“Kooks” adds a sweet innocence to “Hunky Dory” that feels essential to me. “Revolution 9” for better or worse bookends the Beatle decade by introducing millions to 'musique concrete', and is the mouth of the river of much music that you love. And “San Tropez” is a nice juxtapositional 'piece of fluff' before “Echoes”.
And as someone has pointed out already Kooks is a tender little song written for his son that expresses a genuine and self-aware concern. And it has precious little to match it in the canon of popular music.
Kooks is whimsical, so? Darling Nikki? Are you kidding? Meeting Across The River is a wonderful piece of sung cinema and is the calm after She's The One and a perfect set up TO Jungleland! Rainy Day is another scope in an album that contains many moods and it's inclusion adds to that. The old row about the White album? Anybody's selection is bound to be different. How about it having enough material to make a great EP or it had enough good things on it to make a single!
if you look at the album as a collection of songs rather than a storyline it doesnt make sense. that was prince hurt and bitter, lashing out. it fits in with the movie, but not as well on the album as theres no context to it.
@@tussk. "hurt and bitter"? You're projecting IMHO. It's a continuation of his little audio porn ditties such as "Head", "Sister", "Jack U Off" and "Let's Pretend We're Married" he enjoyed writing alongside his Christian-inspired song themes.
Darling Nikki us a terrific song on Purple Rain. The album from start to finish was incredible. If there was a song that was close to being a filler track it would be Take Me With U, but even that song has redeeming features.
@@tussk. It’s a soundtrack album and when viewed that way it’s a powerful track with a great ending. The scene with Darling Nikki is a memorable and intense.
Hats Off to Roy Harper on Led Zeppelin III...a mediocre ending to a great album. Hats Off should have been replaced with Hey Hey What Can I Do, the B-side to Immigrant Song. And Hey Jude should have replaced Revolution 9 on the White Album.
@@jfbmf1242 i like that song in 70s they played that on radio a lot with the ocean back to back .."Has anybody seen the Bridge , "? ,Bonzo liked james brown music
@g.belanger8302 the point is to get clicks, views and general reactions to get it pushed up the algorithm. Dude should stay away from Nebraska, Darkness and half of The River if he dosent like MATR
From the thumbnail I was struggling to think which Bowie song could be terrible on Hunky Dory, thinking maybe you might have gone for Andy Warhol or Fill Your Heart - even though they are still good and by no means terrible, but Kooks? A terrible song? Just, no dude.
For me a great album with a terrible ending is Dire Straits Makin' Movies which for me is Straits at their best right up until the final track 'Les Boys'
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Kooks is subtle and deliberately playful and safe imo. Written for a child as a message to those with concerns for its welfare? When 2 unconventional gender benders, out to shock and alienated, have a kid and hope for the best for it in, at the time, in a still intolerant, but changing socially, conservative Britain. How's it doing now? Duncan Jones? Nurture or nature. Hunky Dory sold poorly but this song is much more than just a cheery tune. A manifesto that there is more to parenting than just speaking when you're being spoken too etc? A seminal song for changing times and very deliberately conventional in early 70s middle of the road terms.
Rainy Day Women, a tribute to the jazz cabbage in all its romp and splendor.. I dug the song when I was a kid hearing it on the radio for the first time and I dig it now. Couldn't take the album too seriously when it opens with this, Dylan basically saying "put that in your clay pipe and smoke it"
@@emmalancaster2013 Yes, and best song. But ...Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 is also the opening track on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. His best selling album in the U.S.
I've never understood people's complains about this song, unlike Revolution 9 it is under 2 minutes long, it's not like it could've been replaced with something better, having been included on the album because Pattie Boyd liked it. It all boils down to the whole "it should've a single album release instead", like dude, they had already 8 of those already, the White Album captures a moment when The Beatles managed to come with a vast number of new songs shifting heavily on genre and musical style, how would it be better as yet another single pop album release?
Kooks, motorcycle mama, rainy day women, are all great songs on great albums. Surely you can come up with a better top ten that are genuinely terrible songs?
Yeah, I usually agree with CAR but I love "Meeting Across The River". It's like watching an entire film in a couple of minutes, something it has in common with many of the cuts on BTR, but it doesn't work nearly as hard and is more nuanced.
Yep. Lyrically, it prefigures a lot of what’s to come in his next few albums - for the first time, what’s most important about the lyrics is what he doesn’t say.
I don't listen to Springsteen much. What's the rundown on Meeting Across The River? Do Becky and Dan get grandpa's old truck running in time to take the final harvest to market to save the family farm?
"Mother" is terrible. The rest of the album is flawless, but that stands out as totally out of place. Rainy Day Women is the way it is on purpose. Messy on purpose. Think about when this was released. Dylan gave so many musicians the confidence to take risks.
You are so utterly wrong about 'Meeting Across the River'. This song, along with 'Jungleland' makes 'Born to Run' the 3rd best song on side 2 of the album.
Oh man, I was with you all the way until you hit "Meeting Across the River"...I think that fits nicely with the whole album, and especially Jungleland to come.
Agree. I love the cinematic vibes. For me, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out is the oddball. Some great lines, but the soul element is just flat. The song never flows, never really comes alive. But your milage may vary. ;-)
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 Yes, I totally agree. Tenth Avenue always seemed a little out of place on that album; it's a great song, but just slightly off, it's hard to put my finger on why.
I disagree with you and agree with him on that. That's a Jazz fluff piece that belonged on one of his first 2 albums, NOT on the otherwise wonderful *Born To Run.*
SEAMUS!! A track so delightful and sweet as to break up the very serious. It's Pink Floyd giving you a bit of a breather before they take you directly to heaven.
In my opinion 'Meeting across the river' is an intregal part of a masterpiece album (and a beautiful piece of music), and as someone else here says, fits perfectly before 'Jungleland', however, I do agree that it may not work as well live.
I dont like it. To me purple rain is 50/50 in absolutely classic songs that belong in rock history and songs that are well produced and cool but totally lack melody.
One of the reasons I prefer CDs, tracks I don't like get skipped from the comfort of my chair. I can play Revolver now and not have to get up and move the needle when Yellow Submarine comes on.
