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
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
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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.