The Beatles — It's All Too Much
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To your mother!
It's all too much
It's all too much
When I look into your eyes
Your love is there for me
And the more I go inside
The more there is to see
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere it's what you make for us to take
It's all too much
Floating down the stream of time
From life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are
Or where you'd like to be
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
All the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much
Sell me on a silver sun
Where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere
And get me home for tea
It's all too much for me to take
There's plenty there for everybody
The more you give, the more you get
The more it is and it's too much
Nice to have the time to take
This opportunity
Time for me to look at you
And you to look at me
It's all too much for me to see
The love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
And what I do is all too much
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere it's what you make for us to take
It's all too much
It's too much
It's too much
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
You're too much
We are getting better
Too much, too much
Too much, too much...
It's all too much
It's all too much
When I look into your eyes
Your love is there for me
And the more I go inside
The more there is to see
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere it's what you make for us to take
It's all too much
Floating down the stream of time
From life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are
Or where you'd like to be
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
All the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much
Sell me on a silver sun
Where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere
And get me home for tea
It's all too much for me to take
There's plenty there for everybody
The more you give, the more you get
The more it is and it's too much
Nice to have the time to take
This opportunity
Time for me to look at you
And you to look at me
It's all too much for me to see
The love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
And what I do is all too much
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere it's what you make for us to take
It's all too much
It's too much
It's too much
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
You're too much
We are getting better
Too much, too much
Too much, too much...
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This is the best Oasis song.
molson wrote:
I love the earlier Journey as well. Not a fan of the cover but hey, vive le difference!
Journey on their second album did an awesome cover of this song!!! Journey
Bill, I wish you would tap into early Journey before Steve Perry joined, 3 of the best rock records ever!!!!
I love the earlier Journey as well. Not a fan of the cover but hey, vive le difference!
1969
Think about it for a minute!
Think about it for a minute!
Journey on their second album did an awesome cover of this song!!! Journey
Bill, I wish you would tap into early Journey before Steve Perry joined, 3 of the best rock records ever!!!!
Bill, I wish you would tap into early Journey before Steve Perry joined, 3 of the best rock records ever!!!!
A psychedelic blast of overwhelm with Paul’s bass driving it along! GOD-Like
phlattop wrote:
Tomorrow Never Knows has entered the chat. Doctor Robert will see you now...
Lolllll
Tomorrow Never Knows has entered the chat. Doctor Robert will see you now...
a beatles song that has not been played to death ranked it 7
It's hard to believe The Beatles went from I Want to Hold Your and to this inside seven years.
Godlike.
Godlike.
mixdown is terrible. phase issues?
This should really be a 9 - not because it's a great track - this was originally recorded in 1969- long before the days of multi-track as we know today - The Beatles, with Geroge Martin, were using the recoding studio as a laboritory - look for 321 -McCartney!!
Well it doesn't happen that often with the Beatles but this song sux
BCarn wrote:
Ummmmmmm....so what? Other artistes did many things before the Beatles. But the Beatles, when they did it, did it better!
over and over and over….
Ummmmmmm....so what? Other artistes did many things before the Beatles. But the Beatles, when they did it, did it better!
over and over and over….
idiot_wind wrote:
Tomorrow Never Knows has entered the chat. Doctor Robert will see you now...
Just remember: Buffalo Springfield was doing trippy music, two years before this album!
Tomorrow Never Knows has entered the chat. Doctor Robert will see you now...
sloppy and likeable, just because I don't remember hearing much of this before - a solid 7
I happen to have headphones on and this came on - I've never heard this track like this - it must come from the re-master Yellow sub!! Do I thankd George or Miles Martin!!
xrdstv wrote:
or do mean 'Marmite' and I love Marmite!!
CHEESE AND ONIONS
Love this...
or do mean 'Marmite' and I love Marmite!!
What fun! Thanks William!
This song is just all too much.
Thanks George!
Thanks George!
CHEESE AND ONIONS
Love this...
Love this...
Steely_D wrote:
Now it takes humans 35 years to move out of the family household... . ;-)
Not talking about this song in particular, but when I hear the Fab Four I stop for a minute and think about how
it all happened in less than a single decade - 1962-1970
Mind blowing...
