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Special post!! I’ve made my overall list right through to the worst song. I’m gonna post the lowest performing song from each album here;
Please Please Me – #206 – A Taste Of Honey
With the Beatles – #202 – Little Child
A Hard Day’s Night – #163 – And I Love Her
Beatles For Sale – #197 – Mr. Moonlight
Help ! – #180 – Act Naturally
Rubber Soul – #181 – What Goes On
Revolver – #175 – Yellow Submarine
Sgt. Pepper ‘s – #190 – When I’m Sixty-Four
Magical Mystery Four – #199 – Your Mother Should Know
The White Album – #209 – Good Night
Yellow Submarine – #183 – All Together Now
Abbey Road – #201 – Her Majesty (if you don’t count that then #158 – Sun King )
Let It Be – #205 – Dig It (lowest proper song is #186 – The Long And Winding Road )
Past Masters Vol 1 – #200 – Matchbox
Past Masters Vol 2 – #196 – You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
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10.55pm
5 February 2014
Offline I don’t dislike Mr. Moonlight, I just don’t think it has a lot going for it and I find it rather boring (as with quite a few of their only covers). The only Beatles songs I dislike (would give below 5/10) would be;
Good Night
Honey Pie
Wild Honey Pie
A Taste Of Honey
Dig It
Maggie Mae
Rocky Raccoon
Everything else gets a 5/10 rating minimum.
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5 Ringo tracks in amongst those @nzbeatlefan. 
The only one i’d say was a surprise inclusion was ‘And I Love Her ‘, the rest would feature on many people’s lists for worst songs or at the lower reaches of individual album rankings.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
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1 November 2013
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I understand I Love Her a bit I used to not like it the first time I heard it because of the vocals but it grew on me
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Offline @meanmistermustard it’s a shame they quite often gave Ringo “throwaway” songs as I actually really like his voice! It’s more about the songs themselves. I enjoy I Wanna Be Your Man (made the top 100), With A Little Help From My Friends , Octopus’s Garden & Don’t Pass Me By .
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Offline Yellow Submarine and And I Love Her ? And I love Good Night too.
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Hey Jude !10.50pm
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Yep – some of you guessed it. But what a SONG! Admittedly the first few times I heard this one I was a little uncertain on whether it would become a favourite of mine. I always thought it was good, but not great. But on the 5th or so listen I realised how great this song is, and how unfairly overlooked it is by the general public (but I’ve seen a lot of people on this forum say how great it is!). Opening with the fading jet sounds of Back in the U.S.S.R., the song’s first 70% or so is backed by a sexy little riff played by John Lennon . Paul is on damn fine form here. He provides one of his best ever basslines and he kills it on the drums. It may be one of my favourite drum moments in the Beatles catalogue (sorry Ringo). George gets some nice lead work, it’s not over the top but on a song like this having a huge solo could make or break it.
My absolute favourite thing about the song is the lyrics. I mean, they’re so simple but so emotive. And it’s not even a love song! Well, depending on your meaning of love. It’s a song about trying to get someone to stop what they’re doing and explore outside but John threw in a few sneaky lines like “the sun up/the sky is blue/it’s beautiful/and so are you” which could be my favourite song line ever. Sneaky John. And to top it, his vocals on this are phenomenal. It’s one of those somewhat rare moments in their late years where John really goes all out and puts as much effort in as he did in 1964. Completely awesome. I wish I could write more about this, but I feel I can’t do it justice. So you are just gonna have to take my word when I say this is the best thing I have ever heard in my life (with the exception of #1 I guess!). This could easily be my #1. In some ways, I prefer this over my #1. But the next song was the one song that made me realise how amazing the Beatles truly are. I’m not going to give any clues away for the next song, if you want to make a huge guess go for it but it could be a huge surprise.
Next time you hear from me, I’ll be presenting my numero uno song and I’ll post the entire list as well.
