Best Beatles Song Survivor - The Final Draw - GRAND SEMIFINAL

[namkcuR]

In the third-to-last elimination of the competition, Hey Jude was (tragically) eliminated last round.

Going into the penultimate round of the competition, the results look like this:

3rd Runner-Up: Hey Jude
6th Runner-Up(Tie): Let It Be
6th Runner-Up(Tie): Blackbird
6th Runner-Up(Tie): In My Life
7th Runner-Up: Yesterday
8th Runner-Up: A Hard Day's Night
9th Runner-Up: Tomorrow Never Knows
10th Runner-Up: Twist And Shout
12th Runner-Up(Tie): All My Loving
12th Runner-Up(Tie): I Feel Fine
13th Runner-Up: Eight Days A Week

This round will determine the 2nd Runner-Up, and the final will determine the 1st Runner-Up and the Winner.

Voting Results:
14 - Hey Jude
11 - Strawberry Fields Forever
9 - Here Comes The Sun
1 - A Day In The Life
Total Votes = 35

Already Elimined From The Competition:

178.Hey Jude
177.In My Life/Blackbird/Let It be
176.Yesterday
175.A Hard Day's Night
174.Tomorrow Never Knows
173.Twist And Shout
172.All My Loving/I Feel Fine
171.Eight Days A Week
170.Elimination #76(see list below) becomes 'Eleanor Rigby'
169.We Can Work It Out/Revolution
168.Day Tripper
167.Paperback Writer
166.Rain/Lady Madonna
165.The Ballad Of John And Yoko
164.Don't Let Me Down
163.The Inner Light/Old Brown Shoe
162.You Know My Name(Look Up The Number)
161.She Loves You
160.I Want To Hold Your Hand
159.From Me To You
158.She's A Woman
157.I Call Your Name
156.I'm Down
155.Slow Down
154.Matchbox
153.I'll Get You
152.This Boy/Bad Boy
151.Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You in German)/Yes It Is
150.Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand in German)
149.Thank You Girl/Long Tall Sally
148.Across The Universe
147.Get Back
146.Two Of Us
145.I've Got A Feeling
144.I Me Mine
143.The Long And Winding Road
142.Dig A Pony
141.For You Blue
140.Dig It
139.Maggie Mae
138.One After 909
137.Something
136.You Never Give Me Your Money
135.The End
134.Carry That Weight
133.Golden Slumbers
132.I Want You(She's So Heavy)
131.She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
130.Because
129.Come Together
128.Oh! Darling
127.Octopus's Garden
126.Sun King
125.Maxwell's Silver Hammer/Mean Mr. Mustard
124.Polythene Pam
123.Her Majesty
122.While My Guitar Gently Weeps
121.Dear Prudence
120.Helter Skelter
119.Happiness Is A Warm Gun
118.Back In The U.S.S.R.
117.Julia
116.Mother Nature's Son
115.Cry Baby Cry
114.Sexy Sadie
113.I'm So Tired
112.I Will
111.Long, Long, Long
110.Yer Blues
109.Revolution 1
108.Birthday/Savoy Truffle
107.Martha My Dear
106.Glass Onion
105.Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/Rocky Raccoon
104.Piggies
103.Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
102.Good Night
101.Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
100.Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
99.Don't Pass Me By/Honey Pie
98.Wild Honey Pie
97.Revolution 9
96.I Am The Walrus
95.Penny Lane
94.All You Need Is Love
93.Magical Mystery Tour
92.Hello Goodbye
91.Baby You're A Rich Man
90.Fool On The Hill/Your Mother Should Know
89.Blue Jay Way
88.Flying
87.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
86.With A Little Help From My Friends
85.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
84.Getting Better
83.Lovely Rita
82.Fixing A Hole
81.She's Leaving Home/Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
80.Within You Without You
79.When I'm Sixty-Four
78.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(Reprise)
77.Good Morning Good Morning
76.Tomorrow Never Knows
75.I'm Only Sleeping
74.For No One
73.Here, There, And Everywhere
72.And Your Bird Can Sing
71.Taxman
70.Good Day Sunshine
69.Yellow Submarine
68.She Said, She Said
67.Got To Get You Into My Life
66.Love You To/I Want To Tell You
65.Doctor Robert
64.Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)
63.Nowhere Man
62.Drive My Car
61.I'm Looking Through You
60.If I Needed Someone
59.You Won't See Me
58.Think For Yourself
57.Run For Your Life
56.Wait
55.Michelle
54.The Word
53.What Goes On
52.Girl
51.Help!
50.Ticket To Ride
49.You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
48.I've Just Seen A Face
47.You're Going To Lose That Girl
46.I Need You
45.The Night Before
44.It's Only Love
43.Tell Me What You See
42.Another Girl/You Like Me Too Much
41.Act Naturally/Dizzy Miss Lizzie
40.No Reply/I'm A Loser/Rock And Roll Music
39.Baby's In Black/I'll Follow The Sun/Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
38.Every Little Thing
37.Words Of Love/What You're Doing
36.Honey Don't
35.Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
34.I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
33.Mr. Moonlight
32.Can't Buy Me Love
31.And I Love Her
30.If I Fell
29.I'll Be Back
28.I Should Have Known Better/Things We Said Today
27.Tell Me Why
26.I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
25.You Can't Do That
24.I'll Cry Instead
23.Any Time At All
22.When I Get Home
21.It Won't Be Long
20.I Wanna Be Your Man
19.Roll Over Beethoven
18.Please Mr. Postman
17.Till There Was You/You Really Got A Hold On Me
16.Don't Bother Me/Hold Me Tight/Money (That's What I Want)
15.Not A Second Time
14.Devil In Her Heart
13.All I've Got To Do/Little Child
12.I Saw Her Standing There
11.Please Please Me
10.Love Me Do
9.P.S. I Love You
8.Do You Want To Know A Secret
7.Ask Me Why
6.Misery
5.Baby It's You/There's A Place
4.Anna (Go To Him)
3.Chains
2.Boys
1.A Taste Of Honey

Rules: Vote for your LEAST favorite song. This poll will be open for 24 hours, at which point the song with the most votes will be eliminated from the competition and the next round will be started. This process will continue until only one song remains in the 'Please Please Me' draw, and we move on to the next LP. And so on and so forth.

