Rolling Stone - Top 10 Songs - Beatles

[Steely_Dan]

No. 1 - A Day In The Life

I couldn't agree more.

#1: "A Day in the Life"

The ultimate Lennon-McCartney collaboration, "A Day in the Life" wasn't recognized as the band's masterwork until the Eighties, after Lennon's death. It pairs lyrics inspired by the newspapers and Lennon's own life with McCartney's idea to have classical musicians perform what producer George Martin called an "orchestral orgasm."


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[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. But a "Top Ten Beatles Songs of All Time" list is nothing more than a display of ignorance

The Beatles were about "the whole enchilada."

Sure, people have their favorites, but "Top Ten Beatles Songs of All Time?"

The fact that "I Am The Walrus" isn't on the list leads me to one conclusion...that list was written by someone in Al Quaeda.

:rofl:

[Brother Buzz]

7. Word!

[Dr Morbius]

2. Yesterday? Hey Jude? Let It Be?

These are not the best Beatles tunes. None of these three would make my top twenty, let alone top ten.

A Hard Day's Night, Paperback Writer, She Loves You, Day Tripper: we all know every word to these songs. Yesterday is frankly awful by comparison.

[Steely_Dan]

4. Well, Clearly...

...you appreciate the earlier works (Phase I) of the Beatles. That's cool.

The reason why I think "A Day In THe Life" is deserving of the best Beatles song is many fold.

Basically though...
ADITL demonstrates some of the best musicianship of the four. It is particularly true of Ringo's drumming. John's vocals are excellent. And...the song was a departure for them.

-P

[Bucky]

3. In Houston there's a bar that does a Beatle's Open Mic nite every Wednesay

Lot of people way too young to remember the Beatles show up to sing their faves. Probably the best night's free entertainment since they invented sex.

[The Midway Rebel]

5. Paul's favorite.

Or so I've heard.

Mine too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMmpJSJfeT8

"You Know My Name, Look Up the Number"

[Tikki]

6. The Beatles revolutionized music with two things: Their use of Stereo sound and their....

often used sardonic lyric. Neither which is represented well in these
Rolling Stone choices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpGy3pwkKM
"Dr. Robert"...Beatles


Tikki

[BurtWorm]

8. Dr. Robert would be on my list too.

:applause:

And Your Bird Can Sing
Girl
Everybody's Got Something to Hide ('Cept for Me and My Monkey)
I Saw Her Standing There
The Night Before
Hey, Bulldog
Fixing a Hole
Revolution (single version)
Don't Bother Me

Favorite covers:
Money
Words of Love
Kansas City
Roll Over Beethoven
You Really Got a Hold on Me
Mr. Postman


PS: In My Life (from the RS list) is up there.

[DoBotherMe]

20. Don't Bother Me!

My favorite too. Cheers to you! Dana ; )

[BurtWorm]

21. I would never have guessed!

;-)

[Iggo]

9. Hold Me Tight.

Saw Her Standing There
Because
Something
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I've Just Seen A Face
All My Loving
Girl
Penny Lane
Here Comes The Sun

Ask me tomorrow and it'll be a different 10.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. "I Saw Her Standing There" was on the B side of the only Beatles record

I owned while they were together ("I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was on the A side). I probably listened to the B side 20 times as much as the A side. And it's still my No. 1 Beatles song.

And "Penny Lane" always takes me back to skating parties at the local rink circa 1967.

Then there's "Eleanor Rigby". I almost always think of it when I see masses of workers walking from the station to their offices here in Tokyo.

[Tikki]

10. I appreciate the homage paid to George Harrison's guitar work from the Rolling Stone

article. George was sometimes criticized unfairly for his not in the blues groove guitar.
Thing was The Beatles were a pop and rock band who would define their own sound and influence others...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGVaLkCQAg
"I'm Looking Through You"....The Beatles



Tikki

[Doc_Technical]

11. Today's Beatles favorites:

Savoy Truffle
Rain
She's a woman
Tomorrow never knows
Hey Bulldog
I'm only sleeping
Because
Paperback writer
Things we said today
The Word

[lunamagica]

12. I wouldn't put "Come Together" in the top fifty, much less the top ten

"Hey Jude" should be much higher, and E. Rigby should be on the list.

[pink-o]

13. Personally, I love Sgt Pepper's but I think it's overrated.

The Brit versions of Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver are the greatest collections of Beatles' songs ever. Any list of their best that doesn't include "In my Life" wasn't written by a true fan.

Also, to this day Abbey Road just floors me as to how amazing it is. Especially Side 2 (Sorry, young ones. It's all in the vinyl.)

[abq e streeter]

14. Tough, almost impossible to narrow it to ten, but these are always gonna be in or near my top ten

No particular order...

And Your Bird Can Sing

She Loves You

8 Days a Week

Tomorrow Never Knows

Rain

Tell Me Why

In My Life

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You

No Reply

Things We Said Today

[Mendocino]

15. Tomorrow Never Knows #1

and the other nine in no particular order

The Night Before

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Dear Prudence

Rain

A Day In The Life

I've Just Seen A Face

I am the Walrus

Got to Get You Into My Life

I Feel Fine

on edit: this list goes to 11

[Bennyboy]

16. Hey Bulldog!

My favorite. "Its All too Much.

[carlyhippy]

17. my top 10 Beatles songs would be

1. Something
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Here Comes the Sun
3. All My Lovin
4. Across the Universe
5. Oh Darlin
6. Within you without you
7. Hey Jude
8. Let It Be
9. Because
10. Lullabye/Carry That Weight


I liked their early songs, but really liked the later stuff :)

[Lindsey]

18. "A Day in the Life" is my favorite song of all time (and I'm a music

fanatic).