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    Posted: January 26 2015 at 23:05
Well, I'm sure a topic like this one has been done before, but as I can't seem to find it, I'd like to see which Beatles song you guys prefer. 

So, among the rich discography of the Fab Four, try and choose just twenty! (I tried ten, but it was impossible). Mine would go like this:

1 - A Day in the Life
2 - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End
3 - Strawberry Fields Forever
4 - Tomorrow Never Knows
5 - You Never Give Me Your Money
6 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7 - I Am the Walrus
8 - Rain
9 - I'm Only Sleeping
10 - In My Life
11 - Something
12 - I Want You (She's so Heavy)
13 - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
14 - Flying
15 - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
16 - Here Comes the Sun
17 - Lady Madonna
18 - And Your Bird Can Sing
19 - Get Back
20 - Blue Jay Way

Honorable mentions to:
-With a Little Help From my Friends
-Within You Without You
-Hey Jude
-It's All Too Much
-Nowhere Man
-Eleanor Rigby
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band



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Top 4 are basically mine. Lady Madonna though lol Eleanor Rigby slays that song.
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1) "Revolution 9"
2) "Helter Skelter"
3) "I Want You"
4) "Norwegian Wood"
5) "Tomorrow Never Knows"
6) "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
7) "A Day In The Life"
8) "In My Life"
9) "What's The New Mary Jane"
10) "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
11) "Revolution 1 (Take 20)"
12) "Revolution 1 (Album Version)"
13) "Come Together"
14) "I Wanna Be Your Man"
15) "Get Back"
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I'm no expert but I like them very much. I enjoy a lot of musique concréte n' stuff but never cared much for Revolution 9. Infact I rather listen to Bungalow Bill & Rocky Raccoon. 

 1 Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite
 2 A Day In The Life
 3 I Want You
 4 Flying 
 5 Tomorrow Never Knows
 6 Paperback Writer
 7 I Am the Walrus 
 8 She's Leaving Home 
 9 Norwegian Wood
10 Piggies
11 Within You Without You
12 Blue Jay Way
13 Happiness is a Warm Gun
14 Something
15 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
16 Strawberry Fields Forever
17 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
19 Because
19 Girl
20 Across the Universe

Eleanor Rigby is obviously a timeless little masterpiece but I can't listen to it. I guess the same applies to Here Comes the Sun 
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A Day in the Life
Abbey Road Medley (this really is just one track)
Strawberry Fields
Hey Jude
Ticket to Ride
I am the Walrus
Tomorrow Never Knows
Across the Universe
Please Please Me
She Loves You
Help
Rain
Get Back
It's all too Much
I Want You
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Don't Let me Down
Only a Northern Song
Dig a Pony
Come Together
 
Honourable mentions -
I'm so Tired
All You Need is Love
Penny Lane
Hello Goodbye
Something
Within You Without You
 
The beauty of the Beatles is that you could easily list another 26 and still have to leave out some great songs.
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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:


Abbey Road Medley (this really is just one track)


It would have been in my top five as well if I had allowed myself to include the suite as one track. 
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01. A Day In The Life
02. Abbey Road Medley (one song for me)
03. Strawberry Fields Forever
04. Here Comes The Sun
05. Hey Jude
06. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
07. Helter Skelter
08. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
09. She's Leaving Home
10. I Am The Walrus
11. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
12. Yesterday
13. Eleanor Rigby
14. Across The Universe
15. Tomorrow Never Knows
16. Day Tripper
17. Here, There And Everywhere
18. In My Life
19. Let It Be
20. Blackbird
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I'll just do ten:
 
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
Its All Too Much
Strawberry Fields
Michelle ( partly because when I was very young we had a French exchange student staying with my family and she used to say my name in her wonderful French accent Smile)
Ticket To Ride
Paperback Writer
A Day In The Life
A Hard Days Night
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
 


