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« Reply #50 on: January 22, 2018, 02:29:30 PM »

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« Reply #51 on: January 22, 2018, 04:33:16 PM »

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« Reply #52 on: January 22, 2018, 05:56:36 PM »

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« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2018, 12:28:43 AM »

One After 909.
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« Reply #54 on: January 23, 2018, 03:34:23 PM »

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« Reply #55 on: January 23, 2018, 07:31:41 PM »

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« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2018, 08:56:07 AM »

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« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2018, 08:59:19 AM »

"One After 909"
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« Reply #58 on: January 24, 2018, 10:40:41 AM »

The final album (recorded before the final album... if that makes any sense). I prefer Let It Be... Naked... But there it is!  3D

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Let It Be topped albums charts in both America and the UK, and the "Let It Be" single and "The Long and Winding Road" also reached number one in the US. Despite its commercial success, according to Beatles Diary author Keith Badman, "reviews [were] not good".[28] NME critic Alan Smith wrote: "If the new Beatles' soundtrack is to be their last then it will stand as a cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to a musical fusion which wiped clean and drew again the face of pop."[29] Smith added that the album showed "contempt for the intelligence of today's record-buyer" and that the Beatles had "sold out all the principles for which they ever stood".[30] Reviewing for Rolling Stone, John Mendelsohn was also critical of the album, citing Spector's production embellishments as a weakness: "Musically, boys, you passed the audition. In terms of having the judgment to avoid either over-producing yourselves or casting the fate of your get-back statement to the most notorious of all over-producers, you didn't."[31]

However, John Gabree of High Fidelity magazine found the album "not nearly as bad as the movie" and "positively wonderful" relative to the recent solo releases by McCartney and Starr. Gabree admired "Let It Be", "Get Back" and "Two of Us", but derided "Long and Winding Road" and "Across the Universe", the last of which he described as "bloated and self-satisfied – the kind of song we've come to expect from these rich, privileged prototeenagers".[32] While questioning whether the Beatles' split would remain permanent, William Mann of The Times described Let It Be as "Not a breakthrough record, unless for the predominance of informal, unedited live takes; but definitely a record to give lasting pleasure. They aren't having to scrape the barrel yet."[33] In his review for The Sunday Times, Derek Jewell deemed the album to be "a last will and testament, from the blackly funereal packaging to the music itself, which sums up so much of what The Beatles as artists have been – unmatchably brilliant at their best, careless and self-indulgent at their least."[33]

In a retrospective review, Richie Unterberger of AllMusic described Let It Be as the "only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews", but felt that it was "on the whole underrated". He singles out "some good moments of straight hard rock in 'I've Got a Feeling' and 'Dig a Pony'", and praises "Let It Be", "Get Back", and "the folky 'Two of Us', with John and Paul harmonising together".[34] Despite a mixed review from Rolling Stone at the time of its release, the album was ranked number 86 in the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003[35] but was moved down to number 392 in the 2012 version.[36]


12 votes spread across 4 tracks!

Move over honey, 6 smilers are traveling on this line!

VOTE for your LEAST FAVORITE track.

Tally on January 27

Two of Us
Across the Universe
I Me Mine
Let It Be
I've Got A Feeling
The Long and Winding Road
Get Back

Round#1 Dig It Jan 12
Round#2 Maggie Mae Jan 14
Round#3 For You Blue Jan 18
Round#4 Dig A Pony Jan 21
Round#5 One After 909 Jan 24

Sixth round is where I start to question.

I've Got A Feeling is almost ready for my vote. But I just love how John and Paul put their two songs together too much.

So my vote goes to The LONG and LONGING LONG, erm I mean Winding Road.

Get your VOTE on!

PAST SURVIVOR WINNERS


The Beatles Survivor #1 Winner: TWIST AND SHOUT
The Beatles Survivor #2 Winner: ALL MY LOVING
The Beatles Survivor #3 Winner: IF I FELL
The Beatles Survivor #4 Winner: NO REPLY
The Beatles Survivor #5 Winner: HELP!
The Beatles Survivor #6 Winner: IN MY LIFE
The Beatles Survivor #7 Winner: ELEANOR RIGBY
The Beatles Survivor #8 Winners: I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND & I FEEL FINE
The Beatles Survivor #9 Winner: A DAY IN THE LIFE
The Beatles Survivor #10 Winner: STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
The Beatles Survivor #11 Winner: WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
The Beatles Survivor #12 Winner: HELTER SKELTER
The Beatles Survivor #13 Winner: HERE COMES THE SUN
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« Reply #59 on: January 24, 2018, 10:55:19 AM »

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« Reply #60 on: January 24, 2018, 11:51:04 AM »

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« Reply #61 on: January 24, 2018, 01:04:45 PM »

I've Got a Feeling!
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« Reply #62 on: January 24, 2018, 01:21:27 PM »

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« Reply #63 on: January 24, 2018, 02:14:05 PM »

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« Reply #64 on: January 24, 2018, 05:16:08 PM »

It'll be a Long And Winding Road before this song finally goes  LOL
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« Reply #65 on: January 24, 2018, 06:03:57 PM »

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« Reply #66 on: January 25, 2018, 07:05:18 AM »

