Don't Bother Me is a great underrated Beatles classic from the early 60's & one of the first songs ever written by George which I think is equal to anything Lennon/McCartney wrote at the time.  I know why DBM isn't noticed too much in Beatles history because he improved as a songwriter with While My Guitar Gently Weeps & Something later on but it's a great song. 

I agree!! George rule!!

Fan so dangerously

I agree, Don't Bother Me is a great tune.  I also really like I Want To Tell You.  I think its woefully underrated and under appreciated.

yeah, it's a great early Harrison song, very underrated

I can't disagree here   ... I love it and it's still my favourite from the album ...

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I can't disagree here   ... I love it and it's still my favourite from the album ...

agreed! i actually was listening to it on the iPod today!

I really like this song, the first he recorded.  I especially enjoy listening to the slight variations in the early takes and his quiet count-ins.

I like it too, but Wayne was wrong. It is not equal to what John and Paul was putting out at the time, but it was a decent first attempt.

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I really like this song, the first he recorded.  I especially enjoy listening to the slight variations in the early takes and his quiet count-ins.

Yeah, he knew how he wanted it to sound ... much better than Little Child, Hold Me Tight and all that stuff ... those were worse fillers than There's A Place or Misery, for example ...

Dont Bother Me was filler too and its debatable if it was better than the above songs.

I agree with T here. Why are George's songs seen here as often better than the others? Maybe George was neglected in his time somewhat, but hey, if he had really written great songs, I'm sure John Paul and Ringo would have picked it up and recorded it. Don't Bother Me is not such a great song imho.

Agreed. DBM is pretty average fare, and definately a filler. Now, 'If I Needed Someone', that IS equal to Lennon/McCartney IMHO.

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Yeah, he knew how he wanted it to sound ... [...]

BEATLES GEAR
by Andy Babiuk



Chapter 6

"Early studio effects
Continuing with their relentless schedule of live gigs, television appearances and radio shows, The Beatles found time to get into Abbey Road studio 2 again to continue work for their second LR, With The Beatles. On September 11th and 12th they recorded 'All I've Got To Do', 'Not A Second Time', 'Don't Bother Me', 'Little Child' and 'I Wanna Be Your Man'. Lennon and McCartney had written the latter song just days before and given it to The Rolling Stones, who also recorded it, as the a-side of their second single. Gibson's Maestro Fuzz-Tone distortion box, first experimented with by the group on the 'She Loves You' sessions a few months earlier, was tried again, this time by Lennon on early takes of 'Don't Bother Me', but again it did not make the final issued version.
A journalist present at the session reported that the first lake was not too successful. "When they had rearranged the opening bars, John produced a fuzz box ... John was knocked out with the result, but George Martin wasn't too happy. 'You'll have to do something, John,' said Martin. 'It's already distorting from the amplifier. Do you think it sounds OK? Are you sure about it?'" The vote went against the fuzz box. Harrison, the report continued, asked engineer Norman Smith, "‘Can we have a compressor on this guitar? We might try to get a sort of organ sound.’" 22
With their chart success, The Beatles were enjoying greater freedom m the studio. No longer were there strict time limitations. The session that included 'Don't Bother Me', for example, had gone on until after 10pm - very late by the conservative standards of Abbey Road in those days. And at this relatively early stage the group had already started to add different instruments to their recordings, beyond the usual guitars and drums line-up, and to play with recording effects. Although these decorations were not yet elaborate or extreme, instruments such as bongos, claves, piano and Hammond organ as well as harmonica, tambourine and other percussion were all used to enhance the recordings, and the group would continue to develop these ideas in the studio.
The issued version of 'Don't Bother Me' ended up with amplifier tremolo - a rhythmic fluctuation of volume - on the rhythm guitar. Though relatively polite, this was the group's first evident use in the studio of an electronic effect on the guitar sound, and thus marked the start of a search for unusual sounds and the group's role as studio experimenters in coming years. Fortunately, producer George Martin was responsive to such developments, and increasingly it seemed as if The Beatles were willing to try anything. This open-mindedness proved to be one of the major reasons for the artistic success of the group's records, and ensures that these discs remain as milestones in the history of recorded pop music."


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