Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

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Come Together is such a bum note to start Abbey Road. I don't hate it, but I tend to skip it. It's the Beatles' 'Tender' in that it's a big song full of empty gestures that starts off an otherwise quite weird and wonderful album.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link

I've really come to like "Something" the last few years. Never liked "Come Together."

clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link

It's ridiculous, objectively speaking, that a Beatles poll can not have I Want To Hold Your Hand in the top five, but then I didn't vote for it either; I guess we on ILM are all a bit jaded or just looking for new angles on them now.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link

I can't stand the lyrics of Something but the melody and production (and that guitar solo! is that Paul?) are beyond george-ous

Iago Galdston, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Come on, Come Together is amazing! So heavy, so unlike anything else they did (except the long coda to Something Take 37, though I'm glad they didn't try a whole LP in that vein). First of mine to place (#3).

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link

Also, John's take 1 vocal is fierce, except when him & Ringo crack up at the end.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link

See, if I'm gonna pick an early Beatles hit (not a huge early Beatles fan - more of a post Rubber Soul person), it would have to be She Loves You - has everything you want from that song condensed into one.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Come Together has that lovely rolling riff, but I'll raise you Don't Let Me Down and She's So Heavy for lumbering smokewood mantras any day of the week.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link

That's where you get into everybody having a different version of the Beatles. For me, heavy Beatles is almost always a bad fit; with "Eight Days a Week," they're off in the stratosphere doing what they do best.

clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link

I can't stand the lyrics of Something but the melody and production (and that guitar solo! is that Paul?) are beyond george-ous

Definitely George taking the solo there. He finally 1) got more confident as a soloist, and 2) got more confident in telling Paul to fuck off.

shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link

Come Together is brilliant. Simultaneously heavy and groovy (man). love those "shhhhhhu" sounds in the rhythm. And yeah the guitar solo is blistering.

Something fails to move me.

Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Come Together is such a bum note to start Abbey Road. I don't hate it, but I tend to skip it. It's the Beatles' 'Tender' in that it's a big song full of empty gestures that starts off an otherwise quite weird and wonderful album.

― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:17 (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My old cassette version starts with "Here comes the sun", possibly to make the sides of a more equal length.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link

49. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Help (Points: 188, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7IjXu0DfQ

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link

If anyone is wondering how I'm splitting ties, I'm just taking what my SQL query is giving me.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

now I start to regret not having voted for Something, I feel it placed a bit too low.

^^ a good place for the song, one of my favs on Help, which I don't even like that much.

V79, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link

I've grown to unfairly hate this one, and In My Life, and Nowhere Man, due to the lionising of Wise Young John in various tv things about a decade ago. He's at his most boring and rhyming-dictionaryesque in these imo.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link

God, I love that clip from Help! I find some excuse to show it to my class every year.

clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link

48. I've Just Seen A Face Help (Points: 192, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEZ7KHdApE

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link

Revolution 1 (from "The Beatles" or, indeed, from the "Take 20" mp3 that circulated..

Album version is shit, single version is one of the best things they ever did

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh wow, I must never have seen Help! - I love that, I take it all back.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link

I think "I've Just Seen a Face" suffers from a weak demo-esque arrangement. I'd like to have heard them take a stab at it with a slower tempo, more electricity and lusher instrumentation. I do like the opening though.

Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Come Together didn't make my ballot, but it was one of the last cuts. I am a sucker for songs that are about acid that aren't necessarily ~~~psychedelic~~~. See also Got To Get You Into My Life.

I also just realized that I may have accidentally cut You've Got to Hide Your Love Away from my ballot when I intended to cut You're Going to Lost That Girl. It was close between those too.

kkvgz, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

now this I love! almost made my list, dunno why it didn't.

V79, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

I've Just Seen A face is classic! I think I might possibly have voted for it. Should've been a single.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

47. There's A Place single (Points: 192, Voters: 8, Number Ones: 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L47eDqdQoE

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

I've Just Seen A Face - I only discovered that when I got the box set. Stunning song, so joyous. My #4.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Never heard this one.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Me either - what is it?

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Great to see There's a Place on there, my #19

Iago Galdston, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link

46. I'm A Loser single (Points: 194, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link

I think "I've Just Seen a Face" was my highest Paul. Astoundingly perfect love song.

clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link

wow, I wouldn't ever expect There's a Place to place this high! two #1 are quite a pleasant surprise for me.

V79, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Funny, until about 3/4 way through, it had only got two votes, but both were number ones.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Nothing from my ballot has appeared yet...maybe I'm being uber-hivemindy on this one.

Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm A Loser was my #11. They sure understood the power of snapping into focus immediately.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link

45. Two Of Us Abbey Road (Points: 196, Voters: 10, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Y3PlmwnRM

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link

Yay, I love this one - it's from Let It Be though

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link

44. Helter Skelter The Beatles (Points: 197, Voters: 8, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfkVGCU_BA

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link

xpost oops typo, yes.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link

Two Of Us was my #7. The last hurrah for early Beatles style John/Paul harmonies. So glad the song ended up the way it did instead of the more revved up version you initially see in the "Let It Be" film.

BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link

43. If I Needed Someone Rubber Soul (Points: 198, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzVcFK4Ywc

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link

Thought Helter Skelter would be higher. The slow, 27-minute version is another in the heavy Come Together vibe, come to think.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm A Loser was my #1. Sad to see it so low.

nate woolls, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

If I Needed Someone was my #5, love it

Iago Galdston, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Apt title eh? (xp)

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

If I Needed Someone - really? Most forgettable song on Rubber Soul.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

I thought "Helter Skelter" would be MUCH higher.

Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link

That's broken my duck - Helter Skelter was my #2. Kind of surprised it's so low, I had imagined it might be an ILM favourite.

Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link

I was going to look for a Hollies performance, but got surprised by actually finding a live perf.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link

.. of "If I needed someone" obv.

Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link


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