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Krista4's Beatles 1-25 List Thread! Count down will start Mon Feb 14 noon ET. Will take new lists til then... (3 Viewers)

January 24 is a big day in Beatles history.  On this date in 1962, the Beatles signed their first contract with Brian Epstein for him to manage the group.  I'll do a full write-up about Epstein and his importance to the band once we're in the countdown.

 
I have my list down to 28 songs.  I need to make the final three cuts and then finish the ranking.  I don’t find this all that enjoyable this time!   🤬😀

 
List sent because at some point I need to actually work.  I'm pretty sure it would be different by this afternoon if I waited.

Album breakdown

A Hard Day's Night - 3

Help! - 4

Rubber Soul - 3

Revolver - 2

Sgt. Pepper's - 1

White Album - 1

Yellow Submarine - 1

Abbey Road - 3

Let It Be - 2

Singles - 5

 
Just sent in my list and the lists of 3 of my kids.  In an earlier post, I partially misspoke.  I commented how I've raised them right, since they love the Beatles and are submitting a list.  Well, I've obviously made some errors along the way, because I see that all 3 of those snotty-nosed, no-good punks put "The Long and Winding Road" on their lists.  

Album Breakdown:

Please, Please Me - 1

With the Beatles - 1

A Hard Day's Night - 4

Beatles For Sale - 1

Help! - 3

Rubber Soul - 2

Revolver - 3

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2

White Album - 3

Yellow Submarine - 1

Abbey Road - 2

Let It Be - 1

Singles - 1

A more even distribution of periods than I might have thought.  

 
Shaft41 said:
Just sent in my list and the lists of 3 of my kids.  In an earlier post, I partially misspoke.  I commented how I've raised them right, since they love the Beatles and are submitting a list.  Well, I've obviously made some errors along the way, because I see that all 3 of those snotty-nosed, no-good punks put "The Long and Winding Road" on their lists.  

Album Breakdown:

Please, Please Me - 1

With the Beatles - 1

A Hard Day's Night - 4

Beatles For Sale - 1

Help! - 3

Rubber Soul - 2

Revolver - 3

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2

White Album - 3

Yellow Submarine - 1

Abbey Road - 2

Let It Be - 1

Singles - 1

A more even distribution of periods than I might have thought.  
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It's fifth on my list fwiw.  Epic tune.  The buildup is perfection imo.

 
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Shaft41 said:
Just sent in my list and the lists of 3 of my kids.  In an earlier post, I partially misspoke.  I commented how I've raised them right, since they love the Beatles and are submitting a list.  Well, I've obviously made some errors along the way, because I see that all 3 of those snotty-nosed, no-good punks put "The Long and Winding Road" on their lists.  

Album Breakdown:

Please, Please Me - 1

With the Beatles - 1

A Hard Day's Night - 4

Beatles For Sale - 1

Help! - 3

Rubber Soul - 2

Revolver - 3

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2

White Album - 3

Yellow Submarine - 1

Abbey Road - 2

Let It Be - 1

Singles - 1

A more even distribution of periods than I might have thought.  
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GOTS to be a good list if AHDN leads in songs. the greatest pleasure of my time since coming back east was the year i lived in my BFF's carriage house, jamming (and desconstructing Hard Day's Night) every Thursday night. greatgreat tuneage

 
Looks like I have 6 new lists this morning!    :clap:

Krista is working on an addition to the countdown which could be very cool!   Hope to finalize by this weekend.

Keep the lists coming in!

 
Shaft41 said:
Just sent in my list and the lists of 3 of my kids.  In an earlier post, I partially misspoke.  I commented how I've raised them right, since they love the Beatles and are submitting a list.  Well, I've obviously made some errors along the way, because I see that all 3 of those snotty-nosed, no-good punks put "The Long and Winding Road" on their lists.  

Album Breakdown:

Please, Please Me - 1

With the Beatles - 1

A Hard Day's Night - 4

Beatles For Sale - 1

Help! - 3

Rubber Soul - 2

Revolver - 3

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2

White Album - 3

Yellow Submarine - 1

Abbey Road - 2

Let It Be - 1

Singles - 1

A more even distribution of periods than I might have thought.  
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If one of your kids included Rocky Racoon disown them immediately.

 
wikkidpissah said:
GOTS to be a good list if AHDN leads in songs. the greatest pleasure of my time since coming back east was the year i lived in my BFF's carriage house, jamming (and desconstructing Hard Day's Night) every Thursday night. greatgreat tuneage
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I've never really broken my likes by album because I've never owned any of them.  I was a little surprised when my list broke down that way, but my tastes, which I'd always considered mid-Beatles, tend to be skewing a little earlier these days, so it makes sense.  