Kooks fits Hunky Dory perfectly. It’s a breezy and lighthearted pop song that adds a contrast to the more philosophical and thematically “heavy” tracks on the album such as Quicksand and Life On Mars? Darling Nikki, well, it kinda works as a sort of interlude between Purple’s Side 1 and Side 2 for me. I love that weird psychedelic outro with the rain effects. I can’t imagine Blonde on Blonde opening with another song other thsn Rainy Day Women. It always gets me in the mood to sit down and listen to the entire record. It’s sloppy, drunken, stoned, and an absolute blast. Revolution 9 sums up the entire White Album as a fractured, schizophrenic, unpredictable sort of “anti-album”. It works supremely well and it furthers contributes to The Beatles’ awe-inspiring diversity and willingness to get away with being creatively free to do as they please. They gave everyone else in music and other arts permission to push beyond what was expected of them.
Cool Shirt! Love it! I hate to say it about the Revolution No. 9, depends on my mood that day. Love the White Album though... one of my island albums. Thx Great subject!
@@bonzodog6872The Word, Think for Yourself, You Won't See Me, are also very mediocre and boring songs. Rubber Soul had some great songs, but I've never understood people like Brian Wilson claiming it is a flawless album, far from it.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747Definitely a step above and beyond where the Beatles were and where they were going to. There's a new maturity to The songs on Rubber Soul they didn't have before.
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"Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" is fantastic, definitely pivotal, a fun track and one with very characteristic ironic-satirical lyrics by the man himself. I don't understand this much dislike. The other tracks are more justifiable as "bad" tracks, nonetheless I would rather call them weak.
For me, St Tropez will always be the side 1 ending. Revolution 9 is a slice of the sign of the times and... no better track to precede Goodnight. In a site where over and underated is certainly overrated, no album is more overated than Purple Rain.
Revolution 9 is always hated on by philistines who don't get what it's all about. It's the best thing on the side, and sandwiching it between "Cry Baby Cry" and "Good Night" just emphasises the Alice in Wonderland quality of it. There are so many worse songs on the White Album like "Honey Pie", "Piggies" and "Why Don't We Do It On the Road". I'm surprised that he mentioned "Purple Rain" and "Born To Run" because those are perfect examples of albums which have no filler. "The River" has plenty of filler, as does "1999" so why doesn't he reference those instead? Even "Songs in the Key of Life" has one or two stinkers.
@@curly_wyn Listening to a Prince album without the dirty song is like eating a pork bun without the pork. I think you made a typo and meant absolutely filthy in which case I agree.
Revolution #9 actually makes some sort of sense, and isn't just random noise. What other mega-band would have the cojones to do it nowadays? Without it, The White Album would be a very different album, instead of a snapshot of where The Beatles were in late 1968.
Totally agree with "Seamus". Not a good song by any stretch but oddly appropriate for The Floyd during this period. I'm "frothing" at your assessment of "Meeting Across the River". As an individual song it's not great, but as part of the album it fits perfectly.
While I’d agree that it isn’t a bad song, liking it best is just weird, man. There is so much wonderful about that album. Meeting Across the River is a very good song surrounded by even better ones
For me Backstreets and Jungleland are the weak songs, in a sense they peak too early and are just bombastic and pretentious. I think Night is the gem, not too long and the lyrics, written in the second person, perfectly describe the longing and the validation of speed and young love.
I was getting worried there that you didn't have any mention of the Police's "Mother" off of the otherwise brilliant Synchronicity album, but at least you snuck it in there at the end with the Honorable mentions.
“Im in love with my car” from a Night at the Opera. Ok the music is great…….but no one can ever convince me the lyrics at anything but a throw away, with about as much maturity as 13 year old boy
As much as I love Beggars Banquet, I always skip Dear Doctor, would have preferred Jumpin' Jack Flash instead. Likewise on Let It Bleed I'd prefer Honky Tonk Women over Country Honk. For Zeppelin, imagine how much stronger III would be if it closed with Hey Hey What Can I Do instead of Hats Off To Roy Harper.
I'm a Led Zeppelin fan but not a fan of Led Zeppelin III. If Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? was on that album besides Immigrant song, I'd have two reasons to listen to it!
Both versions of the song were really by Gram Parsons, ex of the Byrds. In return Keith let his then current band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, have Wild Horses.
Great channel, have subbed. I have to agree with you on all of these, but the dilemma is- to skip, or not? I'm a firm believer in listening to an album in its entirety, however painful, because it's a slippery slope that ultimately leads to 'best of' albums. Also, I may well have consumed some 'jazz cabbage', and the remote's beyond hand reach. Keep up the good work.
Rainy Day was my 1st contact with the electric Dylan. I have already hear freewheling some time ago. When I first hear RDW in Greatest hits album I was completely shock. This guy sound like this? And sing like this?, that shock me. It was like to enter on a "electric circus". Of course is not the best song from B/B but is a great introduction to this electric circus masterpiece full of strange human beast and under very "strange circunstances". I love this "terrific"song, a master of seremonies given welcome to a great poetic and musical universe.
Loads of other stuff that should have been on the album , Holy ,Holy, Round and Round, Amsterdam , Sweet Head , instead of It ain’t easy. Also on Hunky Dory we could have had , Bombers, Velvet Goldmine.
When group listening with friends, two of our favourites would be the White Album and the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange. Revolution No. 9 was an introduction, like Wendy/Walter Carlos, to a whole field of music that I would never have explored as I would never have gone near Radio 3.
Mostly agree with you about everything you say but I can’t agree with La La Love You. You can look at it as a light-hearted funny moment which only highlights the (wonderful) darkness of the rest of the album. Or you can see it as a very sarcastic poke at poppy love songs. Either way, for me it really works.
The statement “In the age of vinyl, when everything had to count…” is actually the best info in this best presentation and the phrase “The most hardened Bruce blowhards…” is very funny, too… “Rainy Day Women” was a No 2 single for Bob in 1966 and probably also drove many to investigate Bob for the first time… like it does to this day… Going after “Revolution No 9” is just too easy and kinda lazy, too
You might dislike La La Love You by the Pixies but it's more interesting than most of the songs the Pixies would release after their comeback in the 00's.
To be fair, Prince could've recorded himself taking a dump, and his fans would've called it a masterpiece. Personally, I've never cared much for Nikki. The tune just doesn't stand up to the rest of the amazing music on that album.
Darling Nicky is a very good tune, which plays an important role in the Purple Rain film and soundtrack. The ending with the reversed choir is good as well.
