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knowhereman said
This album in my opinion is one of the weaker ones, but that doesn’t make me not like it. It’s still great.

1. Let It Be – I’m mainstream, yes let me know. I have heard this song so many times, and it doesn’t get old for me. 

2. The Long And Winding Road – I still love this song, even though after listening to the Anthology and Naked versions, it’s so much better. Not that I don’t like this song. 

3. Across The Universe – Originally was number 2, but the arrangement on this album ruins it for me would have been much better as an acoustic type piece, still beautiful.

4. Get Back  

5. One After 909 – Underrated rocker…

6. I’ve Got A Feeling

7. Two Of Us

8. I Me Mine

9. Dig A Pony

10. For You Blue

11. Maggie Mae

12. Dig It

  

“Let It Be ” is not (in many people’s eyes) overrated, at least in my opinion. But I do agree that it is very overplayed.

I’m perhaps the only one in the entirety of the Beatles fanbase who really likes Maggie Mae

Very mixed bag, so it goes kind of weird.

12) Maggie Mae – this is not only one of the worst tracks on a Beatles record, but it is also one of the mindless, most obnoxious demos that could’ve been released. it is less than one minute long and it still pisses me off. like come on, they sound like The Rutles, John Lennon literally sounds like Eric Idle, to a terrifying level of similarity. why is it in the album? why this and no Don’t Let Me Down ? what the f**k? 1/10

11) For You Blue – sorry, George, but this is mostly crap. it is very persistent yet completely empty. both the instrumental and the lyrics. 3/10

10) Dig It – it is short and it is pointless, but I heard the complete 12-minute jam session on the documentary and actually, it sounds awesome. like in a blues, improvisational studio jam context, it is fantastic. so actually, my low placement isn’t because I don’t like it, but because it is short enough to even feel like a middle finger from Spector, like “ha ha, you’re not even getting the full version”. man, what a waste, really. 3/10

9) One After 909 – I enjoy the attempt, but it’s just not near great Beatles material. it mostly just ends up feeling like filler. 6/10

8) Across The Universe – conceptually, and lyrically, it is stellar. but the mix is just embarrassing. John sounds watered and the strings are weird, it is all over the place and overproduced. it is an interesting track nontheless, but it was just ruined, which mostly ends up making it a frustrating experience to me. 6/10

7) The Long And Winding Road – I like the melody on its own right, but considering Paul’s passion for piano ballads in general, I think this isn’t his best work, and it is also overproduced, even tho not as much as Across The Universe . 6/10

6) Get Back – I also feel it could’ve been better. but it is just lacking ideas, and the country melody never was my style, personally. 6/10

5) Two of Us – pretty solid. the melody is engaging, and Paul and John really sound hopeful and friendly. it is still the simple country acoustic melancholic type of track it humbly admits to be, but it delivers. changes in time signature make it interesting as well. 7/10

4) Let It Be – I think the over saturation of this song on popular culture has made me a little skeptic of its greatness. but I can’t deny it, Paul was certainly inspired, and it is memorable and beautiful in many levels. it’s just not the song that makes this album special to me. 8/10

3) I Me Mine – what people get when they listen to While My Guitar Gently Weeps , is what I get when I listen to I Me Mine , which to me is not only criminally underrated, but also one of George’s best songs. the contrast between the verses and the chorus is excellent, the guitar recording is polished, the chord progression sounds priceless and Spector’s production and orchestration here sound called for, feel powerful and transform it into something special. 8/10

2) Dig A Pony – if you got a problem with this song you got a problem with me. I just hate how people talk about this track. John’s melodies are one more memorable than the other, the guitar riffs are neat and spectacular. few times The Beatles captured so much raw energy and dirty aesthetics as much as in this song. and apart from all that, it still manages to be beautiful. “I… I… I… dig a poooony”, the way it just goes up and then goes down is masterful. I’m genuinely surprised this song isn’t as well known, as it is to me one of the rawest Beatles songs there is, and it is accordingly recorded. 9/10

1) I’ve Got A Feeling – one of the best Beatles song. it is so prophetic of 70s hard rock, it is so beautifully balanced between Paul and John. Paul’s part is hard and unmistakably inspired, while John’s section is lyrically poetic and sometimes hilarious. and the way they fusion at the end is inspiring, and to me is the most beautiful moment on the rooftop video. it even feels as a representation of the band’s attitude at that point. Paul and John try to one up each other, and in the attempt end up making some of their best material. so the song also represents The Beatles as a whole, in a way. apart from Don’t Let Me Down (which would easily be first place if it was on the album), this song is the greatest thing: the riff, the lyrics, the melodies, the progression. I’ve Got A Feeling is something else. 10/10