Hi there! Welcome to The Beatles: The Classics Rate, hosted by conatus and enxe.
It's very likely you know who The Beatles are. It's also very likely you know at least some of their songs especially if you're white.
In this rate, we will be pitting fifty songs from the Fab Four against one another to decide which song from the biggest band of all time is the best. These are just some of the defining Beatles songs, displaying the diversity of their discography over the years.
Your job? To rate each of these songs to help us decide that.
1. There is a total of fifty songs in this rate. You must score every song from 0 to 10. One lucky song can receive an 11 from you, if you so wish.
2. PM your scores to either me (conatus) or enxe.
3. Decimals of up to 2 places are allowed. We will allow a 9.5, a 9.25, but not a 9.733282819181614. So don't even try it.
4. The deadline is 11PM GMT on September 6th. That gives you plenty of time to (re-)acquaint yourselves with these songs. We have included YouTube links in the OP, but there are also countless singles collections by the band out there. Taylor may have influenced the boys to not put their songs on Spotify, but they're not difficult to find! No excuses!
5. Commentaries are appreciated, but not compulsory. It's always nice to read why someone gave a 0 to a song, or why it got your 11, or why it got a 9 but not a 10.
6. No trolling! If we so much as even suspect you're trying to rig the rate, we will refuse to count your scores.
7. Have fun!
PM-friendly list
A Day In The Life
A Hard Day's Night
Across The Universe
All My Loving
All You Need Is Love
And I Love Her
Can't Buy Me Love
Come Together
Day Tripper
Don't Let Me Down
Eight Days A Week
Eleanor Rigby
From Me To You
Get Back
Got To Get You Into My Life
Hello, Goodbye
Help!
Here Comes The Sun
Hey Jude
I Am The Walrus
I Feel Fine
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I'll Follow The Sun
In My Life
It Won't Be Long
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Love Me Do
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Michelle
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Oh! Darling
Paperback Writer
Penny Lane
Please Please Me
Revolution
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
She Loves You
Something
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
The Long And Winding Road
Ticket To Ride
Twist And Shout
We Can Work It Out
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
With A Little Help From My Friends
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Looking forward to doing this. "Eleanor Rigby" for the win! (Always and forever.)
How does the list you chose compare with the (abandoned) singles rate from last year?
This list includes what we considered to be the most popular/known Beatles songs. The other rate included the singles, which had many unknown songs by most people (ie. My Bonnie, Misery, Why, etc.) and there were some of the most known songs missing (ie. While My Guitar Gently Weeps or Here Comes the Sun)
PM-friendly list
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