Now it takes humans 35 years to move out of the family household... . ;-)
Ahh yes. Those 4 delightful lads from Liverpool.
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Seen here in search of new material -
Each time I listen to this masterpiece, I hear something new. Harrison got the full Beatles treatment on this one. I appreciate it now more than ever.
Proclivities wrote:
And two years before this album we had Sgt Pepper.
FWIW, Blue Jay Way is about band mates from Buffalo Springfield going up to visit the Beatles at the home they were staying in during their visit to L A.
idiot_wind wrote:
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
Just remember: Buffalo Springfield was doing trippy music, two years before this album!
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
And two years before this album we had Sgt Pepper.
FWIW, Blue Jay Way is about band mates from Buffalo Springfield going up to visit the Beatles at the home they were staying in during their visit to L A.
"This tired city was somebody's dream
Billboard horizons as black as they seem..."
Billboard horizons as black as they seem..."
when my youngest son was 4 or 5 years old, he watched this movie over and over again
now he is 22 and self-taught on guitar, base, keyboards, and drums and he's REALLY good!
now he is 22 and self-taught on guitar, base, keyboards, and drums and he's REALLY good!
Sbed wrote:
Blue meanie above !
No - not junk - just proves HOW inovative they were - this is 1969 without protools and the other stuff that enables one musician to create music like Moby - Thnaks Bill playing this/
Blue meanie above !
No - not junk - just proves HOW inovative they were - this is 1969 without protools and the other stuff that enables one musician to create music like Moby - Thnaks Bill playing this/
westslope wrote:
Nope. Just excellent programming by a true pro.
Is it just a cosmic coincidence that this song follows Porcupine Tree's Disappear?
Nope. Just excellent programming by a true pro.
Is it just a cosmic coincidence that this song follows Porcupine Tree's Disappear?
Nice groove. Trippy.
MJMJ wrote:
Blue meanie above !
It's hard to believe this piece of junk is a Beatles song
Blue meanie above !
It's hard to believe this piece of junk is a Beatles song
Proclivities wrote:
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
...as well as the Rolling Stones (see: Between The Buttons - Something Happened To Me Yesterday)
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
...as well as the Rolling Stones (see: Between The Buttons - Something Happened To Me Yesterday)
Interesting to hear from the dislikers of this song. Not exactly a Beatle best, but I guess for the real fans and those who grew up with or learned (and are amazed) of their history can appreciate these types of numbers. This could come under the category of "If this song was done by anyone other than the Beatles then the song would most likely have failed" category.
So, as a die-hard Beatle fanatic, I like it!
BUT, it didn't need this remix.
So, as a die-hard Beatle fanatic, I like it!
BUT, it didn't need this remix.
Sounds like a group of fellas having a good time in the recording studio.
There is an even longer 10 minute version I got off of the old Napster back in the day that is much more enjoyable than this mix. It is more like the original version, just stretched out.
Must be my least favorite Beatles song. I dunno is it the hand clapping, repetition of lyrics not so sure but I don't feel good while it plays.
Primitive Radio Gods thankfully picks me back up again.
it is they share is not the rule but. your choice your choice...
idiot_wind wrote:
Ummmmmmm....so what? Other artistes did many things before the Beatles. But the Beatles, when they did it, did it better!
Just remember: Buffalo Springfield was doing trippy music, two years before this album!
Ummmmmmm....so what? Other artistes did many things before the Beatles. But the Beatles, when they did it, did it better!
jelgator wrote:
Oh, there are plenty of blue ones too.
It's all too much!
Oh, there are plenty of blue ones too.
It's all too much!
I've always loved this tune. I was a huge Yellow Submarine fan when I was a kid. I can't tell you how disappointed I was that side 2 only had George Martin incidental music. And I was puzzled by Hey Bulldog, since it didn't appear in the original movie. But I knew it was a great song!
There's something funny about this remix that I don't like. Not sure what it is. For one thing, it doesn't start with that incomprehensible exclamation (which is "To your mother!" if you believe the lyrics posted here.)
There's something funny about this remix that I don't like. Not sure what it is. For one thing, it doesn't start with that incomprehensible exclamation (which is "To your mother!" if you believe the lyrics posted here.)
