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...
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
great job mark, thank you
A Day In The LifeYou're Gonna Lose That GirlEvery Little ThingI've Just Seen a FaceHappiness is a Warm GunThings We Said TodayHere, There And EverywhereFor No OneWhat You're DoingBack in the U.S.S.R.You Never Give Me Your MoneyGolden SlumbersI Dig A PonyCome TogetherI Want You (She's So Heavy)Here Comes The SunCry Baby CryI'm a LoserGirlNo Reply
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
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 Girl2 Rocky Raccoon3 Honey Pie4 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da5 Baby, You're A Rich Man6 Do You Want To Know A Secret7 And Your Bird Can Sing (#12)8 Don't Pass Me By9 She Came In Through the Bathroom Window 10 Girl11 Happiness Is A Warm Gun (#6)12 Martha My Dear13 Please Please Me14 Tell Me Why15 Maxwell's Silver Hammer16 Oh! Darling17 One after 90918 Devil In Her Heart19 Two Of Us20 Her Majesty
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Turns out my unsubmitted top 20 is ridiculously canon-friendly, top three especially - I'm the anti-Finefinemusic
1. Tomorrow Never Knows2. A Day in the Life3. Strawberry Fields Forever4. Nowhere Man5. Hey Bulldog6. Here Comes the Sun7. Eleanor Rigby8. I Am the Walrus9. Helter Skelter10. Blackbird11. For No One12. In My Life13. Here, There and Everywhere14. A Hard Day’s Night15. Rain16. You Won’t See Me17. You Never Give Me Your Money18. I Want to Hold Your Hand19. Penny Lane20. I’m So Tired
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, and if you *had* put that ballot in, "Nowhere man" would have had enough points to chart! (xpost)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
DL's is spookily close to the final list.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome, someone else voted for "Every Little Thing"
― you will know queer obama by his fruits (JoeStork), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
DL: I challenge you to a FITE! :) Just kidding!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
RainWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsThe Ballad of John and YokoGet BackTomorrow Never KnowsRevolutionHey JudeYesterdayYou've Got to Hide Your Love AwayAcross the UniverseEverybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My MonkeyI'm Looking Through YouPaperback WriterNorwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)Here Comes the SunI Want to Hold Your HandBirthdayWe Can Work It OutHere, There and EverywhereI 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.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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 Monkey7 Across The Universe (35)8 Hey Bulldog (10)9 Julia (27)10 Long, Long, Long (19)11 I've Got A Feeling12 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 Long18 Taxman19 Flying20 Yes It Is (anthology version)
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
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 todayhttp://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/274/2/6/The_Purest_Soul_by_shadow_wolf.jpg
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
That's about right!
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i voted for rocky racoon
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
*high five*
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't vote but now want to put together what my ballot would have been...
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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 Life2. Help!3. I’ll Cry Instead4. No Reply5. You Never Give Me Your Money6. I’ve Just Seen A Face7. She Loves You8. Let It Be9. I’m Looking Through You10. Hey Jude11. Ticket To Ride12. In My Life13. Sexy Sadie14. We Can Work It Out15. Rain16. I’m Only Sleeping17. She Said She Said18. Got To Get You Into My Life19. Blackbird20. I Feel Fine
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks, Mark!
My votes:
1. Ticket to Ride2. I'm Only Sleeping3. You Never Give Me Your Money4. Things We Said Today5. In My Life6. Happiness is a Warm Gun7. Hey Bulldog8. Got to Get You Into My Life9. I Am The Walrus10. A Day in the Life11. Here, There and Everywhere12. If I Needed Someone13. Strawberry Fields Forever14. Because15. It Won't Be Long16. Rain17. Tomorrow Never Knows18. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)19. Across the Universe (original single)20. We Can Work It Out
― Darin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i am *shocked* about where Hey Bulldog placed! it was, i think, my #19 but didn't expect... wow.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
another day and it could've been a completely different twenty:
1. Eleanor Rigby2. Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!3. Come Together4. I've Just Seen A Face5. I'm Only Sleeping6. She Loves You7. Paperback Writer8. You Never Give Me Your Money9. We Can Work It Out10. Blackbird
11. I'm A Loser12. Tomorrow Never Knows13. Your Mother Should Know14. Strawberry Fields Forever15. Good Morning Good Morning16. A Day In The Life17. It Won't Be Long18. No Reply19. Penny Lane20. Yellow Submarine
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Eleanor Rigby (21) (i was expecting top 5 with this one!)2. We Can Work It Out (11)3. Magical Mystery Tour4. 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 Doing9. The Night Before10. Helter Skelter (44) (surprisingly low)11. Eight Days A Week (60)12. The Word13. Polythene Pam14. Dear Prudence (4)15. Norwegian Wood (20)16. Revolution (52)17. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band18. 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!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
and thanks so much, Mark!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"Please Please Me" not placing top 60 is some bullshit
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
#1. I Want To Tell You02. Julia03. She's Leaving Home04. Fixing A Hole05. Long Long Long06. Getting Better07. Baby You're A Rich Man08. Love You To09. Mother Nature's Son10. Got To Get You Into My Life11. There's A Place12. I'm Only Sleeping13. In My Life14. Ticket To Ride15. Golden Slumbers16. I Am The Walrus17. Sun King18. If I Needed Someone19. Yes It Is20. 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!)
