Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

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Most glaring canonical no-show: Yesterday.
Also unexpectedly omitted: If I Fell, Day Tripper.
Would have been nice to see: It's All Too Much.

Songs from my 20 that placed: 19.
Song I voted for that didn't place: The Fool On The Hill.
Highest placed song that I didn't vote for: A Day In The Life.
Highest placed song that I couldn't hum to you now: Hey Bulldog.

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm really surprised If I Fell didn't make it to the top 60. My totally personal ballot was, as follows:

1. I Will
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4. If I Fell
5. She Loves You
6. Martha My Dear
7. I'm So Tired
8. Blackbird
9. Helter Skelter
10. In My Life
11. You Won't See Me
12. Sexy Sadie
13. And Your Bird Can Sing [here I mean the Anthology 2 version]
14. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
15. I'll Be Back
16. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
17. I'm Looking Through You
18. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
19. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
20. Boys

Thanks Mark a lot for this poll! It was super fun.

V79, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link

Song that I should have voted for, but didn't: She Loves You.

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link

Thanks Mark, great work. Early finish though - Clemenza's going to be annoyed when he wakes up.

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link

There are some amazing songs not in the top 60 - Don't Let Me Down for one. Here's my ballot:

01 Dear Prudence
02 I Am The Walrus
03 I Saw Her Standing There
04 Strawberry Fields
05 Hey Bulldog
06 Tomorrow Never Knows
07 A Day In The Life
08 Rain
09 Don't Let Me Down
10 Helter Skelter
11 Julia
12 Across The Universe
13 Savoy Truffle
14 Two Of Us
15 Ticket To Ride
16 Hey Jude
17 I Feel Fine
18 Hello Goodbye
19 And Your Bird Can Sing
20 Come Together

Zuleika, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Song I really learnt to appreciate through this poll: We Can Work It Out. Had previously ignored this fantastic song. I love the harmonium, the signature change, wonderful!

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link

My ballot:

1 Penny Lane
2 Help!
3 Something
4 Ticket To Ride
5 Got To Get You Into My Life
6 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
7 Eleanor Rigby
8 Here Comes The Sun
9 And Your Bird Can Sing
10 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
11 The Fool On The Hill
12 I Am The Walrus
13 Dear Prudence
14 Strawberry Fields Forever
15 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
16 For No One
17 She's Leaving Home
18 Here, There And Everywhere
19 In My Life
20 Across The Universe

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link

mine:

Hey Bulldog
Revolution
Paperback Writer
I Saw Her Standing There
I want You (She's so heavy)
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Any Time at All
You Can't Do That
Wait
Baby, You're a Rich Man
Money (That's What I Want)
Revolution 9
For No One
Tomorrow Never Knows
Help
Rain
Taxman
Within You Without You
Helter Skelter

Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:19 (thirteen years ago) link

(can we have a post that is just the final list please)

koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:20 (thirteen years ago) link

I shall do, probably tomorrow.

Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link

top 3 are pretty much straight hipster canon, but that's cool - they're great tracks and think i probably voted for all of them. also the left-field 60-4 kinda made up for predictability of the top spots. + was glad let it be (my number one) broke into the bottom of the charts at least, seems like i always hear ilxor's crapping on it in other "answers"

Is that the one where they do a sarcastic version of "Bits and Pieces" which collapses into "Jingle Bells"?

wait, what's a "Bits and Pieces"? they sing jingle bells the at the end of the 1963 one, is "bits and pieces" about good old old king wenceslas?

messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link

The 'intro' with the feet is a copy of the intro to Bits and pieces. By The Dave Clrk Five.

Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link

to celebrate the end of this poll I'm gonna watch the "rotten apple" series on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0jr6TNwRs

by the end of the day I'm gonna be a believer

V79, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link

1. I Will
2. Lovely Rita
3. Back In The U.S.S.R.
4. A Day In The Life
5. Her Majesty
6. Got To Get You Into My Life
7. Octopus's Garden
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
9. It’s All Too Much
10. Only A Northern Song

11. Ticket To Ride
12. All Together Now
13. Because

14. Help!
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Here Comes The Sun
17. I've Got A Feeling
18. You're Going To Lose That Girl
19. Blue Jay Way
20.Day Tripper

kkvgz, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link

whoops, Octopus's Garden in bold too. : )

kkvgz, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Thanks, Mark. Again, I really liked the speeded-up countdown. (You just need to move to an EST country.)

