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

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)

lol fuck

79. Mrs. Lennon - Yoko Ono (feat. John) (557 points, 10 votes)
78. Fame - David Bowie (feat. John) (560 points, 8 votes)
77. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon (feat. John) (575 points, 9 votes)
76. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (576 points, 10 votes)
75. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - George Harrison (feat. George) (577 points, 8 votes)
74. Heart of the Country - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (585 points, 10 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
73. I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison (feat. George) (599 points, 10 votes)
72. Day After Day - Badfinger (feat. George) (609 points, 8 votes)
71. Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow) - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (624 points, 9 votes)
70. I’m Losing You - John Lennon (feat. John Lennon) (666 points, 11 votes)

69. With A Little Luck - Wings (feat. Paul) (667 points, 12 votes)
68. Apple Scruffs - George Harrison (feat. George) (672 points, 12 votes)
67. Take It Away - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (689 points, 12 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
66. How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (707 points, 13 votes)
65. My Brave Face - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (713 points, 13 votes)
64. Single Pigeon - Wings (feat. Paul) (719 points, 10 votes)
63. Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (722 points, 12 votes)
62. Secret Friend - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (731 points, 11 votes)
61. Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (739 points, 13 votes)
60. Silly Love Songs - Wings (feat. Paul) (753 points, 12 votes)

TIE 59. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Wings (feat. Paul) (762 points, 12 votes)
TIE 59. Dear Boy - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (762 points, 13 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
58. Whatever Gets You Through the Night - John Lennon (feat. John) (767 points, 11 votes)
57. Listen To What The Man Said - Wings (feat. Paul) (773 points, 15 votes)
56. Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (780 points, 12 votes)
55. Woman - John Lennon (feat. John) (781 points, 12 votes)
54. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - George Harrison (feat. George) (785 points, 12 votes)
53. If Not for You - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (787 points, 15 votes)
52. Remember - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (794 points, 11 votes)
51. Ram On - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (799 points, 13 votes)
50. Badge - Cream (feat. George) (863 points, 11 votes)

oh one of those was a yoko heavy ballot i see

haha yes

huh i feel like i have to make a completely different spotify playlist

naturally the lower 50 changed the most, since that picks up the songs with fewer votes. the last 50 was more stable. What made me notice the error was that there were 3 number 1 votes for Back Seat of My Car, but my results tab was only showing 2, which made it place a lot lower than it should have.

Makes sense, it's a great song.

77. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon (feat. John) (575 points, 9 votes)

huh

49. Let 'Em In - Wings (feat. Paul) (870 points, 16 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
48. Mind Train - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (874 points, 12 votes)
47. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (885 points, 14 votes)
TIE 46. Let Me Roll It - Wings (feat. Paul) (899 points, 14 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
TIE 46. Arrow Through Me - Wings (feat. Paul) (899 points, 15 votes)
45. Blow Away - George Harrison (feat. George) (929 points, 14 votes)
44. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (938 points, 15 votes)
43. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (feat. John) (956 points, 14 votes)
42. Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (957 points, 14 votes)
41. Too Many People - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (965 points, 16 votes)
40. Junior's Farm - Wings (feat. Paul) (969 points, 13 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))

39. Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson (feat. Paul) (996 points, 17 votes)
38. Well Well Well - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1017 points, 15 votes)
37. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1019 points, 19 votes)
36. Gimme Some Truth - John Lennon (feat. John, George) (1042 points, 15 votes)
TIE 35. Another Day - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (1058 points, 16 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
TIE 35. Beware of Darkness - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (1058 points, 19 votes)
34. Love - John Lennon (feat. John) (1059 points, 17 votes)
33. Cold Turkey - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1074 points, 17 votes)
32. Live and Let Die - Wings (feat. Paul) (1098 points, 17 votes)
31. Isolation - John Lennon (feat. John, Ringo) (1132 points, 16 votes)
30. Imagine - John Lennon (feat. John) (1137 points, 14 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))

Say Say Say and Well Well Well being right next to each other is too perfect

too bad Hi Hi Hi and the No-No song aren't anywhere near