Hey guys, thanks for voting for what seemed like the entire Beatles catalog. A bunch of expected boots and one 1st round stunner.

Eliminated today:

Revolution #9 (22)
Love Me Do (19)
Dig It! (17)
Dizzy Miss Lizzie (15)
Maggie Mae (15)

Bubbling Under: You Know My Name, Devil In Her Heart, PS I Love You, A Taste of Honey, Matchbox


Updated 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.

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 dealine for submitting a list is 2PM on each elimination day



Discography

Please Please Me

1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna (Go To Him)
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why
7. Please Please Me
9. P. S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. Taste Of Honey, A
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout

With the Beatles

1. It Won't Be Long
2. All I've Got To Do
3. All My Loving
4. Don't Bother Me
5. Little Child
6. Till There Was You
7. Please Mister Postman
8. Roll Over Beethoven
9. Hold Me Tight
10. You Really Got A Hold On Me
11. I Wanna Be Your Man
12. Devil In Her Heart
13. Not A Second Time
14. Money

A Hard Day's Night

1. Hard Day's Night, A
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Any Time At All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back

Beatles For Sale

1. No Reply
2. I'm A Loser
3. Baby's In Black
4. Rock And Roll Music
5. I'll Follow The Sun
6. Mr. Moonlight
7. Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Words Of Love
10. Every Little Thing
11. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
12. What You're Doing

Help!

1. Help
2. Night Before, The
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
4. I Need You
5. Another Girl
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl
7. Ticket To Ride
8. Act Naturally
9. It's Only Love
10. You Like Me Too Much
11. Tell Me What You See
12. I've Just Seen A Face
13. Yesterday

Rubber Soul

1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. Word, The
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life

Revolver

1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There And Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
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
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life

Magical Mystery Tour

1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Fool On The Hill, The
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love

The Beatles (White Album)

1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, The
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
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road
16. I Will
17. Julia

1. Birthday
2. Yer Blues
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
7. Long, Long, Long
8. Revolution 1
9. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
13. Good Night

Yellow Submarine

1. Yellow Submarine
2. Hey Bulldog
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Love You To
5. All Together Now

Abbey Road

1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr. Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. End, The
17. Her Majesty

Let It Be

1. Two Of Us
2. Dig A Pony
3. Across The Universe
4. I Me Mine
6. Let It Be
8. I've Got A Feeling
9. One After 909
10. Long And Winding Road
11. For You Blue
12. Get Back

A Sides and B Sides:

From Me To You
Thank You Girl
She Loves You
I'll Get You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
This Boy
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Slow Down
Matchbox
I Feel Fine
She's A Woman
Bad Boy
Yes It Is
I'm Down
Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Rain
Lady Madonna
Inner Light, The
Hey Jude
Revolution 1
Don't Let Me Down
Ballad Of John And Yoko, The
Old Brown Shoe
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

And I think I'm going to change my voting a little this week. I totally blew it not putting A Taste of Honey on my list.

5 points- You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
5 points- Devil In Her Heart
4 points- When I Get Home
4 points- A Taste of Honey
3 points- When I'm Sixty-Four
3 points- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
2 points- Run For Your Life
2 points- Matchbox
1 point- Her Majesty
1 point- For You Blue

I'm not surprised to see "Revolution 9" as the first to go and with the most votes. I'm a little surprised that "Love Me Do" got the 2nd most votes, but I was never a fan of this song, so I'm not disappointed. It should come as no surprise that the two songs that arguably prevented the Let It Be album from being ranked among the Beatles' other masterpiece albums got voted off as well (even though I actually don't mind those songs). I am very glad to see "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" getting the boot. I think that song as well as "Act Naturally" are what puts the Help! album in the same category as the Let It Be album: almost a masterpiece, if it wasn't for a few gaping holes.

Here's how I'm voting for round 2:

5 – Bad Boy
5 – I Call Your Name
4 – Rock and Roll Music
4 – Kanas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
3 – When I Get Home
3 – Matchbox
2 – Honey Don’t
2 – Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
1 – You Can’t Do That
1 – Devil in Her Heart

anybody willing to predict which "tribe" (album) will stay completely intact the longest? The White Album, Please Please Me, and Help! have each lost a song, with Let It Be losing two already. I'm gonna guess Revolver becomes the last album to lose a song.

