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- The often debated Beatles Top 10 Best Songs list gets a fun new ranking and new look. There are no wrong answers so long as you apply criteria by which to choose. Add your Top ten in the comments and also add the criteria you applied.
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Great top ten list. You should have mentioned Lennon said Something was the best song on Abbey Rd. High praise from John
There are lots of Beatles podcasts/radio shows out there and this is definitely up there with the very best...considered, analytical, balanced and profound without being preachy...no doubt the forthcoming Beatles MA course at Liverpool University will use this as a resource.
@@joerobxy That is very kind of you to say. Thank you for taking the consideration to post it.
Where is Nowhere Man? Ticket To Ride? Rain? She said She said? And Your Bird Can Sing? CMON MAN!!
John's songs weren't that great after the Help album so his "high praise" isn't worth all that much in my opinion (which is what all this conversation really is - "opinion"). Imagine the single and "Double Fantasy" - sucked. The "energy" of his early Beatle period was gone and McCartney was left to takeover the leadership role of the Beatles. Lennon was down to one or two "good" tracks per album. "Run for Your Life", "tomorrow Never Knows" and "She Said" also sucked. Too bad the Beatles didn't substitute more George songs for John's after Revolver. George had 3 great songs "Taxman", "I Want to Tell You" and "Love You Too" on it.
I laughed at "Only the Beatles can fit fifteen songs into a top ten"....because it's true.
So true!!!
Actually... they might have gotten away with twenty!
In what way is it true??
@@dj71162 Maybe because The Beatles are that good? Just a guess...
@@chuckw2236 Yes, they are good, but first of all it doesn't make sense mathematically and secondly, lots of artists could claim it.
It's a smart list. I can't argue with any of your choices. They are all legendary and influential songs. I may have considered mentioning "Eleanor Rigby", "For No One", "Nowhere Man" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "I Am The Walrus". But seriously, it's their entire catalog that keeps me endlessly refreshed and inspired.
It's a hard list to make and there is seldom complete consensus. Eleanor Rigby and Nowhere Man were borderline ones for me that would be in the "next 10 Best" list. Thanks for watching
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I feel the same way John The Beatles music especially their entire catalog is still fresh to me as it was since I became a Beatles fan when I was 11 years old. and I love what Giles Martin has done rebuilding all the songs so far hearing the songs with such clarity I love it.
It is interesting that Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane were released as A & B sides on the single (At least in America). I have always though that they showcase Lennon and McCarthy at their best. Strawberry Fields with it very Lennon take on life; Introspective, pensive almost dark and mournful verses Penny Lane with McCarthy's optimism, quirky English characters, and clever lyrics. Yin to Lennon's yang.
The effect of Walrus when it appeared was as potent as Peppers. It ripped a hole in the fabric of reality. That's a songwriting revolution in a single song.
It's hard to argue against _Something_ being the greatest love song ever, however I think it might have co-winner: _God Only Knows_
I think Here There and Everywhere is a great love song, my wedding song, and it would have gotten more play had it been released as a single as Something was. Of course I do love all three songs.
It's interesting to note that both "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" came about because the Fabs' original plan after Revolver was to make an album about their childhoods. (Another for your "Beatle albums that never were" category, perhaps?) But what intrigues me is how telling these songs were when it comes to insights into John's and Paul's childhoods. Paul's childhood, despite his mother's death, was stable and loving, with a close-knit extended family and a father who, having been a musician himself, supported Paul's own talent and ambitions. So "Penny Lane" is warm and nostalgic. John's childhood was more tumultuous, with parts of it leaving scars...a broken family, parents that asked him to choose between them as they split up, a mother who left him to be raised by her sister only to re-enter his life as more of a friend than a parent, and then was suddenly killed in an accident just as they were getting to know one another, a loving uncle who also died suddenly, a stable but unaffectionate aunt who bought him his first guitar but made no secret of the fact that she'd rather he pursue a REAL job instead of what he was born to do...all that added up to childhood memories that were far more confusing and occasionally frightening. And all this, of course, is reflected in "Strawberry Fields Forever", which conveys far more surreal and confused emotions...the lyrics waffle and even the music is unsettled.
I just have to say, what a beautiful analysis. Spot on!
Astute observations, Jennifer.
Asinine observations beginning with the horrible smear that John's Aunt Mimi was unaffectionate. Where did you get that load of crap? Unbelievable.
I don't think there is any need to reply with extremely rude responses to this genuinely drafted analysis (see Bondsback). However, whilst Penny Lane is certainly warm and nostalgic in it's feel and melodic dexterity, (Paul was a great melodist structurally, John mainly a harmonist structurally), the dissonance in McCartney's tale between summer and winter, tells you that Paul's subtle use of dissonance here told of his own complexities. John we know, was complex. The death of their mothers when both were young had a profound effect on both and whilst it's clear Mimi could be affectionate, (their shared love of books and wicked sense of humour), Lennon's sister Julia here in Liverpool, insists (as is her right), that John maintained a close relationship with his mother, as she lived quite close by. Film biopics are often inaccurate or incomplete or both.