It doesn't bother me as much as others "Paul's granny music" songs, as John would describe them, like Obla - Di - Obla - Da and When I'm 64. If anything, I don't think there's a single flawless Beatles album, there's always a turd track in each of them.
I like "Kooks" and to be honest, I have always loved "Revolution 9." I was fascinated by it when the album came out when I was 4 or 5. And it began my love of avant garde music and musique concrete. I totally get why people don't like it, but I do.
I agree with many though I would argue that Fill Your Heart or Eight Line Poem are seriously worse than Kooks. Here would be my Top 10: 10. U2 - A Day Without Me (Boy) - "Started a laaaand-sliiiiiide iiiin myyyyyy eeeeee-goooo" 9. Mott the Hoople - Soft Ground (All the Young Dudes) - answers the question why didn't Mott record more Verdin Allen songs 8. King Crimson - Providence (Red) - the obligatory instrumental improv on what could otherwise have been Crimso's best album 7. Chicago - Free Form Guitar (Chicago Transit Authority) - Terry Kath was one of the greatest and most underrated rock guitarists of all time. Listening to him do seven minutes of feedback is not the way to prove that statement. 6. Bob Dylan - Ballad in Plain D (Another Side) - Even Dylan has expressed regret for releasing this. 5. Kiss - Great Expectations (Destroyer) - An over-orchestrated and choir-ed ballad about a groupie is not ironic. It's stupid. Makes Beth tolerable. 4. Neil Young - Motorcycle Mama (Comes a Time) - You've already said enough about this. 3. The Police - Be My Girl/Sally (Outlandos d'Amour) - Sounds like an outtake sketch from The Benny Hill Show. Makes Mother look like a masterpiece. 2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Rude Awakening #2 (Pendulum) - WTF? I mean... WTF!?! Makes me want to listen to Revolution 9. 1. Bob Dylan - Joey (Desire) - In which Joey Gallo is transformed from a dangerous psychopathic mafioso into a misunderstood romantic hero. Dylan tried to lob criticism of this on Jacques Levy who wrote the lyrics, to which I say, "Hey, Bob, that doesn't mean you had to release it. Hell, you didn't even have to record it!"
I was a lot younger, still at school ,when Hunky Dory came out and Kooks was my favourite song on the album at that time 😊 still enjoy listening to it from time to time
As soon as I saw your shirt, I knew Mother was going to get a mention! I was also expecting the Crunge and the Murder Mystery, and preparing to defend them, but I'm glad to see they didn't make the cut. Perhaps you were just giving them a break because they get enough grief already.
I’m actually interested in your defense of The Crunge. It should’ve been The Cringe! That song is awful and the worst song Led Zeppelin ever made in my opinion.
@@AntonXul Lyrically pretty weak, no question, but musically I like Bonham's beat, the funky eccentricity. It's a welcome bit of fun after the seriousness of the first three tracks. One of the band's weaker songs, sure, but I have to say, I don't know that there are any Zeppelin songs I actively dislike, even Roy Harper. I'll even stand up for Hot Dog.
@@chrisboerger465 Glad I'm not the only one who actually LIKES Hot Dog! It's cute and charming---and I guarantee Robert and the gang didn't expect us to take it seriously. Can't a band have fun every once in a while??
What about the Crunge? so many near-perfect albums. I also despise D'Yer Maker, same album. I like Kooks! It sets a mood and allows me to dance quite foolishly.
@@t_albino ....................................and it's easily one of his best vocal performances! (And John said likewise, although he may have been sarcastic, which he had a tendency to be sometimes).
I'm more upset that you believe the "Born To Run" album is a great album. It's one great song and filler material. People cannot comprehend that you can have an amazing song on an album that is bland.
I agree that 'Seamus' is a pretty naff throwaway piece of cod blues that is completely dispensable, however ' Kooks' is a glorious slice of charming whimsy that never fails to make me smile with it's thoroughly English sense of charm and humour..definitely has a place on Hunky Dory. If I'm honest, I've never enjoyed Revolution 9, and have been inclined to skip it altogether, however it's so entrenched within the tracklisting that it's hard to imagine The White album without it, but yes, we could have had 2 or 3 additional songs in it's place that would have been arguably far more listenable.
“Cars Are Cars” is a clever song, its placement is just off. It should come after “Think Too Much”. Simon is heavily influenced and using a song to make fun of your overthinking where you already have two album songs about it is unique. Glad you like the rest of the album. It’s an unappreciated gem.
@@davidcopson5800 I don't know if it's his best album, but it's definitely not his worst. I don't know if he has a worst. This need to rank great artists and label something as not as good as the others doesn't serve anyone.
@@classicalbum far worse ‘album spanners’ I can think of !. While I’m on , how about top 10 bad inclusions on songs ? I’ll start with the awfully jarring synth solo on ELP’s, Luck Man.. Or the pointless inclusion of the dragging out of Layla with the only-just-in-tune bottleneck work . ? 😏
Led Zeppelin - The Crunge on Houses of the Holy, should be titled the cringe, total bollocks, that plus Dancing Days are the two reasons I cannot own that album, despite it having my second favourite Led Zeppelin song: No Quarter.
The first track I thought of when I saw the title of this video was Radiohead's Electioneering. I don't think it's terrible exactly, but I've never liked it very much, and it's always felt jarringly out-of-place for me on the otherwise impeccable OK Computer.
I Dig Love from All Things Must Pass. Seems like a total throwaway that would have been an ok bonus track years later. It just doesn't fit this masterpiece
Mr Lacey on the otherwise wonderful What We did on Our Holidays by Fairport Convention is a ghastly track. What on earth were all the vacuum cleaner noises about?
I remember as a teen making a 90 minute cassette of the White Album. The second record was about a minute too long to fit on the second side, but it worked perfectly to delete Revolution 9 and add Hey Jude to the end. Made a much better album also!
I don't know why your list popped up in my feed, but anybody who thinks Meeting Across the River is a terrible song obviously has no taste, so it seems pointless to me to watch any more of your content.
The Black Angel's Death Song on The Velvet Underground and Nico. A fitting title because it sounds like what is probably playing in Hell's waiting room.
I quite like it. But I think European Son ( to Delmore Schwartz) is far too long and boring. Sister Ray which also ends an early album is also boring after a while.
