What's the worst track on a Beatles album?

RocknRollDave

The sitar ones are mostly rubbish too, Tomorrow Never Knows clearly not included

xSkarloey

RocknRollDave said:

The sitar ones are mostly rubbish too, Tomorrow Never Knows clearly not included

The Inner Light is so-so, but the verses that George is actually singing are fabulous. As someone who uses the British motroway network extensively, I can indeed confirm that the more one travels, the less one knows.

ICBM

Skarloey said:

@icbm What orchestration?! It sounds like some old boozer busking on a violin

Exactly! And the out-of-tune-sounding "organ". (Actually two Leslie'd pianos apparently.) I like it a lot more than the trite contrived-ness of McCartney's similar efforts, at least.

english_bob

RocknRollDave said:

The sitar ones are mostly rubbish too, Tomorrow Never Knows clearly not included

...because it's got no sitar on it.

I had to look it up, but it's a Tanpura.

richardhomer

RocknRollDave said:

The sitar ones are mostly rubbish too, Tomorrow Never Knows clearly not included

And Norwegian Wood 'obvs'....

dogload

I love Don't Pass Me By, its one of my favourite Beatles songs! 

I agree about Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon mind. My least favourite is definitely a toss-off between those two and Michelle off (IIRC) Rubber Soul. I've disliked it since I was a kid... I think it's it's just too mellow.

Beef

Goons. Rocky Racoon is one of the best!

Can't believe no one has mentioned Wild Honey Pie though. 53 seconds and still too long.

xSkarloey

Beef said:

Goons. Rocky Racoon is one of the best!

@BEEF I didn't know they covered it. Who sang lead, Sellers, Secombe or Milligan? 

Beef

ToneControl

number 9, number 9

ToneControl

Beef said:

Goons. Rocky Racoon is one of the best!

Can't believe no one has mentioned Wild Honey Pie though. 53 seconds and still too long.

I like Rocky Racoon

xSkarloey

Beef said:

Indeed. Musicologists always argue that Rocky Racoon has a quasi-modal melody. 

KKJale

Some of the above are stinkers, indeed...

I think I'm plumping for Mr Moonlight from Beatles For Sale.

It really is fucking awful. 

benmurray85

KKJale said:

Some of the above are stinkers, indeed...

I think I'm plumping for Mr Moonlight from Beatles For Sale.

It really is fucking awful. 

WHAT!!?? Lennon's voice is great on that!

I should not be reading this thread, you're all upsetting me

SidNewton

benmurray85 said:

KKJale said:

Some of the above are stinkers, indeed...

I think I'm plumping for Mr Moonlight from Beatles For Sale.

It really is fucking awful. 

WHAT!!?? Lennon's voice is great on that!

I should not be reading this thread, you're all upsetting me

Lennons vocal is the only saving grace on that track. Some of the covers on that album are disappointing choices which is a shame because most of the Lennon/McCartney originals on there are excellent.

xSkarloey

No. Ian McDonald is right about Mr Moonlight. Lennon sounds absolutely beserk on that track. A ballad and he's belting it out like he's on speed washed down with redbull cocktails. 

StageStruck

Mr Moonlight is probably the one Beatles track I could happliy live without ever hearing again. It sounds appalingly dated, even stacked up against the rest of the contents of a 52 year old album. Even the keyboard solo sounds tacked on and disjointed compared to the rest of the song. I don't really dislike Don't Pass Me By, Maxwell etc. While they are nowhere near their best, they at least have a certain charm to them that Mr Moonlight is just totally devoid of.

StageStruck

Mr Moonlight is probably the one Beatles track I could happliy live without ever hearing again. It sounds appalingly dated, even stacked up against the rest of the contents of a 52 year old album. Even the keyboard solo sounds tacked on and disjointed compared to the rest of the song. I don't really dislike Don't Pass Me By, Maxwell etc. While they are nowhere near their best, they at least have a certain charm to them that Mr Moonlight is just totally devoid of.

Fretwired

All of them ..

UnclePsychosis

Its clearly not the worst song they ever wrote but I cannot listen to Hey Jude anymore. I absolutely hate it. Mainly because of that three hour long singalong at the end that everyone insists on doing these days. Urgh.