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2022 FBG, 172 to 1 Beatles Countdown 1-25 lists... And 173 to 1 Countdown from 1-64 lists! (1 Viewer)

Getzlaf15 said:
Free As A Bird
2022 Ranking: 167T
2022 Lists: 1
2022 Points: 4
Ranked Highest by: Krista/Mom/Hub
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: NR

Getz comments:  Video has 26 million views on YT since 2016.  That's amazing.

 
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Just right now is the first time I have heard this song. Won a Grammy in 97? I will say 97 was in the middle of my drug phase in life. I suspect that plays a part in my missing the song. I can't say I like it much but I don't hate it either. I didn't really mind Pauls bridge but it sounded quite a bit different than the song. I liked the video way better than the song. Was a really fun watch. I assume there is a cheat sheet out there somewhere for all the references.

I am not sure I fully understand this thread. Are you telling me that this is one of Kristas favorite top 25? It does not make sense to me. I honestly thought we were going to see the top 25 and I see you are at 167? It looks like it was on one list but you give three names when you say who ranked it highest.

I will go reread the first post and see what I missed. I hope I did my rankings right. I did my favorite 25. 

 
prosopis said:
Just right now is the first time I have heard this song. Won a Grammy in 97? I will say 97 was in the middle of my drug phase in life. I suspect that plays a part in my missing the song. I can't say I like it much but I don't hate it either. I didn't really mind Pauls bridge but it sounded quite a bit different than the song. I liked the video way better than the song. Was a really fun watch. I assume there is a cheat sheet out there somewhere for all the references.

I am not sure I fully understand this thread. Are you telling me that this is one of Kristas favorite top 25? It does not make sense to me. I honestly thought we were going to see the top 25 and I see you are at 167? It looks like it was on one list but you give three names when you say who ranked it highest.

I will go reread the first post and see what I missed. I hope I did my rankings right. I did my favorite 25. 
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You did your rankings right!

Your #1 choice was assigned 25 points.  Your #25 choice was assigned one point.  And everything in between on your other choices.  Like MVP voting in the NFL/MLB...

There were 71 different 1-25 lists submitted.   172 different songs were listed on those 71 lists.   I set up a spreadsheet to add up all the points, from all the lists. And we are now counting them down from least total points to most total points.

 
Getzlaf15 said:
You did your rankings right!

Your #1 choice was assigned 25 points.  Your #25 choice was assigned one point.  And everything in between on your other choices.  Like MVP voting in the NFL/MLB...

There were 71 different 1-25 lists submitted.   172 different songs were listed on those 71 lists.   I set up a spreadsheet to add up all the points, from all the lists. And we are now counting them down from least total points to most total points.
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And the Krista/mom/husband means that it was my mom's husband who had it on his list.  Not three people, though I can see why that would not be clear!

 
Long Tall Sally
2022 Ranking: 163
2022 Lists: 2
2022 Points: 6
Ranked Highest by: @DaVinci  Krista/TJ/Holly
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: 111T/1/11

Getz: They love Ringo in Melbourne in the video!  The 2022 supplement is quite excellent!

Krista4
My 2019 ranking:  174

2019 write-up:

Long Tall Sally (Single, 1964)

Paul's vocal on this is terrific, and I think Little Richard's vocal on it isn't one of his best.  But you know, it's Little ####### Richard.  So it can't be quite the same.  John and George's guitars (each with a separate solo) are stellar, and Ringo keeps it all together brilliantly the way Ringos do.  If you didn't hear the original, you'd be more impressed, but still I think this is a faithful and passionate cover.  Little Richard has indicated in various interviews that he taught Paul his screaming, and I think it shows.

Speaking of Little Richard, wonder what it would have been like to see him play with Jimi Hendrix in his touring band and Billy Preston on keyboard, or with the Beatles during their early days in the UK and Hamburg.  Those are a couple of those "what event would you like to have witnessed" moments for me. 

   Fun fact:  This song has the longest life of those the Beatles played live in concert, all the way from the days of The Quarrymen through the Candlestick Park concert in 1966 - and sub-fun-fact, it was the last song played during that last concert.

Another fun fact:  This was released by Little Richard at such an inordinately fast pace so that Pat Boone couldn't cover it, as he had done with "Tutti Frutti."  To me, the Beatles version starts out a bit slow but then hits that great Little Richard groove.