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 1. Eleanor Rigby
 2. A Day in the Life
 3. I Am the Walrus
 4. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
 5. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
 6. Strawberry Fields Forever
 7. Rain
 8. Here Comes the Sun
 9. Norwegian Wood
10. Tomorrow Never Knows
11. Within You Without You
12. Revolution 9
13. Love You Too
14. Dear Prudence
15. Helter Skelter
16. Paperback Writer
17. Octopus's Garden
18. We Can Work It Out
19. Let It Be
20. Blue Jay Way
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what's so special about Revolution 9? I saw it a several lists. Confused
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

what's so special about Revolution 9? I saw it a several lists. Confused


Because it appeared on a Beatles album, it was heard by more people than had ever heard musique concrète before - many of whom went on to be the next generation of experimental musicians and sound artists.  It's also very good to listen to, in my opinion.
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i think i can go for at least top 5:

1. A Day in the Life
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. I Am the Walrus
4. Tomorrow Never Knows
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
6. Penny Lane
7. Old Brown Shoe
8. Across the Universe
9. Something
10. Here, There and Everywhere
11. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
12. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
13. Abbey Road Medley (yes, the whole damn thing!!)
14. She's Leaving Home
15. Hey Jude
16. Revolution
17. The Fool in the Hill
18. Lady Madonna
19. Oh! Darling
20. Eleanor Rigby

out of the spur of the moment, and this will probably NOT be the definitive list (save for the top 4), so yeah.
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1. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
2. Hey Jude
3. Good Night
4. Something
5. Hey Bulldog
6. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
7. Let It Be
8. Penny Lane
9. Across The Universe
10. Get Back
11. I'm Looking Through You
12. Yellow Submarine
13. And Your Bird Can Sing
14. Lady Madonna
15. Yesterday
16. Rocky Raccoon
17. I'm So Tired
18. Mother Nature's Son
19. Abbey Road Suite
20. We Can Work It Out

This list is subject to change constantly. (Plus I forgot all of Sgt. Pepper's LOL)


Edited by The Son of Gorp - January 27 2015 at 07:10
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1. Strawberry Fields Forever
2. The Long and Winding Road
3. I Am the Walrus
4. Revolution
5. A Day in the Life
6. Slumbers/Weight/End
7. Tomorrow Never Knows
8. Your Mother Should Know
9. Old Brown Shoe
10. Martha My Dear
11. I'll Be Back
12. If I Fell
13. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
14. The Fool on the Hill
15. Norwegian Wood
16. All You Need is Love
17. You Won't See Me
18. Not a Second Time
19. Oh Darling
20. Fixing a Hole

Hon. mention
I Dig a Pony
Lady Madonna

Some of these may seem kind of trivial but they're the ones I enjoy listening to the most at this point in time.  I'm not sure that qualifies as "best" except in my own mind, but if I were making a mix CD of my favorites, this would be it.
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Carnival Of Light
It's All Too Much
The Inner Light
You Know My Name
Hey Bulldog
A Day In The Life
Don't Pass Me By
Across The Universe
I Am The Walrus
Helter Skelter
Tomorrow Never Knows
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Within You Without You
Magical Mystery Tour
Everywhere It's Christmas
Madman
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
Flying
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Strawberry Fields Forever
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Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Carnival Of Light


You cannot possibly have heard this Wacko
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Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Carnival Of Light


You cannot possibly have heard this Wacko

Maybe he can. I don't know if this is genuine:


... or this: ...


(I think both are fake...)


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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Carnival Of Light


You cannot possibly have heard this Wacko

Maybe he can. I don't know if this is genuine:


... or this: ...


Well they can't both be the real thing. I've just listened to the first one and I don't hear "Lennon and McCartney screaming dementedly and bawling aloud random phrases like 'Are you alright?' and 'Barcelona!" as it says on Wikepedia.
Let's try the second one.
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^The second sounds even less like the Beatles, but it is more listenable, a bit Floydish and organ-dominated.

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I decided not to sit through another 14 minutes of weird sh*t. The general consensus on YouTube seems to be that they're all fakes - I guess only McCartney really knows for sure.
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