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15 February 2015
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As you may have heard, this song recently made its live début. Article from Huffington Post.
From the article:
Paul McCartney made history when he performed The Beatles song “Another Girl” at Japan’s Budokan on Tuesday.
So a (former) Beatle is making history. What’s new? 
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11.47am
9 March 2017
Offline This is an underrated song, i love how there’s 3 guitar parts going on at the same time, John’s Fender, George’s acoustic, and Paul’s Casino.
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6.08pm
27 February 2017
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This is such a great song, I’ve fallen in love with it! Apart from the lyrics (
), this song is just awesome. It sounds really relaxed and there is so much groove in there, which probably comes from Paul’s bouncing, never resting bassline and Ringo’s ride cymbal. The former makes me want to nod my head in sync with the bass because it’s so infectious and the latter gives the song an additional brightness, like rays of sunlight on a beach (Gee, I wonder where I did get this association from..). Then there are of course the superb harmony vocals and PAUL’S LEAD GUITAR! Oh, how I love these crazy interspersions he does!
All in all, I really love how jaunty and easygoing and casual this song is and how much groove it has! I sometimes picture the Beatles in a studio and shaking their bodies in some sort of weird dance while playing this song because they are so lost in the groove that their bodies got one with the rhythm. And Paul’s lead guitar lines are like random thoughts in a stream of consciousness on top of all the groove.
Certainly a gem on Help ! IMO.
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Zig, Ahhh Girl, BeatlebugNot once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita. - Stephen T. Erlewine on Sgt Pepper's
10.48pm
15 May 2015
Offline I didn’t know Paul did all those little electric guitar fills & frills. In the movie, it’s George, isn’t it? If it is Paul, that means he recorded over for the record. Some of those fills are almost comically not quite up to snuff, but somehow fit perfectly. The rhythm guitar with its constant upbeat (or is it a downbeat?) reminds me of the rhythm guitar in that song “Lil’ Green Bag”. Paul’s bass I notice is playing off that incessant beat of the rhythm quitar, always hitting the *other* beat, enhancing that “bouncy” feel. And here and there he’s hitting three beats in a row so he hits before, on, then after a given beat — boom, boom-boom, boom (where the 3rd boom is where the rhythm guitar hits).
I also like how the melody keeps sliding into a major 3rd note from a minor 3rd.
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1.49pm
1 December 2009
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I’m with Martha – there’s something unspeakably jaunty about this tune. Plus the video is one of my favorites.
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3.54am
26 January 2017
Offline Sorry to let everyone down, but I’m not really a fan of this one. Certainly one of the weaker Help ! tracks, along with Dizzy Miss Lizzy and The Night Before .
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10.16pm
15 March 2017
Offline A fun pop/rock tune. I love the harmonies and the lead guitar on this track. It is also one of my favourite performances from the Help ! film.
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6.07pm
19 January 2017
Offline I’m not the biggest fan of the song, it just doesn’t really go anywhere for me. I think Dizzy Miss Lizzy , You Like Me Too Much and Tell Me What You See are worse though.
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1 May 2011
Offline Is this some kind of sequel, answer, inspired by response by Paul to ‘If I Fell ‘ as it very easily could be?
As for the song; there are some nice guitar fiddlings and it’s alright when it comes on but there is nothing really to take from it. Maybe it needed a break in the arrangement or a change somewhere as it runs just over two minutes and it feels like all of those seconds are going by. Anything else? I feel there should be. The video in ‘Help !’ is nice.
It’s the kind of track that Paul ditched for the next 18 months as it is a songwriting for the sake of having a song song, like John was doing on ‘AHDN ‘ with ‘When I Get Home ‘ and ‘Tell Me Why ‘ – but at least they soared by, this is far more present… and not in a good investment of my time way. Maybe it’s a good example of less is more when contributing numbers to complete albums.
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7.39am
14 June 2016
Offline I love this one, especially for the lyrics. Someone who is not heartbroken but instead has moved on and is defiantly confident. A really fun tune with how relaxed it is. I think it’s underrated for sure.
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12.36pm
25 November 2024
Offline I really love Help !, and this is one of the most underrated songs from it. I especially love the scene in the film where it’s played! Probably the best “music video” scene in the movie.
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3.55am
26 January 2017
Offline “To the end. Through thick and thin she will always be my friend.”
That brief key change is so good. Classic McCartney melody, and yes the scene from the movie is among the best music video/movie scenes that they ever made.
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I like this image.
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9.20pm
14 June 2016
Offline “I ain’t no fool and I don’t take what I don’t want” is my favourite line from the song. Really sums up the mood I like from it.
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