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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (3 Viewers)

Heya @Getzlaf15

How many of the top-25-list songs have more than 100 total points across all the lists?  What about more than 50?
200 or more = 15 songs.  Definitely a tier mark as there is a 44-point gap between #15 and #16.

100 or more  = 39 songs.   There is one song if K4 ranks it #1,  will make that number 40.

50 or more = 59 songs.   Make that 60 songs.  One song just got enough points if picked next to hit 50.

There is one song that has 10 points, and was on FOUR lists with rankings of 25, 24, 23, 22.

 
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I heard on the news this morning that Arianna Grande is now the first artists since the Beatles to have the top three songs on the Billboard chart at the same time.

I look forward to her top 204 ranked songs in 2058 on FootballGuysandGals.com*

* meetoo movement forces Joe to change the name eventually.
At the rate she’s cranking out songs/albums it will be like 5 years

 
17.  Here Comes The Sun (Abbey Road, 1969)

Beatles version:  Spotify  YouTube

Although this song is musically much more intricate and complicated than it seems, I'm not going to drone on and on about the musicality or analyze the structure, because what I love about this song is that it's joyous and luminous and perfect.  The song came about in a way that, based on the lyrics, isn't at all surprising.  George was getting fed up with all the business parts of being a musician, including all the tension at Apple due to the hiring of Allan Klein, the meetings with bankers and lawyers, the never-ending paperwork:  "Anyway, it seems as if winter in England goes on forever; by the time spring comes you really deserve it. So one day I decided I was going to sag off Apple and I went over to Eric Clapton's house. The relief of not having to go and see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars and wrote Here Comes The Sun."

This is the last George song recorded by the Beatles, and sadly John did not participate in it due to first his car accident and then...I dunno, being John, I guess.  The song isn't lacking anything by John's absence, though.  George's vocal on this song is so sweet and pure, and he's supported well by a mysterious group of orchestral musicians that have never been identified, Paul on lovely backing vocals and bass, and especially by Ringo doing what Ringo does best - providing subtle support for the song and then adding a bit of depth where needed with fills and changes.  The time signatures and changes in the song are incredible, but since I vowed not to analyze composition and structure, I"ll just tell you that George first described the song to Ringo as being "in seven-and-one-half time," and the song is variously in 7/8, 11/8, 4/4, and 2/4!

One unusual part worth mentioning is that George using a Moog synthesizer, which had only just been invented and George had had specially made.  George admitted that when it arrived he had absolutely no idea how to use this monstrous contraption, which I think turned out well because the simple sounds he was able to get out of it complemented the song beautifully without going overboard.

Seems fitting that the last song from "Quiet Beatle" would be so quietly perfect.

Mr. krista:  "That’s a great song.  Seems like a song Stevie Wonder could have written, but with a great George Harrison riff."

Suggested cover:  Please enjoy one of my top five favorite Beatles covers of all time:  Richie Havens  Here's his entire set at Woodstock, including this song

 
ANOTHER IN THE TOP 10!  Tough call to take the medley over “Something” and “Here Comes The Sun,” but 16 people got it (including fatguy, who threw in "Here Comes The Sun" as well)!

Current Leaders (four correct)

simey

pecorino

tim

Bonzai

A Day In The Life

Shaft 41

Bonzai

Ted Lange 

Atomic Punk

bananafish

Heckmanm

fatguy

ilov80s

ManofSteelhead

Getzlaf

ScottNorwood

rockaction

simey

Dr. Octopus

tim

Spock

Tom Hagen

mike9289

Binky

pecorino

Across The Universe

ManofSteelhead

ScottNorwood

Mister CIA

simey

pecorino

And Your Bird Can Sing

Bonzai

ScottNorwood

Mister CIA

Simey

tim

Tom Hagen

Alex P Keaton

pecorino

For No One

Shaft41

Tim

I’m So Tired

Bonzai

Uruk

Abbey Road medley

Shaft

Bonzai

Ted Lange

bananafish

heckmanm

fatguy 

Ilov80s

Getzlaf

simey

Dr. Octopus

tim

Spock

Uruk

Alex P Keaton

Binky

pecorino

 
The List of Songs that do not appear on the Composite List:

