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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Here, There and Everywhere - The 100 Best Beatles Songs
I was at a Virgin Megastore last week and found this fantastic book titled Here, There and Everywhere - The 100 Best Beatles Songs by Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Lewis. I know I'm not the only Fab Four mark on these boards, so I thought I'd post their list to see if it might spark some interesting discussion. The book inspired me to work on my own list, which I'll post when (if) I ever get around to finishing it.
100) Helter Skelter 99) Birthday 98) Love Me Do 97) Within You Without You 96) The Ballad Of John And Yoko 95) It's All Too Much 94) Another Girl 93) Rain 92) It Won't Be Long 91) Good Day Sunshine 90) Long, Long, Long 89) I Want You (She's So Heavy) 88) Get Back 87) I'm Happy Just To Dance With You 86) I'm So Tired 85) Savoy Truffle 84) I Saw Her Standing There 83) Don't Let Me Down 82) Dear Prudence 81) Back In The USSR 80) Girl 79) She's Leaving Home 78) Can't Buy Me Love 77) Michelle 76) Hello, Goodbye 75) It's Only Love 74) Real Love 73) Doctor Robert 72) Hey Bulldog 71) Please Please Me 70) Lovely Rita 69) Fixing A Hole 68) No Reply 67) You're Going To Lose That Girl 66) I'm A Loser 65) Good Morning, Good Morning 64) Drive My Car 63) Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 62) Mother Nature's Son 61) Baby You're A Rich Man 60) All My Loving 59) She Said She Said 58) With A Little Help From My Friends 57) I'm Only Sleeping 56) Glass Onion 55) I Should Have Known Better 54) If I Needed Someone 53) For No One 52) Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 51) Julia 50) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 49) A Hard Day's Night 48) And I Love Her 47) I Need You 46) If I Fell 45) Taxman 44) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 43) This Boy 42) Norwegian Wood 41) Lady Madonna 40) Across The Universe 39) Tomorrow Never Knows 38) We Can Work It Out 37) Sexy Sadie 36) The Abbey Road Medley 35) Getting Better 34) I'll Be Back 33) Come Together 32) Day Tripper 31) Eight Days A Week 30) I Will 29) Ticket To Ride 28) Something 27) Eleanor Rigby 26) Help! 25) Free As A Bird 24) Happiness Is A Warm Gun 23) Paperback Writer 22) And Your Bird Can Sing 21) The Long And Winding Road 20) I Want To Hold Your Hand 19) I Feel Fine 18) Martha My Dear 17) Blackbird 16) Here, There And Everywhere 15) She Loves You 14) Here Comes The Sun 13) Nowhere Man 12) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 11) I Am The Walrus 10) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 9) Revolution 8) Penny Lane 7) In My Life 6) Hey Jude 5) All You Need Is Love 4) Yesterday 3) Let It Be 2) Strawberry Fields Forever 1) A Day In The Life The back of the book has an index of all 206 original Beatles recordings, and looking at it, I realized I wasn't as close to having the whole collection as I thought I was. I have all twelve of the original Beatles albums plus the red and blue albums, but there's a ton of stuff that I still don't have. So, now I'm trying to find friends of mine who have the Anthology or the soundtrack to Yellow Submarine (I already "borrowed" Past Masters from my parents last time I was at their place). I'm still probably about 15-20 songs shy. Stupid prolific geniuses... So, let the debate begin! Quote:
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206 recordings eh? I have...157. No idea where to even find the rest of those tbh.
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I could never make a top Beatles songs list in order, let alone a top 100 list.
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Sorry for another post, but no Got To Get You Into My Life or I Want To Tell You or Run For Your Life? Come on.
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continental drift
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Pretty respectable list.
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continental drift
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Let It Be definitely should not be #3 though. I'd switch it with Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
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You know that’s right
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Where's Fool on the Hill?
fuck that list |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I didnt know the Beatles did that many songs
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A Proud MF'R
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come together is my favorite
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continental drift
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Didn't notice Fool On The Hill wasn't on it. Definitely better than a lot of those songs.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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I just counted, and I have 180 of the 206 songs. I'm just lacking:
All Things Must Pass, All Together Now, Cayenne, Come And Get It, Cry For A Shadow, Free As A Bird, Hello Little Girl, Hey Bulldog, If You've Got Trouble, I'll Be On My Way, In Spite Of All The Danger, It's All Too Much, Junk, Like Dreamers Do, Los Paranoias, Love Of The Loved, Not Guilty, Only A Northern Song, Real Love, Step Inside Love, Teddy Boy, That Means A Lot, 12-Bar Original, What's The New Mary Jane, You Know What To Do, and You'll Be Mine. And I have no idea where to find most of those. I know a few are on Anthology, and a few more are on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack, but a bunch of the rest I'd never even heard of before I got the book. Guess I get to do some digging. |
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continental drift
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I have all of them I am pretty sure. I would check but I'm at work.
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I'm all there is
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There's no way I could make this list or even argue with it. Way to many good songs. I mean everyone's got there personal fav's. Mine that are a little lower on that list are
With a Little Help from your friends and We Can Work it Out. Elenor Rigby would be in my top 3. |
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As much as I love "With A Little Help From My Friends" I still have to say I like Joe Cocker's version (aka the Wonder Years theme) more.
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Boooooooo
No Mr. Moonlight. |
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I'm all there is
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Eleanor Rigby and Paperback writer are their best songs.
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They only used songs that were Beatles originals. |
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1) Eleanor Rigby 2) In My Life 3) All My Loving 4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5) Paperback Writer Once I get those last 26 songs, I'll do something more in-depth, but those are my five faves atm. |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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It is. You could put together a killer compilation CD of just their covers.
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My top 5
Let It Be Eleanor Rigby In my Life Yesterday We can Work It Out |
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You know that’s right
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Man, no When I'm Sixty-Four or Yellow Submarine either. These authors and I would not get along.
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I'm all there is
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oh yea, Yellow Submarine. Come on.
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Yellow Submarine is not a very good song, really.
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continental drift
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I was gonna try and do a top 5 but I think it would be impossible.
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Hello, Goodbye
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Okay, just borrowed a copy of Anthology and ripped a bunch more songs. So, now I only need five songs to have the complete collection:
All Together Now Hey Bulldog I'll Be On My Way It's All Too Much Love Of The Loved Some of those are on the Yellow Submarine "songtrack." Not sure about the others. Although, I think I have enough now where I can start to work on my list. If I can track those songs down and it turns out they warrant a ranking, I'll work them in later. |
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Dude, Eleanor Rigby needs to be at a much higher spot than that
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What FakeRazor said. Decent list but I don't really like Let It Be, tbh.
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Yeah Eleanor Rigby deserves to be higher, and switch Let it Be and In My Life. Other than that it's a pretty sweet list.
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eleanor rigby is shite. a day in the life is number one, which is exactly where it should be. i'd have put i am the walrus in second though. she said she said and i'm only sleeping should be lots higher too
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Yeah just tried to do my own top 10 but it is impossible. Like 92375 songs I want to put in it.
A Day in the Life was my fav song forever though, but I also was in love with Eleanor Rigby too for a while. I would prolly put those top 2. Either I am the Walrus or Strawberry Fields Forever @ #3 I guess. She Said She Said
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God, A Day In The Life is so ridiculously good I can't even believe it. It is like one of those times again, when something fits so perfectly with my taste that it just makes me mad happy that things like it actually exist. Like finding your soul mate or something, but with a song.
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Eleanor Rigby is my favorite Beatles song by far. I don't see how you can make a list of the best Beatles songs in order though. It's pretty much opinion.
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