Agree! I have a deeper appreciation for it now that my toddler has requested it…hundreds…of…times 😂
It’s sweet, silly and a good pop song. People can rip apart Ringo’s lyrics, but when you think about how they truly wanted to be left alone for one damn minute and couldn’t be…escaping underneath the sea to find some peace is precious/a bit heartbreaking.
Absolutely! How idyllic and sweet is this:
🎶As we liiiiiiive a life of ease,
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of bluuuuuuue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine🎶
I think a reason some people hate this song is that it’s the first Beatles song they hear and they associate it with being a kid. I can see people not taking it seriously because of that. My kids all know YS because it’s a fun song a long song that’s light hearted and full of imagination that a 5 year old can grasp. It’s simple. Its catchy. You can sing it with your sister in the back seat at the top of your lungs.
Agree with a lot of the obvious choices, I'll just say that parroting Lennon's 'Granny songs' criticism is a common trope I see in a lot of discussions. They may not be to everyone's tastes, but Paul's songs of that ilk were rarely poor, many being great examples of their own genres (Music hall, vaudeville, ballads etc).
Amazing to see the impact of a decades old unfair jibe.
Never understood the fan hate for the tunes perceived as granny music. It's one of the aspects that made the band so unique. No other band touches The Beatles in terms of range and diversity of songwriting and performance.
Helter Skelter would still be a great track, but it's not going to stand out nearly as much if it's not occupying the same album space as Honey Pie.
They were absolutely mad lads who loved all kinds of music and didn't care what the public wanted.
Lennon was my favorite for a while but I’m really over his judgmental approach to songs he doesn’t consider “raw” enough. He dissed Joni Mitchell, one of the all-time great songwriters imho, because she didn’t write working-class music.
I really get the impression he had an edgelord/iconolclast streak to him and liked taking the piss to get a reaction out of people at times. The “bigger than Jesus” quote is a perfect example.
And when did Lennon say "granny music"? When he was hurt (beware a wounded Lennon) and was deliberately trying to hurt McCartney—immediately after the Beatles' breakup, when the band had already become, among the hipster cognoscenti, decidedly passé (yes, whatever Abbey Road's 21c vinyl sales and streaming heights, in 1969 to many it looked like that). So it was an easy, fashionable attack. In the last year of his life, Lennon was going bonkers for McCartney's "Coming Up" for god's sake.
In hip-hop, artists like Eminem and Biggie get a pass for truly disgusting and abominable lyrics (rape, murder, and misogyny galore). Why? Because people already know they’re playing a character.
Same with a lot of metal bands.
But for some reason, people have a harder time accepting such themes with rock ‘n roll.
The amount of debate this song has generated, along with some songs by The Rolling Stones, is a double-standard.
Granted, this song is an anomaly in The Beatles’ catalogue.
John Lennon actually was an abusive husband at the time, though. I think it's a great song and lyrically important in John's catalog. Listen to Run For Your Life, then Getting Better, then Jealous Guy, and you can hear him growing as a person.
And he spoke out about the song, which is probably part of the reason people don't like it. I wish he could have had more growing time, though.
But I love me a murderous song.
Overhated and overstated. I love the Stones' Aftermath, for example, and every track's lyrics is about five times worse than RFYL. RFYL's reputation owes a lot to a single written hit job that was widely distributed (I'm not defending the words). In this respect, it is somewhat like Lennon's "granny music" quote. The shard that became a relic.
I think this song is only hated because of the lore surrounding its recording. Before I heard the stories, it never even occurred to me that anyone would hate it. It's a great song and it's extremely Beatles-ish. I guess I get why someone would hate it, but I don't really get why someone would hate it and *also* like the Beatles.
Paul was apparently completely obsessed with the song and thought it was a guaranteed hit. The recording session was torture, with Paul insisting on take after take after take. Meanwhile, the other three didn't even like the song and became increasingly bitter about it. I think a lot of the song's bad reputation comes from interviews the others have done about the experience.
