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14 April 2010
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I mentioned in a previous post that I get a kick out of Honey Pie because it always felt like a tribute to his dad's jazz band. I'm a sucker for catchy tunes anyway.
As for When I'm Sixty-Four; it is also very catchy and the backing harmonies are fantastic. It also has that old-time northern song feel to it like Maggie Mae . There's a song I wish they had done in it's entirety.
Obviously, songs like these sprang from tunes that influenced them when they were kids – particularly Paul. It would have been cool to get a glimpse of each of their record collections.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
7.27pm
12 December 2010
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I really like both songs. As said before, the placement of When I'm 64 and Honey Pie on their albums makes the songs even better.
I can understand why some people might dislike them; I know a person who told me that Honey Pie was “old people music”. Just because a song isn't “rock” or “pop” doesn't mean it's not a good song.
And Zig, I think there's a full version on the John Lennon Anthology, but it's not the Beatles version.
EDIT:- The JL Anthology Maggie Mae isn't the full version. It just has an extra verse. However, there is a “full” Beatles version combined with Fancy Me Chances.
Maggie Mae /Fancy Me Chances:-
John Lennon Anthology Maggie Mae :-
hari_girl asks: what do you think of eminem's grammy nomination?
george_harrison_live: What's eminem?
george_harrison_live: aren't they chocolates or something?
8.20pm
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14 April 2010
Offline Fabulous, Number Nine!
I noticed that John got a raise in pay. He went from “2 pound 10 a week” to “3 pound 10 a week” in the second video.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
9.22pm
27 February 2010
Offline When I'm Sixty-Four is a good song, but even if I'm totally wrong, I can't help to relate it to Linda McCartney… And that makes me sad.
I don't hate Honey Pie , but for me is too cheese cake 
I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.
John Lennon
11.21pm
7 August 2010
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Honey Pie is actually a dirty song. Its in the first verse.
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11.35pm
25 November 2010
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11.39pm
7 August 2010
Offline StarWisher said:
Dear Prudence said:
Honey Pie is actually a dirty song. Its in the first verse.
How so?
“She was a working girl” A working girl is a prostitute who works for drugs.
Dear Prudence
Giving you quality -Facepalms- , since August 7, 2010.
11.49pm
25 November 2010
Offline Dear Prudence said:
StarWisher said:
Dear Prudence said:
Honey Pie is actually a dirty song. Its in the first verse.
How so?
“She was a working girl” A working girl is a prostitute who works for drugs.
These things always go right over my head. 🙂
11.56pm
7 August 2010
Offline I wish they would go over mine.
Dear Prudence
Giving you quality -Facepalms- , since August 7, 2010.
10.39pm
1 May 2010
Offline I really dig the acoustic Anthology version of Honey Pie , it's pretty inventive that the song turned into such an elaborate one when the demo was so simple, but then again we could probably say that for most songs.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
11.42pm
12 December 2010
Offline GniknuS said:
I really dig the acoustic Anthology version of Honey Pie , it's pretty inventive that the song turned into such an elaborate one when the demo was so simple, but then again we could probably say that for most songs.
…Like Strawberry Fields. The demo is so simple, but the song turned out to be spectacular.
hari_girl asks: what do you think of eminem's grammy nomination?
george_harrison_live: What's eminem?
george_harrison_live: aren't they chocolates or something?
12.15pm
4 December 2010
Offline Honey Pie is nice enough. I find it up and down. Some of the lyrics are neat- “I'm in love, but I'm lazy”- others, less so.
I'm not a great fan of “When I'm Sixty Four”. I think it appears better than it is because of the tracks surrounding it. I don't rate “Within You, Without You” or “Lovely Rita ” either, so relatively speaking it's much stronger. If it was between Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane , it wouldn't seem nearly as strong.
I told her I didn’t
3.26pm
1 May 2010
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I like when I'm Sixty-Four because the first memory I have of it is this one. Any song featuring the Beatles dancing (even in cartoon form) makes me smile. 
Besides the clarinet makes the song.
Honey Pie is ok.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
2.02am
13 November 2009
Offline @mithveaen – Hear hear! 
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
9.31pm
4 February 2011
Offline Paul wrote When I'm 64 when he was 16 years old. It's music hall style that he and his dad loved, pure working class Liverpool.
Paul was very versatile, Honey Pie was also musical hall, something granny could sing along with…but remember paul also wrote Helter Skelter , Oh Darling, I'm Down and sung some of the hardest rockers in the Beatles. Paul is VERSATILE, he's good at many styles. Much of the beatles early stuff was very country (George loved Carl Perkins) – i've just seen a face is a country 2 step in 1/2 time, not 2/4.
Early beatles stuff is a mix of Country, RandB, British music hall, Jazz and POP. I am a musician and i am amazed at the chord structures of some of the early songs, things like If I Fell are very complex.
9.33pm
19 September 2010
Offline You cannot call when I am 64 Early Beatles, as Paul rearranged the tune before the Pepper sessions.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
10.00pm
23 January 2011
Offline I love how When I'm 64 has clarinet in it. It really changes the sound and I really love the song, it sounds so happy! I am going to make an attempt to learn it, after all the competitions and stuff.
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10.58pm
7 August 2010
Offline Nigel the good dog said:
I love how When I'm 64 has clarinet in it. It really changes the sound and I really love the song, it sounds so happy! I am going to make an attempt to learn it, after all the competitions and stuff.
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You go to competition too?
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