― Paul, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― There is power in an onion (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
oh great I missed the countdown. it's 8:30 in the morning here!
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
it came fast and hard.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
er... *is* widely loved apparently!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
1. All My Loving2. Please Please Me3. Hello Goodbye4. I Feel Fine5. Getting Better6. Penny Lane7. Ask Me Why8. Martha My Dear9. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away10. Honey Pie11. I Want to Hold Your Hand12. P.S. I Love You13. No Reply14. The Honeymoon Song15. Baby's in Black16. Lovely Rita17. I'll Be Back18. Long Long Long19. Mr. Moonlight20. I Need You
In retrospect, I think I would have put "You're Going to Lose That Girl" at 15 and bumped the rest down. Forgot about that one.
― timellison, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
My ballot (I can't be bothered to check which ones made it into the countdown):
1 Hello Goodbye2 Hey Bulldog3 l'll Follow the Sun4 For No One5 Got To Get You Into My Life6 Love Me Do7 Strawberry Fields Forever8 Across The Universe9 Cry Baby Cry10 All My Loving11 You never give me Your money12 Do You Want To Know A Secret 13 I Am The Walrus14 Tomorrow Never Knows15 Penny Lane16 Think For Yourself17 Your Mother Should Know18 Help!19 I'm Only Sleeping20 The Word
In another week I could easily swap at least ten of these for ten different tunes and even now I can't remember why I voted for 'Do You Want To Know A Secret?'.
― There is power in an onion (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
considering it's their original UK breakthrough!
― Paul, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad to say it looks like I was the only one to vote for 'Goodnight'.
1. A Hard Day's Night2. Tomorrow Never Knows3. Goodnight4. And Your Bird Can Sing5. She's Leaving Home6. Can't Buy Me Love7. I'll Follow The Sun8. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away9. Tell Me Why10. Blackbird11. Things We Said Today12. Help13. Revolution 914. In My Life15. I Am The Walrus16. Here Comes The Sun17. Lady Madonna18. I Want To Hold Your Hand19. I Will20. Penny Lane
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
1 Strawberry Fields Forever2 Helter Skelter3 Revolution 94 Sexy Sadie5 Sun King6 I Want You (She's So Heavy)7 Help!8 All You Need is Love9 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill10 Rocky Raccoon11 Cry Baby Cry12 I am the Walrus13 We Can Work It Out14 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey15 Happiness Is A Warm Gun16 Hello Goodbye17 Twist and Shout18 The Inner Light19 She Loves You20 Her Majesty
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
This is one poll where I think some kind of age breakdown of the voting might be interesting--one list of results for people over 40, one for people under. (Or maybe a little lower--I expect that weren't many over-40 voters like me.) I don't know; my guess is the two lists would look very different, but maybe not.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Please get on this right away, Mark.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, would not be too difficult if everyone posted their age to me.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
1: A Day in the Life2: A Hard Day's Night3: In My Life4: She Loves You5: Michelle6: Let It Be7: The Long and Winding Road8: With a Little Help From My Friends9: Hey Jude10: Got to Get You Into My Life11: I'm Only Sleeping12: You Can't Do That13: I Should Have Known Better14: Penny Lane15: Come Together16: If I Fell17: Across the Universe18: I'll Cry Instead19: Please Please Me20: There's a Place
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i was wondering what the breaking down between UK/Europe and US/Canada would look like.
xposts (i'm early 30's)
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
28/USA
― thewufs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
right: Older UK posters voted for "Long and winding"
Younger US voted for "and your bird"
Midage UK voted "Hey Bulldog"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
41/USA
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
lol lol
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not doing it really, btws.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link