@@phillipanderson7398 I am quite content to skip both of them as they are the final two "songs" on the album. I got White Light White Heat about 45 years ago and have probably listened to the whole thing about three times.
Lemme guess.......................the orchestra, right? I think it actually compliments those two songs well (although I'm still not a HUGE fan of There's A World, but I still like it overall).
I understand where your coming from with "Kooks" and its connection with the Deram years, you could probably put "Fill Your Heart" in that era as well but personally I love them both and Hunky Dory wouldn't be the same without them.
When viewed within the context of Purple Rain the movie, it makes sense that Darling Nikki is a bad song. The way it's used in the film elevates it somewhat in a meta textual way
Can't agree on Kooks I really like that track as part of the whole 'Hunky Dory' album.
Me too
Kooks is indeed essential to the sequencing of Hunky Dory. Like it very much.its quite endearing.
He really screwed the pooch on that choice. Every track works.
Have to agree - love the song, love the album - not a choice I would have made.
I was fully expecting Barry to say *Fill Your Heart* 😂
“Kooks” adds a sweet innocence to “Hunky Dory” that feels essential to me. “Revolution 9” for better or worse bookends the Beatle decade by introducing millions to 'musique concrete', and is the mouth of the river of much music that you love. And “San Tropez” is a nice juxtapositional 'piece of fluff' before “Echoes”.
And as someone has pointed out already Kooks is a tender little song written for his son that expresses a genuine and self-aware concern. And it has precious little to match it in the canon of popular music.
San Tropez is great, the dog one is unlistenable though. I even forgot it existed as I deleted the mp3.
Kooks is rad as hell
Kooks is whimsical, so? Darling Nikki? Are you kidding? Meeting Across The River is a wonderful piece of sung cinema and is the calm after She's The One and a perfect set up TO Jungleland! Rainy Day is another scope in an album that contains many moods and it's inclusion adds to that. The old row about the White album? Anybody's selection is bound to be different. How about it having enough material to make a great EP or it had enough good things on it to make a single!
Good track. Not a good start to this video.
Purple Rain is a flawless album. I am literally stunned that anyone could call Darling Nikki “terrible.”
if you look at the album as a collection of songs rather than a storyline it doesnt make sense. that was prince hurt and bitter, lashing out. it fits in with the movie, but not as well on the album as theres no context to it.
@@tussk. "hurt and bitter"?
You're projecting IMHO. It's a continuation of his little audio porn ditties such as "Head", "Sister", "Jack U Off" and "Let's Pretend We're Married" he enjoyed writing alongside his Christian-inspired song themes.
Darling Nikki us a terrific song on Purple Rain. The album from start to finish was incredible. If there was a song that was close to being a filler track it would be Take Me With U, but even that song has redeeming features.
@@tussk. It’s a soundtrack album and when viewed that way it’s a powerful track with a great ending. The scene with Darling Nikki is a memorable and intense.
I would call to whole album terrible
Hats Off to Roy Harper on Led Zeppelin III...a mediocre ending to a great album. Hats Off should have been replaced with Hey Hey What Can I Do, the B-side to Immigrant Song. And Hey Jude should have replaced Revolution 9 on the White Album.
100% right...But not many bad zeppelin songs 99% all great
The crunge is cringe also.
@@jfbmf1242 i like that song in 70s they played that on radio a lot with the ocean back to back .."Has anybody seen the Bridge , "? ,Bonzo liked james brown music
Nah the crunge is awesome.
NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9
Meeting Across The River is great and fits perfectly before Jungleland
Meeting is a wonderful, tragic short story, and deserves its place on Born To Run.
I really don’t get that choice at all. I agree that it’s a beautiful lead into jungleland
New York personified. Great song.
Film noir, I believe that was the intention it is a fantastic track and fits into Born to Run perfectly.
@g.belanger8302 the point is to get clicks, views and general reactions to get it pushed up the algorithm. Dude should stay away from Nebraska, Darkness and half of The River if he dosent like MATR
From the thumbnail I was struggling to think which Bowie song could be terrible on Hunky Dory, thinking maybe you might have gone for Andy Warhol or Fill Your Heart - even though they are still good and by no means terrible, but Kooks? A terrible song? Just, no dude.
For me a great album with a terrible ending is Dire Straits Makin' Movies which for me is Straits at their best right up until the final track 'Les Boys'
Love the track, its Knopfler at his most tongue in cheek best.
I can see how certain types would be"triggered" by Les Boys but it's a song to take it face value and it's kind of catchy.
@@tdunph4250 I'm not triggered by it, I just think it's a weak piece of music.
@@otisdylan9532 fair enough although I would be willing to bet that the track's lyrics might offend certain types lol
Totally agree! Les Boys doesn’t fit thematically or musically in any way. A total misfire on one of my all time Top Ten favorite albums.
I'd just like to say how much I enjoy your channel, particularly your deadpan humour, those unexpected remarks and humourous observations that jump out of leftfield, you really make me laugh sometimes. Keep it up.
"Jamaica Jerk-Off" on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(and I was going to mention "Kissin' Time" before you put it in your (dis)Honorable Mentions).
Plus Dirty Little Girl
Or Social Disease
Agree! Jamaica Jerk Off is at least bareable with its 70s drum machine overdubs, Dirty Little Girl is unbearable.
I couldn’t imagine Hunky Dory without Kooks, or any other track for that matter, it’s perfect exactly the way it is.
Absolutely.
Kooks is amazing
It's ok, just feels a bit mispalced to me rather than terrible
Yes, Barry needs to spank himself with a rolled up newspaper. There's not a bad track on the album and it's Bowie's best.
@@PhilBaird1 Hands down his best. Nothing comes close.
@@classicalbum Can't imagine Hunky Dory without kooks.
Kooks is subtle and deliberately playful and safe imo. Written for a child as a message to those with concerns for its welfare?
When 2 unconventional gender benders, out to shock and alienated, have a kid and hope for the best for it in, at the time, in a still intolerant, but changing socially, conservative Britain. How's it doing now? Duncan Jones? Nurture or nature. Hunky Dory sold poorly but this song is much more than just a cheery tune. A manifesto that there is more to parenting than just speaking when you're being spoken too etc?
A seminal song for changing times and very deliberately conventional in early 70s middle of the road terms.
KOOKS? KOOKS? How very dare you!
Rainy Day Women, a tribute to the jazz cabbage in all its romp and splendor.. I dug the song when I was a kid hearing it on the radio for the first time and I dig it now. Couldn't take the album too seriously when it opens with this, Dylan basically saying "put that in your clay pipe and smoke it"
And his highest charting single #2
@@FuturePast2019 Thought “Like a Rolling Stone” also hit #2.
@@emmalancaster2013 Yes, and best song.
But ...Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 is also the opening track on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. His best selling album in the U.S.
@@FuturePast2019 I actually like Rainy Day Women! He sounds so stoned (probably was).
Sad-eyed Lady is the stinker. Just maudlin.
I just cannot imagine the White Album without 'Wild Honey Pie"!
I've never understood people's complains about this song, unlike Revolution 9 it is under 2 minutes long, it's not like it could've been replaced with something better, having been included on the album because Pattie Boyd liked it.
It all boils down to the whole "it should've a single album release instead", like dude, they had already 8 of those already, the White Album captures a moment when The Beatles managed to come with a vast number of new songs shifting heavily on genre and musical style, how would it be better as yet another single pop album release?
Shopping for a CD player in the mid 1980s, I remember the stereo salesman telling me that I could use it to program out "Mother". Sold!
But it wasn't necessarily an invention.
I will not stand for this Seamus (That's The Dog) slander
The Crunge on Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy is high on my list.
And D'yer Maker. I love House's of the Holy, but those 2 tracks really bring it down in the middle after an epic start and epic finish.
Houses of the Holy is my favorite Zeppelin album, but goddamn I hate The Crunge.
@@schlaackmusic Same here, my favorite Zeppelin album in spite of the Crunge.
Oh heavens - yes, I absolutely hate that damn song. It's the ONLY , and I mean THE ONLY Zep song I dislike!
Agreed - seems like a joke
Kooks, motorcycle mama, rainy day women, are all great songs on great albums. Surely you can come up with a better top ten that are genuinely terrible songs?
I couldn't agree more.
Can't agree on the Springsteen. Love that atmospheric track. Perfect spot on the album, great storytelling.
Yeah, I usually agree with CAR but I love "Meeting Across The River". It's like watching an entire film in a couple of minutes, something it has in common with many of the cuts on BTR, but it doesn't work nearly as hard and is more nuanced.
Yep. Lyrically, it prefigures a lot of what’s to come in his next few albums - for the first time, what’s most important about the lyrics is what he doesn’t say.
Totally agree. I love this song and there is no bad song on Born To Run.
I don't listen to Springsteen much. What's the rundown on Meeting Across The River? Do Becky and Dan get grandpa's old truck running in time to take the final harvest to market to save the family farm?
@@one_with_kevrything9825 You're thinking of a John Mellencamp song.
"Who Dunnit?" bumps Genesis' Abacab down at least half a grade.
The easy choice to leave off when putting the album on a 45-minute cassette.
But was it X or Z though?
"Mother" is terrible. The rest of the album is flawless, but that stands out as totally out of place. Rainy Day Women is the way it is on purpose. Messy on purpose. Think about when this was released. Dylan gave so many musicians the confidence to take risks.
You are so utterly wrong about 'Meeting Across the River'. This song, along with 'Jungleland' makes 'Born to Run' the 3rd best song on side 2 of the album.
Born to Run is a unique song. There's really nothing like it in the R&R canon.
Oh man, I was with you all the way until you hit "Meeting Across the River"...I think that fits nicely with the whole album, and especially Jungleland to come.
Agree. I love the cinematic vibes. For me, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out is the oddball. Some great lines, but the soul element is just flat. The song never flows, never really comes alive. But your milage may vary. ;-)
Tom Waits once said, "I wish I had written Meeting Across The River".
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 Yes, I totally agree. Tenth Avenue always seemed a little out of place on that album; it's a great song, but just slightly off, it's hard to put my finger on why.
@@martinrasinger6306 Haha, so do I!
I disagree with you and agree with him on that. That's a Jazz fluff piece that belonged on one of his first 2 albums, NOT on the otherwise wonderful *Born To Run.*
SEAMUS!! A track so delightful and sweet as to break up the very serious. It's Pink Floyd giving you a bit of a breather before they take you directly to heaven.
In my opinion 'Meeting across the river' is an intregal part of a masterpiece album (and a beautiful piece of music), and as someone else here says, fits perfectly before 'Jungleland', however, I do agree that it may not work as well live.
Darling Nicky is a classic!!!! I cant believe anyone would call that a weak track!
Exactly! This Prince fan was aghast when he mentioned Darling Nikki. I was like WTF. That is a great track off that album.
Agreed!!! I never flip Nikki, it has Prince's best scream ever!
What’s missing from it is….literally any melody at all?
I dont like it. To me purple rain is 50/50 in absolutely classic songs that belong in rock history and songs that are well produced and cool but totally lack melody.
I have to disagree, man do I hate that Darling Nicky song. From the very moment I heard it.
rainy day women being terrible is a crazy take. very fun and unique track
One of the reasons I prefer CDs, tracks I don't like get skipped from the comfort of my chair. I can play Revolver now and not have to get up and move the needle when Yellow Submarine comes on.
And your bird can sing-🤮
Yes Yellow Submarine is the cartridge that doesn't fit in the Revolver album
I'll always proclaim that D'yer Mak'er is a pack of ants in what is otherwise a luscious musical picnic that is Houses of the Holy!
The song’s okay, but one of my all time favorite Bonham fills at 2:55. When the track comes on I usually just skip ahead to hear it.
The Crunge is awful.
Kooks fits Hunky Dory perfectly. It’s a breezy and lighthearted pop song that adds a contrast to the more philosophical and thematically “heavy” tracks on the album such as Quicksand and Life On Mars?
Darling Nikki, well, it kinda works as a sort of interlude between Purple’s Side 1 and Side 2 for me. I love that weird psychedelic outro with the rain effects.
I can’t imagine Blonde on Blonde opening with another song other thsn Rainy Day Women. It always gets me in the mood to sit down and listen to the entire record. It’s sloppy, drunken, stoned, and an absolute blast.
Revolution 9 sums up the entire White Album as a fractured, schizophrenic, unpredictable sort of “anti-album”. It works supremely well and it furthers contributes to The Beatles’ awe-inspiring diversity and willingness to get away with being creatively free to do as they please. They gave everyone else in music and other arts permission to push beyond what was expected of them.
