“I was never really interested in it.”Ībbey Road is highly praised for its creativity and originality.
“It was a pretty poor song,” Lennon stated during an interview in 1980. It does showcase some nice melodic moments and noteworthy harmonies.īut overall, “Hold Me Tight” falls rather flat, an early Beatles throwaway number that is somewhat amateurish. The song itself can be considered labored and repetitive, leaning heavily on its main hook that circles around the track’s title. “Which then became an acceptable album filler.” “(It was) a failed attempt at a single,” McCartney went on to recall. Both he and Lennon have been known to openly and publicly pan the track. “Hold Me Tight” features as an album track on the Beatles’ second LP With The Beatles, yet it was actually recorded during the Please Please Me sessions before the release of their debut album.Ĭomposed by McCartney in 1961, the song formed part of their live shows during the early sixties before the Beatles had signed a record deal. So which are the worst Beatles songs by Paul McCartney? Hold Me Tight Yet whilst he was prolific, composing over one hundred tunes for the band, McCartney was still prone to penning some questionable songs – inevitably the quality of his work varied across their twelve studio albums.Ĭritics often accuse him of being too whimsical or perhaps corny, highlighted further when compared to John Lennon’s typical aggression and raw nature. Their bassist Paul McCartney will always be celebrated for his role in arguably the finest songwriting duo to grace the pop charts and his music ultimately helped propel the Beatles to superstardom. Over the course of nearly a decade, they would craft endless hit singles and a wealth of innovative album tracks, set to be revered by generations to come. Of course, it must be acknowledged that the Liverpool quartet’s output was undeniably consistent. You may of course disagree with Adam’s point-of-view, but we’re all fans…įab Four purists will likely claim the Beatles rarely wrote a bad song. For those of you who don’t know us, everyone here is a huge Beatles fan, so we are offering this post in the spirit of respect and deep admiration. It’s a measure of how potent these songs are that we’re still discussing and debating them over 50 years later. This post has sparked quite a lot of commentary, which we appreciate. So it kind of saved me, I must say, for about three or four months it took to make it.Editor’s Note.
It was really good to be able to play music, and make up music, and put your thoughts and your fears, and your hopes and your love into the music. I mean there was AIDS and there was SARS, and there was avian flu, but all these things seem to happen to other people and then suddenly it was happening to everyone and everyone I knew, and everyone in the world. “Suddenly there was a thing that we’d never heard before. Because you know, the whole world was going mad,” he said. “There was a big connection with trying to keep equilibrium.
In the wide-ranging interview, McCartney also said that he definitely “rocked down” during the COVID-19 lockdown while recording the just released McCartney III, finishing off a group of songs he’d meant finish in 2019, and inadvertently saving his sanity by staying busy. Ubiquitous from the Latin, ubi quo, meaning ‘everywhere.’ Come on, give it up.” 1Īs for which one of the many, many Beatles songs he’s listened to the most throughout his life, it’s “Let It Be,” naturally.
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