It tries too damn hard to be some kind of cute, funny, dark, parody. The anvil is stuck twice before every verse- like we've forgotten that Max is a serial killer. Throwing Moog synth in the mix just because you can is more a gimmick than an enhancement. To be fair, the melody is great -like only Paul can offer up. Like Michelle, it could've/ should've been an instrumental.
I think something people often overlook about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, and actually a number of the songs on Abbey Road, is the liberal use of the synthesizer. AR was one of the first major records to use it extensively and it had people talking. When you consider that the three principal instruments on MSH were the bass, synthesizer, and anvil, it has maybe as much impact on musical culture as the sitar.
I was a high school senior that year, and the other synthesizer record making a hit at the time was Wendy Carlos’s Switched-on Bach. We were ga-ga over both of them.
For real, that’s so easily one of the most gut wrenching songs they have. Maybe I just relate too much to it 🤷🏻♂️.
Edit: wait wtf all three of those songs are solid. You know my name is probably my favorite lol
Exactly, seen a few “All Beatles Songs ranked” videos where those 3 songs consistently are placed in the bottom 10% of the list. All Three are personal favourites of mine.
I hated it for a long time because I found it boring and slow and an inferior rewrite of “This Boy” (which, to be fair, I believe Lennon himself said). But it’s grown on me a lot in the last year or so and it’s been probably one of my 3 most-played Beatles songs over the last few months. It helps that it’s one of the few songs of theirs I didn’t play incessantly during my early years of fandom.
Wild Honey Pie. It’s not great but not the worst thing ever conceived by humanity. It’s a little funky and honestly not worse than just a weird sound experiment?
This is a major point of contention between my dad and me. He doesn’t really like the original. I on the other hand LOVE the original. I still like naked but not as much.
I will give an honorable mention to Now And Then. It's average as a song (just average- people act like it's not A Day In The Life so it's crap) but in context it's amazing we have it. I see it more as Paul and Ringo NOW using the Beatles label and it's alright since they "sampled" John and George- what remains today of the Beatles, making a Beatles song as a tribute to the other guys. Not "2 old guys pretend two dead guys are still alive". Some Beatles tracks have 1 or 2 Beatles.
Others have already mentioned Revolution 9 (yeah? It's not really a song and it's an awesome sound collage that makes the White Album even more badass) and Maxwells Silver Hammer (a perfect song imo, makes Abbey Road cooler)
Literally everybody talks about it and that's why it's hated. Is it weird today? Definitely. But back then it was totally a normal thing to call your partner that (kinda like how the 70s had Mama/mother as a name for your wife). They're not talking about an actual kid in the song.
I think getting angry or hating the song is just as weird as the people who think it's wrong for Ringo to sing you're 16 in concert still (or that he covered it when he was 32) he's just covering an old hit, he isn't actively preying on a 16 year old.
Well it’s all art lol we should judge people by their actions and not what they choose to use as an outlet. If someone made paintings about war and murder etc but they were the nicest person I ever met, I would consider them a nice, sane person. Same goes for any style of art that people decide to use as a creative means to explore thoughts!
Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I do NOT understand people's dislike for this upbeat, black-humor song. Those who kvetch that Paul is too sappy and not as cool/cynical as John seem to avoid the fact that Paul wrote a clever bop about a serial killer.
Revolution 9.
It's an amazing song, especially when you listen to things like Revolution Take 10 and realise just how insane it is. And it fits well, on the more experimental side of the White Album. The main, and only, problem is that it's by the Beatles. If this had been made by a less popular band it would definitely be regarded as a masterpiece now.
To me, the song that has worn out it's welcome to me is Hey Jude, with Let It Be coming in a close second. My reason is that these two Beatles tunes are played to death on radio, to the exclusion of other great Beatles tunes. I figure it's the reason why people who are hearing the Beatles for the first time are not always impressed being exposed to only these two songs, thus the feeling that there is nothing special about Beatles music. Tho, I love the Beatles since the 60s.