Quite right. He's beating up the wrong guy with this idea.
disagree on rainy day women..its a fun song for bob and reflects the party scene..
Bob's always had a fun side. It works for me.
Cool Shirt! Love it! I hate to say it about the Revolution No. 9, depends on my mood that day. Love the White Album though... one of my island albums. Thx Great subject!
If it weren’t for “Run for Your Life”, Rubber Soul would be a flawless album.
What goes on is equally dire
Michelle is a bit iffy too.
@@bonzodog6872The Word, Think for Yourself, You Won't See Me, are also very mediocre and boring songs. Rubber Soul had some great songs, but I've never understood people like Brian Wilson claiming it is a flawless album, far from it.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 3 great songs IMO, especially You Won't See Me. What Goes On is the only bad song on Rubber Soul.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747Definitely a step above and beyond where the Beatles were and where they were going to. There's a new maturity to The songs on Rubber Soul they didn't have before.
'Mother' by The Police off the great 'Synchronicity' album would be my pick if I only had one.
Mother! It really is bad! 😏
I don't even like Bruce Springsteen but Meeting Across The River is a great song.
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Darling Nikki is AMAZING.
"Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" is fantastic, definitely pivotal, a fun track and one with very characteristic ironic-satirical lyrics by the man himself. I don't understand this much dislike. The other tracks are more justifiable as "bad" tracks, nonetheless I would rather call them weak.
For me, St Tropez will always be the side 1 ending. Revolution 9 is a slice of the sign of the times and... no better track to precede Goodnight. In a site where over and underated is certainly overrated, no album is more overated than Purple Rain.
Revolution 9 is always hated on by philistines who don't get what it's all about. It's the best thing on the side, and sandwiching it between "Cry Baby Cry" and "Good Night" just emphasises the Alice in Wonderland quality of it. There are so many worse songs on the White Album like "Honey Pie", "Piggies" and "Why Don't We Do It On the Road".
I'm surprised that he mentioned "Purple Rain" and "Born To Run" because those are perfect examples of albums which have no filler. "The River" has plenty of filler, as does "1999" so why doesn't he reference those instead? Even "Songs in the Key of Life" has one or two stinkers.
@@sieteocho Wrong. Darling Nikki is absolutely filler.
@@curly_wyn Listening to a Prince album without the dirty song is like eating a pork bun without the pork.
I think you made a typo and meant absolutely filthy in which case I agree.
Revolution #9 actually makes some sort of sense, and isn't just random noise. What other mega-band would have the cojones to do it nowadays? Without it, The White Album would be a very different album, instead of a snapshot of where The Beatles were in late 1968.
@@allanforrester2612 Exactly the squares don't get it. Revolution 9 was way way ahead of its time.
Totally agree with "Seamus". Not a good song by any stretch but oddly appropriate for The Floyd during this period.
I'm "frothing" at your assessment of "Meeting Across the River". As an individual song it's not great, but as part of the album it fits perfectly.
Ironically, Meeting Across the River is my favourite track on Born to Run.
While I’d agree that it isn’t a bad song, liking it best is just weird, man. There is so much wonderful about that album. Meeting Across the River is a very good song surrounded by even better ones
What's ironic about it ?
Really?
Same. I heard it the other day and really liked it and was like I guess this is why people think Bruce Springsteen is great
For me Backstreets and Jungleland are the weak songs, in a sense they peak too early and are just bombastic and pretentious. I think Night is the gem, not too long and the lyrics, written in the second person, perfectly describe the longing and the validation of speed and young love.
I was getting worried there that you didn't have any mention of the Police's "Mother" off of the otherwise brilliant Synchronicity album, but at least you snuck it in there at the end with the Honorable mentions.
Good Feeling, Violent Femmes
“Im in love with my car” from a Night at the Opera. Ok the music is great…….but no one can ever convince me the lyrics at anything but a throw away, with about as much maturity as 13 year old boy
As much as I love Beggars Banquet, I always skip Dear Doctor, would have preferred Jumpin' Jack Flash instead. Likewise on Let It Bleed I'd prefer Honky Tonk Women over Country Honk. For Zeppelin, imagine how much stronger III would be if it closed with Hey Hey What Can I Do instead of Hats Off To Roy Harper.
100% correct
I'm a Led Zeppelin fan but not a fan of Led Zeppelin III. If Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? was on that album besides Immigrant song, I'd have two reasons to listen to it!
Both versions of the song were really by Gram Parsons, ex of the Byrds. In return Keith let his then current band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, have Wild Horses.
Great channel, have subbed. I have to agree with you on all of these, but the dilemma is- to skip, or not? I'm a firm believer in listening to an album in its entirety, however painful, because it's a slippery slope that ultimately leads to 'best of' albums. Also, I may well have consumed some 'jazz cabbage', and the remote's beyond hand reach.
Keep up the good work.
Rainy Day was my 1st contact with the electric Dylan. I have already hear freewheling some time ago. When I first hear RDW in Greatest hits album I was completely shock. This guy sound like this? And sing like this?, that shock me. It was like to enter on a "electric circus". Of course is not the best song from B/B but is a great introduction to this electric circus masterpiece full of strange human beast and under very "strange circunstances". I love this "terrific"song, a master of seremonies given welcome to a great poetic and musical universe.
Nice video.
Also I'm sorry you saw me at that Premier Inn.
I knew you were going to pick "Mother", my favourite track from that album.
Miss Gradenko is another track on Synch that I tend to skip.
Mother is not a good song, but I'd rather have something weird and chaotic filling the album, than something bland and save.
Great list. Not a horrible song, but “It Ain’t Easy” is an automatic skip for me on Ziggy Stardust.
Agreed. If you’re going to put a cover version on your album, shouldn’t it be because you’d struggle to write better yourself?
Couldn’t disagree more
@@GrittMMA-ci9sv Me too. Always liked it. I have the original by Ron Davies too.
Loads of other stuff that should have been on the album , Holy ,Holy, Round and Round, Amsterdam , Sweet Head , instead of It ain’t easy.
Also on Hunky Dory we could have had , Bombers, Velvet Goldmine.
@@GrittMMA-ci9sv same, it's a great track which I never skip.
When group listening with friends, two of our favourites would be the White Album and the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange. Revolution No. 9 was an introduction, like Wendy/Walter Carlos, to a whole field of music that I would never have explored as I would never have gone near Radio 3.
