Worst Beatles song?

[St. Jarvitude]

And I mean songs released by "The Beatles", and not under their individual names.

Revolution 9 is up there on my list of annoying Beatles songs... it's kind of interesting on first listen, but I can only stand the first couple minutes after a few listens.

I don't really like "Why don't we do it in the road?" because the blues are no good with repetitive lyrics. Period. "Yer Blues" is still kind of irritating, but it's at least got interesting lyrics.

One song that's almost universally hated by Beatles fans is "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da." I think it's one of those rare songs that's written for kind of vain purposes but comes out sounding pretty good. No one can deny that it's catchy, just the lyrics are kind of stupid :) Stupid but fun.

[auntAgonist]

1. she loves you yeah yeah yeah ..

she loves you yeah yeah yeah she loves you yeah yeah yeah yeah ..... ad nauseaum

[ldf]

she loves you

great song.

back when you could see her standing there and want to hold her hand.

life was simple.

and a real catchy tune, with great harmony on "yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAAAAAAAAHHHH".

[mac56]

28. "She Loves You" is my all-time favorite song by any artist.

Best song ever written.

[devilgrrl]

33. No, 'Please, Please Me' is the best written song...

I still think it's better than 'She Loves You'. BTW, did you know that 'Please, Please Me' was number 1 in Britain the day I was born?

;-)

[Left Is Write]

2. I don't know, but I suddenly have Love Me Do stuck in my head.

[CO Liberal]

3. "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)"

It was the flip side of one of their last hits.

[MrSlayer]

4. Old Brown Shoe, Martha My Dear or Within Without You.

They don't have many that are flat out bad.

[NightTrain]

13. We have a winner!

:hi:

[St. Jarvitude]

16. Well, everyone knows the Beatles SUCKED before Rubber Soul

Hardly any original material at all. Marijuana + LSD are mighty powerful drugs.

OK, I'll give them "HELP!", which is a pretty good album. But anything before that, certainly... :puke:

[NightTrain]

19. I hope you're kidding.

I wouldn't trade one second of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" or "She Loves You" for all of SGT. PEPPER! :boring:

[St. Jarvitude]

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[Guaranteed]

41. Martha My Dear is brilliant.

Someone above mentioned You Know My Name, and of course Revolution Number 9. THOSE suck.

[RPM]

5. any of the ones that came out in the 1990's

give me a break :eyes:

[warrens]

6. When I'm 64

Rudee Vallee all the way on that sucker. Octopus Garden is pretty fucking awful too.

[St. Jarvitude]

17. Hey!

Octopus's Garden is one of my favorites. Maybe I just have a man-crush on Ringo Starr :shrug:

[eyepaddle]

38. I didn't like Octopus'

Garden--or Maxwell's Silver Hammer for that matter.

[Moloch]

43. Oh my dear god how awful...

I had the song stuck in my head for a while.

[pink-o]

7. most of the stuff they gave to Ringo

is shit. I mean "What Goes On"? Oh, wait, did they write that?

Well, still if you're talking original songs, "Yellow Submarine" and "Octopus's Garden" are both throwaway. But then they gave him "With a Little Help from my Friends" which redeems it all.

I also can live without the real syrupy McCartney fare, like "I Will" or "Long and Winding Road". But once again, he's the man that gave us "Eleanor Rigby" which is so amazing it still sounds like the first time every time you hear it.

Bottom line, the worst Beatles songs are probably better than a lot of groups' best ever.

[liberalpragmatist]

34. What Goes On is terrible

hate it. Love Rubber Soul though

[redstateblues]

8. The song with 'truffles"in the title

[auntAgonist]

11. Savoy Truffle

The Beatles

Savoy Truffle

by Unknown

Cream tangerine and montelimar,
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart,
A coffee dessert, yes you know it’s good news,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Cool cherry cream and nice apple tart,
I feel your taste all the time we’re apart,
Coconut fudge really blows down those blues,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
You might not feel it now
But when the pain cuts through you’re going to know, and how.
The sweat is gonna fill your head,
When it becomes too much you’ll shout aloud,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Know that what you eat you are,
But what is sweet now turns so sour.
We all know ob-la-di-bla-da,
But can you show me where you are.
Cream tangerine and montelimar,
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart,
A coffee dessert, yes you know it’s good news,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Yes you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.

