krista4
Footballguy
I haven’t posted Rocky Raccoon yet. And I did move Kite up a bit. Maybe you’re my brother.
ETA: I’d love to see your (or others’) top ten. My top 12 are set so no changes will be coming there.
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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter krista4
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ETA: I’d love to see your (or others’) top ten. My top 12 are set so no changes will be coming there.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Done.
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Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
I’ll try this when we get closer for sure. This thread is very inspiring. Gonna start my Hanson countdown after this but I don’t want to steal your thunder.
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Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Yikes. So I took a spin around a few not-Krista Beatles' rankers and it's safe to say my list is... idiosyncratic. The top half appears in most other top-10 or top-20, but the back half is all mine apparently.
ETA: also up to a top-12 as I found out I was missing some obvious ones in my own library.
ETA: also up to a top-12 as I found out I was missing some obvious ones in my own library.
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krista4
Footballguy
There’s a divide between my top 12 and the next tier, but sadly I can’t have a 12-song top 10.
I intended to mention before that I am aware there are some rankings out there by music critics and others, but I’ve studiously avoided those until this is over. Some of mine will likely be (charitably) idiosyncratic as well.
Gr00vus
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krista4
Footballguy
Since several people have given guesses at my #1, I’ve decided to donate $100 to the charity of choice to whoever comes closest - i.e., anyone who gets it right, or if no one has/does, whoever gets my second choice, etc. I’ll put together a list of the guesses so far when I’m home (at airport picking up my mom!).
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Extra ETA: it's confirmed that I'm a Paulophile.
zamboni
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
You set your own damn rules.
ETA: your work, your contest - do what you want!! (supportive of your endeavor here)
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Tom Hagen
Footballguy
Spock
Footballguy
I feel like my earlier guess must be wrong after seeing this very generous post of yours. But I’ll stick with Hey Jude, obviously with the donation going to St Jude.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
A Day in the Life would be my guess.
rockaction
Footballguy
Easy there, Bezos.
Going with A Day In The Life...
eta* excited you're doing this, and doing the list.
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Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
I’ll go chalky with my guess and say In My Life as the #1
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
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krista4
Footballguy
Wait, I don't know if this was your edit, but you can still choose something that another person has taken. I think In My Life, the Abbey Road medley, and A Day in the Life have been taken more than once...maybe others, too.
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krista4
Footballguy
All right, all right.Easy there, Bezos.
Going with A Day In The Life...
eta* excited you're doing this, and doing the list.
Though apparently "Bezos" is an insult to many in the FFA?I'm going to do something more for the runners-up, in addition to the "winner(s)." Maybe something for anyone who hits the top 10 (or the top 12 in the top 10).
Here's what I have so far; please let me know of any corrections or omissions:
simey – Abbey Road medley
Mister CIA – She Said She Said
timschochet – Paperback Writer
pecorino – Hey Jude
Binky the Doormat – In My Life
wikkidpissah – Taxman
Dr. Octopus – Got To Get You Into My Life
Nigel Tufnel – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
Uruk-Hai – Ticket to Ride
Dinsy Ejotuz – Let It Be
Tom Hagen – Eleanor Rigby
Spock – Rain
Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
rockaction - A Day in the Life
Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
shuke – Abbey Road medley
Alex P Keaton - Something
In total, you guys have named four in my top 10.
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rockaction
Footballguy
That's why I joked, bud. Change mine to I Wanna Hold Your Hand and it's all goodAll right, all right.
. I'll get off Leroy's stuff.
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krista4
Footballguy
Didn't you have A Day in the Life? You matched that with Leroy Hoard, not Binky.That's why I joked, bud. Change mine to I Wanna Hold Your Hand and it's all good
rockaction
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
Didn’t you already post that it wasn’t A day In the Life?
1. Paperback Writer
2. She Said She Said
3. Something
4. Ticket to Ride
5. A Day In the Life
6. Abbey Road medley
7. Octopus’ Garden
8. She Loves You
9. For No One
10. And Your Bird Can Sing
OK, I’m going to guess your top 10:All right, all right.