Sadly a lot of people now want the whole Birthday Cake
idiot_wind wrote:
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
Just remember: Buffalo Springfield was doing trippy music, two years before this album!
True, but The Beatles, Yardbirds, Birds, and Beach Boys were also doing psychedelic/trippy stuff by 1966.
stevenstarr wrote:
Oh, there are plenty of blue ones too.
I've always loved this album and the movie is worth seeing again. The blue meanies are still out there only there all red now
Oh, there are plenty of blue ones too.
Just remember: Buffalo Springfield was doing trippy music, two years before this album!
NickDanger wrote:
"It's just half a hole."
I don't know why the TV Station showed this every Thanksgiving in the 70s, but all us kids would sit in front of the TV and watch it every year.
"It's just half a hole."
I don't know why the TV Station showed this every Thanksgiving in the 70s, but all us kids would sit in front of the TV and watch it every year.
I've always loved this album and the movie is worth seeing again. The blue meanies are still out there only there all red now
DocStrangelove wrote:
No indeed. This sounds more like the reincarnation Tame Impala than original Beatles.
not all remixes are improvements ...
No indeed. This sounds more like the reincarnation Tame Impala than original Beatles.
tockpeas wrote:
Just did the same thing before I saw yours. It took me back to a mescaline trip and just how much I heard and FELT when this came on. This triggers some strong endorphins every time...
8 -> 9
Just did the same thing before I saw yours. It took me back to a mescaline trip and just how much I heard and FELT when this came on. This triggers some strong endorphins every time...
not all remixes are improvements ...
Angry_Old_Man wrote:
"It's just half a hole."
"I've got a hole in me pocket"
"It's just half a hole."
8 -> 9
"I've got a hole in me pocket"
thewiseking wrote:
Not sure I agree with you. Seems like a lot of McCartney tunes (and Lennon/McCartney tunes) have become staples of elevator and lobby music. Not saying lobby music is a celebration of greatness, just that is a measurement of "music that is here to stay".
Amazing how great, even timeless, this psychedelic George and John stuff still sounds, whereas much of the McCartney Seaside Vaudevillian Music Hall oeuvre has aged poorly.
Not sure I agree with you. Seems like a lot of McCartney tunes (and Lennon/McCartney tunes) have become staples of elevator and lobby music. Not saying lobby music is a celebration of greatness, just that is a measurement of "music that is here to stay".
Amazing how great, even timeless, this psychedelic George and John stuff still sounds, whereas much of the McCartney Seaside Vaudevillian Music Hall oeuvre has aged poorly.
There are those that may find the descriptor "Godlike" to be a tad hyperbolic. I think that, in this instance, I like it just fine.
Skydog wrote:
No, there was no such thing as remixes back then.
I don't think this remix was on the YSub album was it?
No, there was no such thing as remixes back then.
A mere 7 on the scale?
That's all too little.
That's all too little.
I don't think this remix was on the YSub album was it?
This album was more about the cartoon than the music, I sharpied a Blue Meany on my ultimate frisbee and my snowboard helmut.
There are some bands whose work should never be remixed... this is one of them.
Can a Rembrandt painting be improved by anyone other than... Rembrandt?
Can a Rembrandt painting be improved by anyone other than... Rembrandt?
If you really think about it, it's just not enough.
WonderLizard wrote:
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of elevators loves this song... we be dancing like happy hippies... this whole album is marvelous... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll... hope you have a spring in your step these days, WonderLizard... time flies when we're having fun...
You, too, Laz—one of RP's rays of eternal sunshine.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of elevators loves this song... we be dancing like happy hippies... this whole album is marvelous... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll... hope you have a spring in your step these days, WonderLizard... time flies when we're having fun...
Geecheeboy wrote:
Who are these people who sound sorta like the Beatles? Oh.
It's Only a Northern Song
k-man wrote:
Take us to Warp Speed Mr. Sulu~
Man, do these guys evoke feelings through sound.
My mind is warping in place.
My mind is warping in place.
Take us to Warp Speed Mr. Sulu~
Blistering psychedelia before there was such a thing. Recorded before the Summer of Love, and still sounding alive and triumphant 50 years later. George Harrison's talent and confidence clearly on the rise in this somewhat neglected track.