5 PTS. ROCKY RACCOON
5 PTS. LADY MADONNA
4 PTS. MICHELLE
4 PTS. WORDS OF LOVE
3 PTS. HONEY DON'T
3 PTS. THINGS WE SAID TODAY
2 PTS. OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA
2 PTS. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

*new*

1 PT. A TASTE OF HONEY: Embarrassingly, I overlooked this stinker when crafting my first round votes. What reeks about it? The rhythm to start with – the waltz beat doesn’t do anything but date the song. The lyrics are ridiculous, the production is… well, typical of early Beatles recordings (which is to say, hit or miss. Frenetic, spontaneous four-on-the-floor energy a la "Please Please Me" is a hit; this song is a miss), and the over-the-top a-capella harmony that opens the song is enough to put this one into the land of Fab Four stinkers.

1 PT. P.S. I LOVE YOU: The above comments also somewhat apply to this song. Lacks any real energy and fails to leave a lasting impact as a result. (Also sounds like a Beach Boys knock-off).

I have a question. Even though I love the songs, are "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" eligible to vote off?

Also, as someone pointed out in round 1, you might want to include "Honey Don't," "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby," "Only a Northern Song," and "It's All Too Much" in the big list for round 3 (also, "Yellow Submarine" and "Love You To" probably doesn't need to be listed under the Yellow Submarine album, as they were both released on the Revolver album)

I totally forgot about that Daniel, thanks for reminding me.

Free as a Bird and Real Love are not eligible.

Has anybody ever seen Backbeat? Everytime I hear A Taste of Honey I think of that scene in Backbeat where the young Beatles are on stage in tutus. It's not the same song but it always reminds me of that scene.

I like Dizzy Miss Lizzy so much! It's one of their covers that I mostly like... Didn't think it would be out so early!

I have to say, I do not get why PS I Love You is getting so many votes. I think that is one of the best early Lennon/McCartney songs and one of their best ballads in the entire Beatles catalog.

This is really fun!!!

As two of my nominated songs have already left the stage, I have two make some adjustments. Here they are:

5 Points

"Boys"
"Money"
I'm going to put my foot down: These two "jewels" will stay on top of my list until they are voted out.

4 Points

"Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
"I'm happy just to dance with you"

3 Points

"Flying"
"It's all too much"

2 Points

"Act naturally"
"I've got a feeling"

1 Point

"Good morning good morning"
"Wild honey pie"

As for "Love me do" I'm surprised and a bit sad that it got eliminated that early. But anyway, I'm already excited to see the results of the next round...

5 pts: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
5 pts: P.S. I Love You

4 pts: Please Please Me
4 pts: Drive My Car

3 pts: Misery
3 pts: Matchbox

2 pts: No Reply
2 pts: Roll Over Beethoven

1 pt: If I Fell
1 pt: Wild Honey Pie

I'm disappointed (but not surprised) to see Revolution 9 go out first. But also I'm happy that my number one choice last time has also gone.

5 pts: Devil in Her Heart
The early albums, packed as they are with nascent Lennon-McCartney brilliance, are also filled with fairly tepid covers. This one, from WITH THE BEATLES, is by far the weakest. Cha-cha-cha!
5 pts: You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
A goofy knockoff that's fun, in its Sellers-esque way, but doesn't belong here.
4 pts: Bad Boy
4 pts: Mr. Moonlight
3 pts: Anna (Go to Him)
3 pt: Chains
2 pts: The Inner Light
2 pts: Boys
1 pt: A Taste of Honey
1 pt: Wild Honey Pie

tfguenther: "Money"? REALLY? The cover that's not only the exception to the rule but which Greil Marcus once wrote was a candidate for the greatest rock and roll record ever made? You sure you're not confusing it with something else?

(There are three great versions of the song, of course - Barrett Strong's Motown-inaugurating original, the Beatles' version featuring John's throat-shredding vocal, and the riotously affectless New Wave cover by the Flying Lizards: "I want your money. Give me money.")

