Brace yourself because this past cut we eliminated not one, but two albums, Beatles For Sale and Yellow Submarine. Yellow Submarine looked like it was holding on nicely after finding new life but that patch just wouldn't hold! With All You Need Is Love gone too, Piggies is the only remaining song from what I'll call the Beatles Oceanic 8.

Eliminated:

15: Eight Days a Week
13: Hey Bulldog
13: It’s All Too Much
12: Julia
11: All You Need is Love

Close: For No One, I Want You (She's So Heavy, Good Day Sunshine, I'm Looking Through You, Think for Yourself, Mother Nature's Son, Piggies, Two Of Us, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

RULES: Vote for 10 Beatles songs assigning 5 points to two, 4 points to two, 3 points to two, 2 points to two and 1 point to two. Please put the point value next to each song. Please follow this format to make it easy for me to plug into Excel.

5: Song
5: Song
4: Song
4: Song etc...

Comments are very welcome but not required. I'd like it if you give an overall comment but you don't have to.

5 songs will be eliminated every Monday and Thursday and a new vote will begin each day. The deadline for submitting a list is 2PM on each elimination day. In the event of a tie all songs receiving the elimination vote will be eliminated.

THE MASTER LIST!

211. Revolution #9
210. Love Me Do
209. Dig It!
208. Dizzy Miss Lizzie
207. Maggie Mae
206. Devil in Her Heart
205. A Taste of Honey
204. Matchbox
203. You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
202. Bad Boy
201. PS I Love You
200. When I Get Home
199. Wild Honey Pie
198. Boys
197. Flying
196. Mr. Moonlight
195. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey
194. Anna (Go To Him)
193. Run For Your Life
192. Her Majesty
191. Act Naturally
190. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
189. Chains
188. Honey Don't
187. Not a Second Time
186. You Really Got a Hold On Me
185. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
184. Baby It's You
183. Till There Was You
182. Rock and Roll Music
181. Roll Over Beethoven
180. Misery
179. Words of Love
178. When I'm 64
177. For You Blue
176. Blue Jay Way
175. The Inner Light
174. Money (That's What I Want)
173. Please, Mr. Postman
172. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
171. Only a Northern Song
170. You Like Me Too Much
169. Slow Down
168. Good Night
167. Thank You Girl
166. Little Child
165. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
164. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
163. One After 909
162. All Together Now
161. I Wanna Be Your Man
160. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
159. Yes It Is
158. There's a Place
157. Ask Me Why
156. I'll Get You
155. Yellow Submarine
154. Hold Me Tight
153. I Me Mine
152. I Need You
151. Your Mother Should Know
150. Revolution 1
149. Honey Pie
148. Don't Bother Me
147. Tell Me What You See
146. Do You Want To Know a Secret?
145. All I've Got To Do
144. Why Don't We Do It In the Road?
143. I've Got a Feeling
142. Michelle
141. What Goes On
140. Another Girl
139. Any Time at All
138. Within You, Without You
137. This Boy
136. I Don't Want To Spoil the Party
135. Old Brown Shoe
134. It's Only Love
133. Don't Pass Me By
132. Long Tall Sally
131. I Call Your Name
130. I'll Cry Instead
129. I'm Down
128. Tell Me Why
127. The Night Before
126. Every Little Thing
125. Long, Long, Long
124. What You're Doing
123. I'll Be Back
122. Sun King
121. Wait
120. She's a Woman
119. You Can't Do That
118. Doctor Robert
117. Yer Blues
116. It Won't Be Long
115. Birthday
114. The Word
113. Baby's in Black
112. Glass Onion
111. The Ballad of John and Yoko
110. Dig a Pony
109. Good Morning, Good Morning
108. Mean Mr. Mustard
107. Polythene Pam
106. And I Love Her
105. Love You To
104. Octopus's Garden
103. No Reply
102. Rocky Raccoon
101. Things We Said Today
100. I'll Follow The Sun
99. I Should Have Known Better
98. You're Going to Lose That Girl
97. Because
96. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
95. Drive My Car
94. From Me to You
93. Girl
92. Baby You're a Rich Man
91. I Want To Hold Your Hand
90. If I Fell
89. Magical Mystery Tour
88. I Want To Tell You
87. I'm a Loser
86. I've Just Seen A Face
85. Getting Better
84. Please Please Me
83. The Long And Winding Road
82. Eight Days a Week
81. Hey Bulldog
80. It’s All Too Much
79. Julia
78. All You Need is Love


