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lady maddonna, Yer Blues , Fixing A Hole and Good Morning Good Morning all have the same guitar or brass line that appears in the right after “now youre in town,” and “see the people standing there.” listen out for it you’ll hear what im talking about.
i also love the guitar verse in i want you. the pause right before it comes in makes it all the smoother.
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Offline Run For Your Life is sooo good. I love the part where it rests and almost syncopates and is all fermata, “That’s the end–little girl.” I think it’s a really good, dramatic song (which I love). It sounds eerily jealous and possessive, but instead of being creepy, I like it when the Beatles feel that way. XD It’s like a profession of love from a long time ago. They do say a little bit of jealousy is good….
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@Pineapple Records said
Short version:I like the way John sings the words “real fire” in Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.
Long version:
The “real fire” comes at the end of a phrase that recurs with different words three times (I think) right before also recurring climactic lines like “In this way Mr. K will challenge the world!” or “And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz!”
All the other recurring phrases preceding these have a rhythm to the words that flows logically —“Their production will be second to none”or:“A splendid time is guaranteed for all”— where those lines (coupled with their preceding lines leading up to them) have a rhythm like a toy soldier counting out beats on a snare drum — mechanical and sure and logical.So too the line preceding the one I like:“Over men and horses hoops and garters…”But then we get:“Lastly through a hogshead of real fire”If you listen to it, you’ll see what I mean. The “of real fire” is a bit stilted, almost intruding with a spoken, not sung, feel, rhythmically against the grain — and also sounding a bit unnatural even when spoken.This might just be an artifact of that “predicament” some songwriters paint themselves into, where they come up with a lyric and try to force it into the rhythm already established in their head for the song, and end up pronouncing the words in a way you wouldn’t do normally.Or it might be John’s genius at play here…
Either way, I like it.
*goes to listen to Mr Kite and ends up listening to the whole album*
I see what you mean. That is neat, I never noticed it before; thanks for pointing it out! 
It gives it an extra touch of authenticity, in my opinion; makes it sound more like a fairground-hawker or something.
@I was the walrus (but now I’m only John) said
I suppose this belongs in here, and I hope no one has mentioned it! Approximately 1:33 into Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (iTunes version), there’s a little slip up, and it sounds like a little “high” being said. Check it out with the volume cranked.
I just heard it.
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7.23pm
26 January 2017
Offline “Hey hey” from Fixing A Hole . Its an excellent way to introduce a guitar solo.
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15 May 2015
Offline How about those two piano arpeggios in A Day In The Life — first one after “comb across my head” and the second one after “bus in seconds flat”.
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Offline I was the walrus said
I suppose this belongs in here, and I hope no one has mentioned it! Approximately 1:33 into Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (iTunes version), there’s a little slip up, and it sounds like a little “high” being said. Check it out with the volume cranked.
Yeah, its John’s doubled second vocal that gets a little out of sync. One of the annoyances of Yellow Submarine Songtrack is that they helpfully “cleaned” that bit in the song with a quick fade and reverb.
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Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da is a strange one for me as i want to like it, it is growing due to the fun it sounds they are having, but then the animosity it brought with John, George and Ringo over recording it, 4,756 times seemingly, comes to mind and results in it losing nearly all of that. So much so that im not sure if John and George are enjoying themselves when recording it or taking the piss out of the song (or maybe they are enjoying themselves because they are taking the piss out of the song).
I’m betting on because. Speaking of things I can’t not hear, the chickachickachicka vocals and the many percussion effects (which amount to the sound of droppped things half the time), in that song.
Ahhh Girl said
I get tickled and can visualize John saying “Oh, look out” at the beginning of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window every time I hear it. The music and his voice are such a build-up together.
I have the same thing when he says “all right” just before Ringo’s I’VE GOT BLISTERS IN MY FINGERS on Helter Skelter .
