Revolution - Official ILX Beatles tracks poll results

(can we have a post that is just the final list please)

I shall do, probably tomorrow.

top 3 are pretty much straight hipster canon, but that's cool - they're great tracks and think i probably voted for all of them. also the left-field 60-4 kinda made up for predictability of the top spots. + was glad let it be (my number one) broke into the bottom of the charts at least, seems like i always hear ilxor's crapping on it in other "answers"

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

wait, what's a "Bits and Pieces"? they sing jingle bells the at the end of the 1963 one, is "bits and pieces" about good old old king wenceslas?

The 'intro' with the feet is a copy of the intro to Bits and pieces. By The Dave Clrk Five.

to celebrate the end of this poll I'm gonna watch the "rotten apple" series on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0jr6TNwRs

by the end of the day I'm gonna be a believer

1. I Will
2. Lovely Rita
3. Back In The U.S.S.R.
4. A Day In The Life
5. Her Majesty
6. Got To Get You Into My Life
7. Octopus's Garden
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
9. It’s All Too Much
10. Only A Northern Song
11. Ticket To Ride
12. All Together Now
13. Because
14. Help!
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Here Comes The Sun
17. I've Got A Feeling
18. You're Going To Lose That Girl
19. Blue Jay Way
20.Day Tripper

whoops, Octopus's Garden in bold too. : )

Thanks, Mark. Again, I really liked the speeded-up countdown. (You just need to move to an EST country.)

Half the Top 10 was surprising to me, half was easy to guess. Actually, "A Day in the Life" making #1 was almost a reverse surprise, if that makes sense. My Top 20:

1. "Tell Me What You See"
2. "Martha My Dear"
3. "I Need You"
4. "Eight Days a Week"
5. "Rain"
6. "Don't Pass Me By"
7. "It's All Too Much"
8. "Baby, You're a Rich Man"
9. "Long, Long, Long"
10. "Ticket to Ride"
11. "I've Just Seen a Face"
12. "Yes It Is"
13. "Norwegian Wood"
14. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
15. "She Said She Said"
16. "Two of Us"
17. "I'm So Tired"
18. "She's a Woman"
19. "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
20. "I'm Looking Through You"

I don't think my Top 3 got another vote--wonder if that's true of anybody else.

1. Tomorrow Never Knows #3
2. A Day in the Life #1
3. Strawberry Fields Forever #2
4. Twist and Shout #30
5. I Want You (She's So Heavy) #33
6. Rain #18
7. Hey Bulldog #10
8. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
9. Things We Said Today #22
10 Julia #27
11 And Your Bird Can Sing #11
12 For No One #7
13 I Am The Walrus #8
14 Wait
15 Penny Lane #14
16 Happiness is a Warm Gun #6
17 All My Loving #56
18 Hold Me Tight
19 Revolution 1 (take 20) #124
20 Helter Skelter #44

xp I voted for Martha! wonder how did it place. also I briefly considered voting for Tell Me What You See, I like it very much

I'm surprised these didn't place: Lady Madonna, Please Please Me, Taxman, With A Little Help From My Friends, Within You Without You, Revolution 9, Because

Mein Ballot:

1. Lovely Rita
2. Flying
3. For No One
4. I'm Looking Through You
5. And Your Bird Can Sing
6. Don't Let Me Down
7. Julia
8. Lady Madonna
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Rocky Raccoon
11. I'm So Tired
12. I've Just Seen a Face
13. Baby, You're a Rich Man
14. Blackbird
15. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
16. She Said She Said
17. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. Dear Prudence
19. A Day in the Life
20. A Hard Day's Night

My ballot. 12 of my 20 did not make it, and nothing below 13 made it at all:

1 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (31)
2 If I Fell
3 Hey Bulldog (10)
4 And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
5 Slow Down
6 You Won't See Me (57)
7 Two Of Us (45)
8 Dear Prudence (4)
9 I Call Your Name
10 Getting Better (39)
11 I'll Get You
12 Tell Me Why
13 For No One (7)
14 I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
15 That Means A Lot
16 It Won't Be Long
17 I'll Follow The Sun
18 You're Going To Lose That Girl
19 The Night Before
20 Good Morning Good Morning

When will we get to see the full ranking?

Was gonna do it tomorrow, just so it didn't stymie discussion of the 60-1 chart.

fair enough

thanks for this.

i'm not a big fan but bought all the reissues in order just to hear all those lp-only tracks that i'd never heard. turned out there weren't that many that were any good 8) am currently trying to prune the 200+ tracks down to a manageable set but i got sidetracked at about 150...

