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The Background:

I don’t remember exactly when or why I decided to do this, but it’s been rumbling around in my head for a while to put the Beatles song into an order of personal preference.  When I mentioned this in passing in the Beatles thread, a few folks – @Uruk-Hai, @rockaction, @Ilov80s– encouraged me to do it and post it, while @Eephusnotably told me I was crazy to pursue it.  :lmao:

I am a Beatles late adopter.  They were before my time, and I spent my formative musical years shunning them almost entirely, with the belief that the only Beatles song I liked was I Want to Hold Your Hand (hi rockaction!).  There wasn’t a lightning-bolt moment where I changed my mind, but beginning ~20 years ago I started listening to them more and more, influenced in great part by the fact that most of my friends at the time were Chicago musicians who were Beatles obsessives.

As a result, I’m not bringing a wealth of personal stories to this endeavor nor a lifelong base of Beatles knowledge.  There are a ton of posters here with more knowledge of the Beatles and music in general than I have (I'm not tagging them in case they don't want to be associated with my paltry thread), as well as people like @wikkidpissahwho can write a compelling account of a life experience linked to any damn song.  I hope that these folks will participate actively in the discussion.  And that’s what I’m hoping this to be – not (just) a narcissistic listing of personal preferences but an opportunity to discuss my favorite music with lots of smart people with strong opinions.

The Process:

This is not a list of the Beatles songs I think are “best”; it is a rank order of which songs I like the most.   IMO A Day in the Life is the best Beatles song, but it is not my #1 favorite song.

To put together the list, I started by, over the course of months, sitting with Mr. krista at night and listening to the 12 British LPs and one British EP in order from Please Please Me through Abbey Road.  Then we listened to the singles that hadn’t been already covered, most of them collected on Past Masters.  I excluded the German versions as well as Real Love and Free as a Bird, which make me angry.  If I had it to do over, I would have worked the singles in in their correct chronological order instead.

As we listened, I typed up my comments and put the song in an initial tier, 1 through 5.  After the song ended and I had put it in a tier, I asked Mr. krista for his comments and typed those up as well. 

Once all 204-211 songs (more on that later) had been put into one of the five tiers, I then went through each tier and preliminarily ordered the songs within the tiers.  Once all five tiers were done, I meshed the tiers together, sometimes finding that I actually liked a song in a lower tier better than a song in a higher one, so it wasn’t simply adding tier 2 to tier 1, etc.

After I had this initial rank order of all the songs, I put them in a Spotify playlist in that order and then, over the course of the past several months, have listened to the entire playlist numerous times, moving songs around with each listen.  I’d estimate I’ve listened through the entire playlist at least 40 more times, with the middle part getting even more listens.  Mr. krista commented a couple of months ago that he has friends who’ve written novels in less time than I’ve spent on this.

The Result:

What I’ll be posting is not an argument that a particular song is objectively better than another; it’s just what I like best.  When I couldn’t decide on an order, I’d ask myself which song I’d rather hear if I could only hear one of them again for the rest of my life.  I also considered the non-scientific question of “how loud do I turn this up when I comes on the Beatles channel?”  😄 

A few other caveats:

1.      I’m treating the Abbey Road medley as one song for ranking purposes (sorry, Eephus), though I will rank each element of the medley internally within whatever ranking it gets as well.  In other words, if it was my 50th favorite song, I’ll post an internal ranking of 50(a), (b), etc.  With that listed as one song, I ended up with 204 songs ranked in total.  I’ll list them all in the next post.

2.      This is a Ringo-friendly thread, and if you don’t like Ringo, this might not be the thread for you, other threads out there, have a nice season, etc.