Discography

Please Please Me

1. I Saw Her Standing There
14. Twist And Shout

With the Beatles

3. All My Loving

A Hard Day's Night

1. Hard Day's Night, A
7. Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale- ELIMINATED

Help!

1. Help
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
7. Ticket To Ride
13. Yesterday

Rubber Soul

2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
13. If I Needed Someone

Revolver

1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
5. Here, There And Everywhere
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
10. Lovely Rita
13. A Day In The Life

Magical Mystery Tour

2. Fool On The Hill, The
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane

The Beatles (White Album)

1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
16. I Will

3. Mother Nature's Son
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry

Yellow Submarine- ELIMINATED

Abbey Road

1. Come Together
2. Something
4. Oh! Darling
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. End, The

Let It Be

1. Two Of Us
3. Across The Universe
6. Let It Be
12. Get Back

A Sides and B Sides:

She Loves You
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Rain
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
Revolution
Don't Let Me Down

5: I Am the Walrus
5: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
4: Twist and Shout
4: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
3: I'm So Tired
3: Sexy Sadie
2: Oh! Darling
2: Savoy Truffle
1: Piggies
1: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (kinda weird voting for this since it's part of a medley)

Does anybody know why Anthony isn't participating anymore?

I have to say I really liked the results this week. They might not have been the next ones on my list but I don't feel bad about any of them not making it farther.

5: She Loves You
5: Savoy Truffle
4: Got To Get You Into My Life
4: Twist and Shout
3: Back in the USSR
3: I Saw Her Standing There
2: If I Needed Someone
2: Carry That Weight
1: With A Little Help From My Friends- Like I said last time, it's hard to find faults with the rest of the songs but Joe Cocker kind of ruined this song for me.
1: Taxman

Sad to see Eight Days a Week go, but finally my least favorite Beatles' relevant song (i.e., excluding shit like A Taste of Honey) has been sent away from the island!



Something interesting we can realize now. We've frequently heard people saying that the White Album would have been something of unimaginable greatness if it had been released as a simple 14-track disc. And, so, I've always wondered which would be the selected tracks if this was the real situation. Well, now we've reached the point where there are exactly 14 white tracks in the game.
So it seems that, for the AM-Beatlemaniacs, the best possible version of "The Beatles" would be something like this (I've reordered the tracks in order to retain the fluency and cohesion of a real album):

1) Back in the USSR
2) Dear Prudence
3) Piggies
4) I'm So Tired
5) Cry Baby Cry
6) Sexy Sadie
7)While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8) Mother Nature's Son
9) Helter Skelter
10) Martha My Dear
11) Happiness Is a Warm Gun
12) I Will
13) Savoy Truffle
14) Blackbird

Proud to see my fab's favorite song making it!

Just kinda lost interest, John.

5.- Martha My Dear
5.- Two Of Us
4.- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
4.- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3.- With A Little Help From My Friends
3.- Oh! Darling
2.- You Won't See Me
2. Think For Yourself
1. Hello Goodbye
1.- Piggies

Those two departing Yellow Submarine songs are among my favourites, it's good to see they both stuck around for an extra few weeks and rightfully made the top 100.


5: Lady Madonna
5: Dear Prudence
4: Martha My Dear
4: Lovely Rita
3: Day Tripper
3: She Loves You
2: Two Of Us
2: For No One
1: All My Loving
1: I'm Only Sleeping

5: The Fool on the Hill
5: Piggies
4: Think for Yourself
4: Fixing a Hole
3: Can't Buy Me Love
3: Sexy Sadie
2: Lovely Rita
2: Mother Nature's Son
1: Carry That Weight
1: Hello Goodbye

5: Piggies
5: Good Day Sunshine
4: Back In The U.S.S.R.
4: Come Together
3: Fool On The Hill, The
3: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
2: Think For Yourself
2: Fixing A Hole
1: Get Back
1: Don't Let Me Down

If Piggies or Good Day Sunshine last longer than For No One....