I'm going to do something more for the runners-up, in addition to the "winner(s)." Maybe something for anyone who hits the top 10 (or the top 12 in the top 10).
Here's what I have so far; please let me know of any corrections or omissions:
simey – Abbey Road medley
Mister CIA – She Said She Said
timschochet – Paperback Writer
pecorino – Hey Jude
Binky the Doormat – In My Life
wikkidpissah – Taxman
Dr. Octopus – Got To Get You Into My Life
Nigel Tufnel – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
Uruk-Hai – Ticket to Ride
Dinsy Ejotuz – Let It Be
Tom Hagen – Eleanor Rigby
Spock – Rain
Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
rockaction - A Day in the Life
Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
shuke – Abbey Road medley
Alex P Keaton - Something
In total, you guys have named four in my top 10.
1. Paperback Writer
2. She Said She Said
3. Something
4. Ticket to Ride
5. A Day In the Life
6. Abbey Road medley
7. Octopus’ Garden
8. She Loves You
9. For No One
10. And Your Bird Can Sing
timschochet
Footballguy
Actually that’s pretty close to my top ten...
krista4
Footballguy
I'm going to try to sneak this in while you guys are in bed... 
133. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
I dunno...a lot of you guys seem to love this song, including tim who raved about what a beautiful ballad John wrote.
But the version I've heard, by Paul, doesn't do a lot for me and seems painfully earnest, except...I absolutely adore the string arrangement and one particular lyric. So much so that this ranks at #133 almost solely on the basis of these two things. When I hear this song, I'm entranced by the strings and tune everything else out, which is good since I don't enjoy much else of it, especially especially the "Greek chorus" over what I find a weak Paul vocal. The "parents" singing as the Greek chorus and the "byyyye byyyye" make me cringe every time.
This is a song where Paul is a bit John-esque in that he based it, loosely, on something he'd read in the paper, rather than coming up with a fictitious world all his own as he often did. In this case, Paul read a story about a girl named Melanie Coe who had run away from her posh home, to the befuddlement of her parents. Interestingly, Ms. Coe enjoyed the song for some time without imagining it was about her; it was only years later that her mother put it together for her after seeing an interview with Paul. In part she had never imagined it was her because she didn't leave with "a man from the motor trade."
The string arrangement is perhaps my favorite in a Beatles song, which is interesting since it's one of the only arrangements not by George Martin, who was too busy at the time and (unwillingly) ceded to Mike Leander. I find the arrangement tight and not extraneous in any way as Martin's sometimes were. The second thing I love about the song is one lyric in particular: "She's leaving home after living alone for so many years." Obviously the girl in question was not living literally alone, so the implication is devastating but possibly familiar to anyone who has felt that distance with those to whom we're physically closest. It's one of my favorite single lines in a Beatles song.
Fun fact: Coincidentally, Ms. Coe won a lip-synch contest at which the Beatles performed and Paul presented the award a few years before the song was written.
If you think I have it too low, at least I like it more than Mr. krista does: "So ####### boring. She leaves a comfortable life for more comfort. Oh, she’s bored, so she gets to go have fun. That’s the whitest #### ever. And her parents are bummed. Who gives a ####. The stakes are so pitifully low. 'Oh, I’ve like to have more fun, so I guess I’ll leave.'"
Suggested cover: One of my favorite covers of any Beatles song, Billy freaking Bragg.
133. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Beatles version: Spotify YouTube
I dunno...a lot of you guys seem to love this song, including tim who raved about what a beautiful ballad John wrote.
