10 Hated Songs Much Better Than Their Reputations
7. The Beatles - Ob La Di Ob La Da
The Beatles' White Album is known as one of the greatest double albums in music, but it does have a bit of musical incoherence. The common perception of this project is the Beatles were splintering off into their respective corners, creating solo tracks for the rest of the band to perform.
Out of all the members, Paul McCartney was the most meticulous with his tunes, making the band work diligently on this song for hours an end. The tension was so high that engineer Geoff Emerick eventually quit because he couldn't take the stress. All this, over what many consider the worst Beatles songs ever to be committed to tape.
Though the song is a bit too loopy to take seriously, that doesn't stop it from being a great tune, with a delightful story that turns into a tale of crossdressing by the song's conclusion. When recording, it's sometimes harder to capture a freewheeling vibe for a song, but McCartney found a way (albeit painstakingly) to make a perfect pop song sound like nothing more than a jam session. Carefully striking the balance between earworm and pop sing-along, "Ob La Di Ob La Da" showed that even when the Beatles were at their worst, they were still better than most other bands.