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Offline I said this in the ‘For No One ‘ thread, but it really fits here:
For some reason, the phrase “a love that should have lasted years” always struck me as so poignant. Even as a kid hearing this song for the first time, the sense of loss and regret imbued in those words just stabbed me in the heart. It’s strange, because of all the other beautiful and haunting lyrics in this song, this is the one that does it to me. *sob*
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26 April 2016
Offline John’s “Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaah…” in I want you( She’s so heavy) cracks me up every time 
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Offline georgiewood said
I said this in the ‘For No One ‘ thread, but it really fits here:For some reason, the phrase “a love that should have lasted years” always struck me as so poignant. Even as a kid hearing this song for the first time, the sense of loss and regret imbued in those words just stabbed me in the heart. It’s strange, because of all the other beautiful and haunting lyrics in this song, this is the one that does it to me. *sob*
That is a great line. It’s no wonder John considered this to be one of his favorite songs written by Paul.
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17 January 2016
Offline georgiewood said
I said this in the ‘For No One ‘ thread, but it really fits here:For some reason, the phrase “a love that should have lasted years” always struck me as so poignant. Even as a kid hearing this song for the first time, the sense of loss and regret imbued in those words just stabbed me in the heart. It’s strange, because of all the other beautiful and haunting lyrics in this song, this is the one that does it to me. *sob*
Oh I agree with you! 
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9.06am
17 January 2016
Offline “Although your mind’s opaque, try thinking more, if just for your own sake. “
I just love this whole song, particularly this part.
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15 May 2015
Offline ewe2 quoting silly girl
I get tickled and can visualize John saying “Oh, look out” at the beginning of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window every time I hear it. The music and his voice are such a build-up together.
I have the same thing when he says “all right” just before Ringo’s I’VE GOT BLISTERS IN MY FINGERS on Helter Skelter.
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More lacuna for me: I always thought the “Oh, look out!” was Paul; and I always thought the “blisters” line was John.
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5.21pm
15 May 2015
Offline Another song fragment I like:
John’s final “goo” in I Am The Walrus .
The whole “goo goo g’joob” scat thing he does is singing the same note on top of changing chords — similar to what he does with the main lyrics (only they are different chords).
Concerning the “goo goo g’joobs”, I just learned from a music website that the chords spring off from E major to D major to C major to B major. Knowing that he’s repeating the same note, and that the final “goo” I like has a noticeable, yet subtly spooning descant, I put my music theory knowledge to work (before I get around to actually figuring it out on guitar) and take the educated guess that the repeated notes are E, and the spooning descant tugs the ear down to E flat (which is the middle note in the B major triad).
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6.51pm
11 April 2016
Offline Some bits I really like:
– The way John’s voice sounds in Julia . Especially during the line:
When I cannot sing my heart,
I can only speak my mind
It really sounds like he’s pouring his heart into what he’s singing and I’ve never heard him sing like that in any other song I’ve heard from him. It really is just beautiful.
– The way John says “girl” in When I Get Home . 
– In Mother Nature’s Son when Paul sings:
Mm mmm mm, mm, mm mm mm mm mm mwah Wah Wah waaaaah
That bit just leaves me at peace.
Well, that’s all I can remember right now of the sheer mass of Beatley song bits that I love, so I’ll just come back as I think of them.
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22 September 2014
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That is a great line. It’s no wonder John considered this to be one of his favorite songs written by Paul.
Isn’t it the only one he liked?
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Offline @georgiewood said
Zig said
That is a great line. It’s no wonder John considered this to be one of his favorite songs written by Paul.
Isn’t it the only one he liked?
Here, There And Everywhere springs to mind, but there are others I can’t think of right now.
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Offline He liked All My Loving .
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3 November 2015
Offline The syncopated part in Yer Blues when John goes, “Feel so suicidal/Even hate my Rock ‘N’ Roll ” and then goes back into the chorus a tempo. I also love the part where it’s all “girl you know the reason why”–triplets, right?
The entire song is poetic and beautiful, really. It really expresses the feeling perfectly. I’d rather it end with a bang though than fade out with guitar.
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‘Yer Blues ‘ is in my Top 10.
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17 January 2016
Offline The fade in at the beginning of Eight Days A Week !
The harmonies in This Boy . You know they’re doing Smokey Robinson and the Miracles here, and very well I might add.
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