The only complaint I have about For No One is that it's short and ends abruptly. I kind of wish they would have thrown an extra verse on, maybe even an orchestration in the middle. I'm not close to voting it off but it feels incomplete.

That's a good White Album but I think Savoy Truffle wouldn't fit anymore. If that were the 14 I'd replace Savoy Truffle with Julia or Rocky Raccoon to maintain the overall feel of the album. Savoy Truffle on that version would be like if Beck threw in E-Pro on Sea Changes.

Still looks like a pretty patchy album...

5: For No One
5: Got to Get You Into My Life
4: With a Little Help from My Friends
4: Mother Nature's Son
3: I'm Looking Through You
3: Martha My Dear
2: Come Together
2: Cry Baby Cry
1: Get Back
New vote:
1: All My Loving: I like this song not because I feel good when listening to it, but cause I have kind of a sympathy for its spirit, the sentiment shown within its melody and lyrics. This means that, when I listen to it, I generally feel almost nothing, but even though I have postponed the most I could my voting against it. Hey, never would think this song could get so far! And I Love Her and If I Fell have already gone and this one's still with us, strange thing...

5: Hello Goodbye
5: Ticket to Ride
4: Good Day Sunshine
4: Savoy Truffle
3: I'm Looking Through You
3: I'm so Tired
2: Twist and Shout
2: Carry That Weight
New votes:
1: Two of Us: during the last (and difficult) days of The Beatles Paul and Linda used to drive a lot going nowhere, running away from the continuous discussions. That feeling of freedom inspired many songs, “Two of Us” (“getting nowhere / on our way back home”), “You Never Give Me Your Money” (“Oh that magic feeling / nowhere to go”) and “The Back Seat of My Car” (“We was only hiding / sittin’ in the back seat of my car”). The three songs were outstanding but the first one was maybe too mellow.
1: Lovely Rita: a lovely Macca song perfectly built, acting picky I would say that I find here more craft tan real inspiration.

5: Piggies
5: Two Of Us
4: I Want You(She's So Heavy)
4: Lady Madonna
3: You Won't See Me
3: I'm Looking Through You
2: Good Day Sunshine
2: Lovely Rita
1: Fool On The Hill
1: I Will

5: Oh! Darling
5: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
4: For No One
4: Mother Nature's Son
3: Hello Goodbye
3: You Won't See Me
2: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
2: Two of Us
1: Penny Lane - has never been my favourite, to repetitive for me
1: Lady Madonna - great energy/rhythm, but it's definitely not one of their best songs

5 - Being for the benefit of Mr.Kite!
5 - Think for yourself
4 - I'm looking through you
4 - She came in through the bathroom window
3 - Two of us
3 - Get back
2 - Cry baby cry
2 - Good day sunshine
1 - I'm so tired
1 - Savoy truffle

Just a question :
Does anyone here have made one day a personal compilation of favourite Beatles songs on a CD-R of 80 minutes ?
I would like to do this but the choice of the songs is too hard for me.
If someone ever did this, I'd be curious to know your personal compilation.

No, I haven't done that. But, if I made one and told you I'd be giving away my top 25! I don't think I've made a mix-cd since freshman year of college (1999). I was kind of an early adopter to MP3 players, I had a 512 MB Rio in 2000! You read right, 512 MB. Actually it might have been 256, it could store 100 or so low quality WMA's.

5: Back In The U.S.S.R.
5: I Want You (She's So Heavy)
4: I Saw Her Standing There
4: I'm So Tired
3: Can't Buy Me Love
3: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
2: Taxman
2: She Loves You
1: Oh! Darling
1: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Yeah of course. I made mix cds of their stuff years ago - that's how I got into it. It's not that hard for me to do but of course,I'm probably not so much a fan of their stuff beyond top 30,top 40 as most others here...