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Offline ‘Dear Prudence ‘ is a phenomenal track. The opening guitar pickings (better with a clean opening), John’s incredible enticing vocal (how could you not go out and play?), the bass work, the guitars. And i love Paul’s drumming. Yes its not Ringo but thats not a bad thing. It really works and suits the song especially when Paul goes all mental three minutes in, i can see him really loving doing that. Who knows what Ringo would have played, i doubt it would have been anything like that.
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Bulldog, Mr. Kite"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
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Offline I learnt to play it with a dropped D a long time ago………..I’ve forgotten how it goes now. Your rating is sending me back for a listen and I’ll get the old guitar out too.
This thread of posts gets my vote for years best.
Just nipped over to youtube and found this bloke doing it all for us again.
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nzbeatlefan12.56am
5 February 2014
Offline Okay guys, it’s time.
Time for #1.
I don’t know how anything I could write could do this justice. This song is possibly the best thing I have ever heard in my entire life. It’s one of those songs that has many sections strung together like I’ve Got A Feeling , A Day In The Life and Happiness Is A Warm Gun . The song was recorded during the Abbey Road sessions and appeared on that album as the first song of the 16 minute medley. This song is over 4 minutes in its own right so I am on the fence if it’s properly in the medley or not.
The first section is pretty much Paul accompanied by… Paul on a piano. There is some nice bass in there and some little guitar flourishes from John and George. The second section is reminiscent of Lady Madonna and other Paul-on-a-piano-doing-rock-and-roll mumbo jumbo and is quite funny. The piano work is really cool by the way. The third section brings in John and George playing some nifty little notes before the song picks up and one of the greatest solos of all time starts. Listen to those guitars interact, it’s pure magic! The final section is the most upbeat and features the rhythm section from heaven. After that the coda is in place, with a line being repeated over and over while John and George fight with their axes again.
It’s hard to describe this song. This was the first song of the Beatles that made me go “wow, these guys are amazing”. I was aware of plenty of other songs, and I still loved them but this one was the first that got me hooked. I think every Beatle is on peak here, John has best guitar performance on tape, George’s solo is up there with his best, Paul’s vocals are astonishing, his bassline is perfect and his piano work is second to none. And good old Ringo provides one of his 5 greatest perfomances.
Ladies and gentlemen, my number one song;
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22 November 2014
Offline nzbeatlefan said
Okay guys, it’s time.
Time for #1.
I don’t know how anything I could write could do this justice. This song is possibly the best thing I have ever heard in my entire life. It’s one of those songs that has many sections strung together like I’ve Got A Feeling , A Day In The Life and Happiness Is A Warm Gun . The song was recorded during the Abbey Road sessions and appeared on that album as the first song of the 16 minute medley. This song is over 4 minutes in its own right so I am on the fence if it’s properly in the medley or not.
The first section is pretty much Paul accompanied by… Paul on a piano. There is some nice bass in there and some little guitar flourishes from John and George. The second section is reminiscent of Lady Madonna and other Paul-on-a-piano-doing-rock-and-roll mumbo jumbo and is quite funny. The piano work is really cool by the way. The third section brings in John and George playing some nifty little notes before the song picks up and one of the greatest solos of all time starts. Listen to those guitars interact, it’s pure magic! The final section is the most upbeat and features the rhythm section from heaven. After that the coda is in place, with a line being repeated over and over while John and George fight with their axes again.
It’s hard to describe this song. This was the first song of the Beatles that made me go “wow, these guys are amazing”. I was aware of plenty of other songs, and I still loved them but this one was the first that got me hooked. I think every Beatle is on peak here, John has best guitar performance on tape, George’s solo is up there with his best, Paul’s vocals are astonishing, his bassline is perfect and his piano work is second to none. And good old Ringo provides one of his 5 greatest perfomances.
Ladies and gentlemen, my number one song;
This is my Favorite Song off of Abbey Road . My 3rd favorite Beatles Album
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5 February 2014
Offline That was fun. I encourage more members to share their favourite songs or make their own list, it is actually a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who subscribed and followed the countdown the whole time, I appreciate it!
