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
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
― 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
"Catch Us If You Can"? Must have had a diff. title in the US!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it goes by both titles:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059258/
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
after seeing none of mine today, my #1 turns up at #21 and then another pick at 20!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
I botched the deadline and didn't submit in time but 8 out of my 20 have placed with doubtless more to come. Hivemindy.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
I did show Amber and Alice "A Hard Days Night" not long after So, should I let Amber and Alice see the Beatles' "Help" film? and they did decided AHDN was the better film.
They do request "Help" more often, though.
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
They genuinely had no involvement at all in Yellow Submarine, didn't they? That 'I Feel Fine' video upthread is de Niro in Raging Bull in comparison.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
"it's all in the mind"
― Z S, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
They genuinely had no involvement at all in Yellow Submarine, didn't they?
You mean apart from appearing in it (singing "All Together Now")!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
my votes today: Across the Universe, Here, There and Everywhere, Norwegian Wood, and Things We Said Today
― Darin, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
They genuinely had no involvement at all in Yellow Submarine, didn't they?You mean apart from appearing in it (singing "All Together Now")!
i thought that was the whole reasoning behind having an animated movie - that it was the least possible amount of work for the band.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, "Help!" is hack-work, but my current perspective is that it's mid-60s surf-and-spy-influenced hack-work, and quite charming hack-work at that. I think any kid nowadays that likes Austin Powers would love it.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
kind of amazed that "I Feel Fine" didn't make it.
Don't think it's going to make the top 19?
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
that's exactly what i was going to say. and that it's moments were mostly the "videos" for the songs, which totally turned me on to some album cuts i hadn't paid much attention to before i saw the movie. the "acting" was pretty much phoned in (and mumbled to boot) but at that point they really needed a vacation. not sure i blame them!
otoh they weren't really bothered with the yellow submarine movie because of the crappy beatles cartoon that preceded it, which none of them liked. which is kinda a shame, i LOVE the movie but was a little freaked out when i discovered it wasn't actually their voices in the cartoon - like being told there's no santa or something (ok i watched that movie way too much as a kid, i admit) i was freakin thrilled when the late 90's YS rerelease came out with it's all too much and only a northern song, which are great sgt pepper's era outtakes that really deserved to see the light of day (and worked perfectly in the context of the movie) i suppose it's asking too much for one of those 2 to make the top 20...
― messiahwannabe, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'll be shocked if it doesn't show up tomorrow. xp
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
It was because they were livid at BEpstein agreeing that "Beatles" cartoon series, and assumed that YelSub would be more of the same.
Paul's still a bit "everyone looks cool except me" about it.
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
Be shocked, I already said so above just so I could post the 'fish and chips' video.
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
HeLp! isn't total hack-work, it's still Richard Lester, it might be more excusable if it was just made by some hack, as it is it's just really lazy and shoddy
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cMdbfkl3Rz4/Rzbr94ByVhI/AAAAAAAABCk/nH_Yw4P2ibw/s400/submarine.jpg
― kkvgz, Monday, 18 July 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
25. Here Comes The Sun Abbey Road (Number Ones: 1)
^^^this was me FYI
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
"I Feel Fine" is one of their subtler early blockbusters. The combination of the guitar line with Ringo's ride cymbal beat - where in the world did they come up with something like that? And, of course, the harmonies and John Lennon was in his best voice in '64-'65 imo.
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Lester could only do so much with what he was given: a rushed script and four kids baked to the gills. In Anthology they talk about how some scenes took days to shoot because one of them would start giggling uncontrollably.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
or the four stars would just ski away and not come back
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
ALmost ashamed to admit that I was the #1 vote for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." I guess everyone here feels it's played out, but I always have and still do feel it's a remarkably executed recording, maybe the most aggressive Paul's bass ever sounded on a Beatles record.
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
hope it wasn't a comparative religion class!
― little mushroom person (abanana), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
The bass sound throughout the White Album is great.
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
I think that's maybe when he went back to using the Hofner (after using the Rickenbacker for a while)?
De Niro's rehearsals for Raging Bull probably did look a lot like that I Feel Fine video, come to think (distant xp to self)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 July 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
xp Nope, Paul stuck with the Rick throughout the white album, and went back to the Hofner for Let It Be and most (all?) of Abbey Road.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 July 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'm always a fan when they do a verse with one melody that goes on forever, like this or Your Mother Should Know.
I love this too. Is there an ILM thread for songs like this?
― nate woolls, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
My songs today: Blackbird (my #14), Here, There and Everywhere (#13), Here Comes the Sun (#18) and Things We Said Today (#12).
― nate woolls, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
they may not have had much to do with *making* Yellow Submarine but they sure enjoyed watching it
http://www.janetcharltonshollywood.com/images/2010/01/yellow-submarine.jpg
― piscesx, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link