And the #1 Beatles' song is....

[Jennasis]

I disagree. "Come Together"? Please. But then again, I think RS is garbage. Just look at its horrid new cover

The cover with the True Blood gang? Magnificent!

 

[GeorgeG]

I must be getting too old. I'm guessing the people picking the songs for this list are younger. The Beatles made a huge impact and changed the sound of rock & roll in what was basically a few short years. I liked the early Beatles, not what they became. Still, the early songs/sound produced more hits than many groups have in their whole careers. For me, their best work was all prior to Yellow Submarine. They just got weirder from that point on.

 

[Dan Murphy]

....Where's Micca???

My thought also. Hey, Ron, your thoughts?

 

[merryweather20]

I disagree. "Come Together"? Please. But then again, I think RS is garbage. Just look at its horrid new cover

When I look at the list it looks like "A Day in the Life" is number one.

I didn't think I had heard that before so I pull it up. It was odd disjointed and mumbly, but when I got to the half way point there was actually some sort of swarming bee/radio interference noise. I pull it up again, and then a different version and it turns the interference noise is supposed to be there. It seems there is a good reason I've never heard it before.

I agree with some of the previous posters after a cetain point they just got too weird. They don't have anywhere near 100 really great songs.

 

[acename]

I was shocked they picked "A Day in the Life" as number 1, because I never agree with Rolling Stone and that's my favorite Beatles song. If I had to pick my top 10, it would mainly be comprised of songs that were never singles. And maybe only huge Beatles fans would recognize them. As far as "She Loves You", "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"...well, those would not be in my top 10. Not that they aren't great songs, but they are songs everyone knows. Yes, I am a Beatles snob. In their entire catalog, there are so many incredible songs that never got airplay. I need to get the magazine to see the entire 100, but for now, I'll use Google to compile my list.

In no certain order:
17. I'll Get You
16. "B" side of Abbey Road
15. Norwegian Wood
14. You Can't Do That
13. What You're Doing
12. Things We Said Today
11.The Night Before
10. Another Girl
9. I Need You
8. Dear Prudence
7. Day Tripper
6. Every Little Thing
5. I Feel Fine
4.If I Needed Someone
3. I'm Looking Through You
2. No Reply
1. The Ballad of John and Yoko

Ok, so I couldn't keep my list down to 10 and I didn't even include "A Day in the Life". And reviewing my list, some of them were singles. And it's pretty clear I like early Beatles vs the later Beatles. I grew up listening to the Beatles and they will forever be my favorite group.

I think "I'm Looking Through You" is my favorite. I think.

It's so hard to decide I like the earlier Beatles a lot more though for sure.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Well, not what I expected, but still very good songs. I love the Beatles

 

[mlynn]

ITA with the list!!!!!! A day in the life is my favorite!!!!!!! I even like when Barry Gibb singing in Sgt.Pepper.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

Only one pick from their early years? What's up with that?

There's one song that when I hear it on the radio always brings back memories of my youth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwTyaDFTGUI&feature=related

What's your favorite?

 

[EMom]

I'd rank Let It Be #1 and Yesterday #2. I'd have to put The Long and Winding Road waaaaay up there are the top. No finer songs exist. I loved both Lennon and McCartney, but found Paul's songs (often dismissed as fluff) to be very deep and meaningful. Who writes something like Yesterday at 23? The inspiration for Let It Be is poignant for anyone who has lost a parent, especially a mother. And The Long and Winding Road? It stands the test of time.

The Beatles were amazing individually, but when you put the four of them together.....Well, that will never happen again. Once they split, I think the edge went to Paul regarding songwriting and singing.

 

[Bethenny]

I've never even heard that song before.

 

[Christine]

I'm actually kind of shocked that there are at least two people who've never even heard A Day in the Life? Really. It was played and played and played on the radio for years--even well past it's release.

I'm in agreement with CaliforniaDreamin's list!

