Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

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

Song Connections;

53. I Want to Hold Your Hand
54. I Will

I like this one:

23. She Said She Said
22. Things We Said Today

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.

Back In The USSR is a drag.

Or a roaring behemoth of a rock song. All opinions are welcome here.

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.

"Help!" (the film) is terrible

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.

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.

I guess AHDN was to an extent hackwork too, but it was good and tailored to them. It could've been anyone in Help!

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.

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.

Dave Clark 5 film >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Help!

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.

"Catch Us If You Can"? Must have had a diff. title in the US!

Yeah, it goes by both titles:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059258/

after seeing none of mine today, my #1 turns up at #21 and then another pick at 20!

I botched the deadline and didn't submit in time but 8 out of my 20 have placed with doubtless more to come. Hivemindy.

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.

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.

"it's all in the mind"

They genuinely had no involvement at all in Yellow Submarine, didn't they?

You mean apart from appearing in it (singing "All Together Now")!

my votes today: Across the Universe, Here, There and Everywhere, Norwegian Wood, and Things We Said Today

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.

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.

kind of amazed that "I Feel Fine" didn't make it.

Don't think it's going to make the top 19?

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.

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...

I'll be shocked if it doesn't show up tomorrow. xp

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.

Be shocked, I already said so above just so I could post the 'fish and chips' video.

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

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cMdbfkl3Rz4/Rzbr94ByVhI/AAAAAAAABCk/nH_Yw4P2ibw/s400/submarine.jpg

25. Here Comes The Sun Abbey Road (Number Ones: 1)

^^^this was me FYI

"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.

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

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.

or the four stars would just ski away and not come back

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.

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!

The bass sound throughout the White Album is great.

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)

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.

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?

My songs today: Blackbird (my #14), Here, There and Everywhere (#13), Here Comes the Sun (#18) and Things We Said Today (#12).

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

Ok, been busy but just caught up on this, glad to see someone else besides me had 'There's a Place' at #1, such a sharp piece of songwriting. There are a handful of those amazing songs on the early albums that I only really noticed relatively recently ('No Reply' is another although that didn't make my ballot).

The Yellow Submarine film was my introduction to The Beatles, loved it as a kid, I liked Help! as well but I've only seen that once or twice - keen to re-visit it after watching that 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' clip.

Also my favourite Song Connection from the countdown so far:

36. I Saw Her Standing There
35. Across the Universe