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 ROUND 5: The Beatles - 1 survivor, you left me standing here, a long long time ago |
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  9th October 2019, 05:43 PM
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24. The Long And Winding Road (1970) / Let It Be 4/20 votes In a very spread out round, 'The Long And Winding Road' was just about kicked out with 4 votes. The song featured on 'Let It Be', so it's the first from a studio album to depart. 'The Long And Winding Road' was the group's 20th and final #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed atop for two weeks. The single followed the news that The Beatles were breaking up, so the feeling of sadness that the song conveys was relatable to fans at the time. 'The Long And Winding Road' was written by Paul and features his vocals too. But it almost wasn't a Beatles song. McCartney offered it to Tom Jones on the condition that it would be released as his next single. However, the label had other plans so this did not materialise. Paul was inspired by 'the calm beauty of Scotland' in terms of imagery, plus growing tensions surrounding the Beatles as the subject matter. During these tense times, Phil Spector was drafted in as producer for 'Let It Be' instead of the usual George Martin magic. McCartney has always disapproved of Spector's treatment of this song. Essentially, he felt there was too much going on. Martin was also on the same page, saying that the production was "uncharacteristic" of The Beatles. Still, it was a success, because... well... it's The Beatles. We say farewell to their last hurrah on this compilation. 24. The Long And Winding Road | 4/20 votes 25. She Loves You | 6/21 votes 26. Lady Madonna | 6/21 votes 27. The Ballad Of John And Yoko | 7/25 votes Please vote for your least favourite single from the 23 above! (Today would've been John's 79th birthday, we celebrated by not knocking one of his songs out  )
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9th October 2019, 05:47 PM
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I've been exposed to 'The Long And Winding Road' for such a long time as both my dad and grandad regard it as one of their favourite Beatles songs. But it's never been a massive favourite for me so I'm not all that sad to see it go. It was my least favourite of the three songs in that 3-way tiebreak for a while so it's all good!
'Get Back' once again. |
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9th October 2019, 05:57 PM
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Get Back to go now.
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9th October 2019, 06:06 PM
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 The owls are not what they seem
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Goddammit, that was easily the best of three, beautiful song :'( STOP VOTING OUT THEIR LATER STUFF
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9th October 2019, 06:24 PM
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 Right in front of my salad?!
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Get Back to go!
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9th October 2019, 06:24 PM
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TLAWR is probably the next one I would have voted for after 'Get Back' (it's a nice song but not a patch on the wall-to-wall classics elsewhere on the list x) Will probably start targeting the earlier songs after that
 (but not those first 2, those along with 'She Loves You' are the best of them :'()
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9th October 2019, 06:28 PM
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Get Back for me too.
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9th October 2019, 06:57 PM
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I love lush strings so adore tlawr reminds me of singapore and the last actual goodbye to the beatles. It was literally the end of an era.
From me to you is turning into a bit of chewing gum that you cant shake off your shoe... |
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9th October 2019, 09:55 PM
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Can a mod edit the word least into the 'Vote for your favourite from the below list' poll title please? Wow I must've been tired
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10th October 2019, 05:28 PM
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From Me To You again for me.
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10th October 2019, 05:52 PM
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Right in front of my salad?!
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QUOTE(Jade @ Oct 9 2019, 10:55 PM)  Can a mod edit the word least into the 'Vote for your favourite from the below list' poll title please? Wow I must've been tired Done! |
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10th October 2019, 06:30 PM
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The Long And Winding Road is my favourite Beatles song and I think of it as the template for ELO's best song,Eldorado,so it's a shame to see it go here. I'm still trying to vote out From Me To You.
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10th October 2019, 07:07 PM
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Why do today, what you can do tomorrow?
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I went for ‘Yellow Submarine’. Never been a fan of it
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10th October 2019, 07:10 PM
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Something.
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10th October 2019, 07:15 PM
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'Something' having two votes already
 it's stunning! Protect George at all costs I thought this round would be 'Get Back's to lose after the heavy start but it looks like there's a two-horse race at the moment after all! |
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10th October 2019, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE(Jade @ Oct 10 2019, 08:15 PM) 'Something' having two votes already it's stunning! Protect George at all costs Do you like the Shirley Bassey version too? |
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10th October 2019, 09:39 PM
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QUOTE(gavindeejay @ Oct 10 2019, 08:07 PM) I went for ‘Yellow Submarine’. Never been a fan of it May be my next choice. It stops the Revolver album being absolutely perfect. |
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10th October 2019, 09:46 PM
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QUOTE(Common Sense @ Oct 10 2019, 10:37 PM) Do you like the Shirley Bassey version too? I've never heard her version before  will get on it!QUOTE(Common Sense @ Oct 10 2019, 10:39 PM) May be my next choice. It stops the Revolver album being absolutely perfect. ...also I totally agree with this, 'Yellow Submarine' feels so random on 'Revolver' and had its moment to shine on the soundtrack of the same name anyway. I wish they had swapped it for 'Rain', that merely being a b-side boggles the mind! Or even 'Paperback Writer' would've slotted in better. |
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10th October 2019, 09:51 PM
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You see I'm helping to expand your musical knowledge young Jade. She reached No.4 with it in 1969. I prefer The Beatles original though.
Thanks for doing this by the way. Wonder what will win. I have a couple of ideas which I shall keep to myself but may be wrong. This post has been edited by Common Sense: 10th October 2019, 09:54 PM |
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11th October 2019, 06:16 PM
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Did you listen to it Jade? I think it's great that you're a Beatles fan. The more younger fans the better.
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