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Ultimate Battle of The Beatles

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  • #1052
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Arghus wrote: »
    I've been guilty of this a lot and I can understand how people find it tedious, but to me it makes a competition a lot more interesting and involving if people get into why they voted a certain way. I like to read people's passion and a bit of back and forth, it livens things up and at the end of the day it's only meant in good spirit, but, it is also true that I genuinely can't fathom why some songs get picked over others.

    I actually find it really boring just reading plain oul song title choices, without any sense about why people have voted the way that they do. I don't see much interest in that tbh.
    I've enjoyed reading your blurbs, even if I disagree with many of your choices.
    At this stage of the comp though, it felt like too many songs to come up with an individual bit on (for me).


  • #1053
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
    For No One vs All You Need is Love
    I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night



    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
    Ticket To Ride vs Get Back


  • #1054
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Group G

    Lady Madonna
    All You Need is Love
    I Feel Fine


    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back

    Couple of really tough choices there, one because I love both songs, the other because I don't like either.


  • #1055
    Nerdlingr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭Nerdlingr


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine

    Group H

    The Long And Winding Road (Surprised myself picking this one...but gotta go for one of Paul's soppy numbers at least)
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back ( very tough choice this. Love Ticket to Ride...can't believe I'm voting against it )


  • #1056
    Purgative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Group G

    Lady Madonna
    For No One
    I Feel Fine


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  • #1057
    Purgative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Ticket To Ride


  • #1058
    Rigor Mortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭Rigor Mortis


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    A Hard Day's Night



    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back


  • #1059
    AdrianBalboa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭AdrianBalboa


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine


    Group H

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back

    The Long and Winding Road is not a very good song, even in spite of it’s well known over-production. Happiness is a Great Song.


  • #1060
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,113 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna - no contest here, Lady Madonna is a great tune but it's no Walrus
    For No One vs All You Need is Love
    I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night - not much between these.

    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun - TLAWR continues to plod on; HIAWG is a great little suite, more Donovan-inspired guitar and LSD inspired lyrics.
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine - I'm not crazy on either of these; I've gone with Ringo.
    Ticket To Ride vs Get Back - both great, Get Back by a nose.


  • #1061
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna
    For No One vs All You Need is Love
    I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night

    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine
    Ticket To Ride vs Get Back


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  • #1062
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,655 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Group G -

    I Am The Walrus vs Lady Madonna: Lady Madonna is pretty great, but the out there banging weirdness of Walrus beats it all day long.

    For No One vs All You Need is Love: For No One is one of McCartney's best, properly sincere and unusually bleak for him. AYNIL is, out of all the "big ones" that everybody knows inside and out, a bit comparatively weak. I've always found it a bit slapdash and unsubstantial. Not necessarily bad, but not necessarily all that great either.

    I Feel Fine vs A Hard Day's Night: Very close this one, but I give the vote to AHDN. It has more drive and energy, more sophistication and passion and it's a great Lennon McCartney collaboration.


  • #1063
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus     vs Lady Madonna
    For No One vs All You Need is Love
    I Feel Fine     vs A Hard Day's Night


  • #1064
    Eggonyerface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 675 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    Group G

    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    Hard Day's Night

    Group H

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Ticket To Ride


  • #1065
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,655 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Group H -

    The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun: TLAWR continues its slow inexorable soporific march to what now is beginning to feel like an inevitable eventual victory. It's a relatively boring song, smathered and lathered with a Phil Spector level of cheese.

    HIAWG, on the other hand, is an exciting multipart opus which is consistently interesting, angular and weird. It's got great dirty riffs, nightmarish and poetically surreal lyrics and a warped falsetto finish. An while it may not all hang together as a coherent statement, the general mood it establishes of a feverish uneasiness is pretty damn effective and memorable.

    Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds vs Yellow Submarine: I like Lucy, without being totally in love with it, but it has the edge over Yellow Submarine, which is definitely charming, but also a bit plodding, simple minded and dreary.