204.  Wild Honey Pie:  Spotify  YouTube

203.  Revolution 9:  Spotify  YouTube

202.  A Taste Of Honey:  Spotify  YouTube

200.  Dig It:  Spotify  YouTube

199.  Honey Pie:  Spotify  YouTube

197.  Blue Jay Way:  Spotify  YouTube

196.  Her Majesty:  Spotify  YouTube

195.  Chains:  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

183.  Baby It's You:  Spotify YouTube

181.  Mr. Moonlight:  Spotify  YouTube

180.  Dizzy Miss Lizzy:  Spotify  YouTube

178.  The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill:  Spotify  YouTube

173.  Words Of Love:  Spotify  YouTube

172.  Rock And Roll Music:  Spotify  YouTube

171.  All Together Now:  Spotify  YouTube

168.  What You're Doing:  Spotify  YouTube

167.  Every Little Thing:  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

157.  You Like Me Too Much:  Spotify  YouTube

156.  Your Mother Should Know:  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

143.  The Inner Light:  Spotify  YouTube

138.  Martha My Dear:  Spotify  YouTube

137.  Julia:  Spotify  YouTube

136.  The Word:  Spotify  YouTube

134.  I Call Your Name:  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

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

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

122.  Sexy Sadie:  Spotify  YouTube

118.  Dig a Pony:  Spotify  YouTube

116.  Yellow Submarine:  Spotify  YouTube

112.  She's A Woman:  Spotify  YouTube

110.  Good Morning Good Morning:  Spotify  YouTube

109.  It's Only Love:  Spotify  YouTube

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

103.  Love Me Do:  Spotify  YouTube

99.  Tell Me What You See:  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

91.  It's All Too Much:  Spotify  YouTube

85.  This Boy:  Spotify  YouTube

84.  Love You To:  Spotify  YouTube

67.  I'll Cry Instead:  Spotify  YouTube

 
Getz - the list above are songs that were NOT in anyone's top 25? ...or top 10?

ETA:  Long, Long, Long was my #27.

 
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One more down!

  1. simey – Abbey Road medley
  2. Mister CIA – She Said She Said
  3. timschochet – Paperback Writer
  4. pecorino – Hey Jude
  5. Binky the Doormat – In My Life
  6. wikkidpissah – Taxman
  7. Dr. Octopus – Got To Get You Into My Life
  8. Nigel Tufnel – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
  9. Uruk-Hai – Ticket to Ride
  10. Dinsy Ejotuz – Let It Be
  11. Tom Hagen – Eleanor Rigby
  12. Spock – Rain
  13. Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
  14. rockaction  - I Want to Hold Your Hand
  15. Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
  16. shuke – Abbey Road medley
  17. Alex P Keaton – Something
  18. Getzlaf15 – With A Little Help From My Friends
  19. zamboni – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  20. neal cassady – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  21. Shaft41 – Hey Bulldog
  22. Ilov80s – Norwegian Wood
  23. Officer Pete Malloy – I Want to Hold Your Hand
  24. Godsbrother – Dear Prudence
  25. ManofSteelhead – Eleanor Rigby
  26. mike9289 – I’m Looking Through You
  27. heckmanm: Eleanor Rigby
  28. Atomic Punk – A Day in the Life
  29. [Mrs. Punk – In My Life]
  30. bananafish – Abbey Road medley
  31. bonzai – Abbey Road medley
  32. fatguy – Here Comes the Sun
  33. ScottNorwood- Yesterday
  34. Sebowski – I’m So Tired

 
One more down!

  1. simey – Abbey Road medley
  2. Mister CIA – She Said She Said
  3. timschochet – Paperback Writer
  4. pecorino – Hey Jude
  5. Binky the Doormat – In My Life
  6. wikkidpissah – Taxman
  7. Dr. Octopus – Got To Get You Into My Life
  8. Nigel Tufnel – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
  9. Uruk-Hai – Ticket to Ride
  10. Dinsy Ejotuz – Let It Be
  11. Tom Hagen – Eleanor Rigby
  12. Spock – Rain
  13. Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
  14. rockaction  - I Want to Hold Your Hand
  15. Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
  16. shuke – Abbey Road medley
  17. Alex P Keaton – Something
  18. Getzlaf15 – With A Little Help From My Friends
  19. zamboni – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  20. neal cassady – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  21. Shaft41 – Hey Bulldog
  22. Ilov80s – Norwegian Wood
  23. Officer Pete Malloy – I Want to Hold Your Hand
  24. Godsbrother – Dear Prudence
  25. ManofSteelhead – Eleanor Rigby
  26. mike9289 – I’m Looking Through You
  27. heckmanm: Eleanor Rigby
  28. Atomic Punk – A Day in the Life
  29. [Mrs. Punk – In My Life]
  30. bananafish – Abbey Road medley
  31. bonzai – Abbey Road medley
  32. fatguy – Here Comes the Sun
  33. ScottNorwood- Yesterday
  34. Sebowski – I’m So Tired
My third stab at this will be "Rain" .   This song has been stuck in my head like a week now