3.      Do not fear the sitar!

A Couple Of Extras That Resulted From This Thread:

Krista's My Fab Four segment on the Beatles Channel, 4/30/19

Krista's intro to Song #11 on the Top 100 countdown

Talented FBGs and FBG affiliates perform Beatles songs

FBG consensus rankings of Beatles songs

The List (links in song titles are to my write-ups):

(Edited to put list in spoilers for anyone new to the thread)

 

204.  Wild Honey Pie:  Spotify  YouTube

203.  Revolution 9:  Spotify  YouTube

202.  A Taste Of Honey:  Spotify  YouTube

201.  Piggies:  Spotify  YouTube

200.  Dig It:  Spotify  YouTube

199.  Honey Pie:  Spotify  YouTube

198.  Bad Boy:  Spotify  YouTube

197.  Blue Jay Way:  Spotify  YouTube

196.  Her Majesty:  Spotify  YouTube

195.  Chains:  Spotify  YouTube

194.  Not A Second Time: Spotify  YouTube

193.  Little Child:  Spotify  YouTube

192.  Why Don't We Do It In The Road:  Spotify  YouTube

191.  Good Night:  Spotify  YouTube

190:  Devil in Her Heart:  Spotify  YouTube

189:  Ask Me Why:  Spotify  YouTube

188.  Maggie Mae:  Spotify  YouTube

187.  Yes It Is:  Spotify  YouTube

186.  Roll Over Beethoven:  Spotify  YouTube

185.  Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby:  Spotify  YouTube

184.  Thank You Girl:  Spotify  YouTube

183.  Baby It's You:  Spotify YouTube

182.  Baby's In Black:  Spotify  YouTube

181.  Mr. Moonlight:  Spotify  YouTube

180.  Dizzy Miss Lizzy:  Spotify  YouTube

179.  Savoy Truffle:  Spotify YouTube

178.  The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill:  Spotify  YouTube

177.  Misery:  Spotify  YouTube

176.  You Know My Name (Look Up The Number):  Spotify  YouTube

175.  Anna (Go to Him):  Spotify  YouTube

174.  Long Tall Sally:  Spotify  YouTube

173.  Words Of Love:  Spotify  YouTube

172.  Rock And Roll Music:  Spotify  YouTube

171.  All Together Now:  Spotify  YouTube

170.  Don't Bother Me:  Spotify  YouTube

169.  Hold Me Tight:  Spotify  YouTube

168.  What You're Doing:  Spotify  YouTube

167.  Every Little Thing:  Spotify  YouTube

166.  Flying:  Spotify  YouTube

165.  Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!:  Spotify  YouTube  

164.  The Fool On The Hill:  Spotify  YouTube

163.  Only A Northern Song:  Spotify  YouTube

162.  One After 909:  Spotify  YouTube

161.  When I Get Home:  Spotify  YouTube

160.  Slow Down:  Spotify  YouTube

159.  Doctor Robert:  Spotify  YouTube

158  What Goes On:  Spotify  YouTube

157.  You Like Me Too Much:  Spotify  YouTube

156.  Your Mother Should Know:  Spotify  YouTube

155.  Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da:  Spotify  YouTube

154.  When I'm Sixty-Four:  Spotify  YouTube

153.  Maxwell's Silver Hammer:  Spotify  YouTube

152.  P.S. I Love You:  Spotify  YouTube

151.  Please Mister Postman:  Spotify  YouTube

150.  I'll Get You:  Spotify  YouTube

149.  Think for Yourself:  Spotify  YouTube

148.  Matchbox:  Spotify  YouTube

147.  I Wanna Be Your Man:  Spotify  YouTube

146.  For You Blue:  Spotify  YouTube

145.  Till There Was You:  Spotify  YouTube

144.  Birthday:  Spotify  YouTube

143.  The Inner Light:  Spotify  YouTube

142.  Boys:  Spotify  YouTube

141.  Hello, Goodbye:  Spotify  YouTube

140.  I'll Be Back:  Spotify  YouTube

139.  Because:  Spotify  YouTube

138.  Martha My Dear:  Spotify  YouTube

137.  Julia:  Spotify  YouTube

136.  The Word:  Spotify  YouTube

135.  All I've Got To Do:  Spotify  YouTube

134.  I Call Your Name:  Spotify  YouTube

133.  She's Leaving Home:  Spotify  YouTube

132.  Magical Mystery Tour:  Spotify  YouTube

