# March Beatle Madness: Opening Round \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659 "2008-02-29T17:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/61 "2008-03-02T23:00:36Z")
A I Saw her Standing There Do You Want to Know a Secret I Wanna Hold Your Hand Rock n Roll Music Please Please Me All My Lovin’ Hard Day’s Night I’ll Follow the Sun B Eight Days a Week Yesterday Help! In My Life Eleanor Rigby Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) We Can Work it Out Paperback Writer C Hey Jude Strawberry Fields Forever **VS** While My Guitar Gently Weeps (I can’t. I Won’t!) Penny Lane Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band I Am the Walrus Lady Madonna A Day in the Life Helter Skelter D Something The Ballad of John and Yoko Across the Universe She Came in Through the Bathroom Window Here Comes the Sun Let It Be Get Back Come Together Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten about this. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/62 "2008-03-03T01:30:58Z")
And there’s the horn (an hour and a half ago)! Voting is done for this round; I’m currently tallying the scores, and will post them ASAP. I’ll post the second round thread in a couple of hours. Thanks for playing! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/63 "2008-03-03T03:24:41Z")
Here are the finals from round 1. Winners are in bold. Upsets are in red. (OT) after a matchup means it was a tie, and the winner was decided by coin flip. A **I Saw her Standing There 35** , I’m a Loser 9 **Twist and Shout 28** , Do You Want to Know a Secret 16 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 22, **Can’t Buy Me Love 23** (OT) **Rock n Roll Music 27** , Roll Over Beethoven 17 **Please Please Me 36** , Long Tall Sally 8 **I Should’ve Known Better 22** , All My Lovin’ 21 **I Feel Fine 24** , Hard Day’s Night 20 **I’ll Follow the Sun 23** , Love Me Do 22 (OT) B Rain 17, **Eight Days a Week 27** Yesterday 17, **Ticket to Ride 27** **Help! 34** , Yellow Submarine 10 **In My Life 26** , Nowhere Man 18 **Eleanor Rigby 25** , You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away 19 Taxman 13, **Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 31** **We Can Work it Out 23** , Day Tripper 21 Drive My Car 18, **Paperback Writer 26** C **Hey Jude 36** , Magical Mystery Tour 8 Strawberry Fields Forever 18, **While My Guitar Gently Weeps 25** Revolution 22, **Penny Lane 23** (OT) **Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 27** , When I’m 64 17 **I Am the Walrus 39** , Piggies 5 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 17, **Lady Madonna 27** **A Day in the Life 40** , Sexy Sadie 4 **All You Need is Love 25** , Helter Skelter 19 D **Something 38** , Old Brown Shoe 6 **The Ballad of John and Yoko 31** , Hey Bulldog 13 **Across the Universe 40** , Free As a Bird 4 **She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 24** , The Long and Winding Road 20 **Here Comes the Sun 33** , Oh Darling! 11 **Let It Be 40** , Real Love 4 **Get Back 37** , Octopus’s Garden 7 **Come Together 36** , I Me Mine 8 The Round 2 thread will be posted shortly. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/64 "2008-03-03T03:31:45Z")
Define “upset.” “Lady Madonna” can hardly be considered in any way an inferior song to the pap that is “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/65 "2008-03-03T03:48:25Z")
Further define “upset.” I have “Norwegian Wood” winning Bracket B, and depending how I feel that day, beating “Penny Lane” in Finals. But then I guess that’s why we play the games. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/66 "2008-03-03T04:01:44Z")
“Upset” here is, just like in any tournament, if a lower seed beats a higher seed. And of course, the seeding was done by me. In the OP, I alluded to the formula I used to determine seeds. But really, the seed numbers and what I consider to be “upsets” are irrelevant. Like **5 time champ** said, that’s why we play the games; the results are all that matters. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/67 "2008-03-03T18:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] **I Should’ve Known Better 22** , All My Lovin’ 21 [/QUOTE] I think you’re missing a vote here – and/or I think this should have been an OT. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/68 "2008-03-03T18:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Revolution 22, **Penny Lane 23** (OT) [/QUOTE] WHAT?!? The single best song the Beatles ever put out, and it gets knocked out in the 1st round? By a fricking _coin flip_?! Booooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/69 "2008-03-03T18:43:18Z")
Can we get the seeds listed next to the songs for the next round? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/70 "2008-03-04T01:33:10Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I think you’re missing a vote here – and/or I think this should have been an OT. [/QUOTE] There was a mis-vote where someone voted for both, so i tossed both votes out. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659/71 "2008-03-04T02:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] WHAT?!? The single best song the Beatles ever put out, and it gets knocked out in the 1st round? By a fricking _coin flip_?! Booooo!!! [/QUOTE] :dubious: I didn’t know that “Revolution” was “Tomorrow Never Knows” misspelled. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-beatle-madness-opening-round-closed/439659.md?page=3)