Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

loyatemu

Group U

Baby, You're a Rich Man vs I'll Follow the Sun - strangely 1967 is probably my least favourite Beatles year and BYARM is an example of the sort of dreary psychedelia that I think is over-represented on both of their albums from than year. I'll follow the Sun is a pleasant little ditty.
It Won't Be Long vs When I Get Home - It Won't Be Long is a great album opener, I love the call-and-response yeahs
I Am The Walrus vs Polythene Pam - I now take back what I said about 1967 - I am the Walrus is a bloody masterpiece and one of the most psychedelic things they recorded. The arrangement is incredible (I think George Martin gets a lot of the credit here).
Magical Mystery Tour vs Fixing a Hole - not much between these, they're both OK.

Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret vs She Said She Said - incredible drumming on She Said, up there with "Rain"; and in service of great piece of psych rock
Here Comes The Sun vs Baby's in Black - HCTS is just lovely, one of Harrison's finest songs.
Any Time at All vs Every Little Thing - these are both a bit meh, but ELT is the better of the two and has a nice chorus.
Michelle vs Think for Yourself - Michelle is a clever little pastiche but I like the guitar riff on Think...

Group W

I'll Get You vs Doctor Robert - Dr Robert, like pretty much everything on Revolver, is great. I'll Get You I just had to listen to to remind myself how it went, and I've already forgotten it again.
Things We Said Today vs Because - I like both of these, but the harmonies on Because are just amazing.
I'll Be Back vs She Loves You - I'm a bit bored of SLY, plus I can play I'll Be Back on the guitar, so it gets my vote.
Across The Universe vs Why Don't We Do It in the Road - WDWDIITR is one of the worst things on the White Album. Across the Universe is a bit hippy-dippy, but it's pleasant enough.

Purgative

Group U

I'll Follow the Sun
It Won't Be Long
I Am The Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour

Purgative

Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret - as a non-nerd, one of my favs
Here Comes The Sun
Any Time at All
Michelle

Purgative

Group W

I'll Get You
Things We Said Today
I'll Be Back
Across The Universe

Reberetta

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

T & S is a cover, as per tournie rules only original songs written by and originally recorded by the Beatles were being entered but You Know My Name is one of theirs. Am on mobile but will check the list when I log on later this morning.

Money (That's What I Want) is a cover and appeared earlier, beating Flying. I'll leave it up to you to sort that out.

Nerdlingr

Group U

Baby, You're a Rich Man
It Won't Be Long
I Am The Walrus
Fixing a Hole


Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret
Here Comes The Sun
Any Time at All
Think for Yourself


Group W

Doctor Robert
Because
She Loves You
Across The Universe


(Disappointed "Don't let me down" AND "I've got a feeling" have been knocked out already!)

abff

Group U

Baby, You're a Rich Man vs I'll Follow the Sun
It Won't Be Long vs When I Get Home
I Am The Walrus vs Polythene Pam
Magical Mystery Tour vs Fixing a Hole

Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret vs She Said She Said
Here Comes The Sun vs Baby's in Black
Any Time at All vs Every Little Thing
Michelle vs Think for Yourself

Group W

I'll Get You vs Doctor Robert
Things We Said Today vs Because
I'll Be Back vs She Loves You
Across The Universe vs Why Don't We Do It in the Road

abff

Has anyone read “The Beatles - Stories Behind the Songs” by Steve Turner? I was given a present of it a number of years back and I managed to unearth it today (buried among a load of other books). I’m sorry I didn’t go looking for it earlier.

Some interesting stories about what was going on when these songs were written.

Arghus

abff wrote: »

I presume that comment is meant to be about A Day In The Life? And I can’t say that I disagree.

No, it's meant about In My Life - like I said! Otherwise I would have said A Day In The Life!

Though, both songs are bound to be up there. Maybe I Am The Walrus, proving very popular.

loyatemu

abff wrote: »

Has anyone read “The Beatles - Stories Behind the Songs” by Steve Turner? I was given a present of it a number of years back and I managed to unearth it today (buried among a load of other books). I’m sorry I didn’t go looking for it earlier.

Some interesting stories about what was going on when these songs were written.

no but I have read Ian McDonald's Revolution in the Head which is a fantastic book along the same lines.

JP Liz V1

Baby, You're a Rich Man
When I Get Home
I Am The Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour

JP Liz V1

I'll Get You
Things We Said Today
She Loves You
Across The Universe

EmmetSpiceland

Arghus wrote: »

No, it's meant about In My Life - like I said! Otherwise I would have said A Day In The Life!

Though, both songs are bound to be up there. Maybe I Am The Walrus, proving very popular.

Remember hearing somewhere that ‘In My Life’ was very similar to a TS Eliot poem. Would love to know which one.

abff

Arghus wrote: »

No, it's meant about In My Life - like I said! Otherwise I would have said A Day In The Life!

Though, both songs are bound to be up there. Maybe I Am The Walrus, proving very popular.

Fair enough. You’re clearly very knowledgeable about the Beatles, and I should not have assumed that you would make an error like that. My apologies.

I like both of those songs by the way and I expect both of them to progress a lot further, depending on which songs they come up against, of course.

Collie D

Group U

Baby, You're a Rich Man vs I'll Follow the Sun
It Won't Be Long vs When I Get Home
I Am The Walrus vs Polythene Pam
Magical Mystery Tour vs Fixing a Hole

loyatemu

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Remember hearing somewhere that ‘In My Life’ was very similar to a TS Eliot poem. Would love to know which one.

no mention of this in the aforementioned Revolution in the Head

Collie D

Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret vs She Said She Said
Here Comes The Sun vs Baby's in Black
Any Time at All vs Every Little Thing
Michelle vs Think for Yourself

Arghus

abff wrote: »

Fair enough. You’re clearly very knowledgeable about the Beatles, and I should not have assumed that you would make an error like that. My apologies.

