MusicBanters Top 10 Beatles Tracks
 

As voted by your good selves. Here is the top 10. Individual track reviews are encouraged and they will then be copied and pasted into this post for posterity.

10) Helter Skelter (The White Album 1968)

9) While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The White Album 1968)

8) Blackbird (The White Album 1968)

7) Dear Prudence (The White Album 1968)

6) In My Life (Rubber Soul 1965)

5) For No One (Revolver 1966)

4) I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Abbey Road 1969)

3) Eleanor Rigby (Revolver 1966)

2) A Day In The Life (Sgt. Peppers 1967)

1) Here Comes The Sun (Abbey Road 1969)


Thanks to all for voting.

sweet business

I'm a bit surprised that Here Comes The Sun came out #1 but a great list none the less.

a day in the life at 2 suprised me more than here comes the sun at 1. i can see how and y people like that song, but a day in the life just doesnt appeal to many people.

I though tWhile My Guitar Gewntly Weeps would do better, but overall solid list from what I've heard.

I love A Day in the Life. I'm surprised Here Comes the Sun beat it. But still a great list :)

cool. has anyone seen the movies? i have all of them

good choices,
but
For You Blue!?
You Can't Do That?!

No "Within You Without You" :[

Otherwise I like the list.

^ I love Within You Without You...probably my second/third favorite Beatles track.

Pretty solid list, despite the absence of Within You, Without You (which has already been mentioned). Might have a go at reviewing one or two of those for this thread if I can get 'round to it

Interesting little factoid: Eleanor Rigby is the only song from that list on the Beatles' "1" album.

hahah "factoid"

tis true though

This site sure is Elitist

Too bad Carnival of Light is never gonna see the light of day, because I guarantee its the best thing The Beatles ever did.

i have to say i am the walrus is one of my favorites

No Lucy in the sky?

...no strawberry fields?

Needs more Strawberry Fields and, most notably, Tomorrow Never Knows.

Geez, For No One is a great song but it's not that great.

In My Life? Wtf. C'mon, there's a lot of more worthy Rubber Soul songs than that.

Where in the f*ck is Norwegian Wood and Strawberry Fields?

Yeah. Norwegian Wood is definitely amazing... I really love yesterday as well. Ten Beatles songs is way too difficult to narrow down, lol. Twenty would've been more pleasing. :)

Agreed, Good Day Sunshine is by far my favorite and doesn't get love. Still a great list regardless.

I love Good Day Sunshine!

I'm surprised that Helter Skelter made it onto that list. I don't like it and IMO it's only a mediocre piece of work. I would replace it with GDS or Norwegian Wood, which somehow did not make it...

Since this is a list, things will get subjective, even if people voted on it.

This is how it goes for me.

John
1. Day in the Life
2. Julia
3. Strawberry Fields
4. Happiness is a Warm Gun
5. Norwegian Wood
6. Dear Prudence
7. Across the Universe
8. I Am the Walrus
9. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
10. Hey Bulldog

Paul
1. Fixing a Hole
2. Blackbird
3. Hello Goodbye
4. Helter Skelter
5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From my Friends
6. Two of Us
7. Fool on the Hill
8. Hey Jude
9. Penny Lane
10. Lady Madonna

George
1. Something
2. Taxman
3. Within You Without You
4. Here Comes the Sun
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
6. I Me Mine
7. Long Long Long
8. Old Brown Shoe
9. Love You To
10. I Need You

Twist and Shout
A Day in the Life
Revolution no.9
Got to Get you into my life
Abbey Road Suite
I just seen a Face
Something
She's So Heavy
Hold your hand
Norwiegan Wood

k, I'll do a top twenty across the board

A Day In The Life
Across The Universe
Norwegian Wood
Yesterday
Strawberry Fields
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Here Comes The Sun
Come Together
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Eleanor Rigby
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
In My Life
For No One
Helter Skelter
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Long And Winding Road
Dear Prudence
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Penny Lane


Son of a bitch, even 20 was difficult...

Wuh? O_o

There are a few glaring omissions from that final list, but what can you do eh.

I haven't got much else to do, so here are a few favourites off the top of my head;

Getting Better
Fixing a Hole
I Should Have Known Better
Do You Want To Know a Secret
Wait
Cry Baby Cry
Long Long Long
Sun King
Fool On the Hill
Blue Jay Way
I Me Mine
Hey Bulldog
And Your Bird Can Sing

...and so on. I haven't had a good Beatles binge for a while now - might have to see about changing that soon.

No mention of Rocky Raccoon yet I see. Tossers!

I was thinking that too. All you people should be ashamed of yourselves :D

Seriously though, that's one of my favourites too. That honky tonk solo kicks arse.

:confused: Say what?

Oh god... #9, #9, number niiiiiinnneeeee

Awww go on then...

Helter Skelter
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
I'm Only Sleeping
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lovely Rita
A Day In The Life
Ticket To Ride
Strawberry Fields Forever
Day Tripper
I Am The Walrus

here we go:

10. Rocky Raccoon
9. Across the Universe
8. Happiness is a Warm Gun
7. Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End
6. In My Life
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. A Day in the Life
2. Within You Without You
1. Tomorrow Never Knows

10. Within You Without You
9. Strawberry Fields Forever
8. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
7. Girl
6. Happiness is a Warm Gun
5. Here Comes The Sun
4. And Your Bird Can Sing
3. It Won't Be Long
2. Across the Universe
1. Blue Jay Way

Ok my turn then,

1. Good Day Sunshine
2. Rocky Racoon
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Nowhere Man
5. Eleanor Rigby
6. Tomorrow Never Knows
7. In My Life
8. Taxman
9. I Am The Walrus
10. A Hard Days Night

Only own two Beatles albums, so it doesn't feel right making a full list, but Glass Onion and Something have always been my favorites.

Being for the benefit of anyone who wants to read it ;)

I Want You (She's So Heavy)
With a Little Help From My Friends
A Day in the Life
I am the Walrus
And Your Bird Can Sing
Sexy Sadie
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Strawberry Fields Forever
Here Comes the Sun

Twist and Shout
Hello Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Oh! Darling
Ticket To Ride
Let It Be
Hey Jude
With A Little Help From My Friends
The Long And Winding Road
I Am the Walrus

For me :)

In regards to all the ???'s to revolution 9, that songs a aquired taste, and **** once you do aquire it that song is ****ING CRAZY. Take some acid or something and that piece will make a lot more sense to you ironically

Most played Beatle Songs on my Windows Media Player

1. Girl
2. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
3 Tommorrow Never Knows
4. Norwiegian Wood
5 Ballad of John and Yoko
6 So Tired
7. Within You, Without You
8. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
9. Strawberry Fields
10. Rocky Raccoon

That's when you know a song is shit, when you need to take "acid or something" for it to sound good.