Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

1…202122232426»

Comments

  • #1252
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,635 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Fantastic tournament El Gato. After all my disagreement with many of the choices made throughout, I have no complaints about the final winner. A worthy champ!


  • #1253
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,635 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Purgative wrote: »
    Great job El Gato. Thoroughly enjoyed. Just as QB said, I'm not a Beatles nut, but there were a few forgotten gems here.


    Look forward to the next one - don't suppose you'd do the Stones?

    A bit more modern and heavier.... Sounds intriguing. I think Metallica could fit that bill, perhaps.

    Stones could be a good shout, but they have an awfully huge back catalogue, with a fairly clear division in terms of quality between the first half and the second.

    The Beatles were perfect IMO because the catalogue is pretty big, but not ridiculously so and the quality was consistent all the way through.


  • #1254
    speckle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭speckle


    Thanks El Gato for all the hard work you put in..really enjoyed hearing old favorites and some that passed me by... listening reminded me of a Beatles coverband that had a gig in front of their house in the suburbs...what fun...would have voted HCTS ...what about Led Zep next :D


  • #1255
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Great tournament and very worthy winner

    Thanks for running!


  • #1256
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Thoroughly enjoyed that - many thanks, El Gato.


    Abba next, presumably :)


  • #1257
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,018 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Well done, EGDN. Great tournament and winner.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #1258
    Rigor Mortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭Rigor Mortis


    Thank you for a very enjoyable competition


  • #1259
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,847 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Do one of the below please

    Pink Floyd
    U2
    John Bon Jovi
    Guns and Roses
    Nirvana


  • #1260
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Arghus wrote: »
    A bit more modern and heavier.... Sounds intriguing. I think Metallica could fit that bill, perhaps.

    Stones could be a good shout, but they have an awfully huge back catalogue, with a fairly clear division in terms of quality between the first half and the second.

    The Beatles were perfect IMO because the catalogue is pretty big, but not ridiculously so and the quality was consistent all the way through.

    Ya, it would probably have to be an act that had at least 5-8 albums and were relatively consistent in their output, like there are acts on the go for 40 years but their current output is not played on radio/makes no impact on the charts and is probably bought by die hard fans.

    Queen is a good choice. David Bowie, ABBA was mentioned above, U2 probably fit the bill. Going more into pop territory you could have Michael Jackson, Madonna. Or more modern Radiohead, Pearl Jam, even though both are on the go about 30 years now, which is hard to believe.

    An REM tournament would be good.


  • Advertisement
  • #1261
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Thanks El Gato. Really enjoyed it.


  • #1262
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Thanks El Gato, that was a really well run and enjoyable game.

    When I was a kid my dad had a pub band, and listening to the songs as they were posted made me realise just how much of his set was Beatles songs, including several I'd completely forgotten about. However it's clear our musical tastes differ, he sang quite a few that I really don't care for and voted against in this competition. You're supposed to rebel against your parents musical tastes though, aren't you? :D


  • #1263
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,107 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Arghus wrote: »
    A bit more modern and heavier.... Sounds intriguing. I think Metallica could fit that bill, perhaps.

    Stones could be a good shout, but they have an awfully huge back catalogue, with a fairly clear division in terms of quality between the first half and the second.

    The Beatles were perfect IMO because the catalogue is pretty big, but not ridiculously so and the quality was consistent all the way through.

    ;)


  • #1264
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Out of interest, I decided to google best Beatles song and got a link to a list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. They had the same number 1 as we did, but our other two finalists were ranked 28th and 30th.

    There was a link to the magazine’s list of 500 greatest songs of all time and ADITL was only ranked 28th, with 5 other Beatles songs ahead of it! As the Americans would say, go figure!


  • #1265
    Eggonyerface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 675 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    I really enjoyed that too, I think the final was the only one I missed bit I would have voted a day in the life. Great job putting in the effort and running the polls every day


  • #1266
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,495 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I forgot to vote in the final, some many great songs

    Well done El Gato
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • Advertisement
  • #1267
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,107 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    20211012_105922.jpg

    Just a heads up to fellow fans. The Peter Jackson 3 part documentary is releasing at the end of November and the above is a companion book to it, just arrived today from amazon. Haven't cracked it open yet but it's huge!



  • #1268
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,107 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    I have the similarly enormous Anthology book and I've only ever skimmed through it. Really looking forward to the Jackson series - I saw "Let it Be" on a dodgy VHS years ago and it was really interesting.



  • #1269
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118008235#Comment_118008235

    I have sent you a PM that may be of interest to you.

    https://forumofgames.com/




Advertisement