The Beatles Appreciation Thread

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1-  Think For Yourself
2-  Tomorrow Never Knows

3-  And Your Bird Can Sing

[Doug]

That ends Round 76. We had a tie this round (HEX, ya should have voted!) Here's how the points panned out because of the tie: "Drive My Car" - 17; "In My Life" - 17; "Nowhere Man" - 12; "Day Tripper" - 4; "Nowhere Man" - 4. So, we lose "Drive My Car" and "In My Life".

One of the Nowhere Mans must be "Norwegian Wood."  As long as it made it another round, that's all I care about.

1 Got To Get You Into My Life
2 And Your Bird Can Sing
3 Rain

I hope we don't lose "Think For Yourself."  It's too cool of a song to vote off yet.

[Lin Sunderland]

1  Got To Get You Into My Life
2   And Your Bird Can Sing


This is so difficlt now. Like AB I don't know so I have picked this one by shutting my eyes and pointing at the screen and I notice it matches your choice Matt!

3  Think For Yourself

[Matt]

One of the Nowhere Mans must be "Norwegian Wood." 

Man, I've gotta start getting these rounds up earlier again. Stupid mistake on my part. I've edited the original post. It was "Norwegian Wood" that had 4 points, and "Nowhere Man" had 12. Both survived the round. 

[Gant]

1   Got To get You Into My Life
2   And Your Bird can Sing


3   Think For Yourself

[Americanbeauty]

Alright. I did a lot of thinkin and ... 

3. Rain

[Lucky Punk]

1.Got To Get You Into My Life
2.Rain

3.Think For Yourself

[Matt]

That ends Round 77.  This time we lose "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Got To Get You Into My Life".


BEATLES SONG SURVIVOR - ROUND SEVENTY-EIGHT

As before, vote off two of the following songs, and list an alternate third choice that will only be used as a tie-breaker if needed. The three surviving songs from this round will be brought back later in the game to compete with the other rounds' survivors.

1.  "I'm Only Sleeping" (Lennon/McCartney); Lead vocal: Lennon  (From Revolver)
2.  "Eleanor Rigby" (Lennon/McCartney); Lead vocal: McCartney, with Lennon (From Revolver)
3.  "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Lennon/McCartney); Lead vocal: Lennon (From Magical Mystery Tour)
4. "Penny Lane" (Lennon/McCartney); Lead vocal: McCartney, with Lennon (From Magical Mystery Tour)
5.   "A Day In The Life" (Lennon/McCartney); Lead vocal: Lennon, with McCartney (From Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

(When I end a round and start the next, I'll need to take the songs from the previous round down so that the next round's songs will fit on the website. Therefore the links in each round will still show up, but they won't work once that round has ended.)

You can join in the game anytime. You don't need to have been voting from the beginning to play.

(Sorry this round is also getting started a little late.)

[Matt]

Hardest round yet!

1) Penny Lane
2) I'm Only Sleeping

3) Eleanor Rigby 

[Brendan]

Sorry I've missed the past few rounds. I've just had a couple of late nights. However this round looks tough. I'll have to sleep on this one and get at it in the afternoon before work. Some good songs this round.

[Matt]

You're not kidding! Man, having to choose between those five was tough. Sorry to all the "Penny Lane" fans, but ... against those other four, it had to be my first choice.

I picked up Life magazine "Remembering John Lennon, 25 years later" today. Haven't had a chance to do more than just glance at some of it, but the pictures are fantastic. If a picture can say a thousand words, this beautiful picture has to cast doubt on a few thousand that I read in Goldman's book The Lives of John Lennon:



It's on newsstands now... well worth the money, and I haven't even read it yet.

[Americanbeauty]

1. A Day In The Life
2. I'm Only Sleeping
3. Strawberry Fields Forever

 

[The Schofield Kid]

1-  Penny Lane
2-  I'm Only Sleeping

3-  Eleanor Rigby

(Sorry this round is also getting started a little late.)

Not late over here.

[Sylvie]

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. I'm Only Sleeping

3. Penny Lane   

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1. I'm Only Sleeping
2. Eleanor Rigby

3. Penny Lane

I can't believe how can I vote the last two songs

[Doug]

1 Penny Lane
2 I'm Only Sleeping
3 Eleanor Rigby


Yeah, I picked up Life magazine tonight as well.  I haven't looked it at yet except to glance through it at the grocery store.  But the pictures looked great and ones I'd never seen before. 

[Lin Sunderland]

Such a difficult round.  Have thought about it for ages and sorry but this is how I see it.


1    A Day In The Life
2    I'm Only Sleeping

3    Srawberry Fields Forever


I just noticed AB and I have made the same choices.

[KC]

There was another review of Bob Spitz' The Beatles: The Biography in last Sunday's New York Times book review section. It included some shots of some very young future Beatles.

For instance ...


Tom Hanley/Camera Press/From "The Beatles: The Biography."
John in 1948.

[Gant]

Hardest round by far....

1    Eleanor Rigby... never really been over keen on this one
2    I'm Only Sleeping

3   Penny Lane

[Lucky Punk]

1.Penny Lane
2.I'm Only Sleeping

3.Eleanor Rigby

Man that was not easy