Unbelievably Underrated Beatles Song | Page 8 | Fab Forum | The Beatles Bible

I’d class a song as underrated if non Beatle fanatics have never even heard of it, yet to Beatle fans it’s a classic. For example, before he met me my boyfriend had never heard of A Day In The Life . I was dumbfounded, I assumed everyone knew that song. If someone is not particuarly a fan but is a fan of music (e.g buys music magazines, has a decent general knowledge of important or influential bands of the past 50 years or so) they will know songs like A Day In The Life . However, it’s not a song that tends to get much airplay (at least not that I’ve heard recently) and a lot of people do not know it exists. Even In My Life isn’t known too much outside Beatles fans. So they are both underrated in that sense and deserve to be revered like songs such as Hey Jude and Yesterday .  However, if we’re talking about songs that Beatles fans don’t typically tend to rave over but which I think are brilliant, I’d go with something like Don’t Bother Me . People tend to dismiss it and say it wasn’t a bad effort for George’s first but that he came a long way afterwards. I think it’s brilliantly dark, the tune is interesting and different and the lyrics are quite unusual for its time. And when I hear it, I always picture Ringo and George bopping around from A Hard Day’s Night , so that can’t be a bad thing!

I feel like some of Paul’s songs on Sgt Pepper are pretty underrated. A lot of folks just give it right to John in terms of contribution, and while I thoroughly enjoy a listen to Good Morning Good Morning , sometimes I’d rather listen to Getting Better , Fixing A Hole , or She’s Leaving Home .

The Night Before is also a pretty unique vocal performance for Paul (although I’m Down has a similar style) that doesn’t get much attention either. I’m pretty sure guitar harmonies were still fairly new in 1965. I’d have to say it occurred to gain less fame because they never played it live, except at the BBC.