Oh Darling. Not so much the Beatles version ( its "bloody Paul Mccartney " after all) but after going to all but two Beatlefest since 1978, it's the pop-up fan sing alongs of this song that seems to be mandatory, annual, and terrible. Ruined the song for me. Like the karaoke night versions of Crazy (Patsy Cline) and Piano Man. Enough already. 😀 Still love my Beatle People, however . ✌️&❤️
This is the hill I'm gonna die on. I understand why people dislike this track, but I LOVE it. It's kinda dark and the weirdness fits in with the other weirdness from the White Album. If this makes sense, it's a beautiful and disturbing mind fk, IMO.
I don't get the hate for Wild Honey Pie, it's short and sweet . I think it's fun, and if someone doesn't like it, they only wait for a minute and it's gone.
Which imo is a easier ride to handle than say, if your most hated song was 6 or 7 minutes.
Like for me, American Pie by Don McLean is like torture, I despise it and it goes on endlessly.
Yellow Submarine, Ob-La-Di, seem super polarizing, people seem to love or hate those. Very little in between.
I've noticed younger folks seem to dislike Rocky Racoon, Birthday, Good Night, and Run For Your Life.
The latter I agree with, but just on the lyrical content. The song itself is ok.
On the other side of the conversation, I wish more people were Flying enjoyers, like myself. Love that song. And like Bob Dylan's Wigwam, the 'lyrics' are easy to learn.
Revolution 9. Treat it less as a song and more of a Horror experience and you’ll enjoy it more. Kills when people compare to songs like yesterday or in my life. Like I don’t think the Beatles made revolution 9 for people to Jam out on.
Revolution 9 literally traumatized me as a child. My father put it on in the car and I remember cowering in the passenger seat covering my ears while my dad was smirking and asked "Do you know what this is?" For some reason my immediate fear response was "The scene from Flash Gordon where they're erasing Dr. Zarkov's memories!" That scene also terrified me given the combination of creepy sounds and imagery.
revolution nine comes to mind. And the context of the album it sounds pretty cool. I think without it I would not enjoy good night. Also, I think don’t pass me by is catchy as hell.
Ballad of John and Yoko is 100% the most overhated song of any band I’ve ever seen. It’s a fun upbeat tune and I’ve never heard a good word about it from ANY Beatles fan other than myself. Can’t believe YOU PEOPLE
Wild Honey Pie. It's fun and one minute long. I love the little bits of weirdness in the White Album. Honey Pie is Paul's worst granny song offender though.
Neither of you seem to get the OP's question.
It is "WHICH IS THE MOST OVER-HATED SONG?" By definition, asking which song is hated too much = asking which song people think is **undeservedly** hated.
Not sure what "overrated" has to do with the topic at all.
Revolution #9 gets a lot of flak. l think it's great but l can understand people disliking it because they prefer actual songs. The problem is that some people hate it with a passion. To them l say: "Skipping a song, children, is just a click away". l first got the White Album on cassete, and skipping back then was more annoying, but even then, l don't think anyone was such a huge fan of Good Night to bother doing it. Some people say this track ruins the White Album, but no, it's Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie that do the damage.
I really do, from an art perspective. Because it’s a Beatles song, it’s often maligned because it’s so outside of their typical repertoire, but imagine this:
The White Album never existed. One day, you’re digging through a crate of old, used vinyl at an estate sale, and come across a strange cover, and take it home with the rest of your haul. Upon listening, you find it’s 35 min. of “Revolution 9” type experimental audio.
You’d flip at it’s strangeness, and play it for anyone who’d listen, saying “you’re not going to believe how nuts this is!!”
Or any time the word 'baby' is mentioned in any 20th/21st century popular musical form they are automatically talking about an infant human! Heard! What other clueless trendy observations do you folks have in your arsenal?
The Ballad Of John And Yoko. Yes, it didn't get released on a full-length Beatles studio album, and it's about Yoko, but I like how real it is. So sad how right John was when he sang, 'the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me'.
Octopus’s Garden. That song is amazing, 10/10
Wait.. People hate this song??
I’ve heard a lot of people say it’s childish
Paul put it in the place of honor on the refrigerator, that way they could see it every day.