 
Shaft41 said:
Just sent in my list and the lists of 3 of my kids.  In an earlier post, I partially misspoke.  I commented how I've raised them right, since they love the Beatles and are submitting a list.  Well, I've obviously made some errors along the way, because I see that all 3 of those snotty-nosed, no-good punks put "The Long and Winding Road" on their lists.  
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:lmao:   One of my friends put it first on his list, and I immediately thought of you.

 
krista4 said:
:lmao:   One of my friends put it first on his list, and I immediately thought of you.
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We were talking about it last night, and my kids (and wife, who also likes it) were surprised when I said it would make my top 175.  I'm a ridiculous hypocritical paradox, because while I'm an avowed Paul sweet-melody lover, there's 4 or 5 of his that just don't work for me and I can't really explain why.  I hate the orchestration on this, but have three songs in my top 25 with significant orchestral impact.  

 
So 32 lists have been processed.

So there are two songs currently ranked that weren't listed once last time that are ahead of a song that was ranked in the teens in 2019.   :eek: .  (please don't try and spotlight this)

147 different songs have been listed so far. 
We had 143 on 35 lists in 2019. 
21 songs listed in 2019 have yet to be listed once is 2022.
25 songs not listed in 2019 have been listed so far in 2022.  One is ranked #70 right now.

 
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Getzlaf15 said:
So 32 lists have been processed.

So there are two songs currently ranked that weren't listed once last time that are ahead of a song that was ranked in the teens in 2019.   :eek: .  (please don't try and spotlight this)

147 different songs have been listed so far. 
We had 143 on 35 lists in 2019. 
21 songs listed in 2019 have yet to be listed once is 2022.
25 songs not listed in 2019 have been listed so far in 2022.  One is ranked #70 right now.
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I'm about to send you one more that I suspect will have an until-then-unappreciated song on it, as well as a second vote for a song that I doubt was on any 2019 lists.

As to the bolded, I'm with you that would prefer to avoid spotlighting or giving anything away.  That doesn't mean people can't give guesses, but that I'd rather no one confirmed or denied the guesses as they have in the LZ thread.  In fact, I'd love to do another poll or two for charity in here when we get to it.  Once we see what the numbers look like, we could come up with a few questions.

 
krista4 said:
I'm about to send you one more that I suspect will have an until-then-unappreciated song on it, as well as a second vote for a song that I doubt was on any 2019 lists.

As to the bolded, I'm with you that would prefer to avoid spotlighting or giving anything away.  That doesn't mean people can't give guesses, but that I'd rather no one confirmed or denied the guesses as they have in the LZ thread.  In fact, I'd love to do another poll or two for charity in here when we get to it.  Once we see what the numbers look like, we could come up with a few questions.
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I'll do the guessing of the Top 10 again.   I think we cut that off around #35 last time.

 
I'm going post-Beatles for today's post.  On January 25, 1991, Paul performed in front of ~200 people as part of MTV's "Unplugged" series.  In May of that year, Paul became the first artist to release an album version of an "Unplugged" show, which one of the producers of the series has credited as being the spark that spurred interest in the series and led to its success. 

Paul's Unplugged (Official Bootleg Version) was originally a limited edition available on vinyl and CD, and was later expanded to a three-CD set.  While it wasn't as wildly popular as later "Unplugged" albums, it received critical acclaim and reached #14 on the US charts.  If you haven't listened (or haven't in a while), I heartily recommend giving it a whirl.  It's a nice blend of Beatles, post-Beatles Paul, and some classics the Beatles had loved such as "Be Bop A Lula" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

 
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Shaft41 said:
I've never really broken my likes by album because I've never owned any of them.  I was a little surprised when my list broke down that way, but my tastes, which I'd always considered mid-Beatles, tend to be skewing a little earlier these days, so it makes sense.  
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Did you start listening to the Beatles through box sets, or some other type of compilation album(s)?

 
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  • Singles - 6
  • Abbey Road - 3 (10)
  • Magical Mystery Tour - 3
  • Sgt. Pepper's - 3
  • Hard Day's Night - 2
  • Help! - 2
  • Let It Be - 2
  • Revolver - 1
  • Rubber Soul - 1
  • The Beatles (White Album) - 1
  • With the Beatles - 1



 
Shaft41 said:
I've never really broken my likes by album because I've never owned any of them.  I was a little surprised when my list broke down that way, but my tastes, which I'd always considered mid-Beatles, tend to be skewing a little earlier these days, so it makes sense.  
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I was amazed how many of my favorite songs weren’t even on albums. I assume there was pressure from the record company to release singles but it’s crazy that they just put out songs like Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane and then never even included them on an album. 