@Shaft41, I'm sorry to say that the lyrics don't matter on this one.      I have no idea what they're even saying through all the ebullience.  

Mr. krista:  "Good Little Richard cover.  One of the things I like about The Beatles is that they were huge fans of the Beatles.  They loved the music they were doing and that really goes a long way.  They were clearly gripped by rock music and super stoked to make it."  I played the song again for Mr. krista tonight and noted how well I thought Paul did the vocal:  he laughed uproariously.  Then I let him know that he had previously used the not-Mr.-krista-like words "super stoked" in a description and asked if he wanted to update:  "Nah, who am I to argue with me?"

2022 Supplement:  I remember some howling at my relatively low ranking of this song, and I think the howlers were right.  In the 2019 countdown, I put a lot of weight on the comparison between a cover and the original, and it’s not easy for even an expert screamer like Paul to compare with Little Richard.  Standing on its own, this song deserves a much higher ranking, and Paul’s vocal is, in my opinion, every bit as good as the much-lauded John vocal in “Twist and Shout.”  And while the vocal is outstanding, it shouldn’t (but does) overshadow the amazing bass part that Paul somehow pulls off at the same time.

This song also has a special place in Beatles history in that Paul played it for John to try to impress him on that fateful day in 1957 when they first met.  Apparently, it worked.  It was also the first song ever played by Paul on stage (when he was 11 years old!) and was so beloved by both John and Paul that they played it in their first US concert appearance (February 11, 1964) as well as their last ever non-rooftop concert appearance (August 29, 1966). 

When Little Richard died in 2020, Paul published this ode to him:  

“‘From ‘Tutti Frutti’ to ‘Long Tall Sally’ to ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ to ‘Lucille’, Little Richard came screaming into my life when I was a teenager. 

I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it. 

He would say, “I taught Paul everything he knows”. 

I had to admit he was right. In the early days of The Beatles we played with Richard in Hamburg and got to know him. 

He would let us hang out in his dressing room and we were witness to his pre-show rituals, with his head under a towel over a bowl of steaming hot water he would suddenly lift his head up to the mirror and say, “I can’t help it cos I’m so beautiful”. 

And he was. 

A great man with a lovely sense of humour and someone who will be missed by the rock and roll community and many more.

I thank him for all he taught me and the kindness he showed by letting me be his friend. 

Goodbye Richard and a-***-bop-a-loo-bop.”

Guido Merkins

In the late 50s, John Lennon discovered Elvis and it gave him an identity.  John said “before Elivs there was nothing…”, but we know that’s not quite true, but Elvis is what first drew John into rock and roll.  One of John’s friends one day told him that “he heard somebody better than Elvis.”  John didn’t believe it, but his friend put on this record by a guy named Little Richard called Long Tall Sally.  John recounts that he was floored and a little apprehensive because, he didn’t want to like somebody more than Elvis, but he had to admit that Little Richard was REALLY good.  Maybe even better than Elvis.  Across town, Paul McCartney heard the same song and found that his voice fit Little Richard and that he could do a very good impression of him.  In Paul’s words you just had to “kind of let yourself go and go for it.”  So both John and Paul loved Little Richard and when they got together, Little Richard became an important part of their stage act.

Much is made of John’s Twist and Shout, but equally amazing is this, Long Tall Sally, Paul did in one take.  The best parts of the song is that unbelievable vocal that comes out of Paul’s mouth.  Also amazing is George taking all that piano and making it a guitar song.  As unreal as the entire record is, when Paul gets to the line “we’re gonna have some fun tonight…” it goes up another level and like all good rock and roll, sounds like it’s coming apart at any moment.  Except for the Little Richard version, Paul’s version destroys Elvis or anybody else’s version.  

I remember for the Prince’s Trust Concert in the 80’s, one of the years, they got Paul to be the headliner.  And somebody suggested they close with Long Tall Sally.  Of course, Paul knowing that it had been 20 years since he sang Long Tall Sally, decided to practice it.  He tried once and couldn’t get the first line out with coughing.  He tried again, same thing.  So he tried to lower the key and got down to E (the original is in G) and said “oh no, it sounds like Pat Boone.”  So he basically said, ah the heck with it, I’ll just do it the night of.  Adrenaline being what it was, he nailed it.  Not quite 1964 Paul, but good none the less.