    Ticket to Ride vs Get Back: This was a tough one, as both of these songs are excellent, I would have no issue with either going through, but I'd marginally favour TTR. Its changes of tempo, rhythm and mood work for me and I just like that dry guitar sound of that period. And all those hooks. I also think it has more meaning and feels actually about something. Get Back is great, but it is a bit of a pastiche with no real meaning. A brilliant pastiche, played brilliantly, but TTR feels realer to me. So it gets my vote.


  • #1066
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Group H

    The Long and Winding Road vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds     vs Yellow Submarine
    Ticket To Ride vs Get Back


  • #1067
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    Arghus wrote: »

    HIAWG, on the other hand, is an exciting multipart opus which is consistently interesting, angular and weird. It's got great dirty riffs, nightmarish and poetically surreal lyrics and a warped falsetto finish. An while it may not all hang together as a coherent statement, the general mood it establishes of a feverish uneasiness is pretty damn effective and memorable.

    I don't agree with your assessment of HIAWG.:pac:

    Below is how I described it in my recent Walrus.
    From the overrated, bloated and, I suppose, culturally significant and influential White Album, I guess I should bow down to its brilliance, but this is merely bang average fare. Sedated and mostly snail-paced, the lyrics are twaddle and Lennon's vocals are corny as hell. Mundane oldie that would have been a throwaway if it wasn't recorded for a double album by one of the greatest bands ever.

    It's fair to say I'm not anywhere near as big a Beatles fan as you. :)


  • #1068
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,655 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Reberetta wrote: »
    I don't agree with your assessment of HIAWG.:pac:

    Below is how I described it in my recent Walrus.



    It's fair to say I'm not anywhere near as big a Beatles fan as you. :)

    All very fair points.

    None of which I agree with.


  • #1069
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,111 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Through to the next round.

    Group G
    I am the Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine

    Group H
    Happiness is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back


  • #1070
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,111 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Full line up for the next round.

    She Loves You
    Day Tripper
    Hey Jude
    Nowhere Man
    We Can Work It Out
    I'm Only Sleeping
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Help!
    And Your Bird Can Sing
    Back in the U.S.S.R
    Here Comes The Sun
    Eleanor Rigby
    Paperback Writer
    Blackbird
    Come Together
    In My Life
    Got to Get You Into My Life
    A Day in the Life
    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine
    Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back


    Next round will kick off around 20:00 or so this evening.


  • #1071
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    A few great songs there. I expect them to be promptly voted out.


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  • #1072
    El Gato De Negocios
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    A few great songs there. I expect them to be promptly voted out.

    I'm really pleased to see For No One getting this far. One of their far lesser known songs but imo one of their best.


  • #1073
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    A few great songs there. I expect them to be promptly voted out.

    Ask 100 people what Procul Harum’s “best” song is and 99, or even 100, will say ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ but anyone who’s a bit of an anorak knows it’s clearly either ‘Whaling Stories’, ‘A Salty Dog’ or ‘In Held ‘Twas in I’.

    But none of those were hits that sold 10 million worldwide. It would be a shock if a “best” Beatles track wasn’t on either the red or blue “Best of” albums.
    El Gato De Negocios wrote: »
    I'm really pleased to see For No One getting this far. One of their far lesser known songs but imo one of their best.

    A great song, one of the best on ‘Revolver’. One of those you never “skip” when it starts.

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



  • #1074
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    Not a single person mourned the exit of Yesterday, the most covered song of all-time if I'm not mistaken? Overplayed and the public have had their surfeit perhaps?


  • #1075
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Reberetta wrote: »
    Not a single person mourned the exit of Yesterday, the most covered song of all-time if I'm not mistaken? Overplayed and the public have had their surfeit perhaps?

    Paves the way for ‘Hey Jude’ to become the bookies favourite.

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



  • #1076
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Reberetta wrote: »
    Not a single person mourned the exit of Yesterday, the most covered song of all-time if I'm not mistaken? Overplayed and the public have had their surfeit perhaps?

    I'm sure the actual public would be outraged at some of the results, but we who are voting are a small minority of people who aren't afraid to vote against the most popular song in favour of the better song. Yesterday is a fine song, but its not even in the Top 20 greatest Beatles songs for me, so much better and lesser know songs on offer.

