Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

Group A
I'm a Loser
Dear Prudence
Come Together
Tomorrow Never Knows

Anyone voting ‘Honey Pie’ is nuts. There, I said it.

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Group A
Another Girl
Dear Prudence
Come Together
Tomorrow Never Knows

Would it count as a vote if I just quoted this .

Group B
Something
Abstain
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Group B
Something
If I Needed Someone
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

I also like the 24 hour opening time, allows me to properly listen to the songs.
Only 2 of the 8 that I could register - and one of them due to a cover version I like.

Group A
I'm a Loser - like it slightly better, the harmonica around 1:20 sounds really neat
Dear Prudence - I can't remember if I have heard this before but I really like the cover version of Siouxsie and the Banshees
Come Together - though Long Long Long was interesting, familiarity wins here and in fairness Come Together is a great song.
Tomorrow Never Knows - not particularly wowed by either of them, Tomorrow Never Knows is interestingly weird, I think I hears a sitar somewhere in there

Irish Aris wrote: »

Tomorrow Never Knows - not particularly wowed by either of them, Tomorrow Never Knows is interestingly weird, I think I hears a sitar somewhere in there

Always enjoyed the version on Anthology 2:

Group B
Something - lovely ballad
If I Needed Someone - not fussed by either of them, just like it slightly more
Let It Be - One of my most favourite Beatles songs
I Want to Tell You - I was never a fan of Ob La Di, so will vote for I Want To Tell You

Group B
Something
The Word
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Group A:

I'm a loser vs Another girl: Close enough this one. Another girl is alright, there's a bitterness in the lyrics that's unusual for McCartney and the little guitar licks, but Lennon's vocals and honesty edge I'm A loser to the win.

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You vs Dear Prudence - I'm happy Just to Dance.. is a lovely simple song with a nifty melody, but it's not top tier. I've gone off Dear Prudence over the years - I used to love it - but I still like a lot of it: the simple guitar that starts it off, the way the arrangement builds as it goes on, Paul's bass lines are really cool throughout, the backing vocals that come and go.

Long, long long vs Come Together : I really like long long long, it's a really underrated song. But it starts off so quietly that it doesn't register with a lot of people, but man, that - one - chorus - is an absolute banger! He could have milked it a bit more. George can get a bit preachy at times, but he sounds very humble and thankful on this one.

But, it's no Come Together which is absolute banger, with an edge to it that still cuts today.

Tomorrow Never Know vs Honey Pie - I don't mind Honey Pie, it's pretty great silly McCartney piano pop, but Tomorrow Never Knows is something else. That shít sounds wild even today, imagine how it sounded in 1966. The fact that the world's most popular group had travelled in 3 years from singing about wanting to hold your hand to advising people to "lay down all thought: surrender to the void" still blows my mind. If you want a single song that works as a signifier of the massive cultural changes going on during the sixties, as they were going on, look no further than Tomorrow Never Knows.

And it's amazing musically and sonically: that beat is fcking amazing, the distorted vocals, the chaos of the tape loops... Such creativity. Totally amazing song.

Group A
I'm a Loser
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
Come Together
Honey Pie

Group B
Till There Was You
If I Needed Someone
I'll Cry Instead
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Group B
Something
The Word
Let It Be v
I Want to Tell You

Group B
Something
The Word
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Group B
Something
If I Needed Someone
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Same.