Quick, don't think! Name a song by the Beatles. Do not read the rest of the thread before posting. Do not pass Go! Do not collect £200!

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― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

All my Loving.

Why did I think of that one?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Free As A Bird.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Let it Be

― andyjack (andyjack), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

eleanor rigby

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:11 (twenty-one years ago)

a day in the life

― gem (trisk), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

'Strawberry Fields Forever'.

― Orange (Orange), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Help!

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i am the walrus

is this where i find out that i'm a psycho now cause i said that one.

― piscesboy, Monday, 16 May 2005 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

please please me

― gem (trisk), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

We Can Work It Out

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

For no One

― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I know why I thought of that one tho.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm Down

not trying to be obscure or one-up, I read the question and immediately thought "how can you laugh WHEN YOU KNOW I'M DOWN."

so far today I'm up actually.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"her majesty"

― Yaphet Kokko, Monday, 16 May 2005 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, for some reason "Hello Goodbye" came up first.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Sexy Sadie

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Michelle (chosen, I suspect, because the bells on the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square play a version of "Michelle". Why I can't possibly imagine)

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

strawberry feilds

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

'magical mystery tour'. which i don't think much of.

― N_Rq, Monday, 16 May 2005 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

These results are interesting so far. I wonder what the answers would be were it not music fans who are answering.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:40 (twenty-one years ago)

blackbird

― Barnaby (Barnaby), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Revolution #9

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Help

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I Want to Hold Your Hand

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I Am The Walrus

― The Irrelevant Man (Negativa) (Barima), Monday, 16 May 2005 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

She Loves You

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Octopus's Garden

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

here comes the sun.

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

She Loves You

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:23 (twenty-one years ago)

If I Fell. Just about the last song I would have predicted. WEIRD!

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Baby, You're a Rich Man.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Black Birds

― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha that's not even the name is it? It's Blackbird?

― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Blackbird as well. Strange.

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Revolution 9

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm Only Sleeping

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nowhere Man"

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Baby You Can Drive My Car

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

yellow submarine

― Andrew J L, Monday, 16 May 2005 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I Am The Walrus

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Because.

― Roz (Roz), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleanor Rigby.

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

within you, without you... don't know why

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Hard Day's Night

― robster (robster), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

A Hard Day's Night

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

A Ticket To Ride

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Help!

I think the exclamation mark in the subject prompted this.

― davidsim (davidsim), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

What You're Doing

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Curiously, I was thinking about exactly this earlier when an acquaintance said she wasn't sure she'd ever heard the Beatles -- I started to say "Oh, you know, song-XYZ" but stopped as I couldn't think of any ONE surefire hit!

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Drive my Car (listened to RS last week).

― theophilus jones (theophilus), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Taxman

― ledge (ledge), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Song XYZ was by Rush, apparently.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

No Reply

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Help!

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― elgolfo (elgolfo), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

She's a Woman

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

hey jude

― a banana (alanbanana), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Help

― Bobby M (bobbym), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Let Me Down

― brianiac (briania), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Any Time At All

― Burr (Burr), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Tomorrow Never Knows

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel fine

― sympathizer (sympathizer), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

she loves you

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Rain

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The answers are all over the board - it's very very interesting. I thought there'd be one defining hit or even an album or era that springs to mind when one thinks of the Beatles but no.

For those who are now reading this - when you think of the band, "the Beatles", what do era do you think of? Is there an image in your head of how they look?

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

She Said She Said

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

DL: my image is them on the front of the Sgt Peppers cover, cos that was the album my parents had when I was little.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

For me, the middle period -- approx. Help thru Revolver.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Norwegian Wood

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Mother Nature's Son

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

".... when you think of the band, "the Beatles", what do era do you think of? Is there an image in your head of how they look?"

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAO.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

It's quite amazing how so few songs are repeating.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

B/w photos, grownout moptops, nice jumpers, 65-66

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Strawberry Fields Forever

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

that actually took me about a minute to come up with. :(

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

yesterday

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

And the scores so far (from 65 votes) are:

help! - 5
eleanor rigby - 4
blackbird, i am the walrus, she loves you, strawberry fields forever - 3
a hard day's night, drive my car, revolution #9 - 2
38 other songs - 1

Votes by year:

1963 5
1964 9
1965 14
1966 11
1967 11
1968 8
1969 5
1970 1
1995 1

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Please Please Me

And I don't even like that song.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

strawberry fields. What do I win?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

you know my name look up the number...

seriously

― b b, Monday, 16 May 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Julia

― stet (stet), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Lady Madonna

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Eight Days a Week

― Dr Benway (dr benway), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Please Please Me"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Dear Prudence"

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Girl

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Blackbird

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

no reply

― peter smith (plsmith), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Back In The USSR

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Martha My Dear

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Matchbox.

