It was way too hard for me to come up with my Top 10. This is my loosely compiled list. I've grown up with The Beatles since my Dad is a huge fan.

 

1. Do You Want to Know a Secret

2. Hey Bulldog

3. In My Life

4. Eight Days A Week

5. Help!

6. Yellow Submarine

7. I've Just Seen a Face

8. She's A Woman

9. Ticket to Ride

10. If I Fell

Beatles:

 

1. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

2. Hey Jude

3. A Hard Day's Night

4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band

5. Here Comes the Sun

6. Magical Mystery Tour

7. Paperback Writer

8. I'm Down

9. I've Got a Feeling

10. Back in the USSR

 

And bonus Paul McCartney/Wings top 10:

 

1. No More Lonely Nights

2. My Love

3. Listen to What the Man Said

4. Mull of Kintyre

5. Once Upon a Long Ago

6. New

7. Pipes of Peace

8. Band on the Run

9. Another Day

10. Wonderful Christmastime

 

(Only Mama Knows, Dance Tonight, Silly Love Songs, Ever Present Past and C Moon are also up there for me - that was a really hard top 10)

I've been spamming 'Abbey Road' a lot for the anniversary and it feels utterly wrong that 'Because' isn't in my top 50 either. So I think imma have to kick another one out. That 'Moonlight Sonata'-esque production is sounding better than ever :wub: I've been a superfan since I was about 15 and my favourites are still changing.

 

So, 'Abbey Road' top 5:

 

01. Here Comes The Sun

02. Something

03. Come Together

04. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

05. Because

 

All incredible and this is only my 4th favourite Beatles album *_* George really killed this one.

 

Btw round 1 of the survivor is now open: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226674

1. Something

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer

4. Revolution 9 (genuinely)

5. Eleanor Rigby

6. I Am The Walrus

7. Norwegian Wood

 

erm f this exposes me as some pleb doesn't it.

I love Here, There And Everywhere too. Emmylou Harris did a great version which was a minor hit in 1976 too.

 

I'd never heard Emmylou's version of it until now, but yes, it is absolutely lovely.

1. Something

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer

4. Revolution 9 (genuinely)

5. Eleanor Rigby

6. I Am The Walrus

7. Norwegian Wood

 

erm f this exposes me as some pleb doesn't it.

 

I'm actually more surprised that someone would name "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" as one of their favourite Beatles songs. I mean, I do like it as a song, but it's not one that I thought someone would call their favourite. John Lennon hated that song, denouncing it as Paul McCartney's love of "granny music".

I didn’t know that it was possible to feel claustrophobic when listening to music... until I heard ‘Revolution 9’.

Whenever I've felt the need to go into a Beatles album it's often been that I'm drawn to their weirder ones, I guess.

 

also Maxwell's has a great rhythm and those lyrics are... fun.

I'd never heard Emmylou's version of it until now, but yes, it is absolutely lovely.

 

 

Certainly is and should have been a much bigger hit. Think it reached No.22.

I didn’t know that it was possible to feel claustrophobic when listening to music... until I heard ‘Revolution 9’.

 

 

Can't stand it yet I know someone who absolutely loves it.

This is a bit off-topic Beatles AF when but it made me so happy to see 'Abbey Road' reclaiming the #1 spot all these years later for the 50th anniversary, plus being #2 in the midweeks for week 2 so far as well. Amazing! Their impact will forever be huge.

This is a bit off-topic Beatles AF when but it made me so happy to see 'Abbey Road' reclaiming the #1 spot all these years later for the 50th anniversary, plus being #2 in the midweeks for week 2 so far as well. Amazing! Their impact will forever be huge.

 

 

Agreed Jade. It's fantastic. I bought just remaster, just the single CD and sounds better than ever. Great album.

They're being used as one of the acts for the AF Idol spin-off, 'Eleanor Rigby' fans unite: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=243620

 

(Donna Summer too in terms of pre-2000s acts)

My top 3 are:

 

1. Let It Be

2. Hey Jude

3. Here Comes the Sun

 

So many good ones though - I am going to be working through their albums in time too now I have them all on my iTunes!

 

:wub:

I used to think The Beatles were overrated until I saw what the charts were like before they came along. Also when I was younger I tended to hate anything that was popular. The best Beatles song for me would be "Tomorrow Never Knows". I think the term "ahead of its time" is overused, but this really was ahead of it's time.