Beatles: Best 10 songs?

7gerard77

Difficult to choose just 10.
Omitted let it be, something, yesterday and many more

In no particular order

strawberry fields
all you need is love
norwegian wood
while my guitar gently weeps
hey jude
day tripper
here, there and everywhere
real love
in my life
i want to hold your hand

Your views and your own selections?

Rigsby

Mine would be :

Hey Jude
Something
We Can Work it Out
Eleanor Rigby
Get Back
Day Tripper
Here Comes the Sun
While my guitar Gently Weeps
Fixing a Hole
Yesterday

grumpytrousers

No particular order

And Your Bird Can Sing
Here There and Everywhere
You Never Give me your Money
I Should Have Known Better
Sexy Sadie
Don't Let Me Down
Lady Madonna
You Can't do That
This Boy
I Feel Fine

383Ger

Presuming you're gonna put all the results together afterwards?

A Day In The Life
Come Together
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Blackbird
Oh Darling
Julia
Strawberry Fields Forever
Hey Jude
Rocky Racoon

J.S. Pill

Some of my faves

I want you (shes so heavy)
Happiness is a warm gun
While my guitar gently weeks
Hello goodbye
Helter Skelter
Hey bulldog

KnifeWRENCH

There are loads of Beatles songs I haven't heard yet, but of the ones I know my 10favourites would be:

Come Together
I Am The Walrus
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Blackbird
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
Here Comes The Sun
All You Need Is Love
Twist and Shout (I know it's a cover but still....)
Helter Skelter
Eleanor Rigby

Others that almost made my list: We Can Work It Out, You Can't Do That, Get Back and Let It Be

delbertgrady

And Your Bird Can Sing (Anthology 2 version) *
Drive My Car/What You're Doing/The Word (Medley) (from "Love") *
For No One
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Hey Jude
Rain
Real Love
Something
Strawberry Fields Forever
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

* possibly cheating

Latchy

This is difficult ,could easy pick a top 10,20 from their singles alone but my choice ..

I saw her standing there
Please Please me
I feel fine
I'll be back
Not a second time
Dr Robert
Nowere Man
Penny Lane
Here comes the sun
Get back

MooseJam

The beatles don't have 10 good songs

7gerard77

Thanks y'all for replies. Good to see that there are people with a good taste in music on the interweb these days.

It is staggering the amount of songs they released.
There are some classics lost on the albums that are rarely heard.
On revolver such as For No One , I Got to tell you and Dr. Robert.
Piggies and Cry Baby Cry on the white album also.

I'm not too keen on the Let it be album though.

The beatles don't really have a signature tune like ACDC and Thunderstruck or Nirvana and Teenage spirit.

I'd say Strawberry Fields is my favourite. It was part of the sgt. pepper sessions and released early. True psychadellic song. Cool mashup on the 2006 Love album.

Glassheart

Pretty much in order...

In My Life
A Day In The Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Across The Universe
If I Fell
Norwegian Wood
Something
All You Need is Love
I'm Only Sleeping
For No One

Rigsby

MooseJam wrote: »

The beatles don't have 10 good songs

No, they have 100's....

bluefinger

Across the universe
Get back
come together
Elenor Rigby
Helter Skelter
Day in the Life
In my life
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
All you need is love

david p

Here's my list, though it's liable to change at any stage:

A Day in the Life (serious contender for best song ever IMO)
Hey Jude
All You Need Is Love
I Saw Her Standing There
Real Love
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
The Balad of John and Yoko
Across the Universe
Tomorrow Never Knows
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

kenco

No particular order;

A day in the life
Sargent Peppers
Let it be
Helter Skelter
Long and winding road (not the Spector produced one)
Hey Jude
Get back
I want to hold your hand
Yesterday
I am the Walrus

PrivateEye

I Want To Hold Your Hand (WINRAWR, love this song)
In My Life
Rocky Racoon
Strawberry Fields
Yesterday
Get Back
When I'm Sixty-Four
She's Leaving Home
I Saw Her Standing There
Please Please me

Basq

Couldn't even pick a top 10.. too tough!

But how could people choosing their top 10 leave out 'A Day in The Life'! :eek:

Utterly sublime and one of my favourite songs.. full stop!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjVffR5EdM

Latchy

I could change my mind every other week to ,which say's a lot about the diversity of the Beatles stuff .

