When it comes to appraisals of The Beatles, George Harrison was true to his nickname: The Quiet One. “The Beatles saved the world from boredom” was among the loftiest praise he afforded his band, revealing the affection he had for his early art, but aside from that, he let the music do the talking. Besides, he often felt his voice was buried beneath the noise of Paul McCartney and John Lennon anyhow.
This was evidenced when he decided to amplify his own output by recruiting his pal Eric Clapton to play on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. He did so “because the others would have to control themselves a bit more. John and Paul mainly because they had to, you know, act more handsomely”. And they’d have to listen to what he was serving up, which, on this occasion, was a defining masterpiece.
However, other times, he had to sit back and go along with the forceful songwriting duo. And he didn’t always like what they were doing. Ringo Starr said that in the early days, Harrison was “dominated“. As he later emerged as a songwriter in his own right, he began to voice his concerns over some of the material that the band members were presenting.
With that in mind, we’ve sifted through the Quiet One’s views and collated a list of the songs that he took a decided dislike to. From his scathing take ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ to his mind-numbing experience tackling ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’, these are the Beatles tracks that Harrison thought were far less than fab.
The Beatles songs that George Harrison hated:
1.‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
2.‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’
3.‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’
4.‘Don’t Bother Me’
