1. Let It Be2. Blackbird3. Julia4. Paperback Writer5. She Loves You6. Nowhere Man 7. Twist And Shout8. Getting Better9. In My Life10. golden slumbers11. tomorrow never knows12. Revolution 9 13. She Said She Said14. A Day In The Life15. It's All Too Much16. This Boy 17. I Am The Walrus18. You're Gonna Lose That Girl 19. Another Beatles Christmas Flexi 196420. her majesty
another "her majesty" closing out the 20, just seemed where it belonged i guess. not their best ever or anything, but a genius closer track (especially with the clangy closing chord fadeout popping up just before it starts to highlight it's randomness) i'm a bit shocked nowhere man didn't place!
43/u.s./bald
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Kudos to whoever voted for "Some Other Guy."
― timellison, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
I Feel Fine at #72, Day Tripper at #64, Please Please Me at #70...these placings make me sad/mad.
47/nearsighted/snobby
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah real odd re: Nowhere Man. one of their best vocal harmony moments
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
damn i woulda put rev #9 higher if i'd known it was just a few points from breaking into the chart! that song seriously freaked me out the first time i heard it as a 12 year old (in a good way)
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, just noticed that Day Tripper missed out. Yellow Submarine too, though that's more predictable you bunch of miserable killjoys.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
as a kid I remember asking my mom what Day Tripper was about and she said "someone who takes drugs during the day". which... isn't right (is it)?
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Completely nuts to me that The Ballad of John and Yoko isn't even in the top 100.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
It's pretty slapdash though.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
That rough energy is a big part of its appeal!
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
Absolutely!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
song's always seemed like a throwaway to me. Paul's contributions are honestly the best thing about it
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Great list! I think I mainly voted Lennon rockers cos his voice just always pushed the Beatles over the top for me. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" wins because of the last section, with the "bang bang shoot shoot" backing vocals and John's "When I hold you in my arms" speaking section. Glad to see it got placed up there.
Beatles should've made a whole trippy tape-loop dance EP like "Tomorrow Never Knows" imho. I guess you could put "It's All Too Much" there as well.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think of it as a Beatles song, but as some kind of closet Lennon solo joint. Obviously it's not, but the fact that it's about John and Yoko just seems so indulgent...
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but that's a majority of Beatles material post-66.
Over the years I've really gotten into their solo-while-Beatles stuff, like the "Wonderwall" soundtrack, John/Yoko's experimental records, etc. Sort of wish that stuff was more included in the Beatles canon, as it's often just as brilliant, usually more experimental, and tends to help clarify some of the stranger Beatles concoctions.
Yes, it's all pretty self-indulgent but then again I think the late 60's were the best time to be self-indulgent.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
Until a few seconds ago, I heard "Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl" as "Oh man, she's just a pretty nice girl." I'll have to tell my wife, who's managed to find one other person in the world besides herself who spent a lifetime hearing the lyrics in "Penny Lane" as "there beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and eat wild rice."
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
I say they really are saying "I get high" in "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Already rethinking my Top 20:
1. Eight Days a Week2. There's a Place3. Here Comes the Sun4. Revolution5. Blackbird6. In My Life7. She Loves You8. Golden Slumbers9. Ticket to Ride10. Hey Jude11. I'll Follow the Sun12. Yellow Submarine13. With a Little Help From My Friends14. Your Mother Should Know15. Please Please Me16. Two of Us17. Nowhere Man18. Don't Bother Me19. All You Need Is Love20. The End
"I'll Follow the Sun" is lovely, but a glib kiss-off once you listen to the lyrics, which I'd managed to avoid somehow until today. I'd replace it now with "Misery." And the posts above convince me "She Loves You" should be higher.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Excellent results!! I was expecting a snooze, but "For No One" and "Dear Prudence" placing so high was definitely not expected and completely welcome.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
only voter for four songs! 28/f/Canadiana4 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da15 Maxwell's Silver Hammer* my dog's name, so I sing it all the time.. Eleanor Rigby, my bird, did not rate a vote17 One after 90918 Devil In Her Heart
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
Paul's dad's reaction when they first played him their new composition She Loves You: "shouldn't it be 'yes, yes, yes'?"
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
My list, lots of Sgt. Pepper love:
1 Strawberry Fields Forever2 A Day in the Life3 I Am the Walrus4 Happiness Is a Warm Gun5 She Said She Said6 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds7 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!8 Help!9 Getting Better10 Penny Lane11 Ticket to Ride12 With a Little Help from My Friends13 Tomorrow Never Knows14 Eleanor Rigby15 A Hard Day's Night16 Come Together17 Magical Mystery Tour18 She's Leaving Home19 In My Life20 Let It Be
― Moodles, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Really surprised, given the love for McCartney on ILM, that nine of the top ten are Lennon songs.