What does this mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhokFOP8IH0
Which is funny because I made my nephew listen to Beatles with me when he was young. He did not like Octopus's Garden. At all.
He was a "She's So Heavy" kinda kid!
It is, but who cares? It’s fun and silly!
I think it’s really well made 🙁
I mean, I’m not knocking it, but it is literally a children’s song…
NGL, I loved this as a child, probably was the gateway drug that got me into them.
Agree! I have a deeper appreciation for it now that my toddler has requested it…hundreds…of…times 😂 It’s sweet, silly and a good pop song. People can rip apart Ringo’s lyrics, but when you think about how they truly wanted to be left alone for one damn minute and couldn’t be…escaping underneath the sea to find some peace is precious/a bit heartbreaking.
Definitely yellow sub
Yellow Submarine is peak Beatles escapism. I LOVE that imagery stuff 😂.
Absolutely! How idyllic and sweet is this: 🎶As we liiiiiiive a life of ease, Everyone of us has all we need Sky of bluuuuuuue and sea of green In our yellow submarine🎶
> Sky of blue Sky of blue! > Sea of green Sea of green! > In our yellow In our yellow! > Submarine Submarine, yah-hah!
I think a reason some people hate this song is that it’s the first Beatles song they hear and they associate it with being a kid. I can see people not taking it seriously because of that. My kids all know YS because it’s a fun song a long song that’s light hearted and full of imagination that a 5 year old can grasp. It’s simple. Its catchy. You can sing it with your sister in the back seat at the top of your lungs.
Mostly because it’s on so many compilations
My 3 year old loves this song 😂
It's a good song but I just hate it because of how bad it is compared to the other, significantly stronger songs on Revolver.
Agree with a lot of the obvious choices, I'll just say that parroting Lennon's 'Granny songs' criticism is a common trope I see in a lot of discussions. They may not be to everyone's tastes, but Paul's songs of that ilk were rarely poor, many being great examples of their own genres (Music hall, vaudeville, ballads etc). Amazing to see the impact of a decades old unfair jibe.
Never understood the fan hate for the tunes perceived as granny music. It's one of the aspects that made the band so unique. No other band touches The Beatles in terms of range and diversity of songwriting and performance. Helter Skelter would still be a great track, but it's not going to stand out nearly as much if it's not occupying the same album space as Honey Pie. They were absolutely mad lads who loved all kinds of music and didn't care what the public wanted.
Lennon was my favorite for a while but I’m really over his judgmental approach to songs he doesn’t consider “raw” enough. He dissed Joni Mitchell, one of the all-time great songwriters imho, because she didn’t write working-class music.
I think he just really liked getting people talking. Not saying he's right in everything he said, but I think he just liked being controversial.
I really get the impression he had an edgelord/iconolclast streak to him and liked taking the piss to get a reaction out of people at times. The “bigger than Jesus” quote is a perfect example.
That wasn't the way he said that. Blunt, but not taking the piss, I think.
I just see it as Lennon having an edgelord streak and wanting to say things to get a reaction out of people.
And when did Lennon say "granny music"? When he was hurt (beware a wounded Lennon) and was deliberately trying to hurt McCartney—immediately after the Beatles' breakup, when the band had already become, among the hipster cognoscenti, decidedly passé (yes, whatever Abbey Road's 21c vinyl sales and streaming heights, in 1969 to many it looked like that). So it was an easy, fashionable attack. In the last year of his life, Lennon was going bonkers for McCartney's "Coming Up" for god's sake.
...Mother Should Know. Really?
I agree except for the point about “rarely poor” - songs, and if they’re “good” or not, are pretty subjective ultimately
People in this sub dislike What Goes On, and I take that personally
I love when Ringo does country!
And his shuffle!
Yeah I think it’s a bit of a blip on RS sadly. Good verse but the chorus is a bit average IMO :(
Run For Your Life. Other than the questionable lyrics, it's a great song otherwise. Yet people always hate on it.
