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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (2 Viewers)

It's about time Racoon and Michelle are listed.  Actually, they too are days late to the list.   There is simply no reason to listen to either song unless your name is Rocky, Raccon, or Michelle.   

The only good thing about thinking about the song Michelle is that made me listen to My Michelle by GnR.   Now that is a good song   

Carry on.   

 
I would not recommend to anyone that they take a couple of days off from reading this thread and then try to catch up in a short time.  I feel violated and totally spent.  

A few thoughts that no one cares about:  

Seeing "Glass Onion" and "Lady Madonna" this low makes me as sad as Krista when I say that "Don't Pass Me By" would probably be in by bottom 20, easy.  And I'm not a Ringo hater, by any stretch.  

I've never considered that Paul might be my favorite, but I seem to disagree with more of where Paul songs are ranked on here than any others, so maybe he is.  Although "Rocky Raccoon" is too high.  Kind of like Paul when he wrote it.  

I thought I was relatively intelligent, but 73% of Mr. Krista song descriptions contain a word or phrase I've never heard before and would have to look up, if I cared about anthing other than the Beatles right now. 

 
krista4 said:
Valid point; could be.  I'd say with Mr. krista it is pretty likely.  He told me once a few years ago that Paul was his least favorite Beatle, and I didn't talk to him for days.  Not that I could name a least favorite Beatle, but I needed to protect Paul's integrity.  I think Mr. krista's appreciation of Paul has grown immensely through this endeavor.  I've even caught him checking out Paul's solo work without my prompting.  He comes from this punk-rock background where Paul love doesn't occur naturally.

As for me, I think I am very critical of his vaudevillian stuff in particular, but as you say that's a matter of personal taste rather than it being objectively bad.  I didn't like when John did the circus-y stuff like Mr. Kite either, though.

I knew that your preferences and mine would diverge, because you early on expressed a strong preference for Paul's work, while I lean John.  
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Paul has done a heck of a lot more punk-rock stuff than the other Beatles and it is not even close.

 
Godsbrother said:
Paul has done a heck of a lot more punk-rock stuff than the other Beatles and it is not even close.
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Not as part of the Beatles, perhaps, and of course he's had many more years than John did.  Though even if true, that's not contradictory to my statement.  

 
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krista4 said:
Not as part of the Beatles, perhaps, and of course he's had many more years than John did.  Though even if true, that's not contradictory to my statement.  
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I don't think the Beatles did punk.  If they did "Helter Skelter" probably comes the closest.  

 
krista4 said:
So that's A Day in the Life (my not-so-bold prediction).  I wonder, if rockaction sent in a list, if that one would come off, too.
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I don't know how the game works, but I don't think so. I honestly like that song. A lot. I'm not a total Hamburg guy. I'm more of a Beatles For Sale and Help! guy.  

I'd like to do a list. Seems like the compilation of the points takes time, and one ought to do it earnestly, but I'll have a go at it.  

 
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krista4 said:
As for me, I think I am very critical of his vaudevillian stuff in particular, but as you say that's a matter of personal taste rather than it being objectively bad.  I didn't like when John did the circus-y stuff like Mr. Kite either, though.

I knew that your preferences and mine would diverge, because you early on expressed a strong preference for Paul's work, while I lean John.  
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I like both John and Paul's retro style stuff, but then again I also like Queen's sometimes similar work on albums like Night at the Opera.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
I did not but do love the song of course. It's not easy whittling their catalog down to 25 - I'm sure there are a few other "glaring omissions" on everyone's list.
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We'll see what Getz says when mine is incorporated, but I left one off of mine that will probably be a top 5 most-listed. It made the top 30 before the final cut.

 
My guess for Krista's top 10 not in any particular order

I've Just Seen a Face

Strawberry Fields

Here Comes the Sun

Norwegian Wood

In My Life

She Said, She Said

And Your Bird Can Sing

A Day in the Life

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Let it Be

 
Tom Hagen said:
My guess for Krista's top 10 not in any particular order

I've Just Seen a Face

Strawberry Fields

Here Comes the Sun

Norwegian Wood

In My Life

She Said, She Said

And Your Bird Can Sing

A Day in the Life

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Let it Be
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Got it - added!

In case I wasn't clear before, you're right that these guesses, unlike Getzlaf's project, needn't be in order.

 
@Godsbrother, I have silly question that I know you'll know the right answer to:  is it "Sgt. Pepper's" (period) or "Sgt Pepper's" (no period)?  I see it both ways.  I've been using the period but don't want to keep posting incorrectly.

