Yes, even the greatest have their faults. Although these could be minor and at times is really just nitpicking because of the higher expectations most of the Beatles' work is held to. Still some of this make my ears hurt at times.
10. Hello Goodbye - Magical Mystery Tour: Ok maybe I should blame Target for this one. Still even before the annoying commercials came on I never did get this song. It is just corny nonsense to me. I do enjoy Ringo's drumming, that is about the only redeeming quality.
9. Blue Jay Way - Magical Mystery Tour: I promise I am not going to rip on MMT the whole time although it is by far my least favorite album, if you can even call it that they way it was thrown together. George's voice is just overdone through the mixing board sounding way too eerie in a very bad way. To me this is a drug trip without the usual enlightenment. The lyrics make me laugh cause it sounds like a 4th grader wrote the rhymes.
8. She's Leaving Home - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: I don't like the orchestration in the background, too much cheesy sounding strings (even though that is probably what Paul is most known for). It is a pretty song but it isn't the Beatles. The backing vocals through the chorus/refrain are over the top. This just added to a disappointing mid section of Sgt Pepper and part of the reason I would never consider it their best work.
7. Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Not exactly the model of creativity starting off a song called Good Morning with a rooster sound effect (not to mention the other animals on the outro). I thought this was a rock band? All I here the whole time is keyboard and horns until the guitar solo finally hits. It is basically a scaled back childish version of A Day in the Life.
6. She Said She Said - Revolver: I think this was about some gypsy/voodoo woman John ran into once. Don't quote me on that but it is something similar. It is a little to cryptic even for John. The She Said, I Said stuff is a little annoying. It is like a 5 year old is telling me a story about something that happened on the playground. "She said you don't understand what i said, I said no no no you're wrong" what??
5. Glass Onion - The White Album: There is no substances to this song. Basically he just name drops like everything from Magical Mystery Tour and then tells us to look into a Glass Onion. I read somewhere that a glass onion was an old casket that had glass where the face is so that when people were buried visitors could look down and still see their face. That is creepy on its own. There is probably more cryptic symbolism in this song that we will never understand.
4. Get Back - Let It Be: This song makes absolutely no sense. Get Back? Like get out of here you aren't welcome cause the one lady is really a transvestite? The tune is catchy and holds the song together and probably makes it a favorite to many people. But really listen once and try to figure out what he is saying.
3. Yesterday - Help!: It isn't the Beatles, it is Paul McCartney pre-Wings. I never bought Paul's story about dreaming up this melody and still do not understand the fascination about this song. It is a beautiful song but it isn't great. Sappy little love song. Does it reach the same status if it was just released as Paul rather than The Beatles?
2. Across The Universe - Let It Be: This song has just always bugged me. I don't like the guitar part and John's voice is unappealing. I have no idea what he says in the chorus before "Nothings gonna change my world". Seriously to me it sounds like nails on the chalkboard.
1. Within You Without You - Sgt. Pepper: It is very hard not to think this is the worst song under the Beatles name. Although I will admit when it comes on now, I can actually make it through the song with hitting something. It is way too much Indian influence that most of the western civilization can handle. The Sitar playing sounds horrible and I am sure it is because George isn't doing it right. I don't even know what most of the lyrics are cause you can't really hear them over the obnoxious noises. How can anyone say Sgt Pepper is the greatest Beatles album with this sitting right in the middle of it?
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I have heard "She said She Said" is an almost verbatim conversation John had with Peter Fonda. I guess Fonda had a near death experience as a child. Still kind of goofy on the whole.
I almost put Hello Goodbye on my worst list, but it just missed the cut.
That's it the near death experience. couldn't quite remember the story. i think most people blow off the song as a whole.
"you say why and i say i don't know" that line still perplexes me
The answer to why is almost always I don't know.
Why is that? I don't know.
some of their stuff really was just nonsense
Actually now that I think about "Hello, Goodbye" may be a nice little anecdote about how a lot of conversation is meaningless. We say "Hello" and "Goodbye" and "why" and "I don't know" without even thinking. It's all filler. Maybe like that song just fills a track on an album.
I think you just blew my mind. at least that gives it some meaning. maybe we should start taking it a song at a time and throwing out our best interpretations of their songs, some would call us sages and others fools. but it wouldnt matter cause we would all be wrong.
We could do that. Fool is just one letter away from cool!
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