 
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Getzlaf15 said:
When Little Richard died in 2020, Paul published this ode to him:  

“‘From ‘Tutti Frutti’ to ‘Long Tall Sally’ to ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ to ‘Lucille’, Little Richard came screaming into my life when I was a teenager. 

I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it. 

He would say, “I taught Paul everything he knows”. 

I had to admit he was right. In the early days of The Beatles we played with Richard in Hamburg and got to know him. 

He would let us hang out in his dressing room and we were witness to his pre-show rituals, with his head under a towel over a bowl of steaming hot water he would suddenly lift his head up to the mirror and say, “I can’t help it cos I’m so beautiful”. 

And he was. 

A great man with a lovely sense of humour and someone who will be missed by the rock and roll community and many more.

I thank him for all he taught me and the kindness he showed by letting me be his friend. 

Goodbye Richard and a-***-bop-a-loo-bop.”
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Not to pimp my own write-up, but for those who don't read them, I wanted them at least to see this part.  I just love Paul's words here, and LR's "I can't help it cos I'm so beautiful."

Guido, I love the story of the Prince's Trust concert, and I didn't know that one!

 
Getzlaf15 said:
Long Tall Sally
2022 Ranking: 163
2022 Lists: 2
2022 Points: 6
Ranked Highest by: @DaVinci  Krista/TJ/Holly
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: 111T/1/11

Getz: They love Ringo in Melbourne in the video!  The 2022 supplement is quite excellent!

Krista4
My 2019 ranking:  174

2019 write-up:

Long Tall Sally (Single, 1964)

Paul's vocal on this is terrific, and I think Little Richard's vocal on it isn't one of his best.  But you know, it's Little ####### Richard.  So it can't be quite the same.  John and George's guitars (each with a separate solo) are stellar, and Ringo keeps it all together brilliantly the way Ringos do.  If you didn't hear the original, you'd be more impressed, but still I think this is a faithful and passionate cover.  Little Richard has indicated in various interviews that he taught Paul his screaming, and I think it shows.

Speaking of Little Richard, wonder what it would have been like to see him play with Jimi Hendrix in his touring band and Billy Preston on keyboard, or with the Beatles during their early days in the UK and Hamburg.  Those are a couple of those "what event would you like to have witnessed" moments for me. 

   Fun fact:  This song has the longest life of those the Beatles played live in concert, all the way from the days of The Quarrymen through the Candlestick Park concert in 1966 - and sub-fun-fact, it was the last song played during that last concert.

Another fun fact:  This was released by Little Richard at such an inordinately fast pace so that Pat Boone couldn't cover it, as he had done with "Tutti Frutti."  To me, the Beatles version starts out a bit slow but then hits that great Little Richard groove.

@Shaft41, I'm sorry to say that the lyrics don't matter on this one.      I have no idea what they're even saying through all the ebullience.  

Mr. krista:  "Good Little Richard cover.  One of the things I like about The Beatles is that they were huge fans of the Beatles.  They loved the music they were doing and that really goes a long way.  They were clearly gripped by rock music and super stoked to make it."  I played the song again for Mr. krista tonight and noted how well I thought Paul did the vocal:  he laughed uproariously.  Then I let him know that he had previously used the not-Mr.-krista-like words "super stoked" in a description and asked if he wanted to update:  "Nah, who am I to argue with me?"

2022 Supplement:  I remember some howling at my relatively low ranking of this song, and I think the howlers were right.  In the 2019 countdown, I put a lot of weight on the comparison between a cover and the original, and it’s not easy for even an expert screamer like Paul to compare with Little Richard.  Standing on its own, this song deserves a much higher ranking, and Paul’s vocal is, in my opinion, every bit as good as the much-lauded John vocal in “Twist and Shout.”  And while the vocal is outstanding, it shouldn’t (but does) overshadow the amazing bass part that Paul somehow pulls off at the same time.

This song also has a special place in Beatles history in that Paul played it for John to try to impress him on that fateful day in 1957 when they first met.  Apparently, it worked.  It was also the first song ever played by Paul on stage (when he was 11 years old!) and was so beloved by both John and Paul that they played it in their first US concert appearance (February 11, 1964) as well as their last ever non-rooftop concert appearance (August 29, 1966). 

