I've Just Seen A Face - I only discovered that when I got the box set. Stunning song, so joyous. My #4.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Never heard this one.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Me either - what is it?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Great to see There's a Place on there, my #19
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
46. I'm A Loser single (Points: 194, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
I think "I've Just Seen a Face" was my highest Paul. Astoundingly perfect love song.
― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
wow, I wouldn't ever expect There's a Place to place this high! two #1 are quite a pleasant surprise for me.
― V79, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Funny, until about 3/4 way through, it had only got two votes, but both were number ones.
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing from my ballot has appeared yet...maybe I'm being uber-hivemindy on this one.
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm A Loser was my #11. They sure understood the power of snapping into focus immediately.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
45. Two Of Us Abbey Road (Points: 196, Voters: 10, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Y3PlmwnRM
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
Yay, I love this one - it's from Let It Be though
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
44. Helter Skelter The Beatles (Points: 197, Voters: 8, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfkVGCU_BA
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
xpost oops typo, yes.
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Two Of Us was my #7. The last hurrah for early Beatles style John/Paul harmonies. So glad the song ended up the way it did instead of the more revved up version you initially see in the "Let It Be" film.
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
43. If I Needed Someone Rubber Soul (Points: 198, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzVcFK4Ywc
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Thought Helter Skelter would be higher. The slow, 27-minute version is another in the heavy Come Together vibe, come to think.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
I'm A Loser was my #1. Sad to see it so low.
― nate woolls, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
If I Needed Someone was my #5, love it
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
Apt title eh? (xp)
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
If I Needed Someone - really? Most forgettable song on Rubber Soul.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
I thought "Helter Skelter" would be MUCH higher.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
That's broken my duck - Helter Skelter was my #2. Kind of surprised it's so low, I had imagined it might be an ILM favourite.
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
I was going to look for a Hollies performance, but got surprised by actually finding a live perf.
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
.. of "If I needed someone" obv.
no way
― dave barry (absolutely clean glasses), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
"If I Needed Someone" is the best song on Rubber Soul!
― Euler, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm I'm a fan of all these songs but they were all outside my 20, I guess I really like the Beatles? Two Of Us was *just* outside Has that thing they do of having depth in apparent simplicity, I think...
xposts wow this moves fast. re IINS, always seemed to me to be an example of how on Rubber Soul (and Revolver to a lesser extent) they focussed on single-note pedals to great effect.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
42. Got To Get You Into My Life Revolver (Points: 199, Voters: 9, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEIVI-E0oDM
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
41. No Reply Revolver (Points: 207, Voters: 10, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UGjyM_yOM
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
shocked Helter Skelter is so low!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't vote for "Got to Get You Into My Life," but I still remember how exciting it was when it was released as a single in '75 or '76, a kind of Beatlemania revisited hooked into the Red, Blue[/i], and Rock 'n' Roll anthologies.
― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Helter Skelter and Revolution. People not liking heavy Beatles, I guess. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
40. A Hard Day's Night Hard day's night (Points: 210, Voters: 10, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hr671HfXSo
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sort of trying to have some fairly esoteric videos amongst the 'not often seen' performances, etc.
But that last one could only be:
Anyways, that's it for today, so be back Monday for more totals, but by all means carry on with the chat.....
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
"Helter Skelter": I kept saying, "Send Charlie a ballot, send Charlie a ballot."
― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Shitter Skelter more like.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's sad to see Helter this low.
― V79, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
A Hard Day's Night is way way way too low. It's a perfect song. Didn't make my number one, but it's up there. Along with "Please Please Me" and "She Loves You" it is the apotheosis of early Beatles.
― thewufs, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
I just realized I didn't vote for Helter Skelter. Maybe I should've spent more than five minutes on my ballot, but I thought "stream of consciousness" voting was more likely to produce honest results.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
doing this poll makes me realise there's lots and lots of Beatles songs I'm just a bit "meh" about but won't skip when I hear the albums. They're very much an album band in that respect, for me.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
The fast pace really works here. When these songs come at you one after another, you're reminded--and I do understand how, 40 years along, some people would be happy to never hear another word about the Beatles; I understand that--how dizzyingly great they really were.
― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
4/20 for me so far, seems about right. Suspect 20-10 will be the most interesting section of this, can't imagine there'll be too many surprises in the top ten.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
can't imagine there'll be too many surprises in the top ten.
Ah. (taps nose..)
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
6/20 from my ballot has placed so far.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
.. put it this way: When we get to number 11, I wil be verry surprised if anyone could guess all 10 'left' tracks.
There's a few in the positions 61 down ...
― Mark G, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
2/20!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
I've had no songs turn up yet.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Don't worry, Ringo's songs placed highly
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
Light showing of Sgt Pepper's so far makes me think there's gonna be a cluster of that shit toward the top.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 July 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link