a #2 for 49 points.
Hmmm. I just edited my list, the fbg thing said you hadn’t read it yet. If you already entered my songs, ignore the edit. Also I wonder if that’s the song I just put it at 2.There is one song that has only been listed twice and it has a #1 and a #2 for 49 points.
I get emails if someone PMs me. I use those to compile the list. Much easier as I have them go into a folder.Hmmm. I just edited my list, the fbg thing said you hadn’t read it yet. If you already entered my songs, ignore the edit. Also I wonder if that’s the song I just put it at 2.
CounterpointLet's just get this over with.
113. Rocky Raccoon (White Album, 1968)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
I like that Paul tried to do a cowboy song. It's charming. Love the harmonica. Beautiful vocal. Sweet little encapsulated story, even though I find some of the lyrics grating and forced: Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy. But I dock this song a full 50 slots solely because I HATE the fake drawl at the beginning. Somewhere earlier in the thread @Uruk-Hai pointed out that Paul and John needed to edit themselves better sometimes. I think Paul just needed a best friend to tell him not to do this ####, and during the White Album years John was not that best friend, nor was anyone else. I can't fully express how much I love/hate this song, with probably more mixed feelings about it than any other in their repertoire.
Mr. krista does not have mixed feelings: "I hate that he can’t resist to throw in a jaunty piano part. The fake cowboy drawl is ludicrous. It’s as bad as an American singing in an affected British accent. I hate that it seems C/W/blues/folk – these are American forms, and it seems like he’s making fun of it. He’s not, but it seems smug. It really really bothers me. You don’t fully understand this #### so leave it the #### alone. It’s like Willie Nelson trying to play the Sex Pistols – Willie, leave it alone. It’s not your jam. Or Miles Davis playing…well, Miles Davis probably could."
Suggested covers: Eddie Vedder & Jack Johnson This version, lacking a fake cowboy accent, would be ranked much, much higher on my list. Lena Horne (thanks to @Eephus for this one). FFA's own Nipsey.
All good, just saw mine hadn’t been read so edited it a bit once I got to a place where I could hear the songs again but no need to adjust. My original rankings err solid and not too different anyway.I get emails if someone PMs me. I use those to compile the list. Much easier as I have them go into a folder.
What is this? Need me to post 10 songs?My top 10 contest, which has actual prizes attached, only has six entries.
:counting: Indeed those are ten. You're in!Here's 10 songs:
A Day In The Life
Yesterday
And Your Bird Can Sing
Blackbird
Here Comes The Sun
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Norweigian Wood
As My Guitar Gently Weeps
Hey Jude
Across the Universe
Thanks!I'll play.
Eleanor Rigby
A Day In The Life (not #1, but top ten?)
In My Life
Back in The U.S.S.R
Norwegian Wood
Rain
She Loves You
Any Time At All
You Can’t Do That
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Bumping for the new guy.I'm bumping this post and ANNOUNCE-ing a second donation to be made. Another $100 will go to the charity of choice of whoever can name the most songs in my top 10. A few rules/thoughts:I’m going to start the actual countdown Monday. I’m just posting this now because Mr. krista claims I’m never going to do this. Speaking of Mr. krista, these are his nine Top 10 songs, in no particular order:
Taxman
Hey Bulldog
Helter Skelter
I’m So Tired
And Your Bird Can Sing
Rain
Across the Universe
I’ve Just Seen a Face
Happiness is a Warm Gun
A hint to my top 10: he and I have at least one of these in common.
Again I can’t emphasize strongly enough that this will just be my own preferences. My top ten doesn’t look like yours would. If I were to try to describe what I like, I’d say… I’m not sappy. I’m not a fan of nostalgia. Like @Gr00vussaid about himself in his thread, I’ve found that I like songs based on feel more than anything. Unless lyrics are particularly great (see, e.g., Leonard Cohen or Townes Van Zandt) or particularly awful (see, e.g., this), they don’t move the needle that much for me. When I do connect with lyrics, it’s not because I’m looking into them deeply to give me some inspiration on how live my life, but because they do a compelling job of evoking how I’ve already lived.
My top 10 consists of one song from Help!, two songs from Rubber Soul, two songs from Revolver, one song from Sgt. Pepper’s, one song from the White Album, one song from Abbey Road, one song from Let It Be, and one single. Feel free to wager.
1. If there is a tie, I will then go to a tiebreaker based on who named my #1, or if no one did, who named #2, etc. until we break the tie. I will donate $100 to the winner's charity and another $50 to anyone else's who lost only by virtue of the tiebreaker. (By the way, I will also donate $100 to each person who wins the "name my #1" contest; no tiebreakers there.)
2. If the same person wins this who won the "#1 song" contest, I'll donate $200 to that person's charity plus also donate $100 to the charity of the runner-up in this contest.
3. Read the post above carefully, especially regarding which albums my top 10 come from. Check post #2 for a listing of which albums I'm attributing each song to or if they're listed in the singles/other category.
