Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

Collie D

Come Together - Reckon this one will be a romp

Nerdlingr

Come Together

loyatemu

Come Together, obviously.

https://twitter.com/ArfMeasures/status/884514167406964738

Ficheall

Any Time at All

Zaph

Group O

Come Together

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group O

Come Together

Arghus

Group O:

Come Together.

Wouldn't be sad to see it win the competition outright tbh.

Sheridan81

Come Together is just a Chuck Berry ripoff.

Vote Any Time At All.

Sheridan81

:P:P:P

Arghus

Sheridan81 wrote: »

:P:P:P

I'd heard about that a lot during the years and Lennon always acknowledged the influence and took the line "here come old flat top" from that song, but in the cold light of day the two songs aren't all that similar to my ears - some of the vocal phrasing and rhythms, yes, clearly there's an influence - but there's way more to Come Together than that: the cool intro, the arrangement, the tasty bluesy interplay of the band, the weird menacing lyrics and atmosphere, the dynamics, the cynical falsetto vocals on the outro, and more... there's so much cool sh!t in the song beyond the Chuck Berry influence.

Sheridan81

Arghus wrote: »

I'd heard about that a lot during the years and Lennon always acknowledged the influence and took the line "here come old flat top" from that song, but in the cold light of day the two songs aren't all that similar to my ears - some of the vocal phrasing and rhythms, yes, clearly there's an influence - but there's way more to Come Together than that: the cool intro, the arrangement, the tasty bluesy interplay of the band, the weird menacing lyrics and atmosphere, the dynamics, the cynical falsetto vocals on the outro and more... there's so much cool sh!t in the song beyond the Chuck Berry influence.

I disagree. The drumming is cool but Come together is a bit of a drag; Chuck's effort is more exciting, good ol' fashioned rawk n roll.

Reberetta

Group O

Any Time At All

I'm not a big fan of Come Together either. It borrows too much from Chuck for my liking.

Fun Facts

https://wpdh.com/the-beatles-come-together-was-stolen-from-a-chuck-berry-song/

Lennon was eventually sued by Morris Levy, a music producer who owned the rights to "You Can't Catch Me". According to The Beatles Bible, Levy argued that Come Together, which contained the line "here come old flat top" plagiarised Berry's song.

The lawsuit maintained that Lennon simply slowed down Berry's song, otherwise it was the same tune.

Lennon eventually settled out of court. Part of the agreement forced Lennon to record and release three songs that were owned by Levy. Two of the songs wound up on Lennon's 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll, including a cover of "You Can't Catch Me". The third song was never released and led to another lawsuit by Levy. Lennon was eventually found in breach of contract and Levy was awarded $6,795.

El Gato De Negocios

Come Together makes it through to the next round so with that, Round 2 has now concluded. Some super songs have been eliminated but the 48 remaining is where it really starts to get tough.

Round 3 Songs

Hey Bulldog
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing
Eleanor Rigby
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Don’t Let Me Down
Hey Jude
We Can Work It Out
Blackbird
Strawberry Fields Forever
Yesterday
Day Tripper
A Hard Day's Night
Lady Madonna
Julia
Help!
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman
Golden Slumbers
Hello Goodbye
Paperback Writer
In My Life
She Loves You
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Ticket To Ride
I'm Only Sleeping
From Me to You
Let It Be
Get Back
Back in the U.S.S.R
Yellow Submarine
A Day in the Life
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
The Long and Winding Road
Getting Better
Got to Get You Into My Life
For No One
Helter Skelter
Savoy Truffle
All You Need is Love
I Am The Walrus
The Fool on the Hill
Cant Buy Me Love
Magical Mystery Tour
Here Comes The Sun
Come Together


Groups A & B from Round 2 will be posted around half 7 or so this evening.

El Gato De Negocios

As mentioned yesterday, please find Spotify link below to the playlist of the remaining 48.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CRbQbPeEP4aRr4a81W3lXsi=ww_XI6xDRduCXhaMDOmOBw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Ficheall

Couple of n00bish spotify qs - How does one get a link to open using the spotify app rather than the web browser? By using the search and guessing the helpfully straightforward playlist name I found https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CRbQbPeEP4aRr4a81W3lX, which is a truncated version of the above link which wouldn't open for me, but in general, how does one open a link in the app?


Also, do you get to see stats specific to your playlist? E.g., how many people listen to a song - it's one thing to appreciate some of the "innovative/groundbreaking/experimental" stuff, but might be another to enjoy listening to it.

El Gato De Negocios

Ficheall wrote: »

Couple of n00bish spotify qs - How does one get a link to open using the spotify app rather than the web browser? By using the search and guessing the helpfully straightforward playlist name I found https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CRbQbPeEP4aRr4a81W3lX, which is a truncated version of the above link which wouldn't open for me, but in general, how does one open a link in the app?


Also, do you get to see stats specific to your playlist? E.g., how many people listen to a song - it's one thing to appreciate some of the "innovative/groundbreaking/experimental" stuff, but might be another to enjoy listening to it.

Can you not just click on the link above on your phone and you should get an option to open it using either the Spotify app or your browser?

El Gato De Negocios

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3WJiqc_bEs

vs

She Loves You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCwDl-S09A

Day Tripper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IbPn5j2YKk

vs

Savoy Truffle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EaBjFvQpc

Hey Jude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQER0A0ej0M

vs

From Me to You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XTB3bCYMK0

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love vs She Loves You
Day Tripper vs Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude vs From Me to You

Ficheall

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Can you not just click on the link above on your phone and you should get an option to open it using either the Spotify app or your browser?

You are correct.. For some moronic reason, I "tested" that on the laptop :rolleyes: and couldn't get the desktop app to work, but yep on the phone works fine. Cheers.

El Gato De Negocios

Group B

Hey Bulldog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DVE305g0s

vs

Nowhere Man

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

We Can Work It Out

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

vs

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

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

Im Only Sleeping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT5j9OQ7Sh0

vs

Don't Let Me Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk7f6i0CNfs

Group B

Hey Bulldog vs Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

EmmetSpiceland

Group A

She Loves You
Day Tripper
Hey Jude

Ficheall

Group A
Cant Buy Me Love vs She Loves You - toughie...
Day Tripper vs Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude vs From Me to You

Group B
Hey Bulldog vs Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

EmmetSpiceland

Group B

Hey Bulldog
We Can Work It Out
I'm Only Sleeping

Zaph

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love
Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude


Group B

Hey Bulldog
We Can Work It Out
I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

Collie D

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love vs She Loves You
Day Tripper vs Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude vs From Me to You

Declan A Walsh

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love vs She Loves You - Not mad about either but the second does have a bit more something to it!

Day Tripper vs Savoy Truffle

Hey Jude vs From Me to You


Group B

Hey Bulldog vs Nowhere Man

We Can Work It Out vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love
Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group B

Hey Bulldog
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Don’t Let Me Down

Collie D

Group B

Hey Bulldog vs Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

abff

Group A

Cant Buy Me Love vs She Loves You
Day Tripper vs Savoy Truffle
Hey Jude vs From Me to You

Group B

Hey Bulldog vs Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out vs You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
I'm Only Sleeping vs Don’t Let Me Down

Collie D

Found Group B very tough. Tight between all three pairs.