This might be related to my next post.   :popcorn:  

 
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110.  Good Morning Good Morning (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

Beatles version:  Spotify  YouTube

I had copied some notes into a file and was reading them thinking, "Wow, I agree with everything this person said," before realizing that it was my own notes from tim's thread.   :lmao:   At least, unlike Mr. krista, I did agree with my own prior opinions.

Here's what I said then:  "This song is bonkers and I love it.  No idea how Ringo could perform this song.  He's off the chain on this one."  This sums up most of what I love about this song. Poor Ringo.  The changes in time signatures are insane.  I can't imagine why anyone would write all that or want to play it, but somehow it works.  I also love Paul's guitar solo, the distorted horns, that big cymbal smash, and all the wacky animal sounds sprinkled in, from hens to horses to cats and dogs and unicorns and jackalopes and Yetis and what have you.  It's a seemingly "fun" song that's really about boredom, written when John was stuck in the suburbs watching telly (and inspired by a cereal ad) and an instance where I particularly enjoy John's biting sarcasm; maybe I can relate to the cacophony that can be created by life's daily nuisances.

Mr. krista:  "I really liked the guitar solo and the middle part that’s all triplets on the snare.  But it’s crazy.  I like all the roosters, and the horses whinnying seem appropriate.  I like that rather than change the lyrics to fit a time signature human beings could play...naaaahhhh."

Suggested cover:  Maybe it's not a surprise given the nature of the song, but I believe I've set a new record for the song with the most horrible covers.  I'll have to post another from Cheap Trick as the only passable attempt.

 
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krista4 said:
Would you have taken them as more likely than a Luc Longley reference, though?
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Luc Longley at least has a tangential relationship to the greatest in his profession, which is equivalent to the Beatles.  Luc Longley is like Billy Preston, in that regard, only with less of a passing resemblance to Don Baylor.  

However, when you do your 80's song ranking thread, if "Perfect Way" isn't pretty high up, well, that's a problem.  

 
krista4 said:
Suggested cover:  Maybe it's not a surprise given the nature of the song, but I believe I've set a new record for the song with the most horrible covers.  I'll have to post another from Cheap Trick* as the only passable attempt.
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Not to go against the Real Fab Four* but this cover isn't the worst thing in the world.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzsc785E27g Terrible movie but some of the music wasn't dreadful. 

 
zamboni said:
Interestingly enough it's hard to tell on the actual album cover whether the period is actually there . Must have been something Paul took to his grave.
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That’s why I was having trouble deciding.  I can’t tell if it’s there.  Maybe I should take this to the “I’m old and falling apart” thread.

 
krista4 said:
110.  Good Morning Good Morning (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
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For some reason I feel like Savoy Truffle is this song’s spiritual kin. There’s something sinister sounding about the verses in both of these songs to me. I dig both 

 
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krista4 said:
That’s why I was having trouble deciding.  I can’t tell if it’s there.  Maybe I should take this to the “I’m old and falling apart” thread.
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PMc: We realised in the office that there are some grammar mistakes on the drum skin: a semicolon after ‘Sgt’, and there isn’t an apostrophe in ‘Peppers’. Is that just an accident?
PM: Yeah, that’s an accident! The guy doing it was, as I say, a fairground guy, so all this sort of stuff [Paul points to the logo on the album cover] - the filigree and all these decorative things - are the kind of things you would see on the side of a Waltzer, when you go to the fairground. It’s covered in this kind of stuff.

So I think he will have just been told “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, and instead of putting a dot after the ‘gt’ of ‘Sgt.’ - which I think you might naturally do - I think it just looks better as a composition to be down there. And there’s no particular reason for it being a semi colon. It could have just as easily been two dots, or something. And then no apostrophe? There’s no reason for it. He was asked to do that and he came up with that beautiful design.

 
krista4 said:
I bet that you bet that they are A Day in the Life and...hmmm...In My Life?

Second one could be While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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So if it's ok to spotlight, I'm thinking Here Comes The Sun.

I looked at about five lists online, and I think A Day In The Life was in the top three everytime.

While My Guitar... is definitely a contender.

 
The Future Champs said:
So if it's ok to spotlight, I'm thinking Here Comes The Sun.

I looked at about five lists online, and I think A Day In The Life was in the top three everytime.

While My Guitar... is definitely a contender.
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So I just entered entry #9.

Entry #7 did not list Strawberry Fields and My Guitar Gently Weeps.  Those were 2 of the last 3.

A Day is the Life was just not listed....   Not one song is on all of the first nine Top 25's that I have.

ETA:  There are now 4 songs listed 8 times.   And Strawberry is not one of them!  :lmao:    Left off the last two!

 
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