is Long Long Long the highest placing George song...?
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
[i]are you geir
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:35 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark[/b]
That hurt, dude.
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
aggh html fuckups
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
not given this any thought but i think my list would be a lot like steve shasta's there.
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot, 1-20:
There's A PlaceFor No OneNot A Second TimeYou Never Give Me Your MoneyLong, Long, LongI'll Be BackTicket To RideShe's Leaving HomeA Day In The LifeEvery Little ThingEleanor RigbyShe Said She SaidHappiness Is A Warm GunFixing A HolePaperback WriterCry Baby CryWaitStrawberry Fields ForeverBlue Jay WayMartha My Dear
Really should have had 'No Reply' in there somewhere.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
only one George song in the top 20, none in the top 10... screwed again
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
I love early and mid-period Beatles. I think late Beatles is vastly overrated - check out my comments upthread. I assume Geir feels exactly the opposite. Also, Geir loves prog. Yuck.
In the context of the Beatles' oeuvre, I put a premium on melody because that's one of the things they're goddamn good at. I guess "Dear Prudence" has a good groove, but it isn't Stones-level or anything. Supposedly, Paul played drums on that one, which makes sense - "groove" is not one of Ringo's strong points.
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
George Harrison does not belong in the top 10 of anything
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
I love early and mid-period Beatles. I think late Beatles is vastly overrated - check out my comments upthread. I assume Geir feels exactly the opposite.
Breakin' it gently to you...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
For me, George's percentage of great songs is very high. Which is of course a condition of the songwriting arrangement they had--to break through and get something on an album, it pretty much had to be great.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, sockpuppetry abounds.
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
looking at the range of, er, ideas and attitudes expressed in George's songs is pretty funny. "I'm too rich to pay taxes!", "I have achieved enlightenment," "the rich are scum!", "oooh dessert!"
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
"all we are is dust in the wind"
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
so otfm I just played "guess this dead celeb" with that quote on twitter
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
so otfm I just played "guess this dead celeb" with that quote ("I'm too rich to pay taxes!", "I have achieved enlightenment," "the rich are scum!", "oooh dessert!") on twitter
I am filled with regret, as if I had remembered to vote "If I Fell" would have made the top 60. Oh well.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, leave George alone, don't bother him.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
94 Yes It Is (12 for anthology version) (Points: 89, Votes: 5, NumberOnes: 0)
I'm gonna guess that not enough people have heard "Yes It Is."
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, Take One of "Yes it is" is great, but the anthology went with take 2.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
All of those songs with 3-part harmony are the best.. Yes It Is, This Boy, Because..
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
yknow, these dudes had a lot of good songs
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
the biggest surprise for me here is 'because' missing out.
pretty happy to see 'i'm only sleeping' in the top 10. i might have placed that near the top had i voted.
― charlie h, Thursday, 21 July 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
I was pleasantly shocked to see "I'm Only Sleeping" on so many ballots. Never knew so many other people loved that song.
― thewufs, Thursday, 21 July 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i've always had a soft spot for the song, but always considered it a kind of tucked away gem.
also need to mention that this song has reawakened my love for 'for no one'. what a beautifully constructed little number.
― charlie h, Thursday, 21 July 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot:
Dear PrudenceShe Loves YouRevolutionWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsYesterdayGlass OnionI've Got A FeelingHelp!A Day In The LifeGood Morning Good MorningShe Said She SaidTwist And ShoutI Am The WalrusBlackbirdLet It BePaperback WriterCan't Buy Me LoveWe Can Work It OutYou Never Give Me Your MoneyAll My Loving
― drowning cool (some dude), Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
I know it's completely obvious, but with the community of ILM and its multi-national roots, I'd love to hear an ILX comp of Beatle covers.
It'd be better than anything Wet Wet Wet ever did.
― (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 21 July 2011 05:45 (twelve years ago) link
Anything would,...
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the reminder..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ9h8bbDxUg
― billstevejim, Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:04 (twelve years ago) link
better yet~WORST~ performance on this 2005 Grammys All-Star Rendition of The Beatles' "Across The Universe"
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:14 (twelve years ago) link
I mentioned this above, but if there was covers poll this would be my #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2fnVfUYYvE
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:19 (twelve years ago) link
"an ILX comp of Beatle covers." opening track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhGPXeoH53g
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
Do Earth Wind and Fire post here? I think it was just Wind...
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
ahh, ilx. please never stop being cryptic and inscrutable!
....umm, a reference to the lyrics from the second verse of "because"?
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
...wait. are you saying one of the members of that band hangs out here?
i remember when one of the dudes from cameo dropped in to contribute to okplayer's artist-of-the-month:cameo thing, that was dope!
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
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If this ever happens, I bagsy "Hey Bulldog", like, immediately.
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
how could any version of Hey Bulldog be better than my teenage band's baggy-style cover?
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
that sounds awesome.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe we should only do "Hey Bulldog" as an ILX cover compilation!
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
I would be so down with 20 covers of Hey Bulldog.
― (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
But that wasn't what I was thinking at first.
I know, but it's gotta be different, yeah?
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:1. Strawberry Fields Forever2. Here There and Everywhere3. Ticket to Ride4. Day Tripper5. If I Needed Someone6. Julia7. Revolution (take 20)8. Something9. Twist & Shout10. Not Guilty11. I'm Only Sleeping12. Happiness Is A Warm Gun13. No Reply14. She Loves You15. Within You Without You16. You Never Give Me Your Money17. A Hard Day's Night18. We Can Work It Out19. There's A Place20. The Night Before
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 21 July 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
mine:1. I Saw Her Standing There2. Here Comes the Sun3. I Should Have Known Better4. Penny Lane5. Tomorrow Never Knows6. Love Me Do7. She Loves You8. Day Tripper9. Dear Prudence1o. All My Loving11. I Want to Hold Your Hand12. You Won't See Me13. Come Together14. If I Needed Someone15. While My Guitar Gently Weeps16. With A Little Help from My Friends17. Nowhere Man18. Hey Jude19. Hello, Goodbye20. Yellow Submarine
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Thursday, 21 July 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
So many songs pop up that give you a warm glow in a poll like this because their catalogue is stuffed with them. John and Paul singing together on There's a Place. I remember trying to replicate that song aged 15 with my band's equipment and multi-tracking experiments with a pair of tape recorders.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 21 July 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
Hi,
Last night I was playing some of these youtubes, as back when I compiled these I basically played a small section to check if they were awesome (or awful) enough.
I think this guy should be re-seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxm3x6wiiD4
You know that pic of Robert Johnson with the cig and the guitar, those spindly fingers? This is like watching that photo. (Also check out the Hey Jude vid upthread)
― Mark G, Monday, 12 September 2011 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaRz-3DYV7c&feature=youtu.be
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 6 October 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
nice. don't think i'd seen all of that.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 October 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
nice
― Mister Potato shares Manchester United’s commitment to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 6 October 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
lennon's sideburns are kind of nuts there.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 October 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
He had just come from playing keyboards at a Doors show.
― You people are supposed to be some kind of music culture intelligentsi (Phil D.), Thursday, 6 October 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link