I have always loved that song.
I give it a pass, under the category of “experimental/whimsical/fun/throw-away”…which, for the Beatles, is a pretty substantial list.
Adding to my comment above, everything on Sgt Pepper is genius, except for “She’s Leaving Home” which makes me gag. (“Fun is the one thing that money can’t buy”? Actually, you can buy an awful lot of fun.)
The worst is revolution 9. A ridiculous non-song. After that we cant talk.
The first nominée is Wild Honey Pie.
After that I think all the songs are preferable to nothing. I’ll probably go with some boring early Lennon songs such as Ask Me Why and Not a Second Time.
Hey Jude, easy.
Fascinating to see how many of my favorites have shown up in this thread.
My vote? “Only a Northern Song.” Awful, unmelodic, dirge-like. Thank god it didn’t end up on Sgt. Pepper.
And you don’t often get to hear Roger Daltrey on trombone, or John Entwhistle on tuba, or Pete Townshend on some other unexpected instrument; that would be like Itzhak Perlman playing a sitar or Yo-yo Ma playing a two-necked guitar. 
Ha. The one thing about Brian that we know is that he could pick up an instrument and make something with it, even if he hadn’t seen it before. He actually retreated from guitar over the course of his stones career. This was his greatest gift.
I don’t count children’s songs (like I don’t pick on children) like Maxwell, or Obladi.
I don’t count experimental songs. They seem to be what they say they are, and never disappointed me.
More great songs in the slag heap here according to youse:
Martha My Dear
Let it Be
All you need is looove
Rocky Raccoon
Hey Bulldog
Within You Without You
Not a Second Time
She’s Leaving Home (Yes)
Trivia: What song does George Martin regret putting on Sgt pepper?
Despite your bad taste ;), I’m eager to know the answer.
I second (third) that.
John Entwistle played the F horn, and we all know that the tuba is just a more evolved version of the F horn. If you don’t believe me, just ask TubaDiva.
But it was a great song for a long slow-dance when you were in seventh grade…
OK, Smartie, so what instrument did * Pete Townshend * play, then?
I have to agree with the first and last for their major hit songs. I don’t mind The Long and Winding Road, but Let It Be and Hey Jude cause me to change the station. I also don’t understand the distaste for “Eight Days a Week,” but that has come up on this board before as a weak song for the Beatles. Personally, I love it, especially the haunting parallel fourth and fifths harmonies on “Eight Days a week, I lo-uh-uh-uhve you.” It’s got a great swing to it, nice pop structure, fun walking bass, nice jangle on the guitars on the fade-in intro and outro, handclaps–just a fun, uplifting, tight, well-written pop song.
Lovely Rita.
In retrospect he would’ve put Penny Lane and Strawberry fields on instead.
If I put together a list, it’d have a lot of McCartney schlock and some Lennon over the top.
Fool On The Hill
Long and Winding Road
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Obladi-oblada
Michelle
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide 'Cept For Me And My Monkey.
Honey Pie
Wild Honey Pie
Good Night
Got To Get You Into My Life (okay, I hate that saxophone sound, and it appears in several of their songs. It may be the reason I dislike those songs)
Revolution #9
Dig It
Bungalow Bill
Revolution sucks.
GASP! I love Lovely Rita! George Martin is dead to me.
I love Lennon’s quote about Obladi-Oblada just being, “…more of Paul’s granny music!”
I know it’s a cop out but it’s hard to really think of a ‘bad’ Beatles song. Even Paul’s goofball stuff like above have great pop-hit sensibilities to them. And although I think George’s stuff was mostly underrated I never much cared for his ‘Maharishi’ Indian stuff and will always skip it when listening to an album…
Yeah, I’m a huge George fan, but Blue Jay Way sucks boneless pig rectums. But for volume, John has more crap.