Here’s the full list;
209. Good Night
208. Honey Pie
207. Wild Honey Pie
206. A Taste Of Honey
205. Dig It
204. Maggie Mae
203. Rocky Raccoon
202. Little Child
201. Her Majesty
200. Matchbox
199. Your Mother Should Know
198. P.S. I Love You
197. Mr. Moonlight
196. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
195. Revolution 9
194. Chains
193. Devil In Her Heart
192. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
191. Till There Was You
190. When I’m Sixty-Four
189. She’s Leaving Home
188. Honey Don’t
187. Baby It’s You
186. The Long And Winding Road
185. Love Me Do
184. Boys
183. All Together Now
182. Bad Boy
181. What Goes On
180. Act Naturally
179. There’s a Place
178. Michelle
177. Blue Jay Way
176. Piggies
175. Yellow Submarine
174. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
173. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
172. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
171. You Really Got A Hold On Me
170. Misery
169. I Will
168. Hold Me Tight
167. Girl
166. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
165. I Want To Hold Your Hand
164. All You Need Is Love
163. And I Love Her
162. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
161. Lovely Rita
160. Flying
159. Run For Your Life
158. Sun King
157. Ask Me Why
156. Don’t Pass Me By
155. Mean Mr. Mustard
154. Words Of Love
153. Thank You Girl
152. The Fool On The Hill
151. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
150. I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
149. Golden Slumbers
148. Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
147. Rock And Roll Music
146. I’ll Get You
145. Anna (Go to Him)
144. For You Blue
143. The Inner Light
142. Good Day Sunshine
141. Yes It Is
140. Please Mister Postman
139. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
138. Julia
137. She’s A Woman
136. I’ll Cry Instead
135. For No One
134. It’s Only Love
133. Cry Baby Cry
132. Slow Down
131. Tell Me What You See
130. Here, There And Everywhere
129. Two of Us
128. Blackbird
127. Birthday
126. Not A Second Time
125. Yesterday
124. This Boy
123. Octopus’s Garden
122. Love You To
121. Do You Want To Know A Secret
120. Only A Northern Song
119. You Like Me Too Much
118. I Need You
117. I Want To Tell You
116. With A Little Help From My Friends
115. Mother Nature’s Son
114. Dig A Pony
113. I’ll Follow The Sun
112. Revolution 1
111. I’ve Just Seen A Face
110. Martha My Dear
109. Eight Days A Week
108. Tell Me Why
107. Baby’s In Black
106. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
105. Lady Madonna
104. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
103. Kansas City /Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
102. From Me To You
101. Roll Over Beethoven
100. When I Get Home
99. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
98. I’m Looking Through You
97. One After 909
96. All I’ve Got To Do
95. Can’t Buy Me Love
94. Polythene Pam
93. I Wanna Be Your Man
92. Twist And Shout
91. Sexy Sadie
90. Doctor Robert
89. Money (That’s What I Want)
88. I Should Have Known Better
87. The Word
86. I’m So Tired
85. Come Together
84. Baby You’re A Rich Man
83. If I Fell
82. Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
81. It’s All Too Much
80. Getting Better
79. Don’t Let Me Down
78. What You’re Doing
77. Wait
76. Carry That Weight
75. I’m Down
74. Another Girl
73. I Am The Walrus
72. Good Morning Good Morning
71. Glass Onion
70. Don’t Bother Me
69. Think For Yourself
68. Within You Without You
67. She Loves You
66. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
65. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
64. Magical Mystery Tour
63. Hello Goodbye
62. Old Brown Shoe
61. Let It Be
60. Get Back
59. Across The Universe
58. Revolution [Single version]
57. I Call Your Name
56. Long Tall Sally
55. Please Please Me
54. Yer Blues
53. Oh! Darling
52. And Your Bird Can Sing