@@joerobxy The truth, as detailed in the the highly regarded definitive book, Tune In, is that John's mother showed up later in John's childhood even though she lived close by during his entire childhood. She just decided to start letting John know about where she was living and started allowing him to visit. She apparently did not want to be part of John's early childhood years. John's mother, Julia, had other children from various flings and one-night stands. It was basically a fling with John's father that resulted in John being born. She was highly irresponsible and Mimi was worried that Julia would be a negative impact on John because of Julia's bad behavior. So, Mimi was heroic as was her husband. They gave John what his mother refused to give him...security and dependable affection.
My all-time favorite is Rain. Others that I really like are It's All Too Much, Golden Slumbers (The Long One), Helter Skelter, Tomorrow Never Knows. I'm sure there are others. I remember Vince Welnick would sing It's All Too Much with the Grateful Dead. He would really belt it out. Nice memories.
wish I could play drums to Rain
Me too.
Disappointed Matt missed Rain off.
@@nickwebb9290 Rain would've really added to the "Revolver" album. Maybe "I'm Only Sleeping" should've been the B side of "Paperback Writer"?
@@TigerRogers0660
Not a bad suggestion, that would’ve worked, both superb songs
Late to the party, but,
10. I'm a Loser
9. Ticket To Ride
8. I Will
7. Things We Said Today
6. Julia
5. I Need You
4. Fixing A Hole
3. Rain/Paperback Writer (best 45 ever)
2. I Saw Her Standing There, and,
1. Things We Said Today
Yes, Things We Said Today appears twice on my list. It's that good.
I remember playing in a band in the mid 60s. We learned "Day Tripper" the week it was released as a single on AM radio and we played it on a gig that week. The audience went nuts!)
Hmmm...I think I would have had "Elenor Rigby" in there somewhere.
Or 'Norwegian Wood'.
@@duffbaker9554 Both merit at least Honorable Mention. There are sooo many.
I hated it when it first came out. In 1966, the Beatles were changing too fast for pre-teens like me to keep up. Only years later did I realize its greatness.
@@Jimeo722 So true. He did a very good job choosing the iconic ones.
@@Jimeo722 Was your reaction the same regarding 'Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane' as well as the image-change?
1. Yesterday 2. Let it Be 3. In my Life 4. A Day in the Life 5. Something 6. The Long and Winding Road 7. Here Comes the Sun 8. Come Together 9. Hey Jude 10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Great list Jason. I've been seeing While My Guitar Gently Weeps regularly appearing on peoples top 10 list. In the future, I'd like to do an audience participation survey on this subject. Thanks so much for commenting.
Long and winding road naked version might be my favorite song rn but the spector version i just cant listen to
1.Let it Be 2. In my Life 3.Get Back, 4.Help. 5. She Loves You 6.Back in the USSR . 7 Revolution. 8 Hey Jude . 9 Here comes the Sun.10. Ob la de ob la da.............IMHO
My top ten Beatles songs would change every week
Sinatra actually called "Something" his favorite Lennon/McCartney song.
George: Ouch.
Harrison wrote this beaut
Sinatra like Elvis could sing a shopping list and sound great - SInatra corrected himself by stating it was written by GH
@@stevendouglas3860 no kidding, gluten. Lol
Yes, we ALL know, Brian.
A lot of people ask what the best Beatles album is... similarly impossible to do. I know that my “favorite” three are Hard Day’s Night, Let it Be, and Abbey Road. After fighting with myself for years over this (as to why I must choose makes no sense), I finally decided two nights ago that if I were only allowed to have one Beatles album on the proverbial desert island), it would be HDN. The vitality of the title song and I Should Have Known Better, and the soulfulness of And I Love Her and If I Fell, would hold me forever... :)
I think their early catalog gets overlooked when people talk about overall quality. I look at their entire catalog as a unit, and each a progression from the prior album. I can't decide on a best album.
Hi Matt. Thank you for your selection of songs. I was a teenager in the 1960's and for me the Beatles were at their best with the two LP's "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver." Their best single was without a doubt "Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane."
I once tried to come up with my top 10 Beatles song. I stopped with 30 songs in my list yet. I was about to remove “Across The Universe” from the list. I couldn’t do it. So I stopped.
It's an effort in futility! I'm planning a follow up of the Next Best 10 and those are as hard as the first 10!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Easier to create a Top 13 Beatles Albums list. 😉
My Top 10 in no particular order:
1. A Day In The Life
2. Helter Skelter
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Get Back
5. Come Together
6. Don't Let Me Down
7. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
8. Penny Lane
9. Hey Jude
10. Let It Be
Bonus track: A Hard Days Night
Great list! I would've had Tomorrow Never Knows in there since it pretty much started the psychedelic craze. Dear Prudence is also a very underrated song. (edited to add list):
Strawberry Fields Forever
A Day in the Life
Let it Be
Tomorrow Never Knows
Abbey Road Medley
Something
I Am the Walrus
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Hey Jude
Dear Prudence
I can't argue with this list. I am planning a video of the next 10 Best Songs which covers some heavy hitters. Thank for the comment!
I was 5 years old, when the song "Yellow submarine" came out on radio. From then on I became Beatle fan, and they inspired me to become a musician. Now, after 10.000 concerts I performed myself, I will never forget who inspired me to have a great life! I am forever thankful to the Beatles for the inspiration I got from them.
