11.24pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 40
Hurt Helter Skelter 37
Egroeg Evoli said
I hope we all remember that the purpose of this is not to choose your favorite song, but the song that you feel is more of a “rocker.” Just in case anyone forgot/wasn’t sure. And if you don’t believe me, check the first post.
Totally agree, which is why my vote has been unwavering. Helter Skelter is one their greatest ROCK songs, but to me a ROCKER is something more akin to the original spirit, and style, of rock’n’roll. The “Rock” songs that I would call “Rockers” are few and far between. It’s all down to the definition.
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
11.28pm
6 December 2012
mja6758 said
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 40Hurt Helter Skelter 37
Egroeg Evoli said
I hope we all remember that the purpose of this is not to choose your favorite song, but the song that you feel is more of a “rocker.” Just in case anyone forgot/wasn’t sure. And if you don’t believe me, check the first post.Totally agree, which is why my vote has been unwavering. Helter Skelter is one their greatest ROCK songs, but to me a ROCKER is something more akin to the original spirit, and style, of rock’n’roll. The “Rock” songs that I would call “Rockers” are few and far between. It’s all down to the definition.
An interesting view. But I still vote for Helter Skelter .
Hurt I Saw Her Standing There 39
Heal Helter Skelter 38
EDIT: I knew 39-38 wasn’t possible. I just checked, and mja’s list should be ISHST 41 and HS 37.
So:
Hurt I Saw Her Standing There 40
Heal Helter Skelter 38
Also known as Egg-Rock, Egg-Roll, E-George, Eggy, Ravioli, Eggroll Eggrolli...
~witty quote~
3.23am
1 December 2009
HEAL I Saw Her Standing There 41
HURT Helter Skelter 37
I think Helter Skelter is AWES, obviously. But based upon the limited definition of “rocker” that I’m arbitrarily making up on the spot (but entirely sincerely!), it’s too much of a stand-in-one-spot-and-spontaneously-combust-and-ultimately-melt-all-over-the-floor number to “rock” in the classic sense. It hasn’t got that constant forward momentum that the other song has. (But hey, give me another month and I’ll change my mind and invent a reason why Helter Skelter better fits the definition of rocking!)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
3.43am
6 December 2012
vonbontee said
I think Helter Skelter is AWES, obviously. But based upon the limited definition of “rocker” that I’m arbitrarily making up on the spot (but entirely sincerely!), it’s too much of a stand-in-one-spot-and-spontaneously-combust-and-ultimately-melt-all-over-the-floor number to “rock” in the classic sense. It hasn’t got that constant forward momentum that the other song has. (But hey, give me another month and I’ll change my mind and invent a reason why Helter Skelter better fits the definition of rocking!)
That definition made me imagine Abbey Road Studios spontaneously combusting and melting…
Anyway:
Hurt I Saw Her Standing There 40
Heal Helter Skelter 38
Also known as Egg-Rock, Egg-Roll, E-George, Eggy, Ravioli, Eggroll Eggrolli...
~witty quote~
12.04pm
27 December 2012
Well “I Saw Her Standing There ” fits rock and roll rather than normal rock while “Helter Skelter ” resembles metal rather than actual rock. I was wondering why some songs got eliminated and I guess I wasn’t paying attention to the rules. Nevertheless I like I Saw Her Standing There better than Helter Skelter .
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 41
Hurt Helter Skelter 37
12.16pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Seem to have opened a debate about what a “rocker” is, which can be no bad thing now that we’re coming down to it. No bad thing to show that those of us voting often here have reasons based on our own understanding, rather than just being obstinate in favour of our favourite song.
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 42
Hurt Helter Skelter 36
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The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
2.19pm
5 November 2011
HEAL ISHST 43
HuRT Helter Skelter 35
All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit
2.28pm
27 December 2012
HEAL ISHST 44
HuRT Helter Skelter 34
3.13pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 45
Hurt Helter Skelter 33
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
4.09pm
1 December 2009
Me, I didn’t want to get into a debate about what is or isn’t a rocker – I’ve just been voting with my heart all along! But then egroeg said we’re not supposed to do that so I had to justify it somehow. Maybe next month (or next week) I change my mind and decide I like “Helter Skelter ” better and vote differently. But for now, I choose the one that you can dance to.
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 46
Hurt Helter Skelter 32
HEY WAIT A MINUTE, it just occurred to me that there’s got to be a couple of addition errors somewhere – the total number of votes should always be 80, and there’s only 78! Let me take a few minutes to find out where…
*checks thread*
…OK, corrected results!
Get Back 1
Tell Me Why 1
I Saw Her Standing There 46
Helter Skelter 32
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
11.19pm
6 December 2012
vonbontee said
…OK, corrected results!
Get Back 1
Tell Me Why 1
I Saw Her Standing There 46
Helter Skelter 32
I wonder how that happened…
Anyway:
Get Back 1
Hurt Tell Me Why 0
I Saw Her Standing There 46
Heal Helter Skelter 33
(@Little Piggy Dragonguy You hurt Helter Skelter ! How could you?! )
Also known as Egg-Rock, Egg-Roll, E-George, Eggy, Ravioli, Eggroll Eggrolli...
~witty quote~
12.10am
27 December 2012
I was wondering why the sum wasn’t a 100.
Hurt Get Back 0
HealI Saw Her Standing There 47
Helter Skelter 33
12.27am
Reviewers
17 December 2012
The sum wasn’t 100 because there was 8 on the list. Still, wonder how the Get Back and Tell Me Why got messed up.
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 48
Hurt Helter Skelter 32
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
12.55am
6 December 2012
Hurt I Saw Her Standing There 47
Heal Helter Skelter 33
Helter Skelter will not die if I can help it.
Also known as Egg-Rock, Egg-Roll, E-George, Eggy, Ravioli, Eggroll Eggrolli...
~witty quote~
4.26pm
30 December 2012
Heal Helter Skelter
Hurt I Saw Her Standing There 46
Heal Helter Skelter 34
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
5.08pm
1 December 2009
HEAL I Saw Her Standing There 47
HURT Helter Skelter 33
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
5.27pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 48
Hurt Helter Skelter 32
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
To @ Ron Nasty it's @ mja6758
The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
1.29pm
30 December 2012
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
3.27pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 48
Hurt Helter Skelter 32
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
To @ Ron Nasty it's @ mja6758
The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
11.10am
27 December 2012
mja6758 said
The sum wasn’t 100 because there was 8 on the list. Still, wonder how the Get Back and Tell Me Why got messed up.Heal I Saw Her Standing There 48
Hurt Helter Skelter 32
I meant 80, lol my math really sucks =(
Heal I Saw Her Standing There 49
Hurt Helter Skelter 31