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I vote for this sweet *******. Had a ton of his cards back in the day.Could definitely see the sponsors of the chalk lists becoming one of my favorite things about this countdown.
I vote for this sweet *******. Had a ton of his cards back in the day.Could definitely see the sponsors of the chalk lists becoming one of my favorite things about this countdown.
As a die-hard Angels fan that actually watched him bat clean up behind Nolan Ryan on the mound, I 1000% approve of this.I vote for this sweet *******. Had a ton of his cards back in the day.
Didn't you ask this yesterday?
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!
On the next song I post, I'll start listing the number of points the song earned on that post. The next song gets 13 pointsplease take one of these results as example to explain what you are doing here
Also, when we get to a point where there is a bottom 10, I'll throw the rules in at the bottom of that list on the spreadsheet. I can then cut and paste the bottom 10 and the rules very easily each time.I did. I also saw several other people asking about it thought it would be good to go through it again.
appreciate it.
There's no other way to say it other than George's songs are much better suited for other bands to go in a different direction and come up with something creative than a lot of the early two-minute ditties. IMO, this grouping will be one of the best out of all the songs we'll get to (maybe even the best). They all go in a different direction than the original. That's that point of covers. There are no cookie cutter versions here. They're all good in their own way. The Vickers probably tops the list and Norway House is also top notch, but man, there's A LOT of good stuff here. I may be a heathen, but I like some of these better than The Beatles version. Maybe that's because it takes real talent to be able play this one (compared to some of the bubble gum pop songs with three cords and a bunch of clapping). I may just put these on shuffle play tomorrow.Love You To
2022 Ranking: 161T
2022 Lists: 1
2022 Points: 7
Ranked Highest by: @MAC_32
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: NR
Whoa! I thought this would be off the board kinda early, but i didn't expect to be a lone wolf. Completely agree with the krista's - the song needed a bridge into an outro when it abruptly cut off. Could have been a 4 1/2 minute legend, but groundbreaking sub 3 will have to do.Love You To
2022 Ranking: 161T
2022 Lists: 1
2022 Points: 7
Ranked Highest by: @MAC_32
2019 Ranking/Lists/Pts: NR
Getz: Our 4th song not rated in 2019. Ranked 19th by Mac_32.
Krista4
My 2019 ranking: 84
2019 write-up:
Love You To (Revolver, 1966)
My favorite of the George classical Indian songs, at least today - as mentioned previously, you could make an argument for any of the three. I do wish this song were longer, because too soon after it seems to get going it builds and builds into...an unexpected conclusion. This starts off with such a powerful sitar part, telling you right away that it's not going to be simple pop music and that you are listening to something different than you'd ever heard before. Love the boldness of that and of having such a long instrumental intro. That long intro leading into the loud tablas and strumming guitar at ~0:35 is mesmerizing and energizing. Can only imagine being a teenybopper in 1966 putting the new Beatles record on and wondering WTF was this all about. But somehow in this one George also manages to keep a pop vibe, integrating the sitar and the droning Eastern influence with a structure that (after the intro) is familiar in pop music, a lovely melody and vocal, and lyrics that could fit as well in a pop love song. All of this gives the song such a deep, lush texture.
Mr. krista: "This is a rare example where I wish the song were longer. That time signature where the melody seems one note off, and it needs time to develop. Then when I was starting to understand it, it sped up and fades out in a pop format. The point of that music is almost like hypnosis, the transcendental quality of music, it needs time to develop. It’s a neat experiment and really bold and courageous. But making it into a pop song doesn’t work."
Suggested covers: In the category of "at least they tried," The Trypes Bongwater
2022 Supplement: George had a hard time naming his songs, and John often made fun of him for it. This one was called “Granny Smith” for some reason but being renamed with the only slightly more sensible “Love You To.” It was the first song by George that he wrote on a sitar instead of guitar and the first that fully showed the Indian influences that became so much a part of his songwriting in later years.
As with many George songs, and as I’ve discussed in another supplement that might or might not be posted before this one, John did not appear on this song as he became oddly absent in the work on many George songs. But George also didn’t get a ton of support from the others on this track, either, with Paul supplying some backing vocals and Ringo playing the tambourine. The majority of what you hear on this track is either George (not only on vocals and sitar but playing a variety of guitars) and musicians from the Asian Music Circle, a (now extinct) London organization that promoted Asian, and particularly Indian culture in the UK and is also credited with introducing yoga into Great Britain for the first time. George Martin had introduced the group to the Beatles during the recording of “Norwegian Wood”, having worked with them previously on a Peter Sellers recording. It was also through this group that George met Ravi Shankar, who with the possible exception of Jeff Lynne became George’s closest post-Beatles collaborator.
