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10.27am
3 May 2012
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I was listening to this song last night and I’ve realised something. It sounds a bit rushed to me. I’ve never noticed before but it’s when he sings the chorus and at the end as he finishes off with the guitar that I can hear it most. Has anyone else ever noticed this?
P.S. I didn’t know if this was worthy of a new thread but I couldn’t think where else to put it, and I’ve noticed that some other songs have topics.
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5.54pm
6 December 2012
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It’s almost imperceptible, but yes, I hear it, although it seems to me that it’s more rushed in the verses than the chorus.
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4.53am
27 December 2012
Offline It’s probably caused by the different time signatures.
9.45pm
12 January 2013
Offline I’ve noticed that a lot to. But like Ilove George I hear the rushing in the verses
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4.36pm
3 May 2012
Offline I’m glad other people can hear it too. I felt like I was doing something wrong saying something bad about a Beatles song, and this one is just beautiful, as well. I think it would sound better if it were a bit slower, though.
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4.26pm
1 August 2014
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4.31pm
1 November 2013
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StrawberryWalrus said
It’s the first day of Spring; and what a better reminder than this song
It started a month ago. Spring starts at the equinox which happened in march 20th.
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4.34pm
1 August 2014
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StrawberryWalrus said
It’s the first day of Spring; and what a better reminder than this songIt started a month ago. Spring starts at the equinox which happened in march 20th.
That’s the boring, sciency way. I like celebrating stuff traditional way, I guess.
4.42pm
1 November 2013
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Annadog40 said
StrawberryWalrus said
It’s the first day of Spring; and what a better reminder than this songIt started a month ago. Spring starts at the equinox which happened in march 20th.
That’s the boring, sciency way. I like celebrating stuff traditional way, I guess.
Where is April 21st the traditional first day of spring? I always heard that March is the first month of spring then April and May then summer starts in June.
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1 August 2014
Offline Back here, 1st day of spring is 21st March; 1st day of summer is 21st June.
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1 November 2013
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I just realized this. It’s April. Damn. I’m dumb
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28 March 2014
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StrawberryWalrus said
I just realized this. It’s April. Damn. I’m dumb
It’s alright everyone is dumb at various times.
Count me in as one of those folks…..
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11.29pm
20 September 2013
Offline It’s a device they’d often use – usually around a solo (eg Boys ) – in this case it heightens he tension of the middle instrumental section, the hurried handclaps resolving that tension before giving us the final verse.
I heard Ringo interviewed a while back on BBC’s Steve Wright show – he was asked if he had one word of advice for a young drummer starting out. “Speed-up during the solo” was the reply.
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Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
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15 May 2015
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In case you didn’t already think of it, the lyrics to “Sail Away Raymond” mentioned “a sunshine life for me” as a refrain.
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3.05pm
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15 February 2015
Offline I just thought of something while re-tuning my guitar to play along with this song (which is really sharp, it’s not really in the key of A at all). Could it be that they sped the tapes up? Because it sounds like it could be– it’s higher-pitched and really fast. Though it hasn’t quite the ‘chipmunk effect’ that When I’m Sixty-Four or even Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da had.
Just wondered… I’d never seen anything about it so perhaps it was played in B-flat.
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17 December 2012
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I don’t recall this being sped up, @Beatlebug.
Now, I suggest this as a non-musician, but I do recall reading somewhere that George used a capo on this, would that effect the pitch?
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15 February 2015
Offline He did indeed use a capo on this, as do I. But this device would not affect the overall pitch of the song. So perhaps it was capo’d on a higher fret than is widely supposed, or his guitar was just tuned really sharp.
Or they sped up the tapes and told the engineers to keep it quiet… 
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17 December 2012
Offline Just double-checked for you, @Beatlebug.
You are indeed right, Lewisohn notes in Recording Sessions that this was mixed with the tape running at 51 cycles per second.
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