    Yesterday and Let It Be both taken out in the last round ; would have been two of the bookies favourites to win I'd say. I'm glad to see some of these Goliaths get taken out, makes it a more interesting tournament.


  • #1077
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Paves the way for ‘Hey Jude’ to become the bookies favourite.

    I would only vote for Hey Jude ahead of about six of the remaining contenders; it's quality, anthemic with a melodious verse, but the lyrics are vapid and it plods along rather than pulverizes. Below I've bolded the songs that I think have a shot at winning:


    She Loves You
    Day Tripper
    Hey Jude
    Nowhere Man
    We Can Work It Out
    I'm Only Sleeping
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Help!
    And Your Bird Can Sing
    Back in the U.S.S.R
    Here Comes The Sun
    Eleanor Rigby
    Paperback Writer
    Blackbird
    Come Together
    In My Life
    Got to Get You Into My Life
    A Day in the Life
    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine
    Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back


  • #1078
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Reberetta wrote: »
    I would only vote for Hey Jude ahead of about six of the remaining contenders; it's quality, anthemic with a melodious verse, but the lyrics are vapid and it plods along rather than pulverizes. Below I've bolded the songs that I think have a shot at winning:


    She Loves You
    Day Tripper
    Hey Jude
    Nowhere Man
    We Can Work It Out
    I'm Only Sleeping
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Help!
    And Your Bird Can Sing
    Back in the U.S.S.R
    Here Comes The Sun
    Eleanor Rigby
    Paperback Writer
    Blackbird
    Come Together
    In My Life
    Got to Get You Into My Life
    A Day in the Life
    I Am The Walrus
    For No One
    I Feel Fine
    Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
    Get Back

    I’d love to see ‘We Can Work It Out’ do well, it’s a blinder of a track and oft-overlooked.

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



  • #1079
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Delighted to say goodbye to Yesterday and Let it Be. Just need Hey Jude to be next. Agree with Rebertta about its vapidness and ploddiness.

    Some cracking tunes left, and my altogether favourite still there too.


  • #1080
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Yesterday is a fine song, but its not even in the Top 20 greatest Beatles songs for me, so much better and lesser know songs on offer..

    It came up against Paperback Writer, otherwise I would have voted for it over others and I think there's a good chance it would have still been in the competition with an easier draw.

    I think it would sneak into my top 20, definitely top 25. Yesterday, along with Hey Jude, but even moreso than HJ, is the definitive Beatles song, the song the casual fan or member of the general public would associate most with The Beatles undoubtedly in my opinion; ironic, considering John is the biggest icon and most revered of the foursome and it was written by Paul after a dream of course.

    Spike Milligan was a big fan of Yesterday and talked about it on Room 101, calling pop music "crap other than The Beatles".


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  • #1081
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Reberetta wrote: »
    It came up against Paperback Writer, otherwise I would have voted for it over others and I think there's a good chance it would have still been in the competition with an easier draw.

    I think it would sneak into my top 20, definitely top 25. Yesterday, along with Hey Jude, but even moreso than HJ, is the definitive Beatles song, the song the casual fan or member of the general public would associate most with The Beatles undoubtedly in my opinion; ironic, considering John is the biggest icon and most revered of the foursome and it was written by Paul after a dream of course.

    Spike Milligan was a big fan of Yesterday and talked about it on Room 101, calling pop music "crap other than The Beatles".

    I think I voted for Yesterday over Paperback Writer actually. PW is another song I have nothing against, it's a great song, but probably wouldn't scratch my Top 20 Beatles Songs either.


  • #1082
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    Hey Jude was also written by Paul, so probably the two most commonly recognised Beatles tracks were by the man the majority tend to regard as the lesser songwriter.

    Fun Facts (courtesy of a great site called Beatlesbible)
    ‘Hey Jude’ was the first release on The Beatles’ own Apple Records label. It was a ballad written by Paul McCartney, to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian during the divorce of his parents.

    It was written in June 1968, as McCartney drove his Aston Martin to Weybridge to visit Cynthia Lennon and her son. On the journey he began thinking about their changing lives, and of the past times he had spent writing with Lennon at the Weybridge house.

