You won't take nothing with you but your soul. Think!
I was walking to school with Scott Motard (d. 2003) when he told me John Lennon had died. I remember looking at my feet moving through the snow. My older brothers had been big Beatles fans, and so was I. I'd even absorbed some anti-Yoko, anti-Linda sentiment. I remember, at 10, saying with authority: "Yoko broke up the Beatles."While I can't dispute Paul McCartney's genius, unfortunately neither can he. In order of preference, the Beatles for me were always John, George, Ringo, and Paul. But I am a realistic Beatles fan, and therefore it rankles me to admit that some of John's songs were really, really bad.
Beatles and solo Beatles songs I can't stand:
1. Hello Goodbye - Paul could write great lyrics, but detractors only need to point to this song to argue otherwise
2. And I Love Her - If I can do the percussion part, you know it's a bad song
3. (Simply Having) A Wonderful Christmastime - see #1
4. Cold Turkey - John in too-earnest mode
5. Oh! Yoko! - "I never never never never never wanna let you go."
6. Old Brown Shoe - There was a reason George was kept from contributing songs
7. That Means A Lot - they were 16 when they did this one, so it doesn't count
8. The Ballad of John And Yoko - hubris
9. No More Lonely Nights (dance remix) - vomit
10. Give Peace A Chance - about as bad as "We Are the World"
11. Dr. Robert - most songs about drug dealers are similarly narcissistic
12. Blue Jay Way - worst Beatles song ever
(tie)
13. Revolution #9 - worst Beatles song ever
The sad thing is that the Beatles were so big that they were allowed to some abysmal songs. Nobody would have let The Who get away with "Revolution #9". That's why no one says, "I love Led Zeppelin but they had a couple of really bad songs."
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by Marty Barrett at Thursday, December 08, 2005
4 Comments:
I think you should put a list up of songs you can't live without.
Marty, I will never forgive you for ruining "And I love her". The wood blocks relentlessly bore into my spine at the base of my skull and I can't hear anything else when that song is played now.
My favorite Beatles/Solo Beatles songs:
Photograph
Beware of Darkness
All Things Must Pass
Maybe I'm Amazed
Imagine
Watching the Wheels
Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out
Working Class Hero
No Reply
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Let it Be
Hey Jude
Two of Us
Rain
She Said
Cry Baby Cry
Sexy Sadie
Martha My Dear
Julia
Your Mother Should Know
Strawberry Fields Forever
Lovely Rita
In My Life (minus percussion and piano part, if possible)
If I Fell
Baby's in Black
Ticket to Ride
Yes It Is
Think for Yourself (though your mind's opaque)
Good Night
I Will
Side Two of Abbey Road
Real Love - new version
Free as a Bird - new version
Love Is Real
Oh My Love
Jet
Live And Let Die
You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
You need a bit of a brain re-tooling son. I recomend a a dip in the ocean just off the coast of n.y.
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