131.  Old Brown Shoe:  Spotify  YouTube

130.  Honey Don't:  Spotify  YouTube

129.  Tell Me Why:  Spotify  YouTube

128.  Another Girl:  Spotify  YouTube

127.  Act Naturally:  Spotify  YouTube

126.  I'm Down:  Spotify  YouTube

125.  Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey:  Spotify  YouTube

124.  Revolution 1:  Spotify  YouTube

123.  I Don't Want To Spoil The Party:  Spotify  YouTube

122.  Sexy Sadie:  Spotify  YouTube

121.  Glass Onion:  Spotify  YouTube

120.  Lady Madonna:  Spotify  YouTube

119.  Don't Pass Me By:  Spotify  YouTube

118.  Dig a Pony:  Spotify  YouTube

117.  I Will:  Spotify  YouTube

116.  Yellow Submarine:  Spotify  YouTube

115.  Octopus's Garden:  Spotify  YouTube

114.  The Night Before:  Spotify  YouTube

113.  Rocky Raccoon:  Spotify  YouTube

112.  She's A Woman:  Spotify  YouTube

111.  Michelle:  Spotify  YouTube

110.  Good Morning Good Morning:  Spotify  YouTube

109.  It's Only Love:  Spotify  YouTube

108.  Fixing A Hole:  Spotify  YouTube

107.  No Reply:  Spotify  YouTube

106.  Baby You're A Rich Man:  Spotify  YouTube

105.  I Me Mine:  Spotify  YouTube

104.  The Long And Winding Road (naked version only):  Spotify  YouTube

103.  Love Me Do:  Spotify  YouTube

102.  I Should Have Known Better:  Spotify  YouTube

101.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise):  Spotify  YouTube

100.  Good Day Sunshine:  Spotify  YouTube

99.  Tell Me What You See:  Spotify  YouTube

98.  Come Together:  Spotify  YouTube

97.  I'm Happy Just To Dance With You:  Spotify  YouTube

96.  Long, Long, Long:  Spotify  YouTube

95.  You Really Got a Hold On Me:  Spotify  YouTube

94.  Cry Baby Cry:  Spotify  YouTube

93.  Run For Your Life:  Spotify  YouTube

92.  From Me To You:  Spotify  YouTube

91.  It's All Too Much:  Spotify  YouTube

90.  Money (That's What I Want):  Spotify  YouTube

89.  Within You Without You:  Spotify  YouTube

88.  Do You Want To Know a Secret:  Spotify  YouTube

87.  Wait:  Spotify  YouTube

86.  Penny Lane:  Spotify  YouTube

85.  This Boy:  Spotify  YouTube

84.  Love You To:  Spotify  YouTube

83.  Getting Better:  Spotify  YouTube

82.  Yer Blues:  Spotify  YouTube

81.  If I Needed Someone:  Spotify  YouTube

80.  I'm A Loser:  Spotify  YouTube

79.  Any Time At All:  Spotify  YouTube

78.  Twist And Shout:  Spotify  YouTube

77.  Oh! Darling:  Spotify  YouTube

76.  It Won't Be Long:  Spotify  YouTube

75.  I Want You (She's So Heavy):  Spotify  YouTube

74.  Eight Days A Week:  Spotify  YouTube

73.  Girl:  Spotify  YouTube

72.  You Can't Do That:  Spotify  YouTube

71.  Back In The U.S.S.R.:  Spotify  YouTube

70.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:  Spotify  YouTube

69.  There's A Place:  Spotify  YouTube

68.  Lovely Rita:  Spotify  YouTube

67.  I'll Cry Instead:  Spotify  YouTube

66.  Paperback Writer:  Spotify  YouTube

65.  I Want To Tell You:  Spotify  YouTube

64. I Need You:  Spotify  YouTube

63.  Get Back:  Spotify  YouTube

62.  Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds:  Spotify  YouTube

61.  Got To Get You Into My Life:  Spotify  YouTube

60.  Things We Said Today:  Spotify  YouTube

59.  You're Going To Lose That Girl:  Spotify  YouTube

58.  Can't Buy Me Love:  Spotify  YouTube

57.   I'll Follow The Sun:  Spotify  YouTube

56.  The Ballad Of John And Yoko:  Spotify  YouTube

55.  If I Fell:  Spotify  YouTube

54.  You Won't See Me:  Spotify  YouTube

53.  Drive My Car:  Spotify  YouTube

52.  Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey:  Spotify  YouTube