4. I have lists already from @simey, @Mister CIA, and @timschochet. Any of you can redo your lists right now if you wish, and tim you definitely will wish to since I already spilled the beans on Octopus's Garden. If I missed anyone else's, let me know.
I will also include a BoC for the winners of both contests, if they are comfortable sharing their home/personal info.
Bold. I'm wondering if, when we're done, others will post their top 25 so that they can all also be told by everyone that they are "wrong."gave my list to Getz for the top 25. Here are my 26-70. It could and has changed every time I have looked at it ...so if you mixed just about any of these and put them anywhere, I likely wouldn't argue.
thisI just realized I had miscounted and have only six more songs in the bottom half rather than the seven I thought I still had to do. Congratulations and welcome to the top half, unnamed song!
But back to the bad news.
108. Fixing A Hole (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
Credit to @Godsbrother for this being as high as it is. I'd always thought this was one of my least favorites, bottom 30-40, but then I noticed that he hyped it in a thread or two as underrated, so I thought I should give it a shot. Now when I play it, I can't get it out of my head, in a good way. Maybe as more time goes by it will climb even higher.
See what I did there? "Higher" in a post on a song about pot?
Oh yeah, back to the song. It's about pot. It's about Paul wanting to be free to experiment, to let his mind wander and not be constrained. Maybe to include stuff other than pot, but definitely including pot. And I think that's one of the most admirable qualities about Paul: for all the criticism I've given to many of the vaudeville songs, his experimentation into different types of music well exceeded the others', both during the time of the Beatles and thereafter. He can simply do it all, and even if we don't appreciate the results of his forays into certain genres, I think all his attempts are well-meaning and based on a genuine love for and interest in them. I can't imagine what it would be like to have a mind that brilliant.
Also, he sure did look dreamy in that "Hey Jude" video.
Oh yeah (again), back to the song (again). I might mention chord progressions too often, but these are fascinating and move through minor/major in a way that complements the lyrics beautifully. The lilt of the vocal moving into a more urgent sound along with the guitar, culminating in the blast of "why they don't get in my door," is sublime, as is the guitar work itself. The song shows off Paul's incredible vocal range not just in terms of the notes but the emotion. The harpsichord forming part of the rhythm section is a brilliant touch.
Fun story about the session for this song: a guy showed up at Paul's front door and when Paul asked who he was, he said he was Jesus. Wait, I'll let Paul tell it. "This guy said, 'I'm Jesus Christ.' I said, 'Oop,' slightly shocked. I said, 'Well, you'd better come in then.' I thought, Well, it probably isn't. But if he is, I'm not going to be the one to turn him away. So I gave him a cup of tea and we just chatted...We used to get a lot of people who were maybe insecure or going through emotional breakdowns or whatever. So I said, 'I've got to go to a session but if you promise to be very quiet and just sit in a corner, you can come.' So he did, he came to the session and he did sit very quietly and I never saw him after that. I introduced him to the guys. They said, 'Who's this?' I said, 'He's Jesus Christ.'"
Mr. krista: "I don’t know. I don’t like it. It doesn’t go anywhere. Just plods along. Made totally in the studio rather than the product of songwriting. Seems like a high-dea."
Suggested covers: I dunno about this vocal, but The Frays. Love it or hate it version from Electric Würms (count me as hate it).
Oh yeah, the moment I am allowed.Bold. I'm wondering if, when we're done, others will post their top 25 so that they can all also be told by everyone that they are "wrong."
My list was meant to be secret forever, and if Getz ever posts them I will never forgive his betrayal.Bold. I'm wondering if, when we're done, others will post their top 25 so that they can all also be told by everyone that they are "wrong."
I'll post... I have them all in an email folderBold. I'm wondering if, when we're done, others will post their top 25 so that they can all also be told by everyone that they are "wrong."
I'll do it now.Bold. I'm wondering if, when we're done, others will post their top 25 so that they can all also be told by everyone that they are "wrong."
Current #1 list - reminder that it is OK for people to take the same song; this is not a draft!ManOfSteelhead's Top 10 for KristaQuatro:
In My Life
Eleanor Rigby
Dear Prudence
Hey Jude
Let it Be
A Day in the Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Across the Universe
Strawberry Fields
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
If you haven't lately can you please post an updated list of everyone's #1 guesses?
After my pitiful appeal I now have 11 lists, including one sent by PM.The Krista 10 (which I am using her album outline and what I like)
Ive Just Seen a Face
Norwegian Wood
Wait
Eleanor Rigby
Tomorrow Never Knows
A Day in the Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The medley from Abbey Road
Let It Be
Day Tripper
Scritti Politti?Ilov80s said:How many artists could anyone even come close to doing something like this? Zeppelin? Dylan?
I lit a fire.After seeing what I’ve seen here, am I the only one here with the proper respect for Norwegian Wood? Isn’t it good?