So, in honor of college basketball’s spectacular month of seemingly-endless tournaments, I’ve devised our own little bracketed popularity tournament. A couple of years ago, I did a March Sitcom Madness tournament, in which we crowned “The Simpsons” the Least Objectionable Sitcom EVAR.
This year, with the opening of our new Game Room forum, I figured I’d revive the Madness, only with Beatles songs this time around.
So, without further ado, here we go.
–I’ve divided the Beatles catalog into four groups:
A) 1964 & before
B) 1965 & 1966
C) 1967 & 1968
D) 1969 & after
–The seeding process consisted of three things: How much I personally liked the song, how much I thought the general public liked the song, and finally actual chart placement (if applicable).
–In each round, match-ups will be deteremined by the seeding (Highest will play lowest, and so on). The final four will match up Bracket A with Bracket C, and Bracket B with Bracket D.
–In each match-up, vote for which song you personally enjoy more. Songs with the most votes move on to the next round. A tie will be broken with a coin flip by me.
–Voting will end for round 1 on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 pm. If all goes according to plan, we will crown a champ on or around the evening of March 17.
–Feel free to make predictions.
A
I Saw her Standing There VS I’m a Loser
Twist and Shout VS Do You Want to Know a Secret
I Wanna Hold Your Hand VS Can’t Buy Me Love
Rock n Roll Music VS Roll Over Beethoven
Please Please Me VS Long Tall Sally
I Should’ve Known Better VS All My Lovin’
I Feel Fine VS Hard Day’s Night
I’ll Follow the Sun VS Love Me Do
B
Rain VS Eight Days a Week
Yesterday VS Ticket to ride
Help! VS Yellow Submarine
In My Life VS Nowhere Man
Eleanor Rigby VS You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
Taxman VS Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
We Can Work it Out VS Day Tripper
Drive My Car VS Paperback Writer
C
Hey Jude VS Magical Mystery Tour
Strawberry Fields Forever VS While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Revolution VS Penny Lane
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band VS When I’m 64
I Am the Walrus VS Piggies
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da VS Lady Madonna
A Day in the Life VS Sexy Sadie
All You Need is Love VS Helter Skelter
D
Something VS Old Brown Shoe
The Ballad of John and Yoko VS Hey Bulldog
Across the Universe VS Free As a Bird
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window VS The Long and Winding Road
Here Comes the Sun VS Oh Darling!
Let It Be VS Real Love
Get Back VS Octopus’s Garden
Come Together VS I Me Mine
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