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25 September 2012
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Thanks, Sun King .
This old pagan needs to get outta St. Peter’s before a statue falls on me, or sumfin.
3.30am
24 August 2012
Offline Something that I just noticed was at the beginning of the Reprise on Sgt Pepper , as Paul(?) is counting off I can hear a voice (that I’m pretty sure is John) saying “bye!” I just thought it was very interesting!
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7.08am
25 September 2012
Offline That was indeed John saying “Bye!”
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Offline annab93 said
Something that I just noticed was at the beginning of the Reprise on Sgt Pepper , as Paul(?) is counting off I can hear a voice (that I’m pretty sure is John) saying “bye!” I just thought it was very interesting!
I love that one. On New Year’s Eve 2010, the last thing I listened to was the Pepper album. I figured it would be a fitting way to end the year in which John would have been 70 years old. As I was thinking about John and how much I missed him, his voice said, “bye”. I had chills run up and down my spine. It was an incredibly Beatley Moment.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
11.10pm
24 August 2012
Offline Zig said
annab93 said
Something that I just noticed was at the beginning of the Reprise on Sgt Pepper , as Paul(?) is counting off I can hear a voice (that I’m pretty sure is John) saying “bye!” I just thought it was very interesting!
I love that one. On New Year’s Eve 2010, the last thing I listened to was the Pepper album. I figured it would be a fitting way to end the year in which John would have been 70 years old. As I was thinking about John and how much I missed him, his voice said, “bye”. I had chills run up and down my spine. It was an incredibly Beatley Moment.
That’s such a good idea! If I spend New Year’s with my dog I just might do the same thing. That would have been such an amazing Beatley moment! 
You make your own dream.
7.06am
25 September 2012
Offline Some favorite Beatles song intros (the music heard prior to vocals):
Rocky Raccoon – Paul’s solo guitar
Mother Nature’s Son – bending guitar notes
I Call Your Name – (also, George’s guitar solo)
The Inner Light – exotic instruments (raga rock?)
COME TOGETHER – very cool
WHEN I’M 64 – music hall corny
All You Need Is Love – a regal brass phrase
Love Me Do – John’s harmonica lead, ala Bruce Channel
4.06pm
10 October 2012
Offline Na na na na na na na. Na na na na. Hey Jude ! It creates such a feel good moment. You can’t help but to smile.
4.59am
18 November 2011
Offline My username, for starters.
Some others…
– When all of the guitars play the “I Feel Fine ” riff in unison at the end of the solo, giving it an “aquatic” sound (especially if you listen to the U.S. version with the reverb). I also like the end of the last chorus, when they play the final chord aggressively.
– At the very end of “She’s A Woman “, when John starts playing the “Hendrix chord” (Around 2:56)
– The orchestral samples in “Tomorrow Never Knows “.
– The way the bass/guitar play the “Day Tripper ” riff an octave apart when the verse switches to A. I also like how on the American version, the first 2 measures are just the distorted guitar.
– George Martin’s organ slides on “I Wanna Be Your Man “.
– Right after the “She said listen babe I got something to say” in “Drive My Car “, there’s a very quiet guitar “swell” played with a volume pedal.
2.50pm
3 May 2012
Offline SoFineSunShine said
– Right after the “She said listen babe I got something to say” in “Drive My Car “, there’s a very quiet guitar “swell” played with a volume pedal.
Paul’s voice when he says 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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10 August 2011
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SoFineSunShine said, “At the very end of “She’s A Woman “, when John starts playing the “Hendrix chord” (Around 2:56)”
Interesting post there SoFineSunShine;I never heard of “the Hendrix chord” in “She’s A Woman ” – but will check it out. Would certainly be interesting since Hendrix hadn’t made the scene yet!
"Into the Sky with Diamonds" (the Beatles and the Race to the Moon – a history)
5.13am
25 September 2012
Offline The fade-in intro of “Eight Days A Week ” is most memorable as it’s a rarity.
The fanciful instrumental break of “Yellow Submarine ” that has weird sound effects and voices saying (I think):
“Full stead ahead, Mr. Captain, full stead ahead!”
“Full stead ahead it is , Sir.”
“Pilot to stern..”
“Captain! Captain!”
John’s humorous comment that closes the “Let It Be ” album.
6.28pm
24 August 2012
Offline Annie said
The fade-in intro of “Eight Days A Week ” is most memorable as it’s a rarity.The fanciful instrumental break of “Yellow Submarine ” that has weird sound effects and voices saying (I think):
“Full stead ahead, Mr. Captain, full stead ahead!”
“Full stead ahead it is , Sir.”
“Pilot to stern..”
“Captain! Captain!”John’s humorous comment that closes the “Let It Be ” album.
as funny as John’s comment is, it always makes me kind of sad, you know? and I also finally heard the yawn in “I’m Only Sleeping ” a few days ago! I was really excited!