Viva George!
Viva George!
LawrenceSheppard wrote:
Such tunnel-vision comments are all too much. One of their best tunes, out of several dozen very memorable sonic memorabilia
Never heard this before, and hopefully never again. Ugh.
Such tunnel-vision comments are all too much. One of their best tunes, out of several dozen very memorable sonic memorabilia
Somewhere I have a 10 or 12 minute version from the old napster daze. Have to go and find it.
Never heard this before, and hopefully never again. Ugh.
Man, do these guys evoke feelings through sound.
My mind is warping in place.
My mind is warping in place.
Way too much...
I was hearing "Family of Man" by 3 Dog Night in there
ugh.
dragon1952 wrote:
Get a hold of some shrooms....it'll sound much "newer"
Agreed, the origin was probably the Merseys, not the McCoys.
Get a hold of some shrooms....it'll sound much "newer"
Agreed, the origin was probably the Merseys, not the McCoys.
helgigermany wrote:
Get a hold of some shrooms....it'll sound much "newer"
Is very old, sounds very old!
Get a hold of some shrooms....it'll sound much "newer"
Is very old, sounds very old!
Not talking about this song in particular, but when I hear the Fab Four I stop for a minute and think about how
it all happened in less than a single decade - 1962-1970
Mind blowing...
it all happened in less than a single decade - 1962-1970
Mind blowing...
Too much too much
Lazarus wrote:
You, too, Laz—one of RP's rays of eternal sunshine.
WonderLizard wrote:
Thank you, WonderLizard... hope life is grand for you these days...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Y'really think a 'bot wrote this? Just askin'...
Thank you, WonderLizard... hope life is grand for you these days...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
You, too, Laz—one of RP's rays of eternal sunshine.
I don't care for this as much as the first one.
give me their original mix anyday.
this is just to clipped on so many levels. Does not reach as high.
give me their original mix anyday.
this is just to clipped on so many levels. Does not reach as high.
Who are these people who sound sorta like the Beatles? Oh.
I can't even give this a number...just didn't work for me at all
Merhaba
GTT wrote:
Agreed. It's probably my favorite "new" song from that album/soundtrack, but this remix cleans it up and makes it sound ridiculous. All the atmospheric noise is one of the things I've always loved about the original track.
I like the original mix much better.
Agreed. It's probably my favorite "new" song from that album/soundtrack, but this remix cleans it up and makes it sound ridiculous. All the atmospheric noise is one of the things I've always loved about the original track.
WonderLizard wrote:
Thank you, WonderLizard... hope life is grand for you these days...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Y'really think a 'bot wrote this? Just askin'...
Thank you, WonderLizard... hope life is grand for you these days...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
I like the original mix much better.
All you need is love! So why couldn't they forgive each other and continue making awesome music?
Make it stop
As with the song's title, this is way too much :)
ziakut wrote:
They were under contract to United Artists for the music for a third film. This was their way to honor that without having to endure another Help! So yeah, most of the material are things that wouldn't have otherwise seen the light of the day given other circumstances.
That said, this track and Hey, Bulldog are faves. The rest of it is pretty much fodder. The other exception: All You Need Is Love, which was part of a first-ever worldwide satellite broadcast that preceded this LP by only a short while.
Not a hater...but I thought most all of the 'Yellow Submarine' output was rather substandard fluff.
They were under contract to United Artists for the music for a third film. This was their way to honor that without having to endure another Help! So yeah, most of the material are things that wouldn't have otherwise seen the light of the day given other circumstances.
That said, this track and Hey, Bulldog are faves. The rest of it is pretty much fodder. The other exception: All You Need Is Love, which was part of a first-ever worldwide satellite broadcast that preceded this LP by only a short while.
I've noticed how much George's voice has grown on me over the decades. (Obviously) his music is simply on a different level than the two giants of John and Paul. Interpret that as you will.
Not a hater...but I thought most all of the 'Yellow Submarine' output was rather substandard fluff.
Quite surprising how much of this song actually songs very current. Not so much the singing - that sounds pretty dated now, but definitely the guitar work - wouldn't go amiss in any modern indy/rock band.
Just goes to show how massively influential The Beatles still are!
Just goes to show how massively influential The Beatles still are!
It's kinda cruel to drop the Beatles into a Thom Yorke sequence ...
Atoms For Peace — Before Your Very Eyes...
The Beatles — It's All Too Much (remix)
Radiohead — These Are My Twisted Words
If you try to explain that this one and that one were created decades after the one in the middle ... where is the progress?
Atoms For Peace — Before Your Very Eyes...
The Beatles — It's All Too Much (remix)
Radiohead — These Are My Twisted Words
If you try to explain that this one and that one were created decades after the one in the middle ... where is the progress?
jimj wrote:
Someone should invent a hearing aid for the heart. It's not too much to ask.
9 >11.
Wow. This really sucks.
Someone should invent a hearing aid for the heart. It's not too much to ask.
9 >11.
I've never heard this wonderful song sound so awful. Is it because it's a remixed version?
DELIGHTFUL. If I had to, or even could, pick my 10 favorite Beatle songs, this would be one of them. A mere five years from Twist and Shout to this...
(former member) wrote:
Y'really think a 'bot wrote this? Just askin'...
It's just an indication of how prolific the Beatles were that they first recorded the Harrison song "It's All Too Much" in 1967, actually before the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it did not thematically match that album, and they had planned to put it on the next release, Magical Mystery Tour, but it was pushed up to Yellow Submarine...
we be dancing... love it...
we be dancing... love it...
Y'really think a 'bot wrote this? Just askin'...
bachbeet wrote:
Yes indeedy. I appreciate your willingness to buck the tide of disparagement that seems to have been elicited by this song. At some point it is worth recognizing that not everything that is good is supremely excellent. Good is pretty good sometimes.
Always dug this song. No matter what version they played.
As for the teacher discussing their evolution from She Loves You to this and beyond, well, I just said today to my wife that the great thing about the Beatles was that even in the less profound songs, they were just really a huge level above a lot of the other songs at the time. For example, Help is not really deep but it is excellent. And, If I Fell was a musically complex song that changed keys: something unheard of then in Rock. Jazz and Classical yes but not Rock. I really appreciate them even more now (back then I really didn't think about key changes much).
As for the teacher discussing their evolution from She Loves You to this and beyond, well, I just said today to my wife that the great thing about the Beatles was that even in the less profound songs, they were just really a huge level above a lot of the other songs at the time. For example, Help is not really deep but it is excellent. And, If I Fell was a musically complex song that changed keys: something unheard of then in Rock. Jazz and Classical yes but not Rock. I really appreciate them even more now (back then I really didn't think about key changes much).
Yes indeedy. I appreciate your willingness to buck the tide of disparagement that seems to have been elicited by this song. At some point it is worth recognizing that not everything that is good is supremely excellent. Good is pretty good sometimes.
I know this isn't George Harrison's best song, but listening to this, and to "I Want to Tell You" from Rubber Soul, I can't help but think that John and Paul sometimes liked to sabotage George's songs. Mind you, this is a remix so maybe the original is less stuffed.
Really this is one of their worst pieces.
Really this is one of their worst pieces.
jimj wrote:
Too much!
Wow. This really sucks.
Too much!
Marvelous !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. This really sucks.
jagdriver wrote:
(Recording engineer) Geoff Emerick's account, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles is a far better account of this aspect of the Fabs' career.
Yes.
If one doesn't mind reading the bitter account of an engineer who can't work out why he is the only man on the planet who credits himself with essentially turning an otherwise ordinary band into The Fab Four.
...and who the hell does that Martin guy think he was anyway?
The Mark Lewisham book was my go-to.
(Recording engineer) Geoff Emerick's account, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles is a far better account of this aspect of the Fabs' career.
Yes.
If one doesn't mind reading the bitter account of an engineer who can't work out why he is the only man on the planet who credits himself with essentially turning an otherwise ordinary band into The Fab Four.
...and who the hell does that Martin guy think he was anyway?
The Mark Lewisham book was my go-to.
