{"id":923,"date":"2007-10-13T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T14:56:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-12-10T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T15:19:30","slug":"please-explain-your-vote-for-greatest-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/please-explain-your-vote-for-greatest-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Explain: Your Vote for Greatest Standard-Issue, Pre-1980 Solo Beatles Greatest Hits\/Best of Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8tATq1oxHY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou, Townspeople, were polled on the following question:<br \/>\n<strong>What&#8217;s the best standard-issue, pre-1980 solo Beatles Greatest Hits\/Best of album?<\/strong> The poll and the not-so-surprisingly close results follow.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>1975&#8217;s John Lennon collection, <em>Shaved Fish<\/em>: 30% (7)<\/li>\n<li>Ringo&#8217;s 1976 collection, <em>Blast from Your Past<\/em>: 26% (6)<\/li>\n<li>1976&#8217;s <em>The Best of George Harrison<\/em>: 22% (5)<\/li>\n<li>1978&#8217;s <em>Wings Greatest<\/em> (McCartney): 22% (5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Total Votes : 23<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At this point I will ask you to defend your selection, first answering the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you actually vote for the <strong>album<\/strong> or the <strong>artist<\/strong> you most favor?<\/li>\n<li>Did you consider the <strong>great songs &#8211; for that artist &#8211; to crap quotient<\/strong>? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re all aware that Greatest Hits\/Best of albums do not always contain an artist&#8217;s best songs.<\/li>\n<li>Did you consult with our resident expert in Greatest Hits\/Best of collections, <strong>Townsman Andyr<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>All right!<\/em> With those questions answered, please explain in 25 words or less what made your decision THE CORRECT choice.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to your comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You, Townspeople, were polled on the following question: What&#8217;s the best standard-issue, pre-1980 solo Beatles Greatest Hits\/Best of album? The poll and the not-so-surprisingly close results follow. 1975&#8217;s John Lennon collection, Shaved Fish: 30% (7) Ringo&#8217;s 1976 collection, Blast from Your Past: 26% (6) 1976&#8217;s The Best of George Harrison: 22% (5) 1978&#8217;s Wings Greatest <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/please-explain-your-vote-for-greatest-st\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[206,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}