Flame bait: MY BEATLES TOP TEN

[NightTrain]

Here they are, folks: my ten favorite Beatles tunes in alphabetical order. You'll notice that only one of them is from after 1966, hence my belief that this thread may just ignite a good old-fashioned flame war!

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Help!
3. I Feel Fine
4. I Saw Her Standing There
5. I'm Down
6. Paperback Writer
7. Revolution
8. She Loves You
9. Ticket To Ride
10. Twist and Shout

[Gothic Sponge]

1. No flame here

My favorite Beatles songs are pre Sgt. Pepper.

[CharlesGroce]

2. Here's some news...

The Beatles are boring, want to be excited by some 'new' music let me know.

Those guys sing about screwing random girls in random European towns to be taked seriously. It's a different world now! What about globalisation???

[NightTrain]

5. Here's some more news....

I listen to music primarily for entertainment and relaxation. When I want to be informed, I look at these things called "books" and "magazines." I don't need my political and social commentary in bite-sized chunks that I can digest while jogging with a Walkman.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

6. Which songs were those?

Heh. ?

[CharlesGroce]

10. I tossed out...

those songs, but there are plenty! Stop eating those twinkies and listen, you'll hear 'em.

[NightTrain]

12. Translation: "I'm talking out of my ass."

n/t

[Kathleen04]

7. Boooooooo

x(

[NightTrain]

8. Diagram this sentence for extra credit:

<<Those guys sing about screwing random girls in random European towns to be taked seriously.>>

You can just tell this guy has listened to lots of Beatles records, can't you? :eyes:

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Here's Some Other News

You don't listen carefully enough.
The Professor

[TheWizardOfMudd]

3. So you stopped listening to the Beatles in 1966?

Heh heh. J/K.

For me, it definitely depends on my mood. My top ten list would fluctuate drastically from week to week.

[CharlesGroce]

4. Happiness

is a warm gun bang bang shoot shoot.

[Kathleen04]

9. All good songs..

I don't know if I could even pair down a top 10 if I tried. :)

[Rocinante]

11. Well

if you have to settle on 10 that's a pretty good list. The best I could do would probably be a top 50.

[lpbk2713]

13. I concur with your list

My favorite of those ten would be "Help!". As noted above, I don't think I could narrow down my favorites to just ten. I think I liked all of the cuts in Sgt Pepper's and Revolver for example.

[pinto]

14. guess my fave is Lennon and Co. doing "That'll Be the Day". n/t

[pinto]

16. ps....for L/Mc authored tune: Paperback Writer....

and Slow Hand was right, Lennon was one good guitarist.

[indigobusiness]

19. But couldn't keep time...

Ringo had to hit him over the head with a metronome.

[pinto]

21. hah! that's marching to a different drummer.....(ugh).

[Gloria]

15. I think "Eight Days a Week" is just about my favorite....

but so many of the early songs were just fabulous fun! Or maybe it would be "Please Please Me".....Of course, it helped that I was 13 or so and primed for something like the Beatles....

[Birthmark]

17. My list

In no real order except for the first one.

1. I Am the Walrus
2. Hey Jude
3. Hey Bulldog
4. Northern Song
5. Blackbird
6. A Day in the Life
7. Norwegian Wood
8. I'm Looking Through You
9. Glass Onion
10. Fixing a Hole

[indigobusiness]

18. Ringo's fave is 'Rain'...

mine, too.

[Kenneth ken]

20. what rubbish!

you call yourself knowledgeable about music? Those songs are utter tripe, vomitus to musical accompaniment. :mad:

THIS is a list of top 10 Beatle tunes:

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Help!
3. I Feel Fine
4. I Saw Her Standing There
5. I'm Down
6. Paperback Writer
7. Revolution
8. She Loves You
9. Ticket To Ride
10. No Reply

there; was that flamey enough? :evilgrin:

:hi:

[OneBlueSky]

22. hell, you can pick ANY 10 Beatles songs and not be wrong . . . n/t

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[NightTrain]

23. Kick for the day shift.

n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

24. No Flames!

Just wanted to tell you you're absolutely wrong! LOL!

Actually, i would need to divide the timeframes to do a Top 10. Before and after Rubber Soul, or something like that.

The one song from your era list that i would have to add is "I Need You" off of Help!

Also, Revolution is pre-1966? The rest i agree, but i think that's post-Revolver which means 1967 or later.
The Professor

[NightTrain]

25. Re-read my original post.

Better yet, I'll quote it for you:

<<You'll notice that only one of them is from after 1966>>

That would be "Revolution." :)

[ProfessorGAC]

28. You're Right

I misread the post. I read "one" as "none". Duh!

Still wanted you to put "I Need You". I will do my best to convince you!
The Professor

[Servo300]

27. my favorite is . . . . . . .

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

Love that song.

[jpgray]

29. How does 'Paperback Writer' get in, while nothing from Revolver does?

Or Rubber Soul, for that matter. I can't think of a list, but I know that 'Oh! Darling' and 'Fixing a Hole' would be in it.

[Richardo]

30. Flame on! Your paltry ill-conceived list pales in comparison to mine...

;-)

I prefer some of the later works...

1. Hey Bulldog
2. Helter Skelter
3. Oh! Darling
4. Twist and Shout
5. Revolution (both versions)
6. Only a Northern Song
7. Here, There and Everywhere
8. I Am the Walrus
9. Good Day Sunshine
10.I Want to Tell You

[jpgray]

32. Ack. Number 9 is such a waste of wax. (in my opinion of course) (nt)

[Richardo]

33. I changed it...

Had to review the playlists from Revolver and Rubber Soul

[johnnie]

31. There is no possible way for me to pick 10

I guess if I thought about it long enough I could come up with 10 tying for first. The problem here would be taking musical arrangement, lyrics and production all into consideration with each Beatle tune gets too confusing.

[Norbert]

34. No flame from me.

Some of your song may not land on my top ten today but wait until next week.

This week mine would be:

1. Yes It Is
2. P. S. I Love You
3. If I Needed Someone
4. Something
5. I'm Down
6. Doctor Robert
7. Ticket to Ride
8. From Me to You
9. While My Suitar Gently Weeps (The Anthology 3 cut)
10. I'm Looking Through You

In a couple of weeks half of these songs may not be on there.

Beatles forever.

[elfwitch]

35. No Top 10 but I have A bottom 5

I love everything the Beatles did except for these:
1. Revolution #9
2. Within You Without You
3. And Your Bird Can Sing
4. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
5. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number

[Feanorcurufinwe]

36. de gustibus non est disputandum

Those are all good ones, ( isn't 'Twist and Shout' a cover, though? ), and although my tastes run to 'Tomorrow Never Knows' , 'Come Together' etc., I can't see flaming your for that list...

[mvd]

37. That list is fine

I admit I have trouble choosing when the Beatles are concerned, but I would substitute Across The Universe for Twist And Shout.