Not much to say this week! Every song has been nominated by at least one person now.

Eliminated:

21 Across the Universe
17 Dear Prudence
17 She said she said
17 I'm Only Sleeping
16 Rain

Close: Come Together, Nowhere Man

RULES: Vote for 5 Beatles songs using this format:

5: Song
4: Song
3: Song
2: Song
1: Song

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

Songs will be eliminated every Monday and Thursday and a new vote will begin each day. In the event of a tie all songs receiving the elimination vote will be eliminated.

40 or less left: Eliminate 4 rather than 5.
20 or less: Eliminate 3
10 or less: Eliminate 2 for two cuts
Final cut: Eliminate whatever is left (There will be 6 songs or less left) and declare a winner!

The tiebreaker rule will still apply for every round.

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
77. Two Of Us
76. Piggies
75. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
74. Good Day Sunshine
73. I'm Looking Through You
72. Think for Yourself
71. I'm So Tired
70. Savoy Truffle
69. Sexy Sadie
68. Twist and Shout
67. Lovely Rita
66. Back In The U.S.S.R.
65. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
64. Oh! Darling
63. With A Little Help From My Friends
62. Fool On The Hill
61. Hello Goodbye
60. Martha My Dear
59. Can't Buy Me Love
58. Mother Nature's Son
57. Cry Baby Cry
56. Got To Get You Into My Life
55. Fixing a Hole
54. If I Needed Someone
53. All My Loving
52. Lady Madonna
51. Carry That Weight
50. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
49. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
48. You Won’t See Me
47. She’s Leaving Home
46. I Saw Her Standing There
45. For No One
44. Get back
43. Taxman
42. Don’t Let Me Down
41. I Will
40. I Am The Walrus
39. I Feel Fine
38. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
37. Ticket To Ride
36. Golden Slumbers
35. She Loves You
34. A Hard Day's Night
33. Day Tripper
32. Paperback Writer
31. Across the Universe
30. Dear Prudence
29. She said she said
28. I'm Only Sleeping
27. Rain


Discography

Please Please Me- ELIMINATED

With the Beatles- ELIMINATED

A Hard Day's Night- ELIMINATED

Beatles For Sale- ELIMINATED

Help!

1. Help
13. Yesterday

Rubber Soul

2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
4. Nowhere Man
11. In My Life

Revolver

2. Eleanor Rigby
5. Here, There And Everywhere
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
13. A Day In The Life

Magical Mystery Tour

8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane

The Beatles (White Album)

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
11. Blackbird

6. Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine- ELIMINATED

Abbey Road

1. Come Together
2. Something
7. Here Comes The Sun
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
16. End, The

Let It Be

6. Let It Be

A Sides and B Sides:

We Can Work It Out
Hey Jude
Revolution

Same vote as last week for me :(.

5: Yesterday
4: Hey Jude
3: Penny Lane
2: Nowhere Man
1: Here, There and Everywhere

I voted for three of five, but my 2nd fav. song ("Dear Prudence") is gone. A bittersweet week.

Man, I keep forgetting to change my name when posting for someone else...

Looks like my #1 is gone in Rain. I really thought it was going to hold on for a couple more cuts but new entries and participants pushed it out. She Said, She Said was another top 10 eliminated.

5: Come Together
4: Something
3: Eleanor Rigby
2: Hey Jude
1: Helter Skelter

5: Nowhere Man
4: Helter Skelter
3: Revolution
2: Help
1: Come Together

5: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4: We Can Work It Out
3: Nowhere Man
2: Helter Skelter
1: A Day In The Life

Yes, I'm voting for "A Day In The Life". I appreciate the song, but don't really like it; the cacophony of sound that appears twice is too jarring for me. Without that, the song becomes (in my eyes at least), much better.

Also sad to see that "Rain" is gone. Although I don't own the song in any real form (my problem with the Beatles' catalog is that their singles are not really conveniently put together in a album), the song is still amazing.

Sad to see "Across the Universe," "Dear Prudence," and "She Said She Said" go :(

My votes for this week:

5: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
4: Helter Skelter
3: And Your Bird Can Sing
2: Tomorrow Never Knows
1: Happiness Is a Warm Gun

Now that I'm home, the votes:

5: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
4: Penny Lane
3: Help!
2: Nowhere Man
1: A Day in the Life

Oh man, and "Rain" is in my top 10 as well. That really was a rough week.

Penguin, you and I seem to have disparate views except for songs everybody likes that we dislike. I will join you in saying "A Day in the Life" is overrated and those orchestral points are annoying. The Beatles did cacophony much better.

I'm pretty sure if we had about even 3-4 more voters, Rain would have made it into the top 10.