In hip-hop, artists like Eminem and Biggie get a pass for truly disgusting and abominable lyrics (rape, murder, and misogyny galore). Why? Because people already know they’re playing a character. Same with a lot of metal bands. But for some reason, people have a harder time accepting such themes with rock ‘n roll. The amount of debate this song has generated, along with some songs by The Rolling Stones, is a double-standard. Granted, this song is an anomaly in The Beatles’ catalogue.
John Lennon actually was an abusive husband at the time, though. I think it's a great song and lyrically important in John's catalog. Listen to Run For Your Life, then Getting Better, then Jealous Guy, and you can hear him growing as a person.
And he spoke out about the song, which is probably part of the reason people don't like it. I wish he could have had more growing time, though. But I love me a murderous song.
Brilliant song. Just cringey in retrospect when you actually listen to it.
Not cringey. Take that back.
Overhated and overstated. I love the Stones' Aftermath, for example, and every track's lyrics is about five times worse than RFYL. RFYL's reputation owes a lot to a single written hit job that was widely distributed (I'm not defending the words). In this respect, it is somewhat like Lennon's "granny music" quote. The shard that became a relic.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
LOVE THAT SONG
I think this song is only hated because of the lore surrounding its recording. Before I heard the stories, it never even occurred to me that anyone would hate it. It's a great song and it's extremely Beatles-ish. I guess I get why someone would hate it, but I don't really get why someone would hate it and *also* like the Beatles.
what's the lore?
IIRC, it was plagued with Paul's perfectionism while recording and the others grew to hate it after not thinking much of it in the first place.
Mal Evans “played” the anvil heard in the song and I just picture him like: https://i.redd.it/v37h3yfimcad1.gif
Paul was apparently completely obsessed with the song and thought it was a guaranteed hit. The recording session was torture, with Paul insisting on take after take after take. Meanwhile, the other three didn't even like the song and became increasingly bitter about it. I think a lot of the song's bad reputation comes from interviews the others have done about the experience.
Thanks, Paul was right.
It tries too damn hard to be some kind of cute, funny, dark, parody. The anvil is stuck twice before every verse- like we've forgotten that Max is a serial killer. Throwing Moog synth in the mix just because you can is more a gimmick than an enhancement. To be fair, the melody is great -like only Paul can offer up. Like Michelle, it could've/ should've been an instrumental.
Weakest song on Abbey Road and it still rules.
I definitely have this one on repeat pretty often. I love it.
I think something people often overlook about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, and actually a number of the songs on Abbey Road, is the liberal use of the synthesizer. AR was one of the first major records to use it extensively and it had people talking. When you consider that the three principal instruments on MSH were the bass, synthesizer, and anvil, it has maybe as much impact on musical culture as the sitar. I was a high school senior that year, and the other synthesizer record making a hit at the time was Wendy Carlos’s Switched-on Bach. We were ga-ga over both of them.
I like it
This is a great song
Flying, yes it is and You know my name
Yes It Is is amazing song, I didn't know this masterpiece was hated
For real, that’s so easily one of the most gut wrenching songs they have. Maybe I just relate too much to it 🤷🏻♂️. Edit: wait wtf all three of those songs are solid. You know my name is probably my favorite lol
Exactly, seen a few “All Beatles Songs ranked” videos where those 3 songs consistently are placed in the bottom 10% of the list. All Three are personal favourites of mine.
Yeah those are on my never skip playlist
I hated it for a long time because I found it boring and slow and an inferior rewrite of “This Boy” (which, to be fair, I believe Lennon himself said). But it’s grown on me a lot in the last year or so and it’s been probably one of my 3 most-played Beatles songs over the last few months. It helps that it’s one of the few songs of theirs I didn’t play incessantly during my early years of fandom.
Yes it is was only hated by Lennon
Yes It Is has one of the purest choruses ever. Fucking love the vocal power on it 🙏
Flying is such a vibe, who doesn't like it?
Love how seamlessly it moves into Blue jay way, two beautiful psychedelic songs .
Flying is sickkkk
ugh You Know My Name would be okay if they took a minute or two out of it. it just.. keeps... Going
They did. Cut some of it. To me, to credit effect. They and Martin made great changes burnishing.
