Love I'm Looking Through You too. Another "invisibility" song from Rubber Soul. I like the spectral tone on some of the vocals, particularly the "Why, tell me why" bit.― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 12:27 (49 seconds ago) Bookmark
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 12:27 (49 seconds ago) Bookmark
I meant the "You don't look different but you have changed" - something about the intonation sounds really grave.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
31. While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles (Points: 260, Voters: 11, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbMop1Uloog
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
also, I wonder if I'm the only one who sees kind of a slight parallel on Help! and Rubber Soul between both I've Just Seen A Face\I'm Looking Through You and The Night Before\You Won't See Me in terms of arrangement, feel and placement.
xp - totally OTM about that intonation - it felt totally chilling for me the first time I've heard the song!
― V79, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
"I Want You" is the longest Beatles song (except for Revolution 9 which isn't really a song). Yes, longer even than "Hey, Jude"!
Also the last time the four Beatles would ever be in the same studio recording together.
Cynthia must have felt a bit slighted the first time she heard John singing "I'm in love for the first time..."
This made my top 5.
― Lee626, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
I used to like While My Guitar Gently Weeps very much, but now it seems too much overplayed to me
― V79, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
After such an exceptional run, 'While My Guitar' gently bores its way into the top 40.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
She's Leaving Home - TOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
i think it was my number 1 actually
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 18 July 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
I fucking hate Eric Clapton FWIW.
^^^!!!
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
10 ilxors used to be cruel to their woman, beat her, and kept her apart from the things that she loved.
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, but they're changing their scenes and doing the best they can.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
While Eric's Guitar Gently Weeps
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp: is "changing your scene" really enough though, when it comes to spousal abuse?
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
30. Twist and Shout Please Please Me (Points: 267, Voters: 11, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
not as good as the Chaka Demus & Pliers version ;-)
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the three-note "you have changed/learned the game/you're down there" is the best bit on ILTY
― you will know queer obama by his fruits (JoeStork), Monday, 18 July 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
Rubber Soul is a pretty spooky record. Even the cover, allegedly taken from the POV of dead Paul as he's being buried. *shiver*
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's such an autumn type of an album
― V79, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
29. Blackbird The Beatles (Points: 268, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqGCqMYaHQ&feature=related
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
xpost This is true. And also very nostalgic. I discovered it in its entirety while at college, but it will always make me think (very vividly) of walking with my parents around Fairlands Valley park in Stevenage as a kid; kicking leaves and stuff.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Blackbird was one of the first songs I learnt to play on guitar, and largely responsible for my love of finger-picking today.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
28. Here, There And Everywhere Revolver (Points: 274, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbINNZH-4o
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for reminding me of that Blackbird demo clip! I love this one. Placed the song as my #8, could have been a bit higher.
― V79, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
27. Julia The Beatles (Points: 291, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHsdvMfvkWY
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
26. Hey Jude Single (Points: 297, Voters: 15, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrrQwLdME8&feature=fvst
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
hey jude placing remarkably low. sorry john, but i never cared for julia.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
25. Here Comes The Sun Abbey Road (Points: 300, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeKIkvnAis
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Here/There/Everywhere -- first one of today's results to be on my ballot!
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
'Julia' is one of the few Beatles songs where a cover, the Ramsey Lewis version, is my favourite version if it.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
Here Comes The Sun is one of the few canon Beatles songs (the kind that get played on TV ads I mean) that I still enjoy beginning to end. It's the little organ counterpoint towards the end that I love.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
24. Help! Help! (Points: 304, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJfKNTlyYVE
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
(What the hell, watch the whole damn movie!)
A few of mine have shown up today, albeit way too low for my tastes.
Hey Jude, I'm Looking Through You, Across the Universe and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Probably Here Comes the Sun too, but I can't remember if I made room for it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
23. She Said She Said Revolver (Points: 307, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSoeAQg9g4&feature=related
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
:) at Julia placing. :( at Hey Jude.
― little mushroom person (abanana), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
Help! was my number 1. Very much a spur-of-the-moment choice - just a classic bit of pop songwriting imo. Formally perfect but also straight from the heart.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
22. Things We Said Today A Hard Day's Night (Points: 310, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DcV1UI1B6M
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Things We Said Today is a surprise. I mean it's lovely, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about it ever.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
^^ too high IMO
― V79, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
21. Eleanor Rigby Revolver (Points: 325, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht-qVldmP00
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost So is She Said She Said. Never thought of it as more than filler.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
And there's my #1, far far far too low
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
i still love Eleanor Rigby - haunting and familiar. Makes me think of musty old school halls.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Rubber Soul (Points: 329, Voters: 16, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLrtWMCB09M
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
And with at norwegian entry, squared,
That's it for today...
Chat continues, of course...
so, I'm not entirely sure i understand the hidden messages in Norwegian Wood. I think I can imagine the innuendo about "sat on her rug, drinking her wine", but "noticed there wasn't a chair"? "I lit a fire"? Is it just Lennonesque absurdity or what?
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Eleanor Rigby is one of my least favorite songs. Glad it didn't crack the top 20.
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
where's sickmouthy itt?
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen two of my top five. I fully expect to see two more of them in the top 20, but the one I have my doubts about is Back in the U.S.S.R., which I've seen garner some antipathy on ilm before. Anyone else have a top pick that you just don't think is going to place at this point?
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link