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

The Hoagy Carmichael covers on that record rule, btw!

Why do I underrate "Teardrops???" Never again. Great song.

Just feelin like he's taking over from the rain

I should have voted for "Writing's on the Wall," too. Always liked that one. The Beatles could have done a great job on it a la "Long Long Long."

We never talk about new wave George but there it is - "Blood from a Clone"

Is that a reference to the Alice Cooper song?

I don't know. It's about music industry people.

"Apple Scruffs" is the perfect Dylan pastiche

I don’t have the time or energy or residual Beatlemania to participate properly in this thread, but speaking of George and Dylan, I assume you guys still like “If Not For You,” or had that fallen by the wayside?

better than Dylan's imo

Heck yeah, beautiful version of that song!

yeah I praised it upthread!

yup, excellent cover

There's three, which one do u mean?
three Let it Be guitar solos? tbh only familiar w the album version

On 'I Dig Love', it always sounds to me like George is singing "mmm I love dick" in the second verse.

also last week a guy tried to tell me how George was really the melodic genius of the Beatles since supposedly he came up with the little intro motif to And I Love Her,

Ha, Paul said something similar in the Scorsese doc ("He made that up on the session...,and if you think about it that's the song. I didn't write that!").

The riff on 'Atomic' by Blondie is near enough the same, too.

ah, I had never noticed : good one !

It's a cool riff. It makes the second chord an added sixth chord.

hehe

taking sides: Ringo's COOKIES!! on "Early 1970" vs. John's COOKIE on "Hold On"

This is cool! Shakey had this on the George singles list. From a kids' TV show, 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC8Ap2Z424k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_Rajbun

Whoah that is good! I hadnt listened to it

hree Let it Be guitar solos? tbh only familiar w the album version

Album version, single version and filmed version are all different iirc

what the devil is up with "pretty little head"

loving the Nilsson cover of Subterranean Homesick Blues, but jfc could these guys lay off the saxophones occasionally?

Arrow Through Me surprisingly good

i can't get over
your powerful motor
of love

I saw a cat with a machine in his brain
The man who fed him said he didn't feel any pain
I'd like to see that man take out that machine
And stick it in his own brain
D'you know what I mean?

i will not have time to get through ringo on an albums basis but i really like this list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/meet-the-beatle-a-guide-to-ringo-starr-s-solo-career-in-20-songs-20150325/

Big boys bickering
And so the game goes on and on
Big boys bickering
Fuckin' it up for everyone

I love "Photograph."

it's a really wonderful song

"It Don't Come Easy" is great, too

photograph is a decent song but Ringo doesn't really do anything for it imo

he'll feature as a drummer on my ballot, not as a singer

i've never heard the second wilburys record before. "inside out" is awesome

Those classic Lynne ascending/descending chords

Ringo sings "Photograph" like a normal person, which gives it its pathos. It's what I also love about Vanessa Williams' "Save The Best for Last."

damn, jim keltner not only played on 100000000 post-beatles solo records, he's also the drummer on steely dan's "josie"?

lol i forgot that the wilburys songs were eligible for this poll

I would remind everybody not to forget collabs like the Wilburys, David Bowie's "Fame", Nilsson's "Pussycats", the Fireman, etc. These are all eligible

David Bowie's "Fame", Nilsson's "Pussycats"

i'm struggling with these two, to be honest. "Fame" is one of the best pop hits of all time, imo, but i can barely hear john in it. i can hear the trademarks of bowie all over it, but really i only notice lennon's presence in the lyrics? that might just be me. so i'm not sure whether to credit lennon with co-writing one of my favorite songs, or banish it to the lower stretches of the top 100. same kinda deal with "many rivers to cross" (although i think it leans a lot more on the mid-70s lennon sound than "fame")

Might be my ears, but I can hear Johns vocal all over it.

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Lennon added one of the (many) interwoven guitar parts and, he says, the backwards piano.

yeah, there are certain parts where i notice his presence. but the thing is, i guess, that bowie can and did perform the song live, absolutely slaying it. whereas, i can't really imagine what a live lennon version of the song would sound like, without bowie.

yeah I totally hear John's guitar in "Fame", and his vocal delivery

with "Many Rivers to Cross" John actually re-used the string arrangement for one of his own songs iirc

so just out of curiosity, where did they end up on your ballot, roughly speaking?

ith "Many Rivers to Cross" John actually re-used the string arrangement for one of his own songs iirc

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#9 Dream

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Ohhhhh

Now that confirms something I would never have guessed!

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

oh i really like this. lovely power pop

so just out of curiosity, where did they end up on your ballot, roughly speaking?

as the poll-runner, I am going to be "submitting" my ballot last