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

oh one of those was a yoko heavy ballot i see

haha yes

huh i feel like i have to make a completely different spotify playlist

naturally the lower 50 changed the most, since that picks up the songs with fewer votes. the last 50 was more stable. What made me notice the error was that there were 3 number 1 votes for Back Seat of My Car, but my results tab was only showing 2, which made it place a lot lower than it should have.

Makes sense, it's a great song.

77. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon (feat. John) (575 points, 9 votes)

huh

49. Let 'Em In - Wings (feat. Paul) (870 points, 16 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
48. Mind Train - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (874 points, 12 votes)
47. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (885 points, 14 votes)
TIE 46. Let Me Roll It - Wings (feat. Paul) (899 points, 14 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
TIE 46. Arrow Through Me - Wings (feat. Paul) (899 points, 15 votes)
45. Blow Away - George Harrison (feat. George) (929 points, 14 votes)
44. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (938 points, 15 votes)
43. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (feat. John) (956 points, 14 votes)
42. Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (957 points, 14 votes)
41. Too Many People - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (965 points, 16 votes)
40. Junior's Farm - Wings (feat. Paul) (969 points, 13 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))

39. Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson (feat. Paul) (996 points, 17 votes)
38. Well Well Well - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1017 points, 15 votes)
37. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1019 points, 19 votes)
36. Gimme Some Truth - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (1042 points, 15 votes)
TIE 35. Another Day - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (1058 points, 16 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
TIE 35. Beware of Darkness - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1058 points, 19 votes)
34. Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (1059 points, 17 votes)
33. Cold Turkey - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1074 points, 17 votes)
32. Live and Let Die - Wings (feat. Paul) (1098 points, 17 votes)
31. Isolation - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1132 points, 16 votes)
30. Imagine - John Lennon (feat. John) (1137 points, 14 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))

Say Say Say and Well Well Well being right next to each other is too perfect

too bad Hi Hi Hi and the No-No song aren't anywhere near

48. Mind Train - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (874 points, 12 votes)

prob most bummed this didn't appear in rollout form

some other Yoko stuff got pushed out of the top 100 so Mind Train (my no. 2 all time Yoko song) getting in instead is at least some compensation

29. Awaiting On You All - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1160 points, 16 votes)
28. Mind Games - John Lennon (feat. John) (1175 points, 17 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
27. Working Class Hero - John Lennon (feat. John) (1182 points, 18 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
26. The Back Seat Of My Car - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (1191 points, 15 votes, 3 No. 1 votes))
25. Isn't It a Pity - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1253 points, 17 votes)
24. I Found Out - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1258 points, 18 votes)
23. Why - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (1280 points, 17 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
22. Walking on Thin Ice - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (1291 points, 18 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
21. Every Night - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (1306 points, 20 votes)
TIE 20. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (1308 points, 19 votes)
TIE 20. Hold On - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1308 points, 17 votes)

new playlist (rearranging the old one suggested a future migraine): https://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/5DEbc3r4iHaFLSaELH9QLn?si=EJhCU4JWS9iFTfTFa2-5ww

19. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1316 points, 20 votes)
18. Wah-Wah - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1428 points, 22 votes)
17. Coming Up - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (1499 points, 26 votes)
16. Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (1505 points, 23 votes)
15. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon (feat. John) (1571 points, 20 votes)
14. Junk - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (1595 points, 23 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
13. Photograph - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (1611 points, 21 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
12. #9 Dream - John Lennon (feat. John) (1690 points, 23 votes, 2 No. 1 votes))
11. Mother - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1718 points, 24 votes)

Well, at least 'Why' placed higher!

also fuck yeah uncle albert just on the edge of the top 20

and looks like 'Mother' got locked out of the Top 10!

i'm also glad a third ringo song made it in

it's ridiculous y'all didn't place "Press" in your top tens

and before we get to the top 10, I'm going to update the stats in the original post, which should be as follows:

506 individual tracks received votes

Total points for songs featuring the individual Beatles were:
Paul - 56,600
John - 51,038
George - 42,159
Ringo - 37,772

Total number of songs voted for featuring the individual Beatles were:
Paul - 246
John - 124
George - 128
Ringo - 59

it's ridiculous y'all didn't place "Press" in your top tens

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, June 5, 2018 1:41 PM (eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my no. 14, sorry alfred

OK here we go

10. God - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1724 points, 23 votes, 4 No. 1 votes))
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/God_John_Lennon_cover.jpg/220px-God_John_Lennon_cover.jpg

This song is great and all, but I really have no idea what he means in the first line, even if he does sing it twice.

sorry, didn't listen to press to play cause of the album cover.

the first time "by which" ever used in a pop song?

whoa i guess "band on the run" is higher?

87. Listen, the Snow Is Falling - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (485 points, 6 votes)

also i am so so so happy this song made it

“God” is the good version of “Imagine”

82. When We Was Fab - George Harrison (feat. George) (541 points, 11 votes)

Ringo's the drummer on this.

48. Mind Train - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (874 points, 12 votes)

That's Jim Keltner, not Ringo.
(and for some reason, I didn't realize John was on it, or else it absolutely would've made my ballot)

thx for the corrections

coming up like a FLOWER

Would be interested to know how many votes were really for covers. I voted for “Listen the Snow Is Falling” as much for the Galaxie 500 version as for Yoko’s, and for “Photograph” for Camper Van Beethoven

9. Band On The Run - Wings (feat. Paul) (1786 points, 24 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
https://beatlesblogger.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/mccartney11.jpg

cuz we all need to marvel at those mullets a second time

barber on the run

only thing i'll say about "botr" is i like it but i'm glad "jet" beat it. i feel like it has one section too many, but also that's ok

thx for the corrections

You're welcome -- and I had to double-check, because Keltner and Ringo sound so goddamn similar (see also: "I Won't Back Down" -- sounds so much like Ringo, they put him in the video!)

There were rumors that Ringo's better playing days were behind him when the Threetles tracks were coming together, and that it's actually Keltner on those.

see also: "I Won't Back Down" -- sounds so much like Ringo, they put him in the video

lol yeah shit like this only made it even harder for me to keep credits straight!

speaking of Ringo

8. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (1827 points, 25 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/RSeasy.jpg/220px-RSeasy.jpg

one of those things where no one really had it super-high on their ballots, but almost everyone included it somewhere. Consensus!

great song, love when ringo and george work together

yay what a great song

cuz we all need to marvel at those mullets a second time

It's so funny that Linda got one too. What a lady...

Glad to see this here - his best song!

also ringo got two songs in the top twenty!

7. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1871 points, 22 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Mysweetlord1971single.jpg/220px-Mysweetlord1971single.jpg

TOO HIGH.

i'll probably never get tired of the slide guitar in "my sweet lord." that'll always sound like the best thing in the world to me