 
Getzlaf15 said:
So 32 lists have been processed.

So there are two songs currently ranked that weren't listed once last time that are ahead of a song that was ranked in the teens in 2019.   :eek: .  (please don't try and spotlight this)

147 different songs have been listed so far. 
We had 143 on 35 lists in 2019. 
21 songs listed in 2019 have yet to be listed once is 2022.
25 songs not listed in 2019 have been listed so far in 2022.  One is ranked #70 right now.
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152 songs from 35 lists now.

 
Tom Hagen said:
I was amazed how many of my favorite songs weren’t even on albums. I assume there was pressure from the record company to release singles but it’s crazy that they just put out songs like Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane and then never even included them on an album. 
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Yeah, the one you named is probably the best example, but it really is crazy how many of the best songs ever written weren't on albums at the time.

Getzlaf15 said:
152 songs from 35 lists now.
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:lmao:   Madness.  

 
I did this list without looking at the first one, and this time I started with the full 204, Krista-approved, list of songs.

My top five were the same on my earlier list and this one, with #2 and #4 swapping spots, and 19 of the 25 were the same.  After reviewing the earlier one I did some tinkering in the 20-25 spots and ended up with 21/25 songs the same both times.

 
Tom Hagen said:
I was amazed how many of my favorite songs weren’t even on albums. I assume there was pressure from the record company to release singles but it’s crazy that they just put out songs like Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane and then never even included them on an album. 
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Albums weren’t considered the definitive form of release in the rock/pop world UNTIL Sgt Pepper came out. It was common to release singles that weren’t included on albums, and remained so in the UK even after Pepper came out. In the US, the album market was pushed much more aggressively after Pepper came out and non-album singles became rare.

 
Pip's Invitation said:
Albums weren’t considered the definitive form of release in the rock/pop world UNTIL Sgt Pepper came out. It was common to release singles that weren’t included on albums, and remained so in the UK even after Pepper came out. In the US, the album market was pushed much more aggressively after Pepper came out and non-album singles became rare.
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While Sgt. Peppers is cited as starting the era of album-oriented rock, Rubber Soul is cited for being the first pop album with no filler (some in here may argue "Michelle" is filler 😃). Rubber Soul in pop music is when "the album rather than the song became the basic unit of artistic production." The Beach Boys answered with Pet Sounds. 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
Albums weren’t considered the definitive form of release in the rock/pop world UNTIL Sgt Pepper came out. It was common to release singles that weren’t included on albums, and remained so in the UK even after Pepper came out. In the US, the album market was pushed much more aggressively after Pepper came out and non-album singles became rare.
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simey said:
While Sgt. Peppers is cited as starting the era of album-oriented rock, Rubber Soul is cited for being the first pop album with no filler (some in here may argue "Michelle" is filler 😃). Rubber Soul in pop music is when "the album rather than the song became the basic unit of artistic production." The Beach Boys answered with Pet Sounds. 
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I was just watching an interview with George Martin last night, from 1993. He was talking about a lot of history behind working on the albums and the growth of the Beatles. A good chunk of the interview, he talked about exactly this: the differences between UK and American releases of the albums.

Apparently, Columbia wasn't all that keen on releasing Beatles' songs early on. Martin and Epstein had to shop around to smaller labels to get some of the early singles released in the U.S., even though their label, EMI, owned Capitol. It wasn't until the early singles gained some traction in the charts that Capitol agreed to get behind the Beatles.

Even then, the relationship was contentious. The Beatles' camp had a standing tradition that they wouldn't release any songs on albums that had already been released as Singles or EPs. They felt it wasn't good value for the fans to have to pay for songs they had already bought. In the US, there really was no EP format at the time and singles were released as a promo for the album they were on. US Beatles' releases were pretty significantly different from UK releases, with Capitol removing a lot of songs from albums and the releasing them together on a new, separate album. It caused a lot of friction between the Beatles and Capitol.

Also, copyrights fees were handled differently in the US vs the UK. Rubber Soul was butchered in the US because it had 14 songs and Capitol wouldn't release it with all 14 because it cost too much in copyright fees. They changed the whole tone of the album for the US release, trying to push a much more "folksy" vibe by keeping mostly acoustic songs, and removing the rockers.

