Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

The way you get over the extreme stereo separation is by playing the albums VERY LOUD on BIG SPEAKERS.

that are VERY CLOSE TOGETHER!

Actually mine are about 5 feet apart and it sounds just dandy.

That would be nice. Sadly I can't even fit both speakers in my living room (have one next to the TV and one in the adjoining kitchen, which is handy if you're going room to room, but SHIT if you do want any kind of stereo experience). Plus I have neighbours and paper thin walls.

We Can Work It Out was my #2 as well, glad it's at least placed this high. such a fantastic encapsulation of their mid-period approach.

who's doing the lead guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing?

Mono Revolver is the way to go (except it's only in that goddamn expensive box).

Best Buy has had the mono boxes for $99.98 since May.

who's doing the lead guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing?

According to Lewisohn, it's John and George together on matching brand-new Stratocasters.

Is that the one where George walked out so Ringo just did the guitar?

also my prediction is Hey Bulldog at number 1 lol

Plus I have neighbours and paper thin walls.

Ah, I remember PaperThinWalls...

Although other sources apparently say that the "Bird" guitar work was George and Paul or John and Paul, so who knows? It may have just been George overdubbed for all I know!

it doesn't sound (to me) like a part John would come up with

i was the only vote for drive my car??

does that bottom 10 list mean that someone else voted for Real Love besides me...?

Me and a bunch of socks had it at #1

hahaha

Songs with one vote take places up to number 140.

Songs with two votes take places from 156 upwards.

RL placed 138.

Your conclusion...

I was told there would be no math

No math, just logic.

"I was told there would be no math": I have six or seven kids say that to me on the first day of school every year.

Is it six or seven? Show your work.

lol

just quotin Chevy Chase here

so, who's the other one who voted for "Boys"?

OK, can somebody help an ignoramus out and tell me where the actual poll was, and how we were supposed to vote, etc.?

idgi

Official ILX Artist Tracks Poll : The Beatles (Next up: Prince)

The thing I've learned from this poll that I've never known about ilx before is that Mark G is distinguishable from other Marks and Matts on this board in that he is a certifiable loon.

Are the top 10 going to be revealed today or tomorrow?

Prince poll's already going, let's get this over with

Unless Mark G. was testifying in the hacking scandal, let's go already!! (BTW nice job shaving cream pie thrower, hope you're f--in' happy you gave the right wing the perfect distraction, moron)

It's half past twelve in the UK, he's probably asleep or something...

OOPS! Nightie night Mark G. ;)

Love these Youtubes! Was always fascinated by how the body language of that "We Can Work It Out" clip is "We Can't Work It Out." Never saw the "She Loves You" clip with replacement Ringo, so weak!

Finding that the other stuff that moves me most besides what I've raved about is

52. Revolution
29. Blackbird
26. Hey Jude
25. Here Comes the Sun
17. She Loves You
13. In My Life

which are all, in a way, different expressions of the same optimism.

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, July 19, 2011 5:23 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark

this is otm

"She Loves You" is also, even more than "I Want to Hold Your Hand," the one that particularly speaks to the Dylan quote that "their chords were outrageous."

"you know you should be glad" has that little bluesy minor-key thing in the vocal harmonies .. "i wanna hold yo hand" is pretty much straight up and down with no bluesy elements

"I Wanna Hold Yo Hand"--that was the Fat Boys, wasn't it?

i hope so

maybe thats #1

The "you know you should be glad" line is a really sophisticated bit. John Lennon is singing a note (A) that is not part of that chord (C minor).

Tim Riley calls it a half-diminished chord because of the A, but I'd bet the guitarists were playing C minor:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lHvx9QnnorYC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=%22half+diminished%22+%22she+loves+you%22&source=bl&ots=BL-RB0grvB&sig=9clYh8HlGHUd86zU70-_A6QhV_E&hl=en&ei=KFUmTvDKO-jWiAKB2bzlCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22half%20diminished%22%20%22she%20loves%20you%22&f=false

Have you ever read the Wilfrid Mellers book? Having next to no formal knowledge of music, it would boggle my mind when I'd leaf through the copy in my school library many years ago.

Yes, about eight or nine years ago, though. I liked that book a lot.

OK, it's time to do this!

10. Hey Bulldog Yellow Submarine (Points: 434, Voters: 19, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYUAqeCNy0

Bonus Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBelmO65J4

Reason being:

The section from the Yellow Submarine film was edited out for the US version, and the pics from the 'live in the studio' were used to form the visuals for a different single ("Lady Madonna", I think)

So, couldn't choose to exclude one.

Another great song I couldn't find room for on my ballot.

Glad to see that get such a high placing

I love the guitar break, even though it's totally unremarkable in their catalogue. Other bands founded careers on less.

Hey Bulldog at number 10 - only on ILX!

9. I'm only sleeping Revolver (Points: 445, Voters: 18, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlKCxJ2o_fk