Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

El Gato De Negocios

Through to Round 2, A - Z


A Day in the Life
A Hard Day's Night
Across The Universe
All I've Got to Do
All My Loving
All Together Now
All You Need is Love
And I Love Her
And Your Bird Can Sing
Back in the U.S.S.R
Blackbird
Cant Buy Me Love
Carry That Weight
Cry Baby Cry
Day Tripper
Dear Prudence
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Doctor Robert
Don’t Let Me Down
Drive My Car
Eight Days a Week
Eleanor Rigby
For No One
From Me to You
Get Back
Getting Better
Girl
Glass Onion
Golden Slumbers
Good Day Sunshine
Good Morning Good Morning
Got to Get You Into My Life
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Hello Goodbye
Help!
Helter Skelter
Here Comes The Sun
Hey Bulldog
Hey Jude
Honey Pie
I Am The Walrus
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
I Feel Fine
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want to Hold Your Hand
If I Needed Someone
I'll Follow the Sun
I'm a Loser
I'm Down
I'm Only Sleeping
Im so Tired
In My Life
It Won't Be Long
Julia
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Love You To
Lovely Rita
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Magical Mystery Tour
Martha My Dear
Michelle
Money (That's What I Want)
No Reply
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Nowhere Man
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Octopus's Garden
Paperback Writer
Penny Lane
Rocky Raccoon
Savoy Truffle
Sexy Sadie
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
She Loves You
Something
Strawberry Fields Forever
Taxman
The End
The Fool on the Hill
The Long and Winding Road
The Night Before
Things We Said Today
Ticket To Ride
Tomorrow Never Knows
We Can Work It Out
When I'm 64
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday
You Can't Do That
Your Mother Should Know
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

rainbowtrout

That's some back catalogue...

El Gato De Negocios

Earlier group post this evening as the footy is on later. I will be posting 2 groups per day with three 1 v 1's per group so 12 songs up for voting per evening.

Group A

I Don't Wanna Spoil The Party

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

vs

Hey Bulldog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsee-gRLAY

Happiness Is a Warm Gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvnOH060Qg

vs

Glass Onion

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

And Your Bird Can Sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq0aeEYLkIE

vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73lj5qJbrms

Group A

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party vs Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun vs Glass Onion
And Your Bird Can Sing vs All Together Now

El Gato De Negocios

rainbowtrout wrote: »

That's some back catalogue...

It is actually fcuking staggering their hit vs miss ratio considering the truncated career they had, the volume of output they had and the outrageous touring schedule they had.

El Gato De Negocios

Group B

Money (That's What I Want)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeWjEYhk7Xo

vs

Eleanor Rigby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gluNoLVKiQ

If I Needed Someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5OoWr4v1k

vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scSwaKbE64

Good Day Sunshine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e01nNA02vw

vs

I Feel Fine

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

Group B

Money (That's What I Want) vs Eleanor Rigby
If I Needed Someone vs Nowhere Man
Good Day Sunshine vs I Feel Fine

Zaph

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

It is actually fcuking staggering their hit vs miss ratio considering the truncated career they had, the volume of output they had and the outrageous touring schedule they had.

It says a lot about how good so much of their output was that they're still considered geniuses even taking the likes of Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Good Night into account.

Arghus

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

It is actually fcuking staggering their hit vs miss ratio considering the truncated career they had, the volume of output they had and the outrageous touring schedule they had.

And that's only the stuff that made it through round one.

Collie D

Group A

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party vs Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun vs Glass Onion
And Your Bird Can Sing vs All Together Now

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group B

Eleanor Rigby
If I Needed Someone
I Feel Fine

Zaph

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Glass Onion
All Together Now


Group B

Money (That's What I Want)
If I Needed Someone
I Feel Fine

EmmetSpiceland

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing



Group B

Eleanor Rigby
If I Needed Someone
I Feel Fine

Purgative

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Glass Onion
And Your Bird Can Sing

EmmetSpiceland

Zaph wrote: »

I'd never actually heard Revolution 1 before, it really is different. I still liked it though and included it as one of my wildcards, but it was always going to be a long shot.

