Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

El Gato De Negocios

Group G

I'm a Loser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70Z3cvrQd0

vs

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8nLraecPRY

Taxman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA

vs

Octopus's Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De1LCQvbqV4

Golder Slumbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQjM7gV6mI

vs

Good Morning Good Morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjb9AxDkwAQ

Group G

I'm a Loser vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman vs Octopus's Garden
Golden Slumbers vs Good Morning Good Morning

El Gato De Negocios

Group H

Hello Goodbye

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

vs

Lovely Rita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDwR5SIR1Q

Things We Said Today

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

vs

Paperback Writer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SepZDSkY4Ro

In My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA

vs

Cry Baby Cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zeyej5bfZE

Group H

Hello Goodbye vs Lovely Rita
Things We Said Today vs Paperback Writer
In My Life vs Cry Baby Cry

Sawduck

Group E

Yesterday
Day Tripper
A Hard Day's Night

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Golden Slumbers

Sawduck

Group F

Lady Madonna
Rocky Raccoon
Help!

Sawduck

Group G

I'm a Loser
Taxman
Good Morning Good Morning


Group H

Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
In My Life

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Reberetta

Group G

I'm a Loser
Octopus's Garden
Golden Slumbers

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

rainbowtrout

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Golden Slumbers

rainbowtrout

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Eggonyerface

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Good Morning Good Morning

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Nerdlingr

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ( I love I'm a loser but I cannot go against the classic written for Brian Epstein)
Taxman
Golden Slumbers

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Nerdlingr

Arghus wrote: »

Julia: Rock Racoon is an entertaining and well performed tune, but Julia is on another level entirely. Okay, maybe if one doesn't know the whole backstory - Julia being John's mother who inspired and encouraged him, but whose tragic death filled him full of unresolved pain and anger for years and years - then you might be forgiven for underrating it, but if you do know it, it's an incredibly powerful song.......... Rocky Raccoon, by comparison is a child's play thing that looks nice, but means nothing.


Help!: I have always found Across The Universe to be a bit overrated.

Julia also has a nod to Yoko thrown in there as well. John and his mother issues! Couldn't have a song about Julia without Yoko appearing as well ! :P

I love the fact that Across the Universe came about from an argument he had with Cynthia. Apparently she was giving out /arguing about something and John just goes downstairs and writes the first line, and from that comes this beauty of a song. Just magical stuff really .Love the stripped back version.

EmmetSpiceland

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Good Morning Good Morning


Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
Cry Baby Cry

Declan A Walsh

Who went through for Groups E and F?

Anyway...


Group G

I'm a Loser vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Taxman vs Octopus's Garden

Golden Slumbers vs Good Morning Good Morning



Group H

Hello Goodbye vs Lovely Rita

Things We Said Today vs Paperback Writer

In My Life vs Cry Baby Cry

Zaph

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Good Morning Good Morning


Group H

Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Ficheall

Group G
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Octopus's Garden
Golden Slumbers


Group H
Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
Cry Baby Cry

Purgative

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - quite torn there
Octopus's Garden
Golden Slumbers

Purgative

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
In My Life

loyatemu

Group G

I'm a Loser vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - I know the latter is a Dylan pastiche but I still find it charming (written about Brian Epstein I think?)
Taxman vs Octopus's Garden - no contest here - Macca's guitar solo on Taxman is incredible.
Golden Slumbers vs Good Morning Good Morning - Good Morning's not a bad song, enjoyably spiky after some of the more ornate stuff on Sgt Pepper, but Golden Slumbers is McCartney at his majestic best.

Group H

Hello Goodbye vs Lovely Rita - 2 examples of McCartney at his most cutesy; marginal preference for HG.
Things We Said Today vs Paperback Writer - not much in this one either, both are really good.
In My Life vs Cry Baby Cry - I'm sure In My Life will win this one, but I love Cry Baby Cry, it's a sinister lullaby that slots in beautifully on the generally sinister side 4 of the White Album.

Rigor Mortis

Group G
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Golden Slumbers

Group H
Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life

Collie D

Group G

I'm a Loser vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman vs Octopus's Garden
Golden Slumbers vs Good Morning Good Morning


Group H

Hello Goodbye vs Lovely Rita
Things We Said Today vs Paperback Writer
In My Life vs Cry Baby Cry

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Who went through for Groups E and F?

Anyway...

...........................................................

As I said yesterday evening, we were never given the results for Groups E and F.

abff

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Golden Slumbers

abff

Group H

Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
In My Life

abff

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

As I said yesterday evening, we were never given the results for Groups E and F.

I decided to go through the thread and see if I could figure out who won, starting with group E.

One of them was very close and it depends on whether or not a vote made after 8 pm will count. Excluding the late vote, the results were as follows:

You Can't Do That 7 vs 11 Yesterday
The End 1 vs 17 Day Tripper - quite a landslide
Tomorrow Never Knows 10 vs 9 A Hard Day's Night

There was one person who only voted for one song, hence the additional vote for TNK. If we include the vast cast after 8 pm, we have a 10 all tie between the final pair.

Apologies to EGDN if I’ve overstepped the mark by doing the above analysis.

EmmetSpiceland

abff wrote: »

I decided to go through the thread and see if I could figure out who won, starting with group E.

One of them was very close and it depends on whether or not a vote made after 8 pm will count. Excluding the late vote, the results were as follows:

You Can't Do That 7 vs 11 Yesterday
The End 1 vs 17 Day Tripper - quite a landslide
Tomorrow Never Knows 10 vs 9 A Hard Day's Night

There was one person who only voted for one song, hence the additional vote for TNK. If we include the vast cast after 8 pm, we have a 10 all tie between the final pair.

Apologies to EGDN if I’ve overstepped the mark by doing the above analysis.

If I was to slip you a few quid could you find a few extra votes to carry ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ over the line in Group G?

Shocking to see so many votes for ‘Golden Slumbers’, it’s about 90 seconds long for goodness sake!!

Declan A Walsh

abff wrote: »

I decided to go through the thread and see if I could figure out who won, starting with group E.

One of them was very close and it depends on whether or not a vote made after 8 pm will count. Excluding the late vote, the results were as follows:

You Can't Do That 7 vs 11 Yesterday
The End 1 vs 17 Day Tripper - quite a landslide
Tomorrow Never Knows 10 vs 9 A Hard Day's Night

There was one person who only voted for one song, hence the additional vote for TNK. If we include the vast cast after 8 pm, we have a 10 all tie between the final pair.

Apologies to EGDN if I’ve overstepped the mark by doing the above analysis.

I was the sole poster that voted for The End!!

By my calculations, up until 8pm last night, the results for Group F were as follows:

Lady Madonna 11 vs I Saw Her Standing There 5
Rocky Raccoon 7 vs Julia 9
Across The Universe 9 vs Help! 7

Sheridan81

G

Good Morning, Good Morning

H

Hello Goodbye

JP Liz V1

Group G

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Octopus's Garden
Good Morning Good Morning


Group H

Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
In My Life