The Beatles: 100 Greatest Songs

Rolling Stone has published a collector's edition which chooses the Beatles 100 greatest songs.

Their number one is "A Day in the Life." It's hard to disagree with that choice.

Further info:
The Beatles: 100 Greatest Songs

 

No it's not.

 

I think it's brilliant but I'd argue for "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" --a tie

 

Strawberry Fields Forever surely

 

What would you pick?


I'm not sure I'd have selected "A Day in the Life" independently, but I think it does represent the band at their best. You can say the same of many other songs of course.

 

Every time I hear a Beatles song, and say, "oh, that's my favorite Beatles song", the next one comes on...

 

That's exactly how I would feel too. Although I do have my favorites that still either have guitar riffs that I love or guitar solo's in them.

Or just the whole happiness an entire song can bring upon my being at that time period that I hear it.

 

What exactly is the point of such a list?

 

to sell magazines.

 

Day in the Life isnt my personal favorite, though I love it, I would say its the perfect choice for a number 1 beatles songs on a list like this. It's got Johns verse and Paukl's middle bit, and it shows how 5 years after Love Me Do they had blown open the possibilities of pop music.



still not a fan of RS the magazine thogh

 

People love lists...

Check your local magazine rack or, uh, the web...

 

Overall i would probably say Yesterday - Its the most covered song ever!

 

I dont mind list as long as there is some intelligent commentary to go along with it

100 songs seems a bit generous?

20 songs makes more sense or even 40... but 100?

thats almost half their discography

when you have a simple top ten list you can make a case on why 2 is better than 3.... but why would 95 be better than 94? at that point it becomes absurd

 

Yes it is

 

It's true
Yes it is

 

Now, that's what I call a debate.

 

No, you don't!

 

From the fabulous Monty Python Arguments sketch

 

I love them!

 

Without looking, my guess is that "Yesterday" is number 2.

 

I would have said Yesterday.....but technically since it's only Paul, I would have went with the first one I remember, I Want to Hold Your Hand.

 

No you dont

 

You could just shuffle their 100 songs and randomly pick their numbers and do purr-dy well. I'm partial towards I Saw Her Standing There. I could care less if it's #1 or #100 or off the chart.

 

Here are the 2 lists Rolling Stone put out this year. A big difference in the placing of the top 10 songs.

1. A Day In The Life
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Yesterday
5. In My Life
6.Something
7. Hey Jude
8. Let It Be
9. Come Together
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time - May 2010
No. 8: "Hey Jude"
No. 13: "Yesterday"
No. 16: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
No. 20: "Let It Be"
No. 23: "In My Life"
No. 28: "A Day in the Life"
No. 29: "Help!"
No. 64: "She Loves You"
No. 76: "Strawberry Fields Forever"
No. 83: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
No. 136: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
No. 138: "Eleanor Rigby"
No. 140: "I Saw Her Standing There"
No. 154: "A Hard Day's Night"
No. 186: "Please Please Me"
No. 205: "Come Together"
No. 295: "Can't Buy Me Love"
No. 311: "With a Little Help From My Friends"
No. 370: "All You Need is Love"
No. 394: "Ticket to Ride"
No. 469: "Rain"

 

bought this over the weekend...

well worth 10 bucks, IMHO, lots of good photos and fairly inteligent writing...