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Beatles Survivor: Cut 42

With one swift kick, Rubber Soul is eliminated. One more cut before the final one.

Eliminated:

46 Norwegian Wood
39 In My Life

Front runners: Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day In the Life


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
08. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
07. In My Life


Discography

Please Please Me- ELIMINATED

With the Beatles- ELIMINATED

A Hard Day's Night- ELIMINATED

Beatles For Sale- ELIMINATED

Help!- ELIMINATED

Rubber Soul- ELIMINATED

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

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Ah... there goes Rubber Soul. I was one of the ones responsible for voting off In My Life so I can't complain too much, but I was rooting for Norwegian Wood to get into the top 5.

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

Which means A Day in the Life is my favorite of what's left. I had it at #11 on my list. Strawberry Fields was #21 I think.

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"Here Comes the Sun" lasting longer than "In My Life" is absolutely baffling.

Only 1 of the remaining songs is in my Top 1000 at this point...very strange...

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

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

Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-AH, ah-ah-ah ...
Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-AH, ah-ah-ah ...
[PHROOM-PHROOM-PHROOM, PHROOM-PHRUM!]

And that's why it's going to win this game. Arguably the greatest 31 seconds in rock history.

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

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5: Strawberry fields forever
4: Hey Jude
3: Let it be
2: A day in my life
1: While my guitar gently weeps

That means that "Here comes the sun" is my favourite among the last 6 songs.

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

“Here Comes the Sun,” as many of you probably know, was almost included as one of the examples of Earth music placed on the Voyager spacecraft (you know, in case E.T. finds it). Supposedly, NASA couldn’t get the copyright issues worked out with Apple…but I’ve always kind of hoped they crossed their fingers and included it anyway. I mean, how would NASA’s cover get blown? A broadcast from Betelgeuse pirate radio ten billion years from now?

(At least the aliens get Chuck Berry and Blind Willie Johnson.)

It’s a near thing for me between “Strawberry Fields” and “Day in the Life.” I actually think “Strawberry Fields” is a more coherent and listenable piece, as well as being somehow more rock & roll. But “Day in the Life” is just a tour de force; in its five and half minutes, it takes you farther and covers more ground than any other song I can think of.

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Wow... the absence of the Beatles on the Voyager Gold Record is something that never even dawned on me. You'd think that they would've made a one-time exception. Thanks for that little piece of rock trivia.

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5: A Day in the Life
4: Strawberry Fields Forever
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: Here Comes the Sun
1: Hey Jude

This makes "Let It Be" my favourite of what's left (however, I would consider my #1 to be the "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" medley, which got separated for the competition, so my next favourites "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude" still remain. I'm surprised that "Hey Jude" has made it this far, mostly because I thought there would be a lot of people who strongly disliked this song. I imagine though that this is a race between "A Day in the Life" and "Strawberry Fields Forever," and I think the latter will take the cake.

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It seems to be Daniel. After A Day In the Life being close to elimination, it's pulled through and SFF and ADITL are both way ahead of the pack and it would take an epic collapse for them not to make the final cut and finish 1-2 in some order.

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I'm going to do a few wrap up stats after it's over but as it stands now without the songs left here the highest ranking albums by average. No matter what happens, Revolver can not be passed.

Revolver 58.18181818
Abbey Road 71.26666667
Rubber Soul 81.13333333
Sgt. Peppers 91.33333333
Magical Mystery Tour 95.7
White Album 96.73333333
Singles 111.44
A Hard Day's Night 115.3846154
Help! 116.4666667
Yellow Submarine 123.5
Let It Be 127
Beatles For Sale 139.4615385
Please Please Me 158.5714286
With the Beatles 159.5

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I find it interesting (but deserving) that the five "masterpiece" albums from the Beatles tend to always be (but never in the same order), Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, Revolver, and Rubber Soul. But some of the most popular Beatles songs are included on Magical Mystery Tour, which makes me wonder, if Magical Mystery Tour had been an actual UK release in 1967 following Sgt. Pepper, would it have gone down in history as one of their masterpiece albums? I think generally, it gets a little backlash because it was something the Beatles didn't plan to release as a full-length album, and true Beatles fans don't really know whether or not it would be unfaithful to consider it a real album of theirs, or just a compilation. Any thoughts?

