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For the last 18 months, our Fest Blog has been replete with deep dives into the songs comprising The Beatles’ remarkable LP,Revolver.At long last, we’ve reached the final track…a track which, oddly enough, was the first recorded during the sessions for the album. Innovative, a bit biz...
songs such as Harold Arlen’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” (p. 151) Indeed, Disney’s “I’m Wishing” (fromSnow White) and Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” were familiar “chestnuts” to the lads as well.
All four Beatles gathered at EMI Studios on the morning of Friday 8 August 1969 for one of the most famous photo shoots of their career. Photographer Iain Macmillan took the famous image that adorned their last-recorded album, Abbey Road.
which, when played backwards, sounded like "Paul is dead, man, miss him, miss him" to those looking for clues of Paul's death. (bs) BLACKBIRD In hindsight this has become one of McCartney's best-known and best-loved songs but this one never really cut it for me. Sure, it's a ...
Sometimes Paul would make us do these really fruity songs. I mean, my god, ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ was so fruity. After a while we did a good job on it, but when Paul got an idea or an arrangement in his head… George Harrison ...
“Got to Get You Into My life.” All of them share an obliqueness when addressing drugs, but all have drugs as a key component, whether musically or lyrically or both. There is also the question of whether the songs were simply influenced by the drug culture, or written under the ...