Rockit wrote:
a lot too much.. like at the end, when that's all they can think to say... at least they got the title right.
hey maybe this should be the title track of the next remixed anniversary lets-make-a-buck reissue. or better yet - a box set that includes every time each one of them ever belched in to a microphone. they could sequence them to make it sound like one long burp to the melody of love me do. and so many people would buy it, glorify and praise it. and on the seventh day the creators could rest, and look upon their work and say "it is right and (looking in their wallets) it is sooo good".
Yes a little too much!
a lot too much.. like at the end, when that's all they can think to say... at least they got the title right.
hey maybe this should be the title track of the next remixed anniversary lets-make-a-buck reissue. or better yet - a box set that includes every time each one of them ever belched in to a microphone. they could sequence them to make it sound like one long burp to the melody of love me do. and so many people would buy it, glorify and praise it. and on the seventh day the creators could rest, and look upon their work and say "it is right and (looking in their wallets) it is sooo good".
(former member) wrote:
I agree... absolutely awesome song...
Apparently, this is appreciated in an "impaired" state (and that is up for debate as to what is "impaired"). Anyway, several of us were there-sorry the rest missed the experience. You'll find your own, hopefully....
I agree... absolutely awesome song...
Apparently, this is appreciated in an "impaired" state (and that is up for debate as to what is "impaired"). Anyway, several of us were there-sorry the rest missed the experience. You'll find your own, hopefully....
Huge step up from DMB. A definite Quantum Leap.
Yes a little too much!
nagsheadlocal wrote:
(Recording engineer) Geoff Emerick's account, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles is a far better account of this aspect of the Fabs' career.
I also recommend:
And I recently purchased Recording the Beatles, although I haven't dug into it yet.
Hearing the fuzzed-out guitar reminds me of my favorite quote from Sir George Martin: "Sometimes there's nothing like NOISE!"
His book, All You Need Is Ears is worth the trouble and cost of finding it if you are interested in the technical details of their recordings.
His book, All You Need Is Ears is worth the trouble and cost of finding it if you are interested in the technical details of their recordings.
(Recording engineer) Geoff Emerick's account, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles is a far better account of this aspect of the Fabs' career.
I also recommend:
And I recently purchased Recording the Beatles, although I haven't dug into it yet.
"With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue...." - from Sorrow by the Merseybeats or the Merseys version of that group, quoted here by the greatest band in RnR history and covered by arguably the greatest British solo artist in RnR history, Mr. Bowie on his Pinups album.
I can't believe it! I finally found a Beatles song that I really dislike. I thought that was impossible, but there it is. Feel like the washing machine has an uneven load. But hey, the other hundred odd songs are all 10s.
Hearing the fuzzed-out guitar reminds me of my favorite quote from Sir George Martin: "Sometimes there's nothing like NOISE!"
His book, All You Need Is Ears is worth the trouble and cost of finding it if you are interested in the technical details of their recordings.
His book, All You Need Is Ears is worth the trouble and cost of finding it if you are interested in the technical details of their recordings.
shanydawg wrote:
Was he sober during this time period? I know he is now.
sounds like ringo was drunk on this one
Was he sober during this time period? I know he is now.
Always dug this song. No matter what version they played.
As for the teacher discussing their evolution from She Loves You to this and beyond, well, I just said today to my wife that the great thing about the Beatles was that even in the less profound songs, they were just really a huge level above a lot of the other songs at the time. For example, Help is not really deep but it is excellent. And, If I Fell was a musically complex song that changed keys: something unheard of then in Rock. Jazz and Classical yes but not Rock. I really appreciate them even more now (back then I really didn't think about key changes much).
As for the teacher discussing their evolution from She Loves You to this and beyond, well, I just said today to my wife that the great thing about the Beatles was that even in the less profound songs, they were just really a huge level above a lot of the other songs at the time. For example, Help is not really deep but it is excellent. And, If I Fell was a musically complex song that changed keys: something unheard of then in Rock. Jazz and Classical yes but not Rock. I really appreciate them even more now (back then I really didn't think about key changes much).
I teach a high school English class called Lyricism, and we moved onto The Beatles this week. We talked about the evolution of their lyrics from "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to songs like this and "Within You and Without You". My God, we witnessed genius back then. We were so fortunate.
It aged so well....
Thank you RP.