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Geroge Harrison’s love of Indian music is well-known. The sitar was kind of used as window dressing on Norwegian Wood, but for Revolver, Geroge wanted more than just window dressing, enter Love You To.
George was very much in charge when recording Love You To. The other Beatles involvement was minimal, but only George knew how to communicate with the Indian musicians. George played sitar and, of course, sang lead. Paul sang harmony, which didn’t appear in the final mix and Ringo played tambourine. Anil Bhagwat played tabla.
The song itself is a melding of western and eastern music, Indian instrumentation, but with a rock beat. The lyrics are interesting with things like “there’s people standing round, who’ll screw you in the ground” and “make love all day long, make love singing songs.” I’ve read various interpretations from being about his fellow Beatles to a commentary on anti materialism. Not sure either way.
This is a song that took a while for me to “get.” It was very strange to my ear as a 14 year old kid. Decades later, I appreciate how groundbreaking it was. Others may claim to have used Indian influences before Harrison in pop music, but I’m not sure anybody else can claim to have put an actual Indian song on a pop record before George Harrison. And the influence of Indian music on the Beatles, mostly led by George, is heard on so many of the songs on Revolver. Tomorrow Never Knows, She Said She Said, I’m Only Sleeping, and Rain.
This isn't Beatles related, but whenever I see or hear anything regarding Ravi Shankar, I wonder if his daughter Norah Jones ever plays the sitar. I finally investigated tonight, and she does not play the sitar, but her half-sister Anoushka Shankar does, and plays it very well. Her late half-brother Shubho Shankar played the sitar, and her late cousin Ananda Shankar played sitar.Love You To
George Martin had introduced the group to the Beatles during the recording of “Norwegian Wood”, having worked with them previously on a Peter Sellers recording. It was also through this group that George met Ravi Shankar, who with the possible exception of Jeff Lynne became George’s closest post-Beatles collaborator.
Whoa! I thought this would be off the board kinda early, but i didn't expect to be a lone wolf. Completely agree with the krista's - the song needed a bridge into an outro when it abruptly cut off. Could have been a 4 1/2 minute legend, but groundbreaking sub 3 will have to do.
This isn't Beatles related, but whenever I see or hear anything regarding Ravi Shankar, I wonder if his daughter Norah Jones ever plays the sitar. I finally investigated tonight, and she does not play the sitar, but her half-sister Anoushka Shankar does, and plays it very well. Her late half-brother Shubho Shankar played the sitar, and her late cousin Ananda Shankar played sitar.
Sad to see Rita so low. It made the list for me a few years ago but was one of the final cuts this time.
I agree. Never really seek it, but don't turn it off when it comes on.This is a nice little toe tapper song.
I just listened to it on youtube, and she sounds great.Anoushka Shankar played on sitar for several numbers at the Concert for George, including "The Inner Light."
I just listened to it on youtube, and she sounds great.
I just listened to it on youtube, and she sounds great.
I mentioned the Sirius top 100 Beatles list. I can remember listening to the countdown for hours one day driving home from Florida where we had taken our kids to Disney. Lovely Rita comes on - none of my kids had any idea what a meter maid was - not sure they do now either.
Oh wow, wouldn't have thought of that. I remember there's a professor at Princeton or someplace who every year makes a list of things his students, assuming they were born in xxxx year, wouldn't have experienced. Stuff like phone booths or the like (I'm pulling that one out of my ### and it might not have ever been on the list), that make you feel very, very old.
Is the countdown on now?And speaking of that Sirius countdown - we've already had 2 from that list appear on our list:
83. Lovely Rita
70. Rocky Raccoon
I never knew George Martin played piano on the song until now. I missed a lot the first time around on your Beatles countdown, because my grandmother was going downhill during it, and I wasn't always tuned in. I think your grandfather died too during the process of your countdown.I (obviously) rank this one much higher, too. Maybe it's considered too silly or something, but I think it's very clever both lyrically and musically. And the bass line is killer.
I never knew George Martin played piano on the song until now. I missed a lot the first time around on your Beatles countdown, because my grandmother was going downhill during it, and I wasn't always tuned in. I think your grandfather died too during the process of your countdown.
Is the countdown on now?
k4's mama has good taste. I like this tune. Sometimes I forget what a solid album A Hard Day's Night is. I ranked two songs from it as favorites, but it has many good ones.