It’s impossible to pick really, I love every one of their albums from start to finish. My opinion changes all the time. I think my favourite at the moment are (in order):
1. Something
2. Tomorrow Never Knows
3. Taxman
4. Twist and Shout
5. In My Life
6. Dear Prudence
7. Sexy Sadie
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Nowhere Man
10. Within You Without You
A very eclectic list, Alex. I like seeing Within You, Without You on there!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thanks mate. I know they didn’t write Twist and Shout but it’s such an iconic one for me.
They are all so good it is hard to pick favorites, but I am partial to I’ve Just Seen A Face and Don’t Pass Me By. I also go for the novelty lyrics such as Octopus’s Garden, Piggies, and The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill. George was my favorite Beatle growing up, but I wasn’t aware at the time that Ringo also wrote a few songs.
Glad to see We Can Work it Out here. I remember it on the radio. It always reminds me of winter time.
I like the song THE SAINTS (WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN) by THE BEATLES FEATURING TONY SHERIDAN it's a great song, and it's the only GOSPEL song THE BEATLES EVER RELEASED
I never thought of it that way! Thanks Gordon.
Their was a all female band in 1964, called THE FEMALE BEATLES/I WANT YOU by THE FEMALE BEATLES they released this one single, it's on TH-cam
Thank you Gordon, I will check that out. I am working an a sequel to this video as I write this so stay tuned!
No order here.....She Loves You. I'll Be Back,. No Reply,. Ask Me Why,. I Want You (She's So Heavy),. Elenore Rigby,. Dr. Robert,. Girl,. For No One,. There's A Place,. and the entire 'Hard Days Night album'.
Sorry, I left out.... In My Life,. Tomorrow Never Knows,. All I Gotta Do,. Please Mr. Postman,. I Don't Wanna Spoil The Party,. Hold Me Tight,. Wait,. and Golden Slumbers-The End. Is that 10?
My top 10
1. A day in the life
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Here there and everywhere
5. Something
6. Golden Slumbers/Carry that weight/The End
7. Blackbird
8. Let it be
9. Across the Universe
10. I’m only sleeping
1.Strawberry Fields Forever *favorite of all time *
2. And your bird can sing
3. Penny Lane
4. Rain
5. Ticket to ride
6. She Said, She Said
7. All my loving
8. I am the Walrus
9. Good Day Sunshine
10. Across the Universe
Excellent list! I've noticed And Your Bird Can Sing in many lists. Thanks for commenting.
For me the 2 most IMPORTANT Beatles songs are "Please Please Me" (which announces to the world the Beatles sound), and "Strawberry Fields Forever" (which opens the chapter of sophistication).
Geez, only 10? Very difficult indeed. My list: I am the Walrus, I feel fine, Back in the USSR, Happiness is a warm Gun, Let it Be, Strawberry Fields Forever, A day in the Life, Paperback Writer, Rain, Eleanor Rigby.
As beautiful as "Something" is - & it is a VERY special Beatles song, i find myself putting it in 3rd place of the Harrison songs!! "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" no.1, "Here Comes The Sun" no.2.
A Beatles top ten is hard to come up with Matt. Here is mine, and like you is in no particular order:
1. End medley: Golden Slumber / Carry That Weight / The End (ok, this is my favorite)
2. Norwegian Wood
3. Hey Jude (Matt makes an excellent point regarding this song
4. A Day in The Life
5. Something
6. A Hard Days Night
7. Strawberry Fields
8. Elenor Rigby
9. I Am The Walrus
10. Let it Be
Bonus songs because a top 10 Beatles song list is too limiting. Actually it could be a top 50 list, but I’ll stick with “only” ten more (in no particular order):
1. Yesterday
2. Love You To
3. Hey Bulldog
4. She Loves You
5. We Can Work it Out
6. Dear Prudence
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version)
8. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
9. Tomorrow Never Knows
10. For No One
For the love of God I have to give ten more. I like reading these list and I hope you do too. These songs are are also easily 10/10 as well:
1. Penny Lane
2. Get Back
3. In My Life
4. Long Long Long
5. Help
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Great Opening Track)
7. I Saw Her Standing There
8. Happiness is a Warm Gun
9. Helter Skelter
10. If I Fell
It is hard to narrow it down! Thanks for your lists M L!
1. Penny Lane (the reason I got into The Beatles as a 6/7 yr old)
2. A Day In The Life
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Something
5. Yesterday
6. Across The Universe
7. The Ballad Of John & Yoko
8. She Loves You
9. Cry Baby Cry
10. I Want To Hold Your Hand
Bonus 5: All You Need Is Love, There’s A Place, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Rain & She’s Leaving Home.
Thank you for your list and the bonus picks!
1) The medley, 2) Help, 3) A day in the life, 4) Get Back, 5) Hey Jude, 6) I'm so tired 7) Glass Onion 8) I've got a feeling 9) Twist and shout 10) We can work it out
Eleanor Rigby would definitely be in my top ten the song broke ground I remember Nancy Wilson saying that the first time she heard the song she remembered thinking she was listening to the first rock song with just a strings arangement she was amazed! I agree the first time I heard it I never thought a rock song could sound so beautiful I was in awe and still am to this day!
I still remember where I was the first time I heard Eleanor Rigby, and She Loves You, because these songs gave me goosebumps as a small child. Total ear candy!
One of my favorites is Long, Long, Long. I never hear it mentioned. I find it to be full of emotional expression. I understand that it is a song to God. He had recently returned to a spiritual life.
That is a song that many commenters list on their top ten. I am surprised but delighted.
