Here’s one that’s definitely an opinion, because I don’t think we’d ever get a group to agree.
What is the best Beatles song of all time? You have a choice of approximately 180 songs, if we count not just released singles, but all songs on all albums.
I’m going to go with “Norwegian Wood” from “Rubber Soul”.
Enter your vote here. I’ll be surprised if we get any kind of consensus.
This is tough - I love so many of them.
I think I’ll go with In My Life. Or Blackbird. Or All You Need is Love. Yeah. Definitely that one.
If I have to pick just one, it’s “All You Need is Love.” “Something” is a close second.
A Day In The Life
The second side of Abbey Road, although technically a medley, I consider more of a Symphonic Opera, and thus a single piece and the height of the concept album. Overture, Main Acts, Epilogue. Without question the best of the Fabs.
One song? Across the Universe popped into my head against my will when I saw the thread title.
I’m partial to ‘For no One’, on the Revolver album, but A Day in The Life is probably going to win this.
Here Comes the Sun.
My favorite is I Feel Fine.
Probably the only vote for this one:
She’s leaving home.
“Something”.
Vote #2 for A Day In The Life.
One of the things that makes the Beatles great is that picking just one song is so difficult. But…
another vote for A Day In The Life; partly because it’s the best of John and Paul together.
Oooh, me too!
But the list goes on…
Blackbird
Here comes the sun
Sexy Sadie
Two of us
I could continue (and probably will later), but this will do for now!
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
And Your Bird Can Sing
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society.
Oh - another one. For its joie de vivre and psychedelic exuberance:
It’s All Too Much
This is hopeless…um…
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Probably not really, but someone ought to vote for it.
**Sexy Sadie **and **In My Life **kind of jump out, but I really don’t think there’s an answer. It depends on my mood, the weather, and what I had for breakfast that day!
The “best”?
That’s tough.
The archetypal Beatles song (to me) is “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”
The one that showcases the best of John & Paul? “A Day In The Life”
The one that showcases Harrison at his best? “Something”
The one that showcases Paul? “Yesterday”
The one that showcases John? “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite” (“Paperback Writer” a close second)
My favorite? “Only A Northern Song”
But “The Best”? Um…The first side of Sgt. Pepper’s? 