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

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

xp

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

xp

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)
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a lot of my ballot getting dispatched in the 40s lol

42. The Back Seat Of My Car - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (806 points, 11 votes, 2 No. 1 votes))
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extremely too low my god

"back seat of my car" was no. 6 on my ballot. when turrican and i were fighting about paul's solo career continuing the sound of abbey road, i was planning to concede that particular song. it's perfect

good thing you didn't, though

lol

for real this time

40. Junior's Farm - Wings (feat. Paul) (830 points, 11 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
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entering this week's Top 40 with a bullet

don't think I'd ever heard this song before this poll and... those are some ur-McCartney lyrics there, blech

i like nonsense

+ great chorus riffs

39. Another Day - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (831 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
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great song, i don't think i realized how great until after i submitted my ballot

this is where all the RAM songs go, huh.

such a perfect little single – a nice contrast against "My Sweet Lord" and "Instant Karma."

until Uncle Albert places #1, obviously xp

38. Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (844 points, 12 votes)
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this song sucks

yeah i'm with shakey here

i like the synth line so much but i didn't vote for it. "coming up" is superior in basically every way

too much Paul here

well good thing we seem to be getting him out of the way