From memory I always thought the recording of that song to be pretty bad?
Long, long, long is overlooked and greatly undervalued. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Good pick! I always thought it was gorgeous song.
@@Neil-Aspinall The 2018 mix fixes that. There are also some truly amazing covers of this song all over TH-cam.
My List:....I Want to Hold Your Hand, Yesterday, Help!, Eleanor Rigby, I am the Walrus, All You Need is Love, Penny Lane, Something, Hey Jude, Let it Be
I have a follow up to this video on the way so stay tuned!
1) a day in the life
2) while my guitar gently weeps
3) hey Jude
4) let it be
5) in my life
6) across the universe
7) here comes the sun
8) something
9) all you need is Love
10) taxman
Bonus selections...
Honorable mentions) anytime at all, I’ll follow the sun, I me mine, Eleanor Rigby, yesterday.
Most underrated Beatles song) long, long, long
Best unreleased demo) all things must pass
I love your Honorable Mentions! Thanks for including your personal list!
For me: Strawberry Fields Forever, Ticket to Ride, If I Needed Someone, Paperback Writer, Hey Jude, She Said She Said, Come Together, Tomorrow Never Knows, Here Comes The Sun and I am The Walrus. No particular order.
You are the first to list one of my all time faves - If I Needed Someone! Thanks for the list.
For me it would have to be:
1. Strawberry Fields Forever
2. A Day in A Life
3. Hey Bulldog
4. Yesterday
5. Golden Slumbers
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. Something
8. Doctor Robert
9. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
10. Bad Boy
and for that additional 5:
11. Penny Lane
12. Across The Universe (Let It Be version)
13. I'll Follow The Sun
14. One After 909 (Let It Be version)
15. Here, There, and Everywhere
Wow, some sleepers in there. I see Hey Bulldog on several 'best of' lists. Thanks for taking the time to list it.
You've listed your favorite Beatles songs instead of you think the best Beatles songs are. Try to be more objective with your lists.
@@chrissygerwitz520 My favorites list is coming in a separate video and it's a completely different list! I did try to be objective and I encouraged viewers to leave a lists of their own. No two are the same and I respect their choices just as I would respect yours.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Sorry, that was directed to the OP and his choices, not your list! I was just encouraging the OP to use the same standard in choosing his picks as you have, instead of changing the theme to just posting his favorite songs instead.
@@chrissygerwitz520 Got it! Sorry I misunderstood.
Great list and as always I enjoyed watching. If I could throw one in it would be 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away', and I don't now why, but it does yet again show the ability of Johns voice!
I think "hard days night" should be in the top 10, because the opening guitar chord leaves the '50's behind and ushers in the 60's........
Yeah, that may be the greatest guitar chord in history!
Please do us all a favor, don't include Rolling Stone Magazine in your videos as some kind of authority in anything. That magazine has a proven record of twisting the truth and outright lies. When you use it in your stack of stuff if feel like your being lazy with gathering "real" facts.
Before I do you a favor, Turk, maybe you should know what you are asking and from whom. You may be happy to know that I regularly rip Rolling Stone Magazine. Here are a few examples:
• Letting Ono Be (th-cam.com/video/AoLIywn0nCA/w-d-xo.html) at 14:00
• Is McCartney III Relevant (th-cam.com/video/Ug8i1k81aRY/w-d-xo.html)
• The RS Top 100 Guitarists (th-cam.com/video/_-_2u1uSbQM/w-d-xo.html)
If you watch these and still think I am "lazy with my real facts" then you can fuck off.
I don’t see any reason to come up with top 10 list of best The Beatles songs. Whatever list I come up with I can immediately select different 10 simply by shifting my criteria somewhat. A more interesting exercise would be a list of The Beatles songs that still sound fresh today with rationale why. This is something you touched upon in your presentation and I think one would easier find consensus with such a selection. I would not restrict it to 10 (why 10 but not 12? It is a nicer number). I admit the problem is that some great songs would be absent as they were overplayed and it is difficult to regenerate the reaction one had hearing then for the first one hundred times.
That's a great suggestion about "fresh sounding songs." You are also right about the overplayed aspect - some people hold that against the song.
My favorite period is 65/66 (Help/Rubber Soul/Revolver)
1. Rain
2. Tomorrow Never Knows
3. And Your Bird Can Sing
4. I'm Looking Through You
5. Norwegian Wood
6. Day Tripper
7. I've Just Seen a Face
8. Paperback Writer
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Help
Honorable mention: If I Fell, I Feel Fine, Anytime at All, We Can Work it Out, Hard Day's Night, Help, Yesterday, Cry Baby Cry, Here Comes The Sun, I'm Only Sleeping, and so many more.
It's very hard to make a Top 10, which is why I had to add 5 more! Thanks for the comment.
Impossible ! For me each album is a time capsule & needs to be listened in its entirety. But then, the singles mostly weren’t on them ! Nooooooooooo !
This has to be then condensed into ‘a desert island disc’. And for that it has to be.....?
‘Revolver.’
Great choice.
I would add "Nowhere Man" and "For No-One".
And I'm almost embarrassed to say, I never could get used to "Something".
thanks i never liked Strawberry Fields and Hey Jude
Please Please Me. There's a Place. All My Loving. I Want to Hold Your Hand. A Hard Day's Night. Norwegian Wood. And Your Bird Can Sing. Happiness Is a Warm Gun. I'm So Tired. Savoy Truffle.
