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 The Beatles rate 2024, Top 10 revealed |
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 30th April 2024, 04:19 PM
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Now & Then definitely sounds better than the other two lost tracks, if just because of the clear advances of technology to make it happen. It's not an all time classic, but I did throw it some points as it was a bit of a grower and it was just such a unique and wonderful chart moment.
That's a great placing for I Want You (She's So Heavy) given it's a non single, probably my favourite from Abbey Road, great precursor to heavy metal and prog rock. |
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30th April 2024, 04:32 PM
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31st: 332 points (12 voters)
The Long And Winding Road Voters: King Rollo 49 popchartfreak 45 gooddelta 40 Bjork 35 JulianT 33 dandy* 29 ben08 27 Brer 21 steve201 17 Chez Wombat 15 danG 13 Notorious D.O.T. 8 This was originally recorded in January 1969, but in April 1970 Phil Spector added to the production with rich orchestration (to Paul’s displeasure) before the song was included on “Let It Be”. In the US it was a released as a single and became their final #1. Will Young and Gareth Gates reached #1 with a (rather over-sung) version in 2002. This was a childhood favourite for me and I still like it a lot. I’ve always liked the big and warm production: my favourite part is the “Many times I’ve been alone…” passage. |
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30th April 2024, 04:35 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 10. Roll Over Beethoven 11. You Really Got A Hold On Me 12. Can’t Buy Me Love 13. You Can’t Do That 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! 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 (1967-1970 Disc 2) 54. Back In The U.S.S.R. 56. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 58. Glass Onion 59. Blackbird 60. Hey Bulldog 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 [/quote] |
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30th April 2024, 04:46 PM
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Points left to give /1,275:
1 (1) Roba. 921 2 (2) Chez Wombat 909 3 (14) steve201 891 4 (3) danG 861 5 (6) Severin 859 6 (3) Jade 853 7 (7) JulianT 833 8 (5) gooddelta 822 9= (8) Brer 807 9= (9) ben08 807 11 (13) King Rollo 804 12 (9) Bjork 794 13 (12) dandy* 791 14 (16) jimwatts 787 15 (11) Notorious D.O.T. 783 16 (15) popchartfreak 768 17 (17) …ready for it 622 18 (18) WhoOdyssey 605 |
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30th April 2024, 05:42 PM
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'The Long and Winding Road' was one I did have in then swapped out. Seems I had a few of those lol.
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1st May 2024, 10:03 AM
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Adore Long & Winding Road, many Fabs fans prefer the non-strings version, but not me - when I was once pressed on the issue I said "I like strings, what can I say!?" (using strings as a reason to not like something immediately wipes out all classical and film music and show-tunes
 ) To me it's a summer of fond memories in Singapore as we bid farewell to The Beatles from afar, and the lyrics relate to going home. Not that I wanted to go back to the UK, but missing some things about home is a thing. As is feeling right out of touch with what's going on there.
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1st May 2024, 10:54 AM
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I'm quite low as I voted for everything left. I guess I must have been sparing with my support for some of the big classics.
