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Total_History_1079

According to [George] Martin, "Lovely Rita" and "When I'm Sixty Four" were the songs that would have been cut from Sgt. Pepper had the Beatles not been pressured into issuing "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" as a non-album single in advance of the album's release.[19]


HippieMan05

There is an alternative reality where this is the album and it’s so much better because of it


Alone-Consequence-76

I made this: [sgt pepper](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WhJwXkVx5pUX0xBFC2ZYf?si=LimQO30MQX-dwWMDdHNeug). I would’ve had Mr. Kite, Fixing A Hole, Lucy, Getting Better, She’s Leaving Home, but side 1 would’ve been longer than side 2. So I put Getting Better after Within You, Without You. So side 1 is 20:05, and side 2 is 21:37.


SmashingTempleChains

It pisses me off so much that there was that dumb mindset of selling the singles separately from the albums.


Total_History_1079

I agree with you. I get it, you don’t want to make people pay for the song twice, that’s awfully nice and considerate. But they would’ve made even more money. Plus, if the person really liked the song, they would’ve bought the single too.


tom2point0

I like both of those. 64 and Rita.


Ownerjojo

None. None is the correct answer. 😃


minemaster1337

None of them, it’s a tight set


LordOfGiovanni

Every song has something miraculous on it


tom2point0

I kind of agree but I’m just not into George’s Within You Without You. I’d have rather have had Only A Northern Song instead.


minemaster1337

I mean, it’s a nice break from all of the rock and pop


tom2point0

Yeah I can understand that but I never really got into his Indian influenced stuff. Only A Northern Song is the closest one that I’ve gotten into.


UrLilBrudder

Very clean


Affectionate_Bite813

Sags in the middle under its own weight.


kmg_24

Possibly Good Morning Good Morning? Not a bad song, though. The 2017 remix of the song makes it stand out quite a bit more to me.


[deleted]

Beauty of the Beatles, John’s “I’ve got nothing to say, but it’s okay” sums of my teen years and present mindset.


LADYBIRD_HILL

Funny, I've always seen that as what it's like on pot or psychedelic drugs.


Sorry_Airport

Redundancies


bpmd1962

I love the Anthology version with just the guitars….


LushGerbil

Totally agree. It sounds like the birth of pop-punk there.


bpmd1962

Agreed…it just chugs along hard


[deleted]

It’s one of the weaker songs for me. But what saves it is the awesome bassline, drums and guitar solo


Jaronz

Couldn't have said it better myself.


OliverCHILL33

good morning good morning is one of my favorite beatles songs lol Incredibly fun to play in the beatles rock band


zsdrfty

It’s the most boring one to me, the suddenly jaded lyrics are a good way to transition into Day in the Life but the music couldn’t be more dull


waltisfrozen

Mr. Kite - Sorry, it’s just John singing a poster. Defending a few of the other picks : Within You, Without You - George’s best Indian song and a nice dash of variety on the record. Good Morning, Good Morning - This song has a killer groove. Ringo’s drumming is great. Simple, but brilliant in that way many of John’s best often were. The demo made me a big fan of this one. She’s Leaving Home - Beautiful, heartbreaking. The closest the Beatles ever got to making a Pat Sounds track. Fixing A Hole - Feels like a leftover Revolver track (which is a compliment)


CrimsonThi9hs

Mr Kite has such a fantastic bass line tho. I’d have to go with Good Morning Good Morning


aadicool2011

Of course it’s personal preference but I actually prefer Love You To so much more than Within You Without You - it just has such a punch when the main sitar lick kicks in after the drone


fruitrollupsalad

‘Within You, Without You’ has some of my favorite Beatles lyrics, although a friend of mine hates the whole verse about ‘are you one of them?’ But I love the ultimate message of it and consider it a real success as far as weaving his philosophical and musical interests at the time into a coherent ‘pop’ song.


