Lennon later spoke of his embarrassment at the triteness of the lyrics. He told Hit Parader magazine: “That’s the one song I really hate of mine. Terrible lyric.” In another interview he named It’s Only Love and Rubber Soul’s Run For Your Life as his least favourite Beatles songs.
It’s Only Love is mine. I always thought it was a lousy song. The lyrics were abysmal. I always hated that song.John LennonAll We Are Saying, David Sheff
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
eheh, and again : Lennon was later dismissive of And Your Bird Can Sing, describing it as “a horror” and “throwaway”.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 13:04 (four years ago) link
still voted for "I'm Only Sleeping" in fact i woke up singing this song just the other day.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 26 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Surprised by the apparent lack of love for "Drive My Car"!
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
I voted for it because I think it is groovy
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
fun Beatles > introspective Beatles
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
another for _and your bird..._
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Thursday, 26 March 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
"And Your Bird Can Sing," but disagree that Revolver tracks tower over others here and would probably go "Every Little Thing" and "I'll Be Back" after it.
I don't think the lyrics to "It's Only Love" are worse than lots of other early Beatles tracks, but that was maybe at a point where Lennon was pushing himself to go farther.
― timellison, Thursday, 26 March 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 27 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Foiled again.
― coco vide (pomenitul), Friday, 27 March 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
ugh ILM is wrong twice
― octobeard, Friday, 27 March 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
Right twice
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 March 2020 01:20 (four years ago) link
George had to tell Joe Walsh ILX was right twice instead of once.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2020 01:37 (four years ago) link