    I thought, as a friend of the family, I would motor out to Weybridge and tell them that everything was all right: to try and cheer them up, basically, and see how they were. I had about an hour’s drive. I would always turn the radio off and try and make up songs, just in case… I started singing: ‘Hey Jules – don’t make it bad, take a sad song, and make it better…’ It was optimistic, a hopeful message for Julian: ‘Come on, man, your parents got divorced. I know you’re not happy, but you’ll be OK.’

    I eventually changed ‘Jules’ to ‘Jude’. One of the characters in Oklahoma! is called Jude, and I like the name.

    "‘Hey Jude is a damn good set of lyrics and I made no contribution to that."- John Lennon...I don't agree with that.


  • #1083
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Reberetta wrote: »
    Not a single person mourned the exit of Yesterday, the most covered song of all-time if I'm not mistaken?
    Wouldn't have mourned Wonderwall either :pac:

    (Not that those two even belong in the same record store)


  • #1084
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    El Gato De Negocios wrote: »
    I'm really pleased to see For No One getting this far. One of their far lesser known songs but imo one of their best.

    One of my favourite Beatles songs. In my top five. Revolver would be my favourite album, that opinion hasn’t changed since my teens.


  • #1085
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    One of my favourite Beatles songs. In my top five. Revolver would be my favourite album, that opinion hasn’t changed since my teens.

    Revolver was the highest rated album in the top 50 album countdown as chosen by some Boardsies. It came in at No. 6.

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was at no. 22

    I wonder if a Revolver song will win this competition?

    Shameless plug for anyone who missed it:
    Top 50 albums of all-time according to 51 Boardsies.


  • #1086
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Reberetta wrote: »
    Revolver was the highest rated album in the top 50 album countdown as chosen by some Boardsies. It came in at No. 6.

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was at no. 22

    I wonder if a Revolver song will win this competition?

    Shameless plug for anyone who missed it:
    Top 50 albums of all-time according to 51 Boardsies.

    ‘Abbey Road’ didn’t even feature?

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



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  • #1087
    Reberetta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ‘Abbey Road’ didn’t even feature?

    No, and I wouldn't put it in the upper echelons either; it only features one classic song: Here Comes The Sun.

    I'm not the biggest champion of the romantic slush of Something and Oh, Darling! or the slow rhythms of Come Together, Because, Golden Slumbers and Sun King.

    As for silly frippery like Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Polythene Pam and Mean Mr. Mustard the less said the better!

    In addition, the whole continuous segue approach on albums, one song blending into another, rather detracts from their individualism and uniqueness and rather than any standing out, none of them do. The songs aren't strong. I even used to forget which was which.

    It's gimmicky and overall I don't feel it forms a cohesive creative picture; it's certainly not like it's an interesting conceptual piece like The Wall(and I guess it wasn't meant to be); it's more like a slapdash painting on a wall with no coherent outline and design.

    John Lennon agrees with me so I must be right.;)
    Lennon ultimately said that he disliked Abbey Road as a whole and felt that it lacked authenticity, calling McCartney's contributions "[music] for the grannies to dig" and not "real songs", and describing the medley as "junk ... just bits of songs thrown together"


  • #1088
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,655 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    All of their "mature" albums offer something different, in my view, and have their own qualities. Though I'd probably listen to Sargent Pepper's the least and The White Album the most, the charges of it being bloated and self indulgent aren't totally unfair, but I like its sprawl and variety of moods.

    Back when I was really first getting into them I didn't get why Abbey Road was considered to be their best. A bit too polished and the second half is bits and pieces of song fragments stuck together rather than truly mind blowing individual songs - which is reflection of them beginning to run out of steam at the time of recording it - but I do appreciate it a fair bit more these days. That polish works a bit more for me now instead of putting me off. I totally disagree that it only features one classic song - Come Together and Here Comes The Sun are bona-fide classics and She's So Heavy is absolutely fcking awesome and does pulverise.


