Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 8

Here's the final part of the countdown. Thanks for your comments and Happy Thanksgiving!

19. Can't Buy Me Love
18. Get Back
17. Ticket To Ride
16. Nowhere Man
15. Revolution
14. I Want To Hold Your Hand
13. Penny Lane
12. I Am The Walrus
11. Let It Be
10. Come Together
9. Hey Jude
8. A Hard Day's Night
7. Help!
6. She Loves You
5. Eleanor Rigby
4. Yesterday
3. In My Life
2. A Day In The Life
1. Strawberry Fields Forever

Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 7

Part 7, almost there:

39. You Never Give Me Your Money
38. Baby You're A Rich Man
37. Blackbird
36. Michelle
35. All You Need Is Love
34. Tomorrow Never Knows
33. Drive My Car
32. She Said She Said
31. We Can Work It Out
30. Girl
29. Rain
28. Day Tripper
27. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
26. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
25. Something
24. Across The Universe
23. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
22. Dear Prudence
21. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
20. Here Comes The Sun

The Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 6

Part 6:

59. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
58. If I Fell
57. You Won't See Me
56. She's A Woman
55. Baby's In Black
54. I'm A Loser
53. Back In The U.S.S.R.
52. Julia
51. Because
50. And I Love Her
49. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
48. Helter Skelter
47. Revolution 1
46. Hello Goodbye
45. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
44. Please Please Me
43. Sexy Sadie
42. Twist And Shout
41. All My Loving
40. I Saw Her Standing There

Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 5

Part 5:

99. I Feel Fine
98. Good Day Sunshine
97. When I'm Sixty-Four
96. You Can't Do That
95. Till There Was You
94. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
93. She's Leaving Home
92. Eight Days A Week
91. If I Needed Someone
90. Hey Bulldog
89. Old Brown Shoe
88. Lovely Rita
87. I'm Only Sleeping
86. Taxman
85. P.S. I Love You
84. This Boy
83. I'm So Tired
82. Got To Get You Into My Life
81. Mother Nature's Son
80. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
79. I Will
78. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
77. The Word
76. I'm Looking Through You
75. The Fool On The Hill
74. Here, There, And Everywhere
73. For No One
72. From Me To You
71. Lady Madonna
70. Paperback Writer
69. Getting Better
68. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey
67. The Long And Winding Road
66. Dig A Pony
65. Birthday
64. No Reply
63. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
62. I'll Cry Instead
61. I've Got A Feeling
60. Don't Let Me Down

Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 4

Part 4:

139. I Want To Tell You
138. Love Me Do
137. Wait
136. Your Mother Should Know
135. With A Little Help From My Friends
134. Fixing A Hole
133. Good Morning Good Morning
132. Oh! Darling
131. Magical Mystery Tour
130. Octopus's Garden
129. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
128. For You Blue
127. Sun King
126. I'm Down
125. One After 909
124. Misery
123. Tell Me What You See
122. And Your Bird Can Sing
121. Love You To
120. Martha My Dear
119. Two Of Us
118. Tell Me Why
117. Anna (Go To Him)
116. You Really Got A Hold On Me
115. The Night Before
114. Rocky Raccoon
113. Another Girl
112. Cry Baby Cry
111. Any Time At All
110. I Call Your Name
109. Things We Said Today
108. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
107. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
106. I Should Have Known Better
105. You're Going To Lose That Girl
104. I've Just Seen A Face
103. Yellow Submarine
102. It Won't Be Long
101. Long, Long, Long
100. Within You Without You

Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 3

Part 3 of the countdown:

159. Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey
158. Polythene Pam
157. Savoy Truffle
156. Boys
155. Run For Your Life
154. The Inner Light
153. Honey Pie
152. I Me Mine
151. It's All Too Much
150. I'll Follow The Sun
149. Think For Yourself
148. Every Little Thing
147. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
146. Yer Blues
145. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
144. Rock And Roll Music
143. I Need You
142. Don't Pass Me By
141. Glass Onion
140. Long Tall Sally

Top 209 Beatles Songs, Part 2

Part 2 of the countdown:

184. I'll Be Back
183. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
182. Bad Boy
181. Baby It's You
180. What You're Doing
179. Yes It Is
178. You Like Me Too Much
177. Doctor Robert
176. Blue Jay Way
175. Mean Mr. Mustard
174. It's Only Love
173. Do You Want To Know A Secret
172. Only A Northern Song
171. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
170. Piggies
169. Slow Down
168. Ask Me Why
167. I'll Get You
166. Hold Me Tight
165. Not A Second Time
164. Roll Over Beethoven
163. Money (That's What I Want)
162. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
161. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Reprise)
160. All I've Got To Do

The Top 209 Beatles Songs

Back in the summer I spent some time and ranked every song the Beatles officially released during their "lifetime" (1963-1970), and I am going to share that list with you now. I will be posting roughly 20 songs per day for the next ten days until we reach #1.