I did really enjoy Now and Then, a lovely song and amazing what technology can do. Have always liked The Long and Winding Road, another that has been covered by so many different artists, particularly in the early 00s - S Club 7, The Corrs, and Will and Gareth. |
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1st May 2024, 11:43 AM
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ 1st May 2024, 11:54 AM)  I'm quite low as I voted for everything left. I guess I must have been sparing with my support for some of the big classics. Yeah you still have a few very low pointers left - and actually there are quite a few people who have voted for all but a couple of the Top 30. |
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1st May 2024, 08:22 PM
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30th: 332 points (17 voters)
I Saw Her Standing There ben08 46 Severin 45 WhoOdyssey 41 …ready for it 36 jimwatts 36 Roba. 29 Bjork 25 Jade 15 Chez Wombat 11 dandy* 10 King Rollo 9 steve201 9 Notorious D.O.T. 7 JulianT 4 Brer 4 danG 3 gooddelta 2 popchartfreak 0 This traditional rock ‘n’ roll style track is the opening track on the 1st studio album, “Please Please Me”, and kicks off with a count in. In the US it was released as the B side to “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. This received points from all but 1 voter, winning a tie-break over “The Long And Winding Road” to reach the Top 30. It’s certainly one of the best and most charming early songs. |
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2nd May 2024, 05:48 AM
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29th: 333 points
Back In The U.S.S.R. 1976 chart run: 35-29-{19}-19-21-23->6 WhoOdyssey 45 Severin 41 jimwatts 34 popchartfreak 31 ben08 28 Notorious D.O.T. 28 steve201 27 dandy* 25 Chez Wombat 18 Bjork 16 danG 11 Jade 9 gooddelta 8 JulianT 7 Roba. 5 …ready for it 0 King Rollo 0 Brer 0 This is the opening track on the “White Album”. It’s a parody of Chuck Berry’s “Back In The USA” about feeling relieved to be back in the Soviet Union. The bridge section celebrates girls from various parts of the U.S.S.R. parodying “California Girls” by the Beach Boys. It was released as a single in 1976 to promote a new compilation album and reached the Top 20. Musically it’s a traditional rock ‘n’ roll style song. Paul deliberately made the lead vocal sound a bit like Jerry Lee Lewis, and there are Beach Boys style harmonies. A composite drum track was used as the track was recorded without Ringo who had temporarily left due to criticism of his drumming. |
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2nd May 2024, 05:50 AM
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Still 12 UK #1 songs left, but we have 4 of them coming in a row next.
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2nd May 2024, 08:37 AM
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Oops me not voting for I saw Her Standing There. Never heard it until after John Lennon's murder when the live version B side of an Elton John single was pushed out as an A side hit as it had Elton & John singing this on his last ever public appearance on stage - the one where he got back with Yoko. At which point I though "s'ok, but nothing special". Hearing the original, yes it's better than, but it was always a bit of fluff for me.
Back In The USSR, though, went big on in 1976 and is the main Beatles song that sounds great in a club, along with twist & Shout, as you can dance to it. Love all those Beach Boys/rock n roll references, but twisted for the Cold War days commentary. The USSR was not a fun place at all.... |
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3rd May 2024, 09:19 AM
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28th: 339 points
Hello, Goodbye Chart run: 9-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-8-16-30-48->12 popchartfreak 47 King Rollo 38 Brer 34 Notorious D.O.T. 30 Chez Wombat 27 Jade 26 Roba. 26 JulianT 22 steve201 19 gooddelta 19 danG 16 Bjork 15 ben08 15 dandy* 3 Severin 2 …ready for it 0 jimwatts 0 WhoOdyssey 0 This was a non album single, with “I Am The Walrus” as the B side. It was the first single release following the death of Brian Epstein, and was the UK Christmas #1 in 1967. John originally pushed for “I Am The Walrus” to be the A side before accepting “Hello, Goodbye” was more commercial, so it’s interesting that the former has done better here. “Hello, Goodbye” has received mixed reviews, both at the time and over the years. In a way what is amazing about it is that it manages to take banal lyrics and quite an ordinary musical structure and make something so compelling. |
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3rd May 2024, 04:48 PM
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27th: 343 points
She Loves You Chart run: 12-3-{1}-1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-5-5-8-16-19-21-23-28-33-35-42-48-42R(2)-47->33 jimwatts 45 Severin 44 steve201 39 Roba. 39 …ready for it 35 ben08 34 gooddelta 27 WhoOdyssey 24 Bjork 20 King Rollo 14 Brer 10 popchartfreak 5 Notorious D.O.T. 5 danG 2 Jade 0 Chez Wombat 0 dandy* 0 JulianT 0 This remains the 9th biggest single ever in the UK for pure sales, having shifted more than 1.9 million copies. Just look at that chart run with 18 straight weeks in the Top 3 including 2 separate runs at #1. On 4 April 1964 it was one of the five Beatles songs that held the whole Top 5 in the US. John wanted to create something as rousing as “All Shook Up” when writing it, and I think it’s fair to say he achieved that. This was the song that propelled The Beatles to full scale superstardom and even though it isn’t a favourite for most of us its cultural impact cannot be underestimated. |
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3rd May 2024, 05:02 PM
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Two really big ones there and both super.
