# Final poll – What is the best L song? Select just one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 24, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005 "2023-10-24T11:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/1 "2023-10-24T11:02:16Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/2 "2023-10-24T14:09:53Z")
This poll went up too soon… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/3 "2023-10-24T14:36:39Z")
Yeah, I kinda figured that the point of #1 and #2 were to narrow the field a bit for this concluding poll. Doesn’t seem to have been much narrowing. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/4 "2023-10-24T14:39:48Z")
Or enough time to vote - I voted in only one of them, and even that, it turns out, was after _this_ poll was created. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/5 "2023-10-24T18:06:53Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > This poll went up too soon… Fair enough. I’ll wait longer for the next letter. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Doesn’t seem to have been much narrowing. For the final poll I selected every song that received 10 or more votes. Can narrow more in the next go-round. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/6 "2023-10-24T22:09:18Z")
I voted “Let It Be” - but only if it’s the version with the good guitar solo. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/7 "2023-10-24T23:52:51Z")
You mean the Spector Wall of Sound™ guitar? Not the naked version? I concur. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/8 "2023-10-29T04:52:43Z")
I’d rate any song off _Let It Be_ higher without Phil’s added strings. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/9 "2023-11-16T22:09:24Z")
Louie Louie’s poor performance in this poll isn’t surprising. BUT…of all the songs in all the polls, I’d wager it’s the only one to be honored by at least two marathon events: [Maximun Louie Louie](https://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=10753) and the [Louie Louie Marathon](https://louielouiemarathon.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/10 "2023-11-16T22:18:03Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Louie Louie’s poor performance in this poll isn’t surprising. 1-2-3, 1–2, 1-2-3, 1–2 is the primal ooze of Rock. It’s not sexy; but it’s indispensable. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-poll-what-is-the-best-l-song-select-just-one/992005/11 "2023-11-17T04:06:17Z")
I picked Live And Let Die, but I must not have seen the Dylan song. If I had, I would have picked Like A Rolling Stone.