 
The List of Songs that do not appear on the Composite List:

197.  Blue Jay Way:  Spotify  YouTube

187.  Yes It Is:  Spotify  YouTube

137.  Julia:  Spotify  YouTube

131.  Old Brown Shoe:  Spotify  YouTube

122.  Sexy Sadie:  Spotify  YouTube

112.  She's A Woman:  Spotify  YouTube

103.  Love Me Do:  Spotify  YouTube

96.  Long, Long, Long:  Spotify  YouTube

91.  It's All Too Much:  Spotify  YouTube
With respect to these:

There was a lot of whining about #197 and #187, but I guess people could have those in their top 100 and still whine about their placements, so I get it.  I'd definitely have #197 higher (Binky: lower) if I had it to do over.

There was waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too much whining about #137 and #122 for them not to have been on any list.   :lol:  

I was sure someone (Alex P Keaton?) said #131 was on his list, but whoever said it maybe didn't submit one.

Mildly surprised about #112, 103, and 96 given the commentary.

If Mr. krista had done a list #91 would have been on it.  It's rotated at times into his #10 until he recently declared "In My Life" the #10.

 
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With respect to these:

There was a lot of whining about #197 and #187, but I guess people could have those in their top 100 and still whine about their placements, so I get it.

There was waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too much whining about #137 and #122 for them not to have been on any list.   :lol:  

I was sure someone (Alex P Keaton?) said #131 was on his list, but whoever said it maybe didn't submit one.

Mildly surprised about #112, 103, and 96 given the commentary.

If Mr. krista had done a list #91 would have been on it.  It's rotated at times into his #10 until he recently declared "In My Life" the #10.
So you are correct on #131.  it's on a list. I didn't have it with a K-RankTM.  Don't know why I listed it as a Medley song.

 
With respect to these:

There was a lot of whining about #197 and #187, but I guess people could have those in their top 100 and still whine about their placements, so I get it.

There was waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too much whining about #137 and #122 for them not to have been on any list.   :lol:  

I was sure someone (Alex P Keaton?) said #131 was on his list, but whoever said it maybe didn't submit one.

Mildly surprised about #112, 103, and 96 given the commentary.

If Mr. krista had done a list #91 would have been on it.  It's rotated at times into his #10 until he recently declared "In My Life" the #10.
#103 is kinda of surprise to me.

 
One of my new fave song titles is "when I turn 164!!"
Funny thing about the number 164: not only is it the sum of two squares (100+64), the first two digits are a perfect square, as are the last two digits, as is the leading digit as well as the last digit. Oh, and it is also the sum of a square and a cube (10^2 + 4^3) and its digits reversed are also the sum of two squares (461 = 10^2 + 19^2).

 
Funny thing about the number 164: not only is it the sum of two squares (100+64), the first two digits are a perfect square, as are the last two digits, as is the leading digit as well as the last digit. Oh, and it is also the sum of a square and a cube (10^2 + 4^3) and its digits reversed are also the sum of two squares (461 = 10^2 + 19^2).
My wife, "What a  :nerd: ."

 
16.  Ticket To Ride (Help!, 1965)

Beatles version:  Spotify  YouTube

IT'S A RINGO SHOWCASE!  I'm not surprised at anyone guessing this as my #1 or in my top 10, what with it being A RINGO SHOWCASE! and all.  It missed out only because there are so many ####### great Beatles songs.

John described this song as one of the first heavy-metal songs, and he took credit for all but the drum parts on it, while Paul saw it as more of a 60/40 collaboration favoring John.  I don't know who's correct, though with Paul contributing not only the drum arrangement but the bass, backing vocals, and the guitar solos, he certainly contributed significantly even if not in the songwriting.  And I don't know that I'd call it "heavy metal," but the drums, the guitars and the overall fullness of the sound were certainly heavy for the time.  I just know it's in my top 16 for being A RINGO SHOWCASE!

