Highest debuts in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 by britishes

what a scramble that list is

Love that jimmy page song

are One Direction the ugliest boy band ever

voted for Coldplay

Have I understood this right? Does this mean that 'Hey Jude' only entered the charts at no.10 in the USA? And that this was the seventh highest *ever* chart entry by a British act?

Harry has a weirdly shaped face.

are One Direction the ugliest boy band ever

by boyband standards (these are low) they are towards the more attractive end of the spectrum. zayn is ridiculously pretty.

the correct answer to this question is either of the spice girls songs - these two are probably their best singles, might prefer "2 become 1"

Which one is zayn?

are One Direction the ugliest boy band ever

Jesus Christ, no. British boy bands in the '90s were so hideous.

In that photo at least they look like middle-aged comedians doing a boy band sketch on BBC3.

they look like dwarven barenaked ladies

either Spice Girls song. Pretty much hate all the rest

I voted for 2 Become 1.

Not sure if Puffy/Page really counts.

voting for "Let It Be" by default but i really do love "Let It Be"

I love how "Jesus to a Child" is America's answer to "See, we still care about our eighties icons!"

i never had the slightest idea at the time that Older had multiple top 10 hits, seemed like all the press was about how America had moved on and nobody was feeling his Romulan makeover, even VH1 didn't seem to be playing those videos

yeah I know. I heard "Fastlove" a couple times on the radio but even at the time it was like lol payola

voting for "Let It Be" by default but i really do love "Let It Be"

OTM

"Say You'll Be There" jams though

yeah i'm voting for "let it be" too tho "say you'll be there" is amazing

In the thirty years I've been listening to the Beatles I think I've head "Let It Be" all the way through once.

i think the hook is obv undeniable but it's not even my top 15-20 beatles song or anything. this list is pretty weak tho.

god help me but I might actually prefer "Free As a Bird" to "Let It Be."

and it's a goddamn Wilburys song

i think the hook is obv undeniable but it's not even my top 15-20 beatles song or anything. this list is pretty weak tho.

This is also OTM.

"Get Back"

prefer 'let it be' to 'hey jude', prefer 'get back' by some margin to both, prefer all 3's b-sides to the a-sides. curious what happens in the chart method (or perhaps radio or sales - though i really doubt that's the factor at work here) that makes those very late beatles singles debut so highly but not say 'i feel fine' or 'ticket to ride' etc.
there is this relative resurgence in popularity for the beatles in the late 60s that's interesting - obv ridiculously popular in the us from 64 on but from what i've seen of radio charts and year end billboard lists they're more successful (or more ridiculously successful is perhaps a better way to put it) as a singles act in 68-70 than they are 66-67 (not approaching 64-65 but that's more due to the difference in volume eg april 4, 1964 they have the top five singles in the chart while they only release five singles total 68-69). maaaaybe the stripped down return to roots less English sound was a factor but i can't imagine that's it really. hell maybe it was just the monkees cutting into their turf.

voted '2 become 1'. if i'd had a second vote it would've gone to spice girls also. kinda amazing also how few of these are post-itunes.

suspect i'm the only weirdo that prefers 'ballad of john & yoko' to those 3 beatles singles also

All my least favorite Beatles songs in one place! "Get Back" is alright but I hate hate hate hate hate "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be" so much and what the fuck even is the other one.

Voted for "2 Become 1" but would have gone for the Godzilla song on GP if I'd noticed it.

I like the Bill Withers version of "Let It Be" tho.

I like the Wilson Pickett version of "Hey Jude."

Don't necessarily dislike three of the four Beatles tracks here ("Free as a Bird" is crap), but I don't ever want or need to hear them ever again.

"let it be" is bad even by beatles standards but "hey jude" is a contender for the worst song EVER

^ love the name

'hey jude' is a song i can maybe retain some affection for in certain ways it's been abstractly sold to me - gospel hymn that suddenly turns into terry riley, the mother of power ballads (no 'hey jude' no 'bringing on a heartbreak', no 'i will always love you')- but these are all stretches at the very least. i can't imagine a circumstance where i'll be glad to hear 'hey jude', outside of some context like after hearing paul's 'my love' three times in a row, or 24 hours of 4 non blondes, etc. love the wilson pickett version but there's a long list of beatles songs where i prefer some sixties r&b artist's take on it.

I've probably told this story here before but I was one of the few black students at an all-white high school and even though my mom was a big Beatles fan, I managed to make it through the first 17 years of my life without hearing "Hey Jude". One day the school had an assembly that ended with them playing "Hey Jude". I was suddenly in a room with 2000 people singing in unison a song I had never heard in my life, one that felt like it went on for five hours. I have never felt a greater sense of alienation, of sheer lack of belonging, than in that moment. I've hated the song ever since.

My favourite Spice Girls song beats either weak or overplayed (or both) Beatles songs.

You are all crazy, the Beatles own this poll. "Hey Jude" by a nose from "Let It Be".

Get Back is the only Beatles song here that doesn't completely blow but I'm tempted to vote for the Jimmy Page/Diddy Kashmir thing safe in the knowledge I haven't actually heard it at least 12 years.

get back blows as hard as any of those others.