Yeah, what I meant to say was that my Top 3 didn't place in the Top 60, not that they didn't get another vote. Which probably was true of others.

great job mark, thank you

A Day In The Life
You're Gonna Lose That Girl
Every Little Thing
I've Just Seen a Face
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Things We Said Today
Here, There And Everywhere
For No One
What You're Doing
Back in the U.S.S.R.
You Never Give Me Your Money
Golden Slumbers
I Dig A Pony
Come Together
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Cry Baby Cry
I'm a Loser
Girl
No Reply

What a wonderful time! Not many of mine placed, unfortunately.. I must be listening to a different Beatles than y'all. Mostly, I'm just burnt out on the 'classics'..

1 You're Going To Lose That Girl
2 Rocky Raccoon
3 Honey Pie
4 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
5 Baby, You're A Rich Man
6 Do You Want To Know A Secret
7 And Your Bird Can Sing (#12)
8 Don't Pass Me By
9 She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
10 Girl
11 Happiness Is A Warm Gun (#6)
12 Martha My Dear
13 Please Please Me
14 Tell Me Why
15 Maxwell's Silver Hammer
16 Oh! Darling
17 One after 909
18 Devil In Her Heart
19 Two Of Us
20 Her Majesty

Turns out my unsubmitted top 20 is ridiculously canon-friendly, top three especially - I'm the anti-Finefinemusic

1. Tomorrow Never Knows
2. A Day in the Life
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Nowhere Man
5. Hey Bulldog
6. Here Comes the Sun
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. I Am the Walrus
9. Helter Skelter
10. Blackbird
11. For No One
12. In My Life
13. Here, There and Everywhere
14. A Hard Day’s Night
15. Rain
16. You Won’t See Me
17. You Never Give Me Your Money
18. I Want to Hold Your Hand
19. Penny Lane
20. I’m So Tired

Fun poll, thanks Mark! Here's my ballot.

1. Paperback Writer (15)
2. Rain (18)
3. Helter Skelter (44)
4. Revolution 9
5. Strawberry Fields Forever (2)
6. Something (51)
7. Ticket To Ride (5)
8. I Feel Fine
9. Day Tripper
10. Tomorrow Never Knows (3)
11. Here, There And Everywhere (28)
12. I Am The Walrus (8)
13. Please Please Me
14. A Hard Day's Night (40)
15. Eight Days A Week (60)
16. A Day In The Life (1)
17. You Won't See Me (57)
18. I Want To Hold Your Hand (53)
19. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
20. Yesterday

ha, and if you *had* put that ballot in, "Nowhere man" would have had enough points to chart! (xpost)

DL's is spookily close to the final list.

awesome, someone else voted for "Every Little Thing"

I was glad to see "Ticket to Ride" show well, but disappointed that "I Feel Fine" wasn't there with it. I see them as companion pieces that reveal Ringo's greatness -- dragging the beat and tempo in one, and propelling the band and pulling the other guys along in the other.

DL: I challenge you to a FITE! :) Just kidding!

Rain
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Get Back
Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolution
Hey Jude
Yesterday
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Across the Universe
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
I'm Looking Through You
Paperback Writer
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Here Comes the Sun
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Birthday
We Can Work It Out
Here, There and Everywhere
I Am the Walrus

I knew Monkey and Birthday were long shots, but I was definitely counting on the other ones bolded here to make the top 60. Oh well.

Damn, finefinemusic! And I thought my ballot was full out outsider picks. Big up for the Her Majesty vote. Also, because you voted for Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da and Rocky Raccoon, you win the "purest soul" award for this poll wrap-up.

My ballot:

1 Help! (24)
2 And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
3 Come Together (50)
4 Strawberry Fields Forever (2)
5 I Want To Hold Your Hand (53)
6 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
7 Across The Universe (35)
8 Hey Bulldog (10)
9 Julia (27)
10 Long, Long, Long (19)
11 I've Got A Feeling
12 Tomorrow Never Knows (3)
13 I Will (54)
14 I'm Only Sleeping (9)
15 I'm So Tired (55)
16 Ticket To Ride (5)
17 It Won't Be Long
18 Taxman
19 Flying
20 Yes It Is (anthology version)

The joke was, I put Her Majesty at the end, just like the song is, geddit? Unfortunately it didn't get many points from me as a result! Purest soul? I like that. Summer makes me happy, makes me inclined to listen to jingly jangly pop music. I knew Ob-la-di wouldn't get far but I do truly like it - was shocked that Rocky Raccoon didn't!

gis for Purest Soul/how I look today
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/274/2/6/The_Purest_Soul_by_shadow_wolf.jpg

That's about right!

i voted for rocky racoon

*high five*

I didn't vote but now want to put together what my ballot would have been...

