On That Note: The B-tles - The B-Sides

[MeanDean]

All 28 ranked. I can't say this is all-time definitive for me, but definitely pretty much how they fall. I didn't take a lot of time with this, but pretty definite as far as the previously posted top and bottom 5.


1 Rain
2 Don't Let Me Down
3 I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
4 You Can't Do That
5 Revolution

6 Day Tripper
7 Eleanor Rigby
8 I Am the Walrus
9 This Boy
10 I Saw Her Standing There

11 Come Together
12 Strawberry Fields Forever
13 There's A Place
14 Ask Me Why
15 She's A Woman

16 I'm Down
17 I'll Get You
18 Yes It Is
19 P. S. I Love You
20 I Should Have Known Better

21 For You Blue
22 Baby You're A Rich Man
23 Old Brown Shoe
24 Act Naturally
25 Thank You Girl

26 You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
27 The Inner Light
28 What Goes On

 

[HFCS]

Favorites:
1. We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper
2. Hey Jude / Revolution
3. Get Back / Don't Let Me Down
4. Hello Goodbye / I Am the Walrus
5. Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever
6. Something / Come Together
7. Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
8. I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There
9. A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better
10. Help / I'm Down
11. Paperback Writer / Rain
12. Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That

-------- Above this line I'd consider "favorites"

13. All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man
14. Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is
15. I Want to Hold Your Hand / This Boy
16. I Feel Fine / She's A Woman
17. Eight Days A Week / I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
18. Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
19. Lady Madonna / The Inner Light
20. The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue

------- Below this line are the only ones I don't really care for

21. She Loves You / I'll Get You
22. Nowhere Man / What Goes On
23. Yesterday / Act Naturally
24. Love Me Do / P. S. I Love You
25. From Me To You / Thank You Girl
26. Please Please Me / Ask Me Why
27. Twist and Shout / There's A Place
28. Ballad Of John and Yoko / Old Brown Shoe

Bonus:
BEST SOLO BEATLES B SIDES

George (My Sweet Lord / What is Life)


John (UK Imagine / Working Class Hero)


Paul (Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey / Too Many People)

 

[HFCS]

I feel like "Don't Let Me Down" is consistently the most underrated Beatles song, so glad to see several here having it high on their list with other legendary songs.

John had that soulful almost R&B side that was part of what made the Beatles stand out among their imitators and that song probably has more of it than any song he ever recorded.

 

[HFCS]

3 of your top 10 are in my top 5. That's pretty good. We obviously greatly disagree as to which Ringo song is "dreadful."

Ringo's solo hits are much better than his Beatles vocal songs...of course they were basically George creating at his absolute peak.

 

[cyclones500]

My ranking, 1-28. A couple of clips included that haven’t been posted. A few positions could be swapped, given my mood.

1. Rain
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. I Saw Her Standing There
4. Day Tripper
5. Revolution

6. I'm Down -- A ripoff of Little Richard? Yep. But damed-good thievery.

7. I Am the Walrus
8. Don't Let Me Down
9. Eleanor Rigby
10. I Should Have Known Better

11. Come Together
12. Old Brown Shoe … on my Top 10 Underrated Beatles Songs list.

13. She's A Woman (I might put it higher, if not for the dumb rhyme of "give me presents/she’s no peasant”)
14. You Can't Do That
15. This Boy

16. What Goes On
17. The Inner Light … my favorite “Sitar-era George” track
18. There's A Place
19. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
20. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) … From the “Only The Beatles Could Get Away With This” file. This screams “bottom 5,” but (somewhat like “Revolution 9”) its audacity elevates it for me.
21.For You Blue … I like this more in context of “Let it Be” than I do as a standalone.
22. Baby You’re A Rich Man .. sounds like Lennon trying hard not to try too hard.
23. P.S. I Love You … pleasant, but sloppy and forgettable.
24. Thank You Girl
25. Yes It Is
26. Ask Me Why
27. I'll Get You
28. Act Naturally

 

[MeanDean]

My ranking, 1-28. A couple of clips included that haven’t been posted. A few positions could be swapped, given my mood.

