Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

"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.

I used to like While My Guitar Gently Weeps very much, but now it seems too much overplayed to me

After such an exceptional run, 'While My Guitar' gently bores its way into the top 40.

She's Leaving Home - TOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

i think it was my number 1 actually

I fucking hate Eric Clapton FWIW.

^^^!!!

10 ilxors used to be cruel to their woman, beat her, and kept her apart from the things that she loved.

yeah, but they're changing their scenes and doing the best they can.

While Eric's Guitar Gently Weeps

xp: is "changing your scene" really enough though, when it comes to spousal abuse?

30. Twist and Shout Please Please Me (Points: 267, Voters: 11, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18

not as good as the Chaka Demus & Pliers version ;-)

yeah the three-note "you have changed/learned the game/you're down there" is the best bit on ILTY

Rubber Soul is a pretty spooky record. Even the cover, allegedly taken from the POV of dead Paul as he's being buried. *shiver*

it's such an autumn type of an album

29. Blackbird The Beatles (Points: 268, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqGCqMYaHQ&feature=related

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.

Blackbird was one of the first songs I learnt to play on guitar, and largely responsible for my love of finger-picking today.

28. Here, There And Everywhere Revolver (Points: 274, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbINNZH-4o

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.

27. Julia The Beatles (Points: 291, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 0)

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

26. Hey Jude Single (Points: 297, Voters: 15, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrrQwLdME8&feature=fvst

hey jude placing remarkably low. sorry john, but i never cared for julia.

25. Here Comes The Sun Abbey Road (Points: 300, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)

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

Here/There/Everywhere -- first one of today's results to be on my ballot!

'Julia' is one of the few Beatles songs where a cover, the Ramsey Lewis version, is my favourite version if it.

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.

24. Help! Help! (Points: 304, Voters: 12, Number Ones: 1)

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

(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.

Probably Here Comes the Sun too, but I can't remember if I made room for it.

23. She Said She Said Revolver (Points: 307, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSoeAQg9g4&feature=related

:) at Julia placing. :( at Hey Jude.

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.

22. Things We Said Today A Hard Day's Night (Points: 310, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DcV1UI1B6M

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.

^^ too high IMO

21. Eleanor Rigby Revolver (Points: 325, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht-qVldmP00

xxpost So is She Said She Said. Never thought of it as more than filler.

And there's my #1, far far far too low

i still love Eleanor Rigby - haunting and familiar. Makes me think of musty old school halls.

20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Rubber Soul (Points: 329, Voters: 16, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLrtWMCB09M

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?

Eleanor Rigby is one of my least favorite songs. Glad it didn't crack the top 20.

where's sickmouthy itt?

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?

Bungalow Bill, which I placed at #9. Other than that, I'd be surprised if my top ten doesn't place.

Back In The USSR is a drag. I think I feel this way about most Beatles openers.

60. Eight Days a Week
59. Lovely Rita
58. Let It Be
57. You Won't See Me
56. All My Loving
55. I'm So Tired
54. I Will
53. I Want to Hold Your Hand
52. Revolution
51. Something
50. Come Together
49. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
48. I've Just Seen a Face
47. There's a Place
46. I'm a Loser
45. Two of Us
44. Helter Skelter
43. If I Needed Someone
42. Got to Get You Into My Life
41. No Reply
40. A Hard Day's Night
39. Getting Better
38. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
37. Hello Goodbye
36. I Saw Her Standing There
35. Across the Universe
34. She's Leaving Home
33. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
32. I'm Looking Through You
31. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
30. Twist and Shout
29. Blackbird
28. Here, There and Everywhere
27. Julia
26. Hey Jude
25. Here Comes the Sun
24. Help!
23. She Said She Said
22. Things We Said Today
21. Eleanor Rigby
20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Blackbird was one of the first songs I learnt to play on guitar, and largely responsible for my love of finger-picking today.

Chalk another one up for Donovan