Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

Wow--surprised I cast the only vote for the ultra-catchy and not-obscure "Christmas Time Is Here Again." I figured it would show up towards the bottom of a few ballots.

Drive My Car is the odd one out of that bottoms list.

I'm fucking shocked at Drive My Car being there.

Dog Latin - Revolver and Past Masters are very very urgent and key. Hard Day's Night may well turn your head too - the sound is incredibly raw and live and 'in a room', makes it super exciting.

189. Devil In Her Heart 14

this was only me? whadda bunch of punks

xpost I'll bear these in mind. I don't even know if I've actually heard HDN in its entirety. Might give me a reason to dip into more early stuff. I'm just a RS+ buff really.

I've played Revolver to death, so I don't know if I'd want to shell out for a remaster - is it very different?

Revolver mono or stereo? The extreme separation of instruments/vocals on Revolver always bugged me. Is it less severe on the remasters? Does it count less? I'm up in the air about the Past Masters remaster - how much improved is the sound from the singles on "1"?

I HATE that extreme separation thing... Especially annoying if one of your headphones/speakers breaks and you're left with just backing vocals and drums or whatever.

I agree. Revolver sucks on the headphones. xp

i was just hyped to actually be able to vote for the xmas flexis - i love those things! '64 was the best one, they start off reading their lines like the year before, then start getting all smartassy at their copywriters a few lines in. john - "thanks to all of you who bought me book, thank you folks for buying it, it was very handy. and there's another one out pretty soon, it says here..."

also, kazoo vs. harmonica

Is that the one where they do a sarcastic version of "Bits and Pieces" which collapses into "Jingle Bells"?

Mono Revolver is the way to go (except it's only in that goddamn expensive box). Not only does it clear up the extreme separation issue, but some of the mixes are noticeably different: an extra guitar figure in "I'm Only Sleeping," slightly different entrances/exits of the tape loops in "Tomorrow Never Knows," etc. etc.

Oh man don't talk about the #1 album, fucking awful dogshit sound.

The way you get over the extreme stereo separation is by playing the albums VERY LOUD on BIG SPEAKERS.

that are VERY CLOSE TOGETHER!

Actually mine are about 5 feet apart and it sounds just dandy.

That would be nice. Sadly I can't even fit both speakers in my living room (have one next to the TV and one in the adjoining kitchen, which is handy if you're going room to room, but SHIT if you do want any kind of stereo experience). Plus I have neighbours and paper thin walls.

We Can Work It Out was my #2 as well, glad it's at least placed this high. such a fantastic encapsulation of their mid-period approach.

who's doing the lead guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing?

Mono Revolver is the way to go (except it's only in that goddamn expensive box).

Best Buy has had the mono boxes for $99.98 since May.

who's doing the lead guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing?

According to Lewisohn, it's John and George together on matching brand-new Stratocasters.

Is that the one where George walked out so Ringo just did the guitar?

also my prediction is Hey Bulldog at number 1 lol

Plus I have neighbours and paper thin walls.

Ah, I remember PaperThinWalls...

Although other sources apparently say that the "Bird" guitar work was George and Paul or John and Paul, so who knows? It may have just been George overdubbed for all I know!

it doesn't sound (to me) like a part John would come up with

i was the only vote for drive my car??

does that bottom 10 list mean that someone else voted for Real Love besides me...?

Me and a bunch of socks had it at #1

hahaha

Songs with one vote take places up to number 140.

Songs with two votes take places from 156 upwards.

RL placed 138.

Your conclusion...

I was told there would be no math

No math, just logic.

"I was told there would be no math": I have six or seven kids say that to me on the first day of school every year.

Is it six or seven? Show your work.

lol

just quotin Chevy Chase here

so, who's the other one who voted for "Boys"?

OK, can somebody help an ignoramus out and tell me where the actual poll was, and how we were supposed to vote, etc.?

idgi

Official ILX Artist Tracks Poll : The Beatles (Next up: Prince)

The thing I've learned from this poll that I've never known about ilx before is that Mark G is distinguishable from other Marks and Matts on this board in that he is a certifiable loon.

Are the top 10 going to be revealed today or tomorrow?

Prince poll's already going, let's get this over with

Unless Mark G. was testifying in the hacking scandal, let's go already!! (BTW nice job shaving cream pie thrower, hope you're f--in' happy you gave the right wing the perfect distraction, moron)

It's half past twelve in the UK, he's probably asleep or something...

OOPS! Nightie night Mark G. ;)

Love these Youtubes! Was always fascinated by how the body language of that "We Can Work It Out" clip is "We Can't Work It Out." Never saw the "She Loves You" clip with replacement Ringo, so weak!

Finding that the other stuff that moves me most besides what I've raved about is

52. Revolution
29. Blackbird
26. Hey Jude
25. Here Comes the Sun
17. She Loves You
13. In My Life

which are all, in a way, different expressions of the same optimism.

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, July 19, 2011 5:23 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark

this is otm

"She Loves You" is also, even more than "I Want to Hold Your Hand," the one that particularly speaks to the Dylan quote that "their chords were outrageous."

"you know you should be glad" has that little bluesy minor-key thing in the vocal harmonies .. "i wanna hold yo hand" is pretty much straight up and down with no bluesy elements

"I Wanna Hold Yo Hand"--that was the Fat Boys, wasn't it?

i hope so