 

[southernbohemian]

I'd rank Let It Be #1 and Yesterday #2. I'd have to put The Long and Winding Road waaaaay up there are the top. No finer songs exist. I loved both Lennon and McCartney, but found Paul's songs (often dismissed as fluff) to be very deep and meaningful. Who writes something like Yesterday at 23? The inspiration for Let It Be is poignant for anyone who has lost a parent, especially a mother. And The Long and Winding Road? It stands the test of time.

The Beatles were amazing individually, but when you put the four of them together.....Well, that will never happen again. Once they split, I think the edge went to Paul regarding songwriting and singing.

I think it is amazing to think of how young the Beatles were - I think Ringo (the oldest) was 30 when they broke up. So young and so gifted.

I can understand why they chose A Day in the Life for #1. It is the easiest song of theirs to point to and say "this is the amazing product of McCartney and Lennon working together". They made a pact when they first started out to be the co-authors on all of their songs, but many of them were obviously much more one person's product than the other. However, even Hey Jude, which reflected the fact that Paul was taking a much more parental role in Julian's life than John was, had John's strong input on it.

I like the list, but there can never be any quintessential "Beatles Top 10". Impossible. Where's Eleanor Rigby? Where's All You Need is Love? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? There's just too many to count.

I love me some Paul - but I'm not sure I would give him the win on post-Beatles songwriting success. Imagine, Jealous Guy, and Beautiful Boy are 3 of the most beautiful songs ever written.

 

[Jennasis]

My DH (the music snob) says he agrees with their number one, as does his bff who is here visiting (and also a music snob).

My favorite song is Day Tripper. but I love the Revolver album.

 

[EMom]

I think it is amazing to think of how young the Beatles were - I think Ringo (the oldest) was 30 when they broke up. So young and so gifted.

I can understand why they chose A Day in the Life for #1. It is the easiest song of theirs to point to and say "this is the amazing product of McCartney and Lennon working together". They made a pact when they first started out to be the co-authors on all of their songs, but many of them were obviously much more one person's product than the other. However, even Hey Jude, which reflected the fact that Paul was taking a much more parental role in Julian's life than John was, had John's strong input on it.

I like the list, but there can never be any quintessential "Beatles Top 10". Impossible. Where's Eleanor Rigby? Where's All You Need is Love? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? There's just too many to count.

I love me some Paul - but I'm not sure I would give him the win on post-Beatles songwriting success. Imagine, Jealous Guy, and Beautiful Boy are 3 of the most beautiful songs ever written.

I'm not sure I ever forgave John Lennon for the beauty/horror of Double Fantasy. (His last album....double album, actually.) He alternated HIS songs with Yoko's. One John, one Yoko, one John, one Yoko, etc. Remember, that was back when we had cassettes and LPs. You couldn't program your way out of either listening to Yoko or having to FF through her "singing." If it was an LP, you had to physically move the needle over her song. Geez, I know he loved her, but her singing was like listening to a bag of cats. About the time I'd get through one of his amazing songs, I'd get hit with her screeeeeeeeeeeeching voice. It was plain old cruel.

At least Paul kept Linda on keyboard and didn't give her every other song. Thank you , Paul.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm not sure I ever forgave John Lennon for the beauty/horror of Double Fantasy. (His last album....double album, actually.) He alternated HIS songs with Yoko's. One John, one Yoko, one John, one Yoko, etc. Remember, that was back when we had cassettes and LPs. You couldn't program your way out of either listening to Yoko or having to FF through her "singing." If it was an LP, you had to physically move the needle over her song. Geez, I know he loved her, but her singing was like listening to a bag of cats. About the time I'd get through one of his amazing songs, I'd get hit with her screeeeeeeeeeeeching voice. It was plain old cruel.

At least Paul kept Linda on keyboard and didn't give her every other song. Thank you , Paul.

Love can be blind and in John's case, it was apparently deaf too. At least his songs were quite good.

 

[PrincessMomto2]

The Beatles still touch the young people of today. My 13 year old is a Beatles fanatic! She even sang Strawberry Fields for her school's version of American Idol. She shocked me that is not a very easy song to sing and without the help of music either.

