Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

Hurray! I've been eagerly looking forward to this.

Wow these are going very quickly. All of these were outside my top 20, but not by too much.

57. You Won't See Me Rubber Soul (Points: 160, Voters: 8, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc-sOgSgRG8

None of these are faves yet. I find Lovely Rita to be one of these slightly cumbersome mid-period tracks (like Good Morning, Good Morning and Dr Robert) that just sound contrived (the internal rhyme of Rita/Meter). Just not my thing.

56. All My Loving With The Beatles (Points: 160, Voters: 7, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWvurnpKjE4

You Won't See Me is good. One of the tracks on Rubber Soul that goes with my theory that that album has a theme of invisibility, a longing to evade the material world (cF: Nowhere Man, I'm Looking Through You).

hey MArk, slow down pls!

Yeah, where is "Slow Down" then?

55. I'm So Tired The Beatles (Points: 162, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_h9OyyM3QU

YWSM - #11 on my ballot, and one of my fav McCartney's songs. I'm So Tired - #7. IMO both should score a bit better.

I'll do a batch at a time for the lower downs, then more time between for the higher ups.

Reason: I need to have finished before Friday next week..

So, will break off for a bit, and will hopefully get that youtube fixed for Let it be..

I like I'm So Tired well enough, but I associate it with Cry Baby Cry and I'm Only Sleeping, and both of those are much better.

Eight Days A Week is completely unremarkable (for them!). Let It Be is fabulous, a proper universal, and its neglect in these things is incomprehensible to me.

I'm So Tired my no.15. I had I'm Only Sleeping at no.14! What can I say, I relate to the sentiment.

I saw that, and yes it made me smile.

I'm glad to see Rita made it. That was #2 on my ballot. That sound at the end is a bong hit right? I don't see why Mark should have to slowly roll them out all day.

You Won't See Me is a bit throwaway; All My Loving a little also, but far more skilled with it. Lovely Rita I like and considered for its rich texture, but cut it quite early.

Let It Be is a beautiful song - great to sing along to no matter how bad your caterwaul.

I do love I'm So Tired, and any John Lennon songs about tiredness and apathy.

Blimey, have they changed it already?

(looks:) Ah, no.

I'm doing U2 in a couple of polls' time and plan on getting the results out quickfire. No need for single-band polls to take a week.

two i voted for so far -- always have had a soft spot for "Let It Be" and my wife's mother sang "All My Loving" to her as a child and now she sings it to our son

yeah weeklong rollouts are kind of interminable more often than not imo.

results! hooray!

Two of mine have shown so far, "Eight Days a Week" and "You Won't See Me"

You Wont See Me was my #6. None of the others on my ballot so far.

re Rubber Soul and invisibility, i'm trying to remember if it was You Won't See Me or I'm Looking Through You which was used very nicely in the reasonable Ricky Gervais movie Ghost Town.

From memory, I don't remember "You won't see me" in it.

54. I Will The Beatles (Points: 178, Voters: 7, Number Ones: 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxm3x6wiiD4

I Will is the epitome of McCartney-esque schmaltz. I can usually stomach that, but here it's just a bit too saccharine. I do like the rising harmony at the end, and the clip cloppy rhythm.

Boy, I'm batting zero percent, but I can't find fault with anything so far...especially happy to see YWSM--I might be turning into a McCartney fan, my god

53. I Want To Hold Your Hand Single (Points: 179, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeBm46WJOxQ

52. Revolution Single (Points: 182, Voters: 7, Number Ones: 0)

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

People who are bothered: Revolution 1 (from "The Beatles" or, indeed, from the "Take 20" mp3 that circulated..

124. Revolution 1 (including 2 votes total 38 points for take 20) Points: 50 Voters: 3

also:

90: Revolution 9 Points: 146 voters:6

i love the version of the revolution video where they are doing the live vocals and shoo-bee doo-wops

That's it there (isn't it?)

too low!

thanks for filling us in on the variant versions!

I Will is way too low. for me is the epitome of McCartney's melodic prowess. my #1, as I said in the previous thread - IMO it's THE perfect pop song about love. it's the aura of peace, calmness and patience that makes the song for me.

I think "Revolution" was my last cut to get it to 20.

hahaha, I am very much not a fan of "I Will"

V79, I Will was also my #1! I don't see it as schmaltzy at all, just earnest. Reminds me a lot of Everyday by Buddy Holly.

so far i've had "Eight Days A Week" and "Revolution" on my list. Surprised to see Revolution so low, but no so much with Eight Days.

"Eight Days a Week" doesn't seem to be very popular on this board--there were a couple of other polls where it didn't do overly well. I had it 4th on my list. To me, it and "Ticket to Ride" pretty much define the Beatles.

(xp) exactly! plus, there is so much strength inside the song, it might be a rather quiet recording, but it's still very powerful.

I Will and I Want To Hold Your Hand both featured in my wedding (in ceremony and 1st dance, respectively) so I had to include them in my list - my #s 13 and 5.

Eight Days A Week is just a bit of a generic early-Beatles song, and one of the last of its kinds.

i love the version of the revolution video where they are doing the live vocals and shoo-bee doo-wops

― Iago Galdston, Friday, July 15, 2011 9:53 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

Me too. Always made me wonder if those were originally on the single.

Looking forward to Sungha Jung's cover of "Helter Skelter."

Had I voted I may very well have put "I Will" as my #1 - or thereabouts. Wonderfully understated and hushed, as if Macca's playing it, post-coital, in the same room as his sleeping partner.

"Eight Days a Week" doesn't seem to be very popular on this board--there were a couple of other polls where it didn't do overly well. I had it 4th on my list. To me, it and "Ticket to Ride" pretty much define the Beatles.

― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:01 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"Eight Days" has done well by placing in this chart, believe me!

51. Something Single/Abbey Road (Points: 187, Voters: 8, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkhOmKVW08

"8DaW" sounds like The Beatles trying to write a song that sounds like 'The Beatles'.

<3 Pattie