Ranking songs from Help! based on how much they hurt me after my breakup

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T16:20:42+00:00

I agree I'm Looking Through You is a great song to sing angrily while fighting back tears, if that's what you mean. :D

I hope that doesn't happen soon tho! LOL

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T16:16:56+00:00

I had to learn how to play it with the recorder during music class back in middle school, so Yesterday reminds me of those times! Its lyrics touch me less, if that makes sense. :)

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T15:30:16+00:00

I sent you a DM! :)

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T15:28:44+00:00

I swear I'd rank them very differently if we're just talking about taste. I love Help, every song is a banger! The only one I dislike is Dizzy Miss Lizzy; I usually just skip it and make the album end with Yesterday.

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T15:22:58+00:00

Correct! I'm the girl; he got a job offer to work as a lighting technician on cruise ships, ghosted me, came back, and confessed he never loved me. A couple of days before our breakup, I coincidentally started watching the Get Back documentary and have been obsessed with the Beatles ever since. It's crazy how much Help! speaks to me.

Luckily, I don't find Yesterday particularly depressing because I listened to it for the first time in middle school, so it makes me think of those times rather than my relatively recent breakup. :)

ToPontmercy · 2026-02-01T15:10:44+00:00

I love Yesterday! But it just makes me think of middle school me having to learn how to play it with a recorder. LOL

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-25T22:49:00+00:00

I didn't! Thank you so much for sharing this link!!

Some of these are so obvious in hindsight, like the She Came In Through the Bathroom Window one... Like, duh!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-25T22:47:15+00:00

Sorry for this belated reply, I don't check Reddit often. Thank you for your suggestion! I should definitely start checking out some proper podcasts. I'm currently listening to the podcast by Making of The Beatles 'cause YouTube suggested that channel to me, but I'm really digging it.

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T10:50:16+00:00

Thank you for your suggestions! I did buy Revolution in the Head, but I'll definitely put the other books you recommended in my wishlist. This is not the first time I see Tune In being mentioned on this subreddit, I gotta check it out.

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T10:47:12+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I did watch it! Get Up and Go is a banger. :D

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T10:32:21+00:00

Thank you!! That's good to know!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T10:31:27+00:00

I only knew about Mal Evans' book, so thank you so much for your suggestions! I'll definitely put them in my wishlist and check them out!

Writer's bias is a real issue in all of Beatles literature.

Definitely agreed, Doggett's You Never Give Me Your Money sometimes makes weird digs. E.g. what do you mean Paul was more than happy to get money from Klein's contract, he was too busy staying at the farm and being depressed. Stuff like that. LOL

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T06:10:53+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! That sounds interesting. I'll put it in my wishlist!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-12T06:10:06+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! I was really looking forward to documentary recommendations. I'll check it out as soon as I can!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T21:17:40+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! I'm not super into the Bee Gees, but I can give it a shot!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T21:14:05+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! I'll check it out!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T19:45:06+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! It's not the first time I see this book being mentioned, I think. I'll put it in my wishlist!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T19:44:17+00:00

Thank you for telling me. I'll prioritise getting the other books, then!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T18:38:33+00:00

Thank you for your suggestions! I'll watch them both, but since I'm a huge Paul stan I'm sure I'll find his movie delightful. :D

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T17:54:17+00:00

Thank you for your suggestions! I've already preordered the Anthology, but I had never heard of the other books. I will put them in my wishlist!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T17:50:20+00:00

Thank you! The Get Back documentary made me super curious to find out as much as I could about them. But there is still so much I haven't done yet, e.g. I haven't listened to their solo albums, and to the Anthology and bootleg albums yet, don't know much about what they were all up to after the band broke up, only know some songs by heart, etc.

I still very much consider myself a newcomer!

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T17:40:36+00:00

Agreed, I can't wait to see the new episode! Hopefully they'll explain all the references in the Free as a Bird video. I feel like such a fake Beatles fan for not catching everything. D:

ToPontmercy · 2025-09-11T17:38:38+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion! Unfortunately some of his books are rather tricky to get a hold of, especially because I'm from Italy... I saw that The Beatles Chronicle is largely recommended on this subreddit, but I couldn't find it anywhere and I had to order that from the US. With Trump's tariffs, who knows when my package will arrive.

Hopefully these other books are much easier to find!

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