John played bass on this and made a total hash of it, he didn’t give a stuff, the band had just about broken apart in acrimony and so there was no chance of realying that track. In the end it was largely covered up with orchestration, which pretty much drowned the song, but it was probably the only option open to the production team, but ithe result is a song that might have been something had it been crafted properly but turned out to be very poor.
I also dislike ‘Telephone Man’
‘Bungalow Bill’, shite.
The problem with ‘Revolution’ is that, whilst decidedly average, they seemed to think it was worthy of nine or more remakes, all of which were printed on various foramts and all of which were poo.
‘Hey Jude’, overblown and self important crap, they could have cut at least half the song, but I guess you’d have to be lit up to appreciate it, total rubbish.
‘Helter Skelter’ was covered far better by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
All these opinions, and yet no one has mentioned the song that peeves me the most: Within You Without You. Bad music, lousy lyrics, and just keeps going on and on way past when it’s worn out its welcome.
Agh! Blasphemy, all of you! Well, not all of you, but ** minlokwat** at least. And while I’ll admit “Hey Jude” is about 4 minutes too long, I’ll have to second the nomination for “Michelle”. Or maybe one of Paul’s other cheesy vaudeville numbers. Ugh.
Agh! Blasphemy, all of you! Well, not all of you, but ** minlokwat** at least. And while I’ll admit “Hey Jude” is about 4 minutes too long, I’ll have to second the nomination for “Michelle”. Or maybe one of Paul’s other cheesy vaudeville numbers. Ugh.
I agree that the released version of “Long and Winding Road” is the worst by far. Feeble lyrics, mushy strings. But, perhaps Spector and Lennon sabotaged it. I have a bootleg of it without the strings, and it is a lot better.
It took me years (decades) to appreciate Revolution #9. I get it now.
I thought that Ringo was a lousy drummer until I heard the second “Beatles anthology” set. Given that, I almost think they told him to stop drumming so well.
I agree that the released version of “Long and Winding Road” is the worst by far. Feeble lyrics, mushy strings. But, perhaps Spector and Lennon sabotaged it. I have a bootleg of it without the strings, and it is a lot better.
It took me years (decades) to appreciate Revolution #9. I get it now.
I thought that Ringo was a lousy drummer until I heard the second “Beatles anthology” set. Given that, I almost think they told him to stop drumming so well.
I’ll have to say that I like the Anthology versions of I’m Looking Through You, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, and Helter Skelter better than the released versions(I do like the released versions, by the way.)
I used to think this until I heard the music-only track on Anthology 2 and found it to be quite wonderful-sounding, which means we have George’s singing to blame on that one. Speaking of…
I have one thing left to saaaaaaaaaay:
I just can’t stand Blue Jay Waaaaaaaaaaaay
I used to think this until I heard the music-only track on Anthology 2 and found it to be quite wonderful-sounding, which means we have George’s singing to blame on that one. Speaking of…
I have one thing left to saaaaaaaaaay:
I just can’t stand Blue Jay Waaaaaaaaaaaay
My vote for the single worst Beatles’ song is Wild Honey Pie. As far as I know, I’ve heard every Beatles song released on major labels from Meet the Beatles to the anthology series, and I definitely have the least tolerance for WHP. At least the song is only about one minute in length.
Blue Jay Way and You Know My Name (look up the number) are close behind.
A couple songs I really dislike that have not been mentioned yet are Back in the U.S.S.R and Long, Long, Long
Oh God yes Joe. “Love Me Do” has to be the worst of the worst. Stupid, stupid, stupid, "Love love me do, you know I love you----------- SO CREATIVE DON’ T YOU THINK…:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
In the beginning they had mobs of young gum popping clueless little girls screaming over their long hair and British accents. One day they realized that they really did have some talent and could draw the older crowd and so they sat down and developed it along with a much larger bank account. The rest, my good man, is History.
I am gonna have to go with the folks who have listed smarmy McCartney songs:
Michelle
Long and Winding Road
When I’m 64
as a rule of thumb, I tend to group Paul’s songs accordingly:
25% are awful (see examples above)
50% are made better through juxtaposition with Lennon, Harrison and Lennon/McCartney songs (e.g., “Here There and Everywhere” is okay, but within the context of Revolver it is much, much better). I can’t explain why, but I am inclined to give McCartney’s songs a little more “credit” for having depth - I know, not fair, but I do think some of Lennon’s experimentation/ intellectualism (for want of a better term) rubs off on Paul’s work, either through the actual songwriting, or just by being on the same album…
25% are amazing (e.g., She Loves You, Eleanor Rigby, etc.)
