{"id":44,"date":"2017-08-15T15:44:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policegazette.us\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-10-18T15:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:52:31","slug":"the-police-gazette-top-5-most-underrated-beatles-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/policegazette.us\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/the-police-gazette-top-5-most-underrated-beatles-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Police Gazette Top 5 Most Underrated Beatles Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Not Find Our No. 1 on Any Other List.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Various publications have floated lists of the most underrated Beatles songs. But strangely, they all miss the most obvious choice. Part of the problem may lie in their definition of \u201cunderrated.\u201d To us the term refers to the breadth of the gap between public opinion and the song\u2019s actual quality. So a song need not be great. It just needs to be a lot better than people think. With that, here are the Police Gazette<\/em> five most underrated Beatle songs of all time:<\/p>\n

5. \u201cWithin You Without You\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a fairly well-regarded (though not universally) George Harrison composition from the Sgt Pepper<\/em> album. Its status as underrated comes mainly from two things: 1) It completely revolutionized Western popular music. Harrison used exclusively Indian instruments, Indian musical styles, and lyrics with Eastern-religion themes, but pulled in just enough familiar Western constructions to make it palatable. It was the first time anything like that had been done in pop music and opened the flood gates to the incorporation of World music into Western pop. 2) Harrison did all this without embarrassing himself. It\u2019s a high-wire act that a lesser talent would have stumbled on.<\/p>\n

4. \u201cYou Can\u2019t Do That\u201d<\/p>\n

This one has suffered, perhaps, from its mildly misogynistic lyrics. But that aside, it is the Beatles\u2019 best example of a \u201ccow bell\u201d song\u2014\u201cDrive My Car\u201d notwithstanding. And everyone loves cow-bell songs. So since it’s the Beatles doing it, therefore, it has to be great. There are versions of this song without any cowbell, but they didn’t need Christopher Walken to tell them to put it in. Nothing got past these guys.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cEverybody\u2019s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey\u201d<\/p>\n

This song from the “White Album” finds John Lennon entering the phase where half his efforts feel like throwaways. Except, since it\u2019s Lennon, nothing is a throwaway. There\u2019s so much going on here, we can\u2019t discuss it all. Suffice to say Lennon invents punk rock with this song, yet it still lends itself to becoming a killer New Orleans boogie when covered by Fats Domino. Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

2. \u201cIt\u2019s All Too Much\u201d<\/p>\n

George Harrison was clearly a secondary song-writing talent within the Beatles (he was the Tony Lazzeri to Lennon and McCartney\u2019s Gehrig and Ruth). But every once in a while he could come up with one that was an unquestionable equal to the big guys\u2019. \u201cSomething\u201d and \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d come to mind. Somehow, though, \u201cIt\u2019s All Too Much\u201d regularly slips through the cracks when considering George\u2019s AAA-rated contributions. The song is a soaring anthem that never loses steam, raising tension and energy to a level it never relinquishes. But it still has room for folksy lyrics like \u201cShow me that I\u2019m everywhere, but get me home for tea.\u201d An all-time classic.<\/p>\n

1. \u201cHold Me Tight\u201d<\/p>\n

The most underrated Beatles song of all time achieves its distinction through a combination of its being consistently at or near the bottom of most people’s rankings of the Beatle oeuvre and the fact that if you only gave it a chance, you\u2019d find it\u2019s actually perfectly crafted and doing exactly what the Beatles intended it to do: It\u2019s a giant ball of gooey fun that still really rocks. One Beatle scholar has posited that EVERY Beatle song contains some sort of intentional goof or in-joke. To us, \u201cHold Me Tight\u201d represents the purest musical form of that theory. Relax and give this song a few careful listens. If you still hate it, then you probably also hate fun, the Beatles, and music in general.<\/p>\n

\"\"Muhammad Ali and the Beatles meet as both were on the verge of taking over the world. After this photo shoot, Ali called the Beatles \u201csissies.\u201d Very talented sissies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will Not Find Our No. 1 on Any Other List. Various publications have floated lists of the most underrated Beatles songs. But strangely, they all miss the most obvious choice. Part of the problem may lie in their definition of \u201cunderrated.\u201d To us the term refers to the breadth of the gap between public opinion … <\/p>\n

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