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 23rd April 2024, 12:42 PM
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44th: 240 points (14 voters)
Yellow Submarine Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby chart run: 8-{1}-1-1-1-3-5-9-18-26-30-33-42->13 Voters: steve201 42 …ready for it 39 gooddelta 35 Chez Wombat 23 Notorious D.O.T. 20 WhoOdyssey 18 jimwatts 15 Severin 12 popchartfreak 11 ben08 10 King Rollo 8 Roba. 4 Bjork 2 Jade 1 A “Revolver” track and part of a double A side UK #1, this was written primarily as a children’s song by Paul and included experimentation with sound effects. It inspired the 1968 animated film of the same name. It’s the second of three songs here with a Ringo lead vocal. I think a notable feature of the 4 double A side singles released by The Beatles is that in all cases the 2 tracks are very complementary, none more so than “Yellow Submarine” / “Eleanor Rigby”. This is the first of the 8 double A side tracks to appear. |
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23rd April 2024, 01:53 PM
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Oh dear, I'm going to be tumbling down the leaderboard now.
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is iconic to me, I know it's essentially a short album opener but I love what's there and it sets the scene for what's to come. Real Love is a beautiful song, if they'd released that for the Christmas 1995 market instead of Free As A Bird I wonder how it would have done. I love Tom Odell's cover too. I'd love to hear them remaster the vocals on these two songs with the tech they used to make Now And Then sound so good. Yellow Submarine is wonderful, a classic that I heard such a lot as a child. This post has been edited by gooddelta: 23rd April 2024, 01:54 PM |
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23rd April 2024, 04:38 PM
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43rd: 244 points
Lady Madonna Chart run: 11-{1}-1-4-6-9-26-35->8 Voters: dandy* 38 King Rollo 36 …ready for it 26 Severin 24 danG 24 WhoOdyssey 20 steve201 18 popchartfreak 17 Notorious D.O.T. 14 jimwatts 7 gooddelta 7 Roba. 7 Chez Wombat 6 A non album single and UK #1 composed by Paul, this was a surprising change of direction after all the psychedelia of the previous couple of years. Its style is “boogie-woogie”, a type of 1920s blues rock and Paul said he was thinking of Fats Domino when he wrote it. John assisted with the lyrics about an exhausted mother. This sat well with a rock ‘n’ roll revival in the UK in 1968. However its official chart run was quite short and it only peaked at #2 on the rival Melody Maker chart, and only at #4 in the US. |
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24th April 2024, 10:03 AM
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42nd: 249 points
The Fool On The Hill Voters: popchartfreak 48 King Rollo 48 JulianT 36 Notorious D.O.T. 33 Chez Wombat 30 dandy* 19 Jade 17 …ready for it 13 jimwatts 4 danG 1 This is a Paul track included on the 1967 “Magical Mystery Tour” EP. The film of the same name included a video of the song with pictures of Paul on a hill in France. It’s one of my favourite Beatles ballads: like “Nowhere Man” it can be seen as an outsider’s anthem, and I love its folky style with the flutes and the slightly dizzy swirling feel to it. It had some big supporters but the 8 zeroes really hurt it. |
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24th April 2024, 10:48 AM
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Oh I was the biggest supporter of Lady Madonna
 I’ve always thought it had a real groove to it, and I love the bit in the middle and general piano line throughout
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24th April 2024, 11:04 AM
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Yellow Submarine I think of every time I go to Puerto De Mogan on Gran Canaria - it has an actual yellow submarine for trips to look at sea life - but it's total 8-year-old John nostalgia, Liverpool era. Lady Madonna is RAF Lincolnshire countryside incessant boogie blues, and both tunes sound better in the revamped form than they previously did. Fool On The Hill is one of those lesser known Macca gems, what a ballad, beautifully sad, much-covered at the time but it needs something to give it some more love these days. A film spot would do nicely...
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24th April 2024, 06:03 PM
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41st: 258 points
I’m Only Sleeping Voters: jimwatts 47 Notorious D.O.T. 38 JulianT 37 Jade 29 King Rollo 29 Brer 29 Chez Wombat 26 Roba. 19 popchartfreak 4 Another “Revolver” track; this one was primarily written by John. From 1966; it’s very much an early venture into psychedelia with George’s backwards guitar parts. John is reported to have spent a long time in bed, whether just sleeping or under the influence. Another one of their very finest ballads for me here, I love the vague drowsy feeling about it and the way it conveys the sheer joy of just having a lie in once in a while. Despite some strong support half the voters slept on this one and it falls just short of the Top 40. |
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24th April 2024, 06:09 PM
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'I'm Only Sleeping' is wonderful Revolver psychedelia
 I did sneak 'Yellow Submarine' in but I wish that had been confined to its film soundtrack and swapped out with 'Rain' on Revolver.'The Fool On The Hill' is a standout on Magical Mystery Tour - both lyrically and with its flutes and recorder sound. |
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24th April 2024, 06:09 PM
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(1962-1966 Disc 1)
2. Please Please Me 3. I Saw Her Standing There 4. Twist And Shout 6. She Loves You 7. I Want To Hold Your Hand 9. All My Loving 11. You Really Got A Hold On Me 12. Can’t Buy Me Love 14. A Hard Day’s Night 16. Eight Days A Week 17. I Feel Fine 18. Ticket To Ride 19. Yesterday (1962-1966 Disc 2) 20. Help! 21. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 22. We Can Work It Out 23. Day Tripper 25. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 27. Michelle 28. In My Life 30. Girl 31. Paperback Writer 32. Eleanor Rigby 34. Taxman 35. Got To Get You Into My Life 36. I’m Only Sleeping 37. Here, There And Everywhere 38. Tomorrow Never Knows (1967-1970 Disc 1) 39. Strawberry Fields Forever 40. Penny Lane 42. With A Little Help From My Friends 43. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 45. A Day In The Life 46. All You Need Is Love 47. I Am The Walrus 48. Hello, Goodbye 50. Magical Mystery Tour 51. Lady Madonna 52. Hey Jude 53. Revolution (1967-1970 Disc 2) 54. Back In The U.S.S.R. 56. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 58. Glass Onion 59. Blackbird 61. Get Back 62. Don’t Let Me Down 63. The Ballad of John and Yoko 64. Old Brown Shoe 65. Here Comes The Sun 66. Come Together 67. Something 69. Oh! Darling 70. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 71. Let It Be 72. Across The Universe 74. The Long And Winding Road 75. Now And Then 90s Top 10 hits: 77. Free As A Bird 78. Real Love |