I don't want to downplay all the other great stuff going on in this RINGO SHOWCASE!  There's some great guitar work by Paul on this song in the solos on the bridges and especially in the fade-out, and I love Ringo's shimmering tambourine that ends the solo on the bridge.  I love John's cold, dry vocal, and Paul adds some amazing harmonies that fittingly lack the sweetness of earlier works; there's a little "ahhhh" that John does ~2:30-2:31 that ####### melts me.  The coda at the end is marvelous, bringing in a new element in double-time with the "my baby don't care" line that hadn't been heard before.  But what makes it A RINGO SHOWCASE! starts at the very beginning, with a short fill and then that crazy syncopated drum pattern that fills the verses.  His overdubbed tambourine on the second and fourth beats serves to enhance how unusual the drumbeats are. Then in the bridge, the drums switch to a standard beat and Ringo utilizes the hi-hat for the first time, with a double-time tambourine also by Ringo in an overdub (actually coming in one beat early on the first bridge but not the second), offering a dramatic contrast to the syncopated verses.  And - again with the fills - Ringo has a series of fills in which he never plays the same fill twice!  Truly (all together now) A RINGO SHOWCASE!

Mr. krista:  "I love how seamlessly he goes right to that hi-hat.  If you watch the YouTube, you can see how boring and dumb that song would be otherwise. Watching reminds me of how everybody I know writes a drum or bass part, but he made something interesting in service of the song.  He came up with a beat that was uniquely him and also makes the song.  It’s not the same song without that beat, and it’s very instructive.  You have to listen to a lot of rock to see the standard way, but when something deviates from that, it’s like describing a void – they didn’t do xyz.  I love that song.  It’s one of the main reasons why Ringo is the best, a fantastic drummer."  (Obviously he knows this is A RINGO SHOWCASE!)

Suggested cover:  Take a heavy song and make it heavier?  Nice!  Hüsker Dü

 
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Slowly chipping away:

  1. simey – Abbey Road medley
  2. Mister CIA – She Said She Said
  3. timschochet – Paperback Writer
  4. pecorino – Hey Jude
  5. Binky the Doormat – In My Life
  6. wikkidpissah – Taxman
  7. Dr. Octopus – Got To Get You Into My Life
  8. Nigel Tufnel – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
  9. Uruk-Hai – Ticket to Ride
  10. Dinsy Ejotuz – Let It Be
  11. Tom Hagen – Eleanor Rigby
  12. Spock – Rain
  13. Leroy Hoard – A Day in the Life
  14. rockaction  - I Want to Hold Your Hand
  15. Ted Lange as Your Bartender – In My Life
  16. shuke – Abbey Road medley
  17. Alex P Keaton – Something
  18. Getzlaf15 – With A Little Help From My Friends
  19. zamboni – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  20. neal cassady – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  21. Shaft41 – Hey Bulldog
  22. Ilov80s – Norwegian Wood
  23. Officer Pete Malloy – I Want to Hold Your Hand
  24. Godsbrother – Dear Prudence
  25. ManofSteelhead – Eleanor Rigby
  26. mike9289 – I’m Looking Through You
  27. heckmanm: Eleanor Rigby
  28. Atomic Punk – A Day in the Life
  29. [Mrs. Punk – In My Life]
  30. bananafish – Abbey Road medley
  31. bonzai – Abbey Road medley
  32. fatguy – Here Comes the Sun
  33. ScottNorwood- Yesterday
  34. Sebowski – I’m So Tired
 
Your personal rankings, or your estimation of my rankings?  
Personal rankings!  My estimation of your rankings began and ended with She Said She Said.  Don't fear the sitar, she said.

Pretty pleased Nowhere Man is still alive. 

 
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Binky's current underrated list (in constant motion :) )

Underrated 

170   Don't Bother Me

164   Fool on the hill

154   When I'm 64

149   Think For Yourself

140   I'll Be Back Again

138   Martha My Dear

137   Julia

133   She's Leaving Home

121   Glass Onion

120   Lady Madonna

117   I Will

114   The Night Before

111   Michelle

108   Fixing A Hole

105   I Me Mine

104   The Long & Winding Road

96   Long Long Long

94   Cry Baby Cry

86   Penny Lane

81   If I Needed Someone

66   Paperback Writer 

59   Things We Said Today

 
Personal rankings!  My estimation of your rankings began and ended with She Said She Said.  Don't fear the sitar, she said.

Pretty pleased Nowhere Man is still alive. 
Sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" is still alive, and there's some Indian stuff in top-10 "Across the Universe."

I'd thought you'd be most excited about "I've Just Seen A Face" being 50/50 to make the top 10 now.

 
Ticket to Ride, way overrated. It's a good tune, but top 20? When / if folks ask me what I'd bump out of the "upper echelon" to include some dark horses (I've mentioned "I Want You (She's So Heavy) and She's Leaving Home, for instance), Ticket to Ride and Taxman would be the tunes I'd bump.

 
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