Best Beatles Song Survivor - 'Final Round Re-Do' Selection

[namkcuR]

In a tie, We Can Work It Out and Revolution were both eliminated last round. This means that Hey Jude has, by default, become the final song to advance to the final draw, joining Twist And Shout, All My Loving, A Hard Day's Night, Eight Days A Week, Yesterday, In My Life, Eleanor Rigby, A Day In The Life, Strawberry Fields Forever, Blackbird, Here Comes The Sun, Let It Be, and I Feel Fine.

After 14 months, 14 draws, and 169 eliminations, we have arrived at the final draw. However, as promised, I am giving you all the chance to 're-do' the final round of any ONE draw. WHICH final round to do is the subject of this poll.

Here is a recap of the results of the final round of each of the previous 14 draws. Simply vote for the final round that you feel spawned an undeserving representative in the final draw. Only ONE final round will be re-done, so make sure you vote for the right one.

NOTE 1: THIS IS NOT A SURVIVOR-TYPE POLL - MEANING THIS IS ONE-AND-DONE - THE WINNER OF THIS VERY POLL WILL BE THE FINAL ROUND THAT GETS RE-VOTED ON.

NOTE 2: THE 'BEATLES FOR SALE' AND 'PAST MASTERS VOL. 2' DRAWS ENDED PREMATURELY DUE TO TIES FORCING DEFAULT ADVANCEMENTS. IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT ONE OF THESE FINAL ROUNDS ENDS UP BEING THE ONE RE-VOTED ON, WE WILL SIMPLY START FROM THE ROUND AT WHICH EACH ONE PREMATURELY ENDED - THE QUARTERFINAL OF THE 'BEATLES FOR SALE' DRAW OR THE SEMIFINAL OF THE 'PAST MASTERS VOL. 2' DRAW.

Without further ado, here are the results for the previous 14 draws, so that you may make your decision:

Twist And Shout def. I Saw Her Standing There 15-9

All My Loving def. It Won't Be Long 6-5

A Hard Day's Night def. Can't Buy Me Love 14-6

Eight Days A Week advanced by default after No Reply/I'm A Loser/Rock And Roll Music 3-way tie 1-3-3-3

Yesterday def. Help! 8-7

In My Life def. Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown) 14-12

Eleanor Rigby def. Tomorrow Never Knows 14-11

A Day In The Life def Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 25-3

Strawberry Fields Forever def. I Am The Walrus 16-8

Blackbird def. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 14+11[tiebreak] - 14+10[tiebreak]

Here Comes The Sun def. Something 15-14

Let It Be def. Across The Universe 12-11

I Feel Fine def. She Loves You 12-9

Hey Jude advanced by default after We Can Work It Out/Revolution tie 5-9-9

Voting Results:
9 - We Can Work It Out, Revolution
5 - Hey Jude
Total Votes = 23

Already Elimined From The Competition:

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!

 

[corianderstem]

Eleanor Rigby vs. Tomorrow Never Knows, because that was the round that was decided by shenanigans.

 

[namkcuR]

What shenanigans?

 

[SeattleVertigo]

I don't think anything should be re-done. I'll hold off on voting unless I feel compelled to in order to save a song I like.

 

[Zoots]

Across The Universe >>>>> Let It Be

 

[LMP]

Eleanor Rigby vs. Tomorrow Never Knows, because that was the round that was decided by shenanigans.

Although I wouldn't mind Across the Universe winning this either. It's a push between the two. Let It Be is still excellent though.

Eleanor Rigby couldn't touch Tomorrow Never Knows' jock strap, if we're using that terminology.

 

[SeattleVertigo]

Eleanor Rigby couldn't touch Tomorrow Never Knows' jock strap, if we're using that terminology.

56 percent of voters disagreed with your assessment the last time we voted on the two songs. <wink>

 

[Lila64]

Eleanor Rigby couldn't touch Tomorrow Never Knows' jock strap, if we're using that terminology.

 

[cobl04]

Oh come on!! It has to be The White Album. Guitar is a far better song than Blackbird....

 

[cdisantis83]

Oh come on!! It has to be The White Album. Guitar is a far better song than Blackbird....

Yes, White Album is the clear choice here. Blackbird is excellent, but out of place amongst the other finalists.

