# the lousiest Beatles' tune... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400 "2002-08-24T20:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/41 "2002-09-26T05:19:20Z")
I should clarify my stance on “Love Me Do”…the version you most commonly hear on, say, oldies radio, that version is fine IMHO, if a bit campy. It’s this-album,single,hell, I forget which-version that just doesnt lock in to anything. My understanding is that Ringo was trying to play assorted hand percussion along with the drumkit, and was just kinda hacking away, and here goes Sir George, “Oh well, better get a real drummer…” No explanation for Paul’s voice though. I love the rest of their catalogue, but this one song, it just really rubs me wrong… ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/42 "2002-09-26T14:05:32Z")
**The White Album** has taken alot of shit in this thread. And while I agree it has alot of filler, it also has some great fuckin songs. I, along with many other, have always felt that it could have been trimmed down to a long single LP and that the overall quality would have improved. Maybe into being their finest effort. As it stands, the inclusion of too much weak material prevents it from ranking with their best work (Abbey Road, Revolver, Rubber Soul) Here is my suggested playlist: Back in the USSR Dear Prudence Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness is a Warm Gun BlackBird Rocky Raccoon Julia I Will Birthday Mother Nature’s Son Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Helter Skelter Long Long Long Cry Baby Cry Revolution #9 There you have it, half of the original songs edited out, leaving just the cream of the crop. Tough choices had to made, leaving off fine tracks such as **Sexy Sadie, I’m So Tired, Why Don’t We Do It In The Road, & Yer Blues.** And none of these songs ought to be listed on anyones list of \*\* lousiest Beatles songs!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/43 "2002-09-26T19:27:45Z")
**thermalribbon,** I’d agree with your selection, for the most part, but I’d have to add Sexie Sadie and Yer Blues, and lose Long, Long, Long and Mother Nature’s Son. The worst Beatles song has to be She’s Leaving Home. Happy ---
**Author:** ![I\_am\_Sparticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@I\_am\_Sparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_am_Sparticus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/44 "2002-09-27T01:32:50Z")
Only half a dozen votes for Michelle? Only Beatles song I really hate is Michelle. Let me count the ways I hate it. It isn’t in English. I like operas not in English, but they need to be a little more complex. I took French lessons for several years, but I’ve never bothered to translate Michelle, it just isn’t interesting enough. It’s slow. It’s got a crappy melody. WTF was Paul thinking? ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/45 "2002-09-27T17:22:42Z")
I have been a die-hard Beatles fan since birth (1967). Their albums were the only ones my dad owned for a few years. So, I get a little defensive abouth them at times. Unequivocally, however, the absolute worst song is The Long and Winding Road. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to it all the way through. My least favorites come from the second disc of the White Album, also. Michelle, I have to agree, is complete drivel. But to say I’m A Loser and Run For Your Life aren’t good is just wrong. Run For Your Life is fun to listen to on headphones, and I’m A Loser has John in excellent voice. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/46 "2002-09-27T17:44:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thermalribbon \* > > Here is my suggested playlist: > > Back in the USSR > Dear Prudence > Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da > While My Guitar Gently Weeps > Happiness is a Warm Gun > BlackBird > Rocky Raccoon > Julia > I Will > Birthday > Mother Nature’s Son > Everybody’s Got Something to Hide > Helter Skelter > Long Long Long > Cry Baby Cry > Revolution #9 Not bad. I’ve been pondering this question ever since Paul Himself raised it in Anthology (his response: shrug…it’s the White Album. It’s the Beatles. Deal with it.) Substitute Sexy Sadie, I’m So Tired (love that song) Revolution and Savoy Truffle for Revolution #9, and you got a winner. (If Helter Skelter needs to go, to keep it on 1 LP…no big loss.) Spartacus…it’s not in French–it’s got one line in French, and Paul translates it on the fly: sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble…these are words that go together well. (Sunday monkey won’t play piano song) And my vote for the OP: Long & Winding Road. ---
**Author:** ![ZooMetropolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e480ec/32.png) [@ZooMetropolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZooMetropolis)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/47 "2002-09-27T18:26:51Z")
I like _Back In The USSR_, I think it’s just “clever”. My answer to the OP is the final part of _Hey Jude_… Well, I admit it, the whole song ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/48 "2002-09-27T21:29:30Z")
I actually like all the songs already mentioned as “awful”. I even like **Mr. Moonlight, Michelle** and **Revolution 9** The top five worst Beatles songs would be; 5. Oh, Darling 4. Got to Get You Into My Life 3. The Long and Winding Road 2. Mother Nature’s Son 1. Getting Better ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/49 "2002-09-28T01:14:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hugh Jass \* > \*\*Oh man, Mr. Moonlight is a horrible song… \*\* Yeah, but don’t you _love it_ when the Wurlitzer kicks in? **Love Me Do** , while exceptionally simplistic, is still a toe tapper. OTOH, **Michelle** , as stated elsewhere, is pretty abysmal both musically and lyrically. I’m waiting for **PepperLandGirl** to chime in with what I expect to be the definitive answer. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400/50 "2002-09-28T03:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\* > I also dislike ‘Telephone Man’ > \*\* I, too am puzzled. Could you possibly be referring to **ELO’S** _Telephone Line_ which has a kind of “Beatlesque” sound? To my knowledge **The Beatles** never recorded a tune b y that name. Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lousiest-beatles-tune/125400.md?page=2)