# Poll: The Beatles' Worst Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176 "2010-03-20T22:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/141 "2010-03-25T01:10:47Z")
Other - all of them. I’ve yet to hear a Beatles song that impressed me. Most of them are boring as hell. Sorry to threadshit, but you asked me to specify. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/142 "2010-03-25T01:41:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Since we can’t vote for “Revolution 9,” my vote has to go to “I Me Mine.” Total Dreck. (And for the record, I love “Honey Pie.”) Wow, I know I Me Mine isn’t a masterpiece, but I like it a lot. As others have alluded to, we must differentiate betwixt Honey Pie and Wild Honey Pie (not you specifically, panache; your post just made me think of it) ---
**Author:** ![HepToTheJive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@HepToTheJive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HepToTheJive)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/143 "2010-03-25T02:00:40Z")
I was completely unaware of how many people dislike, “Bungalow Bill.” For me it would be, “The Fool on the Hill.” My instinctive reaction is of course, “Wild Honey Pie.” Aghck! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Baks\_Noogiehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@Bob\_Baks\_Noogiehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Baks_Noogiehead)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/144 "2010-03-25T03:57:32Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Other: Taxman. Grating vocals, juvenile political commentary. If you wanna talk juvenile political commentary, I submit “Blackbird.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/145 "2010-03-25T03:58:38Z")
The Beatles did NOT write any bad songs. Harumph! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Baks\_Noogiehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@Bob\_Baks\_Noogiehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Baks_Noogiehead)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/146 "2010-03-25T03:59:53Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > When I was ‘knee high’ I got it stuck in my head, and sang it incessantly. Everywhere. In front of my grandparents. At a party they were throwing. > > But it really is a very nice tribute to the blues. I’m told that as a toddler I sang it all through a trip to Target. With my grandparents. I hope they were amused. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/147 "2010-03-25T05:39:32Z")
A curse on the OP! There were no bad Beatles songs! I hope you spend eternity listening to Barry Manilow and Yma Sumac!! ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/148 "2010-03-25T05:48:39Z")
Have not yet read others responses. I picked Other, meaning Eleanor Rigby. heard it when young, too scary. Are you serious? Why Don’t We Do it In The Road (also heard when young) is wonderful! Also, I hadn’t liked Here Comes The Sun til they did the skit about it on snl. Maybe I should change worst to Helter Skelter. it was scary too, but for other reasons than melody. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/149 "2010-03-25T06:16:05Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Have not yet read others responses. I picked Other, meaning Eleanor Rigby. heard it when young, too scary. > Are you serious? Why Don’t We Do it In The Road (also heard when young) is wonderful! > Also, I hadn’t liked Here Comes The Sun til they did the skit about it on snl. > > Maybe I should change worst to Helter Skelter. it was scary too, but for other reasons than melody. I was neutral to Here Comes The Sun until a semester in England (and 30-day tour of the continent) in 1982. On the continent, we stayed in hostels. Hostels get you up and kick your butt out on the street at 9AM no matter what your level of hangoverness. The wake-up call is usually delivered in a loud, unceasing, and unrelentingly firm (though polite in a we-appreciate-your-patronage-but-we-are-a-business-so-get-the-hell-out) kind of way. After being abroad for awhile when you are young, you get sick of cathedrals, museums, history, and all that overwhelming touristy crap and just want to drink and have fun **and sleep in**. But they just keep kicking you out at 9AM!! Then you stay in a little family run hostel in Salzburg, Austria. You go to bed drunk as usual, but in the morning are awakened **not at 9AM, but at 10AM** , and not by loud voices, but by “Here Comes The Sun” played softly over the intercom with the volume rising slowly and steadily to softly lift you out of sleep, accompanied by the smell of freshly brewed coffee and cinnamon rolls. I have loved that song ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/150 "2010-03-25T06:19:26Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > … “Here Comes The Sun” played softly over the intercom with the volume rising slowly … I knew a guy who said back in 'Nam, the Radar O’Reilly-type who was in charge of the camp loudspeaker would wake the troops up to that every morning. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/151 "2010-03-25T06:29:24Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I knew a guy who said back in 'Nam, the Radar O’Reilly-type who was in charge of the camp loudspeaker would wake the troops up to that every morning. He probably got fragged. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/152 "2010-03-25T06:35:11Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Other - all of them. I’ve yet to hear a Beatles song that impressed me. Most of them are boring as hell. Sorry to threadshit, but you asked me to specify. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone so completely dislike _any_ Beatles song before, so now I’m curious what music you listen to? ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/153 "2010-03-25T06:41:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > He probably got fragged. Because of the irony, or because the troops would rather hear the Stones? ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/154 "2010-03-25T12:38:21Z")
> [@Bob\_Baks\_Noogiehead](#): > > If you wanna talk juvenile political commentary, I submit “Blackbird.” I submit anything by Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/155 "2010-03-25T12:44:52Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Other - all of them. I’ve yet to hear a Beatles song that impressed me. Most of them are boring as hell. Sorry to threadshit, but you asked me to specify. I gotta ask … Which group / artist / singer / writer / musician / whatever \*do \*you think is worthy? ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/156 "2010-03-25T20:54:52Z")
I don’t know quite a few songs on this list! I was going to say Mean Mr Mustard, but I have just replayed it & its not quite as bad as I remember it. So I’ll go with Taxman. Banal tune & outrageously wealthy guys complaining about their taxes is never a good look. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/157 "2010-03-25T21:14:57Z")
I just realized - a lot of the songs mentioned are off Abbey Road (probably my favourite album from them, taken as a whole, though I prefer individual tracks off other albums)… ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/158 "2010-03-26T00:57:38Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone so completely dislike _any_ Beatles song before, so now I’m curious what music you listen to? Pasted from my facebook page: most things classical, Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Regina Spektor, Weird Al Yankovic, Lisa Loeb, The Killers, The Decemberists, Iron Maiden, Infected Mushroom, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Four Postmen, The Who, Disturbed, Tool, Cake, Ben Folds, MC Hawking, Moby, Pink Floyd, Consortium of Genius, Simp The Dog, REM, Underworld, Sufjan Stevens, Orbital, Lady Gaga, Far From Seriously, I’ve never heard a Beatles song I actually enjoyed. Nowhere Man I didn’t HATE, but I was once told (and I later confirmed) that it was the first Beatles song published that WASN’T a love song…just about all of their songs are either boy band love song crap, boring and emotionless, too “out there” to even really be called music, or so overplayed that I can’t even listen to it without focusing on how cliched it is. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/159 "2010-03-26T04:09:26Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Other. > > Number Nine… number nine… number nine… Memorably covered [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSGWKsJCjzY) (video) as “Number 8.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/160 "2010-03-26T05:46:51Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > … > I wonder how many people hating “Her Majesty” were born when Abbey Road came out. I was in college, and we thought it was a hoot. Maxwell too - a Paul music hall song, bloody like Sweeney Todd. I would have voted for “Long and Winding Road” which I was forced to listen to on the radio twice an hour at work one awful summer, but I had the version not butchered by Phil Spector on a Let it Be bootleg long before it came out on Naked, and that version is barely tolerable. Hate it.\* Not only was born, was in college. \*Although I don’t rate it worst. That would be either BB or RR. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176.md?page=9)