Great poll. Many thanks to the organizers. There will always be a place for you in the Savoy Truffle of my heart.

Here's my ballot. I think y'all need to go back and listen to I'll Cry Instead some more.

1. A Day In The Life
2. Help!
3. I’ll Cry Instead
4. No Reply
5. You Never Give Me Your Money
6. I’ve Just Seen A Face
7. She Loves You
8. Let It Be
9. I’m Looking Through You
10. Hey Jude
11. Ticket To Ride
12. In My Life
13. Sexy Sadie
14. We Can Work It Out
15. Rain
16. I’m Only Sleeping
17. She Said She Said
18. Got To Get You Into My Life
19. Blackbird
20. I Feel Fine

Thanks, Mark!

My votes:

1. Ticket to Ride
2. I'm Only Sleeping
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Things We Said Today
5. In My Life
6. Happiness is a Warm Gun
7. Hey Bulldog
8. Got to Get You Into My Life
9. I Am The Walrus
10. A Day in the Life
11. Here, There and Everywhere
12. If I Needed Someone
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Because
15. It Won't Be Long
16. Rain
17. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
19. Across the Universe (original single)
20. We Can Work It Out

i am *shocked* about where Hey Bulldog placed! it was, i think, my #19 but didn't expect... wow.

another day and it could've been a completely different twenty:

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!
3. Come Together
4. I've Just Seen A Face
5. I'm Only Sleeping
6. She Loves You
7. Paperback Writer
8. You Never Give Me Your Money
9. We Can Work It Out
10. Blackbird

11. I'm A Loser
12. Tomorrow Never Knows
13. Your Mother Should Know
14. Strawberry Fields Forever
15. Good Morning Good Morning
16. A Day In The Life
17. It Won't Be Long
18. No Reply
19. Penny Lane
20. Yellow Submarine

1. Eleanor Rigby (21) (i was expecting top 5 with this one!)
2. We Can Work It Out (11)
3. Magical Mystery Tour
4. And Your Bird Can Sing (12)
5. Get back (thought this one would make top 20)
6. If I Needed Someone (43)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (3) (did better than i expected)
8. What You're Doing
9. The Night Before
10. Helter Skelter (44) (surprisingly low)
11. Eight Days A Week (60)
12. The Word
13. Polythene Pam
14. Dear Prudence (4)
15. Norwegian Wood (20)
16. Revolution (52)
17. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
18. Paperback Writer (15)
19. Hey Bulldog (10) (shocked how well this did)
20. Don't Pass Me By

xpost, hey - the other Eleanor Rigby #1!

and thanks so much, Mark!

I was surprised by "Hey Bulldog" too, but from a different vantage point--it's the only Top 10 finisher I unequivocally dislike, which gets back to my general dislike of the Beatles at their heaviest.

"Please Please Me" not placing top 60 is some bullshit

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

This is the embryonic version of Hey Bulldog that I mentioned on the voting thread - it's rough as all hell but I still get the shivers from it. I wish they'd gone for a desperate vibe like this on the finished one.

#1. I Want To Tell You
02. Julia
03. She's Leaving Home
04. Fixing A Hole
05. Long Long Long
06. Getting Better
07. Baby You're A Rich Man
08. Love You To
09. Mother Nature's Son
10. Got To Get You Into My Life
11. There's A Place
12. I'm Only Sleeping
13. In My Life
14. Ticket To Ride
15. Golden Slumbers
16. I Am The Walrus
17. Sun King
18. If I Needed Someone
19. Yes It Is
20. It's Only Love (bit of a wasted vote this last one since I wanted something underplayed - but burnt out on it quickly and there's prob 100 Beatles songs I like better now!)

I'm pretty happy with that. I didn't vote for A Day In The Life in the end because I'm bored of it, but I'm not going to quibble with its placing. Strawberry Fields Forever was always my favourite when I went through my Beatles phase (in the mid-90s), but I didn't vote on what I thought the 'best' tunes were, just which ones I most enjoyed listening to a week or two ago when I did my ballot, so it dropped to about 5th place. I'm really happy to see For No One up there - nobody mentioned it and I thought I was the only person who loved it.

oh great I missed the countdown. it's 8:30 in the morning here!

it came fast and hard.

i honestly just never got Strawberry Fields. don't hate it or anything, but it never stood out as anything special to me aside from the fact it was widely loved.

er... *is* widely loved apparently!