# Your Least Favorite Beatles Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933 "2002-05-14T00:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/21 "2002-05-14T04:52:27Z")
**"Run for Your Life"** is, hands down, the most obnoxious, violent, _evil_ stinker of a song the Beatles ever did. Fie on’t, say I. John Lennon regretted having perpetrated it. Are you guys nuts?! **“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”** is one of the coolest songs the Beatles ever did, one of my all-time favorites. On _Abbey Road_, only **“Come Together”** is cooler. 🆒 I love **“Within You Without You”** and I totally love **“The Inner Light”**. Don’t go dissing those songs that did more than anything to bring Indian music to the West and set in motion the World Music phenomenon. As for Beatles songs I don’t like, well, you’ll probably flay me alive for this, but I always thought **“Love Me Do”** was not especially brilliant; in fact, it was trite. Cut 'em some slack, since it was their first outing. **"Do You Want to Know a Secret"** _could_ have been a good song, except that George’s out-of-tune nasal delivery ruined it. He learned to sing some time after recording that one. **"Good Night"** might annoy some people for its extremely syrupy sound, but \ that was the _point_ of it, it was _supposed_ to be ironic, and only squares would fail to get it. 😉 It came right after **“Revolution 9”** , the dissolution of reality as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/22 "2002-05-14T04:56:07Z")
Oh yeah, **K364** , I have to agree with you, **“Blue Jay Way”** lacks any justification for existing. BTW, folks, it’s considered good style to put \ “quote marks” \ around the titles of songs. (And to _italicize_ the names of albums. Just like you put quotes around the title of a short story, and italicize the title of a book.) ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/23 "2002-05-14T04:58:51Z")
I cannot stand I Want You (She’s So Heavy) and She’s Leaving Home. The second disc of the White Album has little going for it as well, but it’s listenable. I’m usually in the mood to dig George’s Indian experiments, though, although I’m not exactly reaching for my copy of Wonderwall here… ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/24 "2002-05-14T05:11:47Z")
I love every song that’s been listed so far. The _only_ Beatles tune I really hate is **Julia.** Off-key, cheesy, and right there on my favorite album. Damn. * * * **one** bad one out of hundreds? Not terrible, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/25 "2002-05-14T05:14:12Z")
You know, I thought about all the songs mentioned…and decided that I like all of them. But I can’t believe nobody mentioned **What Goes On** off of _Rubber Soul_. I really can’t stand that song. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/26 "2002-05-14T05:15:29Z")
**TN\*hippie** , I always accepted the cheesiness of **Julia** because it was about his dead mother. Cut him a little slack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/27 "2002-05-14T05:25:56Z")
For me, it’s a cage match between “Fool on the Hill” and “The Long and Winding Road.” They’re the only Beatles songs I skip over on CD. When Paul is good, he’s very very good, but when he’s bad, I need an insulin shot. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/28 "2002-05-14T09:53:35Z")
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” “Obladi-Oblida(sp?),” & “Rocky Raccoon.” ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/29 "2002-05-14T10:52:39Z")
**pepperlandgirl** …I had no idea it was about his dead mother. Jeez, do I feel like a heartless creep. Never mind, then. There is **no** song by _The Beatles_ that I hate. Some are better than others, of course. But with all their output, we struggle to come up with a couple that weren’t so great. I say let’s give 'em a break in general. Even Jesus wasn’t perfect…he got violent in the temple, ya know. And contradicted himself a time or two. Still, a pretty OK dude, IMHO. [slight hijack] To me, it’s the same deal with _CCR_. They are not my absolute favorite band (in the Top Twenty, probably)…but I can honestly say that they never did a song I didn’t like. Not one. [/slight hijack] Okay, I better leave before I piss someone off. * * * All You Need is Love, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/30 "2002-05-14T11:42:08Z")
The only one that really irritates me is Doctor Robert. Damn, that’s an annoying one, and an automatic “skip” when I’m listening to Revolver. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/31 "2002-05-14T12:44:37Z")