[St. Jarvitude]

14. Wasn't that a Harrison song?

What's the deal with the "by Unknown"? Is there something I don't know?

[auntAgonist]

18. I guess they don't know who wrote it? they being the site

I got the lyrics from .. but YES it IS a Harrison song. Thanks for pointing that out.

http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/savoy_truffle.asp

[St. Jarvitude]

24. On a related note,

I'm indifferent regarding Savoy Truffle.

[auntAgonist]

25. me too. I'm going to have to go listen to it, because truthfully

I'm not that familiar with it.

[St. Jarvitude]

26. I think it's hurt by its placement on the White Album

It follows "Honey Pie" and precedes "Cry Baby Cry", both of which are certainly unusual Beatles songs. I'd say that Cry Baby Cry is an excellent and underappreciated step into baroque blues/pop by Lennon. Honey Pie is just ... weird and when I first listened to White Album I was thinking more about how fucked up the Beatles doing do-wop is rather than listening to Savoy Truffle.

When I listened to it again, I realized that the song was pretty good (but not great). It only reminded me of how much I really like George Harrison's writing, and how much of a shame it was that Paul + John put him on such a leash for much of the Beatles' life.

[RetroLounge]

27. The whole song was written from flavors on a box

of "Good News" chocolates.

No original lyrics.

RL

[Guaranteed]

42. Yes, it's Harrison.

And another great song.

Harrison did NOT write bad songs. Like... ever.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Yellow Submarine

is much worse than Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da.

[St. Jarvitude]

21. Why do you say that?

I've been interested for a pretty long time about why people dislike Yellow Submarine so much. You do know the Beatles had an inside-joke obsession with submarines, right?

They were planning on recording what eventually became Abbey Road (or maybe Let It Be/whatever it was originally to be called) in a surprise live show on top of a submarine. I thought the idea was pretty funny myself when I first heard it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. No particular reason

I just never liked the song. The chorus is annoying.

[mcscajun]

10. "number nine, number nine, number nine..." AIEEEE!~!~

And I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the "White Album"

But that'll drive you to drink for sure!

[tuvor]

12. Hey, Jude.

Nah, nah, nah, nananana. Nananana, hey Jude.
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Jude-ah, Jude-ah, Jude-ah, Jude-ah, Jude-ah, Jude-ah, Waaaaaah!!!

Nah, nah, nah, nananana. Nananana, hey Jude.
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Have I made my point yet? The Beatles did before the song was half over!

[ForrestGump]

15. "Revolution #9" - I like "Ob La Di, Ob La Da" and "You Know My Name" is a

classic.

[fluffernutter]

20. i agree with everything you said St. Jarvitude, nuttin more to add.

[rug]

22. The Long and Winding Road

Something to listen to while undergoing dialysys

[Gothic Sponge]

29. Mr. Moonlight

[mac56]

30. "Flying"

from "Magical Mystery Tour".

A no-excuse album filler.

[catbert836]

31. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da.

[Deja Q]

32. 'We Can Work It Out'

The worst piece of sexist slander I've ever heard.

[babylonsister]

36. I WANNA Hold Your Hand...

No I don't:thumbsdown:

[baldguy]

37. Love me do

Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard the worst Beatle song,
'Love me do,' I think it was. From there it didn't take him long.
Got himself a guitar, used to play every night,
Now he's in a rock 'n' roll outfit,

And everything's all right, don't you know?

[Corgigal]

39. Why don't we do it in the road?

Why don't we do it in the road?
WHY DONT WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?
Why don't we do it in the road?

You know, that one.

[Spirochete]

40. I got blisters on me fingers!

I always hated Helter Skelter, but not as bad as I hated Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-Hey Jude.

[Ivan Sputnik]

44. Wild Honey Pie

A deliberately bad song, I think.