I couldn't do top ten songs, so I did what was actually in my head as I thought about it: top ten aspects of the Beatles that have moved me or are important to me. In a sense, that's what a song list is, but instead of doing it by song, it occurs to me to talk about themes across the songs.
Top Ten Things The Beatles Were That I Like or Are Important to Me
1. Catchiness. Whether it's simple early songs like "Love Me Do" or complex later work like "I Am the Walrus," once you hear it you can't forget it. This was true when the songs came out and is still true for young people hearing the music for the first time today. For example, worldwide, so many people can sing along with "Hey Jude," especially the second half, and it gives that impression of universality, of a song that was always there, that there was never a time before it existed.
2. Influence. Just about everything that happened in popular music after the Beatles was influenced by them, usually directly acknowledged.
3. Voice. There are great musicians who can just about replicate any sound the Beatles made (listen to the Analogues for example), but Paul and John simply had astonishingly great voices that no one can replace. Elvis Costello identifies this as the aspect of the Beatles that was most important to him.
4. Emotional authenticity. Related to voice. I can't think of a good Beatles song where I think "They didn't seem to care." Or "I don't know what feeling they were trying to convey." This is true across moods -- whether it's the fun and urge of "She Loves You," the exhaustion of "I'm So Tired," the pleading of "Help," or the pain of the repeated "I'm crying," which is actually the emotional heart of "I Am the Walrus."
5. Experimentation. I don't like experiment for its own sake if it doesn't end up sounding good. But we know that the Beatles weren't content to be four mop tops. From "Tomorrow Never Knows" on, they were usually trying to find new sounds and ideas that sounded great.
6. Group collaboration. Particularly regarding Paul and John composing and pushing each other. There was an alchemy to it, often described especially by Paul. It comes across as "This is a band, not just four guys laying down sequential tracks." This is true whether observing how, say, "Hard Day's Night" was written, but also the vibe of them hanging around, joking, being friends. This relates to an aspect I didn't think quite merited its own item, but is very important: fun. Through most of the early work it seems like the most fun thing in the world is to be a Beatle.
7. Melody, harmony, beat: the obvious stuff of music. It just sounds good.
8. Ownership. Composing their own songs and forming their own label were incredibly important moments in pop history.
9. Naked vulnerability of lyrics and composition. This is an elaboration of number 4 to an extent. It's not easy to say to the whole world "... give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind," or to stand by a simple statement even though you know it may be perceived as corny and put out "Let it Be," moving past any self-doubt.
10. Variety. Energetic early love songs. Sad ballads. Early heavy metal. Experimental psychedelia. Classical strings. Bluesy numbers. And so much more.( In a way this runs counter to my main idea, that there are persistent themes across their music). If they were only a "She Loves You" band or a "Within You, Without You" band or a "Helter Skelter" band, they'd be boring and easy to pigeonhole.
Thanks for reading.
Thank you for such a substantive comment! You touch on some wonderful aspects that I regret not exploring more in the video. I appreciate each one and the sheer number of them is staggering. I don't think I could apply half those to most bands and come up with moving songs for each category. I am actually working on a follow up to this video that explains the weight I give to my criteria and how I apply it to each song, so stayed tuned! Thanks again for expanding the conversation, Asher.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thanks so much for the kind words. If I was substantive and thoughtful, it's because that's the tone you set. Thanks so much for the channel. And I agree -- I later thought "I super love Pink Floyd, but do they hit all these marks? Other than sad and cynical, what emotional range do they offer?" And other similar musings.
A great list. I would have found a way to crowbar Help, Norwegian Wood, Come Together, Dear Prudence, Don’t Let Me Down and Ticket to Ride in there but no complaints.
The phrase “spoilt for choice” has never been more appropriate.
I do have a "Next 10 Best" coming that will take care of some the obvious omissions. Thank you, David.
@@popgoesthe60s52 I love top ten lists. It’s a thankless task but almost certain to pull in the casual viewer. Everyone has an opinion and most of them differ wildly from your own. I just realised how bad my Lennon bias was when I wrote that comment. Don’t get me wrong, I love Paul, George and Ringo but John just did it for me. I once compiled a tape of Lennon’s White Album and even I was shocked at how good it was. Whatever he was doing or taking in that period must have been quite something.
Everyone will have their own top ten....... mine would include more of the very early stuff, but this is a very good list.
I understand the premise of your top 15. Great choices one and all. Maybe one day you will share YOUR top 15. Here is mine. Not in any order. These are songs I have played so many times, but never tire of hearing them. Long Long Long. Hey Bulldog. Hey Jude. For No One. Old Brown Shoe. Happiness is a Warm Gun. The Long One. Good Day Sunshine. Here Comes the Sun. Martha My Dear. Within You Without You. Revolution. I’m Down. Rain. Day in the Life.
Great list, Barry. I do have a follow up to this video that I hope to get to in the next 2 months.
@@popgoesthe60s52 just to be silly. Only rule must be singles. Paint it Black. Ruby Tuesday. Not Fade Away. Play with Fire. It's all Over Now. It's Only Rock n Roll. Live With Me. She's A Rainbow. Jumpin' Jack Flash. Honky Tonk Women. We Love You. Happy. Angie. Brown Sugar. Bitch.