― Roadkill Bingo (Roadkill Bingo), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

paperback writer

― corinne, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i was just talking about you know my name on sat., so thats that.

i suppose i think mostly of midperiod stuff, but i don't know...visually, i draw up a jumbled slide show of various images. recently i was thinking of this picture while shopping for fabric

http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/beatles.jpg

cant find a color version

― b b, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

drive my car

― zeus, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Dig a Pony"

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Blackbird.

― mei (mei), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Hello Goodbye for me too.

― harveyw (harveyw), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

every little thing
the first one that 'sang to me' in my head

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"Eleanor Rigby"

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

let it be

― diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I think of three things. First and foremost (and weirdly) the brown/sepia cover of the BBC sessions (though I'm a way bigger fan of later period Beatles) with Paul shaking his moptop, then I think of the cover of the Blue album with the band looking over that balcony and how strange Ringo looks in that photo, and then I think of the hippie Beatles all coloured glasses and flares.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

mr moonlight

― john and paul, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

real love - was there last single - real love ?

― john and paul, Monday, 16 May 2005 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

From the Parliament/Funkadelic thread:
The idea with the Beatles thread is because I was thinking about people who hate the Beatles. And then I thought "well how can you hate the music of the Beatles? They changed their style, angle, fashion and music throughout their career and are loved and hated for all of these." so then I was wondering if there is one solid thing that people think about when they think of the Beatles or not? And it seems that there is not.
If I were to start a similar thread with the Beach Boys I'd expect about 70% of answers to be Good Vibrations or something from Pet Sounds and for people to have a very specific image of the Beach Boys in their heads despite the fact that they evolved and grew in the same way as the Beatles.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hello GOodbye".

Not my favorite, but for some reason, it was the first one I thought of.

Now, I shall read the rest of this thread.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Baby It's You"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"Martha My Dear"

― Lingbertt, Monday, 16 May 2005 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

bizarre, i thought i would be the only one to say that! (not that i was trying to be unique or anything; i do have a special fondness for that song, though, which i've found that few people share.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't think it was possible to start an interesting Beatles thread at this point, but DL has managed it.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

rocky racoon

― Sym Sym (sym), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

She Loves You

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

hey jude

― Shane (Shane), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

love me do

― giboyeux (skowly), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

ticket to ride

― Michael B, Monday, 16 May 2005 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

in my life

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

happiness is a warm gun

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

love me do

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

(which is funny cause I kind of hate 'Love Me Do'. ok, it's not very funny)

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

b l a c k b i r d

― 088b, Monday, 16 May 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

A Day In The Life

― darin (darin), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

she loves you

― peter in montreal (spaces are allowed), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rain"

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

youve got to hide yr love away

― anthony, Monday, 16 May 2005 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

here comes the sun

― ihope (ihope), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

J, have you heard "Hamster My Dear" by Original Hamster? (Portamento faux "acoustic guitar" sounds beg to be called "quirky": this is a Tigerbeat person's hi-fi glitchy folk-tone arrangement of the song, which always leaves me wishing I had the free time to sit around programming out all the changes and glitches to a track that will mostly be a joke either way.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm So Tired

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

You Never Give Me Your Money

― ath (ath), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Ob la di Ob la da.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

In My Life was the first song that popped into my head

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Drive My Car"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Leave My Kitten Alone

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 16 May 2005 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

ticket to ride

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

― Clay (cws), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

a day in the life

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Taxman

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Scores after 119 votes:

7 - eleanor rigby
6 - blackbird
5 - help!, she loves you
4 - drive my car, strawberry fields forever
3 - a day in the life, hello goodbye, i am the walrus, please please me, ticket to ride, you know my name (look up the number)
2 - a hard day's night, here comes the sun, hey jude, in my life, let it be, love me do, martha my dear, no reply, rain, revolution #9, taxman, you've got to hide your love away
1 - 46 others

Notable omissions: from me to you, twist & shout, can't buy me love, day tripper, here there & everywhere, got to get you into my life, penny lane, with a little help from my friends, lucy in the sky with diamonds, when i'm 64, all you need is love, the fool on the hill, revolution, while my guitar gently weeps, helter skelter, get back, the ballad of john & yoko, come together, something, across the universe, the long and winding road.