51. Any Time At All
50. Rain
49. I’ve Got A Feeling
48. Help !
47. Hey Bulldog
46. All My Loving
45. Hey Jude
44. I’m Only Sleeping
43. In My Life
42. Nowhere Man
41. The End
40. Helter Skelter
39. I Feel Fine
38. I Saw Her Standing There
37. Because
36. Eleanor Rigby
35. Back in the U.S.S.R.
34. Savoy Truffle
33. I’ll Be Back
32. Every Little Thing
31. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
30. Day Tripper
29. It Won’t Be Long
28. Got To Get You Into My Life
27. No Reply
26. You Won’t See Me
25. Long, Long, Long
24. Fixing A Hole
23. I’m A Loser
22. Strawberry Fields Forever
21. I Me Mine
20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
19. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. We Can Work It Out
17. You Can’t Do That
16. A Hard Day’s Night
15. Things We Said Today
14. Taxman
13. Paperback Writer
12. She Said She Said
11. Here Comes The Sun
10. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
9. Ticket To Ride
8. The Night Before
7. If I Needed Someone
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4. A Day In The Life
3. Something
2. Dear Prudence
1. You Never Give Me Your Money
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Joe, Mr. Kite, IveJustSeenAFaceo12.19am
26 November 2014
Offline You have no idea how happy it makes me that YNGMYM is #1. It’s my favorite song, and so many people overlook it on their lists. To me it’s easily the greatest thing they ever did, a real masterpiece.
You mention it being John’s best guitar work; do you happen to know which parts are his so I know what to listen for?
Great list btw! It’s obvious how much thought was put into it.
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Joe3.22am
1 November 2013
Offline Great job on the list! I like how you added some suspense and mystery with your choices and that you explained why you put things in where you did (even if I disagreed with some of it) I really enjoyed your list well done!
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nzbeatlefan5.20pm
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Offline Very fun reading through your list! I liked that you justified each choice, and the suspense was fun!
I’m inclined to make my own list now, but considering how indecisive I am, it could take years to compile. I might try anyway, it’ll give me an excuse to sit down and really listen to the entire Beatles catalogue straight through.
Great job, @nzbeatlefan!
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Offline A surprise #1 @nzbeatlefan but i get why it is for so many. And a great way to detail your favourite Beatle tracks, far more interesting and involving than a bare list of 100 songs with no information or reasons why. Thank you for taking the time to do so.
I couldn’t make a list as it would end up having to include BBC tracks and outtakes and be a top 250.
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Offline I thought A Day In The Life would be number 1 but it’s high on the list and Im happy about that. It must have taken your so much time, it’s beautiful to see beatles fan dedicating their precious time just to appreciate their work
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nzbeatlefan11.37pm
5 February 2014
Offline Thanks for your kind words everybody! It was actually really fun, and I enjoyed everyone’s comments and especially @meanmistermustard and their amazing detective work! It’s a different list, don’t know how many people would have Penny Lane , All You Need Is Love , Yesterday and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds out of their top 100.
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That was fun. I encourage more members to share their favourite songs or make their own list, it is actually a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who subscribed and followed the countdown the whole time, I appreciate it!