1. Rain
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. I Saw Her Standing There
4. Day Tripper
5. Revolution

6. I'm Down -- A ripoff of Little Richard? Yep. But damed-good thievery.

7. I Am the Walrus
8. Don't Let Me Down
9. Eleanor Rigby
10. I Should Have Known Better

11. Come Together
12. Old Brown Shoe … on my Top 10 Underrated Beatles Songs list.

13. She's A Woman (I might put it higher, if not for the dumb rhyme of "give me presents/she’s no peasant”)
14. You Can't Do That
15. This Boy

16. What Goes On
17. The Inner Light … my favorite “Sitar-era George” track
18. There's A Place
19. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
20. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) … From the “Only The Beatles Could Get Away With This” file. This screams “bottom 5,” but (somewhat like “Revolution 9”) its audacity elevates it for me.
21.For You Blue … I like this more in context of “Let it Be” than I do as a standalone.
22. Baby You’re A Rich Man .. sounds like Lennon trying hard not to try too hard.
23. P.S. I Love You … pleasant, but sloppy and forgettable.
24. Thank You Girl
25. Yes It Is
26. Ask Me Why
27. I'll Get You
28. Act Naturally

Whereas the She's A Woman rhyme bothers you and thus you lower it's ranking - I have the same issue - and did the same thing with "I'm Down." I have an irrational dislike of attempting to rhyme "Down" with "Ground."

 

[HFCS]

Whereas the She's A Woman rhyme bothers you and thus you lower it's ranking - I have the same issue - and did the same thing with "I'm Down." I have an irrational dislike of attempting to rhyme "Down" with "Ground."

My friend and I are obsessed with the Miley Cyrus song where she rhymes "Crazy" and "Famous". Not fans of her music, but we obsess over trying to repeat those words and make them rhyme.

 

[cyclones500]

My friend and I are obsessed with the Miley Cyrus song where she rhymes "Crazy" and "Famous". Not fans of her music, but we obsess over trying to repeat those words and make them rhyme.

Possibly an OTN candidate -- forced rhymes.

 

[cyclones500]

Whereas the She's A Woman rhyme bothers you and thus you lower it's ranking - I have the same issue - and did the same thing with "I'm Down." I have an irrational dislike of attempting to rhyme "Down" with "Ground."

Hah, obviously I was willing to overlook that oddity for my ranking.

Revised lyric:
"How can you laugh / when you know I'm Ground?"

 

[MeanDean]

Hah, obviously I was willing to overlook that oddity for my ranking.

Revised lyric:
"How can you laugh / when you know I'm Ground?"

I'm really down, 'cuz you make me frown
or
I'm really down, stains on my gown
or
I'm really down, fell 'n broke my crown

Something something that word's a noun.

Reminds me of:


Not included in the clip but right after it, Homer says, "It practically writes itself."

 

[cyclones500]

"My love don't give me presents / I know she's hunting pheasants."

 

[MeanDean]

"My love don't give me presents / I know she's hunting pheasants."

My love don't give me presents.
Her dad said me he resents

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

There were really only 4 that stood out about the rest. 1-3 are so close to each other on my list depending on the day any could go up or down.

1. Come Together - Gets number 1 mainly do to that iconic opening sound at the beginning
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Revolution


For the Beatles aficionados in this thread I would be highly curious to see you rank the A sides? I know for me that would be incredibly tough and I'm a more casual Beatles fan.

 

[cyclones500]

1. Come Together - Gets number 1 mainly do to that iconic opening sound at the beginning

I probably take for granted that song intro/refrain

For the Beatles aficionados in this thread I would be highly curious to see you rank the A sides? I know for me that would be incredibly tough and I'm a more casual Beatles fan.

Challenge accepted.