Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

Arghus

I guess life would be boring if we all thought the same thing.

EmmetSpiceland

Who’s up for block voting ‘Golden Slumbers’ all the way? Ruin this tournament like a BBC “World’s Most Popular Song” poll.

ShaneU

Group E

Yesterday
Blackbird
Come Together

quickbeam

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Who’s up for block voting ‘Golden Slumbers’ all the way? Ruin this tournament like a BBC “World’s Most Popular Song” poll.

No.

ShaneU

Group F

In My Life
Magical Mystery Tour
A day in the life

ShaneU

Group C

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Help!
And Your Bird Can Sing

ShaneU

Group D

The Fool on the Hill
Here Comes The Sun
Eleanor Rigby

rainbowtrout

I'm enjoying the competition, but the constant 'why are people voting for X song when Y song is clearly the superior song' is getting really tedious. People have different tastes and a democratic vote. Deal with it.

El Gato De Negocios

Apologies for the delay folks!

Through to the next round

Group C
While my Guitar Gently Weeps
Help!
And Your Bird Can Sing

Group D
Back in the U.S.S.R
Here Comes The Sun
Eleanor Rigby

Group E
Paperback Writer
Blackbird
Strawberry Fields and Come Together tied on 9 votes a piece, as per rules I break the deadlock and select Come Together.

Group F
In My Life
Got to Get You Into my Life
A Day in The Life

Also Starring LeVar Burton

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I'm enjoying the competition, but the constant 'why are people voting for X song when Y song is clearly the superior song' is getting really tedious. People have different tastes and a democratic vote. Deal with it.

I agree with the sentiment, but it's kind of how most tournaments go, and at least it elicits a bit of conversation.

El Gato De Negocios

Group G

I Am The Walrus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Jm5epJr10

vs

Lady Madonna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhd27cN2dg

For No One

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

vs

All You Need is Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xMfIp-irg

I Feel Fine

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

vs

A Hard Days Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSiHdrHl0g

Group G

I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
For No One vs All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night

Purgative

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Apologies for the delay folks!

Don't worry about El Gato. The tourno is fun and interesting and is ticking along quite nicely.


We all have stuff that gets in the way now and again.

El Gato De Negocios

Group H

The Long and Winding Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4HjTH_fTM

vs

Happiness is a Warm Gun

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

Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI

vs

Yellow Submarine

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

Ticket to Ride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsN9d4FTVI

vs

Get Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEESfv-11ng

Group H

The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
Ticket To Ride vs Get Back

Arghus

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I'm enjoying the competition, but the constant 'why are people voting for X song when Y song is clearly the superior song' is getting really tedious. People have different tastes and a democratic vote. Deal with it.

I've been guilty of this a lot and I can understand how people find it tedious, but to me it makes a competition a lot more interesting and involving if people get into why they voted a certain way. I like to read people's passion and a bit of back and forth, it livens things up and at the end of the day it's only meant in good spirit, but, it is also true that I genuinely can't fathom why some songs get picked over others.

I actually find it really boring just reading plain oul song title choices, without any sense about why people have voted the way that they do. I don't see much interest in that tbh.

Reberetta

Group G

I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
For No One vs All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night

Group H

The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
Ticket To Ride vs Get Back

I had to listen to Happiness Is A Warm Gun a lot in my recent Walrus so I've had my annual quota of listens.

Sheridan81

Group G

A Hard Day's Night

Group H

Ticket To Ride

speckle

group g

I am the walrus
all you need is love
a hard days night

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group G

I Am The Walrus
All You Need is Love
A Hard Day's Night

El Gato De Negocios

Thats this round now concluded. By this time tomorrow we will be down to 24 remaining songs so the remaining rounds will go as follows

Sunday 16th - Groups A & B (4 songs and 4 songs)
Monday 17th - Groups C & D (4 songs and 4 songs)
Tuesday 18th - Groups E & F (4 songs and 4 songs)

Quarter Finals

Wednesday 19th - Groups A, B & C (4 songs, 4 songs, 4 songs)

Semi-Finals

Thursday 20th - 1 Group of 6 songs

Final

Friday 21st - a three way dance to crown the greatest Beatles song of all time. Voting is to be done in secret by PMing me and will run for 48 Hours.

Sunday 23rd

The big reveal!!!!!


For the next round, we will obviously be all very familiar with the studio versions of the songs so I am going to endeavor to find versions that have not been seen as yet, maybe live versions, versions that have had videos attached.

ShaneU

Group G

Lady Madonna
All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine

Group H

The Long and Winding Road
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Get Back

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Group H

Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Yellow Submarine
Get Back

speckle

group h

happiness is...
lucy in the sky...
get back

Zebrano

Group G

I Am The Walrus
All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine

Group H

Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Get Back

Beechwoodspark

Reberetta wrote: »

Group G

I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
For No One vs All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night

Group H

The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
Ticket To Ride vs Get Back

I had to listen to Happiness Is A Warm Gun a lot in my recent Walrus so I've had my annual quota of listens.

Group g

Walrus
All you need is love
Hard days night

Group H

Happiness is a warm gun
Lucy in the sky
Get back

EmmetSpiceland

Group G

I Am The Walrus
For No One
I Feel Fine


Group H

Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Get Back

rainbowtrout

Arghus wrote: »

I've been guilty of this a lot and I can understand how people find it tedious, but to me it makes a competition a lot more interesting and involving if people get into why they voted a certain way. I like to read people's passion and a bit of back and forth, it livens things up and at the end of the day it's only meant in good spirit, but, it is also true that I genuinely can't fathom why some songs get picked over others.

I actually find it really boring just reading plain oul song title choices, without any sense about why people have voted the way that they do. I don't see much interest in that tbh.

That's not the issue. It's when there are numerous posts criticising other posters for their choices.

rainbowtrout

Group G

I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
For No One vs All You Need is Love
I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night


I am the Walrus and For No One are two of my favourite Beatles songs. They'd be on my desert island beatles disc.

rainbowtrout

Group H

The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
Ticket To Ride vs Get Back

Declan A Walsh

Group G

I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna

For No One vs All You Need is Love

I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night


Group H

The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine

Ticket To Ride vs Get Back

A few good songs lost out there, but there was no difficulty in deciding the better song in any of these matches!

JP Liz V1

Group G

I Am The Walrus

All You Need is Love

A Hard Day's Night



Group H

The Long and Winding Road

Yellow Submarine

Get Back