Here’s the full list;
209. Good Night
208. Honey Pie
207. Wild Honey Pie
206. A Taste Of Honey
205. Dig It
204. Maggie Mae
203. Rocky Raccoon
202. Little Child
201. Her Majesty
200. Matchbox
199. Your Mother Should Know
198. P.S. I Love You
197. Mr. Moonlight
196. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
195. Revolution 9
194. Chains
193. Devil In Her Heart
192. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
191. Till There Was You
190. When I’m Sixty-Four
189. She’s Leaving Home
188. Honey Don’t
187. Baby It’s You
186. The Long And Winding Road
185. Love Me Do
184. Boys
183. All Together Now
182. Bad Boy
181. What Goes On
180. Act Naturally
179. There’s a Place
178. Michelle
177. Blue Jay Way
176. Piggies
175. Yellow Submarine
174. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
173. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
172. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
171. You Really Got A Hold On Me
170. Misery
169. I Will
168. Hold Me Tight
167. Girl
166. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
165. I Want To Hold Your Hand
164. All You Need Is Love
163. And I Love Her
162. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
161. Lovely Rita
160. Flying
159. Run For Your Life
158. Sun King
157. Ask Me Why
156. Don’t Pass Me By
155. Mean Mr. Mustard
154. Words Of Love
153. Thank You Girl
152. The Fool On The Hill
151. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
150. I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
149. Golden Slumbers
148. Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
147. Rock And Roll Music
146. I’ll Get You
145. Anna (Go to Him)
144. For You Blue
143. The Inner Light
142. Good Day Sunshine
141. Yes It Is
140. Please Mister Postman
139. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
138. Julia
137. She’s A Woman
136. I’ll Cry Instead
135. For No One
134. It’s Only Love
133. Cry Baby Cry
132. Slow Down
131. Tell Me What You See
130. Here, There And Everywhere
129. Two of Us
128. Blackbird
127. Birthday
126. Not A Second Time
125. Yesterday
124. This Boy
123. Octopus’s Garden
122. Love You To
121. Do You Want To Know A Secret
120. Only A Northern Song
119. You Like Me Too Much
118. I Need You
117. I Want To Tell You
116. With A Little Help From My Friends
115. Mother Nature’s Son
114. Dig A Pony
113. I’ll Follow The Sun
112. Revolution 1
111. I’ve Just Seen A Face
110. Martha My Dear
109. Eight Days A Week
108. Tell Me Why
107. Baby’s In Black
106. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
105. Lady Madonna
104. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
103. Kansas City /Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
102. From Me To You
101. Roll Over Beethoven
100. When I Get Home
99. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
98. I’m Looking Through You
97. One After 909
96. All I’ve Got To Do
95. Can’t Buy Me Love
94. Polythene Pam
93. I Wanna Be Your Man
92. Twist And Shout
91. Sexy Sadie
90. Doctor Robert
89. Money (That’s What I Want)
88. I Should Have Known Better
87. The Word
86. I’m So Tired
85. Come Together
84. Baby You’re A Rich Man
83. If I Fell
82. Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
81. It’s All Too Much
80. Getting Better
79. Don’t Let Me Down
78. What You’re Doing
77. Wait
76. Carry That Weight
75. I’m Down
74. Another Girl
73. I Am The Walrus
72. Good Morning Good Morning
71. Glass Onion
70. Don’t Bother Me
69. Think For Yourself
68. Within You Without You
67. She Loves You
66. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
65. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
64. Magical Mystery Tour
63. Hello Goodbye
62. Old Brown Shoe
61. Let It Be
60. Get Back
59. Across The Universe
58. Revolution [Single version]
57. I Call Your Name
56. Long Tall Sally
55. Please Please Me
54. Yer Blues
53. Oh! Darling
52. And Your Bird Can Sing
51. Any Time At All
50. Rain
49. I’ve Got A Feeling
48. Help !
47. Hey Bulldog
46. All My Loving
45. Hey Jude
44. I’m Only Sleeping
43. In My Life
42. Nowhere Man
41. The End
40. Helter Skelter
39. I Feel Fine
38. I Saw Her Standing There
37. Because
36. Eleanor Rigby
35. Back in the U.S.S.R.
34. Savoy Truffle
33. I’ll Be Back
32. Every Little Thing
31. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
30. Day Tripper
29. It Won’t Be Long
28. Got To Get You Into My Life
27. No Reply
26. You Won’t See Me
25. Long, Long, Long
24. Fixing A Hole
23. I’m A Loser
22. Strawberry Fields Forever
21. I Me Mine
20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
19. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. We Can Work It Out
17. You Can’t Do That
16. A Hard Day’s Night
15. Things We Said Today
14. Taxman
13. Paperback Writer
12. She Said She Said
11. Here Comes The Sun
10. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
9. Ticket To Ride
8. The Night Before
7. If I Needed Someone
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4. A Day In The Life
3. Something
2. Dear Prudence
1. You Never Give Me Your Money
I Don´t Like The Place That You Putted Lady Madonna Because It´s One Of My Favourite Songs Because Have A Extremely Rare Promo Video That I Don´t Find In Any Place
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