Damn, dude, there are some good songs on that list.
I voted for “You Know My Name,” but now I’m wishing I’d gone with “All You Need Is Love.” At least, it’s The Beatles’ most overrated song. Some of the Beatles’ songs, like “You Know My Name,” “Flying,” and some of the others people are mentioning are unpretentious little throwaway tracks. “All You Need Is Love” tries to make a Major Philosophical Statement out of unimaginative nonsense lyrics set to a banal melody.
Ummm…it’s not.
I read somewhere that John Lennon hated that song. He thought it was a waste of their talent and of album space. Sorry, no cite; wish I could remember where I read it…TRM
I also pick “Mr. Moonlight” (why wasn’t this on the list?) On this song, the Beatles sound like oily lounge lizards with slicked back hair and skinny mustaches.
Other: A Day in the Life - Meaningless stoner babble with a hideously pretentious arrangement and some of the worst vocals in the history of pop.
What ! No Octopus’s Garden?
Wow, one of the most beautiful pop songs of the 60s by anyone.
But then again, the OP listed quite a few good songs, too.
“Blue Jay Way” has been cited and I’m tempted to pick it, though it has some interesting (though failed) musical ideas going on.
“Hello Goodbye”, on the other hand, is musically banal and the lyrics are painfully stupid. Makes the Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” sound like Shostakovich.
Other. Mr. Moonlight.
I was kinda surprised not to see it as a choice.
She’s Leaving Home kinda sucks too. Its existance in my mind nulifies any discussion of Sgt. Pepper as the greatest album of all time.
Yeah. I’m sure it was cathartic for GH but it didn’t make for much of a song.
I must confess I’m also mostly bored with the early Teenybop type of songs from the first few albums -
Ditto. That’s the only Beatles song that I really can’t stand.
I hate Mr. Moonlight too, but it doesn’t meet the requirements of the thread since it is a cover song.
I picked Within you, Without you. I’m not sure I would have liked it in the 1960s, but I know I’ve never liked it since I first heard it. Most of George’s Indian music songs just haven’t held up over time.
Other.
Number Nine… number nine… number nine…
“Run For Your Life.” And your list is far from what I think of as their bad songs.
I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – nearly eight minutes of redundant musical and lyrical torture. I hate that they included it in Beatles: Rock Band, forcing me to listen to it recently. Twice.
“Mr. Moonlight” and “Revolution #9” bare neck and neck for the worst.
But “Mr. Moonlight” is worse, because it wasn’t experimental. It sucked from the get go.
I despise ‘Honey Pie’. Lord help me, it makes me want to feed McCartney broken glass.
I’m with astorian…Mr. Moonlight has always been my least favorite Beatles tune. It has been praised in other threads by those who praise John’s vocals, but their arguments haven’t changed my mind.
Help is the Beatles song that annoys me for some reason.
Also agree there are some good songs on that list.
It may have been bad but it wasn’t written by a Beatle:
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Beat me to it! 