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

4. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (2014 points, 25 votes, 2 No. 1 votes))
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ODdINiKCdI/UXHn228J1zI/AAAAAAAAJgM/A6IwTzYcMVo/s1600/Maybe+I%27m+Amazed+Vinyl.jpg

all of you that voted this so high are... fucking high

i didn't vote for it at all but it's a good song ffs

'Jealous Guy' rules, but I still think it's a little too high.

it feels a bit like a re-write of Hey Jude, another piano-pounding shout-y Paul anthem but it feels like half a song to me, like there's a part missing or he just ran out of melodic ideas or something. yech.

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'Maybe I'm Amazed' absolutely fucking rules, and if the Beatles had stayed together it's easy to see them tackling it and making a #1 hit out of it. Absolutely superb. Shakey's anti-McCartney bias has found a level beyond comical at this stage.

I can't think of anything that could be added to it to make it any more perfect than it is. One of his greatest songs.

I want to see everyone's full ballots, btw, and not just songs that didn't place! I don't mind scrolling through.

Feel like it would have actually benefited from a Spector production, unlike most other things.

"Maybe I'm Amazed" at least has better lyrics than this nonsense
3. Jet - Wings (feat. Paul) (2055 points, 27 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Jet_-_Paul_McCartney_%26_Wings.jpg/220px-Jet_-_Paul_McCartney_%26_Wings.jpg

I love McCartney's solo in "Maybe": controlled fury.

Maybe I'm Amazed was towards the bottom of my ballot, I like it but there's a lot of McCartney stuff I prefer.

"jet" too low

i prefer not to judge the beatles by lyrics bc none of them are v good at it

Yeah, this absolutely deserves to be up here. 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five' is my absolute favourite from that album, though.

JET!

one of the best verse melodies paul ever wrote

Oowoowoowoowoowoo!

it feels a bit like a re-write of Hey Jude, another piano-pounding shout-y Paul anthem but it feels like half a song to me, like there's a part missing or he just ran out of melodic ideas or something. yech.

I agree it sounds half finished, but it works in the context of a song about being awestruck and grasping at something that remains out of reach, I much prefer it to Hey Jude

none of them are v good at it

They're all pretty good at it, sometimes great

Kinda surprised I was the only #1 vote for "Junk." I think it's hilarious that of all the Beatles, Paul was the one who wrote the most effortless/least cloying/genuinely moving song about materialism.

yeah John and George are both pretty great lyricists imo. Paul could be, but most of the time he didn't bother.

i think they're all p clumsy!

wow here i am with a radical beatle opinion

Jet was my #2 (I think), great melodies, hook after hook, I can't fault it.

Brad otm

hey, even Greil Marcus liked "Jet"!

2. What Is Life - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (2257 points, 28 votes, 2 No. 1 votes))
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/What_Is_Life_%28George_Harrison_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg

was surprised this was so high. must be "Goodfellas"

what is life was my #1 and i forgot it was even in Goodfellas

same!

It deserves to be this high!

i think i first heard "what is life" in... a commercial? anyway i wish it were no. 1

guess we all shine on

everything is perfect--the riff, the rhythm guitar, the soaring chorus, the wall of sound.

So #1 is 'Instant Karma!' then.

also shouts out to whoever is drumming on "what is life" (almost certainly jim gordon)

Wow

@ Instant Karma being #1. Great song but didn't see that coming.

and now... Paul's finest moment

at least this is the first poll in a while where the no. 1 was something i voted for

i also forgot i was gonna do a fake no. 1 for "it's johnny's birthday" so pretend i did

1. I'm the Urban Spaceman - The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (feat. Paul) (2388 points, 28 votes, 2 No. 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVwreJNWlk

lol

Yeah, give us the actual #1.

Apollo Vermouth is such a cool alias

1. Press - Paul McCartney (1000 #1 votes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLSKNzT0Ve8

right there!

Hahahahahaha! Alfred OTM.

1. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - The Beatles (3000 #1 votes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URM_5R-vWk

fine here is the ACTUAL number 1
1. Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong (feat. George) (2388 points, 34 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlhWPVJNAOo