Lennon/McCartney's legendary skills & songwriting talent produced very few duds. This is the duddest.
It seems that people have a fascination with lists these days. And why not? Short bits of easily digestible info are the equivalent of convenience store snacks for the mind. I'm okay with that, unless you live exclusively on junk food. And just as many people have their preferred snacks, so it goes with lists; often people read only the items that they themselves would've chosen, either as reinforcement of their own belief, or perhaps reinforcement of their own ingenuity. Yes indeed, sometimes we're all just so darn smart.…
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176 - William
So sez Pico:
"Think you'd be hard pressed to find many records Jurek rates below 4 stars. He pretty much loves everything."
Well, this the rare case in which Jurek got it right. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Anyhow, my list is not the BEST Beatles albums but my FAVORITE Beatles albums. In my mind those are two entirely different things. CITIZEN KANE is considered probably the greatest film of all time. I acknowledge that, but I don't ever want to watch it again. I'd rather sit down to "Goldfinger", "Star Wars", "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" or "Zelig" any day. Each of those films is great in their own right but they wouldn't be at the top of most critics lists.
177 - William
RollingStone gave Beatles Bop 4 stars out of 5 - "...Even in their rugged infancy, playing for strippers and sailors on the Reeperbahn, the Beatles were the beginning of everything. Bolts of imminent greatness shoot through these bizarre rave-ups of mom-and-pop corn..."
But what the hell do they know?
178 - zingzing
what's banned word 12269?
179 - zingzing
rolling stone? depends on when that review was written. (and by whom...)
rolling stone has, for nearly my entire life, been a ghost of its former self. it's pathetic.
did you know that spin was originally conceived because rolling stone was sucking so bad? in the first issue, they had a nice big article on jandek, probably the most self-obscuring obscuro artist out there. it was actually an interesting magazine! (and was started by the publishers of penthouse or something.)
but now it sucks just as bad, maybe even worse, than rolling stone. the news articles (about anything BUT music) are actually the best parts of that magazine these days. fuck rolling stone. fuck spin too. shit, fuck most damn magazines.
180 - zingzing
the banned words are fucking random. hust-ler?
181 - William
O.k. habe ich meine Meinung geändert. Ich mag »A Hard Day's Night«. Die Aufzeichnung ist jetzt an der Oberseite von meiner Liste. Auf dem gleichnamigen Soundtrack zu ihrem ersten Film »A Hard Day's Night« präsentierte sich das Songwriter-Duo Lennon / McCartney erstmals auf kompletter Album-Länge. Damit schüttelten die Beatles endgültig ihre Rock 'n' Roll-Wurzeln ab und fanden zu eigenem Stil. Insbesondere die Mischung aus gefühlvollen Balladen und rockigen Songs spricht für sich und sucht im Jahre 1964 seinesgleichen.
Es ist so schwierig zu entscheiden, was mein Lieblingsalbum von Beatles ist. Heute bin ich in der Stimmung dafür »A Hard Day's Night«. Morgen könnte ich in der Stimmung dafür sein »Beatles Bop-Hamburg Days«.
Wollen wir ihm gegenüberstehen Pete Best war der bessere Drummer. Ringo war der glücklichste Mann auf dem Planeten. Schade, aber alle von Ihnen Kerle haben es falsch.
Es ist Zeit für mich, um diese Diskussion für immer zu verlassen. Es gibt nichts in mir, ganze meine Zeit vergeudend. Ich werde mit meinem Urlaub getan, und ich gehe zurück, um zu arbeiten, wo ich anfangen werde, mit echten Leuten zu sprechen. Es hat Spaß gemacht! Ich wünsche Ihnen alles Gute!!!
Auf Wiedersehen.
- William
Ich werde nicht zurück sein, um zu lesen, welchen Quatsch alle von Ihnen sagen müssen. So gehen Sie voran und machen Sie sich über mich alles lustig, dass Sie wollen. Wenn Sie deutsch, zu schlecht nicht lesen können!!!
182 - JC Mosquito
Guten tag, Vilhelm, mein freund. If you don't come back that's ok - hope you enjoyed your vacation. I enjoyed it too.
Sk.
183 - Brie
I wouldn't say that Paul is the most hated Beatle... at all. In the early days he was clearly one of the absolute most loved because of his good looks, and today he's STILL thought of as the cute Beatle. He doesn't take NEARLY as much criticism as Ringo does. Just look through this page - people have been criticising Ringo left and right!
184 - Shannon
The only Beatle song I could ever come close to hating would be "Baby it's you" but that's it, even though alot of the songs you guys mentioned took me a while to like, i warmed up to them eventually and now I love them, Beatles just do that to you lol.
185 - Janessa
I really don't care for some of Paul's songs like Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da, Maxwells Silver Hammer, and Hello Goodbye. It's not that I hate them I just prefer the other songs.
PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO ARGUE WITH ME ABOUT MY CHOICES BECAUSE I HONESTLY I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
186 - K
Everyone on this post has clearly forgotten the real reason why Pete did not remain with the Beatles. When George Martin agreed to record with the Beatles, he told them that pete was no good, he could not keep time. He couldn't care less if they wanted to take him on the road, but he would not be playing in the studio. When they got Ringo, George had already arranged a studio drummer (andy White) to play. So ringo did not get to play on that first recording.
But the point is that Pete best was not good enough!!! I realize that Ringo is no superstar, but apparently he was good enough.
187 - JC Mosquito
K - not everyone forgot the point, but I think we just got tired of responding to something we thought was so obvious - thank you for stating it outright, and I hope that puts an end to people trying to make the case for someone who I'm sure is a nice enough guy whose place in r'n'r history will surely remain a footnote.
188 - beatlepaul
this could quite possibly be the 'worst blog' of all time...
but here's my cup of gasoline for this senseless fire...
the worst Beatle song of all time is...
Anything by the Rolling Stones!
189 - beourn fuyrd
Taxman. I don't want to hear rich kids who play guitars for a living complaining about *their* tax burden. Everybody hates paying taxes but nobody is less burdened than the rich. So suck it up and play your sitar, mophead. Baby Can You Drive My car is actually a worse tune and is the lyrics more inane, but at least is devoid of self pity.
190 - JC Mosquito
BF - thank you. Every couple of weeks, someone digs up this thread, and yours is one of the few intelligent comments in a long time. Yeah, you're right about the social implcations of Taxman, but that's a pretty cool riff chugging underneath it.
191 - Edvado
Do you have ANY idea what the tax burdon was in England at the time? I don't care how much money you're making, keeping only one out of every twenty dollars you make is a bit steep.
192 - John
Pete Best better than Ringo? Well.....I can think
of four people who would disagreee with that:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
and George Martin
193 - Gillian
Beourn,
Taxman is an excellent song. It is the first Beatles song that is obviously a social commentary, even pointing out the Prime Minister of England, and the leader of the opposition who had contributed to rising taxes. At the time, The Beatles were paying 19 shillings and 3 pence out of every 20 shillings.
In my opinion, I really do not like Glass Onion. It just gets on my nerves, but I still appreciate what the message that John was trying to convey.
194 - General Jabbo
Wild Honey Pie is pretty bad. Honey Pie isn't much better. This coming from someone who LOVES the White Album.
195 - Johnny
You can't really call a number 1 song their worst.
196 - Roadie Nicknamed Rory
I think Cry baby Cry' gonna have the Rotten Apple
197 - Pico
Then again, Lennon's "What's The New Mary Jane" was so bad that the other Beatles refused to let it on the White Album.
198 - Steve
'Mr. Moonlight' is the worst Beatles song, bar none! I am a huge fan of the boys, and John's singing is bad and it is just a terrible number. It's on 'The Beatles '65' in the USA.
199 - Conor
Personally, "All You Need Is Love". Now this is partly because I don't like the hippie message of it, but the song tiptoes the line of self indulgence, which Sgt. Peppers never did. Most people love it, but I hate it
200 - Matt
I think your mother should know, and the video for it, and some of the other shlock of Paul may be the worst. Paul could belt with anyone in the world when he wanted to, but always seemed more interested in ebony and ivory, than actually writing rock and roll songs by the end.
201 - Chuck
I'll Get You, for me, is the worst Beatles song. "OHHH YEAAAH...OHHH YEAAAH!" ...need I say more? It's like your ears are being gouged by barbed-wired pencils.
I'm surprised more haven't mentioned Maxwell's Silver Hammer...terrible faux-music hall jaunt, even if the contrast between the lyrics and the music is amusing at first.
Also, though they're not Beatles songs, I have to express my hatred for all McCartney solo songs besides Live and Let Die, Jet, Let Me Roll It, Band on the Run, Maybe I'm Amazed and Here Today. I'm quite familiar with Macca's solo catalogue, and I really think it's awful. And I'll be the first to tell you--he was brilliant while he was in the Beatles. Not sure why it fell apart, maybe the lack of a creative environment, people he was in legitimate competition with, and peers who weren't afraid to tell him when he was producing shit...I dunno...but it's worth mentioning.
202 - JC Mosquito
This article was written 21 months ago, and it's getting comments. Go fig.
203 - vic
there's only one song I've known in which the Beatles seems to suddenly or for a brief moment lose their artistic side. that song is none other than..dirty maggie may
204 - Jim
How come no one has said anything about "Piggies"
I hate that song
205 - Cronaldo9
Yellow Submarine and Long and Winding Road. Yes, the latter too. I really despise some of Macca's 'granny' music. However all 4 of them are my idols, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun and Eleanor are my favorite. Oh I wish JL and GH were still alive..
206 - Brooke
I have to say 'The Long and Winding Road'. It's overproduced and I never really liked it.
I disagree with 'John And Yoko'. It's a good song, not their best but good nonetheless.
207 - jim
Ok dumb people. Why is everyone so down on Ringo? The reason a Pete Best era song hasnt been chosen is because most of these songs are unknown to most people! Most people only know the songs from when the beatles became extremely popular.
208 - PCL
I'd pick two; Mr. Moonlight, which is pretty much un-listenable and "Eight Days a Week" which has a monotonous melody and embarrassingly trite lyrics. They tended to be good at making teen jingles bearable (She loves you., I want to hold your hand.), but "Eight Days a Week" was a glaring exception to that pattern.
209 - Bad Apple
Within Without You is by far the worst Beatle song.
210 - Jon Bolduc
I like The Ballad of John and Yoko, it has a good beat and enjoy dancing around my room too it when ever it comes on my playlists. I enjoy the song, but if you think it's bad, I don't really care, because, you know, its your own perogative. I don't really know how it fits in with the whole Beatles history, and I don't really care because I love the song. As for songs I don't like by the beatles, I don't like I Got To Get you Into my Life, or Good Day Sunshine, to much horns and sappiness, in my opinion. I like Paul, but sometimes his constant peppy love songs can get a bit tiresome.
211 - Bob
Wild Honey Pie is the worst. Terrible.
212 - Wayner
Spot on Doug!
Music today is in crisis.
I just wish these 'artistes' today would take note of how the Beatles crafted their songs. As for 'Idol I wish they'd pull it off air.......like NOW!
They are promoting entertainers instead of rock/pop. It’s ultra-conservative in fact. That’s the problem with music today it’s conservative and square. Like a backlash against the spirit of rock and roll and anything progressive or intelligent. Bring back quality music ASAP!! And the Beatles music was the highest quality of all. Give me the worst Beatles track over any gump released today.
Let’s reinvent GOOD MUSIC because this new century needs quality music as its soundtrack not the junk it’s lumbered with.
213 - JC Mosquito
Well, this 2 1/2 year old article is still getting comments - who'd've thought so many people would want to have their say about what was intended to be simply one listener's opinion on a single track by a band that had so many other great ones?
As a matter of non interest to many, I haven't changed my mind about BOJ&Y, although Maxwell's Silver Hammer is starting to inch closer bit my bit to the top baddie spot. Those of you who suggested that are right about something - it's pretty awful too.
And Wayner - sounds like you feel it's time to start a musical revolution - but to paraphrase the Monkees, what if they gave a music war and nobody came?
214 - Christopher Rose
The Beatles were a decent enough pop group but made a whole slew of bad songs in addition to some fine ones.