Mostly agree with you about everything you say but I can’t agree with La La Love You. You can look at it as a light-hearted funny moment which only highlights the (wonderful) darkness of the rest of the album. Or you can see it as a very sarcastic poke at poppy love songs. Either way, for me it really works.
The statement
“In the age of vinyl,
when everything had to count…”
is actually the best info in this best presentation
and the phrase
“The most hardened Bruce blowhards…” is very funny, too…
“Rainy Day Women”
was a No 2 single for Bob
in 1966 and probably also drove many to investigate Bob for the first time…
like it does to this day…
Going after
“Revolution No 9” is just
too easy and kinda lazy, too
Mother- I believe that was an Andy summers composition, I don't think Sting or Stewart had anything to do with it. absolute diarrhea nonetheless.
*diarrhoea
D'yer Mak'er from Houses of the Holy, More Fool Me from Selling England,
Aww! I love More Fool Me. Your Own Special Way however, is syrupy cringe...
I also hate both of them, well done
Led Zeppelin should've never tried to do reggae.
When l first heard the Police song "Mother" my reaction was why? Such a great album with this clunker thrown in.
I feel the same way about Les Boys on Making Movies album by Dire Straits.
Can't agree with you on Rainy Day Women. It's one of my favorite Dylan songs.
You might dislike La La Love You by the Pixies but it's more interesting than most of the songs the Pixies would release after their comeback in the 00's.
Surely Yellow Submarine. A blotch on the masterpiece that is Revolver.
This Prince fan loves Darling Nikki, very funky and subversive. Most Prince considered it to be a masterpiece.
One of my favorite tracks on Purple Rain!
Also Prince does an amazing live version of Darling Nikki from the Live In Syracuse concert with The Revolution from 1985. It is a great song.
To be fair, Prince could've recorded himself taking a dump, and his fans would've called it a masterpiece. Personally, I've never cared much for Nikki. The tune just doesn't stand up to the rest of the amazing music on that album.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Ditto! Never did anything for me. Sticks out like a sore thumb.
Darling Nicky is a very good tune, which plays an important role in the Purple Rain film and soundtrack. The ending with the reversed choir is good as well.
The choir at the end FREAKED me out as a kid! Pretty creepy.
Same song party pooper Tipper Gore caused the parental advisory sticker to be created.
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” sounds so dorky. Truly a turd in the otherwise brilliant punch that is Abbey Road.
Octopus' Garden blows goats
@@John-k6f9k both are mince
It doesn't bother me as much as others "Paul's granny music" songs, as John would describe them, like Obla - Di - Obla - Da and When I'm 64. If anything, I don't think there's a single flawless Beatles album, there's always a turd track in each of them.
Always loved Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. I realize I’m in the minority but I think it is instrumentally well played. Love the guitar solo.
The lyrics are genius, and a perfect description of what the Beatles were going through in 69... BANG BANG !
Kooks is brilliant. Lightweight yes, but still brilliant. Lovely melody and arrangement.
You have good ears.
'Mother' from Synchronicity is like a deliberate attempt to sabotage a great album.
I like "Kooks" and to be honest, I have always loved "Revolution 9." I was fascinated by it when the album came out when I was 4 or 5. And it began my love of avant garde music and musique concrete. I totally get why people don't like it, but I do.
I agree with many though I would argue that Fill Your Heart or Eight Line Poem are seriously worse than Kooks. Here would be my Top 10:
10. U2 - A Day Without Me (Boy) - "Started a laaaand-sliiiiiide iiiin myyyyyy eeeeee-goooo"
9. Mott the Hoople - Soft Ground (All the Young Dudes) - answers the question why didn't Mott record more Verdin Allen songs
8. King Crimson - Providence (Red) - the obligatory instrumental improv on what could otherwise have been Crimso's best album
7. Chicago - Free Form Guitar (Chicago Transit Authority) - Terry Kath was one of the greatest and most underrated rock guitarists of all time. Listening to him do seven minutes of feedback is not the way to prove that statement.
6. Bob Dylan - Ballad in Plain D (Another Side) - Even Dylan has expressed regret for releasing this.
5. Kiss - Great Expectations (Destroyer) - An over-orchestrated and choir-ed ballad about a groupie is not ironic. It's stupid. Makes Beth tolerable.
4. Neil Young - Motorcycle Mama (Comes a Time) - You've already said enough about this.
3. The Police - Be My Girl/Sally (Outlandos d'Amour) - Sounds like an outtake sketch from The Benny Hill Show. Makes Mother look like a masterpiece.
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Rude Awakening #2 (Pendulum) - WTF? I mean... WTF!?! Makes me want to listen to Revolution 9.
1. Bob Dylan - Joey (Desire) - In which Joey Gallo is transformed from a dangerous psychopathic mafioso into a misunderstood romantic hero. Dylan tried to lob criticism of this on Jacques Levy who wrote the lyrics, to which I say, "Hey, Bob, that doesn't mean you had to release it. Hell, you didn't even have to record it!"
I was a lot younger, still at school ,when Hunky Dory came out and Kooks was my favourite song on the album at that time 😊 still enjoy listening to it from time to time
Whenever I sing the praises of Meddle and “Fearless”, a voice in the back of my head is sighing and reminding me that Seamus is rubbish.
Great video!
'Are You Ready Eddy?' from ELP's Tarkus album. What a shitshow.
Some mention Benny The Bouncer from Brain Salad Surgery, but I always found it amusing.
Ham or cheese?
“I’m in Love With My Car” from “A Night at the Opera”
@@tdave1234 I'll go with you on that.
Seamus has the dog barking, come on
Swedish Doompixie and Jazz Cabbage are 2 of my favourite bands.
I love the Police but Mother is one of the worst songs of all time
As soon as I saw your shirt, I knew Mother was going to get a mention! I was also expecting the Crunge and the Murder Mystery, and preparing to defend them, but I'm glad to see they didn't make the cut. Perhaps you were just giving them a break because they get enough grief already.
Worst song of all time
I’m actually interested in your defense of The Crunge. It should’ve been The Cringe! That song is awful and the worst song Led Zeppelin ever made in my opinion.