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5.36am
25 September 2012
Offline anna–
The “I hope we pass the audition” comment can be seen as bittersweet, perhaps. I’ve always thought of it as an inside joke among longtime bandmates, and maybe John’s relief that the ordeal of the Let it Be filming was over.
In proper context, there was still Abbey Road ahead of them, and that farewell album was a masterpiece.
8.30am
13 April 2011
Offline I just love it when The Beatles go funny or just weird …
– on LIB , Lennon’s “passing the audition” comment, and also the “Doris get her oats” comment at the beginning of Two Of Us always makes me smile.
But then there’s the two ‘crescendos’ on A Day In The Life , the first one abruptly interrupted by the simple piano and “woke up…” middle part and the final one which is finished off with the massive piano part at the end. Not to mention the final run out of Sgt Pepper album which comes after that…
Perhaps my favourite weird bit is the end of Strawberry Fields Forever . What’s being said there exactly?
2.44pm
24 August 2012
Offline Annie said
anna–I
The “I hope we pass the audition” comment can be seen as bittersweet, perhaps. I’ve always thought of it as an inside joke among longtime bandmates, and maybe John’s relief that the ordeal of the Let it Be filming was over.In proper context, there was still Abbey Road ahead of them, and that farewell album was a masterpiece.
I agree with Abbey Road being a masterpiece for sure! I’ve always seen it as kind of bittersweet. I’m sure that there was definitely some relief that filming was over, but since they weren’t completely done recording, maybe it was an inside joke. The same goes for Doris getting her oats. I think it’s really cute (even though I don’t know what it means!).
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7.20pm
25 September 2012
Offline Risking the “stay on topic” finger, I have a 12/9/80 TOMORROW show, a memorial program for John Lennon in which host Tom Snyder reran a 1975 interview he did with John.
At that time Snyder asked Lennon why the Beatles broke up and received what I feel is a diplomatic reply, in essence, that after so many years of playing together you know the other musicians’ every musical move, and it all becomes tedious, so you seek out new men to make music with.
And yet, their last LP, Abbey Road is such an original work. There’s not a song on it that suggests a reworking of a previous tune. And that’s why the album was such a revelation in 1969. All that creativity, the freshness of it. Who could ever imagine this was the product of four guys totally bored with each other?
9.42pm
18 October 2012
Offline Here’s a few of mine.
The way Paul sings “And in her eyes” on For No One
The transition from the solo to the piano and singing “And in the end” on The End
The way John and Paul sing “She’s got a Ticket To Ride “
Paul’s vocals on Martha My Dear e.g “Look what you’ve done”
The orchestral orgasm on Day In The Life
That’s just naming a few song fragments off the top of my head that I really like!
"We were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all." - John Lennon
9.59pm
8 January 2012
Offline the intro to you cant do that with the cowbell and piano fantastic
the fadeout of While My Guitar Gently Weeps on mono
the intro to Revolution
the bass on taxman when george says the if you drive a car line
the tit tit tit bit on girl
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1 May 2011
Offline Probably been mentioned upstream but Paul broad Scot’s “grand children on YOUR knee”.
Was listening to the isolated tracks of When Im Sixty-Four and the isolated clarinets are a true joy to experience, and Pauls pounding piano keys are so cool, plus why does he laugh the last lines of that song. I wonder if all the beatles tracks feature odd mumbling buried in deep.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
1.36pm
14 October 2012
Offline I agree about the intro of Revolution , and “cry-y-y-y,” in This Boy . My other favourites are…
The walking bass line in the chorus I’m A Loser- when it starts a semitone (?) higher at, “I’m a lo-o-o-oo-ser, and I’m not what I appear to be,”
The drum roll just before the start of the chorus in Got To Get You Into My Life …and at the very end when Paul’s ad-libbing and he screams, “Everah sangle day!”
Towards the end of Getting Better – “Yes! I admit it’s getting better…,” The “Yes!” sounds so happy and victorious 
You Really Got A Hold On Me – “Hold me- please, hold me- squeeze,”
Final verse of And Your Bird Can Sing – I don’t know if its a key change or a production effect or a harmony thing, but I just love it
In I’ve Just Seen A Face: Paul’s voice when he sings “dream of her tonight,” and the chord at “that we just met,”
“Think For Yourself ‘cos I won’t be thurrr with you,” D’aaw, George…
“Oh, how long will it take…” in Baby’s In Black- their voices are just perfect together
John’s voice when he says, “feel his disease,” in Come Together ,”- he sounds like he’s shuddering at the thought of it.
The “mmm,” as John enters the final verse of A Hard Day’s Night- so sexy
…but not quite as sexy as Paul’s “I want you, I want you, I wa-a-ant you,” in Michelle
Oh, and a special mention to Macca’s Scouse pronunciation of “market” in Ob La Di Ob La Da, and the fact that he makes an effort to sound posh the next time around. 
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