It’s a nice version alright. Especially if you’ve never heard it before. I loved it when I first heard it but now, I think, it makes you appreciate the “single” version even more.

Purgative

Group B

Money (That's What I Want)
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine

Ficheall

Group A
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing


Group B
Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine

Sawduck

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Glass Onion
All Together Now


Group B

Eleanor Rigby
If I Needed Someone
I Feel Fine

ShaneU

Group A

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing

ShaneU

Group B

Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine

rainbowtrout

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing

rainbowtrout

Group B

Eleanor Rigby
If I Needed Someone
Good Day Sunshine

Rigor Mortis

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
All Together Now


Group B
Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
Good Day Sunshine

Declan A Walsh

Group A

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party vs Hey Bulldog

Happiness Is a Warm Gun vs Glass Onion

And Your Bird Can Sing vs All Together Now


Group B

Money (That's What I Want) vs Eleanor Rigby

If I Needed Someone vs Nowhere Man

Good Day Sunshine vs I Feel Fine

EmmetSpiceland

I’m shocked at the number of ‘Glass Onion’ votes. Aside from the “death clue” the song doesn’t have much going on in it at all.

‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’ is a masterpiece. The highlight of the ‘White Album’ and one of the band’s greatest tracks.

I’d understand it losing out to a more popular, yet lesser, number such as ‘Hey Jude’ or ‘Yesterday’ but even getting run close by filler with a, let’s face it, terrible ending, is just awful.

But ‘Hey Bulldog’ should get through, right??

Declan A Walsh

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I’m shocked at the number of ‘Glass Onion’ votes. Aside from the “death clue” the song doesn’t have much going on in it at all.

‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’ is a masterpiece. The highlight of the ‘White Album’ and one of the band’s greatest tracks.

I’d understand it losing out to a more popular, yet lesser, number such as ‘Hey Jude’ or ‘Yesterday’ but even getting run close by filler with a, let’s face it, terrible ending, is just awful.

But ‘Hey Bulldog’ should get through, right??

I just like the weirdness of Glass Onion.

Zaph

I just don't like Happiness is a Warm Gun at all. I'd probably vote for nearly anything over it tbh.

Eggonyerface

Group A

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing

Group B

Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine

EmmetSpiceland

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I just like the weirdness of Glass Onion.

Ah, I like the song too. The last couple of lines never worked for me, even though a “cast iron shore” does sound pretty interesting.

Zaph wrote: »

I just don't like Happiness is a Warm Gun at all. I'd probably vote for nearly anything over it tbh.

Well, well, my Beatles nemesis has arrived.

Reberetta

Group A

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party vs Hey Bulldog

Happiness Is a Warm Gun vs Glass Onion

And Your Bird Can Sing vs All Together Now


Group B

Money (That's What I Want) vs Eleanor Rigby

If I Needed Someone vs Nowhere Man

Good Day Sunshine vs I Feel Fine

I find the verse of Hey Bulldog is reminiscent of Talking Heads' Burning Down The House, while it seems the intro rhythm of All Together Now was borrowed by Gomez for Whippin' Picadilly. I prefer the rip-offs.

Happiness is a Warm Gun doesn't cut the mustard with me either.

Arghus

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I just like the weirdness of Glass Onion.

It's a weird song alright. I think Emmet is being a bit harsh on it. All the self referential stuff is cool and there's something attention grabbing about Lennon's gnomic ranting and the yeahhhhhhhhh he lets out at one point. And it's fairly indefinable in its own way, which is always interesting.

Having said that I don't really get how one could dislike Happiness is A Warm Gun. The menacing mood and the threatening lyrics, the big dirty scuzzy riff that comes out of nowhere that just screams lowlife dirt, the rapid changes and the over the top do wooing - with falsetto - as he sings about blowing someone's head off. What a fcking tune!