13. The poll just says "good" not "great". They're all at least "good". My least favorite is "Within You Without You". Doesn't really work within the context of the record. It's still a good song though.
― o. nate, Friday, 26 May 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
She's leaving home is not good, neither is when I'm 64.. All the rest I would say are good but it's hard to tell how much of that is just fond memories/attachment with this particular album. Like, if I heard lovely Rita today for the first time I don't think there's a chance in the world I would be like 'thats a good song' but I can't honestly say I don't like it either.
― sleepingbag, Friday, 26 May 2017 03:04 (six years ago) link
ah. the beatles
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 May 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
7
― Treeship, Friday, 26 May 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
"challops" etymology = MIND BLOWNI had vaguely thought of a "challop" as a slovenly ne'er-do-well prone to making empty provocative statements.Also, Pepper isn't really music after 50 years of intense dissection, I remember aged 10 being almost told to ENGAGE with its CONCEPTS.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 26 May 2017 04:01 (six years ago) link
'When I'm Sixty-Four' is definitely the closest to a not-good song for me but the bridge totally redeems it.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:43 (six years ago) link
Someone upthread implied that John comes off as 2nd on this, but Lucy and Kite are the stun-tracks..
Along with "Good Morning", but hey.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 May 2017 12:07 (six years ago) link
also ADitL is all about John's parts
― niels, Friday, 26 May 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
yes.
There's a tendency to apply "one or the other" to songs like "With a little help", which are closer to 50/50 than else.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 May 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
Seven or eight depending on reprise.
If you think it's less than five hmm lol ilm I guess, keep pushing that rainbow.
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Friday, 26 May 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
Lucy and peppers the best.
Good morning, within you without you, fixing a hole and she's leaving are either annoying or dull
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Friday, 26 May 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
the only song I dislike is 'when i'm 64'. The rest are all at least good, and my standard for 'good' is mostly just that I'd enjoy it if I randomly heard it on the radio while driving, so basically, 90% percent of Beatles songs are at least 'good'.
― silverfish, Friday, 26 May 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
This is the only Beatles album which, played front-to-back, makes me like the idea of the Beatles as an album act, partly because it's so stuffed with sound and nothing sounds quite like it should.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 May 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
I'll say 8. These days I skip Within You, When I'm 64, and Mr Kit, as well as the title track and reprise. I love everything else, particularly Rita, Good Morning, and Getting Better, I feel like those are underpraised songs that have a really good kind of sparse, weird, LSD infused feel to them/
― akm, Friday, 26 May 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
"Good" seems a low bar. They're all at least good in context, and a few endure as lifelong personal favorites. When I was eight, I would have insisted that every track is BRILLIANT - with the possible exception of "Within You Without You", which baffled me.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Friday, 26 May 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
Come on, guys, this is a good album. Overrated, sure. But, really, I don't want to skip any of these songs.
― Austin, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
The tape shit on mr kite is so spectacular
― brimstead, Friday, 26 May 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
the good thing about this album is you can tell it's shit because the cover is also shit
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 26 May 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
oh my god, so many xxxposts but hearing the mono version of this record COMPLETELY changed my opinion of it. the old stereo mix is garbage
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 May 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 1 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 1 June 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
I love when the news media talks about music. This album was described as 'edgy and experimental' on Sky News this morning. "When I'm 64" wasn't mentioned by name but nonetheless...
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2017 09:05 (six years ago) link
I skip Leaving Home / Mr Kite / Within You every time I play this album. Home and Within are too slow and draggy, and Mr Kite is psychedelia in search of a melody.
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
Lets do how many good songs on Be Here Now next.
― to pimp a barfly (Eazy), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
Sgt P, WaLHFMF, Getting Better, Fixing, Sgt P Reprise, DitL - Good, I likeLucy, She's Leaving, Within You, 64 - Good, but I don't particularly likeMr. Kite - not that good, but I like itLovely Rita, Good Morning - not good, don't like
― chap, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
So 9 I guess.
― chap, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
o.nate correct, u nitpickers
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
WYWY absolutely works in context: amid the character sketches, George's Eastern foray puts them in a grand scheme. You don't have to like it, of course.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
i'm listening to the whole album for the first time right now
― sexualing healing (crüt), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
IT'S A TRAP
― a warm bowl of soap (WilliamC), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
I have no regrets b/c I'd never heard "Fixing A Hole" and now I have
― sexualing healing (crüt), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
When you're done with that one, check out the George Burns cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0q8OEfM7g
― to pimp a barfly (Eazy), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I forget who covered WYWY – Dionne Warwick?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
You don't have to like it, of course
Phew, what a relief.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
I like George Burns' version tbh.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
xxxp wait, isn't that the album we're listening to
― sexualing healing (crüt), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
... of Fixing A Hole, I don't think he did WYWY too.
a whole album of WYWY covers
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
haha i was gonna post Burns' version to FB imminently
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
are there any good "Day in the Life" covers besides The Fall?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
Robyn Hitchcock has a good one
― to pimp a barfly (Eazy), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
fyi Within You Without You is the best song on the album
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
thinking about the title of that song doesn't it have a strong sexual connotation?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 1 June 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
My favourite part of WYWY is the snorting laugh track at the end. Must have been Lennon.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 1 June 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
I went for 7. Never liked the title tune.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 1 June 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I agree with akm upthread
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 1 June 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Sgt. Pepper is such a cohesive, conceptual statement that it seems wrongheaded to regard it as a collection of individual songs — it's more of a hyperambitious suitelike pomo performance art piece disguised as a conventional pop record
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
...and that performance art piece just happens to suuuuuuuuuuck, so I voted '0 good songs'. The Beatles can fuck off afaic
http://i.imgur.com/UzNOilj.jpg
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhcyWLORes
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
lol
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link