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

With the glorious but bittersweet winding down of this thread, I feel like the #2 and especially #1 songs did not get much banter from the peanut gallery so forgive my crassness with these comments. I'll start with the top dog: I always felt that the "harpsichord" solo in In My Life felt rushed, especially the last several notes that Martin seems to try to squeeze into the very end. It's a great solo and amazing that George Martin played it (as Krista so vividly described in her write-up which I didn't read) but those last several rushing notes have always bothered me. Still a top ten song for me, no doubt, just a great melody and sentiment. Across the Universe got a second life, I think, when Fiona Apple made it a hit with her rendition, and I love her, (see what I did there) so that elevates it for me. More personally, the best English teacher I ever had was this somewhat nutty guy in 8th grade I think it was, and one of his memorable assignments was to require us to analyze a piece of text--could be a short story, a poem, or song lyrics--and to give a speech to the class about the literary devices that the writer used and to what effect. When he also said that we could play the song for the class on his little turntable, I knew I'd do a Beatles song and I chose Across the Universe. I memorized the lyrics (still know them by heart) and analyzed the heck out of them. It was just luck, given my youth, that I would have chosen a perfect song for that activity as the language is so incredibly rich and easy to get lost in. He asked me specifically about the mantra which probably tripped me up, but I loved sharing that tune with the class. When he said we could do another one for extra credit, I jumped on I Am the Walrus which proved to be nearly intractable but I loved the looks on the faces of my 13-year-old peers who were baffled by what their ears were experiencing. 

Loved every minute of this thread. Thanks, Krista--hope you sell your book for millions.

 
pecorino said:
With the glorious but bittersweet winding down of this thread, I feel like the #2 and especially #1 songs did not get much banter from the peanut gallery so forgive my crassness with these comments. I'll start with the top dog: I always felt that the "harpsichord" solo in In My Life felt rushed, especially the last several notes that Martin seems to try to squeeze into the very end. It's a great solo and amazing that George Martin played it (as Krista so vividly described in her write-up which I didn't read) but those last several rushing notes have always bothered me. Still a top ten song for me, no doubt, just a great melody and sentiment. Across the Universe got a second life, I think, when Fiona Apple made it a hit with her rendition, and I love her, (see what I did there) so that elevates it for me. More personally, the best English teacher I ever had was this somewhat nutty guy in 8th grade I think it was, and one of his memorable assignments was to require us to analyze a piece of text--could be a short story, a poem, or song lyrics--and to give a speech to the class about the literary devices that the writer used and to what effect. When he also said that we could play the song for the class on his little turntable, I knew I'd do a Beatles song and I chose Across the Universe. I memorized the lyrics (still know them by heart) and analyzed the heck out of them. It was just luck, given my youth, that I would have chosen a perfect song for that activity as the language is so incredibly rich and easy to get lost in. He asked me specifically about the mantra which probably tripped me up, but I loved sharing that tune with the class. When he said we could do another one for extra credit, I jumped on I Am the Walrus which proved to be nearly intractable but I loved the looks on the faces of my 13-year-old peers who were baffled by what their ears were experiencing. 

Loved every minute of this thread. Thanks, Krista--hope you sell your book for millions.
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were you able to correctly describe the eggmen in your report?

 
pecorino said:
More personally, the best English teacher I ever had was this somewhat nutty guy in 8th grade I think it was, and one of his memorable assignments was to require us to analyze a piece of text--could be a short story, a poem, or song lyrics--and to give a speech to the class about the literary devices that the writer used and to what effect. When he also said that we could play the song for the class on his little turntable, I knew I'd do a Beatles song and I chose Across the Universe. I memorized the lyrics (still know them by heart) and analyzed the heck out of them. It was just luck, given my youth, that I would have chosen a perfect song for that activity as the language is so incredibly rich and easy to get lost in. He asked me specifically about the mantra which probably tripped me up, but I loved sharing that tune with the class. When he said we could do another one for extra credit, I jumped on I Am the Walrus which proved to be nearly intractable but I loved the looks on the faces of my 13-year-old peers who were baffled by what their ears were experiencing. 
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:heart:   This is absolutely fantastic.  Man, you were a much cooler kid than I was.

 
Binky The Doormat said:
were you able to correctly describe the eggmen in your report?
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Of course, but I didn't have a great answer when the teacher asked me to explain why elementary penguins might want to kick Edgar Allen Poe. He intimated that he knew the answer which freaked me out but I have come to believe that he was just yanking my chain. And, to reply to Krista's post, I have never been accused of being cooler than anyone so I'll take that as a compliment but the reality is simply that you are wrong.

