VOTE: John and Paul Brackets, Third Round

Let the Ain't It Sweet Sixteen begin! Polls close on Sunday, June 24 at 11:59 PM.

VOTE: George and Ringo Brackets, Third Round

REVOTE: George Bracket, Second Round

I'm really sorry for your ageing head.
-George Harrison, Not Guilty

Let me apologize for my ageing head, too. Last round I accidentally had Norwegian Wood go up against number thirteen seed Because when it should have gone up against number four seed Get Back. Here's the new, correct poll:

RESULTS: John and Paul Brackets

The votes are in and, for the second straight round in the John bracket, the top seeds all cruised to easy victories. Seeds one through four (I Am the Walrus, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Hey Jude and Strawberry Fields Forever) outpolled their opponents by a combined ratio of 3:1 and are set to go head to head in what is sure to be an intense next round.

It was more of the same in the Paul bracket, too. Number nine seed Revolution failed to overthrow number one seed A Day in the Life, which, coupled with its 22-1 shellacking of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in round one, has beat all comers by a total of 34-2. There was one minor upset, though. In the match up between two of the three Beatles songs to feature exclamation points in their titles, number five seed Help! had just enough support to knock off number four seed Oh! Darling. Being for the Beneft of Mr. Kite!, however, had to remain content watching from the sidelines.

JOHN BRACKET SCOREBOARD
I Am the Walrus (1) defeats The End (8)
Final score: 11 to 3

Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2) defeats I'm Looking Through You (10)
Final score: 14 to 2

Hey Jude (3) defeats Dear Prudence (11)
Final score: 10 to 5

Strawberry Fields Forever (4) defeats Two of Us (5)
Final score: 10 to 5

PAUL BRACKET SCOREBOARD
A Day in the Life (1) defeats Revolution (9)
Final score: 12 to 1

Tomorrow Never Knows (2) defeats Baby You're a Rich Man (10)
Final score: 11 to 2

While My Guitar Gently Weeps (3) defeats Here Comes the Sun (6)
Final score: 10 to 3

Help! (5) defeats Oh! Darling (4)
Final score: 7 to 6

RESULTS: George and Ringo Brackets

Whereas the John and Paul brackets were all about maintaining the status quo, the George and Ringo ones were filled with upsets and close calls in round two. In the George bracket, number three seed Yesterday became the highest ranked song to bow out of the tournament, losing to six seed Let It Be in the battle of McCartney ballads. In the most hotly contested match up, number two seed Don't Let Me Down barely sent number ten seed Golden Slumbers into the night, eking out a one-vote victory.

Meanwhile, in the Ringo's section of the tourney, Helter Skelter proved for the second straight round that thirteen is a lucky number when it comes to seeding, again bumping off its higher ranked opponent. In this case, it was five seed In My Life, who will most likely remember this ignominious defeat forever, not for better.

GEORGE BRACKET SCOREBOARD:
Eleanor Rigby (1) defeats You Never Give Me Your Money (8)
Final score: 20 to 5

Don't Let Me Down (2) defeats Golden Slumbers (10)
Final score: 15 to 14

Let It Be (6) defeats Yesterday (3)
Final score: 13 to 11

RINGO BRACKET SCOREBOARD:
Blackbird (1) defeats You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (8)
Final score: 16 to 6

I Want You (She's So Heavy) (2) defeats A Hard Day's Night (7)
Final score: 17 to 9

Across the Universe (3) defeats Penny Lane (6)
Final score: 16 to 8

Helter Skelter (13) defeats In My Life (5)
Final score: 13 to 12

VOTE: George Bracket, Second Round

VOTE: Ringo Bracket, Second Round