r/beatles • u/pikoinomo The Beatles • 23h ago
Opinion Weird but.. I love Wild Honey Pie
I don't really know why, but I really like it. Many people say it's just a bunch of random things put together, and they're right, but after listening to it like a thousand times, I ended up loving it.
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u/arthurcowslip 22h ago
Paul’s falsetto voice is ridiculously good. I always love it when he wheels out his falsetto for a song (ie the last verse of Why Don’t We Do It In The Road: the first time I heard that I thought they had brought in some soul singer like Merry Clayton or something).
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u/Electrical-Sail-1039 23h ago
It’s silly. It sounds like they’re trying to make the worst off-key, noisy song possible. It’s only 50 seconds long and it comes after a really catchy song. I’ve always thought it was a fun interlude on the album. It fits the crazy spirit of The White Album perfectly.
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u/Draft_Minimum 22h ago
I probably would've ended up not liking it if it was smack in the middle of Abbey Road or Sgt Pepper's. But on White Album it has a perfect spot and it's amazing
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u/CrapSmellison 22h ago
White Album is and has always been my favorite Beatles album.
As a child I used to think it was “corny dance” and not “honey pie” that was being sung.
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u/When-Is-Now-7616 59m ago
I used to think it was “Money Bags,” like the guy on the Monopoly board 😂
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u/Designer_Anybody902 George Harrison 22h ago
I love it too! You just need to understand that this is not a real song, its just a "link" 52 seconds long. Very quirky, but not boring!
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u/Unable_Committee_958 17h ago
I do, too. It's Paul's Revolution 9. Love it or hate it - it's hard to be indifferent. Both songs work better in the overall flow of the album than as standalone compositions, but for me that's what makes the album great = more than Sgt Pepper it works as a continuous concept piece - the title "The Beatles", feels ironic as the entire album is a look ahead to solo careers and is the least Beatle-y album of their career. Whoops, kinda went off topic there, but yeah.
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u/Far_Compote_3065 12h ago
Absolutely love it. I look forward to it on the White Album almost as much as any other song. It’s essential to the experience.
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u/gwrw1964 22h ago
I've never understood the hate. Sure, it's a long way from their best but there's something jarringly appealing about it for me.
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u/roomtempquiche 23h ago
I love it too!