 
Great thread, Krista.  These write-ups were phenomenal.  

I definitely have the medley as my number 1.  I think You Never Give Me Your Money would be in my top 10 by itself, coming in at over 4 minutes it's way longer than a lot of other popular Beatles songs.  The mini-medley of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End would be a strong contender for my top spot if it was considered a single entity.  But add up all the awesomeness of all the rest and it's not even close.

My top 25.  Songs from Krista's top 25 in green.

1 - Abbey road medley 

2 - In My Life

3 - Day in the Life

4 - Dear Prudence

5 - Here Comes The Sun

6 - Don't Let Me Down

7 - Strawberry Fields Forever

8 - The Ballad Of John And Yoko

9 - I Am The Walrus

10 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

11 - Two of Us

12 - Something

13 - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

14 - Paperback Writer

15 - Across The Universe

16 - Hey Jude

17 - The Long And Winding Road

18 - Ticket To Ride

19 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

20 - Things We Said Today

21 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

22 - The Fool On The Hill

23 - I've Just Seen A Face

24 - Eleanor Rigby

25 - Oh Darling

 
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For anyone keeping score at home, this official FBG top 25 will forever stand as the insignificant counterpoint to Krista's masterwork. 

1 While my guitar gently weeps

2 Tomorrow Never Knows

3 She Loves You

4 Eleanor Rigby

5 I’ve just seen a face 

6  I Saw Her Standing There 

7 Norwegian Wood

8 Let It Be 

9 Hey Jude

10 Things We Said Today 

11 A Day in the Life

12 All My Loving

13 Something

14 Here Comes the Sun

15 For No One

16 You’ve got to hide your love away 

17 Don’t Let Me Down  

18 in my life 

19 The Medley from Abbey

20 Helter Skelter

21 Help 

22 Strawberry Fields Forver

23 Yesterday

24 Don’t Pass Me By

25 the inner light 

 
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shuke said:
Great thread, Krista.  These write-ups were phenomenal.  

I definitely have the medley as my number 1.  I think You Never Give Me Your Money would be in my top 10 by itself, coming in at over 4 minutes it's way longer than a lot of other popular Beatles songs.  The mini-medley of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End would be a strong contender for my top spot if it was considered a single entity.  But add up all the awesomeness of all the rest and it's not even close.

My top 25.  Songs from Krista's top 25 in green.

1 - Abbey road medley 

2 - In My Life

3 - Day in the Life

4 - Dear Prudence

5 - Here Comes The Sun

6 - Don't Let Me Down

7 - Strawberry Fields Forever

8 - The Ballad Of John And Yoko

9 - I Am The Walrus

10 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

11 - Two of Us

12 - Something

13 - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

14 - Paperback Writer

15 - Across The Universe

16 - Hey Jude

17 - The Long And Winding Road

18 - Ticket To Ride

19 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

20 - Things We Said Today

21 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

22 - The Fool On The Hill

23 - I've Just Seen A Face

24 - Eleanor Rigby

25 - Oh Darling
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Nice list.  A few here that barely missed my top 25, and the only two I don't love are The Long And Winding Road and The Fool On The Hill, which I still like quite a lot.  To have all of your top five (and six of the top seven) make my top 25 is amazing considering how much we had to choose from.

 
Ilov80s said:
For anyone keeping score at home, this official FBG top 25 will forever stand as the insignificant counterpoint to Krista's masterwork. 

1 While my guitar gently weeps

2 Tomorrow Never Knows

3 She Loves You

4 Eleanor Rigby

5 I’ve just seen a face 

6  I Saw Her Standing There 

7 Norwegian Wood

8 Let It Be 

9 Hey Jude

10 Things We Said Today 

11 A Day in the Life

12 All My Loving

13 Something

14 Here Comes the Sun

15 For No One

16 You’ve got to hide your love away 

17 Don’t Let Me Down  

18 in my life 

19 The Medley from Abbey

20 Helter Skelter

21 Help 

22 Strawberry Fields Forver

23 Yesterday

24 Don’t Pass Me By

25 the inner light 
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I think we were on the nose with Yesterday and All My Loving, and within a slot or three on several others.  Wow!  God bless you for #24.

 
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krista4 said:
I think we were on the nose with Yesterday and All My Loving, and within a slot or three on several others  Wow!  God bless you for #24.
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Trying to give Ringo some credit and I think it's just a stupidly fun song. I don't know why but it always makes me smile. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Trying to give Ringo some credit and I think it's just a stupidly fun song. I don't know why but it always makes me smile. 
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It's that off-kilter violin!  That and Ringo having fun, but that violin part is wacky and wonderful!