― von kelson, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol someone said the exact opposite upthread expecting more love for Lennon
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
"Dear Prudence" is a great sleeper classic. Wonderful playing all around, even though it's only John and Paul.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
wiki says George is on it...? sounds like his lead guitar style for sure
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
86 It Won't Be Long (Points: 104, Votes: 7, NumberOnes: 0)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
George might be on Dear Prudence, but Paul def played dem drums.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Prudence is like the anti Strawberry Fields for me. i love the way it keeps building - with SF i could never get into the way it would start going somewhere then sort of restart itself.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
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― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:43 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark
According to the Beatles Recording Sessions:
A basic track was taped first: George's and John's guitars (John supplied the hypnotic picking which opens and the runs thought the song) and Paul on drums.
40/USA/chaotic neutral
― Darin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
winner
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah oops George is there.
I like the DP comparison w SFF there! Very true!
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
I guess when I play the Beatles, more even than with other "song" bands (as opposed to, I guess, "sound" bands) the thing I listen for over everything else is melody. After all, Lennon & McCartney are, along with Stevie Wonder and Brian Wilson, the greatest melodists of the rock era. After that is probably production/arrangement and then, way down the line, lyrics. So while a great melody can lift pedestrian lyrics, the reverse is a lot less true for me with the Beatles. That's why I can't understand why something like "Dear Prudence" made top 10 - and why "If I Fell" didn't make top 60. Hell, "Michelle" wasn't even top 100 - to my ears, the most gorgeous set of chord changes McCartney ever wrote. Are the Fronsh lyrical asides really that gross? I think they're kind of funny myself.
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
are you geir
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Prudence is awesome because the groove rocks, the lead guitar bit at the end rocks, the finger-picking is dreamy and droney, and the whole thing is alot more futuristic than people realize.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Also, spooky backing vocals.
the white album is creepy/spooky in general.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
not surprising it caused all those murders
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
You're kidding, right? Or do i have to go into that again?
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
was kidding
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
I missed this poll! Here's what I what have voted:
#1 Tomorrow Never Knows (Anthology 2 version)#2 A Day In The Life#3 Rain#4 It's All Too Much#5 Within You/Without You (Anthology 2 version)#6 Dear Prudence#7 Here, There and Everywhere#8 In My Life#9 Golden Slumbers#10 Blackbird#11 Norwegian Wood#12 Flying#13 We Can Work It Out#14 I'm Only Sleeping#15 And Your Bird Can Sing#16 Here Come's The Sun#17 Good Morning (Anthology 2 version)#18 Getting Better#19 Across The Universe (Anthology 2 version)#20 Misery
I have to admit that I'd never heard a Beatles record all the way through until embarrassingly recently when I got FLACs of the mid/late period remasters.
Long, Long, Long is really amazing... had never heard that song until today. Great thread for that alone!
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
is Long Long Long the highest placing George song...?
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
[i]are you geir
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:35 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark[/b]
That hurt, dude.
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
aggh html fuckups
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
not given this any thought but i think my list would be a lot like steve shasta's there.
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot, 1-20:
There's A PlaceFor No OneNot A Second TimeYou Never Give Me Your MoneyLong, Long, LongI'll Be BackTicket To RideShe's Leaving HomeA Day In The LifeEvery Little ThingEleanor RigbyShe Said She SaidHappiness Is A Warm GunFixing A HolePaperback WriterCry Baby CryWaitStrawberry Fields ForeverBlue Jay WayMartha My Dear
Really should have had 'No Reply' in there somewhere.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
only one George song in the top 20, none in the top 10... screwed again
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
I love early and mid-period Beatles. I think late Beatles is vastly overrated - check out my comments upthread. I assume Geir feels exactly the opposite. Also, Geir loves prog. Yuck.
In the context of the Beatles' oeuvre, I put a premium on melody because that's one of the things they're goddamn good at. I guess "Dear Prudence" has a good groove, but it isn't Stones-level or anything. Supposedly, Paul played drums on that one, which makes sense - "groove" is not one of Ringo's strong points.
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
George Harrison does not belong in the top 10 of anything
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
I love early and mid-period Beatles. I think late Beatles is vastly overrated - check out my comments upthread. I assume Geir feels exactly the opposite.
Breakin' it gently to you...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link