So he likes things repeated over and over again? Must have Hey Jude high on his list.Didn't you ask this yesterday?
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!
That sounds like it should make up for her not letting you go to that Zeppelin concert.As a toss in, I remember a special thing my mom did (RIP). When I was born (1966), she went out and bought a Beatles Happy Birthday card. She sat on it for 40 years, had moved countless times covering thousands of miles, and gave it to me for my 40th birthday. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. And my mother was the furthest person you would ever apply the world cool to.
So he likes things repeated over and over again? Must have Hey Jude high on his list.
This. I originally had just about every George song listed, including and especially, all the sitar songs. Cuts had to be made.I think it might compete with "The Inner Light" and "Within You Without You" a little in terms of making anyone's list. People who love the Indian-inflected stuff (I'm one but think we're a minority) have differing views of which they prefer. Today I might choose "The Inner Light" if I had to. And even though I think I'm a bigger fan of these than most people, still none of them made my top 25. It's a really tough cut-off.
Hey, can you explain what there numbers are, what they mean and how they are determined?Chalk Rankings Top 10. #157T = 15 pts each. Sponsored by Earl Anthony's Bowling Alley Cheeseburgers
Three songs are tied at #157. (14 pts + 15 pts + 16pts)/3 = 15 pts per song.
1 --Krista (Sharon)---24.5
2 --Encyclopedia Brown---20
3 --Krista (mom)---15
4 --Krista (Mom/Hub)---14.5
5 --Lardonastick---13
6 --Mac32---11.5
7 --DaVinci---10
8 --Krista (TJ/Holly)---10
9 --Krista (TJ/Slug)---8
10 --Just Win Baby---8
I had 3....really really solid album. For anybody else, it's their unquestioned masterpiece. For the Beatles, it's just like their 5th or 6th best album....k4's mama has good taste. I like this tune. Sometimes I forget what a solid album A Hard Day's Night is. I ranked two songs from it as favorites, but it has many good ones.
I really would have liked to include it too but just couldn’t find another song to cut. I don’t even have a great explanation for why it appeals to me, its just kind of fun.Sad to see Rita so low. It made the list for me a few years ago but was one of the final cuts this time.
Bongwater is a fantastic band name.There's no other way to say it other than George's songs are much better suited for other bands to go in a different direction and come up with something creative than a lot of the early two-minute ditties. IMO, this grouping will be one of the best out of all the songs we'll get to (maybe even the best). They all go in a different direction than the original. That's that point of covers. There are no cookie cutter versions here. They're all good in their own way. The Vickers probably tops the list and Norway House is also top notch, but man, there's A LOT of good stuff here. I may be a heathen, but I like some of these better than The Beatles version. Maybe that's because it takes real talent to be able play this one (compared to some of the bubble gum pop songs with three cords and a bunch of clapping). I may just put these on shuffle play tomorrow.
Ronnie Montrose, Bongwater, Yim Yames, Cornershop, Glider, Joel Harrison, Sukilove, Fantasmes, Les Fradkin, Solid Gold, The Specimen, One Man Bannister, Christine Collester, Don Randi Trio, Anna-Bella Munter, Susheela Raman, Trypes, Johnny Nana, The Vickers, The BlackBirds & Calcutta Trio, Jada Yvette, Lyric Advisory Board, Paton/James, My Pleasure, Andrej Danóczi, Norway House, The Fab Folk, Mo Troper
These folks deserve a round of applause. Some of these are awesome. I don't listen to my Beatles covers a ton, and I NEVER would only listen a bunch of the same song. This is interesting for me in that regard. I never thought to compare the different cover versions. Kind of cool, actually, to think that all these folks heard what George and the band came up with and these are their interpretations and reimagined versions. Good stuff.
Love You To
Krista4
Love You To (Revolver, 1966)
Suggested covers: In the category of "at least they tried," The Trypes Bongwater
Admit you just scan through to see if there’s a new Mr Krista comment. Admit it!I swear I read your write ups.I just happened to quote Anarchy.
There's no other way to say it other than George's songs are much better suited for other bands to go in a different direction and come up with something creative than a lot of the early two-minute ditties.
Binky, your link is a bunch of bowling pictures.
Much like Rocky Raccoon, I always just assumed this to be a fan favorite. Am I just overestimating the more quirky songs appeal? I like them both even if they didn't make my 25.Wow. This has to be a victim of only voting for top 25. Seems this should be higher.