51.  Here, There And Everywhere:  Spotify  YouTube

50.  I've Got A Feeling:  Spotify  YouTube

49.  Don't Let Me Down:  Spotify  YouTube

48.  With A Little Help From My Friends:  Spotify  YouTube

47.  We Can Work It Out:  Spotify  YouTube

46.  I Feel Fine:  Spotify  YouTube

45.  Tomorrow Never Knows:  Spotify  YouTube

44.  I Am The Walrus:  Spotify  YouTube

43.  All You Need Is Love:  Spotify  YouTube

42.  Day Tripper:  Spotify  YouTube

41.  I Saw Her Standing There:  Spotify  YouTube    

40.  Mother Nature's Son:  Spotify  YouTube

39.  Blackbird:  Spotify  YouTube

38.  Let It Be:  Spotify  YouTube

37.  I'm Looking Through You:  Spotify  YouTube

36.  Eleanor Rigby:  Spotify  YouTube

35.  Please Please Me:  Spotify  YouTube

34.  Revolution:  Spotify  YouTube

33.  Happiness Is A Warm Gun:  Spotify  YouTube

32.  Taxman:  Spotify  YouTube

31.  Hey Bulldog:  Spotify  YouTube

30.  A Hard Day's Night:  Spotify  YouTube

29.  I'm Only Sleeping:  Spotify  YouTube

28.  Two Of Us:  Spotify  YouTube

27.  She Said She Said:  Spotify  YouTube

26.  Something:  Spotify  YouTube

25.  Helter Skelter:  Spotify  YouTube

24.  Yesterday:  Spotify  YouTube

23.  And I Love Her:  Spotify  YouTube

22.  She Loves You:  Spotify  YouTube

21.  You've Got To Hide Your Love Away:  Spotify  YouTube

20.  While My Guitar Gently Weeps:  Spotify  YouTube

19. I Want To Hold Your Hand:  Spotify  YouTube

18.  Dear Prudence:  Spotify  YouTube

17.  Here Comes The Sun:  Spotify  YouTube

16.  Ticket To Ride:  Spotify  YouTube

15.  Help!:  Spotify  YouTube

14.  Hey Jude:  Spotify  YouTube

13.  Nowhere Man:  Spotify  YouTube

12.  All My Loving:  Spotify  YouTube

11.  Strawberry Fields Forever:  Spotify  YouTube

10.  I'm So Tired:  Spotify  YouTube

9.  Rain:  Spotify  YouTube

8.  For No One:  Spotify  YouTube

7.  Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown):  Spotify  YouTube

6.  A Day In The Life:  Spotify  YouTube

5.  And Your Bird Can Sing:  Spotify  YouTube

4.  I've Just Seen A Face:  Spotify  YouTube

3.  Abbey Road medley:  (links to each portion below)

You Never Give Me Your Money:  Spotify  YouTube

Sun King:  Spotify  YouTube

Mean Mr. Mustard:  Spotify  YouTube

Polythene Pam:  Spotify  YouTube

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window:  Spotify  YouTube

Golden Slumbers:  Spotify  YouTube

Carry That Weight:  Spotify  YouTube

The End:  Spotify  YouTube

2.  Across The Universe: (four official versions linked below)

Anthology 2:  Spotify  YouTube

WWF:  Spotify  YouTube

Let It Be:  Spotify  YouTube

Let It Be...Naked:  Spotify  YouTube  (Spotify link is to whole album as I can't find the song)

1.  In My Life:  Spotify  YouTube

 

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These are the songs I’ll be posting about, grouped based on the UK releases plus singles:

Please Please Me:

I Saw Her Standing There - #41
Misery - #177
Anna (Go To Him) - #175
Chains - #195
Boys - #142
Ask Me Why - #189
Please Please Me - #35
Love Me Do - #103
PS I Love You - #152
Baby It's You - #183
Do You Want To Know A Secret - #88
A Taste Of Honey - #202
There's A Place - #69
Twist And Shout - #78

With the Beatles:

It Won't Be Long - #76
All I've Got To Do - #135
All My Loving - #12
Don't Bother Me - #170
Little Child - #193
Till There Was You - #145
Please Mister Postman - #151
Roll Over Beethoven - #186
Hold Me Tight - #169
You Really Got A Hold On Me - #95
I Wanna Be Your Man - #147
Devil In Her Heart - #190
Not A Second Time - #194
Money (That's What I Want) - #90

