After 40 cuts, we've reached the top ten! There will be two more cuts in which we'll cut two (or more if there is a tie) and then one final cut which will operate the same way but will serve to rank the remaining songs which will be at 5 or less.

Revolver leaves us this week and the only album with more than one song left is Rubber Soul.

Eliminated:

27 Happiness Is A Warm Gun
25 Penny Lane
25 Eleanor Rigby
25 Something

Front runners: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Strawberry Fields Forever, Hey Jude

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. Come Together
26. We Can Work It Out
25. Rain
24. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
23. Nowhere Man
22. You Never Give Me Your Money
21. Helter Skelter
20. Revolution
19. And Your Bird Can Sing
18. Help
17. Blackbird
16. The End
15. Here, There and Everywhere
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
13. Yesterday
12. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
11. Penny Lane
10. Eleanor Rigby
09. Something



Discography

Please Please Me- ELIMINATED

With the Beatles- ELIMINATED

A Hard Day's Night- ELIMINATED

Beatles For Sale- ELIMINATED

Help!- ELIMINATED

Rubber Soul

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

Revolver- ELIMINATED

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

13. A Day In The Life

Magical Mystery Tour

8. Strawberry Fields Forever

The Beatles (White Album)

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Yellow Submarine- ELIMINATED

Abbey Road

7. Here Comes The Sun

Let It Be

6. Let It Be

A Sides and B Sides:

Hey Jude

5: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
4: Here Comes The Sun
3: A Day In The Life
2: Hey Jude
1: Let It Be

5 Here Comes the Sun (I wonder how this one got that far)
4 Let it be
3 In my life
2 Hey Jude
1 A Day in the Life

5: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4: In My Life
3: Let It Be
2: Hey Jude
1: Strawberry Fields Forever

5: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4: Norwegian Wood
3: Let It Be
2: In My Life
1: Hey Jude

I notice that, of the eight remaining songs, we've got four Lennons (giving him Day in the Life), two Harrisons, and two McCartneys.

What's more, John's songs are all from 65-67, and George and Paul's are from 68-69. That seems exactly right to me--even though my personal top eight would look very different.

It's interesting that the top ten consists of 3 Lennon songs ("Norwegian Wood," "In My Life," "Strawberry Fields Forever"), 3 McCartney songs ("Eleanor Rigby," "Hey Jude," "Let It Be"), 3 Harrisongs ("Something," "Here Comes the Sun," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), and 1 true Lennon-McCartney collaboration ("A Day in the Life"). I'm glad that it's not lop-sided, and that Harrison's music is remembered.

Here are my votes for this week:
5: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
4: A Day in the Life
3: In My Life
2: Strawberry Fields Forever
1: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

My two favorite Beatles songs destroyed in 1 fell swoop. They did make it to #11 and #10 though.

I just thought of a way "Survivor" could be played with other artists who have a much more extensive catalog (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, etc.), but in a way that would probably take much less time than needed, weeding through a bunch of songs only diehard fans know. Here's what I propose:

For the select artist (Bob Dylan will be used as the example in this case), you would use all of their songs included in AM's Top 3000 (31 songs for Dylan), plus all of their bubbling under songs (15 more, bringing the total to 46), then everybody could nominate 5-10 songs that aren't in the Top 3000 or BU. With weighted points, like how we were voting off Beatles songs early on the game (2 songs 5 points, 2 songs 4 points, etc.), the songs with the most points would join the other 46 (who knows how many more you would want to add, but I say the more the merrier...but I would think that 6 points would be a good qualifying number). Then, when you have your final 75-100 or so songs, the voting off begins, following the same format used for Beatles Survivor.

What do you think of this idea?

Participation in this one was really weak Daniel. I just don't know if it would be worth it to focus on an artist who's catalog isn't as well known and it's definitely not something I'm willing to take on. This one has been fun but I was expecting more people to take part.

5: Hey Jude
4: Let It Be
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: In My Life
1: Here Comes the Sun

I was really holding out hope for Happiness is a Warm Gun to make to at least the top 5. Only that one and Norwegian Wood were in my top 20.

5 In My Life
4 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
2 Here Comes The Sun
1 Hey Jude

Can't believe Norwegian Wood is in the top 8!!!

5: A Day in the Life
4: Hey Jude
New votes:
3: In My Life: This had long time ago been in my list, and returns much later than I thought. It's an absolutely perfect song (musically talking, not lyrically), maybe the most cohesive and clean among the remaining ones. The only reason for my vote is that I have no affection for this piece, although I always love it during the auditions.
2: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: This song could be even better if the vocals hadn't been recorded by George. His voice here is too low, and lacks that kind of feeling that elevates much the quality of all the other 7 songs. I think the point is not the way he sings, but the voice timbre itself. All the other elements save it and make it a favorite of mine, though.
1: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): Maybe a top 20 or 25 for me. It's a really delicious song, but, if compared to the non-voted ones here, it's sound looks more empty. Simplicity is generally a good quality, but maybe not in a candidate for the final round.

5: A Day in the Life
4: Strawberry Fields Forever
3: Hey Jude
2: Let It Be
1: Norwegian Wood

I'm a bit surprised we've see "In My Life" go this far. I always had the impression it was the one the critics loved that the forums didn't. So, I was wrong. Good.

No change this time:

5: Strawberry Fields Forever
4: In My Life
3: Let It Be
2: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
1: Here Comes The Sun

5: Strawberry fields forever
4: Hey Jude
3: Norwegian wood (This bird has flown)
2: Let it be
1: A day in the life

5: Let It Be
4: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3: Hey Jude
2: Norwegian Wood
1: Here Comes the Sun

5: A Day In The Life
4: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: Hey Jude
1: Strawberry Fields Forever

This is getting really difficult. I have a clear-cut number one left, but the rest are all about the same. The ones I'm voting for are just the ones I love slightly less.

5: Here Comes the Sun
4: Let It Be
3: In My Life
2: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: no negative thoughts anymore, we’re in the Top 10 now. Probably the best Harrison song and probably the best Clapton weeping guitar solo.
1: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): a smart way of talking (singing) about an extramarital affair being cryptic enough to fool the wife. And the best (first?) use of a sitar in a pop song, one of the most inspired contributions of Harrison. The sarcastic parody that Dylan made about this song (“4th Time Around”) was awesome too.

5:Norweigan Wood(is this some type of joke? - THIS above classics like Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby!)
4:In My Life
3:Let It Be
2:Here Comes The Sun
1:While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Now only 3 songs in my top 10 are left (wich are also in my top 5).

5: Hey Jude
4: Here Comes the Sun
3: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
2: Let it Be
1: In My Life

5: Here Comes The Sun
4: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: Let It Be
1: Hey Jude

Daniel, I like your idea. With Dylan you could have two survivors. One with songs until 1976 and one with songs after.

5: In My Life
4: Strawberry Fields Forever
3: Norwegian Wood
2: Hey Jude: Four minutes for a playout, no matter how nice it is, gets a bit much. Which is the only bad thing I can say about it.
1: Here Comes The Sun: When they sing, "Sun, sun, sun, here it comes", I momentarily think slightly less of it. Otherwise, perfection never sounded so effortless.

5: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4: Here Comes the Sun
3: Let it Be
2: Strawberry Fields Forever
1: Hey Jude

Nat, you seem to have posted this in the wrong place. This is the previous round's thread.