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24th April 2024, 06:18 PM
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Points left to give /1,275:
1 (2) Roba. 1,073 2 (5) Chez Wombat 1,044 3= (10) Jade 1,028 3= (12) danG 1,028 5 (1) gooddelta 1,024 6 (4) Severin 1,015 7 (11) JulianT 1,005 8 (14) Brer 994 9= (8) ben08 987 9= (13) Bjork 987 11 (6) Notorious D.O.T. 976 12 (15) dandy* 975 13 (3) King Rollo 971 14 (7) steve201 963 15 (9) popchartfreak 950 16 (16) jimwatts 924 17 (18) …ready for it 781 18 (17) WhoOdyssey 750 |
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24th April 2024, 06:50 PM
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Every time I think I've escaped the bottom 3 I go straight back in it
 top pointer for 'Taxman' and 'I'm Only Sleeping', always happy to immerse myself in the sound of the Revolver album - at least the track between them should fare much better.
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24th April 2024, 07:06 PM
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A few lower level favourites going out, Yellow Submarine is a novelty classic and such a great song to enjoy for all ages (some in a slightly different way to others x)
I'm Only Sleeping and Fool on the Hill were songs I was less familiar with which is was great to hear. |
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25th April 2024, 08:54 AM
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I'm Only Sleeping is one I didn't get to hear till the late 90's!
The Suggs hit cover was my first introduction to it, which was fun and more upbeat. As I'm not one for sleeping in I can't relate to the lazier-vibe original so much, but it is nicely psychedelic... 
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25th April 2024, 10:58 AM
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Ooh top of the leaderboard *.*
'I'm Only Sleeping' is great. Shame that just missed out on the 40. Pretty sure I liked 'Fool On The Hill' too but clearly not enough to throw points to, must've been next in line! |
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25th April 2024, 11:37 AM
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40th: 265 points
With A Little Help From My Friends Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends chart run: 70-69-{63}->3 Voters: gooddelta 38 Bjork 37 Notorious D.O.T. 36 Roba. 34 ben08 32 Jade 21 Severin 19 WhoOdyssey 17 steve201 13 jimwatts 10 Chez Wombat 8 This is the second track after the title song on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. I had forgotten that the pair of songs was released as a double A side single in 1978 but only reached #69. Of course “With A Little Help From My Friends” has topped the UK charts no fewer than 3 times, with covers by Joe Cocker, Wet Wet Wet and Sam & Mark, but I don’t think it’s a very hot take to say that the original is much better than any of those. This is the highest lead vocal appearance for Ringo here - technically he isn’t a very good singer but there’s an innocence and sincerity about the way he performs that I find very charming. |
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25th April 2024, 03:56 PM
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for me it's Joe Cocker - that was the first version I heard, and after the exhausting performance he did on Top Of The Pops, a showstopper, Ringo's original just sounds so....twee (though classy, unlike the other 2 chart-topper covers)
A bit of fun, but not even his best record - that's Photograph, Back Off Booglaoo, It Don't Come Easy.
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25th April 2024, 04:47 PM
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39th: 275 points
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Voters: Notorious D.O.T. 41 Jade 39 dandy* 39 popchartfreak 37 …ready for it 29 JulianT 29 jimwatts 24 Severin 17 DanG 10 King Rollo 4 WhoOdyssey 3 Brer 3 This ballad was included on “Help!” in 1965. A version by English folk music group The Silkie, who had been signed by The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, was a UK hit and reached the Top 10 in America. John said that the track was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan, and the rhythm and instrumental setup are very like a Bob song though it uses a flute instead of his usual harmonica. I think it’s one of The Beatles’ most rawly emotional ballads. |
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25th April 2024, 05:53 PM
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Rob aah
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Joe Cockers version of 'With A Little Help..' is the best but their one is very good too!
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25th April 2024, 06:00 PM
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Mansonette
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Not a fan of With a Little Help so I’m glad it hasn’t finished too high. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away is far better though, such a lovely song <3
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26th April 2024, 10:25 AM
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38th: 278 points
I Feel Fine Chart run: 6-{1}-1-1-1-1-2-7-13-19-25-38-50->13 Voters …ready for it 37 Severin 36 Roba. 30 Chez Wombat 25 dandy* 24 popchartfreak 21 danG 21 gooddelta 21 Brer 17 Jade 13 ben08 12 Bjork 9 JulianT 6 jimwatts 5 WhoOdyssey 1 (Zeroes King Rollo; steve201; Notorious D.O.T.) This is the first track with 15 voters, and the first of the 5 Christmas #1 tracks to appear. John wrote the riff while recording “Eight Days A Week” a couple of months earlier, and kept playing it between takes before deciding to go away and write a song for it. As they’d finished the album “Beatles For Sale” it ended up being a non album single. The feedback note at the beginning of this was a first for a rock record and must have been seen as very experimental at the time. |
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