In the event of a tie, the tied songs will be eliminated together, UNLESS it is a tie between the final two songs in any draw, in which case the voting time will be extended.

Once again, if any of you don't have access to this LP and would like to hear the songs you don't know, tell me in this thread and I will link you up via PM to a zip file containing the whole album.

Let's up the voting for people - the more participation, the better!

 

[namkcuR]

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Here is YOUR Current Final Draw!

1.A Day In The Life

2.Strawberry Fields Forever

3.Here Comes The Sun

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[cobl04]

I'll hit back after listening to all three.

The best two songs have already gone

Although as I listen to John singing the opening verse to ADITL I may change my mind.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Here Comes The Sun.

You're the 3rd greatest!

 

[cobl04]

Well it's between SFF and Here Comes the Sun...

it's tough

but I think I'm going with SFF. The vocals and chorus are amazing... but

ugh I dunno

 

[LemonMelon]

Here Comes The Sun for me, but I guess I'm just voting strategically at this point.

 

[phillyfan26]

I gotta vote off Strawberry Fields Forever here.

 

[1stepcloser]

Strawberry fields.

 

[gump]

Here Comes the Sun

And on to the clash of titans.

 

[cdisantis83]

Here Comes the Sun emits a timeless beauty, but simply cannot compete with what is probably the epitome of Lennon's songwriting in Strawberry Fields.

 

[lazarus]

Here Comes the Sun emits a timeless beauty, but simply cannot compete with what is probably the epitome of Lennon's songwriting in Strawberry Fields.

Yes, John's most creative and complex piece of work can not be eliminated this easily.

Is anyone actually listening to these songs again, regardless of how many times you've heard them? Put on HEADPHONES, take 10 minutes, and give them a fresh spin.

Now tell me SFF is overrated.

 

[corianderstem]

This shit is hard, yo.

Um ... um .... um ...........

Here Comes the Sun. And that was a really hard choice.

 

[DaveC]

This is easy for me. Here Comes the Sun shouldn't have made it this far, IMO.

The final is going to be fuckin' TOUGH, though.

 

[lazarus]

To 8 people:

there is seriously something wrong with you.

Please don't pass your musical taste onto your children.

 

[namkcuR]

To 8 people:

there is seriously something wrong with you.

Please don't pass your musical taste onto your children.

Maybe some people just have a tremendous amount of appreciation and respect of how hard it is to write a song as effortlessly, genuinely, and eternally joyful and beautiful as Here Comes The Sun.

 

[LemonMelon]

To 8 people:

there is seriously something wrong with you.

Please don't pass your musical taste onto your children.

 

[LMP]

To 8 people:

there is seriously something wrong with you.

Please don't pass your musical taste onto your children.

Can we adjust that to the 17 PEOPLE who are voting for Here Comes the Sun and Strawberry Fields?

Have you guys heard Ringo's little drum fills in SFF? Or the sublime bassline that kicks in during the chorus?

I just don't know sometimes.

Fucking A Day in the Life is good, but it's not the best thing ever.

Paul is dead btw.

 

[gump]

I just hope that we are not having a tie. Talk about losing momentum... Anyways, the big final would be

 

[SeattleVertigo]

Paul is dead btw.

Boy, that fella they got on the Paul McCartney concert DVDs I bought sure does a good impression though, eh?

 

[corianderstem]

I don't suppose we could put a moratorium on any sort of "your taste is shitty/ what the hell is wrong with you damn people" until the end of the contest?

I mean, come on - we have to vote for something!

 

[Zoots]

I mean, come on - we have to vote for something!

As long as we don't vote for Something.

I was hoping Day will win this but now I don't mind Strawberry winning either.

 

[SeattleVertigo]

What happens if all three end up with the same number of votes? <grin>

A Day In The life is starting to catch up a little.

 

[Zoots]

What happens if all three end up with the same number of votes? <grin>

Then Glass Onion becomes the winner by default!

 

[angelordevil]

I don't suppose we could put a moratorium on any sort of "your taste is shitty/ what the hell is wrong with you damn people" until the end of the contest?

I mean, come on - we have to vote for something!

That should be part of a disclaimer for all polls.

Here Comes the Sun. The only thing that's making this easier is remembering how often I hear snippets during morning radio show promos...great song, though.

 

[LMP]

But I love stepping on everyone else's tastes other than mine.

 

[LemonMelon]

What happens if all three end up with the same number of votes? <grin>

LMP wets himself as Across The Universe becomes teh ultimate winnar!

 

[LMP]

LMP wets himself as Across The Universe becomes teh ultimate winnar!

This is true.

Jai guru deva om, bitches.

 

[SeattleVertigo]

Um, first it's got to get past I Am The Walrus, Coo Coo Kachoo.

 

[LMP]

The only fault of a contest like this, great songs on great albums get fleeced while a song from Beatles for Sale has to make the list.

 

[Zoots]

The only fault of a contest like this, great songs on great albums get fleeced while a song from Beatles for Sale has to make the list.

Yeah! It should really be one huge survivor of all their songs thrown together in a melting pot, to be totally fair.