Zangetsu

A Day in the Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
In My Life
Within You Without You
I'm Only Sleeping
Across The Universe
Eleanor Rigby
Yesterday
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Something



Far to many more should be on that list, can we up it to 300? :pac:

craiginireland

A day in the life
Blackbird
for no one
helter skelter
Norwegian Wood
You've got to hide your love away
Help
Here comes the sun
In my life
With a little help from my friends

david p

It's kinda sad how I can list my top ten favourite songs from one band that were around in the sixties yet I'd find it a lot more difficult to list my top 10 songs from any bands in the last few years.

JimiTime

In no particular order, with a tendancy to change.

I Am The Walrus
Happiness is a warm gun
while my guitar gently weeps
i've got a feeling
across the universe
she's leaving home
revolution (single version)
real love
I'll follow the sun
And your bird can sing

There are just too many to choose. I've worn the hits out, so I'm unlikely to really listen to most of the hits they made. They were my favourites at one point or another though. They are a genre unto themselves. Best band ever IMO, even if I don't listen to them as much as I used to.

97i9y3941

the long and winding road
across the universe
let it be
while my guitar gently weeps
strawberry fields
ocotopus garden
free as a bird
little help from my friends
get back
lady madonna

someone answer me this,how come on most 60s compilations that there isnt never a beatles/rolling stones on the compilation,is it due to royality reasons just just companies refuseing to allow songs be used...

gustavo

My top 10 , obviously favourite rather than best

Day in the Life
Ticket to Ride
Hey Jude
Drive my Car
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I wanna Hold your Hand
Strawberry Fields Forever
Elenaor Rigby
You've got to hide your love away
Tommorow Never Knows

gustavo

MooseJam wrote: »

The beatles don't have 10 good songs

I didn't think one single post could ever been that wrong

Declan A Walsh

Impossible task - whittling down the output of The Beatles to the best ten efforts. So, I will just jot down the first ten Beatles tunes that come into my head that I really like: (this could be a slightly different list on another day)
I am The Walrus
Here Comes The Sun
Taxman
Julia
Paperback Writer
Strawberry Fields Forever
A Day In The Life
Rock and Roll Music
The Long and Winding Road
The Two of Us

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Impossible task - whittling down the output of The Beatles to the best ten efforts. So, I will just jot down the first ten Beatles tunes that come into my head that I really like: (this could be a slightly different list on another day)
I am The Walrus
Here Comes The Sun
Taxman
Julia
Paperback Writer
Strawberry Fields Forever
A Day In The Life
Rock and Roll Music
The Long and Winding Road
The Two of Us

Already, I'm thinking - oh I should have Tomorrow Never Knows in there - see what I mean!

JerryHandbag

Helter Skelter
Cry Baby Cry
We Can Work It Out
Hey Jude
Lovely Rita
Golden Slumbers
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
I Am The Walrus
Long And Winding Road

Being honest I could pick another 10!

funktastic

Strawberry Fields Forever
Ticket To Ride
Tomorrow Never Knows
In My Life
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Cry Baby Cry
Eleanor Rigby
Eight Days A Week
We Can Work It Out
Yer Blues

Shane St.

So difficult
In no particular order
Hey Jude
Don't Let Me Down
A Day In The Life
Help
Hide Your Love Away
All You Need Is Love
In My Life
Yesterday
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Strawberry Fields

loyatemu

Yellow Submarine
Mister Moonlight
Octopus's Garden
You know my name (look up the number)
Don't pass me by
Dig it
Its only a northern song
Within you without you
Maxwells silver hammer
Act naturally

Mr Kite

Come Together
Something
Here there and everywhere
I've got a feeling
And I love her
Hey Jude
In my life
Twist n' Shout
I saw her standing there
Getting Better

Taz86

Nice thread.

In order:

1. Real Love
2. A Day in the Life
3. Strawberry Fields
4. Come Together (cracking bassline )
5. Sgt Pepper (1&2)
6. In My Life
7. Ticket to Ride
8. Get Back
9. Across the Universe

loyatemu

Taz86 wrote: »

Nice thread.