 

[redlight]

During the discussion on "Morning Joe" they brought up the Rolling Stones or the Who. They said you might have 50 good/great songs for them - 100 no way.

I couldn't think of ten songs for either. I could go on and on about the Beatles.

 

[midas]

Did he sing John's part, too?

He did. It sounded a little weird, but he did a good job with it. After his part (and I fell into a dream, ahhhh etc.) instead of doing the last verse, he broke into Give Peace a Chance.

Check youtube for Paul McCartney A Day in the Life. It's there.

 

[moon]

I'd rank Let It Be #1 and Yesterday #2. I'd have to put The Long and Winding Road waaaaay up there are the top. No finer songs exist. I loved both Lennon and McCartney, but found Paul's songs (often dismissed as fluff) to be very deep and meaningful. Who writes something like Yesterday at 23? The inspiration for Let It Be is poignant for anyone who has lost a parent, especially a mother. And The Long and Winding Road? It stands the test of time.

The Beatles were amazing individually, but when you put the four of them together.....Well, that will never happen again. Once they split, I think the edge went to Paul regarding songwriting and singing.

I totally agree with this. Paul had so much empathy and awarenes of the human condition even at such early age. Think Eleanor Rigby, he was what...25-26 when he wrote it? How did he get inside the head of a lonely old woman? To most guys that age old people are invisible! Somewhat similar situation with blackbird; so removed from his experience, but so felt, so felt....He continued this trend with "Another Day" which even though sounds so poppy, it's actually a rather sad song. OTOH, there's Maybe I'm Amazed, a breathtaking tribute to overwhelming, mature love.....it's a pity that Paul's sonwriting is so often dismissed as fluff.

I think it is amazing to think of how young the Beatles were - I think Ringo (the oldest) was 30 when they broke up. So young and so gifted.

I can understand why they chose A Day in the Life for #1. It is the easiest song of theirs to point to and say "this is the amazing product of McCartney and Lennon working together". They made a pact when they first started out to be the co-authors on all of their songs, but many of them were obviously much more one person's product than the other. However, even Hey Jude, which reflected the fact that Paul was taking a much more parental role in Julian's life than John was, had John's strong input on it.

Actually, John's only input was to tell Paul to keep the line "The movement you need is on your shoulder". Paul was only using the line as a placeholder and was planning to change it. It's a rather minor input, considering that Paul came up with the line; John only advised him to keep it.

I agree that A Day in The Life is a perfect example of a Lennon/McCartney collaboration

 

[JenM]

He did. It sounded a little weird, but he did a good job with it. After his part (and I fell into a dream, ahhhh etc.) instead of doing the last verse, he broke into Give Peace a Chance.

Check youtube for Paul McCartney A Day in the Life. It's there.

I saw Paul at CitiField last year - he did a great job with A Day in the Life, which I couldn't picture being done live before.

I totally agree with this. Paul had so much empathy and awarenes of the human condition even at such early age. Think Eleanor Rigby, he was what...25-26 when he wrote it? How did he get inside the head of a lonely old woman? To most guys that age old people are invisible! Somewhat similar situation with blackbird; so removed from his experience, but so felt, so felt....He continued this trend with "Another Day" which even though sounds so poppy, it's actually a rather sad song. OTOH, there's Maybe I'm Amazed, a breathtaking tribute to overwhelming, mature love.....it's a pity that Paul's sonwriting is so often dismissed as fluff.

Two years ago I got to take a Beatles tour in Liverpool, and we toured the Casbah Club, which was in the basement of Pete Best's house. It's in incredible shape - you can still see where Paul painted the ceiling, and the designs John painted on another ceiling, and there's even one spot where John carved his name on the wall and got in big trouble with Pete's mom for doing it, and it's still there.

It was so unreal to imagine they were just teenagers playing gigs in this tiny little basement once (pre-Ringo back then, of course). But there it was.