I was just looking at your list again.  Our tastes are remarkably similar.

 
Nipsey said:
That song impossible to sing and get it close to what he's singing. John is unreplicable.
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It helps that he wrote the lyrics (or they came to him in a dream or whatever), so he can establish the emotional connection easily.  It's such a difficult song, but I'm not exaggerating that your "univer-er-erse" was perfectly gorgeous.

 
krista4 said:
It's that off-kilter violin!  That and Ringo having fun, but that violin part is wacky and wonderful!

I was just looking at your list again.  Our tastes are remarkably similar.
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When it all comes together it sounds like the kind of song a bar full of drunk  English fans would sing at the pub. 

 
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I hear the clock a'ticking,
On the mantel shelf.

See the hands a'moving,
But I'm by myself.

I wonder where you are tonight,
And why I'm by myself.

I don't see you,
Does it mean you don't love me anymore?

 
Krista hates me  :cry:

 

Me                                                              Krista

1         Elanor Rigby                                      36

2         Ticket To Ride                                   16

3 .       While My Guitar Gently Weeps .    20

4         Help!                                                  15

5         Let it Be                                             38

6         A Hard Day's Night                          30

7         A Day In The Life                              6

8         Hello, Goodbye                              141

9         In My Life                                          1

10       Hey Jude                                          14

11       I Want To Hold Your Hand             19

12       The Fool on the Hill:                       164

13       Day Tripper                                       42

14       Here Comes The Sun                      17

15      We Can Work It Out                           62

16       Get Back                                             63

17      The Night Before                                114

18      Paperback Writer                                66

19     With A Little Help from my friends . 47

20      All You Need is Love                          43

21     Can't Buy Me Love                               57

22     I Saw Her Standing There                   41

23     She Loves You                                      22

24     I Should Have Known Better              102

25     Eight Days A Week                                74



Mother Nature's Son and Hey Bulldog would be on my list now.

 
Getzlaf15 said:
Krista hates me  :cry:

 

Me                                                              Krista

7         A Day In The Life                              6

9         In My Life                                          1

10       Hey Jude                                          14

11       I Want To Hold Your Hand             19

14       Here Comes The Sun                      17

23     She Loves You                                      22



Mother Nature's Son and Hey Bulldog would be on my list now.
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We were really close on these!   :)   And, you know, if I posted my top 25 and where they fell in your rankings if you had a full slate, I'm sure I could say you hate me, too.  I know you dislike both Across The Universe and I'm So Tired.

I admire your higher rankings for Help! and especially Ticket To Ride, too.

 
It's Saturday in Boise!!!

Composite Ranking Criteria:
Your #1 earned 25 points..... Your #25 earned 1 point.
Songs will be listed by most total points.  #142 to #1.
1st tie breaker - Song listed the most times by FBG's.
2nd tie breaker - If still tied, then Krista's rank.  This is final and arbitrary.
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Contest - 
Send me what you think will be the Composite Top 10 via PM. Please NUMBER them from 1 (best) to 10 (worst), with #1 at the top.
Pick a song in the top 10?  ONE POINT
Pick a song perfectly in the right spot?  TWO MORE POINTS for a total of THREE
FBG with most points will get to choose the charity of their choice and I'll ship it $100.
I will take lists all the way up until I get to #100 on the Composite List
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MY PM's also get emailed to me. I deleted all the PM's right away when I was taking  the Top 25 lists.  I might have deleted 2-4 emails....oops (and it's been over a month for my trash bin).... So If you ranked a song the highest and I don't post your name, please resend me your list or chime in and claim your lame pick.
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Let's have fun with this and honor Krista by commenting if you are the highest ranked for a song.
 

 
Composite Ranking #143 - Piggies

Highest Ranked by:   ???? at #25 .    (i have 33 of the 35 lists) . Dumb search function... It was a late list.... Krista? help?

Total Points:  1
Top10: 0
#1: 0
#2: 0
Krista Rank 201

 
Composite Ranking #140 - Octupus' Garden
Highest Ranked by: #25 by @Gr00vus
#Of Lists:  1
Total Points: 1
Top10: 0
#1: 0 
#2: 0
Krista Rank -115

 
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Composite Ranking #138 - Getting Better
Highest Ranked by: #25 by @Dinsy Ejotuz
#Of Lists: 1
Total Points: 1
Top10: 0
#1: 0
#2: 0
Krista Rank -83


That's it for the ONE POINTERS!!!

 
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