Yes! REALLY!!!
I'm sure that I'm lacking the knowledge of a professional critic, it's just my personal taste.
Maybe I just don't get the greatness of the track, but on the other hand, "Love me do" is way more acclaimed than "Money" and was top of the list of some users here nevertheless.
What I especially dislike about "Money" is that annoying high-pitched response during the chorus.
"That's... what I want!" AAAARGGGHHH!!!

Damn, Harold beat me to the Flying Lizards reference. I’ll just say to tfguenther that I understand being irritated by the “annoying high-pitched response,” but falsetto shows up all over the place in rock and roll (and in the Beatles catalog, for that matter).

I’m surprised that “Love Me Do” is already out, although it’s certainly the least of the really famous Beatles songs (I actually first learned it, with greatly modified lyrics, as the Houston Oilers’ fight song in 1979: “Love Ya Blue”). The harmonica’s the best thing about it.

Anyway, my picks:

5 PTS
Till There Was You
A Taste of Honey

4 PTS
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Anna (Go to Him)

3 PTS
Devil in Her Heart
Run for Your Life

2 PTS
Good Night
P.S. I Love You

1 POINT (New this week…like most of you, I’m continuing to cull the covers):
Mr. Moonlight
Baby It’s You

Same as first cut:

5 points: “Matchbox”
5 points: “You Really Got a Hold on Me”

4 points: “Your Mother Should Know”
4 points: “When I Get Home”

3 points: “You Like Me Too Much”
3 points: “Flying”

And the new ones (as I said previously, I will begin voting some covers that I feel like uninspired or inferior to the originals):

2 points: “Mr. Moonlight”
2 points: “Words of Love”

1 point: “Anna (Go to Him)”
1 point: “Devil on Her Heart”

Yeah, I love the harmonica in Love Me Do. I like Love Me Do a lot more than I Want To Hold Your Hand or She Loves You. It's about even with Please, Please Me.

I'd rank the Beatles' first four A-sides this way:

1. She Loves You
2. Please Please Me
3. I Want to Hold Your Hand
4. Love Me Do (way, way too slow, at least compared to the other 3)

The underrated gem in this group is "Please Please Me"...I'm sure many of you know this story, but when they finished recording it, George Martin said, "gentlemen, you've just made your first #1." It wasn't, but the sentiment was right--imo, it's a vast improvement on Love Me Do (sorry, John).

Mr. Coolpants agrees with schleuse's take on "Please Please Me". The four Liverpudlians pulled that one off faster than a day-old bandaid. To this day, it remains the pinnacle of the Beatles early recordings.

A bit of a change-up:

5pts Wild Honey Pie:Not only one of the Beatles worst songs,one of the worst songs of all time
5pts You Know My Name(Look Up The Number):Hadn't heard it before,have now and it's gotta go
4pts Maxwell's Silver Hammer:Forgot this last time - pure rubbish
4pts Her Majesty
3pts Bad Boy
3pts A Taste Of Honey
2pts Devil In Her Heart
1pt Good Night
1pt For You Blue

5 points You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
5 points Matchbox
4 points A Taste Of Honey
4 points Love You To
3 points Flying
3 points Do You Want To Know A Secret
2 points Please Mister Postman
2 points Devil In Her Heart
1 All Together Now
1 Hey Bulldog

Just a reminder to those voting: Make sure you give the most points to the songs you most want to vote off the island. Also, although there may be songs on your favourite albums that you're thinking of listing because they're not your favourites on those albums, make sure to look at songs on the less familiar albums that you may not even recall when reading the title - there's probably a reason for that - perhaps they are not memorable and should be voted off early!

5) A Taste of Honey
5) Act Naturally
4) Hold Me Tight
4) PS I Love You
3) Julia
3) Don't Bother Me
2) For No One
2) Ask Me Why
1) Sun King
1) There's a Place

1. Run For Your Life 5 points.
2. Mr Moonlight
3. Devil In Her Heart
4. Your Mother Should Know
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Matchbox
7. Bad Boy
8. All Together Now
9. For You Blue
10. Boys