I think that's maybe when he went back to using the Hofner (after using the Rickenbacker for a while)?
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
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
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 There35. Across the Universe
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Well, like I say, the entire "help" film is upthread..
― Mark G, Monday, 18 July 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
20-1 tonight, Mark?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 18 July 2011 23:16 (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, 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
^^ 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 Hitsby Paul Williams1. "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.
― billstevejim, Monday, 18 July 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
I think DITL will be...#4! Most overrated of their oeuvre, IMHO
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 18 July 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't vote for it
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 July 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
me either - but i could understand why one might.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― timellison, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
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, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Stats so far:
Lennon/McCartney: 3 McCartney: 20Lennon: 13Harrison: 4Covers: 1
― Darin, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― Euler, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I given up on my early favs like It Won't Be Long even placing at this point.
― Darin, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ depressing
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
― 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
― drowning cool (some dude), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
― 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.
― Darin, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― get at me frog (symsymsym), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
it was my number 5
― get at me frog (symsymsym), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
RIght, what I might do is nine today, but stagger them more
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
19. Long Long Long The Beatles (Points: 347, Voters: 13, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3GhyjV9jqI
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
Ach, I mean eight today, leaving the top ten.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
aww, i was hoping it would make the top 10, pretty good showing though
― you will know queer obama by his fruits (JoeStork), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
Well, top twenty for a track that'd never show up in the 'gambo'/'rolling stone' equivalent, I'd say it did well yes.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
wine bottle rattling on amp at 2:45 ish a highlight for me
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:35 (twelve years ago) link
Was listening to Lennon singing Anna again yesterday. The emotion in his voice is unbeatable
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
18. Rain Single (Points: 355, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmJWHpBpjA
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
Honestly can't understand why I didn't vote for Long Long Long. Completely slipped my mind.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
Can't listen to "Rain" any more without thinking of Oasis - which knocked it right down my list, alas.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
17. She Loves You Single (Points: 360, Voters: 14, Number Ones: 0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6yLow-SfA
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
"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.)
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
It deserves more love than it gets. The coda in particular is astonishing.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:22 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
i really shoulda voted for it - can't remember if i did or not.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
never heard Long Long Long before.
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
well, IMO She Loves You really deserves a top ten placement.
― V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
"She Loves You" wasn't on Capitol records for the longest time, so probably got less of a promotional push beyond 'being available in shops' and 'not unlike their other current records'...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
at least it placed way higher than I Want To Hold Your Hand, which is fair in my book
― V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
16. You Never Give Me Your Money Abbey Road (Points: 366, Voters: 15, Number Ones: 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvA64O2LySc
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 09:48 (twelve years ago) link