"Get Back" being one of the only Beatles songs still in classic rock radio rotation has really made me loath it, just some of the most inane bullshit McCartney ever came up with

Yeah, but she thought she was a woman, but she wasn't!

suspect i'm the only weirdo that prefers 'ballad of john & yoko' to those 3 beatles singles also

hi!

i'm cool with Yoko but god i hate that song

relevant to thread interests:

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/one-direction-for-wonderland

One Direction made it to #3 on Billboard? Good stuff! America are fully welcome to have them as long as they promise to fucking stay there.

god help me but I might actually prefer "Free As a Bird" to "Let It Be."

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As do I. I'm a total sucker for "Free As A Bird," and I enthusiastically and wholeheartedly embrace it in all its corniness. And Ringo brings it.

lol yesterday my cousin's daughter was vocally complaining about them losing an award to Carly Rae Jepsen

The Beatles or Undie Erection?

What is it with you Yanks and the Beatles, get over it, where's Westlife

Oh how could I forgot, they're Irish!

one dimension, as my mom seemingly unintentionally called them xp

lol @ yanks needing to get over the Beatles

yanks needing to get back where they once belonged

hey yanks, don't make it bad, take a Westlife song and make it better

"hey jude" "let it be" & "get back" are all cool. i don't listen to the types of radio stations that overplay these songs so my perspective on them is decently fresh at the moment.

prefer all 3's b-sides to the a-sides

but one of these is "the long and winding road"

not a huge fan of the harmonica solo leading into "i'll give you everything and this i swear..." and posh spice's vox on the bridge is nails-on-the-chalkboard caliber

i would rather get any of those 3 beatles songs randomly stuck in my head than "say you'll be there" or the other songs listed here

b-side of "let it be" was "you know my name," not "long and winding road." brainfreeze moment.

The communal CD player at my place of business for over a decade (where none of the employees were born pre-1970) has ensured that it will be another decade or so before I'm ready to give the Beatles (or Zeppelin, or Marley, or the Beach Boys) any serious attention.

I'd still rather listen to 'The Long And Winding Road' over any non-Beatles track on this poll, though. Ah man, those strings. Spector definitely got it right on that, no matter what McCartney says.

anyone who doesn't fux with those spice girls songs idek

I haven't heard either one of those spice girls songs

lol i forget you're 17 :)

"2 Become 1" is the vaguely trip-hop sex jam and "Say You'll Be There" is the fun Gap Band knockoff with a harmonica solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5jsa1lR9c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ro0FW9Qt-4

Neither is as good as "Stop" but "2 Become 1" made my top ten that year.

They're both terrible, come on.

I honestly don't think that I can vote in this, everything is far too bad.

the deer at the end of that video always weirded me out

is "Jesus to a Child" the most...immobile song to hit the top ten? It's like a stone sitting at the bottom of a pond.

get out of my sight and don't come back until you've repented. xxp

I don't think I've ever heard "Stop" tbh. "Spice Up Your Life" was the last Spice Girls single that got any play around my way.

They're both terrible, come on.

― emil.y, Friday, November 23, 2012 8:49 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM!

Oh, chintzy ersatz Motown. I'll pass.

vs chintzy ersatz feminism vs chintzy ersatz enumeration

I don't think I've ever heard "Stop" tbh. "Spice Up Your Life" was the last Spice Girls single that got any play around my way.

What about "Too Much"?

2 Becomes 1 is great but I voted Let it Be which I like a little more. I hope those are the top 2.

Get Back is like McCartney trying to turn Run Run Run into anemic nondescript blues rock. Only redeeming factor is the Billy Preston co-credit

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Shit, missed this one. Would have voted "Hey Jude," although "Speed of Sound" is a pretty decent piece of work and I have an irrational fondness for the Jimmy Page Band's classic "Come With Me." Most of the rest I can't stand.

*looks at the result, shrugs, closes thread*

you also typed out that post

brilliant winner

"viva forever" is the best single off the second spice album imo - "stop" is fine for the ersatz motown it is but this is gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkuqRFXNvI

Viva Forever is really lovely but Never Give Up On The Good Times is the best song on the second album.

i forgot how completely mental the "viva forever" video was. i think they had to make it after geri left. the...hopping chicken? the...spice insects? the...rubik's cube? what?

mel b's low notes at the end >>>>>>

I am OK with the result list, apart from the Jimmy Page one, I've not heard it though.

It's the Puff Daddy song that Led Zeppelin ripped off for "Kashmir".

"Jesus to a Child" deserved something, maybe throw it a few of those nonsense Beatles votes

oh wow i didn't notice this poll. "2 become 1" is the correct winner

I am such a dipshit for not voting 2 Becomes 1. Good thing I didnt ruin this poll

Also I totes remembered this as a some dude poll

How embarrassing for you (but more embarrassing for me somehow)

I didn't remember this at all!

But let's remember: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2014/01/spice-girls-2-become-1/

Ha your Facebook post on that is what made me dig this up

I didn't remember how ugly One Direction are.

they look like dwarven barenaked ladies

― mookieproof, Thursday, November 22, 2012 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink