If you are mk you say "all of them." But, we know better.
Best: This could change on any given day, but I love "I Will." I sing it to my kids all the time. It was the first song they heard when born.
Worst: I loathe Obla-Di Obla-Da. Can't stand listening to it.
Interestingly, both are Paul songs and both off of the polarizing White Album.
What are your picks for the best and worst?
It is so hard to pick just one -- both categories! Honestly, because I have to do research to drill down into "least favorite..." There is a radio station near me that does Brunch With the Beatles on Sundays, so a nonstop hour of Beatles once a week. Everything's Got Something to Hide, Except for Me and My Monkey does ZERO for me. And Octopus' Garden (like Yellow Submarine) is really too repetitive and simplistic for me now. Slash annoying. Slash people are like "it's really about sex giggle giggle." That said, I loved it in high school...hmm... Like goobster, I have to admit some of my favorite Beatles songs are actually favorites due to Across the Universe covers. For instance, this song never hit home until I saw/heard it in the movie, and then it became something I loved. Bests are hard. So many are so good! I Want You (She's So Heavy) effin slaps. What a bop, am I right? Sorry. I love using the young kid terms for non-young kids music. ;)
Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite was absolute torture to listen to... so lacklustre and annoying. Until Eddie Izzard completely reimagined it and made it .... SING! But the best song? I really have no idea... I like their 'story' songs the best, Eleanor Rigby, and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band both come immediately to mind, as ones that are shining examples of those, but they have a number of them, and I love the stories they tell... Maybe that's why I like Izzard's "Mr Kite" version so much. It's got to much more verve and story to it...
I’m for “We Can Work It Out”. Their best song? I can’t emphatically say it’s the best, but I like the simplicity of the lyrics, message, and tune. Nothing superfluous. Sorry Ringo, but if I hear “Yellow Submarine” again, it’ll be too soon. It’s like an infectious commercial jingle. I don’t like it, but on hearing it, I’ll find myself humming or running the tune or lyrics through my head at an almost subconscious level. Blah.
Peak Beatles is right before breakup with Don't Let Me Down on the Rooftop Worst, I refuse to pick. They have too much good that I can't physically bring myself to pick.
it depends best: i pick twist and shout for best why-people-went-hogwild song, honey pie for best paul bowel movement, revolution for favorite artsyfartsy message - maybe my favorite right now is day tripper worst: honestly the worst probably has to be one of the ones off the early albums - a cover or just a badly written song, and worst because nobody gives a shit or remembers it, but worst as in "the one i skip the most" HAS to be bungalow bill wech