@@AntonXul Lyrically pretty weak, no question, but musically I like Bonham's beat, the funky eccentricity. It's a welcome bit of fun after the seriousness of the first three tracks. One of the band's weaker songs, sure, but I have to say, I don't know that there are any Zeppelin songs I actively dislike, even Roy Harper. I'll even stand up for Hot Dog.
@@chrisboerger465 Glad I'm not the only one who actually LIKES Hot Dog! It's cute and charming---and I guarantee Robert and the gang didn't expect us to take it seriously. Can't a band have fun every once in a while??
I'm a DLR-era fan but I really like "5150." That said, "Inside" is crap IMHO.
What about the Crunge? so many near-perfect albums. I also despise D'Yer Maker, same album. I like Kooks! It sets a mood and allows me to dance quite foolishly.
meeting across the river is a fantastic song and perhaps you have lost your mind with the rest of your hair?😂
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road also makes me cringe.
Me, too.....Though not as much as Wild Honey Pie
So does Emerson lake & palmers pirates
Nah come on. Its Paul doing dirty blues as only he can. Ringo provides some tasty drum licks
@@t_albino ....................................and it's easily one of his best vocal performances! (And John said likewise, although he may have been sarcastic, which he had a tendency to be sometimes).
I'm more upset that you believe the "Born To Run" album is a great album. It's one great song and filler material. People cannot comprehend that you can have an amazing song on an album that is bland.
I agree with that. I am shocked at how it is always considered a classic and one of the best albums of all time.
I agree that 'Seamus' is a pretty naff throwaway piece of cod blues that is completely dispensable, however
' Kooks' is a glorious slice of charming whimsy that never fails to make me smile with it's thoroughly English sense of charm and humour..definitely has a place on Hunky Dory.
If I'm honest, I've never enjoyed Revolution 9, and have been inclined to skip it altogether, however it's so entrenched within the tracklisting that it's hard to imagine The White album without it, but yes, we could have had 2 or 3 additional songs in it's place that would have been arguably far more listenable.
“Cars Are Cars” is a clever song, its placement is just off. It should come after “Think Too Much”. Simon is heavily influenced and using a song to make fun of your overthinking where you already have two album songs about it is unique. Glad you like the rest of the album. It’s an unappreciated gem.
To me Hearts and Bones is Simon's best album, though that might not be a majority choice.
@@davidcopson5800 I don't know if it's his best album, but it's definitely not his worst. I don't know if he has a worst. This need to rank great artists and label something as not as good as the others doesn't serve anyone.
My #1 would be Maxwell from Abbey Road.
Then She Kissed me is the last track on the album. If only Maxwell was the Her Majesty
"Meeting across the River" is the fourth best track on Born to Run. Can't agree on everything.
Kooks??? Wrong! .🤔😖🥴 .... my son's favourite Bowie song. See me after class Barry !!
Whenever I play Hunky Dory i tend to skip that one
@@classicalbum far worse ‘album spanners’ I can think of !.
While I’m on , how about top 10 bad inclusions on songs ? I’ll start with the awfully jarring synth solo on ELP’s, Luck Man.. Or the pointless inclusion of the dragging out of Layla with the only-just-in-tune bottleneck work . ? 😏
Led Zeppelin - The Crunge on Houses of the Holy, should be titled the cringe, total bollocks, that plus Dancing Days are the two reasons I cannot own that album, despite it having my second favourite Led Zeppelin song: No Quarter.
Greta Thunberg = Swedish Doom Pixie... lolol, I wasn't expecting to hear that, but very apt.
Kooks is an absolutely brilliant song, sorry cannot agree there. Hunky Dory is a stunning album.
The first track I thought of when I saw the title of this video was Radiohead's Electioneering. I don't think it's terrible exactly, but I've never liked it very much, and it's always felt jarringly out-of-place for me on the otherwise impeccable OK Computer.
Agreed. It’s the track I skip.
I Dig Love from All Things Must Pass.
Seems like a total throwaway that would have been an ok bonus track years later. It just doesn't fit this masterpiece
There isn’t a bad song on ‘Born to Run’.
Numbskull
@@simpleman5688 is that the best you can manage as a reply? Grow up!
Mr Lacey on the otherwise wonderful What We did on Our Holidays by Fairport Convention is a ghastly track. What on earth were all the vacuum cleaner noises about?
I remember as a teen making a 90 minute cassette of the White Album. The second record was about a minute too long to fit on the second side, but it worked perfectly to delete Revolution 9 and add Hey Jude to the end. Made a much better album also!
I don't know why your list popped up in my feed, but anybody who thinks Meeting Across the River is a terrible song obviously has no taste, so it seems pointless to me to watch any more of your content.
The Black Angel's Death Song on The Velvet Underground and Nico.
A fitting title because it sounds like what is probably playing in Hell's waiting room.
I quite like it. But I think European Son ( to Delmore Schwartz) is far too long and boring. Sister Ray which also ends an early album is also boring after a while.
@@phillipanderson7398 I am quite content to skip both of them as they are the final two "songs" on the album. I got White Light White Heat about 45 years ago and have probably listened to the whole thing about three times.
@@tawnieriekena7 WLWH is easily their worst album. Glad they redeemed themselves after that! (All of their followup albums were pretty damn good).
@@davidl570 I agree. I've played my copy only about a half dozen times in the last 50 years.
Oh, hell no. White Light/White Heat is one of the greatest albums of the '60s.
There's a World, from Young's Harvest. Actually you could put Man Needs A Maid there too.
Lemme guess.......................the orchestra, right? I think it actually compliments those two songs well (although I'm still not a HUGE fan of There's A World, but I still like it overall).
@@davidl570 ' I got sawdust in me oboe!"
@@mistermousterian HA! Good one!
I actually enjoy Revolution 9, not sure why.
For me it's "Your Own Special Way" on Wind & Wuthering.
I understand where your coming from with "Kooks" and its connection with the Deram years, you could probably put "Fill Your Heart" in that era as well but personally I love them both and Hunky Dory wouldn't be the same without them.
Careful, you were wavering there.
Kooks is a fantastic song. Think you got that one wrong. I'd argue it makes for a good counterpoint rather being out of place.
I must have a crappy taste in music because I love "Macbeth!" Yes, it sounds out-of-place, but it's still catchy.
When viewed within the context of Purple Rain the movie, it makes sense that Darling Nikki is a bad song. The way it's used in the film elevates it somewhat in a meta textual way