POLL Those Years Ago: The Beatles Solo Careers Poll Results Thread

anyway who's ready for more

me

here's an okay song ruined by a shitty sax song for you!

49. Listen To What The Man Said - Wings (feat. Paul) (661 points, 13 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Listen_to_What_the_Man_Said.jpg

sax solo

48. Let 'Em In - Wings (feat. Paul) (668 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
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47. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Wings (feat. Paul) (681 points, 11 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Paul_McCartney_-_Nineteen_Hundred_and_Eighty-Five.jpg/220px-Paul_McCartney_-_Nineteen_Hundred_and_Eighty-Five.jpg

lol'd recently @ this showing up in an Eastbound and Down scene where Kenny beats up his boss from the car rental place

46. Badge - Cream (feat. George) (682 points, 9 votes)
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I hate Cream but I had to vote for Badge

eyyyy my favorite band on the run song is too low

All four of these on my ballot

sax solo

lol I never would have guessed that was recorded in New Orleans. Similar to Band on the Run bearing no resemblance to anything going on in Lagos at the time, I guess. Paul likes to go places but not absorb their influences, I suppose.

(and yes I know the Fela story)

Possible he just went for the weed

i mean he's no dave grohl xp

Magneto a really joyful song. Didn’t really consider it one of the absolute best solo Beatles songs for a long time but I do now and had it pretty high.

how come he never recorded in Kingston? (or did he and I just have never read about it?)

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"let 'em in" is just such a sweet, gentle, ambling groove. iirc it's my no. 100

Dave Grohl trying to get the Foo Fighters to do a song with the Bo Diddley rhythm in New Orleans was one of the saddest dad-rock flailing moments I have ever seen. Bizarre that such a world famous drummer can't swing for shit.

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lmao otm

Adore Let ‘Em In. Th snare and piccolo thing must’ve really played in 1976.

first single-Beatle tie

TIE 45. Junior's Farm - Wings (feat. Paul) (740 points, 11 votes)
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TIE 45. Dear Boy - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (740 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
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"Junior's Farm" also had a first-place vote.

xp lol what's up with that pic?

Dear Boy is one of the few Paul solo songs that sounds like the Beatles and has a melody in their class.

(And I say that as a massive Paul fan)

"Junior's Farm" also had a first-place vote.

oh shit! I fucked something up with your ballot. sit tight everybody

"dear boy" is amazing. "junior's farm" invented shoegaze (j/k) (but am i???)

Hey if you didn't include my ballot can I redo it quickly to include "Special Friend"?
(j/k) (but am i???)
(j/k)

placings posted so far might change slightly

WilliamC your ballot had a couple things wonky with it that I had to accomodate and I screwed up placing Junior's Farm at the top of your ballot as a result, fixing it now

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lol williamc

like, you had *both* versions of Isn't it a Pity, a Leon Russell song that I had to disqualify, and "Rock Show" as an individual track (when everybody else had it combined with "Venus and Mars"). So I had to change a few of your entries to match what other people had on their ballots and your "Junior's Farm" entry appears to have gotten messed up in the shuffle

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sorry guys monkberry moon delight is now the number one song, it's science.

it is the best song

Here's the revised/corrected list of placings posted to-date. Not a huge difference cuz it just shifted most of WilliamC's votes by a single point but still. Sorry for the error