A Hard Day’s Night:

A Hard Day's Night - #30
I Should Have Known Better - #102
If I Fell - #54
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - #97
And I Love Her - #23
Tell Me Why - #129
Can't Buy Me Love - #57
Any Time At All - #79
I'll Cry Instead - #67
Things We Said Today - #59
When I Get Home - #161
You Can't Do That - #72
I'll Be Back - #140

Beatles for Sale:

No Reply - #107
I'm A Loser - #80
Baby's In Black - #182
Rock And Roll Music - #172
I'll Follow The Sun - #56
Mr Moonlight - #181
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! - #125
Eight Days A Week - #74
Words Of Love - #173
Honey Don't - #130
Every Little Thing - #167
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party - #123
What You're Doing - #168
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - #185

Help!:

Help! - #15
The Night Before - #114
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - #21
I Need You - #64
Another Girl - #128
You're Going To Lose That Girl - #58
Ticket To Ride - #16
Act Naturally - #127
It's Only Love - #109
You Like Me Too Much - #157
Tell Me What You See - #99
I've Just Seen A Face - #4
Yesterday - #24
Dizzy Miss Lizzy - #180

Rubber Soul:

Drive My Car - #52
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - #7
You Won't See Me - #53
Nowhere Man - #13
Think For Yourself - #149
The Word - #136
Michelle - #111
What Goes On - #158
Girl - #73
I'm Looking Through You - #37
In My Life - #1
Wait - #87
If I Needed Someone - #81
Run For Your Life - #93

Revolver:

Taxman - #32
Eleanor Rigby - #36
I'm Only Sleeping - #29
Love You To - #84
Here, There And Everywhere - #50
Yellow Submarine - #116
She Said She Said - #27
Good Day Sunshine - #100
And Your Bird Can Sing - #5
For No One - #8
Doctor Robert - #159
I Want To Tell You - #65
Got To Get You Into My Life - #60
Tomorrow Never Knows - #45

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - #70
With A Little Help From My Friends - #47
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - #61
Getting Better - #83
Fixing A Hole - #108
She's Leaving Home - #133
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! - #165
Within You Without You - #89
When I'm Sixty-Four - #154
Lovely Rita - #68
Good Morning Good Morning - #110
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - #101
A Day In The Life - #6

Magical Mystery Tour:

Magical Mystery Tour - #132
Your Mother Should Know - #156
I Am The Walrus - #44
The Fool On The Hill - #164
Flying - #166
Blue Jay Way - #197

The Beatles (aka White Album):

Back In The U.S.S.R. - #71
Dear Prudence - #18
Glass Onion - #121
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - #155
Wild Honey Pie - #204
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill - #178
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - #20
Happiness Is A Warm Gun - #33
Martha My Dear - #138
I'm So Tired - #10
Blackbird - #39
Piggies - #201
Rocky Raccoon - #113
Don't Pass Me By - #119
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?  - #192
I Will - #117
Julia - #137

Birthday - #144
Yer Blues - #82
Mother Nature's Son - #40
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - #51
Sexy Sadie - #122
Helter Skelter - #25
Long, Long, Long - #96
Revolution 1 - #124
Honey Pie - #199
Savoy Truffle - #179
Cry Baby Cry - #94
Revolution 9 - #203
Good Night - #191

Yellow Submarine:

Only A Northern Song - #163
All Together Now - #171
Hey Bulldog - #31
It's All Too Much - #91

Abbey Road:

Come Together - #98
Something - #26
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - #153
Oh! Darling - #77
Octopus's Garden - #115
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - #75
Here Comes The Sun - #17
Because - #139
You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/Mean Mr Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End medley - #3
Her Majesty - #196

Let It Be:

Two Of Us - #28
Dig A Pony - #118
Across The Universe = #2
I Me Mine - #105
Dig It - #200
Let It Be - #38
Maggie Mae - #188
I've Got A Feeling - #49
One After 909 - #162
The Long And Winding Road - #104 (naked version)
For You Blue - #146
Get Back - #63

Singles, etc.:

From Me To You - #92
Thank You Girl - #184
She Loves You - #22
I'll Get You - #150
I Want To Hold Your Hand - #19
This Boy - #85
Long Tall Sally - #174

