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

Those last two John songs are both amazing. Really love the whole 'there in the room' sound/feel of POB.

22. Walking on Thin Ice - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (1073 points, 15 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Yoko_Ono_Walking-Single-1981.jpg/220px-Yoko_Ono_Walking-Single-1981.jpg

hey it's my no. 1

i mean it's obv an incredible yoko song, but john's guitar

genius

this is also why i think it was great to open up the poll to anything a beatle played on

btw all of the versions of "walking on thin ice" on spotify are modern remixes, so it'll be missing from the playlist

21. Mind Games - John Lennon (feat. John) (1075 points, 16 votes)
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sleeve image always makes me think of Shel Silverstein for some reason, just the way her face is growing out of his head

unsurprised this is the only track from mind games to place

that's cool, never seen the 45 pic sleeve

i also think this song is a tad long for how many actual ideas are in it, but it's a great hook

20. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1106 points, 16 votes)
https://images.eil.com/large_image/GEORGE_HARRISON_ALL%2BTHINGS%2BMUST%2BPASS-567905.jpg

19. Working Class Hero - John Lennon (feat. John) (1130 points, 16 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
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18. Wah-Wah - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1232 points, 19 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/George_Harrison_%22Wah-Wah%22_sheet_music.jpg/165px-George_Harrison_%22Wah-Wah%22_sheet_music.jpg

17. Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (1235 points, 19 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Handle_with_Care_Single.jpg/220px-Handle_with_Care_Single.jpg

"Working Class Hero" my #1, easy choice

shoutout to the radio DJ who played this on the air after he died, I was listening

"handle with care" was one of the potential no. 1s in my head. i couldn't resist voting for it, it's such a good time

honestly surprised Mind Games placed so high. love it though

no love for Bring on the Lucie??

I voted for it

Mind Games is the only album from which I drew nothing. What a nattering, unfocused, dull album.

"bring on the lucie" is ok

xp aw I like the title track, appropriately anthemic

i've got a bad memory associated with "mind games" so i didn't vote for it myself

ATMP the track is so gorgeous, was my #6

Mind Games is def unfocused and limp-sounding

16. Photograph - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (1302 points, 17 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Ringo_starr_photo.jpg/220px-Ringo_starr_photo.jpg

15. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon (feat. John) (1303 points, 16 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Watching_the_Wheels_%28John_Lennon_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg/220px-Watching_the_Wheels_%28John_Lennon_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg

voted for watching the wheels very highly, even tho i don't like the studio version.

the acoustic version, though...

what a long paulless stretch

"photograph" too low

yea the acoustic version of Watching the Wheels is one of John's highest points

acoustic version of Starting Over is ace, too

yea the acoustic version of Watching the Wheels is one of John's highest points

#9 Dream is gonna place way too fucking high

oh god yeah

rip "bless you"

bobby keys' solo on photograph is some of his best ever work.

The different lyrics always put me off. Also, it’s missing the greatest double-tracked vocal of all time.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 2:39 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

true, also that great descending piano riff

idk after hearing the acoustic version, the studio version always sounds overdone to me.

i like the lyrics better in the acoustic version too

it's very thin sounding

I feel like post-Voorman John's stuff is often lacking in the low end/bass dept.

14. Junk - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (1308 points, 19 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.EL9ViaCaUM1yFggbcUzU8wAAAA

paul's not dead

13. Coming Up - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (1346 points, 22 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/McCartneyComingUp.jpg/220px-McCartneyComingUp.jpg

aaaaaaaaaa COMING UP

this placing so high is one of those only-on-ILM idiosyncrasies, I would think. Like, nowhere else in the internet or the world would this spring to mind as people's favorite Macca song.

canceled out of course by the massive lol of discovering that after all that, turrican didn't vote.

Indeed, and I've already explained one reason why this was the case - you might have been willing to cobble together a ballot at the last nanosecond with whatever, but I wasn't. Another reason is that, well, for some of us, putting together a list of 100 Beatles solo songs isn't actually number one on their list of priorities. I would have loved to have submitted a ballot, but I didn't - and if that's your idea of humour then fucking hell, get out more.

"Coming Up" nowhere near my list. I didn't know deejays flipped the single over and made the live version the hit; I thought it was always so.