Penguin, you should pick up copies of "Past Masters: Volume One" and "Past Masters: Volume Two"...they include all of the Beatles' non-album songs. Even though it might not be the most satisfying listen--a lot of the rarities that haven't already been included on "Beatles 1" or the Red and Blue albums are more beneficial for completest purposes as opposed to a track you would be tempted to skip over on your iPod. However, if you are an avid Beatles fan like myself, the two discs are essential for your CD collection, being the only places to buy classic songs like "Rain," "This Boy," "She's a Woman," and "I'm Down," among others.

Echoing everybody's words: rough week! I've lost 4 loved songs, being Across the Universe my #11 and Dear Prudence my #4!
Slush, good to see it's your number 2... A guy who likes Blur and Dear Prudence surely has a good taste (even though he doesn't like black music, ).

Same vote as last week:
5: You Never Give Me Your Money
4: Tomorrow Never Knows
3: A Day in the Life: great to see other ones who think it's overrated!
2: Eleanor Rigby
1: Yesterday


John, wouldn't we retire only 4 songs last cut? So, as Rain wasn't tied with She Said She Said and I'm Only Sleeping, it shoudn't have been eliminated, should it?

5: Penny Lane
4: We Can Work It Out
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: In My Life
1: You Never Give Me Your Money - all the love for "Abbey Road" is the big surprise of this game.

In case "Rain" is still in the game it gets its usual five points from me.

I feel the same way as others here, this especially is tragic:

17 Dear Prudence
17 She said she said
17 I'm Only Sleeping
16 Rain

Absolutely top-notch stuff!

My votes remain nearly the same...

5: Come Together (how is this hanging around?)
4: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
3: Revolution
2: We Can Work It Out
1: Nowhere Man

sonofsamiam, name one song with a better bassline than "Come Together"...

I've recently realised something. I'm not sure but I think 4 songs should have been eliminated this time around instead of 5 . Not that i really care but just checking.

And i feel sad for Dear Prudence too, it's my #7. Now only 8 songs in my top 10 are left.

Oh my, Chevi! You're right! Rain is still eligible! If anybody wants to change their vote please do so and I'm really sorry for the confusion.

Your secret plan to get Rain into the top 10 failed!

To be clear:

5: Rain - I just like the song a little less than the others...
4: Penny Lane
3: We Can Work It Out
2: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1: In My Life

Woo, "Rain" not eliminated yet!

Actually Slush, we seem to have pretty similar musical tastes in general (I too love Blur). I also love "Dear Prudence" (Top 10 for me). Just forgot to mention it.

sonofsamiam, name one song with a better bassline than "Come Together"...

Pusherman (I know my name isn't sonofsamiam, but I just had to post).

Gang of Four- Damaged Goods
Pink Floyd- Money

I'd even put another Beatles song above it: Fixing a Hole.

5: Blackbird
4: We Can Work It Out
3: You Never Give Me Your Money
2: Let It Be
1: Yesterday

5 The End (of Abbey Road), god damn it!
4 Here, There And Everywhere
3 Helter Skelter
2 Come Together
1 Help!

5: And Your Bird Can Sing
4: You Never Give Me Your Money: due (obviously) to the influence of Wilson’s “Good Vibrations” both Lennon and McCartney used to write songs as collages from different little pieces of music. Lennon apparently abandoned after “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” but McCartney continued using it profusely even during his solo career (“Band on the Run” could be the best example). The collage in this one is tightly build, with superb second (“That Magic Feeling”) and third parts (“One Sweet Dream”), a quite good first part (the title theme) but a quite silly last part (“One, Two, Three, Four”).
3: Revolution: in this case the vote got nothing to do with the music (I like especially the fuzzy sound of the guitars and the piano at the end), this vote is for the political Lennon. Of course I agree with non-violence (although not applicable to many non-democratic countries), but the naïve, self-centred and simplistic political attitude of Lennon (and Ono) supposed the first example of a millionaire rock star of humble beginnings with a guilty conscience. And many more came after him.
2: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds: a fantastic song (all the remaining songs are fantastic) with a fabulous arrangement during verses and bridges (particularly the keyboard arpeggio, the sitar and the floating bass line). It gets my vote for the simplistic arrangement of the chorus.
1: Rain: I’m sorry but I’ll stick to the list I send to John, but with “Taxman”, “She Said She Said” and especially the dreamy “I’m Only Sleeping” gone we’re running out of the psychedelic gems of the “Revolver” era.

And my #2 is in real danger now. Why are you voting for “Nowhere Man”, for heaven’s sake?


Thanks a lot John for your help during my holidays. And, yes, the reason of going to Rochester next summer is to learn new techniques in Mayo Clinic from Professor Pulido. He has Cuban background and he speaks Spanish quite well (certainly a more than valuable help in my case).

