My Music Guilty Pleasures: #30

A quick skimming over of the format of this forthcoming list is necessary. Initially I was going to have it split it into three separate lists of 10, though now I'm going to do each track individually - the intention being to post them in March daily. One problem...it's now just about March 2nd. Whoopsie. Shoot me. Alas, on with the (embarrassing) show we go. To ease myself in, here's something from the band I'm probably the least embarrassed to like (LOVE) out of all the bands I listen to regularly and enjoy...

The Beatles - Octopus's Garden

Okay, here's the deal. I love this song, and I love the album from which it is taken - the infamous Abbey Road, of course. Not only this, but I think it's reasonably safe to say that it IS a good song from a very, very, very good album. One of my all time favourites, no doubt. Not sounding like much of a guilty pleasure so far, is it? Well, we are only talking about number 30 on the list here...but it definitely has enough reason to be on the list. There's just something about Ringo, isn't there? Bless him, he's not a bad drummer as such, but there's no denying that he was always the least talented of the fab four. This probably says more about the incredible talent of his bandmates, rather than a stark lack of ability on his part. That said, John Lennon (with tongue firmly in cheek) did famously say that poor old Richard Starkey wasn't even "the best drummer in The Beatles", let alone the best in the world. Still, he could keep a beat. About as no-frills a sticksman as you'll find. Though of course, if I were to involve stickswomen, Meg White would surely be deserving of an honourable mention... But back to The Beatles. Their one song that I absolutely cannot stand may come as little surprise, what with it being largely unpopular amongst the band's enormous fanbase. It's Yellow Submarine, and I feel this is what has created such a horribly negative vibe surrounding Ringo's vocals in my head. Everything I hear with him on the mic, whether I like or not, will eternally be associated with that bloody man who bloody sailed to sea, who told us about his bloody life in the land of bloody subma-bloody-rines. I rather wish he hadn't taken the opportunity to divulge upon this particular tale. I don't know if this is a shared opinion, but it means that I simply cannot escape from a deep feeling of cringiness whenever I listen to Octopus's Garden - a not too dissimilar track anyway. To top it all off, it's too damn happy. When it comes to music, I don't really 'do' happy. This is probably the most overtly cheerful song that I can claim to enjoy...probably...I'd watch this space though... Oh, and he's always been the least cool Beatle in general, Thomas The Tank Engine aside. Apologies, Ringo fans. It's not that I don't love him, but...I just happen to love him the least. He somehow manages to be less cool than the gut-wrenchingly over-the-hill Paul McCartney (c'mon, the Olympic performance had us all wincing) and so for these reasons it just about creeps into my top 30. Buckle up, chaps; this really is just the beginning.

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