Half the Top 10 was surprising to me, half was easy to guess. Actually, "A Day in the Life" making #1 was almost a reverse surprise, if that makes sense. My Top 20:

1. "Tell Me What You See"
2. "Martha My Dear"
3. "I Need You"
4. "Eight Days a Week"
5. "Rain"
6. "Don't Pass Me By"
7. "It's All Too Much"
8. "Baby, You're a Rich Man"
9. "Long, Long, Long"
10. "Ticket to Ride"
11. "I've Just Seen a Face"
12. "Yes It Is"
13. "Norwegian Wood"
14. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
15. "She Said She Said"
16. "Two of Us"
17. "I'm So Tired"
18. "She's a Woman"
19. "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
20. "I'm Looking Through You"

I don't think my Top 3 got another vote--wonder if that's true of anybody else.

clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:01 (thirteen years ago) link

1. Tomorrow Never Knows #3
2. A Day in the Life #1
3. Strawberry Fields Forever #2
4. Twist and Shout #30
5. I Want You (She's So Heavy) #33
6. Rain #18
7. Hey Bulldog #10
8. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
9. Things We Said Today #22
10 Julia #27
11 And Your Bird Can Sing #11
12 For No One #7
13 I Am The Walrus #8
14 Wait
15 Penny Lane #14
16 Happiness is a Warm Gun #6
17 All My Loving #56
18 Hold Me Tight
19 Revolution 1 (take 20) #124
20 Helter Skelter #44

little mushroom person (abanana), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link

xp I voted for Martha! wonder how did it place. also I briefly considered voting for Tell Me What You See, I like it very much

V79, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm surprised these didn't place: Lady Madonna, Please Please Me, Taxman, With A Little Help From My Friends, Within You Without You, Revolution 9, Because

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link

Mein Ballot:

1. Lovely Rita
2. Flying
3. For No One
4. I'm Looking Through You
5. And Your Bird Can Sing
6. Don't Let Me Down
7. Julia
8. Lady Madonna
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Rocky Raccoon
11. I'm So Tired
12. I've Just Seen a Face
13. Baby, You're a Rich Man
14. Blackbird
15. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
16. She Said She Said
17. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. Dear Prudence
19. A Day in the Life
20. A Hard Day's Night

My ballot. 12 of my 20 did not make it, and nothing below 13 made it at all:

1 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (31)
2 If I Fell
3 Hey Bulldog (10)
4 And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
5 Slow Down
6 You Won't See Me (57)
7 Two Of Us (45)
8 Dear Prudence (4)
9 I Call Your Name
10 Getting Better (39)
11 I'll Get You
12 Tell Me Why
13 For No One (7)
14 I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
15 That Means A Lot
16 It Won't Be Long
17 I'll Follow The Sun
18 You're Going To Lose That Girl
19 The Night Before
20 Good Morning Good Morning

BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link

When will we get to see the full ranking?

grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Was gonna do it tomorrow, just so it didn't stymie discussion of the 60-1 chart.

Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:39 (thirteen years ago) link

fair enough

grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link

thanks for this.

i'm not a big fan but bought all the reissues in order just to hear all those lp-only tracks that i'd never heard. turned out there weren't that many that were any good 8) am currently trying to prune the 200+ tracks down to a manageable set but i got sidetracked at about 150...

koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah, what I meant to say was that my Top 3 didn't place in the Top 60, not that they didn't get another vote. Which probably was true of others.

clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link

great job mark, thank you

A Day In The Life
You're Gonna Lose That Girl
Every Little Thing
I've Just Seen a Face
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Things We Said Today
Here, There And Everywhere
For No One
What You're Doing
Back in the U.S.S.R.
You Never Give Me Your Money
Golden Slumbers
I Dig A Pony
Come Together
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Cry Baby Cry
I'm a Loser
Girl
No Reply

Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link

What a wonderful time! Not many of mine placed, unfortunately.. I must be listening to a different Beatles than y'all. Mostly, I'm just burnt out on the 'classics'..

1 You're Going To Lose That Girl
2 Rocky Raccoon
3 Honey Pie
4 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
5 Baby, You're A Rich Man
6 Do You Want To Know A Secret

7 And Your Bird Can Sing (#12)
8 Don't Pass Me By
9 She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
10 Girl

11 Happiness Is A Warm Gun (#6)
12 Martha My Dear
13 Please Please Me
14 Tell Me Why
15 Maxwell's Silver Hammer
16 Oh! Darling
17 One after 909
18 Devil In Her Heart
19 Two Of Us
20 Her Majesty

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Turns out my unsubmitted top 20 is ridiculously canon-friendly, top three especially - I'm the anti-Finefinemusic

1. Tomorrow Never Knows
2. A Day in the Life
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Nowhere Man
5. Hey Bulldog
6. Here Comes the Sun
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. I Am the Walrus
9. Helter Skelter
10. Blackbird
11. For No One
12. In My Life
13. Here, There and Everywhere
14. A Hard Day’s Night
15. Rain
16. You Won’t See Me
17. You Never Give Me Your Money
18. I Want to Hold Your Hand
19. Penny Lane
20. I’m So Tired

Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link

Fun poll, thanks Mark! Here's my ballot.

1. Paperback Writer (15)
2. Rain (18)
3. Helter Skelter (44)
4. Revolution 9
5. Strawberry Fields Forever (2)
6. Something (51)
7. Ticket To Ride (5)
8. I Feel Fine
9. Day Tripper

10. Tomorrow Never Knows (3)
11. Here, There And Everywhere (28)
12. I Am The Walrus (8)
13. Please Please Me
14. A Hard Day's Night (40)
15. Eight Days A Week (60)
16. A Day In The Life (1)
17. You Won't See Me (57)
18. I Want To Hold Your Hand (53)
19. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
20. Yesterday

Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link

ha, and if you *had* put that ballot in, "Nowhere man" would have had enough points to chart! (xpost)

Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link

DL's is spookily close to the final list.

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link

awesome, someone else voted for "Every Little Thing"

you will know queer obama by his fruits (JoeStork), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link

I was glad to see "Ticket to Ride" show well, but disappointed that "I Feel Fine" wasn't there with it. I see them as companion pieces that reveal Ringo's greatness -- dragging the beat and tempo in one, and propelling the band and pulling the other guys along in the other.

Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link

DL: I challenge you to a FITE! :) Just kidding!

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Rain
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Get Back

Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolution
Hey Jude
Yesterday
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Across the Universe
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
I'm Looking Through You
Paperback Writer
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Here Comes the Sun
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Birthday
We Can Work It Out
Here, There and Everywhere
I Am the Walrus

I knew Monkey and Birthday were long shots, but I was definitely counting on the other ones bolded here to make the top 60. Oh well.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link

Damn, finefinemusic! And I thought my ballot was full out outsider picks. Big up for the Her Majesty vote. Also, because you voted for Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da and Rocky Raccoon, you win the "purest soul" award for this poll wrap-up.

grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link

My ballot:

1 Help! (24)
2 And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
3 Come Together (50)
4 Strawberry Fields Forever (2)
5 I Want To Hold Your Hand (53)
6 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
7 Across The Universe (35)
8 Hey Bulldog (10)
9 Julia (27)
10 Long, Long, Long (19)
11 I've Got A Feeling
12 Tomorrow Never Knows (3)
13 I Will (54)
14 I'm Only Sleeping (9)
15 I'm So Tired (55)
16 Ticket To Ride (5)
17 It Won't Be Long
18 Taxman
19 Flying
20 Yes It Is (anthology version)

Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link

The joke was, I put Her Majesty at the end, just like the song is, geddit? Unfortunately it didn't get many points from me as a result! Purest soul? I like that. Summer makes me happy, makes me inclined to listen to jingly jangly pop music. I knew Ob-la-di wouldn't get far but I do truly like it - was shocked that Rocky Raccoon didn't!

gis for Purest Soul/how I look today
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/274/2/6/The_Purest_Soul_by_shadow_wolf.jpg

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link

That's about right!

grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link

i voted for rocky racoon

Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link

*high five*

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link

I didn't vote but now want to put together what my ballot would have been...

lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link

Great poll. Many thanks to the organizers. There will always be a place for you in the Savoy Truffle of my heart.

Here's my ballot. I think y'all need to go back and listen to I'll Cry Instead some more.

1. A Day In The Life
2. Help!
3. I’ll Cry Instead
4. No Reply
5. You Never Give Me Your Money
6. I’ve Just Seen A Face
7. She Loves You
8. Let It Be
9. I’m Looking Through You
10. Hey Jude
11. Ticket To Ride
12. In My Life
13. Sexy Sadie
14. We Can Work It Out
15. Rain
16. I’m Only Sleeping
17. She Said She Said
18. Got To Get You Into My Life
19. Blackbird
20. I Feel Fine

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Thanks, Mark!

My votes:

1. Ticket to Ride
2. I'm Only Sleeping
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Things We Said Today
5. In My Life
6. Happiness is a Warm Gun
7. Hey Bulldog
8. Got to Get You Into My Life
9. I Am The Walrus
10. A Day in the Life
11. Here, There and Everywhere
12. If I Needed Someone
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Because
15. It Won't Be Long
16. Rain
17. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
19. Across the Universe (original single)
20. We Can Work It Out

Darin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link

i am *shocked* about where Hey Bulldog placed! it was, i think, my #19 but didn't expect... wow.

karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

another day and it could've been a completely different twenty:

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!
3. Come Together
4. I've Just Seen A Face
5. I'm Only Sleeping
6. She Loves You
7. Paperback Writer
8. You Never Give Me Your Money
9. We Can Work It Out
10. Blackbird

11. I'm A Loser
12. Tomorrow Never Knows
13. Your Mother Should Know
14. Strawberry Fields Forever
15. Good Morning Good Morning
16. A Day In The Life
17. It Won't Be Long
18. No Reply

19. Penny Lane
20. Yellow Submarine

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link

1. Eleanor Rigby (21) (i was expecting top 5 with this one!)
2. We Can Work It Out (11)
3. Magical Mystery Tour
4. And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
5. Get back (thought this one would make top 20)
6. If I Needed Someone (43)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (3) (did better than i expected)
8. What You're Doing
9. The Night Before
10. Helter Skelter (44) (surprisingly low)
11. Eight Days A Week (60)
12. The Word
13. Polythene Pam
14. Dear Prudence (4)
15. Norwegian Wood (20)
16. Revolution (52)
17. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
18. Paperback Writer (15)
19. Hey Bulldog (10) (shocked how well this did)
20. Don't Pass Me By

xpost, hey - the other Eleanor Rigby #1!

karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link

and thanks so much, Mark!

karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link

I was surprised by "Hey Bulldog" too, but from a different vantage point--it's the only Top 10 finisher I unequivocally dislike, which gets back to my general dislike of the Beatles at their heaviest.

clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link


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