Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

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19. Long Long Long The Beatles (Points: 347, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3GhyjV9jqI

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:09 (thirteen years ago) link

Ach, I mean eight today, leaving the top ten.

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:10 (thirteen years ago) link

aww, i was hoping it would make the top 10, pretty good showing though

you will know queer obama by his fruits (JoeStork), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Well, top twenty for a track that'd never show up in the 'gambo'/'rolling stone' equivalent, I'd say it did well yes.

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link

wine bottle rattling on amp at 2:45 ish a highlight for me

Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link

Was listening to Lennon singing Anna again yesterday. The emotion in his voice is unbeatable

Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:37 (thirteen years ago) link

18. Rain Single (Points: 355, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmJWHpBpjA

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Honestly can't understand why I didn't vote for Long Long Long. Completely slipped my mind.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:53 (thirteen years ago) link

Can't listen to "Rain" any more without thinking of Oasis - which knocked it right down my list, alas.

mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link

doesn't ian macdonald call 'long long long' george's greatest ever song? definitely a contender for best on the album, so gorgeous and weird.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Long Long Long is another Beatles-track-like-no-other. It reminds me of Ride or some chillwave thing or something. I have a weird thing about English songs about Rain, inherited from my mother who'd always complain a lot if that Travis song came on the radio.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:02 (thirteen years ago) link

I could never hear Long Long Long 'til I got my (fake) remasters box - just too quiet. I can now report that it is very lovely.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link

17. She Loves You Single (Points: 360, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6yLow-SfA

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link

"She Loves You" is the first pop song I remember hearing - it's like Side One, Track One of my whole life. (I didn't vote for it, though.)

mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:21 (thirteen years ago) link

It deserves more love than it gets. The coda in particular is astonishing.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Yes!! So why is this the best early Beatles hit? It's the ever so slight melancholy tug during the "yeah yeah yeah" bit. I only really noticed it recently, despite having grown up with the song. The Beatles half-joke about this being a lyrical breakthrough as it introduces a third person to the schematic, but really I think the lyrics are very well thought out.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:23 (thirteen years ago) link

i really shoulda voted for it - can't remember if i did or not.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link

never heard Long Long Long before.

absolutely better display name (crüt), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:25 (thirteen years ago) link

It was always *the* Beatles single aiui growing up. I don't think it's in anything like such esteem in the US - I Want To Hold Your Hand has that role there I think.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:26 (thirteen years ago) link

well, IMO She Loves You really deserves a top ten placement.

V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:26 (thirteen years ago) link

"She Loves You" wasn't on Capitol records for the longest time, so probably got less of a promotional push beyond 'being available in shops' and 'not unlike their other current records'...

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:33 (thirteen years ago) link

at least it placed way higher than I Want To Hold Your Hand, which is fair in my book

V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link

16. You Never Give Me Your Money Abbey Road (Points: 366, Voters: 15, Number Ones: 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvA64O2LySc

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:48 (thirteen years ago) link

Love it, voted it #8, didn't really expect it to place.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Amazing song. Didn't vote for it though!

nate woolls, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link

YEah, I voted this one. Beautiful.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link

15. Paperback Writer Single (Points: 369, Voters: 16, Number Ones: 1)

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

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link

haha, I've never seen that video! I love all the riffwork on this one. Didn't vote though.

V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:29 (thirteen years ago) link

My #2 (I think. Might've been #3)

nate woolls, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link

Is there a name for the "Paperback Writer" sound - i.e. crazy '60s Austin Powers Scooby Doo adventure romp music, also done on 5th Dimension's 'Age of Aquarius' and pastiched by Belle & Sebastian on 'Legal Man'?

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:44 (thirteen years ago) link

The oddest thing was, about halfway through counting it was at the number one position, but it fell away due to getting absolutely no additional votes (until the last few ballots)...

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link

PW has an amazingly powerful sound, I can't think of anything much like it tbh other than occasionally powerpop trios hitting the spot (though not vocally).

Seven of my top ten have now placed. Still got hope for two of the others, but Mr Kite!'s chance has gone I think.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link

I'd had this down as an outsider for #1, disappointed it fell away so badly.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link

What is there, some kind of time difference over in Britain? Gratified by "Long, Long, Long"'s showing. It's a song that rarely gets mentioned in official Beatles history. Glad "Rain" is high too, but I knew that one would do well.

clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Thought "Long, Long, Long" might do better! Kinda hipster choice, innit?

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link

The kids are all Hey Bulldog and The Long And Winding Road these days.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link

This, so far, is the only 'record' that has had a remastered vinyl release.

The "record store day" edition has a different catalogue number to the original, and is in stereo.

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link

"Long, Long, Long"'s stock must have risen in the past decade then, maybe connected to George's death. There was a time you'd never read a word about it.

clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link

The kids are all Hey Bulldog and The Long And Winding Road these days.

Y' wha'? I thought The LAW Road was like the most hated Beatle track of 'em all or sumthin'? There's a poll about it somewhere about here...

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link

Honeycrack's cover of Hey Bulldog is the best thing to emerge from the mid-90s Britrock scene.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link

Well admittedly I'm old & out of touch but I have faith in ILM contarianism.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link

"Long, Long, Long"'s stock must have risen in the past decade then, maybe connected to George's death.

P'raps "Revolution in the Head" might have caused people to listen to it more carefully?

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link

I always liked Long Long Long since I first heard the White Album. It's a pool of tranquillity among a sea of egos, pastiches and Revolution 9.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link

14. Penny Lane Single (Points: 370, Voters: 16, Number Ones: 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H6PdlJshCo

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link

Geir will cry @ this only making #14 :(

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link

My #2.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Anyone hating on Penny Lane has gotta have a cold hard rock for a heart.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Hello Goodbye was my number one, unacknowledged on this thread, but correctly attributed on the accidental post to the News International thread.

There is power in an onion (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link

Can't imagine such a thing, come on ILM prove me wrong! (xp)

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link

NB&S - Hello Goodbye is on this thread.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:18 (thirteen years ago) link


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