1.45am
10 August 2011
Sometimes it’s just a little thing in a song that keeps you coming back.
“I Should Have Known Better “: the chord change in “oh” as in “And when I tell you that I love you, oh.….”
(Honorable Mention to “and when I ask you to be mine, a-a- ine” The DJs used to cut out the sound right at that point so you would just hear the crowd singing “a-a-ine”)
“Being for the Benefit of MK”: the 5-10 second little melody on the organ at the very, very end just before the flourish of calliope.
“Wait “: – the harmonium at the end of the verses (“Wait [harmonium] ’til I come back to your side [harmonium]
– Paul’s pronunciation of “trust”
– the ending of the song with the cymbals “oh how I’ve been aloooooone”
Anyone else have songs bits they really like?
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2.21am
23 July 2012
In Martha My Dear , when Paul sings “Look what you’ve done”. Love the sound of his voice there.
Here, There, and Everywhere. On the lines, “Each one believing that Love never dies, watching her eyes”…those harmonies? Sends shivers up my spine.
I also love the rawness in John’s voice on the line, “I wonder, should I call you? But I know what you would do” in I’m So Tired .
That’s all I have for you right now. I’ll have more by tomorrow.
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2.29am
24 August 2012
In Maxwell’s Silver Hammer , Paul laughs when he says “writing” in the 2nd? verse when the teacher sets him lines for acting out in class. And like FlyOn, I’ll have more tomorrow too
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7.24am
19 September 2012
I love the part in “I’ve Got A Feeling ” in John’s first verse, where he goes “Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh yeah”. Gives me goosebumps everytime
10.55am
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1 May 2011
Johns delivery of “thats a lie” in No Reply .
The change in Things We Said Today from “the Things We Said Today ” to “me im just the lucky kind” especially second time around.
Pauls rain-like bass line in I Want You at 4:06.
How Paul sings “if there’s anything i can do” and “like a heart thats oh so true” in From Me To You .
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12.08pm
20 January 2012
A Day In The Life — John singing “oh boy” grabs me every time. And, for some reason, the way his voice breaks a little on “film.”
It’s the little things, yes?
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2.33pm
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14 April 2010
Wow – there are so many grabbers when it comes to Beatles songs. One that I love is actually from George’s “Hear Me Lord ” from ATMP . At about 3:20 into the song there is a melancholy little riff that gets me every time.
People talk a lot about George’s emotions coming through in his voice – his guitar truly weeps in that little riff!
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2.54pm
14 December 2009
“I Want To Hold Your Hand “, first bridge: “…I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t HIIIIIIIIIDE!!” Hear the wavering reverberations of the two voices singing that last “hiiiide”, microtones apart, practically siren-like, and know that you are listening to the most joyous sound ever recorded!
Also: In “The Word “, that wonderful bubbling little bass guitar fill Paul plays just before the turnaround in the 3rd chorus, at 1:15 if memory serves. Almost like an excited little voice adding a few words of its own!
Also: about 454 others.
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3.44pm
3 May 2012
The afore mentioned bit in ‘ Here, There and Eveywhere’ and also the guitar bit after ”I want her everywhere, and if she’s beside me I know I will never care”.
The harmonies in ‘She’s Leaving Home ‘ are stunning and the bit that I especially like is the ”bye, bye” bit.
When in ‘I’m So Tired ‘ he says ”he was such a stupid git (get?)”. The way he sort of shouts it with an agressive tone, love that.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
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3.55pm
12 April 2012
I love Martha My Dear as a whole but a part of the song which always stuns me is the one where the guitar enters (i don’t know the lyrics but a part of it is “that you and me, where meant to be”)
Once there was a way to get back homewards. Once there was a way to get back home; sleep pretty darling do not cry. And I will sing a lullaby
8.17pm
27 February 2011
I can’t get enough of the harmonies in I’m Happy Just To Dance With You .
(“Just to dance with you oooooh Is everything I need”)
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7.11pm
3 May 2012
Got another one:
I love it how in Sun King it goes su-uuu-n king and the crickets at the start of the song, it just relaxes me completely.
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10.03pm
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1 May 2011
fabfouremily said
Got another one:I love it how in Sun King it goes su-uuu-n king and the crickets at the start of the song, it just relaxes me completely.
A very big yes. Sun King has to be the most relaxingly gorgeous song they ever recorded. How each song in the medly flows into each other either so gently you are at total peace and in a state of karmic bliss or rocks your foot off. How amazing are the drum thumps that waken you to meet Mr Mustard or how Polythene Pam soars into the Bathroom Window!! What trully makes a medley work is how each track links to its partners and The Beatles, George Martin and the others involved totally got it down. Even the gap between Bathroom Window and Golden Slums works brilliantly as you can breath before being sucked in again.
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10.21pm
4 September 2009
The first that comes to mind is, “The End “
1) The groove 0:00:04-0:00:08, repeated at 0:00:15-0:00:19.
2) And the way it goes from a 4/4 rocker to a 3/4 lush closing.
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1.29am
24 August 2012
2.04am
23 July 2012
Love Paul’s little yawn in I’m Only Sleeping .
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11.10am
12 April 2012
In solo songs: The middle eight of (just like) starting over (why don’t we take us alone or something like that) and the middle eight in my brave face (ever since you went away)
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1.38am
24 August 2012
It’s not really a fragment, but I love the piano part in Back In The USSR .
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8.59am
4 December 2010
This is what makes “Help !” so good.
- “I need somebody!”
- George’s backing vocals on the title track- “and now I find…”
- “Now today I find, you will change your mind“
- “Last night is the night…”
- “it makes me wanna cry!“
- “Hey! You’ve got to hide your love away!”
- “Please come on back to me“
- “But when you told me, you don’t want my loving any more“
- “Through thick and thin she will always be my friend.”
- “She’s gonna change her mind“
- “She would never be free…”
- “My baby don’t care…”
- Paul’s backing vocals in Act Naturally
- The chorus of It’s Only Love – lyrically clumsy, but the ascending vocal… “It’s So Hard , loving you…”
- “If you leave me, I will follow you and bring you back where you belong…”
- “Tell. Me. What. You. See!”
- “Falling, yes I am falling, and she keeps calling…”
- “I’ve been alone and I have missed“
- “But other girls were never quite like this”
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2.34pm
3 May 2012
The talking in the intro to ‘Taxman ‘.
The harmonies in ‘You´re Gonna Lose That Girl’. Love ’em.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
(Passover - I. Curtis)
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