# Best of the Beatles: The Grand Finale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656 "2014-05-04T19:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/21 "2014-05-05T18:49:11Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I think what you are seeing is Lennon/McCartney peaking, followed by Harrison peaking. (The appearance of a second peak is almost entirely due to “Here Comes the Sun”.) In fact, throughout their career, George was always a couple of albums behind John and Paul in songwriting “style”, that is, _his_ songs sound like what _they_ were doing back then. It is actually more noticeable in his earlier songs I think. “I Need You” and especially “You Like Me Too Much”, both on the _Help!_ LP, sound _so much_ like they belong on _A Hard Day’s Night_. (That is not a put-down of the songs, _A Hard Day’s Night_ is, in my opinion, a better album than _Help!_). Excellent point! I concur. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/22 "2014-05-05T21:09:42Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I still say this is not an accurate way to find the best songs. It’d be accurate for the #1 winner, but not for others. For example: _Hey Jude_ and _All You Need Is Love_ should be on this list. I definitely agree that only the first place song really “counts” - it’s a bit like how in the World Cup, the final game might not be that competitive because the two best teams played each other ages ago in one of the less publicized rounds. But the objective is only to find the number one song (plus, this way has the advantage of getting a great song from each stylistic period in the final collection). Another way to do it that would get more than one song would be to make a poll with every Beatles song ever recorded, but I’m way too lazy to make a poll with 200 options. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/23 "2014-05-09T16:56:26Z")
I nearly voted for “In My Life,” but “Strawberry Fields Forever” was my choice. There’s nothing else quite like it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/24 "2014-05-09T19:20:52Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I think what you are seeing is Lennon/McCartney peaking, followed by Harrison peaking. (The appearance of a second peak is almost entirely due to “Here Comes the Sun”.) I disagree somewhat. “Something” is just as good a song, and his Concert for Bangladesh represented another (non-Beatles) peak. But after 1971, yeah, it was largely off the peak with George. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/25 "2014-05-10T03:22:00Z")
I went with “A Day in the Life”, although it’s actually only my third or fourth favorite Beatles tune. mmm ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/26 "2014-05-10T06:04:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I disagree somewhat. “Something” is just as good a song, and his Concert for Bangladesh represented another (non-Beatles) peak. > > But after 1971, yeah, it was largely off the peak with George. Yeah, I do not have a very high opinion of “Something”, and although “Here Comes the Sun” is good, it certainly did not get my vote (or even my second place, maybe not even third) as the best of _Abbey Road_. _All Things Must Pass_ was pretty good though (especially if you discount the _Apple Jam_ disc), and I really do think that, at least while the band was together, George was fairly consistently doing what John and Paul had been doing about two albums before (and often doing pretty well). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/27 "2014-05-10T19:43:34Z")
Hard decision between In My Life and Strawberry Fields. I went with In My Lift, but I could easily pick Strawberry Fields tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/28 "2014-05-10T20:18:44Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I went with In My Lift …later Americanized by Aerosmith as “Love in an Elevator” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656/29 "2014-05-10T22:11:30Z")
“There are buttons I remember…In my lift, I’ve punched them all…” mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-beatles-the-grand-finale/687656.md?page=1)