The Not So Great Beatles Songs

One of the best butts.

 

Well, it's a hate thread and a Beatles thread and also a
we've-done-this-to-death thread, all wrapped up in one!

Panem et circenses, from the ringmaster himself.

 

It's good to be da king.

 

I don't really hate the Beatles songs I skip, I just don't want to hear them at that particular moment.

But to show you where everyone differs, I generally skip Hey Jude. It is a great 2 minute song stretched out to 7 minutes.
Na na na na na na. Hey Jude. (Yes I counted out the Nas)

Maybe it really should be "Hey Dude" (see the movie Yesterday for that reference).

 

Also to show where we all differ, with the exception of the last two cuts, the White Album is super duper in my book. They kind of let their hair down. Ringo says he likes it more than Pepper, so who are we to argue?

 

For me they have many

 

But she had a pain at the party...

The funny thing about most of the Anthology rarities is that they were really interesting when they could only be found on bootlegs. Once they became official it was easier to diss on them. Like most bands, the extras are often truly bottom of the barrel. I mean really, how often do we really groove on the extras?

 

When I Get Home is the first one to come to my mind. A Hard Day's Night is a great album, but I've always thought When I Get Home is on the lumbering, anti-climatic side compared to the rest IMO.

 

Bertha Butt. One of the Butt sisters.

 

5 ones frequently cited:
Run For Your Life
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Wild Honey Pie
Revolution 9
Yellow Submarine

5 Sacred cows equally worthy of Slaughter:
Come Together
I Am the Walrus
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Hey Jude
All You Need is Love

 

Really?
How many are there?

 

Revolution #9

 

Maggie Mae. Horrible

 

This thread is starting to get silly. A bit like the argument clinic in Monty Python.

I think all right thinking people are wrong.

But Come Together, I Am the Walrus, and Lucy? Three of the very best right there.....

 

Just counted out how many in that particular segment, not the whole song of course.

 

The right thinking people line is not from the argument sketch.

 

I find “I Want To Tell You” plodding, tedious and grating.

Love the harmonies in the outro, however.

 

The night before and another girl and you like me too much

 

Like this.

 

I usually skip these songs. I don't skip any songs on Please Please Me or Rubber Soul.

Ain't She Sweet
Cry For A Shadow
German versions of I want to hold your hand and She loves you
When I Get Home
Mr. Moonlight
Bad Boy
Yes It Is
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
I'm Only Sleeping
Doctor Robert
She's Leaving Home
Mr. Kite
Good Morning
Flying
Bungalow Bill
Warm Gun
Piggies
Savoy Truffle
Revolution 9
Good Night
Yellow Submarine side 2
I Want You
Dig A Pony
Dig It
Across The Universe (Wild Life Version)
You Know My Name

 

Most of my choices can be found on side 2 of HELP! and side 1 of MMT.

 

The Beatles had a great sense of what were the better tracks and what to archive. There are artists such as Bob Dylan or the Who that leave better material in the archive because it did not fit in the theme/mood of the album.

 

Won't even call it a song, it's studio banter.

 

. . . the money out of my wallet because I've bought them so many times.