Top 20 Beatles songs

SteveG wrote: Octopus' Garden and I Want You were throwaways also, IMO.

^For the record. "Hammer" was considered an A-side song by McCartney as he was given to creating, as John Lennon so eloquently said, "granny music".

SteveG wrote:  Here Comes the Sun makes one instantly forget about those two tracks and then your off to the great medley.

richardh wrote: Rednight wrote: 7. Maxwell's Silver Hammer .   I thought that song had been expunged from history?

"The worst session ever was Maxwell's Silver Hammer. It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for f**king weeks. I thought it was mad." - Ringo.

"That's Paul's. I hate it. 'Cuz all I remember is the track - he made us do it a hundred million times. He did everything to make it into a single and it never was and it never could've been, but he put guitar licks on it and he had somebody hitting iron pieces and we spent more money on that song than any of them in the whole album. I think." - John.

Walton Street wrote: Rednight wrote: ''Hammer was this throwaway ditty that charmed in the end.     I cant hear it without picturing Steve Martin singing it

Then it's a good thing I've never sat down and forced myself to watch that movie (or E.T., for that matter).

someone_else wrote: richardh wrote: Rednight wrote: 7. Maxwell's Silver Hammer .   I thought that song had been expunged from history? Well, I think it should not be. It is just outside my top 20; I put it on my first draft list.

''Hammer was this throwaway ditty that charmed in the end. I feel the best Beatle songs were probably written in this spirit-on the whimsical fly and thus being in league with Hammer. Again, when preparing the list, I just jotted down for me what instantly came to mind-that is to say, the most memorable. As for the Beatles on a prog blog site, I don't get it entirely with what little they put forward in that vein. By the way, wasn't Oh-Bla-Dee (or however it's titled) the one the British press washed their hands of?

richardh wrote: Rednight wrote: 7. Maxwell's Silver Hammer .   I thought that song had been expunged from history?

1. No Reply
2. Wait
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Penny Lane
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand
6. Bluejay Way
7. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
8. Something
9. Helter Skelter
10. Bulldog
11. Piggies
12. Savoy Truffle
13. Sgt Pepper's' and reprise
14. Eight Days a Week
15. Help
16. I Feel Fine
17. Norwegian Wood
18. She's Leaving Home
19. I Am the Walrus
20. We Can Work It Out

Not necessarily the 20 best (and not necessarily in this order). These are just the ones that readily came to mind while preparing the list.

It's probably easier to list the songs I don't like. And like many, the Fabs don't get many turns on my old turntable these days.

HolyMoly wrote: There ought to be an album compiling all the fake Carnival of Light songs that people created after reading McCartney's description.  Even invite more people to have a go at it.  I bet the resulting album would be pretty cool.

Carnival Of Light - The Tribute Album!  A double CD could just about fit five versions onto each disc (because just five versions wouldn't be enough)