April 14, 20241 yr I’m usually right at the other end of the popular taste barometer in all of Gezza’s various rates so this is something of a surprise for me.
April 15, 20241 yr Author 60th: 153 points Octopus’s Garden mdpIWZd9JmA Voters: jimwatts 35 WhoOdyssey 32 Brer 23 Chez Wombat 20 gooddelta 16 steve201 10 JulianT 9 ben08 6 …ready for it 2 This is the only song in the rate that was written by Ringo, though there are a couple of others fronted by him. He only wrote 2 songs for The Beatles in total in fact, the other being “Don’t Pass Me By” from the “White Album”. This was included on “Abbey Road” and released as a single in a few countries. Aww it may not be one of the greatest pieces of music we’ll be encountering here but I do think it’s such a sweet and joyous little number, delivered in Ringo’s slightly unrefined but endearing and carefree way.
April 15, 20241 yr Michelle a big tune in the 60's so a little surprising to see it so low, I guess the old-fashioned vibes don't appeal so much these days. Nostalgia certainly affects my judgement on it.... :)
April 15, 20241 yr Well that takes me into the bottom 3 of the voters' chart -_- just because they were such great innovators doesn't mean they couldn't produce some classics out of lighter subject matter too.
April 15, 20241 yr Author 59th: 156 points Free As A Bird ODIvONHPqpk 16/12/1995 The Beatles Free As A Bird {2}-3-8-15-25-48-60-75->8 Voters: steve201 31 King Rollo 27 popchartfreak 22 gooddelta 22 JulianT 16 Notorious D.O.T. 12 WhoOdyssey 12 Jade 7 danG 6 Bjork 1 This was originally recorded as a home demo by John in 1977, and in 1995 the other 3 got together to record a studio version and the track was co-produced by Jeff Lynne. It was done as part of the “Anthology” project, which included a documentary and a compilation album. The single reached #2 in the UK and #6 in the US. This received points from 10 voters but mostly fairly low scores. There’s certainly a big difference in the quality of John’s vocals on the final track on this and “Now And Then”, reflecting the advances in technology over the intervening 28 years. Despite that I find it a very beautiful and wistful track.
April 15, 20241 yr I’m usually right at the other end of the popular taste barometer in all of Gezza’s various rates so this is something of a surprise for me. Me as well, so I'm pleased to be in second place.
April 15, 20241 yr 'Don't Let Me Down' I believe was in my votes to begin with but must've got shoved out in the end. Would be like 51st-53rd at least for me. 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' is a very silly sounding one but fun as well lol. 'Drive My Car' is fine too. Mostly associate it with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway though lol!
April 15, 20241 yr Author 58th: 158 points Within You Without You HsffxGyY4ck Voters: Chez Wombat 36 JulianT 32 Jade 31 King Rollo 26 Brer 24 dandy* 9 This was included on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band”, and was the second song by George fully written in the Indian classical style after “Love You To” on “Revolver”. George recorded the song without the rest of the band using various traditional instruments including the sitar and the tabla. On the 2006 “Love” album of remixes this was mashed up quite successfully with John’s Indian inspired song “Tomorrow Never Knows”. Despite some big supporters this only received points from 6 voters, and becomes the first song to exit from Disc 1 of the blue album.
April 15, 20241 yr Author Tomorrow there’ll only be 2 results but they’ll both be UK #1 hits! Can you guess which ones?
April 15, 20241 yr 'Within You Without You' is brilliant :wub: I was so pleased that it was a good discovery for others/already loved by some on SyncTube too. I'm a sucker for psychedelic George <3 I feel like 'Free As A Bird' has been on my mind more than ever recently with the 'Now And Then' release completing the intended 90s trilogy and it popping up on '90s TOTP repeats now too. The Jeff Lynne stamp is evident but I do really like it, even if the vocals aren't quite as clean as on their final release.
April 15, 20241 yr I'm guessing it'll be their last two number 1s coming up tomorrow, they are pretty weak links in that field, or maybe I'm forgetting something x Within You Without You was one I didn't know previously, and was a really nice discovery with some great Eastern influences from George. Octopus's Garden is iconic as well, made even more wholesome by the fact it was written to help Ringo to escape hostilities going on in the group.
April 16, 20241 yr Free As A Bird I cant hear without seeing the video in my mind, which was a nostalgia fest. It was a gift nobody expected. The Love-mash-up of Within You/Tomorrow was a goodie, and to be honest the Love version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is my favourite version. Should have been a single.
April 16, 20241 yr Author 57th: 175 points From Me To You Dc1-W4KsHvE Voters: ben08 33 …ready for it 31 jimwatts 29 Bjork 24 Brer 19 Severin 18 gooddelta 11 JulianT 10 Chart run: 23-3-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-13-16-15-17-20-27-37-41-44->21 This was their first official UK #1 (although most of the charts published at the time that did not become the official one listed “Please Please Me” as a #1), but only reached #41 in the US. George Martin said that he asked them to bring them another song as good as “Please Please Me” and this is what they brought. The song didn’t appear on any of the original studio albums. I’m surprised all the early singles have made it this far as they’re sometimes considered to be a bit cheesy and lightweight, but I think this shows that there is still quite a bit of love for them.
April 16, 20241 yr Their early hits don’t really do it for me, I’m definitely a Blue > Red kinda guy.
April 16, 20241 yr The Blue era is easily far better than Red creatively but some of those early singles remain among the finest pure Pop songs ever written
April 16, 20241 yr I'm fond of From Me To You, reminds me of my childhood (of course it does! :lol: ) but I wouldnt say it was my favourite record at the time - that would have been the Fireball XL5 theme tune :lol: But prob enough to grab one week at the top of my hypothetical personal charts of 1963, but not enough to vote it into my top 50 Beatles tunes.
April 16, 20241 yr Author 56th: 181 points The Ballad Of John And Yoko v-1OgNqBkVE Chart run: 4-{1}-1-1-3-3-11-15-22-27-37-38-47-50->14 Voters: Severin 48 popchartfreak 35 Roba. 27 danG 17 steve201 16 Bjork 10 WhoOdyssey 9 gooddelta 6 Notorious D.O.T. 6 dandy* 6 ben08 1 Having had their 1st UK #1, we now have their last for 54 years. It was a non album single in 1969 and chronicles the events surrounding John and Yoko’s wedding. It was recorded by John and Paul without their other bandmates. The crucifixion reference led to it being banned by some radio stations. The style of this is more like an old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll ballad from 10 years prior than a late 60s Beatles song, but if nothing else it’s interesting as an account of John’s troubles at the time.
April 16, 20241 yr Enjoy 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' a lot. Wouldn't have thought it was a #1 though until I looked it up!
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