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

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Those predictions sound about right

#9 Dream is basically a track from All Things Must Pass

I'd be very surprised to see 'No Words', but fully expecting the cult of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to help those twin pillars of millionaire whinge-rock climb the uppermost reaches of the chart.

"wah wah" was too low btw

#9 Dream is basically a track from All Things Must Pass

― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:49 PM (sixteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I can hear that. It's kinda Lennon does ATMP but a few years later, although it's less bombastic sonically, I think.

lol "#9 Dream" peaked at #9 of the Hot 100.

Dream bigger, Johnny! Number one dream.

millionaire whinge-rock

Is that a good or bad thing?

five songs on my ballot from mind games...

paul mccartney & whinge

fully expecting the cult of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to help those twin pillars of millionaire whinge-rock climb the uppermost reaches of the chart.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, June 5, 2018 12:49 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

been spending a lot of time in old beatles threads lately and this could be a geir post

i'm more sympathetic to that position than most and even i fuckin voted for "god"

"oh yoko!" for no. 1 if john must win though

This being ILM, thought Walking on Thin Ice may have made number one. Surprised it's outside the top 20.

hey i tried

Anybody else have recent-ish McCartney songs higher than "Jenny Wren?" Had seven and still had if fairly high.

The thing is Brad, Geir hated John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and I don't. Everything I said was correct, though, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is a record that has a cult following (or as much of a cult following as a record can get as a solo record by one of the members of The Beatles), it was made by a millionaire, is a rock album and contains a fair amount of whingeing.

Think there’s another John song coming, was in a hot Nike ad once upon a time iirc

Anybody else have recent-ish McCartney songs higher than "Jenny Wren?" Had seven and still had if fairly high.

― timellison, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 12:58 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i voted for "mr. bellamy" and "anyway"

'Instant Karma!'?

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oh yeah there we go. sorry "no words" :(

I remember reading somewhere that McCartney wanted Thom Yorke to play on 'Mr. Bellamy', but Yorke refused because he wasn't sure if he could perform up to the required standard. I personally don't think he would have been suitable for the track, which I feel is one of McCartney's best late-period songs.

Sad to see that Mind Games got no number one votes and then I remembered it got mine....

oh i also voted for "beautiful night" which i was hoping would place, oh well

Xpost, my #1 was from Driving Rain

The two I had highest were "The End of the End" and "English Tea"

Miles and miles of English garden stretching past the willow trees lines of hollyhocks and roses

that song is amazing

Did you ever hear the demo of 'Beautiful Night', Brad? That song had been kicking around since the late '80s, circa 'Once Upon a Long Ago' ... it was originally part of a proposed album called Return to Pepperland which was supposed to have been the follow-up to Press to Play, but it got scrapped.

oh yeah there's another paul album that's pretty much front to back great, chaos and creation xp

i didn't! i'm gonna look it up now

'The End of The End' is a favourite of mine, too - one of the most directly personal songs McCartney has ever written.

um, so I have some bad news

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'We Got Married' and 'This One' were meant to be on it, too, but of course ended up on Flowers in the Dirt instead. Others like 'Love Come Tumbling Down', 'Same Love', 'Loveliest Thing' etc. ended up as Flaming Pie B-sides.

this "beautiful night" demo is looovely

(Well, the others did - 'Loveliest Thing' was the B-side of 'Figure of Eight', I think.)

one of the most directly personal songs McCartney has ever written.

Same for "Scared" from New

'Early Days', too!

so apparently when I was dumping the last 5 late ballots into the results tabulation spreadsheet, I didn't expand some formulas correctly and those votes weren't counted. which, doesn't seem right... I'm inclined to just post the revised results so far (placements are different but the set of songs is p much the same) and go on to the top 10 from there. sorry for my spreadsheetery failure, this shit is complicated!

yay imagine fell out !

sorry to botch this so badly, surely nothing a WMTA pic cant cure
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYmktqwW0AE0Iq6.jpg

lol i mean if i were running this poll i'd have probably fucked it up a thousand times, you're doin' great shakey. excited for "give peace a chance" to fall off the end of the countdown maybe

at last, monkberry moon delight's rise to number one will be complete

make sure you have all of those Sour Milk Sea votes counted!

and "press" rockets into the top five

Dang “Eat At Home” is #1? Nice!

I fucking wish!

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Brad's stanning for "Press" is one of the nicest things this week

okay I'll post the ACTUAL RESULTS in chunks, have fun spotting the differences!

100. Helen Wheels - Wings (feat. Paul) (391 points, 7 votes)
99. Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon (feat. John) (393 points, 8 votes)
98. Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison (feat. George) (407 points, 6 votes)
TIE 97. Love Comes to Everyone - George Harrison (feat. George) (417 points, 8 votes)
TIE 97. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty (feat. George) (417 points, 6 votes)
96. Remember Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (423 points, 8 votes)
95. Power to the People - John Lennon (feat. John) (427 points, 7 votes)
94. Monkberry Moon Delight - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (436 points, 7 votes)
TIE 93. Early 1970 - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (445 points, 7 votes)
TIE 93. Crippled Inside - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (445 points, 6 votes)
92. One of These Days - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (448 points, 9 votes)
91. C Moon - Wings (feat. Paul) (472 points, 9 votes)
90. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon (feat. John) (474 points, 9 votes)

Maybe we should have a secret code, before we all get ready to explode.

89. How? - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (477 points, 7 votes)
88. Death of Samantha - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (484 points, 8 votes)
87. Listen, the Snow Is Falling - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (485 points, 6 votes)
86. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (feat. George) (492 points, 9 votes)
85. Magneto and Titanium Man - Wings (feat. Paul) (511 points, 9 votes)
84. Run of the Mill - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (518 points, 8 votes)
83. Goodnight Tonight - Wings (feat. Paul) (535 points, 10 votes)
82. When We Was Fab - George Harrison (feat. George) (541 points, 11 votes)
81. Oh My Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (542 points, 7 votes)
80. Look at Me - John Lennon (feat. John) (553 points, 8 votes)