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
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.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
60. Eight Days a Week59. Lovely Rita58. Let It Be57. You Won't See Me56. All My Loving55. I'm So Tired54. I Will53. I Want to Hold Your Hand52. Revolution51. Something50. Come Together49. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away48. I've Just Seen a Face47. There's a Place46. I'm a Loser45. Two of Us44. Helter Skelter43. If I Needed Someone42. Got to Get You Into My Life41. No Reply40. A Hard Day's Night39. Getting Better38. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight37. Hello Goodbye36. I Saw Her Standing There35. Across the Universe34. She's Leaving Home33. I Want You (She's So Heavy)32. I'm Looking Through You31. While My Guitar Gently Weeps30. Twist and Shout29. Blackbird28. Here, There and Everywhere27. Julia26. Hey Jude25. Here Comes the Sun24. Help!23. She Said She Said22. Things We Said Today21. Eleanor Rigby20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Chalk another one up for Donovan
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Song Connections;
53. I Want to Hold Your Hand54. I Will
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
I like this one:
23. She Said She Said22. Things We Said Today
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
A lot of ballads today, a couple I love, some I consider lightweight. The opening of Help! just kills me. I played it for a class once, and one of my Indian students was offended: "We're not really like that, you know." Eye-opening experience--I've never played it again--but I do still love it.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Back In The USSR is a drag.
Or a roaring behemoth of a rock song. All opinions are welcome here.
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
My opinion on Beatles films changed over the years, as AHDN entered my mind as one of the truly great music films of all time, and MMT as underdog experimental art film, with Help! being cast aside as a flimsy thing. Re-watching it lately, I have fallen back in love with it's madcap mid-60s surf-and-spy conventions.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
"Help!" (the film) is terrible
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
Majorly disagree. It's far from perfect, but the opening, together with the "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Ticket to Ride" sequences, make it indispensable.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't seen Help! but from what I understand it's a piece of hackwork. It confuses me that they'd do that after AHDN; and also that they'd take no interest in Yellow Submarine after having put such a lot into MMT.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
I guess AHDN was to an extent hackwork too, but it was good and tailored to them. It could've been anyone in Help!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Help! (the film) has its moments, but they were clearly disinterested in making it as good as A Hard Day's Night. At that point, they started developing an eye towards jumping off the constant publicity/touring treadmill. Also, weed.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
It's the same director, and one who was far from just a hired hand...I don't see how it could have been anyone in Help! I'm trying to imagine the Dave Clark 5 or Manfred Mann or anyone else in the "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" scene (way above); it doesn't compute.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
Dave Clark 5 film >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Help!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Was it John Boorman who directed the DC5 film? I've forgotten the title...
Having a Wild Weekend--yes. I've got the soundtrack, but haven't seen the film. I know it has a following, but it would have to go some to eclipse Help! for me.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link