Votes by year:

1962 - 2
1963 - 10
1964 - 14
1965 - 23
1966 - 17
1967 - 16
1968 - 22
1969 - 7
1970 - 6
1995 - 2

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Good work Mike - but these totals need to be divided by the total number of Beatles songs in each year to get a true picture of... something.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. I was originally counting number of songs per year (rather than votes), and then I decided it was giving a false picture. But, since the figures are to hand and it will only take a minute:

1962 - 1
1963 - 4
1964 - 12
1965 - 12
1966 - 9
1967 - 7
1968 - 14
1969 - 6
1970 - 3
1995 - 2

If you really want to divide the first figure by the second, then you get:

1962 - 2
1963 - 2.5
1964 - 1.167
1965 - 1.917
1966 - 1.889
1967 - 2.286
1968 - 1.571
1969 - 1.167
1970 - 2
1995 - 1

Oh yes, that's MUCH clearer. Hooray for stats!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 09:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Can I name a better song now, or is that cheating?

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I Am The Walrus

― John Fredland (jfredland), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

strawberry fields forever

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hmm. I was originally counting number of songs per year (rather than votes), and then I decided it was giving a false picture. But, since the figures are to hand and it will only take a minute:
1962 - 1
1963 - 4
1964 - 12
1965 - 12
1966 - 9
1967 - 7
1968 - 14
1969 - 6
1970 - 3
1995 - 2
If you really want to divide the first figure by the second, then you get:
1962 - 2
1963 - 2.5
1964 - 1.167
1965 - 1.917
1966 - 1.889
1967 - 2.286
1968 - 1.571
1969 - 1.167
1970 - 2
1995 - 1

Oh yes, that's MUCH clearer. Hooray for stats!"

The accountant in me is sighing contentedly.

Just imagine 'though; if we could actually post graphs!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I meant dividing the number of votes (or songs mentioned, I guess - either) by the total number of songs the Beatles released in each year, to give some kind of 'impact coefficient'. I mean - there are 23 votes for 1965 songs, but perhaps this is skewed by their releasing more songs in 1965 to choose from.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Impact coeffiecients! I LOVE IT!

New songs released by year (including cover versions, not including re-releases):

1962 - 2
1963 - 32
1964 - 33
1965 - 32
1966 - 16
1967 - 23
1968 - 34
1969 - 25
1970 - 12
(1995 gets silly.)

Impact coefficients (by total votes):

1962 - 1
1963 - 0.31
1964 - 0.42
1965 - 0.72
1966 - 1.06
1967 - 0.78
1968 - 0.65
1969 - 0.28
1970 - 0.5

Impact coefficients (by number of songs mentioned):

1962 - 0.5
1963 - 0.13
1964 - 0.36
1965 - 0.38
1966 - 0.56
1967 - 0.3
1968 - 0.41
1969 - 0.24
1970 - 0.25

COnclusion: whichever way you look at it, the otherwise quiet year of 1966 punches above its weight, whereas the industrious year of 1963 noticeably underperforms.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Revolver proved best by science bah.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)

ps. Mike, you are a wonder.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Woah! Nice one Mike!

Shame there isn't some kind of magazine called "Scientific Popular Music Review" or something we could sell these results to?

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:30 (twenty-one years ago)

There's something sacred about the Beatles releasing only 16 songs in 1966.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Strawberry Fields Forever

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm.. It seems I am not the only one thinking "OK, then I am not going to mention "Yesterday" as that would be too boring and obvious" :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

COnclusion: whichever way you look at it, the otherwise quiet year of 1966 punches above its weight, whereas the industrious year of 1963 noticeably underperforms.

-- mike t-diva (mikejl...), May 17th, 2005.

Would this mean more if we were picking our favourites? Nice though the tale of Desmond, his barrow and the marketplace are, I'm not under the illusion that its their best song.

― Amiii Stewart (Amiii Stewart), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's interesting that the two most commonly mentioned songs are effectively solo McCartney recordings (of course Lennon's harmonies on Rigby send it to the next level). I guess I hardly think of either of them as "Beatles" songs.

― theophilus jones (theophilus), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's interesting that the two most commonly mentioned songs are effectively solo McCartney recordings

Even though most people seem to have skipped his most famous solo recording.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The high instant-recognition factor for "Blackbird" totally baffles me, I have to say. An inevitable statistical blip of no great consequence, or is it something more than that? (How did it do in the "Rank The White Album" thread?)

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Blackbird.

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm So Tired

― Moosie Grosvenor (Arthur), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

lol!

Maybe it's because Blackbird is a song to learn on guitar? It's the first song I learnt all the way through and it's what kicked off my Beatles fandom.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Love Me Do

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

She loves you

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

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