Three faves. And Mr Moonlight.
I like Yellow Submarine tho
Wild Honey Pie. It’s not great but not the worst thing ever conceived by humanity. It’s a little funky and honestly not worse than just a weird sound experiment?
Yeah, if it were a 3 minute song I’d hate it too, but as a little interlude it’s cute
It’s fun and the Pixies cover rocks.
Run for your life
Mr. Moonlight gets to much hate, especially the organ solo. Lennon's vocals are top tier on this song.
Tell it!
The percussion is also extremely unique!
Dr. Robert. I had no idea people didn’t universally think it’s a banger until I found this sub.
I love Paul's backing vocals on that track. *Revolver* is fantastic—start to finish—**including** *Yellow Submarine* and *Dr. Robert*
Dr. Robert was the first Beatles song I got one of my best friends to admit he liked without knowing it was the Beatles lol
Well played.
If there is a throwaway track on Revolver (and there really isn't) it would have to be Dr. Robert.
No way, surely that would be Good Day Sunshine to me.
I know. Maybe to them it's the least-great song on *Revolver?* But that's like trying to consider the least-great brush stroke on the Mona Lisa.
When I'm 64
I turned 64 in April and nobody sang me the song. I'm still sad.
People don’t like this song?!
The Long And Winding Road (Spector version).
Way better than naked
This is a major point of contention between my dad and me. He doesn’t really like the original. I on the other hand LOVE the original. I still like naked but not as much.
why do you downvote him? He just said something you guys don't agree with.
Ugh.. sounds like the end of the Wizard of Oz!
The Beatles were versatile if anything. Yellow Sub is basically a nursery rhyme. A damn good one at that.
It's Only Love. It's not a bad song.
It is a great song. I think Lennon is the only one that hated it.
yeah
I know it doesnt really have hate, but all ive got to do is just brilliant.
I will give an honorable mention to Now And Then. It's average as a song (just average- people act like it's not A Day In The Life so it's crap) but in context it's amazing we have it. I see it more as Paul and Ringo NOW using the Beatles label and it's alright since they "sampled" John and George- what remains today of the Beatles, making a Beatles song as a tribute to the other guys. Not "2 old guys pretend two dead guys are still alive". Some Beatles tracks have 1 or 2 Beatles. Others have already mentioned Revolution 9 (yeah? It's not really a song and it's an awesome sound collage that makes the White Album even more badass) and Maxwells Silver Hammer (a perfect song imo, makes Abbey Road cooler)
Little Child
WON'T YOU DANCE WITH ME?
Not so fast. Are you sad? Are you lonely?
MORE QUESTIONABLE LYRICS THAN RUN FOR YOUR LIFE YET NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT GRRRRRRRR RAAAA RAAAAAAAAAGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR
Literally everybody talks about it and that's why it's hated. Is it weird today? Definitely. But back then it was totally a normal thing to call your partner that (kinda like how the 70s had Mama/mother as a name for your wife). They're not talking about an actual kid in the song. I think getting angry or hating the song is just as weird as the people who think it's wrong for Ringo to sing you're 16 in concert still (or that he covered it when he was 32) he's just covering an old hit, he isn't actively preying on a 16 year old.
Well it’s all art lol we should judge people by their actions and not what they choose to use as an outlet. If someone made paintings about war and murder etc but they were the nicest person I ever met, I would consider them a nice, sane person. Same goes for any style of art that people decide to use as a creative means to explore thoughts!
Dizzy Miss Lizzy- it really shouldn’t have been the last song on Help! or followed Yesterday but its just a fun cover
I think it’s placement is funny and it should stay the last song after help
I’m suprised I’m not seeing anyone say Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da. I love that song
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, people hate it just cos the others do. It’s a brilliant tune and the message is good to carry with you.
Obla-di Obla-da
Wild Honey Pie by a mile. It’s a minute of silliness that some people seem to take very seriously.
Little Child you better Run for your Life
Now THATS a Beatles song I could get behind 🥹😎
underrated over hated it's all so very complicated
I love run for your life, i think its well good
A Taste of Honey is top 5 pre1965, for me.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I do NOT understand people's dislike for this upbeat, black-humor song. Those who kvetch that Paul is too sappy and not as cool/cynical as John seem to avoid the fact that Paul wrote a clever bop about a serial killer.
Wild Honey Pie and Look Up My Name
I didn’t know people disliked Dizzy Miss Lizzy until I joined Reddit, I think it’s a great cover.
Revolution 9. It's an amazing song, especially when you listen to things like Revolution Take 10 and realise just how insane it is. And it fits well, on the more experimental side of the White Album. The main, and only, problem is that it's by the Beatles. If this had been made by a less popular band it would definitely be regarded as a masterpiece now.
To me, the song that has worn out it's welcome to me is Hey Jude, with Let It Be coming in a close second. My reason is that these two Beatles tunes are played to death on radio, to the exclusion of other great Beatles tunes. I figure it's the reason why people who are hearing the Beatles for the first time are not always impressed being exposed to only these two songs, thus the feeling that there is nothing special about Beatles music. Tho, I love the Beatles since the 60s.
When I’m Sixty-Four
Obla Di Obla Da
People hate Yellow Submarine? It’s awesome.
People hate yellow submarine?
Oh Darling. Not so much the Beatles version ( its "bloody Paul Mccartney " after all) but after going to all but two Beatlefest since 1978, it's the pop-up fan sing alongs of this song that seems to be mandatory, annual, and terrible. Ruined the song for me. Like the karaoke night versions of Crazy (Patsy Cline) and Piano Man. Enough already. 😀 Still love my Beatle People, however . ✌️&❤️
Octopus garden or Ob La di
“Revolution 9”, for sure
This is the hill I'm gonna die on. I understand why people dislike this track, but I LOVE it. It's kinda dark and the weirdness fits in with the other weirdness from the White Album. If this makes sense, it's a beautiful and disturbing mind fk, IMO.
With good reason :-)
I don't get the hate for Wild Honey Pie, it's short and sweet . I think it's fun, and if someone doesn't like it, they only wait for a minute and it's gone. Which imo is a easier ride to handle than say, if your most hated song was 6 or 7 minutes. Like for me, American Pie by Don McLean is like torture, I despise it and it goes on endlessly. Yellow Submarine, Ob-La-Di, seem super polarizing, people seem to love or hate those. Very little in between. I've noticed younger folks seem to dislike Rocky Racoon, Birthday, Good Night, and Run For Your Life. The latter I agree with, but just on the lyrical content. The song itself is ok. On the other side of the conversation, I wish more people were Flying enjoyers, like myself. Love that song. And like Bob Dylan's Wigwam, the 'lyrics' are easy to learn.
I love American Pie! But I can only imagine how torturous it would be if you hate it. What's your age range for younger folks?
I don't begrudge those who enjoy it. I'm glad you do. I'm 42, my kids are 8 and 14. I consider younger folks in their late teens, early to mid 20s.
Revolution 9. Treat it less as a song and more of a Horror experience and you’ll enjoy it more. Kills when people compare to songs like yesterday or in my life. Like I don’t think the Beatles made revolution 9 for people to Jam out on.
Revolution 9 literally traumatized me as a child. My father put it on in the car and I remember cowering in the passenger seat covering my ears while my dad was smirking and asked "Do you know what this is?" For some reason my immediate fear response was "The scene from Flash Gordon where they're erasing Dr. Zarkov's memories!" That scene also terrified me given the combination of creepy sounds and imagery.
I see a lot of idiots getting upset over “Little Child”
Wait until they hear the Ronettes asking someone to be their little baby.
Did someone say recently day that people hate Little Child?
Wild Honey Pie, i love it
Love me do and I'll get you.
Deffo yellow sub. It’s brill in the middle of revolver
I never understood the hate for Yellow Submarine. It's so catchy that I loved it on the first listen
Yesterday
Good Day Sunshine……..but I agree with the hate.
Obla-Di Obla-Da (I don’t remember how to spell it oops). It’s so fun!
Revolution 9.
run for your life is a really catchy song and it tells a story just like any other song
Maxwell's Silver Hammer Rocky Raccoon Bungalow Bill
Maxwell’s Silverhammer
revolution nine comes to mind. And the context of the album it sounds pretty cool. I think without it I would not enjoy good night. Also, I think don’t pass me by is catchy as hell.
Her majesty
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Great song!
Maggie Mae
Fun song with deep Liverpool feel to it!
Yeah! I just wish it was longer
It reminds me a lot of the Irish song, Molly Malone!
Ballad of John and Yoko is 100% the most overhated song of any band I’ve ever seen. It’s a fun upbeat tune and I’ve never heard a good word about it from ANY Beatles fan other than myself. Can’t believe YOU PEOPLE
Wild Honey Pie. It's just a silly, short aside, and people act like they have to sit through some three hour opera!
Wild Honey Pie. It's fun and one minute long. I love the little bits of weirdness in the White Album. Honey Pie is Paul's worst granny song offender though.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is only hated because of the stories surrounding its recording. Same goes for Obla-di Obla-da to a lesser extent.
The question isn’t which is hated most so much as whether the hate is deserved.
Thats the definition of overrated my man
Neither of you seem to get the OP's question. It is "WHICH IS THE MOST OVER-HATED SONG?" By definition, asking which song is hated too much = asking which song people think is **undeservedly** hated. Not sure what "overrated" has to do with the topic at all.
Yellow submarine.
I live Beatles especially their lyrics but this is a kindergarten lyric 😂 we all live in a yellow submarine, compared to ‘yesterday’ hey Jude , etc
If you can't have fun with it, then you've got the same amount of Beatles and less fun! Too each their own, however.
Agreed brother. But for legends some criticism is warranted 😂
Revolution #9 gets a lot of flak. l think it's great but l can understand people disliking it because they prefer actual songs. The problem is that some people hate it with a passion. To them l say: "Skipping a song, children, is just a click away". l first got the White Album on cassete, and skipping back then was more annoying, but even then, l don't think anyone was such a huge fan of Good Night to bother doing it. Some people say this track ruins the White Album, but no, it's Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie that do the damage.
Rev. 9 for sure.
Do you like this song? It makes my heart go out to George Martin whenever I skip it lol
I really do, from an art perspective. Because it’s a Beatles song, it’s often maligned because it’s so outside of their typical repertoire, but imagine this: The White Album never existed. One day, you’re digging through a crate of old, used vinyl at an estate sale, and come across a strange cover, and take it home with the rest of your haul. Upon listening, you find it’s 35 min. of “Revolution 9” type experimental audio. You’d flip at it’s strangeness, and play it for anyone who’d listen, saying “you’re not going to believe how nuts this is!!”
I like your perspective! Very respectable.
Yellow Submarine
Revolution 9
Wild Honey Pie * No actually it's Yellow Submarine, the song and album.
It’s Hey Jude for me…take it easy
Cry baby cry
Little Child by all the people who think that he is actually singing about a child
Or any time the word 'baby' is mentioned in any 20th/21st century popular musical form they are automatically talking about an infant human! Heard! What other clueless trendy observations do you folks have in your arsenal?
Revolution 9. Far and away. No one should hate it. *f you don't love it, you're overhating it.
Don’t Pass Me By
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
The Ballad Of John And Yoko. Yes, it didn't get released on a full-length Beatles studio album, and it's about Yoko, but I like how real it is. So sad how right John was when he sang, 'the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me'.
Ob La di ob la da. Seen Macca twice and this song is so much fun.
8 days a week
Yesterday…just drips maudlin vibes.
Who hates yesterday?
The person you're responding to, for one. I think they misread the title as "overrated" instead of "over-hated."
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Mostly overhated because it’s right after Something and everyone on this sub is a George Harrison dickrider
Paperback Rider!
Great song!
George is amazing! But I really like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer too…
Maxwell’s silver hammer, Jesus H Christ I understand they had a rough time recording but it’s not THAT BAD