That all changed with Sgt. Pepper. It was the first album that the Beatles bargaining position was strong enough that they demanded their albums be released in the US exactly as they intended, same as the UK.

 
simey said:
Did you start listening to the Beatles through box sets, or some other type of compilation album(s)?
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My parents had Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt Pepper's LPs, so I grew up listening to them when I wanted a break from Kajagoogoo and Oxo.  My brother got The White Album at one point because we listened to that a lot in high school.  The only Beatles albums I've ever owned on CD are The Blue compilation and Anthologies 2 and 3.  Heck, my 19 year old daughter owns as many as I do, and hers are on vinyl.  

 
13 of my 25 changed from 3 years ago.  Only my top 2 stayed in the same spot.  I'm not really sure what this says about me, but I don't think think it's super good.  

 
Shaft41 said:
13 of my 25 changed from 3 years ago.  Only my top 2 stayed in the same spot.  I'm not really sure what this says about me, but I don't think think it's super good.  
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I think flexibility, adaptability, questioning your viewpoints, and correcting prior mistakes are signs of a particularly brilliant mind.

Signed,

Someone with a #4 song that didn't make her top 10 in 2019

 
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krista4 said:
I think flexibility, adaptability, questioning your viewpoints, and correcting prior mistakes are a sign of a particularly brilliant mind.

Signed,

Someone with a #4 song that didn't make her top 10 in 2019
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My #1 wasn't even on my Top 25 in 2019.  

That makes me more brilliant than you.

 
I've put some thought into my list this time around, actually. I did last time, but sort of limited myself to songs I knew by heart, not venturing out any, comfortable in the shell I'd created. But I've got thirteen or so different songs in the top twenty-five. Each era is represented in full, maybe (possibly) to the list's own detriment. I'll re-visit that. Any list without "I Want To Hold Your Hand" seems wrong, but my headspace isn't about nostalgia this time, it's about accurately reflecting what I'd listen to and am enjoying now.

But this has been cool for the past couple of days, just sitting for a couple of hours with The Beatles. I like Revolver a whole lot more than I once did. 

Good stuff. 

 
Looks like 15 of the top 25 are the same between my 2019 & 2022 lists, though most of the 15 are shuffled around a bit. 5 of the top 10 are the same, but only 2 are in the same spot. 2 of my top 10 weren't even in my 2019 top 25.

 
krista4 said:
I think flexibility, adaptability, questioning your viewpoints, and correcting prior mistakes are signs of a particularly brilliant mind.

Signed,

Someone with a #4 song that didn't make her top 10 in 2019
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My #5 wasn't even in my top 25 in 2019, although I have a vague recollection of commenting later that it should have been.  And if we do this in three years again, it will probably be more of the same.  So much to choose from.  

 
rockaction said:
I've put some thought into my list this time around, actually. I did last time, but sort of limited myself to songs I knew by heart, not venturing out any, comfortable in the shell I'd created. But I've got thirteen or so different songs in the top twenty-five. Each era is represented in full, maybe (possibly) to the list's own detriment. I'll re-visit that. Any list without "I Want To Hold Your Hand" seems wrong, but my headspace isn't about nostalgia this time, it's about accurately reflecting what I'd listen to and am enjoying now.

But this has been cool for the past couple of days, just sitting for a couple of hours with The Beatles. I like Revolver a whole lot more than I once did. 

Good stuff. 
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Agreed wholeheartedly.  I spent a good week on it this time, and I feel like many of the "chalk" Beatles songs that everyone is supposed to love aren't on my list.  Maybe they're suffering from overfamiliarity, and I'm appreciating lesser-known songs more now since I haven't been listening to them since I was 8.  Regardless, it's a snapshot in time to what I want to sit and listen to now, and it's a gift.  

 
I am done! My list definitely skewed heavy towards the latter years, but I knew the influence of Get Back would make that the case.

Singles- 4

Help!- 1

Rubber Soul- 2

Revolver- 3

Sgt Pepper- 2

White Album- 4

Abbey Road- 3

Let It Be- 6 😵

I was surprised at how many John songs I picked in my top 25.

John- 13

Paul - 5

George- 3

John/Paul- 4

 
Breakdown

Abbey Road -4 

Help- 4

White Album -3

Revolver -3 

Sgt Peppers-3 

Singles- 2

Rubber Soul -2 

Please Please Me - 1

Hard Days Night -1 

With the Beatles- 1 

Let It Be- 1 

 
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