When Little Richard died in 2020, Paul published this ode to him:  

“‘From ‘Tutti Frutti’ to ‘Long Tall Sally’ to ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ to ‘Lucille’, Little Richard came screaming into my life when I was a teenager. 

I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it. 

He would say, “I taught Paul everything he knows”. 

I had to admit he was right. In the early days of The Beatles we played with Richard in Hamburg and got to know him. 

He would let us hang out in his dressing room and we were witness to his pre-show rituals, with his head under a towel over a bowl of steaming hot water he would suddenly lift his head up to the mirror and say, “I can’t help it cos I’m so beautiful”. 

And he was. 

A great man with a lovely sense of humour and someone who will be missed by the rock and roll community and many more.

I thank him for all he taught me and the kindness he showed by letting me be his friend. 

Goodbye Richard and a-***-bop-a-loo-bop.”

Guido Merkins

In the late 50s, John Lennon discovered Elvis and it gave him an identity.  John said “before Elivs there was nothing…”, but we know that’s not quite true, but Elvis is what first drew John into rock and roll.  One of John’s friends one day told him that “he heard somebody better than Elvis.”  John didn’t believe it, but his friend put on this record by a guy named Little Richard called Long Tall Sally.  John recounts that he was floored and a little apprehensive because, he didn’t want to like somebody more than Elvis, but he had to admit that Little Richard was REALLY good.  Maybe even better than Elvis.  Across town, Paul McCartney heard the same song and found that his voice fit Little Richard and that he could do a very good impression of him.  In Paul’s words you just had to “kind of let yourself go and go for it.”  So both John and Paul loved Little Richard and when they got together, Little Richard became an important part of their stage act.

Much is made of John’s Twist and Shout, but equally amazing is this, Long Tall Sally, Paul did in one take.  The best parts of the song is that unbelievable vocal that comes out of Paul’s mouth.  Also amazing is George taking all that piano and making it a guitar song.  As unreal as the entire record is, when Paul gets to the line “we’re gonna have some fun tonight…” it goes up another level and like all good rock and roll, sounds like it’s coming apart at any moment.  Except for the Little Richard version, Paul’s version destroys Elvis or anybody else’s version.  

I remember for the Prince’s Trust Concert in the 80’s, one of the years, they got Paul to be the headliner.  And somebody suggested they close with Long Tall Sally.  Of course, Paul knowing that it had been 20 years since he sang Long Tall Sally, decided to practice it.  He tried once and couldn’t get the first line out with coughing.  He tried again, same thing.  So he tried to lower the key and got down to E (the original is in G) and said “oh no, it sounds like Pat Boone.”  So he basically said, ah the heck with it, I’ll just do it the night of.  Adrenaline being what it was, he nailed it.  Not quite 1964 Paul, but good none the less.
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krista4 said:
Not to pimp my own write-up, but for those who don't read them, I wanted them at least to see this part.  I just love Paul's words here, and LR's "I can't help it cos I'm so beautiful."

Guido, I love the story of the Prince's Trust concert, and I didn't know that one!
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I was trying to find the interview where he told the story, but I couldn't.  I remember seeing it, but I can't find it.....

 
Ack!  I need an intern to remind me to do the daily "today in Beatles history."

I just read this in one spot and didn't track down the source material as I usually would, but I couldn't resist this one.

On this date in 2010, L’Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper reporting on activities of The Vatican, published a list of the best albums of all time.  First on the list?  Revolver

In case you're wondering, and of course you were, these were the others:

David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name

Donald Fagen: The Nightfly

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Michael Jackson: Thriller

Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon

Carlos Santana: Supernatural

Paul Simon: Graceland

U2: Achtung Baby

:mellow:  

 
Comments on a few of the recently posted songs. 

I Need You - Love this song. 114 on my list but I am really regretting not ranking it about 30-40 spots higher. At one point when shuffling the list I bumped several George songs in a row. Having just recently listened to All Things Must Pass I got worried that I was just on a George kick and I was inflating all his songs, and for some reason I Need You got pulled back down. But this is a really great song. We hear a lot about how John and Paul didn't care that much about George's songs. While I am sure there is some truth to that, songs like this make me think that is a little overblown. The vocal harmonies are outstanding here. While I suppose they are talented enough they could just pull that off, it certainly sounds like there is conviction there. 

