Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

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

Well, like I say, the entire "help" film is upthread..

20-1 tonight, Mark?

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, July 18, 2011 9:55 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ too high IMO
― V79, Monday, July 18, 2011 9:56 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/williams100.htm

The 20th Century's Greatest Hits
by Paul Williams
1. "Things We Said Today" The Beatles (1964)

It should be top 10 imo.

Can't wait to see A Day In The Life at #1. yawn.

I think DITL will be...#4! Most overrated of their oeuvre, IMHO

I didn't vote for it

me either - but i could understand why one might.

Paul stuck with the Rick throughout the white album

Seriously? Well, it's got to be the Rick with flatwound strings anyway.

Rickenbacker bass with flatwound strings is an intriguing concept! You will not sound like Chris Squire this way.

I'm really surprised so far by the percentage of McCartney songs turning up in this poll. Who knew there were so many old softies on ILM?!

Stats so far:

Lennon/McCartney: 3
McCartney: 20
Lennon: 13
Harrison: 4
Covers: 1

p sure my ballot ended up John heavy & I didn't expect that!

I am doing p badly in this poll b/c I favor the early years & this poll...doesn't?

Yeah, I given up on my early favs like It Won't Be Long even placing at this point.

^^^ depressing

I'm really surprised so far by the percentage of McCartney songs turning up in this poll. Who knew there were so many old softies on ILM?!

― Darin, Monday, July 18, 2011 11:07 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'm not sure why anyone would assume there'd be a disproportionate amount of Lennon over McCartney

I would have assumed the same--not disproportionate, but more Lennon than McCartney. I think Lennon will at the very least pull closer over the final 20.

help! the movie is frequently lame but that scene where they walk through the four doors and suddenly it turns out they're living in one big house redeems everything for me.

i'm not sure why anyone would assume there'd be a disproportionate amount of Lennon over McCartney

― drowning cool (some dude), Monday, July 18, 2011 8:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

ILM has a history of slagging McCartney + a lot of the tunes on the list are more FM staples of The Beatles catalog (Let it Be, Hello Goodbye). I guess I expected to see more stuff like Hey Bulldog and And Your Bird Can Sing.

Anyway, I pretty much love all the songs on this list - so not a judgement statement, just an observation.

feel like a lot of the "big" beatles songs have already hit the list, and it's gonna be a quirky top 19. but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

Only song I'm legit surprised didn't place higher is "Here Comes the Sun." Also glad I'm not the only one who put "I Saw Her Standing There" at #1!

it was my number 5

RIght, what I might do is nine today, but stagger them more

19. Long Long Long The Beatles (Points: 347, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3GhyjV9jqI

Ach, I mean eight today, leaving the top ten.

aww, i was hoping it would make the top 10, pretty good showing though

Well, top twenty for a track that'd never show up in the 'gambo'/'rolling stone' equivalent, I'd say it did well yes.

wine bottle rattling on amp at 2:45 ish a highlight for me

Was listening to Lennon singing Anna again yesterday. The emotion in his voice is unbeatable

18. Rain Single (Points: 355, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmJWHpBpjA

Honestly can't understand why I didn't vote for Long Long Long. Completely slipped my mind.

Can't listen to "Rain" any more without thinking of Oasis - which knocked it right down my list, alas.

doesn't ian macdonald call 'long long long' george's greatest ever song? definitely a contender for best on the album, so gorgeous and weird.

Long Long Long is another Beatles-track-like-no-other. It reminds me of Ride or some chillwave thing or something. I have a weird thing about English songs about Rain, inherited from my mother who'd always complain a lot if that Travis song came on the radio.

I could never hear Long Long Long 'til I got my (fake) remasters box - just too quiet. I can now report that it is very lovely.

17. She Loves You Single (Points: 360, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6yLow-SfA

"She Loves You" is the first pop song I remember hearing - it's like Side One, Track One of my whole life. (I didn't vote for it, though.)

It deserves more love than it gets. The coda in particular is astonishing.

Yes!! So why is this the best early Beatles hit? It's the ever so slight melancholy tug during the "yeah yeah yeah" bit. I only really noticed it recently, despite having grown up with the song. The Beatles half-joke about this being a lyrical breakthrough as it introduces a third person to the schematic, but really I think the lyrics are very well thought out.

i really shoulda voted for it - can't remember if i did or not.

never heard Long Long Long before.

It was always *the* Beatles single aiui growing up. I don't think it's in anything like such esteem in the US - I Want To Hold Your Hand has that role there I think.