Worst beatles songs (original)

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I will not hear ill spoken of Piggies. Like much of the “White Album” it’s a hoot to listen to while blasted out of your mind.
OTOH much of that album is also suggestive of having realized sufficently blasted people would listen to ANYTHING they recorded, and McCartney was apparently possessed by the Ghost of Music Hall Past.

In that case Mr. Martin clearly succeeded in meeting Mr. Lennon’s expectations. My reaction was “WTH is this doing here?”.

[Leonard Pinth-Garnell] Well, that was rather bad, wasn’t it[/Leonard Pinth-Garnell]

But sure, I will not hold the lighweight throwaway tracks from the first half of the career against them. They had to come up with 14 pop-radio-friendly tracks per UK album plus standalone singles and B-sides. Lemme se us try that once.

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Long Long Long

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Works of sheer genius, inspiration slagged so far:

Michelle: (John wrote the part beginning “I love you”…total genius)
Hey Jude
I am the Walrus
Bungalow Bill
Norwegian Wood?!?!?
Back in the USSR (It’s like Led Zeppelins Rock and Roll. Put it on, man, anytime! They wanted it first on the LP…)
Long long Long (Georges best song on the White Album)

Why is the White Album so contentious? Guess its great.

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I agree with all of this.

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My personal vote goes to Rocky Raccoon.

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Blue Jay Way is pretty dreary.

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Little Piggies.

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Count me in for this, too.

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He put his disease in me.

“Come Together” is in the top 5 greatest Beatles songs. Abbey Road is on the whole their best album. “Run for Your Life” is the worst of the worst at the bottom of the trash heap. Lennon stated that he regretted ever perpetrating that one, and he eventually made several feminist songs to atone for it.

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Christmas Time Is Here Again.

Might as well close the thread now. Cuz, damn.

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Hey, Bulldog.
Piggies.

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No, No, no.

You’re all wrong.

The worst Beatles song is
“The Sun King”

Yeah, they had it hanging around and just stuck it with all the other “lost” songs they had into the long piece on side 2 of Abbey Road but still, it’s still not good.
ESPECIALLY when you compare it with all their other work.

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Maybe not their worst, but I find them annoying:

Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road
Hey Jude

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Aside from everything on The White Album, I’d vote for Within You, Without You and I, Me Mine.

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Hey Jude, with its repetitious 20 minute outro.

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I’ll second this one. Easily the most monotonous of the Beatles’ singles.

Other secondings:

From the White Album:

“Good Night” - a more understated version of this song wouldn’t be bad. The way it is on the White Album, though, absolutely reeks.

“Martha My Dear” - really a very uninteresting tune, and the words aren’t that much more interesting. They led off a side with this?

I’ll also second “Blue Jay Way” and “Sun King.”

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This reminds me of a book review quoted by Earle Tempel:
“All in all, this book fills a much-needed void.”:stuck_out_tongue:

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Everything on Abbey Road is genius and I will not hear otherwise. (OK, some are lesser genius than others).

My nominees: Glass Onion and Long and Winding Road – the only Beatle song I will change the station on.

(A favorite thought experiment of mine: cut the White Album down to a single album, < 60 min playtime.)

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How about “You Know My Name Look Up the Number”?

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I’m kinda fond of that one. You don’t get to hear Brian Jones on saxophone every day, you know.