I Call Your Name - Another song I am a big fan of. Actually disappointed it is this low. Love the shuffle beat and John's vocal. And it should get bonus points for being the first use of George's Rickenbacker 360/12. 

Long Tall Sally - I thought this was one of the biggest snubs on Krista's original list. It's the second highest rated cover on my list (the first being what you would expect). I am more a fan of live music than studio and have multiple live versions of this in my regular playlist. As with most Beatles live recordings the sound quality is variable, but for most of them you can still tell that Paul delivers a blistering vocal so that counts for a lot. Love the guitar solos as well. 

 
shuke said:
Getzlaf15 said:
1 --Krista/Mom/Hub---14.5

3 --Krista/TJ/Holly---10

4 --Krista/TJ/Slug---8

6 --Krista/Rob---7

9 --Krista (Worth)---4
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Can someone explain to me what this means?
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from first post of the thread:

After we get a few songs in, I will start posting the "Chalk Update" (hope we find a better name for that).   When you have a song from your 1-25 list that is posted, I will assign a score to that song and keep a running total on who is "most" and "least" chalky.  Song ranked #172 will get one point. Song ranked #1 will get 172 points.  The funny thing about this is the early "chalk" leaders will likely have the best chance at being the "least" chalky at the end.  It will also be fun to see who the last remaining person is to have a song from their list posted. All of this is for fun and means nothing, and I really hope we can find another name for this as there were really no chalky lists sent in. The average list had 7.56 songs on it that finished up ranked lower than 50th!
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Of the first 10 songs posted I’d say Not a Second Time is my favorite.  The covers are really good so I’m kind of ignoring those (as I did with my top 25) and it appears others did the same.  

 
"Not A Second Time" brings me back to college. It was my junior year, and five of us (who were all good friends) had won the housing lottery and gotten an on-campus apartment. I remember moving in, having a ton of fun doing all the setting up, and then I set up my turntable, which was sort of a rarity for 1994, as CDs had dominated the market and everything was done on CD. Anyway, I remember setting it up but having a limited record collection. Sure enough, one of those albums was With The Beatles, a record my uncle had given my parents which I came into possession of. (Indeed with their permission. They had no turntable.)

Come sunset, it was bliss. The weather was good, a nice comfortable heat hung in the air, and we were both inside and outside of the apartment, listening to what I thought were the best of The Beatles on those old records. I can still remember that exact night, listening to this song -- really discovering it -- and being enthralled by how The Beatles absolutely loved rock n' roll. Looking back, I was just happy. It was sweet to be young and to revel in that music. 

 
krista4 said:
Ack!  I need an intern to remind me to do the daily "today in Beatles history."

I just read this in one spot and didn't track down the source material as I usually would, but I couldn't resist this one.

On this date in 2010, L’Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper reporting on activities of The Vatican, published a list of the best albums of all time.  First on the list?  Revolver

In case you're wondering, and of course you were, these were the others:

David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name

Donald Fagen: The Nightfly

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Michael Jackson: Thriller

Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon

Carlos Santana: Supernatural

Paul Simon: Graceland

U2: Achtung Baby

:mellow:  
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February 15, 1965 - John becomes the last band member to pass his driving test

He was notoriously a terrible driver for the remainder of his life.

 
Eephus said:
Backbeat was a fun little movie but doesn't seem to be available anywhere anymore.

I can't vouch for its authenticity but I thought it captured the spirit of a time and place pretty well.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it but I think the movie mostly focused on Stu Sutcliffe.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it but I think the movie mostly focused on Stu Sutcliffe.
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Yes, absolutely. I touched on that in my post back a page or so ago. Stephen Dorff was Stu Sutcliffe if I'm reading the casting correctly, and the movie was mostly about he and Astrid. But he met her in Germany and there was plenty of the actors pantomiming playing their instruments and fake singing throughout the movie in scenes of the Hamburg club they played in. 

 
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krista4 said:
And the Krista/mom/husband means that it was my mom's husband who had it on his list.  Not three people, though I can see why that would not be clear!
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:lmao: I just figured that out this morning when I saw 3 or for entries in the "chalk" standings that started with "Krista"

 
shuke said:
Can someone explain to me what this means?
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Here's how I understand it.

