# Worst beatles songs (original) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091 "2015-06-21T19:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/1 "2015-06-21T19:49:37Z")
Points for non-obscurity All together now For you blue Savoy Truffle What you’re doing Eight days a week ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/2 "2015-06-21T19:52:54Z")
Motherfucker! I like “What You’re Doing” a LOT. And I LOVE “Eight Days a Week!” Worst is probably “Run for your Life,” from _Rubber Soul_. I hate to pick a John song for the top of the list, because I’m a John kinda guy. “Michelle.” I really, really hate “Michelle.” But a lot of people like it, so it may just be my taste. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/3 "2015-06-21T20:02:36Z")
I assume you mean the worst songs other than Revolution 9. Other than that, then, how about ‘Act Naturally’, the B side of ‘Yesterday’? Good God! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/4 "2015-06-21T20:18:47Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Other than that, then, how about ‘Act Naturally’, the B side of ‘Yesterday’? Good God! Not a Beatles original. All the songs listed in the OP are quite good songs, with the possible exception of “All Together Now,” which is juvenile and simplistic but doesn’t pretend to be anything else. “Savoy Truffle” got my vote as best song on disc 2 of the White Album. The Beatles’ most overrated song is “All You Need Is Love.” There are a handful of tracks on the White Album that are among my least favorite Beatles songs. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/5 "2015-06-21T20:42:25Z")
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?” “Martha My Dear” “Wild Honey Pie” I see a trend. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/6 "2015-06-21T20:53:57Z")
> [@Subterraneanus](#): > > “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” > “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” > “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?” > “Martha My Dear” > “Wild Honey Pie” > > I see a trend. Some of those are really kids songs to me. I liked them when I was a kid so I can’t slag them now. To me they belong, like yellow submarine as well. “Why…Road” is the funniest Beatles song. Martha My Dear I have always loved since day 1. I think it’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/7 "2015-06-21T22:27:34Z")
“Hello, Goodbye.” To say it’s empty is an insult to voids everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/8 "2015-06-21T22:44:54Z")
. . . I like “All Together Now”. ☹ Along with “Maxwell”, “Yellow Submarine”, “Your Mother Should Know”, “Martha My Dear”, and all the rest of Paul’s granny music. 😉 In terms of creepiness, “Run For Your Life” takes the cake. And ice cream, and festive napkins, and silverware. But musically, it’s not too bad. I’m probably in the minority on this one, but I think that - while the sitar played a big role in many great songs of theirs - a lot of George’s Indian-influenced music is pretty forgettable. Still, naming the worst Beatles song is like naming the worst Monty Python film. It’s still going to be amazing. (Plus, as I suspect this thread will show, everyone’s least favorite song is someone else’s favorite, so it all balances out. This is also why making the White Album a double was a good idea - sure, everyone agrees it should have been a single, but no one would cut out the same songs). ETA: This is all assuming Revolution 9 doesn’t qualify as a song. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/9 "2015-06-21T23:20:48Z")
You know I couldn’t put in Revolution #9. For some reason I get intimidated like it’s a piece of art I don’t understand yet. Maybe that’s an important belief for me. Keeps the Beatles alive really. I love Run for your life. Freaking great Rockabilly tune with minor chords Much much catchier than: Can’t buy me love Anytime at all Little Child Hold me tight Piggies Glass onion Blue Jay Way Alright I can see the brickbats coming… ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/10 "2015-06-21T23:48:18Z")
Savoy Truffle rocks! Hard rockin’ line with sax, c’mon, where’s the love? It should have been the B side of Revolution instead of that horrid _Hey Jude_ ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/11 "2015-06-22T00:26:37Z")
“Michelle”. Oy. “Norwegian Wood”. Someone should have been charged with illegal use of a sitar. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/12 "2015-06-22T00:32:43Z")
“The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/13 "2015-06-22T00:33:37Z")
I find it hard to believe that there are people who don’t like Savoy Truffle but like the Beatles. My nominee is, as most, off the White Album. “Good Night.” Wikipedia says, “George Martin’s arrangement is excessively lush, and intentionally so. Lennon is said to have wanted the song to sound ‘real cheesy’” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/14 "2015-06-22T00:53:52Z")
[quote=“It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery, post:11, topic:723091”] Wrong. “Norwegian Wood” is the _best Beatles song evar._ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/15 "2015-06-22T01:07:31Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > You know I couldn’t put in Revolution #9. For some reason I get intimidated like it’s a piece of art I don’t understand yet. Maybe that’s an important belief for me. Keeps the Beatles alive really. “The Beatles” was released in November 1968. If you haven’t gotten Revolution #9 after almost 47 years (and I sure as hell haven’t!) just let it go. It’s okay to call it an experimental piece, though. Sometimes experiments work out, sometimes they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/16 "2015-06-22T01:15:27Z")
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da My God, I hate that song. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/17 "2015-06-22T01:17:46Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > “The Beatles” was released in November 1968. If you haven’t gotten Revolution #9 after almost 47 years (and I sure as hell haven’t!) just let it go. > > It’s okay to call it an experimental piece, though. Sometimes experiments work out, sometimes they don’t. I prefer the [version of Revolution #9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IncUO_OCNs) by the [Farm Beetles](http://www.danielamos.com/farmbeetle.html). (Mainly because it’s shorter.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/18 "2015-06-22T01:26:44Z")
Sadie, The Walrus are two that make me turn off my radio. Can’t stand either. I love every song on their Red album 1962–1966 that covers the first half of the bands career. There’s several songs on the Blue 1967–1970 that I deleted from my player. They weren’t terrible. Just songs I had no interest in hearing very often. Too much repetition and I would start hating them. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/19 "2015-06-22T01:33:08Z")
Aggggh! “I Am the Walrus” is my SECOND favorite Beatles song, after “Norwegian Wood!” The John song I WILL turn off if it comes on the radio is “Come Together,” and I know a lotta folks love that one. It has always creeped me out. “Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease.” Brrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091/20 "2015-06-22T01:33:58Z")
Back in the U.S.S.R. is one that I don’t mind hearing once or twice a year. But no more than that. It gets old quick. I do love most of their stuff. I listen to The Red album at least once a week. Great music when I’m driving to work. Norwegian Wood is on the Red and its a favorite of mine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091.md?page=2)