 

[corianderstem]

What shenanigans?

Wasn't that the round where you copped to voting under other screen names for Eleanor Rigby to teach us a lesson or some dumb thing? Where we all scolded you and you promised not to do it again?

 

[bonocomet]

There were a few on here I could have chosen, but it has to be Blackbird vs Guitar. I'm really surprised at the Eleanor/Tomorrow vote being ahead at the moment.

Oh wait nevermind, I see the reason now, that was a round I missed so I didn't know there had been "shenanigans".

In any case, Blackbird vs Guitar needs the redo!!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I'm giving TNK a second chance because I think it got robbed...

 

[lazarus]

I'd love to re-do the White Album, but the final round still doesn't include what I think are the best songs on the album. So why bother?

To me, 8 Days a Week has no business representing an album. I think No Reply is a much better song, and if you look at the results, three songs were eliminated in a 3-way tie, with only 7 total votes cast. That's hardly a consensus.

namkcuR, I don't want to make you do extra work, but you should look at these results closesly and determine yourself which ones look a bit sketchy, and re-do whatever looks like it deserves one. In my opinion, Beatles For Sale should receive this treatment.

 

[namkcuR]

Wasn't that the round where you copped to voting under other screen names for Eleanor Rigby to teach us a lesson or some dumb thing? Where we all scolded you and you promised not to do it again?

No, that was one of the early rounds of the Sgt. Pepper's draw.

 

[namkcuR]

I'd love to re-do the White Album, but the final round still doesn't include what I think are the best songs on the album. So why bother?

To me, 8 Days a Week has no business representing an album. I think No Reply is a much better song, and if you look at the results, three songs were eliminated in a 3-way tie, with only 7 total votes cast. That's hardly a consensus.

namkcuR, I don't want to make you do extra work, but you should look at these results closesly and determine yourself which ones look a bit sketchy, and re-do whatever looks like it deserves one. In my opinion, Beatles For Sale should receive this treatment.

Beatles For Sale is, imo, one of the weakest Beatles albums. Looking at those four songs - Eight Days A Week and the three-way-tie, I still think Eight Days A Week would have been the majority choice to win the album anyway. No Reply, I'm A Loser, and Rock And Roll Music are not that well-known. None would have defeated Eight Days A Week, imo.

 

[corianderstem]

No, that was one of the early rounds of the Sgt. Pepper's draw.

was it? Huh.

Okay, well my vote for Eleanor Rigby vs. Tomorrow Never Knows still stands.

 

[LemonMelon]

Eleanor Rigby vs. Tomorrow Never Knows, because that was the round that was decided by shenanigans.

Untrue. TNK will never, nor has ever been the best song on Revolver. Neither song deserved to win that draw. It should have been She Said, She Said or I'm Only Sleeping IMO.

I'll take the Let It Be over Across The Universe draw.

 

[cobl04]

was it? Huh.

when we all kept voting for within you without you.

I don't get the love for Tomorrow Never Knows. It's not that good.

But Blackbird?? Come on!!

How about we redo the white album with: Dear Prudence vs Monkey...

 

[SeattleVertigo]

when we all kept voting for within you without you.

I don't get the love for Tomorrow Never Knows. It's not that good.

But Blackbird?? Come on!!

How about we redo the white album with: Dear Prudence vs Monkey...

Ahem. Blackbird is one of the most beautiful of all Beatles' songs.

As far as Tomorrow Never Knows, it's good, but it's not as much of a fan favorite as Eleanor Rigby is.

 

[cobl04]

It's beautiful yes, but there's about four songs at least that deserve to win before it.

I just have to download I Feel Fine and I've got them all.

Come to think of it, I wouldn't have minded seeing A Hard Day's Night redone. Can't Buy Me Love is a much better song.

And I'm still bitter that Something lost. *wasdesperatelyhopingforayounevergivemeyourmoneyvssomethingfinal*

 

[LMP]

Here Comes the Sun is probably George's best song ever, in my opinion.

I wish Paul would've let him write more of the band's songs.

 

[Lila64]

I'm still bitter about Dear Prudence too

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

Let It Be vs. Across the Universe

 

[cobl04]

I'm still bitter about Dear Prudence too

Won't you come out to play

 

[Lila64]

The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Dear Prudence,

you lost... get over it...