  • Each song in the composite list has a point value assigned, reversing the overall rank (so #172 gets 1 point, #1 will get 172 points)
  • If you have a song on your top 25, you get that many points on this scoreboard. I don't think it matters where (1-25) you have it ranked.
  • If your top 25 has all the same songs as the composite top 25, you would get 172+171+170+...+148 points. ETA - this would be 4000 points.
 
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heckmanm said:
Here's how I understand it.

  • Each song in the composite list has a point value assigned, reversing the overall rank (so #172 gets 1 point, #1 will get 172 points)
  • If you have a song on your top 25, you get that many points on this scoreboard. I don't think it matters where (1-25) you have it ranked.
  • If your top 25 has all the same songs as the composite top 25, you would get 172+171+170+...+148 points 
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Not sure if it’s better to have more or fewer chalk points.🤔

 
Getzlaf15 said:
Rocky Raccoon
2022 Ranking: 165
2022 Lists: 2
2022 Points: 5
Ranked Highest by: @Just Win BabyKrista/TJ/Slug
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: 83T/2/24  
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There are a ton of covers for this one. It's been proven that listening to Rocky Raccoon causes incurable insanity, so I wasn't about to listen to them all and pick the best ones (this is only a third of what I had to work with). Basically, people tried to put their campy spin on a campy song from an iconic band that recorded a number of campy songs. These are all decent . . . provided you want to run the risk of being institutionalized. Many of these covers are inspired, brilliant, and sad at the same time. Kingston Wall, Ashleigh Brown, and Scary Pockets are a few that are a little different that I like. 

Atlanta Rhythm Section, New Hollow, Morgan James, Tori Amos, Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder, Andy Fairweather Low, Charlie Parr, Richie Havens, Glen Campbell & Flip Wilson, Lena Horne, Raquel Welch & Bob Hope, Harold Sanditen, Phish, Benny Goodman, The Moments, Mike Massé & Jeff Hall, Fun Fact, Kingston Wall, Ashleigh Brown & Jenkins, Scary Pockets & George Krikes, Brian Bennett, Carmen Manfredini, Dave Rucci, Smith College Smiffenpoofs

 
ProstheticRGK said:
Never saw the Free As A Bird video before, that is cool. Picking out all the little Beatle references felt wistful and melancholy, which fits the song.
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The video is the only reason I ever listened to the song as a kid. It was my first exposure to anything Beatles after 1965. I appreciate it more now having learned more about back half of their career Beatles, but it's still a mostly forgettable song. I'll always have a soft spot for it when accompanied with the video though.

 
simey said:
I don't hate this song, but I don't think it is one of the better ones on the album. It's a good one for kids to learn, although the doctor did stink of gin. I mentioned in the U2 thread not long ago, that I like the lines...

Her name was Magill
And she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy

It reminds me of my paternal grandfather who had three first names. He was named John Howard William, but he went by Mike, which was the name of a horse he once had.  I knew him as Paw. 
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Aptly put. I find the vitriol this song exudes fascinating, but mainly because I don't understand it. It's quirky...and I gotta be in the right mood to want to listen to it...but it eliciting a reaction beyond neutral crooks my neck.

 
Getzlaf15 said:
I Call Your Name
2022 Ranking: 164
2022 Lists: 1
2022 Points: 6
Ranked Highest by: Krista/Mom/Hub
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: NR
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Most of these stick pretty close to the script and are similar to The Beatles version. The Boys turn it into a quasi-punk song. Herman & Angie turn it into a twangy country song.

Johnathan Pushkar, Beat Bugs, Dakotas, Los Shakers, Buckinghams, The Shags, Bruce Marshall, Mama & The Papas, Claudio Noronha, Joan Baez & Whoa Nellies!, HELP!, Ringo / Tom Petty / Jeff Lynne / Joe Walsh, The Boys, The Bonnies, Bombassa Beed, Herman & Angie, Terry Baxter Orchestra, Frans Doolaard, Coverbeats, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Sparks

 
Anarchy99 said:
Most of these stick pretty close to the script and are similar to The Beatles version. The Boys turn it into a quasi-punk song. Herman & Angie turn it into a twangy country song.