I Call Your Name - #134
Slow Down - #160
Matchbox - #148
I Feel Fine - #46
She's A Woman - #112
Bad Boy - #198
Yes It Is - #187
I'm Down - #126

Day Tripper - #42
We Can Work It Out - #62
Paperback Writer - #66
Rain - #9
Lady Madonna - #120
The Inner Light - #143
Hey Jude - #14
Revolution - #34
Don't Let Me Down - #48
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - #55
Old Brown Shoe - #131
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - #176

Hello, Goodbye - #141
Strawberry Fields Forever - #11
Penny Lane - #86

All You Need Is Love - #43
Baby You're A Rich Man - #106

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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.

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When The Beatles were big in their day they were too soft edged for me, I liked it rough, Joe Cocker, Grateful Dead, The Stones, The Doors, Janis, Jimi, etc.

Then about 10ish years ago I found a box of all their stuff on CD;s. at a yard sale.

If anything sounds better with phones on, what?

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Love the effort you've put into this.

I went down a deep Youtube rabbit hole with my 7 year old a few months ago watching and ranking songs by Beatles after the band broke up.  It was a nostalgia fest for sure as they'd broken up right around the time I became sentient, and I remember the solo stuff being everywhere when I was young, but there's a lot of great songs in there too (Ringo had two #1s!).

Also, please don't leave us hanging at #147 like @Capella did with his "Every James Bond Movie" ever rankings.

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16 minutes ago, KarmaPolice said:

You gonna do a spotify of your top 30 or so? 

I have a Spotify of all of them in order right now.  :) 

15 minutes ago, ZenoRazon said:

How anyone could come  up with a fav 10 Beatles songs...????

I can't, really.  I have 12 that belong in my top ten, then another 10-12 that are right on their heels.  But I'm forcing myself to do this.  Masochism.

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3 minutes ago, Dinsy Ejotuz said:

Love the effort you've put into this.

I went down a deep Youtube rabbit hole with my 7 year old a few months ago watching and ranking songs by Beatles after the band broke up.  It was a nostalgia fest for sure as they'd broken up right around the time I became sentient, and I remember the solo stuff being everywhere when I was young, but there's a lot of great songs in there too (Ringo had two #1s!).

Also, please don't leave us hanging at #147 like @Capella did with his "Every James Bond Movie" ever rankings.

Fire up your list!  :) 

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Just now, krista4 said:

I have a Spotify of all of them in order right now.  :) 

I can't, really.  I have 12 that belong in my top then, then another 10-12 that are right on their heels.  But I'm forcing myself to do this.  Masochism.

I confess there is noway I could do that. And if I could in a few days I'd be changing my mind.

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a ten minute top ten from me,  to save for later, not much thought, no particular order, but yeah this is what I'm sure it'll pretty much look like for everybody mos def

 

A Day in the Life
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping
Hey Bulldog
Something
Come Together
Helter Skelter
Blackbird
Day Tripper
Ticket to Ride

 

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10 minutes ago, Dinsy Ejotuz said:

Love the effort you've put into this.

I went down a deep Youtube rabbit hole with my 7 year old a few months ago watching and ranking songs by Beatles after the band broke up.  It was a nostalgia fest for sure as they'd broken up right around the time I became sentient, and I remember the solo stuff being everywhere when I was young, but there's a lot of great songs in there too (Ringo had two #1s!).

Also, please don't leave us hanging at #147 like @Capella did with his "Every James Bond Movie" ever rankings.

I will finish at some point!

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I'm guessing this as your top 10, but it is too hard to know how the order will be, so I will first post what I think will be the top two, and the rest are in random order.

The Medley from Abbey Road (Abbey Road)

A Day In A life (Sgt. Peppers)

The other 8 will be in random order:

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Help!)

Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) and Nowhere Man (Rubber Soul)

I'm Only Sleeping and And Your Bird Can Sing (Revolver)

Happiness is a Warm Gun (White Album)

Let It Be  (Let It Be)

Rain (single)

 

 

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25 minutes ago, krista4 said:

Sleeping 3-4 hours a night helps.

Oh yeah, I seem to remember that you’re one of the lucky small percentage who can survive on that. 

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2 hours ago, krista4 said:

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.

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