@@barrygreenfield6043 parameters are always helpful!
They could fart in a microphone and still have a number 1 hit.
We/Me will never witness this again.
Legends !!!
Top 10....here goes... subject to change lol...not in any particular order....1)Hey Bulldog 2) Only a Northern Song 3) I'm Only Sleeping 4) She's Leaving Home 5) Taxman 6)Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite 7) Don't Bother Me 8) Mother Natures Son 9) Penny Lane 10) Strawberry Fields Forever..... probably 100 more lol....love the videos.
A day in life
For no one
Eleanor rigby
I’ll follow the sun
Let it be
Something
When I’m 64
Don’t let me down
While my guitar gently weeps
We can work it out
You have a couple that are surprising to me, but i have never seen 2 lists the same! Thanks for taking the time to include your list.
Only The Beatles! Only Spartak! :)
You're Gonna Lose That Girl, Because (overlooked masterpiece), Rain, I'm Only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing, Tomorrow Never Knows, It's All Too Much, The Long and Winding Road, Mister Moonlight... The Get Back Naked remix, without the Phil Specter effect, is better. Folks panned You Know My Name Look Up the Number, but I really like the opening vocal harmonies and the instrumentation is witty. Revolution 9.... Randall Carlson has a great vid on hidden mathematics and the number 9 is key. Very weird.
To be honest I can’t have a top 10 because they have a lot of really good songs lol
Penny Lane reminds everyone of their childhood.
Damn you are so right!
First time I’ve seen a seasoned beatles diehard include ‘she loves you’ and ‘i wanna hold your hand’ amongst their best songs. I couldn’t agree more with you, and why? Because those two singles is what turned the beatles into global superstars.
Those two songs are crucial to the progression of 1960s pop music and pop music in general. Thank you for commenting, Austin!
@@popgoesthe60s52 of course and thanks for replying
Magical Mystery Tour is so underrated
Obligatory "Hey, where is XXX?!?": Hey, where is Tomorrow Never Knows? If there's one song that defines the Beatles' geniality, it's this one.
I agree. Spoiler alert: My video of the next 10 greatest Beatle songs will certainly include that one!
"geniality"??
Makes #10 on my list
Yellow Submarine, All You Need is Love, Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Julia, Rocky Raccoon. The Beatles need about 25 to fit their best songs.
My favorite list:
A Day in the Life
I Am the Walrus
Strawberry Fields Forever
Across the Universe
Dear Prudence
Revolution 1
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Two of Us
Elanor Rigby
Taxman
Bonus: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
And yes, John Lennon is my favorite Beatle. Sorry, but at the end of the day I will listen to a mid-level John song many times over what I'll listen to a Paul song. But my favorite Paul songs, besides the two I listed, are: Penny Lane, Fixing a Hole, Oh! Darling, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Things We Said Today, Got to Get You into My Life, Blackbird, and so on.
“Only the Beatles Can fit 15 songs in their ‘top 10’”. Lol. So true. Although the last time I did a top 10 of the Beatles, it had 35 songs.
Nice. I am planning a couple of follow up videos to this one, so stay tuned!
Hi great friend ! My list of the 10 best or as i should say more important Beatles songs goes like this : 1- Hey Jude, 2- She loves you, 3- All you need is love, 4- Yesterday, 5- Let it be, 6- A day in the life, 7- Penny lane, 8- Yellow submarine, 9- Something, 10- Revolution.
Well my favorite McCartney song is The Long and Winding Road. i like this one better than Yesterday and Penny Lane, neither of which I like very much. i also think Happiness is a Warm Gun is better than She Loves You.
agree about Long and Winding Road such a great song wish i could take the long road back to the only place that I will ever think of as home
Help! would have to be in my top 10, if not just for the racing pace of it and the wonderful harmonies. Johns cry for help disguised with a smile.
While my Guitar Gently Weeps is objectively more important than Here Comes the Sun. Strawberry fields probably most important especially the second half of career with stylistic change. Without Strawberry Fields theres no Penny Lane. Cant argue with the rest from an objective stand point.
I can't let you off the hook, Tom! Can you give an objective reason why _'Gently Weeps_ is more important than _Here Comes the Sun_ ?
@@popgoesthe60s52 it's more important doesn't necessarily mean its a better song, as that is subjective. Here comes the sun came out at the end of the Beatles career, so it had no further influence on the groups work, where as "while my guitar gently weeps" was the turning point the established George as a serious song writer among his peers and the public, just as penny lane is contingent on strawberry fields existing as it was a direct response to it, would the later work of George's like "Here Comes the Sun" even exist if not for the confidence he had in his abilities after the success of gently weeps and the barriers he broke within the group? Here comes the sun is more popular today than gently weeps but it didn't change anything (for obvious reasons), it just reinforced that George was a talented songwriter, its essentially a continuation. "Gently Weeps" was a landmark, the moment we can point to a shift not just for George but the Beatles as well.
I enjoy your videos by the way.
funny about While My Guitar George says it wasn't but I have often wondered if he wrote it about he break up of the Beatles
1st time I heard Something & Especially the guitar solo I was totally confounded, I'm thinking wth was that! I mean,what!¿.so every time i p/u my guitar i play it.
My list looks like this....
1. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" / The Beatles / Album: Abbey Road (1969)
2. "Something" / Beatles / Album: Abbey Road (1969)
3. "Hey Bulldog" / The Beatles / Album: Yellow Submarine (1969)
4. "Glass Onion" / The Beatles / Album: The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
5. "Got To Get You Into My Life" / The Beatles / Album: Revolver (1966)
6. "Here Comes the Sun" / The Beatles / Album: Abbey Road (1969)
7. "Day In The Life, A" / The Beatles / Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
8. "In My Life" / The Beatles / Album: Rubber Soul (1965)
9. "Helter Skelter" / The Beatles / Album: The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
10. "Night Before, The" / Beatles / Album: Help! (1965)
Penny Lane's chorus goes up a whole step.
Ok, I propose my much partial bias (they are valid for this moment) (and don't have a side, not a ranking):
We can work it out
I'm only sleeping
Tomorrow never knows
She's leaving home
Being for the benefit of Mr Kite!
Your mother should know
I am the walrus
Penny Lane
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
You never give me your money and Golden slumbers
^^
There's a place / All my loving / A hard day's night / Every little thing / Think for yourself / Rain / Strawberry Fields Forever (take 26) / Back in the USSR / Lady Madonna
I'll be back
My Top Ten: And Your Bird Can Sing (#1), Penny Lane, She Loves You, In My Life, If I Fell, Do You Want To Know A Secret, Help!, Paperback Writer, I'm Looking Through You, Here, There and Everywhere. Honorable mention: Strawberry Fields Forever, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You. Whew, that was tough! #1 was a no-brainer, however; man, I love that guitar intro, and I never tire of it.
To me my top 10 are
1) In My Life
2) Here Comes The Sun
3) Let It Be
4) Because
5) Hey Jude
6) While My Guitar Gently Creeps
7) Across The Universe
8) Tomorrow Never Knows
9) A Day In The Life
10) Eleanor Rigby
11) And I Love Her 12) Day Tripper 13) I Saw Her Standing There
14) Norwegian Wood 15) Taxman
Of course it's an impossible task to choose a Top 10 Beatles song list. More realistic would be to eliminate those songs which inspire a bit less, and still probably more than 100 tracks would make the grade. But just for the fun of it, I list my Top 10, then a runner-up Top 10.
1) I Feel Fine
2) Rain
3) Tomorrow Never Knows
4) Strawberry Fields Forever
5) A Day in the Life
6) It's All Too Much
7) I Am The Walrus
8) Hey Bulldog
9) Martha My Dear
10) Something
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1) I Want to Hold Your Hand
2) She Loves You
3) This Boy
4) Tell Me Why
5) Nowhere Man
6) She Said She Said
7) Penny Lane
8) Lady Madonna
9) Dear Prudence
10) Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
You nailed it! Of course, how could you not? If I went to 20 I’d add the following: Because, Sun King, Dear Prudence, Across The Universe, AND a much overlooked track which is a tribute to Ringo Star’s talents as a drummer - The End……. I use a lot of Beatles songs on my videos, consequently many get demonetized at first - Fortunately the covers don't . 😎
Strange - Just noticed that iTunes is blacking out the song Blackbird. I wonder who owns it now?
Hello, I don’t know what the Beatles best songs are but I’ve got a few remarks about your list. Concerning Sometning, it’s a very good song but it’s based on a not very original chord progression plus descending bass structure in those chords and it was not influential as far as I know. À propos of Let it be , apart from being brilliant it’s an incredibly important song, first because it is the invention of the piano based rock ballad with blistering guitar work and secondly because the tail end of of the verses has been replicated in thousands of songs. I may also add that the chord progressions of Here there and everywhere and All you need is love have been re used over and over. Thanks for your video ( Do you think a list of the most important Beatles songs would be different or interesting?)
Thank you for the insightful comment. I take your meaning on the chord progression of Something, but I would say the song's strength is the melody - as beautiful as anything the Beatles ever did. The suggestion of important songs is certainly worth doing. I find with lists like these, people berate me for not listing their _favorite_ tracks!
Pop Goes the 60s thanks. I think you know I wasn’t berating you. I don’t know what their ten best songs are, I am,still trying to work out the criteria!!!!!!!
@@jean-marieboucherit4716 No, you weren't. Your comment was respectful and really added to the conversation. When you find the criteria, let me know - I may use it!
Strawberry Fields. Norwegian Wood. Tomorrow Never Knows. I Am The Walrus. Here Comes The Sun. Nowhere Man. If I Fell. Get Back. The Ballad Of John And Yoko. I Feel Fine.
My fav Cover songs Money, Roll Over Beathvon(sorry about the spelling) Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby and Honey Dont
I tried to complete my Top 10, but, honestly, realised it was a futile task...She's Leaving Home, There's a Place, Across the Universe, And Your Bird Can Sing, Nowhere Man, Eleanor Rigby, Yes It Is, She Said She Said...just so many classics...one could create a thousand different variations of Beatles Top 10s!
Nothing off Revolver ... are you insane? Also- Paperback Writer was the first ROCK song in history. How does PW not make this list? FATAL OMISSIONS ... LIST FAIL
Great list, Matt. The list is impecable, but maybe a top 20 or top 25 would have given you space to include other essential tracks such as: Eleanor Rigby, I am the Walrus, All you need is love, Help, I saw her standing there, Blackbird, And I love her, Norwegian wood, While my guitar gently weeps, Here, there and everywhere, Get back, The long and winding road, Tomorrow never knows, and Yellow submarine.