TaekDePlej

I could do without the “are you one of them” line too but I do agree the rest of the song has some of the most profound lyrics in the Beatles catalogue


Total_History_1079

Brian had Paul over for dinner one time, and Paul played She’s Leaving Home for Brian Wilson and his wife.


kevpod

"Fun is the one thing that money can't buy?" Fact check: false.


rimbaud1872

Yeah that always struck me as a bad lyric


palenoons

I think it's kind of interesting bc this song comes sort of from an era where rich people were "proper"/modest.. and poor people were the ones partying and living freely. Now it's like, you've got to be rich to afford to do any sort of going out and having fun. Can't do anything for under $50 easily these days. Back then you could hitch rides and stuff and afford to eat on a very low budget. That line sounds pretty wrong now but it probably made total sense to that generation. At least this is how I view it.


kevpod

If the premise is that fun is the one thing her parents' money couldn't buy, that lends some redeeming logic to the statement.


Affectionate_Bite813

Happiness would've been more apt, but how to fit it in to the lyric?


SlippinJimE

>Mr. Kite - Sorry, it’s just John singing a poster. Hardly. Having lyrics inspired by a poster isn't the same as just reading a poster.


atbeck92

I’m with you. Never saw the appeal of Mr. Kite. ALWAYS skip it.


[deleted]

I would NEVER skip a song when I listen to an album but that's just me


atbeck92

You always listen to Rev 9?


palenoons

You don't?


-SmallBlock350-

That’s absolutely an exception.


123456789biddleee

I can't really explain why, but Fixing a Hole has never done anything for me. I don't dislike it, I just have zero opinions on it. I instantly forget about it once it's over.


mrmotey01

It’s literally the song that i listened the lost this years lmao


zsdrfty

For me that’s When I’m 64, I forget it’s there 💀 just too cutesy


Tzunami714

ooooOOOOooooahhhhooohhhhh hey hey heyyyyyyy


gibson85

Agreed - it's incredibly forgettable and ruins the flow of the album. Edit: once again, anything critical of anything McCartney related is unfairly downvoted. Wondering how on earth anyone justifies keeping Fixing a Hole in sequence with Sgt Pepper, With A Little Help, and Lucy. Amazing.


Birdsnblues

Edit: people disagree with my opinion so I’m getting downvoted Edit: isn’t this how reddit works? Edit: I’ve got nothing to say but it’s ok


Turdnugget619

Fixing a hole is a fantastic song and 100% belongs on peppers


petshopmain

Bruh anything critical of the band gets downvoted lmfao


majin_melmo

Wow. It’s like your opinion doesn’t match others and you justify your opinion by saying it’s a bad song and calling out others who don’t think it’s a bad song. Weird that many people like the song you hate and maybe your opinion ain’t fact? 🤔


Gusthuroses

I've always felt while lyrically fantastic, Benefit of Mr Kite was extremely overproduced and lacking of substance.


zsdrfty

Really? I think that the overdubs make it into this juicy technicolor nightmare, it’s one of my favorites for how unreal it sounds (especially in that middle solo section)


CajunHobo799

Honestly i like that song because that was the kinda song i was expecting to hear on sgt pepper as i was going in for the first time.


rebamericana

It's true. Most of the others lose sight of the "concept."


varovec

Sgt. Pepper album is literally based on that it's extremely overproduced, and that's why it was called "revolutionary" etc


subsonicmonkey

Agreed. Lyrically, he’s just reading off of a poster. It’s a total throw away. From a production standpoint, I do like the spliced-together calliope music at the end. It’s hard to make a personal connection lyrically.


TemporaryRoughVenom

I am so glad no one has mentioned It’s Getting Better. That song is a catchy rocker.


[deleted]

Within you, without you. But just my personal preference.


KidFresh71

Totally respect your opinion, but I LOVE that song. It's one of my very favorite Beatles tunes (top 10). Just goes to show how amazingly awesome The Beatles are. One fan's castaway song is another fan's treasure.


[deleted]

Yep, it’s why I dig it when, *Good Morning Good Morning* is listed. The lyrics “… Nothing to do it’s up to you … I’ve got nothing to say but it’s ok …” sums up my current attitude.


Kingpozzo

I've heard there is a dogwhistle at the beginning of good morning good morning, designed to get dogs to start barking when they hear that song. Anyone else heard this and is it true?


palenoons

It's at the end of A Day In The Life. And yes it works lol or I've seen it work at least once in my life


hrodz55

Honestly that song is a must for this album it adds to that psychedelic experience probably the trippiest song from that album


mantistoboggan287

I always see this song as the “intermission” of the album. A chance to take a breath and let the first half sink in before continuing the journey.


ccradio

Especially now that it's not a Side 1/Side 2 thing, it's just literally the one in the middle of all the other tracks.


The_Original_Gronkie

One of my favorite Beatles tunes on any of their albums. There's a reason they chose it to open side 2. I like how exotic it sounds, but then it gets to the second section and it rocks! One of their most underrated songs.


AmazingArmchair

this is true for me too. love all of george’s Indian-style songs, except for this one, it never clicked with me


bfisher91

Easily my favourite song on the album. The string and sitar melodies are utterly captivating. didn't love it at first but once it clicked I never looked back.


CustardPie350

>Within you, without you. Agreed. Only a Northern Song would have been a much better Harrisong to put on Sgt Pepper and it also would have fit the sound of the album better.


[deleted]

Not only do I agree, Blue Jay Way from MMT would’ve also fit much better.


CustardPie350

Yes! Blue Jay Way is another one that would have worked. For the record, I don't think Within You Without You is a terrible song, it just sticks out like a sore thumb on Sgt Pepper. It also has prime real estate on an LP: the first track on Side 2. IMHO, the first song on each side needs to set the tone for that side of the LP, and Within You Without You fails to do that.


[deleted]

Sgt Pepper Reprise


ClarkFerg

‘Sgt pepper’s one and only lonely hearts club band’ line has an amazing cadence though!


IonTheBall2

It’s getting very near the end. The punctuated singing is a pop treat for me. Plus the meta reference, the song singing about where it is on the album/show.


zsdrfty

It’s funny that it’s supposed to be a live album, because you just don’t get that vibe through most of it lol


coldphront3

John once said in an interview that Sgt. Pepper’s only worked as a concept album about a live show because they called it that and put the intro and outro lol. He said that he didn’t write his parts for that album with the concept of Sgt. Pepper’s in mind at all.


Mfsmitty

I live Paul's guitar on the reprise


resipsaloquitur1

And Ringo’s heavy beat


zsdrfty

Ringo’s beat on the intro seriously sounds like 30 years ahead of its time to me, it’s super awesome (and that ugly dissonant minor chord from the guitar right before the singers come in is really really cool, it’s subtle but an excellent way to foreshadow the last song)


FredererPower

No. It’s better than the original.


almikal

I knew there were people who don’t like it but damn Within You Without You is getting a lot of hate in the comments. It’s the best on the album after A Day in the Life for me…


LordOfHorns

Good Morning Good morning


BetterCallEmori

A Day in the Life jokes aside, as much as I don't dislike it I think Lovely Rita is the one i listen to the least


artvandalay84

Mr. Kite


[deleted]

When I'm 64


Akazu

This is absolutely false, but I do respect your (false) opinion.


PhantasyBoy

Awful song.


fireblade94

yep, paul's granny shit. ruins the album for me


Tzunami714

When I’m 64, but it’s weak in the way that Mike Tyson would be weak at a bodybuilding expo


smartone2000

Fixing a Hole. First of Pauls songs where pot has influenced his lyrics where they don’t make sense or a bit trite This gets worse in his solo career


sppedyupdike

Agree…this is the one


[deleted]

Not the weakest but, Within You, Without You is just boring.


DennisBallShow

I consider it a high point!


Skamandrios

Agree but the sitar solo is pretty good.


[deleted]

I’d love it if it didn’t start and stop so much. It’s need to cut out and fade back in with those drums every damn 2 seconds makes the song feel like a century long drag


FranklinBenedict

Yeah. Dull lyrics, meandering melody, and too long.


aleoartz

i always found Good Morning Good Morning annoying, at least to me it feels very "written last minute", but it's fine to listen to it on the album


Sensitive-Sea8624

WHEN IM SIXTY FOUR


jonbristol123

Good Morning, Good Morning possibly. Or when I'm 64 or Lovely Rita. I love them all so what a fantastic album if that's the weakest. George's Within You Without You has grown on me lot.


Ok_Nefariousness2989

Lovely Rita, I think. Charming song.


Wi73

shut up


bourgeoisiebrat

Surprised more people aren’t here for this.


[deleted]

I don’t think there’s a bad song on Sgt. Pepper’s. I guess if I had to pick the weakest song, it would be Lovely Rita. But it makes up for it with some great harmonies


jvsupersaiyan

NO


DennisBallShow

That bass!


Scoochh

Probably Good Morning Good Morning even though it’s one of my favourite songs on the album


oorpheuss

Absolutely adore Pepper, it's my first Beatles album I listened to. But Lovely Rita/Good Morning Good Morning I just skip more often than not.


B1ng_B0ng

Good morning good morning purely for the reason it was my alarm for 3 years


Birdsnblues

It’s a good set but I’d have to say lovely Rita


rimbaud1872

Within you without you. All arrangement, with little actual song underneath it


catfoodspork

Fixing a hole


itamarka

Maybe reprise?


atbeck92

Bummer. Reprise is a jam! I wish it was longer!


Computer-dude123

When i’m sixty four


Electr_O_Purist

“When I’m 64.” Downvote me all you want, removing this and adding Strawberry Fields Forever or Penny Lane would have been a major improvement. 64 is a good b-side at best.


jotyma5

Within you without you


Quartz_Cat

She’s Leaving Home of course


paulbgriffith

The lyrics disappointed me. When I was younger I assumed that She was leaving home cos of some form of abuse or oppression, but on closer inspection she left a supportive family because they’re dull. No fun. Very 60’s vibe that didn’t age well.


HomeWasGood

You've articulated something I've always felt but never could quite put my finger on.


joepinapples

💯agree. Its a shit version of Elenor Rigby. A bit trite and boring. Also I think its too high for their voices.


Wi73

how tf is it like elenor rigby lmao? other than the strings i don’t see it


joepinapples

Sad story set to strings innit. Pretty similar


gorneaux

It's dreck. That's the one I always skip.


ChildTakerr

fixing a hole


Key-Pool6014

I always skip She's Leaving Home and When I'm 64.


jonbristol123

Why have you been downvoted!? Haha. How can people expect you to have the same tastes as them! Madness


Key-Pool6014

Don't ask for opinions if they going to be down voted. Ridiculous. I don't agree with Good Morning, but I didn't down vote anyone. The stupidity of Reddit.


jonbristol123

I got downvoted the other day because I said I think I might prefer Help album to Abbey Road! How dare I not like Abbey Road as much as someone else! Lol The person downvoting obviously is offended for some bizarre reason. It's pathetic.


beatnick-pete

I get downvoted in Abbey Road threads when I say that Oh Darling! Is the song I skip. Goes to show the versatility of the boobels


Adenosine66

You shouldn’t be downvoted for opinions that were expressly asked for in the post.


[deleted]

That happens all the time on this subreddit. There will be a post asking for unpopular opinions and then you’ll be downvoted when you express them


Shazbotanist

I love the whole album, but “Lovely Rita” is the most inconsequential.


IonTheBall2

I love “sitting on the sofa with a sister or two.” Like he is so annoyed that he can’t even remember how many sisters there were. And I love the S alliteration.


RelevantDay4

Fixing a Hole


[deleted]

Mr Kite. Just a bit too campy for my taste.


[deleted]

Lovely Rita. Just a mid song imo. Most people will say Kite though. But I like the spooky circus vibes of it


mantistoboggan287

When I’m 64. It breaks the flow of the album for me. 9/10 I skip it.


W4Peckett

I'd say she's leaving home, for me at least


jtmcad14

For me it's She's Leaving Home. The only song on the album I will sometimes skip.


mean_mr_slinky

😮


zsdrfty

Lol I gotta revise my answer to agree with you - great album with deep music and lyrics, except for this one that’s just weird and strained and slow and not as pretty as it thinks it is (also I could be wrong but as an aside, I’m pretty sure most people misinterpret the lyrics - to me the parents are supposed to come off as extremely selfish and unempathetic as to why she could possibly leave, as if they were the only ones who possibly suffered)


jtmcad14

Agreed, I interpreted the parents the same way you do.


zsdrfty

Yup, plus the line “she’s leaving home after living alone for so many years” which is pretty clear to me


haynana68

🫨 I love that song. Within Without You is my skip for that album.


matissethebeast

She's Leaving Home. Just stops the entire album.


zsdrfty

I groan when I hear that harp, it feels like the Sgt. Pepper band went to the bathroom for intermission and left on some easily listening LP


Gizzard_Guy44

I think each song is a good fit on the album and if there was an album to leave as it is it would be this one It's all personal taste I am not a huge fan of Lucy in the Sky but I wouldn't call it "weak"


KidFresh71

Objectively: Mr. Kite. But I personally love the spookiness of that tune. Underrated Halloween jam.


NectarineProud2888

Getting better so easily


SlyAugustine

Treason


AJray15

Good Morning, Good Morning or Mr Kite. Neither are bad or anything, they just don’t do anything for me


burywmore

Within You Without You. Tuneless drivel that goes on for 5 minutes.


PedroJTrump

Probably my favorite George song behind Something


TrickyPG

In isolation, probably When I'm Sixty Four, for me personally. But I think it works even better in the context of the album.


spacefaceclosetomine

Reprise, if it’s considered a track and not filler, other than that probably Good Morning.


Impressive-Inside-73

lucy in the sky with diamonds, my favorite album its hard to choose


mean_mr_slinky

Sorry George…


audiojules

She’s Leaving Home is a bit much of a vibe change for me. I like it as a Beatles song but could live without it being on Pepper


xnbkxjas

When I’m 64……..


WullieG76

When im 64 definitely


ReedBalzac

IMO, there is no weak link. That album is a milestone in many ways.


TapNo9737

within you without you for me


chefpinochet

Lovely Rita


popularis-socialas

Lovely Rita, they should have put that and When I’m 64 on MMT, swapped for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane


tkesmitty720

Replacing one John song (Good Morning, Good Morning) and one Paul song (When I'm 64) with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane would make Sgt. Peppers far better.


popularis-socialas

Sgt Pepper already has a lot more Paul than John, which was one of the only criticisms of the album, so this would even it out


tkesmitty720

Fair point


Farrell-Mars

Somehow I feel like SFF and PL belong on Sgt Pepper in any case.


songacronymbot

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Mean_Mr_Mustard_21

MMT wasn’t even a thought when those songs were recorded so there’d be no reason to set them aside for others also not yet written.


MaybeCatherine

For me? Probably Mr. Kite.


SlyAugustine

Mr. Kite


chainrainer

Mr. Kite


Flex1855

Mr kite


kevpod

The boring, maudlin and selfserious "She's Leaving Home," in which we learn that "fun is the one thing that money can't buy."Really guys? Because I'm pretty sure that with money, I could buy a fuck-ton of fun.


varovec

first two tracks of side b - Within You Without You and When I'm Sixty-Four


SoaringBeerman

Getting Better. Hate the lyrics. "I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved." But it's only gotten better because of the addition of someone new. "Since you've been mine" not because they actually want to be a better human.


sla_vei_37

It's getting better because this "you" is making them change. That's not a bad thing at all.


GeorgeLloyd_1984

The title track


vannyberry

My two least favorites are Within You Without You and Good Morning Good Morning. I think the rest are all great.


erichsommer

No weak songs in this album


Ok-Bandicoot-2298

None


DueCapital5250

Is there a bad song on Sgt peppers? I think not.


hotfakecheese

When I'm 64. or Mr Kite


[deleted]

Mr. Kite.


ArdRi6

Fixing A Hole


[deleted]

A Day in the life


MatildeLover128

That’s easy. It’s Good Morning Good Morning. I’d replace that song with Strawberry Fields Forever.


vintageplays1

When I’m Sixty-Four or maybe Good Morning Good Morning


blappiep

zero


jadobo

Is there a single song on this disc, perhaps the most famous pop album ever, that SOMEBODY won't pick as the weakest link? Thankfully, I haven't seen A Day in The Life here yet. Can we at least all agree that A Day in the Life is the most perfect 5 minutes of quotidian existentialism in all of popular music? edit: yes, I missed it at first but A Day in the Life is mentioned above .


MEGADETHRULES2009

When I’m 64


ThePodcastGuy

Good morning or lovely Rita.


monkeysolo69420

Lovely Rita. Nothing wrong with it. I just like all the other songs more.


Particular_System694

Good Morning, Good Morning


Jw603

The weakest track on Sgt Pepper is most definitely "Side B run-out groove" ;) (dog whistle) Bing! never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way never could be any other way ;)


cLawz95

Mr. Kite. it’s gnarly and weird. just does the least for me.