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

say, say, say what you want

it's always a good time to reread the 1980 playboy interview

PLAYBOY: "Many people feel that none of the songs Paul has done alone match the songs he did as a Beatle. Do you honestly feel that any of your songs on the Plastic Ono Band records will have the lasting imprint of 'Eleanor Rigby' or 'Strawberry Fields'?"

LENNON: "'Imagine,' 'Love' and those Plastic Ono Band songs stand up to any song that was written when I was a Beatle. Now, it may take you 20 or 30 years to appreciate that, but the fact is, if you check those songs out, you will see that it is as good as any fucking stuff that was ever done."

I love that book

finished a 77 ballot, very enjoyable thread, thank u all

sent an 81-song ballot

Sent my 100 song ballot. Phew. Forgot to double-check if George's instrumental version of The Inner Light from the Wonderwall Music bonus tracks was eligible, being a Beatles track too and all, and this thread is now crashing my browser so couldn't scroll back to look there! Anyway.

Now, it may take you 20 or 30 years to appreciate that, but the fact is, if you check those songs out, you will see that it is as good as any fucking stuff that was ever done."
could not help but read this in the voice of Liam Gallagher

Sent! 40 songs

Thanks to this poll I have It Is 'Him' (Jai Sri Krishna) going round my head on endless repeat. Do earworms count towards the reawakening of original spiritual consciousness?

Dammit, I really want to put Loneliness by Yoko on this list, but Lennon doesn't play on it.

ugh flagging ate my post but: gonna try my best to get home in time to make a ballot today, and I just threw a last dozen tracks onto the playlist, moooostly stuff that's gotten at least partway namechecked here (e.g. second-tier-but-basically-liked-em cuts from my ringo marathon), plus a couple of big ticket items (Mother, original Maybe I'm Amazed). shockingly not on Spotify: Girls' School, and any of the FitD-era b-sides (Loveliest Thing!!).

just sent my ballot, 77 tracks

I'm voting for the Unplugged version of "That Would Be Something" - will you lump that in with the studio version or is it counted separately?

just realized i didn't include "maybe i'm amazed" at all, whoops. i like it enough to include it near the bottom of my ballot, but in general it's my least favorite popular solo paul song

i like that song a lot but it didn’t survive the second draft of my ballot

I'm voting for the Unplugged version of "That Would Be Something" - will you lump that in with the studio version or is it counted separately?

This will not be counted afaiu

"second draft"

lol it went through a lot of permutations! "permutations"

i couldn't leave off maybe i'm amazed. it might be corny, but those chords are fantastic.

I'm getting closer
My salamander

maybe I'm amazed is awesome. I don't think there's anything corny about the song - it's probably McC being his most authentic self.

baffled by the love for it to be honest. the only version I've ever really rated is the Faces cover.

I'm voting for the Unplugged version of "That Would Be Something" - will you lump that in with the studio version or is it counted separately?

this is technically a live version so it's not eligible

I voted for "maybe I'm amazed" but yeah I was thinking of the Faces cover more than the original tbh

thanks Shakes for informing me of the Faces version but: nah

and it's the worst song on that Faces album too lol

I've never heard this cover until today! It's fantastic!

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

they were just able to do it with more swing and muscle, and Rod's voice is a great match for the sentiment

28 ballots in so far, still waiting on Doc C... anyone else?

I know this is useless fantasy football but without the Beatles Paul might have been a well regarded kinda quirky artist like Randy Newman, John could've still been a rock star

nah he's too much of a ham. not randy newman, elton john tho

has he really got the pathos for that though?

of course!

definitely a ham, and a cutesy showboat w ambition and an uncanny melodic sense so he def would have gone somewhere w out John

heading home now with visions of getting mine sorted!!

you can work it out!

Sent! Sixty songs.

first pass culling from the big lists near the top of the thread - - got it to 174 songs! surely the rest of this won't take too long at all....

lol

I think you might be taking this a little too seriously. maybe.

haha i just cut and pasted in everything from the lists posted to thread and deleted everything i couldn't imagine ever voting for. now i'm just doing the standard quick-pass "assign this to tiers 1-4" deal to discover that, indeed, tiers 1-3 already come to about 100, so there are dozens of things in group 4 that will never have a chance and there's no point trying to rank them. fare thee well, "Wrack My Brain."

aw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVovCtmCmXU

wld listen to a blind YSI just of Dr Casino's ballot

awww

just let go of "I Lie Around" ;_;

listen, having gone through it already, you're going to have to let go of a lot of crucial wings songs

though i regret not voting for "big barn bed" higher, you were right about that one doc casino

is anybody else besides Doc C still working on a ballot?

I tried to put one together, but really struggled. If I did submit one, it'd be 100 songs - I just can't decide which 100.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgmXiTG21yM

we're not awarding nobel prizes here guys, just make a list