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« Reply #67 on: January 28, 2018, 08:22:04 AM »

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« Reply #68 on: January 28, 2018, 06:58:26 PM »

The final album (recorded before the final album... if that makes any sense). I prefer Let It Be... Naked... But there it is!  3D

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Let It Be topped albums charts in both America and the UK, and the "Let It Be" single and "The Long and Winding Road" also reached number one in the US. Despite its commercial success, according to Beatles Diary author Keith Badman, "reviews [were] not good".[28] NME critic Alan Smith wrote: "If the new Beatles' soundtrack is to be their last then it will stand as a cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to a musical fusion which wiped clean and drew again the face of pop."[29] Smith added that the album showed "contempt for the intelligence of today's record-buyer" and that the Beatles had "sold out all the principles for which they ever stood".[30] Reviewing for Rolling Stone, John Mendelsohn was also critical of the album, citing Spector's production embellishments as a weakness: "Musically, boys, you passed the audition. In terms of having the judgment to avoid either over-producing yourselves or casting the fate of your get-back statement to the most notorious of all over-producers, you didn't."[31]

However, John Gabree of High Fidelity magazine found the album "not nearly as bad as the movie" and "positively wonderful" relative to the recent solo releases by McCartney and Starr. Gabree admired "Let It Be", "Get Back" and "Two of Us", but derided "Long and Winding Road" and "Across the Universe", the last of which he described as "bloated and self-satisfied – the kind of song we've come to expect from these rich, privileged prototeenagers".[32] While questioning whether the Beatles' split would remain permanent, William Mann of The Times described Let It Be as "Not a breakthrough record, unless for the predominance of informal, unedited live takes; but definitely a record to give lasting pleasure. They aren't having to scrape the barrel yet."[33] In his review for The Sunday Times, Derek Jewell deemed the album to be "a last will and testament, from the blackly funereal packaging to the music itself, which sums up so much of what The Beatles as artists have been – unmatchably brilliant at their best, careless and self-indulgent at their least."[33]

In a retrospective review, Richie Unterberger of AllMusic described Let It Be as the "only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews", but felt that it was "on the whole underrated". He singles out "some good moments of straight hard rock in 'I've Got a Feeling' and 'Dig a Pony'", and praises "Let It Be", "Get Back", and "the folky 'Two of Us', with John and Paul harmonising together".[34] Despite a mixed review from Rolling Stone at the time of its release, the album was ranked number 86 in the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003[35] but was moved down to number 392 in the 2012 version.[36]


10 votes spread across 4 tracks!

I've Got A Feeling this song is #6 on the loser's list. (6 votes) 

VOTE for your LEAST FAVORITE track.

Tally on January 31

Two of Us
Across the Universe
I Me Mine
Let It Be
The Long and Winding Road
Get Back

Round#1 Dig It Jan 12
Round#2 Maggie Mae Jan 14
Round#3 For You Blue Jan 18
Round#4 Dig A Pony Jan 21
Round#5 One After 909 Jan 24
Round#6 I've Got A Feeling Jan 28

Seventh round is a rerun vpte for me.

I've Got A Feeling is almost ready for my vote. But I just love how John and Paul put their two songs together too much.

So my vote goes to The LONG and LONGING LONG, erm I mean Winding Road.

Get your VOTE on!

PAST SURVIVOR WINNERS


The Beatles Survivor #1 Winner: TWIST AND SHOUT
The Beatles Survivor #2 Winner: ALL MY LOVING
The Beatles Survivor #3 Winner: IF I FELL
The Beatles Survivor #4 Winner: NO REPLY
The Beatles Survivor #5 Winner: HELP!
The Beatles Survivor #6 Winner: IN MY LIFE
The Beatles Survivor #7 Winner: ELEANOR RIGBY
The Beatles Survivor #8 Winners: I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND & I FEEL FINE
The Beatles Survivor #9 Winner: A DAY IN THE LIFE
The Beatles Survivor #10 Winner: STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
The Beatles Survivor #11 Winner: WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
The Beatles Survivor #12 Winner: HELTER SKELTER
The Beatles Survivor #13 Winner: HERE COMES THE SUN
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« Reply #69 on: January 28, 2018, 08:49:25 PM »

The Long and Winding Road.

I think it's a great song, but WAY overproduced.
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« Reply #70 on: January 28, 2018, 10:12:14 PM »

Could we finally be reaching the end of.... The Long And Winding Road
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« Reply #71 on: January 28, 2018, 10:35:59 PM »

I'll change my vote to The Long And Winding Road.
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« Reply #72 on: January 29, 2018, 05:26:41 AM »

The Long and Winding Road.

I think it's a great song, but WAY overproduced.
Really glad you say it's great song AND that Phil Spector royally epic failed as producer, ha. Voice of reason Liz. 3D

That said, as bummerinparadise - btw, happy to see like-minded Smiley - I shall buzz off boring "Across The Universe" with terrible John lead.
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« Reply #73 on: January 29, 2018, 05:31:10 AM »

The final six pack is a tough one, but I'm voting to cast off I Me Mine
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« Reply #74 on: January 29, 2018, 03:20:08 PM »

I Me Mine
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