The only really bad Beatles song is **The Long and Winding Road**. I’m surprised no one’s mentioned **Revolution Number 9** yet. I don’t mind it, since it is pretty effective filler. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/32 "2002-05-14T13:42:18Z")
Actually, **TN\*hippie** , **“Julia”** was half about his mother, half about Yoko Ono. So if you want to only half-dislike it, I can’t see anyone faulting you for it. As for myself- it’s weird; fifteen years ago I would have put **“Within You Without You”** at the top of the list; but as I’ve listened more and more to Sgt. Pepper, the song has just _grown_ on me- the sitar doesn’t sound nearly as off, and I’ve grown to appreciate the sentiment and wordplay in the lyrics. Likewise, **“Revolution 9”** is no longer just “noise between songs”. So I’d have to say my least favorite Beatles song at this point is **“It’s Only A Northern Song”**. Amusingly wry lyrics, but the music itself is just a little too droning. ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/33 "2002-05-14T14:01:33Z")
How can anyone like “Till There Was You” from With the Beatles? They usually made good choices for their cover songs, but this one really stinks. It is the only Beatles’ song that makes me cringe when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/34 "2002-05-14T14:24:46Z")
Gosh, I really love most of the songs mentioned here, especially **Within You, Without You** [sup]\*[/sup] and **The Inner Light** , which, as **Jomo Mojo** pointed out, introduced Indian _ragas_ to a Western audience. While I don’t hate any Beatles songs, there are some that I like much less than others. My Bottom 6 Beatles tunes include the following [ul] [li]\*\*6. Savoy Truffle[/li][li]5. Martha, My Dear[/li][li]4. Wild Honey Pie \*\* (as opposed to **Honey Pie** , a fun little homage to the pop tunes of the 1920s)[/li][li]\*\*3. Baby, You’re a Rich Man[/li][li]2. Flying[/li][li]1. Oh, Darling[/li][/ul] [sup]\*[/sup] To Jomo Mojo\*\*: Chicago says to use quotation marks or italics (bold), but not both. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/35 "2002-05-14T14:37:05Z")
How can you forget the awfulness of **Octopus’s Garden**? Of course, Ringo wrote it, but I like “Don’t Pass Me By”, which he also wrote. I really dig “I Want You”, but loathe the smaltziness of “Martha My Dear,” “Honey Pie,” and “The Long and Winding Road.” And it’s not on the level of hate as the others, but I don’t see what’s so special about “Something.” ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Fluffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/36 "2002-05-14T14:38:37Z")
Eleanor Rigby-without a doubt! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/37 "2002-05-14T14:55:00Z")
Baby you’re a rich man. I heard somewhere that the original lyrics to this song were “Baby, you’re a Jew Fag” but I’ll have to find the cite. I believe it was in “The Summer Of Love”, by George Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/38 "2002-05-14T16:44:23Z")
Have to second \*\* Mr Moonlight \*\* as well…god that was one annoying song, I listened to it just to say I had…and if Revolution #9 was a song it would be up there too…I can’t quite vote for an audio collage though. Keith ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/39 "2002-05-14T16:53:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fluffy \* > \*\*Eleanor Rigby-without a doubt! \*\* _sound of record scratch in my head_ “Eleanor Rigby” as one of their worst? That’s one of the last songs I ever expected to see mentioned here. From a lyrical perspective, many musical thinkers consider it one of the best songs they ever did. But, you’re entitled to your opinion, **Fluffy** , so I’ll stop that rant before it starts. My least favorite has to be “Glass Onion” off the White Album. What a self-indulgent piece of tripe. When you’re writing songs _about your own songs_ it might be time to consider if that double album is really worth the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933/40 "2002-05-14T17:15:12Z")
What was that one song from Yellow Submarine (the film), which is all silly and self-referential? The lyrics are something like, “This song is not out of key/Because we wrote it that way.” Obviously, I’m not very well schooled in the Beatles, but I do have a lot of respect for them and look forward to learning them much better later in life. But that one tune… it honestly pissed me off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933.md?page=3)