Song Survivor Game, Part 8. This weeks album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Just vote for the best 3 songs (only 3) in order of preference. And the worst song. If you haven't seen the rules, please see the thread Song Survivor Game Rules.

http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/b-games/m-1185686493/

Voting closes at 12 noon GMT next Sunday, 23rd. September. I'm expecting an even bigger vote this week!

SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND


1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
8. Within You, Without You
9. When I'm Sixty Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning, Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life

1. A Day In The Life
2. Getting Better
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds


worst: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

1. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
2. Within You, Without You
3. Lovely Rita

Worst- When I'm 64

1st A Day In The Life
2nd Lovely Rita
3rd She's Leaving Home

Worst: Fixing A Hole

1. A day in a life
2. Good morning, Good morning
3. Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Least one i play . When im 64 [ sorry R..Paul]  

My fav album, where do i begin!!

1. A Day In The Life
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
2. Within You Without You

worst: Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite

(i find it hard choosing a worst song as i love EVERY ONE!!!)

1 Getting Better
2 A Day In The Life
3 Sgt Pepper Reprise

worst: Within You Without You

1- Lucy in the sky with diamonds
2- Getting better
3- Lovely Rita

Worst: She's leaving home

1)Lovely Rita
2)Getting Better
3)Fixing a hole

worst: WYWY

1. Getting Better
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Least favorite: Being For The Benefit Of Mr.Kite

She's Leaving Home
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

Within You, Without You


Hard decsion between Being for the B and A day in the L

1. With A Little Help From My Friends
2. Fixing A Hole
3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)


Worst: Good Morning, Good Morning

Best: "Fixing a Hole", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "A Day in the Life"  (I'm voting on represents Sgt. Pepper's essence and as a whole)

Worst: WYWY (good song, but a little beyond the psychedelic image of Sgt. Pepper)

1. A Day In The Life
2. Within You, Without You
3. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

Worst: She's Leaving Home

One: A Day In The Life
Two: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Three: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Bad karma: Within You, Without You


By the way - I think by including "Sgt Pepper reprise" you are going to split the votes for that song.

1. A Day In the life
2. Sgt Peppers (reprise)
3. WYWY

w Good Morning Good Morning

Quoted from The End

By the way - I think by including "Sgt Pepper reprise" you are going to split the votes for that song.

It's a completely separately recorded song, different lyrics, different tempo, so I think it deserves to be there in it's own right. As it stands, if they were combined it would still be one of the lowest scoring songs.

Of course, we could always have a 'my Dad's bigger than your Dad' fight outside over it!

1-sgt peppers lonely hearts club band
2-sgt peppers lonely hearts club band reprise
3-lovely rita

worst within you without you

1. Sgt.Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Whith A Little Help From My Friends
3. When I´m Sixty Four

Worst--Good Morning, Good Morning

Quoted from The End

By the way - I think by including "Sgt Pepper reprise" you are going to split the votes for that song.

They're each so different, though. And 'Reprise' rips! Hmm...

1. A Day in the Life
2. Within You, Without You
3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Worst: When I'm 64

Quoted from The Swine

1-sgt peppers lonely hearts club band
2-sgt peppers lonely hearts club band reprise
3-lovely rita

worst within you without you

Kinda redresses the balance!

lovely Rita
A Day In The Life
When I'm Sixty Four

Worst
Getting Better

DaveRam

1. Lovely Rita
2. She's Leaving Home
3. Fixing A Hole

Worst - Within You Without You

OK, time to bite down and just do it...

1. 'Lovely Rita' - So glad to see others putting this one forward. Upon its release I considered it banal. What did I know?

2. 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' - As brief as it is, it rocks the house down. I would've loved a full album like that.

3. 'A Day In The Life' - Overly praised in general, I think, but you've got to give it up for its originality and emotional impact.

Least Fave: 'Good Morning, Good Morning' - Overly maligned in my opinion (great guitar solo in there), but the weakest track on the album nonetheless.

Ow. My brain hurts.

Favourites:
1) A Day in the Life (wow, amazing song...)
2) With a Little Help from my Friends
3) Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Herats Club Band (Reprise)

Least Favourite:
Good Morning, Good Morning

Quoted from Klang

Ow. My brain hurts.

I know what you mean!! so many great songs...  

Can you check whether we feel this statement is true?

Quoted Text

Martin is perhaps best known for his work on "Sgt. Pepper" 40 years ago. The album, like other Beatle records, was arranged to have the best songs on the first side to better grab an audience and boost sales, writes Martin in "With a Little Help From My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper,"

I've never heard that before. I must have seen countless interviews with Martin on the subject of Sgt. Pepper, and never heard him say anything of the kind. Where did you get the quote?

Opening strong makes sense. And in the days of vinyl there were a few albums (not just by The Beatles) whose side 2 rarely saw the light of day. I think it would have been a bit of an industry given, rather than some strategy engineered by Mr Martin.

Quoted from Kevin

Opening strong makes sense. And in the days of vinyl there were a few albums (not just by The Beatles) whose side 2 rarely saw the light of day. I think it would have been a bit of an industry given, rather than some strategy engineered by Mr Martin.

Most albums have their best stuff at the beginning, with a couple of good songs near the end just to  reclaim your attention. Sgt. Pepper's no different. I've still never heard anyone admit that they did it though.

1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
2 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Getting Better

It says he wrote it in 'With A Little Help From My Friends: The Making Of Sgt Pepper'. I wondered whether this forum is voting for more a-side songs plus the strong closer on side b. Looking at the Beatles albums up to Sgt Pepper, it does not always make sense.
Please Please Me: better songs on the a-side? That's arguable. True that side b has a bang at the end.
With The Beatles: slightly better a-side imo. Money is supposed to be the album's Twist And Shout.
A Hard Day's Night: a-side is songs from the film. In general better than the ones on the b-side. Last song is I'll Be Back. Good one.
Beatles For Sale: strong start, with No Reply, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black and (although I don't like it) Rock And Roll Music. Side b is not as good with songs such as Honey Don't. And the closer is the weakest track on the album imo.
Help!: a-side is definately better. Dizzy Miss Lizzy is supposed to be the rocker at the end.
Rubber Soul: which side is better? Really don't know. Run For Your Life is not the best closer.
Revolver: maybe the a-side is better in balance, but both sides are quite good. Tomorrow Never Knows certainly leaves an impression as the b-side closer.

At the risk of coming over all nerdy - of the 21 songs that have so far won through to the 2nd phase, 16 have been on side 1 of their respective albums. Receiving 74% of the vote.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

At the risk of coming over all nerdy - of the 42 songs that have so far won through to the 2nd phase, 16 have been on side 1 of their respective albums. Receiving 74% of the vote.

I'm obviously far too butch to understand this nerdy-talk. I'm not able to equate 16/42 and 74%.

Erm...make that 21!

I voted all B-side tracks on this one.

1. Fixing A Hole
2. When I'm Sixty-Four
3. A Day In The Life

Least favorite:  Good Morning, Good Morning

1)Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
2)Lovely Rita
3)When I'm 64


worst : Fixing a Hole

1. A Day In The Life
2. Shes Leaving Home
3. Fixing A Hole

Worst Good Morning Good Morning

I know this is a bit far ahead, but can we disqualify Rev 9 as "worst" for the White Album? It was never intended to be compared to a song, and there are some tracks that were supposed to be songs that are so much more deserving of our derision.