Johnathan Pushkar, Beat Bugs, Dakotas, Los Shakers, Buckinghams, The Shags, Bruce Marshall, Mama & The Papas, Claudio Noronha, Joan Baez & Whoa Nellies!, HELP!, Ringo / Tom Petty / Jeff Lynne / Joe Walsh, The Boys, The Bonnies, Bombassa Beed, Herman & Angie, Terry Baxter Orchestra, Frans Doolaard, Coverbeats, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Sparks
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Terry Baxter Orchestra 😂

 
Raging weasel said:
I don't mind Rocky Raccoon. I never go out of my way to listen to it but don't turn it off when it comes on.

Without this song there would be no Rocket Raccoon, the marvel character.
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@krista4

The character was created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen,[1] and inspired by the Beatles song "Rocky Raccoon".[2] Other references to the song were featured in Rocket's appearance in The Incredible Hulk #271 (May 1982), which was titled "Now Somewhere In the Black Holes of Sirius Major There Lived a Young Boy Named Rocket Raccoon" and saw the Hulk help Rocket stop a villain trying to steal "Gideon's Bible", which in the Marvel Universe was a book that contained the sum of all knowledge on the Loonies colony.[3]
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Guido Merkins said:
Members of the Fab 3, I think we need a 4th Fab and I vote for @Anarchy99 who is coming behind us and KILLING it with the cover versions!!

The Boys doing I Call Your Name  :headbang:

@krista4

@Getzlaf15
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To me,  he is Billy Preston. Comes in and spices things up and adds to the great work of you two.   

So Krista is George 

99 is Preston

I'm Ringo .   I'm the glue in the background 

I think you are Paul   Vastly underrated and proving every day , more and more just how talented you are with your insane knowledge and write ups 

 
My disdain for "Rocky Raccoon" was unadulterated in the original thread.  As I mentioned there, it seemed like The Beatles Channel was playing that song every day on my way to work, and I was sick of it.  That added to the vitriol.  I don't hate it as much nowadays (it's not TLAWR after all), but it's not one I will ever purposely seek out.  

Fun connection though:  we stayed in a hotel this past weekend, and at one point, I looked over and saw my daughter had pulled out the Gideon Bible.  I called her "Rocky" after that, and, because I've raised her right, she got the reference.  

 
Getzlaf15 said:
To me,  he is Billy Preston. Comes in and spices things up and adds to the great work of you two.   

So Krista is George 

99 is Preston

I'm Ringo .   I'm the glue in the background 

I think you are Paul   Vastly underrated and proving every day , more and more just how talented you are with your insane knowledge and write ups 
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Sounds good to me!!!!  Top selling songwriter of all time Paul McCartney??  I'll take it......

 
Guido Merkins said:
Getzlaf15 said:
To me,  he is Billy Preston. Comes in and spices things up and adds to the great work of you two.   

So Krista is George 

99 is Preston

I'm Ringo .   I'm the glue in the background 

I think you are Paul   Vastly underrated and proving every day , more and more just how talented you are with your insane knowledge and write ups 
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Sounds good to me!!!!  Top selling songwriter of all time Paul McCartney??  I'll take it......
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“Alright, boys, pull yourselves together now.”

- Faul McCartney, Get Back

 
Getzlaf15 said:
Long Tall Sally
2022 Ranking: 163
2022 Lists: 2
2022 Points: 6
Ranked Highest by: @DaVinci  Krista/TJ/Holly
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: 111T/1/11
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The Beatles covering other people's songs makes it tough to call anyone else's versions covers, but here are some recordings by other artists . . . these are some of the more well-known performers. You can imagine how many lesser-known bands have played it.

Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Molly Hatchet, Eddie Cochran, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, The Kinks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sha Na Na, Tom Jones, The Scorpions, John Fogerty & Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Bruce Springsteen, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Eric Clapton, Johnny Rivers and His L.A. Boogie Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bruno Mars, Gene Simmons, Smithereens, George Jones, Jeff Healey, Aerosmith, Badfinger

 
heckmanm said:
Here's how I understand it.

  • Each song in the composite list has a point value assigned, reversing the overall rank (so #172 gets 1 point, #1 will get 172 points)
  • If you have a song on your top 25, you get that many points on this scoreboard. I don't think it matters where (1-25) you have it ranked.
  • If your top 25 has all the same songs as the composite top 25, you would get 172+171+170+...+148 points. ETA - this would be 4000 points.
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This is all correct. Thanks!

 
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