  • #1089
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,111 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Group A

    I Feel Fine

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrAV5EVI4tU


    vs

    Day Tripper

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYZlME0mQB8


    She Loves You

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S302kF8MJ-I


    vs

    A Day In The Life

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM


    Group A

    I Feel Fine vs Day Tripper
    She Loves You vs A Day in the Life


  • #1090
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,551 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I Feel Fine

    She Loves You Ya Ya Ya
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #1091
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,111 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Group B

    Hey Jude

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


    vs

    We Can Work It Out

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyclqo_AV2M


    I Am The Walrus

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjhb5gkw4No


    vs

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvnOH060Qg



    Group B

    Hey Jude vs We Can Work It Out
    I Am The Walrus vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun


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  • #1092
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Group A

    I Feel Fine vs Day Tripper - tough draw, I like both of these.
    She Loves You vs A Day in the Life -definitely an easier choice here, though SLY certainly isn't bad.



    Group B

    Hey Jude vs We Can Work It Out - great catchy tune, and not a fan of HJ
    I Am The Walrus vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun - least favourte of the four I'm voting for here, but better than IATW.


  • #1093
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Group A

    I Feel Fine
    A Day in the Life

    Group B

    We Can Work It Out
    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

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



  • #1094
    Zebrano
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭Zebrano


    Group A

    Day Tripper
    A Day in the Life


  • #1095
    Zebrano
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭Zebrano


    Group B

    We Can Work It Out
    I Am The Walrus


  • #1096
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Group A

    I Feel Fine vs Day Tripper
    She Loves You vs A Day in the Life


  • #1097
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Group B

    Hey Jude vs We Can Work It Out
    I Am The Walrus vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun


    I am the Walrus and Happiness is a Warm Gun are two of my favourites. This wasn't an easy decision.


  • #1098
    Reberetta
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    Group A

    I Feel Fine v Day Tripper
    Two songs with lively chord structures, guitar noodling and harmonious multi-vocals. Out of the two, DT packs the more powerful punch, both vocally and riff wise. I Feel Fine is almost like a pauper's DT; the latter may attain classic status, but IFF falls a little short in my opinion. It also has a limp guitar solo, almost unnecessary really.

    She Loves You v A Day in the Life
    SLY is a slice of pure top-notch pop but its repetitive chorus doesn't have a lasting impact and it loses out to the more interesting, complex, melancholic and unsettling ADITL.

    Group B

    Hey Jude vs We Can Work It Out
    It's cool how the vocal in WCWIO comes in immediately. The verse is the strongest part of the song. "Life is very short.." which, I presume, might be regarded as the chorus, is lacklustre compared to the bouncy preludes, so although it's good, it's no HJ.

    I Am The Walrus vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    Wonky, demented lyrics and a I really like the vocals (or effect on the vocals?); snarly. The most intriguing section is the string interlude starting @2:04 which takes it to another (and better )place. I'm not the chief admirer of IATW; I'd like it to be faster and heavier somehow, but my thoughts on HIAWG are known. No contest!


  • #1099
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Group A

    Day Tripper
    A Day in the Life

    Pretty close call in the first match and Day Tripper only slightly edges it over I Feel Fine, both are great songs.

    Second match was a bit easier, but only relatively speaking and it's not a slight on She Loves You, as all decisions at this point of the tournament are going to be hard to make, but A Day In The Life is more of an experience.


  • #1100
    abff
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    Group A

    I Feel Fine vs Day Tripper
    She Loves You vs A Day in the Life


    Group B

    Hey Jude vs We Can Work It Out
    I Am The Walrus vs Happiness Is a Warm Gun - don't really like either of these songs


  • #1101
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Group B

    We Can Work It Out
    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Hard not to love the NA-NA-NA sing a long bit of Hey Jude and that's definitely what makes it such a fan favourite, but overall I think We Can Work It Out is the superior song.

    Second match was a much tougher decision, wouldn't have minded seeing both of these make it to the quarter finals or further, Happiness Is A Warm Gun is one that grows on me more and more each and every time I listen to it and slowly but surely crept its way into my inner circle of Beatles songs. On the other hand I Am The Walrus has always been one of my Beatles favourites and was always in that inner circle, so kills me to vote against it, but had to go with the gut instinct. Whichever goes through from this one though I'll be more than happy.


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