I like both of those songs by the way and I expect both of them to progress a lot further, depending on which songs they come up against, of course.

We're all friends here mate! And I agree with you on what you have to say.

JP Liz V1

She Said She Said
Here Comes The Sun
Every Little Thing
Think for Yourself

Collie D

Group W

I'll Get You vs Doctor Robert
Things We Said Today vs Because
I'll Be Back vs She Loves You
Across The Universe vs Why Don't We Do It in the Road

Arghus

Not going to get too deep into it tonight

Group U:

I'll Follow The Sun
It Won't Be Long
I am The Walrus - gladdens my heart to see I am A Walrus being so well received - so far the more left field stuff has not been popular
Magical Mystery Tour - very close this one.

Group V:
She Said, She said
Here Comes The Sun
Any Time At All
Think For Yourself

Group W:
Doctor Robert
Because
She Loves You
Why Don't We Do It in the road - Across the Universe starts great, but then gets increasingly Phil Spectored and while Why Don't We Do it in the Road is daft, it is a vocal tour de force from McCartney.

Collie D

Only a couple of hours to go in the voting? The wild card round is going to be tough.

El Gato De Negocios

Reberetta wrote: »

Money (That's What I Want) is a cover and appeared earlier, beating Flying. I'll leave it up to you to sort that out.

Tbh, I Googled a listing of original Beatles songs and came up with my original listing but at a count of 185. There was some twiddly 40 or 50 second instrumental off one of the albums I left off. I will add The Inner Light and Old Brown Shoes to the wildcard round. If anyone knows of originals that are also absent just post on here before half 9 ish and I will include them too.

Collie D

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Tbh, I Googled a listing of original Beatles songs and came up with my original listing but at a count of 185. There was some twiddly 40 or 50 second instrumental off one of the albums I left off. I will add The Inner Light and Old Brown Shoes to the wildcard round. If anyone knows of originals that are also absent just post on here before half 9 ish and I will include them too.

How about the pair of 90s releases - Free as a Bird or Real Love - or do people count/like them? I thought they were decent enough.

In all likelihood anything that you’ve left off is unlikely to be top four of roughly a hundred wild card votes but for sake of completion no harm.

Arghus

I'd throw in Twist and Shout, even if it is a cover - there's been a few covers in some of the match ups in any case. It's a iconic performance and significant in the lore. Plus Lennon's vocals in it are fantastic: right on the edge of completely hoarse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RicaUqd9Hg

You Know My Name is stupid and silly, which is why I like it. Plus it's the only Beatles song where someone burps into a mic. That's gotta count for something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZndVv-jl-U

Old Brown Shoe. A low key banger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ4kZOg1poE

El Gato De Negocios

Through to the next Round

Group U
I'll Follow The Sun
It Wont Be Long
I Am The Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour

Group V

Do You Want to Know a Secret
Here Comes The Sun
Any Time At All
Michelle

Group W
Doctor Robert
Things We Said Today
She Loves You
Across The Universe

El Gato De Negocios

Wild Card Round

Below is a list of 90 odd elimated songs and a couple of the other on thread suggestions have also been added. Simple process, people just select their top 4 picks from the full listing below and the 4 songs with the most votes will go through to round 2. The list has been filtered alphabetically for ease of reference.

This is the only wild card round so from round 2 onwards, once a song is eliminated, its gone for good.

Voting will last for 24 hours.


Another Girl
Baby, You're a Rich Man
Because
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Birthday
Blue Jay Way
Devil in Her Heart
Dig a Pony
Dig It
Don’t Let Me Down
Don't Bother Me
Don't Pass Me By
Every Little Thing
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
Fixing a Hole
Flying
For You Blue
Free As A Bird
Good Night
Here, There and Everywhere
Hold Me Tight
I Call Your Name
I Me Mine
I Need You
I Should Have Known Better
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want to Tell You
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
I Will
If I Fell
I'll Be Back
I'll Cry Instead
I'll Get You
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
I'm Looking Through You
It's All Too Much
It's Only Love
I've Got a Feeling
I've Just Seen a Face
Little Child
Long, Long, Long
Love Me Do
Maggie Mae
Mean Mr. Mustard
Misery
Mother Nature's Son
Not a Second Time
Octopus's Garden
Oh! Darling
Old Brown Shoe
One After 909
Only a Northern Song
P.S. I Love You
Paperback Writer
Piggies
Please Please Me
Rain
Real Love
Revolution 1
Revolution 9
Run for Your Life
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
She Said She Said
She's a Woman
She's Leaving Home
Strawberry Fields Forever
Sun King
Tell Me What You See
Tell Me Why
Thank You Girl
The Ballad of John and Yoko
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
The Word
There's a Place
Think for Yourself
This Boy
Till There Was You
Tomorrow Never Knows
Twist and Shout
Two Of Us
What Goes On
What You're Doing
Why Don't We Do It in the Road
With a Little Help From My Friends
Within You, Without You
Yer Blues
Yes It Is
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
You Like Me Too Much
You Never Give Me Your Money
You Wont See Me
You're Going to Lose That Girl

ShaneU

Take Here Comes The Sun off the list. it's through

Here, There and Everywhere
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Strawberry Fields Forever
With a Little Help From My Friends

Arghus

Some tough choices await. Some amazing songs will go no further.

Strawberry Fields Forever
Tomorrow Never Knows
I Want You (She's so Heavy)
Rain

quickbeam

Paperback Writer
Twist and Shout
With a Little Help from My Friends
Love Me Do