Posted on 01/01/2006 2:51:02 PM PST by F14 Pilot
John Lennon's Imagine has beaten two Beatles numbers to top a radio poll for the UK's favourite song.
Voters placed Imagine higher than The Beatles' Hey Jude and Let it Be, which were in second and third place in the Virgin Radio poll of 7,000 listeners.
Fourth on the list were U2 with One and Robbie Williams' Angels was next.
The Beatles had 33 entries in the top 500 songs, followed by the Rolling Stones with 17 and U2 with 15. David Bowie and Queen had 14 entries each.
James Blunt was the highest-placed debut act, with his chart-topping single You're Beautiful in at number 10, while Blondie had eight entries in the top 500 and Keane had four.
Virgin Radio's Ben Jones, who will play out the top 10, said it was apt that Lennon topped the poll in the year of the 25th anniversary of his death.
"His writing, especially with Paul McCartney, is possibly the country's greatest ever musical export and he clearly still holds a special place in the nation's heart," he said.
"Hey Jude and Let it Be"
2 crappy overplayed songs
I can't be the only one who hates this song.
Lennon recorded some good songs in the post-Beatles era, but "Imagine" isn't one of them.
I've always liked Hey Jude. Don't know why though, there may be something wrong with me.
Dang! I was a Beatle fan and I hate all 3 of those songs! LOL
He challenged *us* to imagine "no possessions",but he left about a billion "possesions" to that lightweight,no talent Yoko....and every one of them had a picture of George Washington on them.
A stupid poll taken by people who know nothing of the music of The Beatles and are hard-pressed to remember 15 back.
15 back should read 15 minutes back.
Led Zeppelin didn't have enough on the list to merit a mention? The list is summarily disregarded as being worthless.
Damn they people polled like slow monotonous songs. And this is "rock"?
"Taxman" could be arguably one of the best of their tunes, although by this time they had stopped touring, so being regaled with half hour solo flights wasn't in the offing, ala the Who or Grateful Dead. There were 20 schillings to the British pound, and Mr. Harrison was only entitled to one of those for each pound earned. Hm.
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