The Beatles' Solo Careers Poll - Voting and General Discussion Thread

you really missed the boat by not calling this thread "Imagine All The Pre-POLLs"

POLL Those Years Ago

I'm just beginning to consider what to vote for and... finding it easier than I thought!

awesome, can't wait, 100 tracks is daunting but exciting. Plastic Ono Band lock for best album right?

ah just tracks, no albums

I wasn't planning on bothering with side polls for albums, individuals, etc. Tracks should speak for themselves imo

JL/POB wouldn't be my #1 in that imaginary albums poll.

It wouldn't be mine, either.

me neither

it's easy if you try

surely this is a lock for #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhRmOnoFBo

What format do you want them in? I guess something like

1. We All Stand Together - Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus

will be ok.

never heard "Tandoori Chicken" before. wonder if it was the secret inspiration for "Cook of the House"

Am I the only person who likes "Say, Say, Say" better than "The Girl Is Mine?" I honestly hope not.

I could pretty much take dark horse, plastic ono, all things must pass and call it a day

Dark Horse is a fucking woeful record. One or two half-decent tracks ruined by George's vocals.

Am I the only person who likes "Say, Say, Say" better than "The Girl Is Mine?" I honestly hope not.

― Westworld more like Worstworld right? (Phil D.), Thursday, May 10, 2018 6:45 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, I too prefer 'Say Say Say' ... I'd take 'The Man' over 'The Girl Is Mine', too.

I would prefer the format to be like this:

[Artist] - [Song title]

No numbers necessary as long as they're in order (number one at the top etc)

gonna continue to rep for obscure George nuggets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3s4ncKCE2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVRmdrM0Mmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCVe4pNMLW0

I like 'I Live For You' a lot - also, I seem to remember Kula Shaker nicking the riff from 'Ski-ing' for one of their B-sides.

or a Beatles-hater submitting a top 10 that's all Kanye, David Bowie, Elton John, Yoko, Nilsson, Michael Jackson, and the Wilburys

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― Οὖτις, Thursday, May 10, 2018 6:01 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Let's not forget The Smokin' Mojo Filters and... Oasis!

Live and Let POLL

Thomas The Tank Engine theme tune hereby nominated

? does not feature any Beatles.

sure Ringo was on the show, but he's not on the song iirc

Let Me POLL It

Let's not forget the time when Macca found himself "in the middle of a Nirvana reunion"

Just remembered Scouse Mouse, scratch TTTE.

Let's not forget The Smokin' Mojo Filters and... Oasis!

idrc Macca ever playing with Oasis?

yeah me neither

will be v interested to see what paul album rates highest here -- band on the run and tug of war were prob the critical faves back in the day, now i'd expect it to go to ram or maybe even mccartney II.

Let Me POLL It

nice

JL/POB is prob not my personal fav beatles solo album but it feels like a lock for top 3 at least

voodoo chili - legit lolz at "Imagine all the Pre-POLLs"

I will not be tallying votes for individual albums, that's some other poll

My bit about George.

surprised there wasn't a button poll for that already

I guess I could do a side-poll for albums if people really want. I don't really care personally

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ah! sorry should've read this more carefully.

There’s two good songs on dark horse is an insane opinion

that's true, there's actually three good songs (Ding Dong, Dark Horse and It Is He)

the mono version of "wonderwall music" is just so damn fantastic

Extra Texture is worse if that's possible. At least DH has an anonymous mid '70s studio rock professionalism.

I’m pretty sure Macca wins this over the length of his career : between « every night », « say say say » and stuff on Chaos, for instance, a lot of great work.
Lennon’s and George’s initial output were stronger, though.

the weird thing for me is that while I find plenty of Macca's stuff pleasant, I'm hard-pressed to consider what I think his greatest solo songs are. a lot of his hits seem slight or just stupid, and the ones that I consider very good don't really measure up to the more canonical hits from John and George's early runs. I mean, sure "Band on the Run" or "Live and Let Die" are good but ... they aren't *that* great.

Macca is perfect for the old days of CD-Rs and CS-90s. You do what a pal did for me: stick 15 to 20 album tracks, B-sides, and obscurities. I was charmed.

yeah that's true, he's done so much and followed so many weird little detours, but with a baseline competency and inventiveness that you could just make an entirely decent alternate discography from any old collection of odds and ends

otoh I listen to something like Red Rose Speedway and as soon as its over I can't remember a thing about it

Yeah I agree. Like once they pass away : John had « Imagine », George « My Sweet Lord », even when the time comes, Ringo will have, I don’t know, like « Photograph », but Macca... his most famous track, nowadays, might be « Live &Let Die », which seems a bit below the level of such a legendary songwriter.

stating the obvious there

george wrote more songs about money than any other beatle

haha that scratch letter is tremendous

and what's up with that band (wings??) live in Japan video, rocking out!

just discovered there's a results thread going!

POLL Those Years Ago: The Beatles Solo Careers Poll Results Thread

just re-downloaded the pre-voting listening playlist. which still rules. thanks again!

also just deleted two dozen songs performed and added to the playlist by an acoustic singer-songwriter named "Stewart Harding" ...

Stewart Harding, American singer/songwriter. After toiling in obscurity for the greater part of 2 decades, Harding finally got his big break after posting two dozen songs to a Spotify playlist for a Beatles poll run by internet messageboard ILM[3]. After listening all the way through hundreds of solo Beatles songs, many ILM music fans found themselves mesmerized by the inventive, playful yet melodic Beatles-influenced songs written and performed by Harding. Soon a thread dedicated to Harding's music was posted to ILM[4]. Soon thereafter, the rapturous reception of Harding's music led to a multi-album recording contract with EMI.

okay fess up which one of us is inventive, playful and melodic singer-songwriter Stewart Harding

I believed Karl's amazing story.

it isn't my story. it's the story of all of us who ever dreamed of finally hitting it big by tacking on some of our songs to someone else's public playlist[2].

hahah

the wonder of it all baby

It’s just another day.

but you know who should have put their songs on the playlist to get a big break? Weyes Blood! do y'all know about this artist? she has her own thread - Weyes Blood - but i'm mentioning her here because her songs in my friend's quarantine playlist really scratch the solo Beatles itch for me. check out "Something to Believe" - like a lost George/John teamup album cut if they'd gotten Nico in to sing, sorta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2o_VMWiEw

bit of "Without You" too, I suppose

weyes blood is a rapturously beloved ilm favorite, i think she reached the top ten of both end-of-year polls last year

Love this. I got those vibes a lot too, Doc.

(y'know only she's better)

haha well the secret's out that i'm behind on my old habit of weeding through the annual polls as my primary means of keeping up with "new" music

Ha ha - join the club. Though I'm (recently) up to date with Weyes Blood.

Ha! I just made a playlist for a friend and put "Something to Believe" right next to "All Things Must Pass". The new Weyes Blood album makes me want to go back in time and force George Harrison and Karen Carpenter to collaborate.

A new angle on my theory that Ringo's solo career should largely have consisted of country-flavored duets: they should have been produced and arranged by George, and Karen Carpenter should have been a regular guest.

If you're looking for another recent track that's a cousin of All Things Must Pass, try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H1SXeDQcm8

hey should have been produced and arranged by George, and Karen Carpenter should have been a regular guest.

I like this so long as George insists on Karen drumming.

All Things Must Pass album, I should say, not the track. And it starts out more Esher demo.

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very Esher demo! nice pick.