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

Yep, "Here Comes The Sun" is my personal favorite, number one on my list. I thought it might have gotten voted out last week, but it didn't, but nonetheless, it probably won't win. "Let It Be" is great as well, so that would be a worthy winner, as long as "A Day In The Life" isn't number one.

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Go, Strawberry Fields, go!

5: A Day in the Life
4: Hey Jude
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
New votes (and absolute favorites):
2: Let It Be: My #12 Beatles' song. The most inspired and soulful of all Paul's ballads. Indeed, it's my second favorite McCartney track, only behind Sgt. Pepper's.
1: Here Comes the Sun: The #10 in my official top 15 list made some months ago. But sometimes I think maybe it's my number first today!

With everybody beggining to vote 1 pt for Strawberry Fields now, it's clear for me A Day in the Life will win. But only for seeing Here Comes the Sun, Let It Be and Norwegian Wood in the highest of the list I'm already more than satisfied with the results.

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Originally,I thought I'd have ADITL as #2(behind my clear #1,Yesterday) but it's slipped a bit for me

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

My order changes all the time

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

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"With everybody beggining to vote 1 pt for Strawberry Fields now"

I've been giving it the 5 point spot since Cut 37, maybe I'm just deaf and stupid?

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5: Here Comes the Sun
4: Let It Be
3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: Hey Jude: the best song about friendship and the first of a glorious list that could also include chronologically “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Stay Free” or “Bobby Jean”.
1: A Day in the Life: yes, “Strawberry…” is my favourite Beatles song (and second favourite song ever after “Like a Rolling Stone”). But I would be happy too if finally “A Day in the Life” wins the contest. Why shouldn’t I? It’s probably the song that combines most perfectly innovation and inspiration.

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

My second favourite Beatles "song" is long gone at no 203.

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#203 is "You know my name", are you serious Fred ?

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

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Absolutely serious about "You Know My Name". I think the piece is very musical. And fun too.

Btw, I asked myself what I would include on a 80 min Beatles disc. This is what I came up with:

1. Help! 2:21
2. Ticket to Ride 3:12
3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 2:05
4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2:02
5. With A Little Help From My Friends 2:44
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 3:30
7. Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! 2:39
8. Lovely Rita 2:44
9. Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 1:18
10. A Day In The Life 5:33
11. I Am The Walrus 4:39
12. Strawberry Fields Forever 4:12
13. Penny Lane 3:05
14. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 2:47
15. Martha My Dear 2:28
16. I'm So Tired 2:01
17. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me & My Monkey 2:25
18. Sexy Sadie 3:15
19. Here Comes The Sun 3:04
20. Because 2:45
21. You Never Give Me Your Money 3:57
22. Sun King 2:31
23. Mean Mr. Mustard 1:06
24. Polythene Pam 1:13
25. She Came In Through the Bathroom Window 1:58
26. The End 2:04
27. Let It Be 4:01
28. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) 4:19

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Are two songs getting the boot, or just one?

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Two, more if there is a tie.

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Jesus, just struck me that I voted for the two remaining Harrison songs to go first!

Here Comes The Sun
While My Guitar

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God, my work is going to kill me. Luckily I arrived in time:

5 - Hey Jude
4 - Here Comes The Sun
3 - Let It Be
2 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1 - A Day In The Life

Re: Beatles Survivor: Cut 42

5 Here comes the Sun
4 Let it be
3 Hey Jude
2 A day in the life
1 Strawberry Fields Forever

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5p - Hey Jude
2p - Here Comes The Sun
4p - Let It Be
1p - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3p - A Day In The Life

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Otis, did you really intend to present your scores in that order?

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Hmm... I don't know what to do with that ballot OR. The last ballot you entered only had Hey Jude on it so I can't deduce anything. I'm guessing you're long gone for the day so I'm just going to take them as they are written instead of the order in which they appear.

A few people never caught on to the formatting rules! Oh well.