I can not choose a Top 10 (not even Top 30) Beatles songs. Just because... well... you know!... It´s "The Beatles", for God sake!!! So many... so GOOD (understatement)!!!
The best I can do is to say that these three would have to be the Top 3:
- Hey Jude;
- A day in the life;
- Let it Be.
Based on Spotify's most downloaded Beatles song list, here is where I am completely out of step with average Beatles fans. Songs they like that I do not:
1. Yesterday -- I hate it, hate it, hate it... its not even really a Beatles song, its a preview of the manner in which McCartney would terrorize us with sappy tunes for most of his post Beatle career ("Say, Say, Say"... just kidding its not THAT bad)
2. Come Together -- Its a flat-footed ripoff of Chuck Berry, plain and simple
3. Something -- Yes, yes, I know Sinatra likes it... in the 60s a square like him could ruin a song by liking it
4. Hey Jude -- I will say at one point it was one of my favorites, but now I'm just tired of it. I I think Wilson Pickett's version is actually superior, but my dislike is probably coming from ear fatigue, not a legit critique
5. I Want to Hold Your Hand -- I'm with Brian Wilson on this one, its an ordinary song, not close to the explosive creativity of "She Loves You" or the vastly superior "All My Loving"
Hi Matt, for me it would be all the songs off the HELP! soundtrack LP (I had the album and saw the movie in the theater) when they first came out in 1965 and I would add, “We can work it out,” and “Paperback Writer.” Was that 10? IMHO the Beatles were at their peak during the HELP! recordings. Personal tastes, I guess. Thanks again!
It's something about writing music..."In My Life"....Pink Floyd "Time"....young men writing songs in their 20's about subjects that ring true for me in my 50's looking back
We Can Work It Out
Got to Get You Into My Life
The Long and Winding Road
Revolution
You Won't See Me
She's Leaving Home
Ticket to Ride
Just to Dance with You
Hello, Goodbye
Here Comes the Sun
It's hard to list just ten, so I'll just name some songs that aren't on this list, in no particular order: If I Fell, Michelle, Nowhere Man, Ticket to Ride, Paperback Writer, She Said, Norwegian Wood, She's Leaving Home, Help!, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
My personal Top 10, throwing out all rationale and trying not to balance everything, would be: Happiness is a warm gun; Strawberry Fields Forever; I'm so tired; I Am the Walrus; Let it Be; Here Comes The Sun; A Day in the Life; Eleanor Rigby; Yesterday; Penny Lane.
Every day would bring a new top ten; today's - 1. Happiness is a warm gun 2. Hey Jude 3. Here Comes the Sun 4. She Said She Said 5. For No One 6. Day in a Life 7. Julia 8. Hey Bulldog 9. Love You Too 10. You've Got to Hide your love away
You may, and probably will, disagree with me. (btw, i stopped watching to type this before the count)...i figure, "I Wanna Hold Your Hans" is there in relevancy for being the 1st US #1 Top of the chart, but i would then weight musicality higher than commercial success....this is if we are talking Best, not most popular. Songs that use interesting creative musical choices = Best to me over commercial success. Cultural sea changes are another matter. In terms of Best written songs, i wouldn't pick I Wanna Hold Your Hand, but what it accomplished was undeniable.
There are thousands of commercially successful songs that i'd say are far from being "Best", Looking at you Pina Colada Song and Ice Ice Baby. Obviously, we can agree to disagree....Then again i think Frank Zappa was a musical Genius. Commercial? Hardly.
A Day In The Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Strawberry Fields Forever
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Here Comes The Sun
Eleanor Rigby
In My Life
Something
Norwegian Wood
I have my own "the best of" list, but it includes 100 songs :)
Shot out of a bazooka is an apt description. I was 8 years old when A Hard Day's Night came to the theater. There WAS screaming. I had been a devote of 77 WABC NY, the transistor radio being a constant friend already when we were introduced to the boys. They changed me and my friend's lives seemingly overnight and by some kind of magic. My top ten could list about 40.
By the stated criteria, I think your top ten is pretty good, but the bonus five is lacking. I think you absolutely need Yellow Submarine (probably in the top ten, actually, as it's one their most iconic songs). I Am the Walrus and Can't Buy Me Love should be there as well. We Can Work It Out just shouldn't even be a candidate for the list, and CBML should replace A Hard Day's Night. For the final slot, I'd drop one of either Come Together or Day Tripper.
Only The Beatles could fit 15 songs into the top 10. Wonderfully said!
1. Let it Be
2. In my Life
3. While my guitar gently weeps
4. Strawberry fields
5. A day in the life
My top 5. But I love everything from the Beatles.
You're number 3 song is my number 8 -- astute choice... I think its Harrison at his apex
Great top 6
One of my favourite top ten is Ticket To Ride. Mono only. But I have never liked the B-side, Yes It Is. Nor the next single, Help! But lately, I find I like the B-side of that single, I'm Down.
Now I like to play Ticket To Ride and I'm Down in succession, a lot.
Michelle
For No One
Because
No Reply
Nowhere Man
I Feel Fine
I Should Have Known Better
Hey Bulldog
And I Love Her
I'll Follow The Sun
Some that are to often overlooked...