45. Let Me Roll It - Wings (feat. Paul) (773 points, 11 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
46. Well Well Well - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (769 points, 12 votes)
47. Dear Boy - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (740 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
48. Badge - Cream (feat. George) (681 points, 9 votes)
49. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Wings (feat. Paul) (680 points, 11 votes)
50. Let 'Em In - Wings (feat. Paul) (667 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
51. Listen To What The Man Said - Wings (feat. Paul) (660 points, 13 votes)
52. Whatever Gets You Through the Night - John Lennon (feat. John) (658 points, 9 votes)
53. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (656 points, 11 votes)
54. Ram On - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (655 points, 11 votes)
55. Blow Away - George Harrison (feat. George) (647 points, 10 votes)
56. If Not for You - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (632 points, 12 votes)
57. Arrow Through Me - Wings (feat. Paul) (630 points, 10 votes)
58. My Brave Face - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (629 points, 11 votes)
59. Woman - John Lennon (feat. John) (627 points, 9 votes)
60. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (626 points, 10 votes)
61. Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow) - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (624 points, 9 votes)
62. Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (609 points, 10 votes)
63. Single Pigeon - Wings (feat. Paul) (605 points, 8 votes)
64. Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (598 points, 11 votes)
65. Silly Love Songs - Wings (feat. Paul) (588 points, 9 votes)
66. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - George Harrison (feat. George) (570 points, 9 votes)
67. With A Little Luck - Wings (feat. Paul) (569 points, 10 votes)
TIE 68. Remember - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (539 points, 8 votes)
TIE 68. Take It Away - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (539 points, 10 votes)
69. Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (531 points, 8 votes)
70. Secret Friend - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (529 points, 8 votes)
71. How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (525 points, 10 votes)
72. Heart of the Country - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (519 points, 8 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
73. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - George Harrison (feat. George) (518 points, 7 votes)
74. I’m Losing You - John Lennon (feat. John Lennon) (488 points, 8 votes)
75. Apple Scruffs - George Harrison (feat. George) (478 points, 9 votes)
76. Day After Day - Badfinger (feat. George) (477 points, 6 votes)
TIE 77. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon (feat. John) (474 points, 9 votes)
TIE 77. Goodnight Tonight - Wings (feat. Paul) (474 points, 9 votes)
78. Look at Me - John Lennon (feat. John) (470 points, 7 votes)
79. Run of the Mill - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (455 points, 7 votes)
80. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (451 points, 7 votes)
81. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (feat. George) (441 points, 7 votes)
82. Magneto and Titanium Man - Wings (feat. Paul) (432 points, 8 votes)
83. C Moon - Wings (feat. Paul) (429 points, 8 votes)
84. When We Was Fab - George Harrison (feat. George) (427 points, 9 votes)
85. Remember Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (423 points, 8 votes)
86. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty (feat. George) (417 points, 6 votes)
87. I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison (feat. George) (411 points, 8 votes)
88. Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison (feat. George) (407 points, 6 votes)
89. Fame - David Bowie (feat. John) (399 points, 6 votes)
90. Mrs. Lennon - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (396 points, 7 votes)
91. One of These Days - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (394 points, 7 votes)
92. Power to the People - John Lennon (feat. John) (375 points, 6 votes)
93. Monkberry Moon Delight - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (370 points, 6 votes)
94. Mull Of Kintyre - Wings (feat. Paul) (367 points, 6 votes)
95. What A Bastard The World Is - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (364 points, 5 votes)
96. Oh My Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (363 points, 5 votes)
97. Crippled Inside - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (359 points, 5 votes)
98. Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (349 points, 5 votes)
99. How? - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (346 points, 5 votes)
100. Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon (feat. John) (343 points, 7 votes)

oh, well "let me roll it' is too low

lol I'm a troublemaker (I wish)

love well well well and it's nasty guitar line.

WELLLLLLLLLL

adding to the love for badge, too, what a perfect little gem of a song. that bridge (obviously), that bassline, the massive energy on the final verse.

i've corrected the spotify playlist except it's still starting with "calico skies"

"getting closer" and "long haired lady" singlehandedly 77'd by williamc's ballot

or 78'd, idk, need more sleep

one after 101'd

yeah Long Haired Lady slipped to 101 and Getting Closer to 102. (Calico Skies to 103)

okay, back on track

44. Beware of Darkness - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (786 points, 14 votes)
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my no. 3

also can we celebrate "let me roll it" which feels like paul trying to write a george song

honestly difficult for me to think of songs more perfect than "beware of darkness"

43. Too Many People - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (801 points, 13 votes)
http://macca-central.com/macca-songs/singles/images/too_many_people_45.jpg