Long time nosee...
And the game gets more and more interesting..
Only masterpieces left..
So hard to chose...
Sorry but I've got so many things to do (and first of all try to find a better job)

anyway:

5. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. A Day In The Life (yes I know, it's AM's favorite song but not mine)
3. We Can Work It Out
2. Let It Be
1. Nowhere Man

Sorry Honorio I hadn't read your post on Nowhere Man
I'm afrais I wouldn't have changed my mind anyway
Love that song but love the others better

Have to ask. Someone. SonofsamIam! Are you also a fan of "The End" on "Abbey Road"? Sorry for asking...but how is IT still hanging around??

My only explanation is that not many have heard the damn song, nor remembered it...I didn't...People are even prepared to vote out/off "A Day In The Life" earlier than it.

I know. I'm the loser in the "The End of Abbey Road"-chicken race! :)

This is what happens when you post before reading previous posts

John would you please reconsider my vote now I know that
Rain is eligible ?

5 Rain (nothing happens when I listen to that song)
4 LSD
3 A Day in The Life
2 Let It Be
1 We Can work It Out

thank you

"The End" is one of my favourite songs ever
This triple guitar chorus is a delight

Absolutely Nicolas. Anybody can change their vote to put Rain on. That was my fault. We've had ties for the past two cuts so I got used to posting 5 I guess.

I think a lot of the love towards The End comes from its symbolic value for the Beatles as a whole. That's not to say that it doesn't have value as a song, what with the triple guitar and fantastic harmonizing at the end and all. But it's the final song in medley, the final (real) song on the final (recorded) album, and it has such an air of finality to it that it seems almost impossible to associate the song with positive thoughts. But that's just me.

5: Tomorrow Never Knows
4: Something
3: Revolver
2: In My Life (NEW): It's nice enough, but it's hard to take those lyrics seriously when sung by anyone under the age of 25.
1: Strawberry Fields Forever (NEW): A song that gets an A+ for historic value and influence, but merely a B+ for it's actual value as a song. And 41 years later, it sounds a wee bit dated, a product of its times, no?

"Revolver" should of course be "Revolution". Apologies.

I always fall asleep when I travel through "Golden Slumbers"...or "You Never Give Me Your Money", if I'm real tired...now I will stay awake a little longer! :)

And my #2 is in real danger now. Why are you voting for “Nowhere Man”, for heaven’s sake?

He's a real nowhere man,
Sitting in his nowhere land.
Sing, oh no, they can't,
This song is just very bland.
Lets bury it deep under the sand,
Cause its not exuberant.
Nor am I very tolerant,
Of the silliness of this chant.
And with that rhyming scant,
I'll end this nowhere rant.

My Updated Votes (with "Rain"):

5: Rain
4: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3: Helter Skelter
2: And Your Bird Can Sing
1: Tomorrow Never Knows

5:Come Together
4:We Can Work It Out
3:And Your Bird Can Sing
2:Help
1:Tomorrow Never Knows

I don’t find the song that bland,
Love the sound of those guitars
And those kids can harmonize
Like nobody.
Understand your point of view,
Hope you understand mine too,
There’s no reason here to rant
At all.
Oh Stephan, please listen,
You don’t know what you’re missing,
Nowhere Man’s a song of perfect pop.

5. Blackbird
4. Here, There And Everywhere
3. The End
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
1. Nowhere Man

I'm another that's sad to see Rain knocked out. Hey ho.
On with the show - this time my top 3 votes all got taken off, so my 2pt & 1pt votes get bumped up to 5pts and 4pts respectively, with the others being new.

5: Come Together
4: Strawberry Fields Forever
3: Blackbird
2: And Your Bird Can Sing
1: In My Life


But at this stage, of course, all the songs are great.

sonofsamiam, name one song with a better bassline than "Come Together"...

Pusherman (I know my name isn't sonofsamiam, but I just had to post).

Pusherman was a fine reply! Also off the top of my head, "Good Times", Scott Walker's "The Old Man's Back Again", "And Your Bird Can Sing", "Silly Love Songs", "Sabotage", "Cavern", "Flash Light" (yes, I know it's a keyboard), "Reach Out I'll Be There", "II B.S.", "So What", "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)", "Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa", "Starship Trooper".

Regardless, the bass is great on "Come Together" -- McCartney's basslines are pretty much always awesome. Ringo's drumming is actually excellent on this track too. It's Lennon's contributions that piss me off.

Have to ask. Someone. SonofsamIam! Are you also a fan of "The End" on "Abbey Road"? Sorry for asking...but how is IT still hanging around??

I enjoy it as the OTT capper of Abbey Road, though I'm sure I'll be voting for it in the next week or 2. But it's fun -- EVERYONE gets a solo, they get to act rather silly, and then it winds up with that "Love you make, love you take" bit where I'm still uncertain whether they're winding us up or not. Beautiful little bit, nonetheless.

I forgot my favorite bassline ever, I Want You Back by the Jackson 5.

Great examples of good bassline songs. Thanks guys.

PS. Come Together rules though.