Matchbox
Nooooooo!!! Not “Good Night!” That’s the most perfect lullaby ever. Both of the little Furthurs have grown up listening to their daddy sing it to them before bed every night. It’s wonderful.
Another vote for “Mr. Moonlight” as the worst song. It’s that over-the-top organ music that does it, I think. Iew. “Brrrr brrr brrr… brrr brrr brrr brrr…” ick.
Mrs. Furthur
I guess I would pick Revolution 9, but if that doesn’t count I might choose Rocky Raccoon or Bungalow Bill. I never much liked Fixing A Hole or Getting Better either.
Sorry, John & Yoko. Experimentation is fine and all, but sometimes it just doesn’t work. Revolution #9 just sucked.
Queen Elizabeth
Guys, Revolution #9 isn’t a song; it’s a sound collage created by John and Yoko as part of their experimental art collaborations. You can’t really judge it by the same standards as you would a regular song, and it should therefore be left out of discussions about the worst Beatle song. . .
. . . which is “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.”
FYI, it’s called “Her Majesty.”
I’ve always hated “Mean Mr Mustard”. Actually, I don’t like a lot of their later stuff.
I stand corrected.
“She’s Leaving Home.”
The rest of it is pretty solid. I’ve probably listened to “Revolution 9” all the way through more times than that one. In fact, I love most of the songs mentioned in this thread. How anyone can listen to “Eight Days A Week” without grinning is beyond me.
It’s definitely “Hold Me Tight”.
Awful from start to finish.
WHAT THE JEBUS?
“She’s Leaving Home”? “Within You Without You”? “Flying”? ARE YOU PEOPLE MAD? This is some sort of comedy joke, right? It’s not like you’re saying “Run For Your Life” or anything.
I agree with typhoon, I like just about every song mentioned here too, except Revolution #9. I love Within You and Without You, Her Majesty, Blue Jay Way and I Dig a Pony.
My vote is for Run for Your Life. I admit I liked it when it came out. Can’t listen to it anymore, though - despite the catchy tune.
When I was but a sprout we called this the “long and boring song”.
I’m here to defend poor Revolution #9, which I often sing from memory in the shower. When you vote against it, are you saying you hate all sound collages? Or that sound collages may be OK, but they don’t belong on a Beatles album? Or that, sure, a good sound collage could be on a Beatles album, but this isn’t it?
If you are of the third opinion above, then what criteria separate a good sound collage from a bad sound collage?
The Phil Spector version of ‘Let it Be’.
While I love the Beatles, here are the songs I skip past, by album.
Please Please Me “A Taste of Honey”
With The Beatles"Roll Over Beethoven"
A Hard Day’s Night “I’ll Cry Instead”
Beatles For Sale “Mr. Moonlight”
Help! “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
Rubber Soul “Michele”.
Revolver “Dr. Robert”
Sgt. Pepper’s… "none…but it could have used another Lennon song because there’s so much Paul here.
Magical Mystery Tour “Your Mother Should Know”
The Beatles
“Revolution #9”, “Good Night”, “Honey Pie” and so on may seem rather useless, but I think the Beatles were trying to prove they could do anything they wanted too. That doesn’t mean I must listen to them and devote an entire afternoon to their album.
Abbey Road I used to think “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, though it has some very neat production if you listen closely.
Let it Be “Across The Universe”…I do like the other version - even if this one is the more natural of the two.
Past Masters Vol. 1 The German songs. These are the absolute worst.
*Past Masters Vol. 2 * I don’t know if I’ve actually listened to “You Know My Name…” more than once.
I agree with syncrolecyne, the German songs are the absolute worstest thing they did, EVER.
ugh!
Has no-one mentioned obla-dee obla-dah?
Surely that would be down there with the worst of them!
-Oli
“A Day in the Life” gets on my last nerve every time I hear it.