Comments on: Dizzy Miss Lizzy

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:00:15 +0000

I think you’ll find that George’s guitar track in this song is actually wrong. The guitar drops in and out during the 2nd verse because he messes the timing up. The guitar riff is very inconsistent throughout.

I’m quite surprised it managed to sneak by George Martin and end up on the album.

By: Pablo Castro

Pablo Castro — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:13:04 +0000

Absolutely agreed. Bad song, and even the Beatles recording is not on their level. Strange decision to include it as the last song on Help, it weakens the record. Bad Boy is at least more interesting, with better arrangement, but it was left aside in favour of this .

By: Giles

Giles — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:06:49 +0000

Rock ‘n’ Roll Music on Beatles For Sale is one of my favourite covers. For me, it IS exciting; more so than Dizzy Miss Lizzy…

By: Donny

Donny — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 20:24:01 +0000

John is at the Hammond on this one, telling by the glissandos and what not. Paul plays the Hohner on “Bad Boy”.

By: BillyShear

BillyShear — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:57:28 +0000

I thought I misread his comment at first lol. I’ve never heard anyone put Revolver at the bottom

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:43:21 +0000

I’ve always heard this listed as one of folks’ least favorite Beatles tracks. I love it personally, since I’m a sucker for John belting out an old-school rocker (see also Rock N Roll Music, Leave My Kitten Alone, Slow Down, etc…). I do, however, see how some can find the recording off-putting. I wonder if those people’s opinions would change if the lead guitar was lowered in the mix. I find that the guitar is just way too loud if I turn it up enough to really feel John’s voice. Maybe I’m just getting too old… 🙂

By: hrls

hrls — Sat, 27 May 2017 19:44:14 +0000

In fairness, the energy is solid (as John would maintain). The vocal is probably the best part. But, as other have said, the lead guitar is a little hard on the ears. For an innovative record like Help, this was really weak closer.

By: Jack B Smith

Jack B Smith — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 02:16:12 +0000

I’ve always felt the same way, it’s a tired sounding track & there’s a screw up with the lead guitar coming after the guitar solo, even as a kid I noticed it. Bad Boy on the other hand sounded great & it still does to me anyway.

By: joe23zz

joe23zz — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 07:54:04 +0000

Since the 1960s I’ve held the view that the best you can say about “Yesterday” is that it’s followed by “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” 🙂

By: manteau

manteau — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:38:55 +0000

First time I heard that song, I thought “yes! that’s a killer’! now that the novelty has worn off, i still think it was a good closer for the “Help” LP, probably in reaction to the schmaltziness of the penultimate song!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:30:13 +0000

I love this song but mainly because my name is Lizzie 🙂 x

By: The Void

The Void — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:29:18 +0000

I love this song – it might have been recorded as filler but to me or sounds more raw and exciting than any of the Beatles For Sale covers. The guitar work reminds me of Keith Levene’s for PiL, weirdly. I think it closes the album really well, in the same way as Twist And Shout and Money (although admittedly this isn’t in the same league as those).

By: Some guy

Some guy — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:02:15 +0000

An obvious “filler”… doesn’t really belong on an album as chock full of great songs as “Help”.

On the positive side, it IS a little better than “Mister Moonlight”…

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:33:00 +0000

I tend to agree with a number of others that “Yesterday” would have been a better finishing song to the” Help!” album. But unlike others I do love the studio version of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”. John Lennon doing Larry Williams songs is always great and I think George’s lead guitar work is brilliant. There may well be better live versions, Lennon’s own “Live Peace In Toronto” version is pretty damn good. But I have always enjoyed the “Help!” version, from the first time I obtained the album.

By: matt sarconi

matt sarconi — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 04:33:05 +0000

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard such a comment about Revolver, almost universally lauded. To each his own. Its right up there with any of their last 5 for me.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:24:34 +0000

They’d done it before. “I’ll Be Back” at the end of the Hard Day’s Night album the previous year.

By: Greyrat

Greyrat — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:17:29 +0000

They should of dropped the organ, and mixed Lennon’s rhythm guitar higher in the mix. Lennon’s rhythm playing is what makes this song rock on the Hollywood bowl live version – Harrison also cooks it up a bit more live. The studio version does fall flat to the rock sound they make on the live version. Like them both though – its the beatles doing rock and roll.

By: James Ferrell

James Ferrell — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:02:32 +0000

George’s worst lead playing, hands down.

By: Baggio

Baggio — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 04:09:59 +0000

It’s not a bad song, but it’s terribly placed on the Help! album.
Something like Yesterday, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away or I’ve Just seen a face would have been better album closers.

By: Carlos A

Carlos A — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:33:54 +0000

The Beatles surely didn’t need keyboards on this track.
Any insight as to why John overdubbed them on this?