But the version I've heard, by Paul, doesn't do a lot for me and seems painfully earnest, except...I absolutely adore the string arrangement and one particular lyric. So much so that this ranks at #133 almost solely on the basis of these two things. When I hear this song, I'm entranced by the strings and tune everything else out, which is good since I don't enjoy much else of it, especially especially the "Greek chorus" over what I find a weak Paul vocal. The "parents" singing as the Greek chorus and the "byyyye byyyye" make me cringe every time.This is a song where Paul is a bit John-esque in that he based it, loosely, on something he'd read in the paper, rather than coming up with a fictitious world all his own as he often did. In this case, Paul read a story about a girl named Melanie Coe who had run away from her posh home, to the befuddlement of her parents. Interestingly, Ms. Coe enjoyed the song for some time without imagining it was about her; it was only years later that her mother put it together for her after seeing an interview with Paul. In part she had never imagined it was her because she didn't leave with "a man from the motor trade."
The string arrangement is perhaps my favorite in a Beatles song, which is interesting since it's one of the only arrangements not by George Martin, who was too busy at the time and (unwillingly) ceded to Mike Leander. I find the arrangement tight and not extraneous in any way as Martin's sometimes were. The second thing I love about the song is one lyric in particular: "She's leaving home after living alone for so many years." Obviously the girl in question was not living literally alone, so the implication is devastating but possibly familiar to anyone who has felt that distance with those to whom we're physically closest. It's one of my favorite single lines in a Beatles song.
Fun fact: Coincidentally, Ms. Coe won a lip-synch contest at which the Beatles performed and Paul presented the award a few years before the song was written.
If you think I have it too low, at least I like it more than Mr. krista does: "So ####### boring. She leaves a comfortable life for more comfort. Oh, she’s bored, so she gets to go have fun. That’s the whitest #### ever. And her parents are bummed. Who gives a ####. The stakes are so pitifully low. 'Oh, I’ve like to have more fun, so I guess I’ll leave.'"
Suggested cover: One of my favorite covers of any Beatles song, Billy freaking Bragg.
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krista4
Footballguy
Shhhhh. Not everyone reads the thread.
The most interesting pick on your list is Octopus's Garden. I'm pretty sure I love that song more than most other people do, but it still sticks out to me as an unusual choice (so I guess I'm giving away that it's not top 10). You said this was close to your list - is that one on yours?
krista4
Footballguy
I just read to Mr. krista the list of guesses of my #1, and he commented on them and then responded with, "It's [not my #1 song]." I thought he was joking and laughed until I saw his look of confusion. Then he said, "Oh yeah, it's [also not my #1 song]." On third try, he got it right. *Divorce re-pending.*
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zamboni
Footballguy
Not my favorite from Pepper, but I also like the haunting strings on the tune. Also like the way it is juxtaposed on the album between "Fixing a Hole" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite."I'm going to try to sneak this in while you guys are in bed...
133. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
krista4
Footballguy
Yeah, I think those strings are special. I find the strings on some of the songs overwrought, but these are delicate and beautiful.
timschochet
Footballguy
No. I like it though. I added it as a whim based on your Ringo love.Shhhhh. Not everyone reads the thread.
The most interesting pick on your list is Octopus's Garden. I'm pretty sure I love that song more than most other people do, but it still sticks out to me as an unusual choice (so I guess I'm giving away that it's not top 10). You said this was close to your list - is that one on yours?
I also really like that Billy Bragg cover of Shes Leaving Home.
neal cassady
Footballguy
I’ll take I Am The Walrus for the win. Great thread Krista.
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
I must have missed that the medley qualifies as one track? Game changer.
Tom Hagen
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Dangermouse + White Album for the win, BTW.
The Grey Album.
The legendary mash-up that copyright wouldn't permit.
Jay-Z and the Beatles. Love this the most.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi27dt
The Grey Album.
The legendary mash-up that copyright wouldn't permit.
Jay-Z and the Beatles. Love this the most.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi27dt
zamboni
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Droit du moral, eh?
Grammy-nominated artists aren't good enough for the Beatles?
:sighs, slinks slowly away, nods:
zamboni
Footballguy
I respect Jay-Z's music, just not a fan of mashups in general. Full covers are fine in my view.
rockaction
Footballguy
Yeah, that's fair. Mash ups generally lack something. But the Grey Album is probably in my top five or ten of the aughts because of Dangermouse behind it. The Gnarls Barkley dude.
Anyway, just posted it for fun. Heh.