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3rd May 2024, 05:57 PM
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Another top pointer yay, possibly the last (on my own anyway with my 50-pointer still to come). Cultural impact be damned, its relentless optimism lives on.
Whereas I don't get the appeal of 'Hello Goodbye' whatsoever, does it get bonus hipster points for appearing on the blue album or something hehe. |
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4th May 2024, 09:50 AM
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26th: 350 points
All You Need Is Love Chart run: 2-{1}-1-1-2-2-3-6-13-15-21-27-40->13 popchartfreak 44 Bjork 43 steve201 41 Ben08 41 Severin 33 gooddelta 31 Roba. 22 dandy* 22 King Rollo 19 …ready for it 15 Chez Wombat 13 jimwatts 13 Brer 13 Jade 0 danG 0 Notorious D.O.T. 0 WhoOdyssey 0 JulianT 0 This July 1967 non album single encapsulated the ideals of the summer of love, and was their contribution to “Our World”, the first ever live multinational television link. The song opens with an excerpt from the French national anthem and includes an orchestral arrangement by George Martin. It seems fitting that this appears next to “She Loves You”, as John sings “She loves you yeah! yeah! yeah!” during the long coda, which includes references to various other songs and musical works. |
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4th May 2024, 11:58 AM
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2 hippie pop anthems major faves for me there. I cant separate my love for them from being 9 years old and loving those tunes. A peace anthem and a joyous romp with a tinge if sadness that doesnt let up 1967 was Peak Beatles for me. She Loves You became a caricature of itself and Beatlemania in pop culture of the time so i can never get over that but its still fun.
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4th May 2024, 01:09 PM
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Sorry I missed this, but this would be my Top 50
1 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 2 Something 3 Across the Universe 4 Revolution 5 Come Together 6 Here, There and Everywhere 7 In My Life 8 Penny Lane 9 I Me Mine 10 I Am the Walrus 11 Here Comes the Sun 12 Tomorrow Never Knows 13 All My Loving 14 Lady Madonna 15 I’m Only Sleeping 16 We Can Work It Out 17 Strawberry Fields Forever 18 Eleanor Rigby 19 A Day in the Life 20 Don’t Let Me Down 21 Hey Jude 22 Hello, Goodbye 23 Ticket to Ride 24 I Saw Her Standing There 25 Back in the USSR 26 I Feel Fine 27 Got to Get You Into My Life 28 Blackbird 29 All You Need Is Love 30 Love Me Do 31 You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away 32 Get Back 33 She Loves You 34 Yesterday 35 Day Tripper 36 Let It Be 37 Norwegian Wood 38 Paperback Writer 39 Now and Then 40 Can’t Buy Me Love 41 The Long and Winding Road 42 Real Love 43 I Want to Hold Your Hand 44 Dear Prudence 45 Free as a Bird 46 Eight Days a Week 47 Within You, Without You 48 Please Please Me 49 This Boy 50 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds This post has been edited by chartjack2: 4th May 2024, 01:10 PM |
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4th May 2024, 11:00 PM
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25th: 377 points
Day Tripper Double A side chart run: Chart run: 2-{1}-1-1-1-1-2-4-7-13-27-46->12 …ready for it 41 Chez Wombat 34 Jade 32 dandy* 32 Roba. 31 danG 29 Notorious D.O.T. 29 Severin 28 steve201 22 King Rollo 20 JulianT 20 gooddelta 15 WhoOdyssey 13 Bjork 11 ben08 11 popchartfreak 9 jimwatts 0 Brer 0 “Day Tripper” was recorded during the “Rubber Soul” sessions, but released as a double A side non album single with “We Can Work It Out” in December 1965. The single became their 3rd consecutive UK Christmas #1. In the US “Day Tripper” reached #5 as a stand alone track. The double A side is another example of a pair of tracks complementing each other well, as “Day Tripper” is a more rocky song with soul influences written by John while the other side, which finishes higher here, is more poppy and by Paul. |
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