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
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
― 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
Love it, voted it #8, didn't really expect it to place.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
Amazing song. Didn't vote for it though!
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
YEah, I voted this one. Beautiful.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
15. Paperback Writer Single (Points: 369, Voters: 16, Number Ones: 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZQXFZpTmQ
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
haha, I've never seen that video! I love all the riffwork on this one. Didn't vote though.
― V79, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
My #2 (I think. Might've been #3)
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a name for the "Paperback Writer" sound - i.e. crazy '60s Austin Powers Scooby Doo adventure romp music, also done on 5th Dimension's 'Age of Aquarius' and pastiched by Belle & Sebastian on 'Legal Man'?
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
The oddest thing was, about halfway through counting it was at the number one position, but it fell away due to getting absolutely no additional votes (until the last few ballots)...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
PW has an amazingly powerful sound, I can't think of anything much like it tbh other than occasionally powerpop trios hitting the spot (though not vocally).
Seven of my top ten have now placed. Still got hope for two of the others, but Mr Kite!'s chance has gone I think.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'd had this down as an outsider for #1, disappointed it fell away so badly.
What is there, some kind of time difference over in Britain? Gratified by "Long, Long, Long"'s showing. It's a song that rarely gets mentioned in official Beatles history. Glad "Rain" is high too, but I knew that one would do well.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:00 (twelve years ago) link
Thought "Long, Long, Long" might do better! Kinda hipster choice, innit?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:02 (twelve years ago) link
The kids are all Hey Bulldog and The Long And Winding Road these days.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:05 (twelve years ago) link
This, so far, is the only 'record' that has had a remastered vinyl release.
The "record store day" edition has a different catalogue number to the original, and is in stereo.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
"Long, Long, Long"'s stock must have risen in the past decade then, maybe connected to George's death. There was a time you'd never read a word about it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link