Here's the first 25:
209. Dig It
208. Maggie Mae
207. Wild Honey Pie
206. A Taste Of Honey
205. Words Of Love
204. Honey Don't
203. Little Child
202. There's A Place
201. Her Majesty
200. Matchbox
199. Flying
198. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
197. Revolution 9
196. All Together Now
195. Mr. Moonlight
194. Devil In Her Heart
193. Thank You Girl
192. Good Night
191. Don't Bother Me
190. I Wanna Be Your Man
189. Please Mister Postman
188. Act Naturally
187. When I Get Home
186. Chains
185. What Goes On

My Favorite Political/Anti-War Songs

With election day being tomorrow, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on some of my favorite political/anti-war classic rock songs. Some of them are very well known, and others are songs I'm scraping off the floor of my music library. Anyway, here's some of my favorites in no particular order:

Graham Nash-Chicago/We Can Change the World (1971) This is arguably Nash's most popular solo song. It is refers to the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial of the Chicago 8.
Edgar Broughton Band-American Boy Soldier (1969) A real deep cut here. The song starts off with conversation between a young male and what seems to be a military recruiter trying to get the boy to go to war. The song then breaks into a 1950's style beat complete with sounds bombs and guns in the background.
Rolling Stones-Street Fighting Man (1968) Street Fighting Man is the Rolling Stones most political song they ever wrote. It is also one of their most powerful. I think it really shaped the tulmotous year of 1968.
The Fugs-Kill For Peace (1966) The Fugs are considered one of the very first underground rock bands, and they were very ahead of their time. Kill For Peace influenced many other protest songs to follow.
Buffalo Springfield-For What It's Worth (1967) The short lived supergroup of Buffalo Springfield released For What It's Worth in 1967 and it is since considered one of the best protest songs of all time.
Elvis Costello-(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (1979) Originally written and recorded by Nick Lowe in 1974, Elvis Costello popularized the song in 1979. This is my favorite Elvis Costello song, even better than Alison and Accidents Will Happen.
John Lennon-Working Class Hero (1970) Lennon has made his share of political songs, but none is better musically then Working Class Hero. The song was controversial when it first came out because of John's use of the f-word and was banned by the FCC.
Barry McGuire-Eve of Destruction (1965) This song absolutely blew me away the first time I heard it. Not just because of the subject matter, but because of how forceful and passionate Barry McGuire was singing this song.
Country Joe & The Fish-I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (1969) Except for Hendrix's performance, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag has to be the musical highlight of Woodstock. Starting with the "F*ck" chant, Country Joe broke into the upbeat, sarcastic song about the Vietnam War with just about everyone in attendence singing along.
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fortunate Son (1969) CCR has a few other political songs, but no other makes the impact that Fortunate Son does. John Fogerty's lyrics about the thoughts of a man getting drafted, combined with the rocking beat make this one of the best songs of all time.
Bob Dylan-Blowin' In The Wind & Masters Of War (1963) Written in 1962, Blowin' in the Wind is the first ever protest song by a classic rock artist and is also considered one of the best songs all time. Masters of War, which was released on the same album as Blowin' in the Wind, is always referred to by music experts as being as good or even better then Blowin' in the Wind.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Almost Cut My Hair (1970) Not the most obvious choice, but CSNY takes the topic of getting your hair cut into an anti-establishment, fly your freak flag anthem. Combined with some of Neil Young's best guitar work, this is one of my favorite CSNY songs.
The Beates-Revolution 1 (1968) Lennon's original slower version of Revolution gets the nod over the faster single version. Complete with the "You can count me out-in" line and the "Shoo-be-doo-wops," Revolution 1 is one of the highlights of the amazing White Album.
Eric Burdon & The Animals-Sky Pilot (1968) Sky Pilot is Eric Burdon's first attempt at a political song, and man does he really hit the mark with this one. The seven minute album version featured a musical interlude that included the sounds of war.