In order:

1. Real Love

whoa there... I was taking the p1ss in my list - do you really think "Real Love" is the best song they ever did?!

nonemoreblack88

In no order:

Something
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money/The End (cheating I know...)
Blackbird
A Day In The Life
She's Leaving Home
Across The Universe
In My Life
I Am The Walrus
Eleanor Rigby

artvanderlay

In no particular order:

Revolution (single version)
Sexy Sadie
Tell Me Why
It Won't Be Long
Ticket To Ride
Help
The Ballad Of John & Yoko
Nowhere Man
Drive My Car
Here, There & Everywhere

Taz86

loyatemu wrote: »

whoa there... I was taking the p1ss in my list - do you really think "Real Love" is the best song they ever did?!

Hey. It was the first Beatles song I ever bought. When that stuff was put out, you know with Free as a Bird and all that, that was the first time I actually listened to the Beatles. Aside from that yeah I do love it. Love the production. Love everything about it and am sticking by my choice

niallon

Simply because they are amongst the songs that got me into The Beatles when I was a kid:

Blackbird
Hello Goodbye
Let It Be
Yellow Submarine (First song I learned on the guitar!)
A Day In The Life
Penny Lane
Come Together
Get Back
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Eight Days A Week

Yeah, they're singles, their well known etc. but they're the one's I'll always remember first hearing and will stick with me for good, and I'm not even a mad Beatles fan, great respect for what they did for music though.

Dante

I'm not a big Beatles fan but these songs definately stand out for me:

Sexy Sadie (Love this!)
All You Need Is Love
Helter Skelter
Hey Jude
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Strawberry Fields

laoisforliam

Come together
Across the universe
Happiness is a warm gun
Baby youre a rich man
All you need is love
im only sleeping
a day in the life
lucy in the sky with diamonds
the fool on the hill
strawberry fields

Thundercats Ho

Only 2 people have Penny Lane in their list.
That surprises me, its probably my favourite.

Happiness is a warm gun
while my guitar
penny lane
eleanor rigby
shes leaving home
in my life
hey jude
blackbird
cant buy me love
lovely rita

goddevil

My top 10 favorites

Let It Be
Across the Universe
Jude
I Me Mine
Come Together
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Yello Submarine
Strawberry Fields
A Taste of Honey
Paperback Writer

loveissucide

Tomorrow Never Knows
Strawberry Fields Forever
She's Leaving Home
A Day In The Life
Wait
Think For Yourself
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
For No One
Norwegian Wood
You Won't See Me

delbertgrady

loyatemu wrote: »

Yellow Submarine
Mister Moonlight
Octopus's Garden
You know my name (look up the number)
Don't pass me by
Dig it
Its only a northern song
Within you without you
Maxwells silver hammer
Act naturally

You've left out If You've Got Troubles.

Monkey61

I really don't like The Beatles, but, when a song grabs me, it grabs me...so in no particular order..

Rocky Raccoon
In My Life
Get Back
And your bird can sing (although I prefer David Kitt's version)
Dig a Pony (Let it be..naked version)
I Feel Fine
Ticket to Ride
With a Little Help From my Friends
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Come Together

ppdub73

Hi everyone. I hope I am not gatecrashing but I want to ask you Beatles fans a question linked to what you are discussing. I am a massive Elton John fan but love the Beatles too. Can you tell me what you think of their live duets together at MSG in 1974? If you don't know them, check them on youtube. Thanks!

LFO1

A Day In The Life
She Said
Paperback Writer
Helter Skelter
Taxman
Ticket to Ride
Something
And Your Bird Can Sing
Penny Lane
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

fully

Wud be

Norwegian Wood
A Day in the Life
I Am the Walrus
Strawberry Fields Forevever
Back in the USSR
You Never Give Me Your Money
Lady Madonna
Paperback Writer
Happiness is a Warm Gun
I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Choice One

Sorry,couldn`t limit it to 10! in no particular order.......

in my life
Eight Days a week
long and winding road
day in the life
fixing a hole
ballad of john and yoko
across the universe
don`t let me down
free as a bird
good morning,good morning
hello,goodbye
paperback writer

BornToRun88

My favourite beatles songs

In My Life
Nowhere Man
A Day In The Life
Something
Eleanor Rigby
Let It Be
All You Need Is Love
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
A Hard Day's Night

so many other songs i wish i cud have featured

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

No particular order....

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
All You Need Is Love
I've Just Seen A Face
Free As A Bird
Here Comes The Sun
Let It Be
Get Back
Hey Jude
In My Life
Don't Let Me Down