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11.02pm
15 March 2017
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Martha said
In Many Years From Now Paul said the following when talking about Wild Honey Pie : ‘Wild Honey Pie ‘, which was a reference to the other song I had written called ‘Honey Pie ‘I could imagine that Paul didn’t think too much about the name he should give this little experimental song because he initially didn’t even plan to put it on the album and therefore, kind of as a working title, he just named it after another song he had previously written also all by himself (which would be Honey Pie obviously) and since this version was ‘wilder’ he named it ‘Wild Honey Pie ‘. I don’t think that he thought about a musical connection.
I remember that quote now. It has been years since I have read Many Years From Now. I might have to give it another read as I did enjoy it.
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greatest song of all time, and naturally the best ever work by the Beatles.
That must have been some funky-tasting P***y.
In all seriousness, it is still better than Honey Pie .
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10.11pm
7 November 2022
Offline I like the chords:
G7 — F7 — E7 — Eb7 — D7
and at the end, G7 to F7 alternating, ending on G7
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I like the way Paul plucks the strings of the acoustic guitar doing what he described:
“…built it up sculpturally with a lot of vibrato on the strings, really pulling the strings madly.”
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10.48pm
4 September 2019
Offline Martha said
I could imagine that Paul didn’t think too much about the name he should give this little experimental song because he initially didn’t even plan to put it on the album and therefore, kind of as a working title, he just named it after another song he had previously written also all by himself (which would be Honey Pie obviously) and since this version was ‘wilder’ he named it ‘Wild Honey Pie ‘. I don’t think that he thought about a musical connection.
Perhaps he was thinking about the Beach Boys album (or song) ‘Wild Honey’? Maybe he was looking for some way to reference his other song, and the adjective “wild” came up to go with “honey” because of the Beach Boys ?
10.58pm
7 November 2022
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Martha said
I could imagine that Paul didn’t think too much about the name he should give this little experimental song because he initially didn’t even plan to put it on the album and therefore, kind of as a working title, he just named it after another song he had previously written also all by himself (which would be Honey Pie obviously) and since this version was ‘wilder’ he named it ‘Wild Honey Pie ‘. I don’t think that he thought about a musical connection.
Perhaps he was thinking about the Beach Boys album (or song) ‘Wild Honey’? Maybe he was looking for some way to reference his other song, and the adjective “wild” came up to go with “honey” because of the Beach Boys ?
Paul himself said:
“I just made up this short piece and I multitracked a harmony to that, and a harmony to that, and a harmony to that, and built it up sculpturally with a lot of vibrato on the strings, really pulling the strings madly. Hence, ‘Wild Honey Pie ’, which was a reference to the other song I had written called ‘Honey Pie’.”
[bold emphasis added by me]
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6.50am
7 November 2022
Offline Joe’s article about the White Album indicates that Wild Honey Pie was purely recorded by Paul with no other Beatles input. That means all those voices are all Paul? He must have multi-tracked his voice like 20 times, because it sounds like a huge chorus.
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12.32pm
14 June 2016
Offline Which is interesting as a Beatles song doesn’t always need all four members to be considered a Beatles song, considering that precedent from back in the day.
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6.54pm
7 November 2022
Offline That would be a good question: What was the first Beatles song that only had one Beatle writing/recording it? Probably this only began with the White Album ?
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Offline How about Yesterday ? Paul wrote it and he was the only Beatle on the recording, with the string part added by other musicians.
Both Yesterday and Wild Honey Pie have both Lennon-McCartney as the writers.
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Offline George was the only Beatle on ‘Within You’ Without You’.
‘Yesterday ‘ is the earliest tho.
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7.58am
26 January 2017
Offline John’s experimentation on the White Album is infamous. Revolution 9 is no less abrasive and unsettling many decades later. I think Paul’s experimentation often goes overlooked, mainly because of Wild Honey Pie .
Paul purposefully ignores his natural ability to weave together great melodies and harmony and attempts to create discordant mayhem. It still has some decent melodic bits but he has no regard for the elements of his music that made it successful and beloved.
I don’t see it as a triumph in experiemental music the same way I do What’s The New Mary Jane or Revolution 9 . John and Yoko lean into the disruptive, unpleasant, and abrasive sounds with purpose, Paul I believe doesn’t truly have a taste for the outright harsh sounds that are featured on the most avant garde pieces of The White Album .
The result of his experimentation when he allows for his natural sense for melody and structure to be featured: He is tremendously successful. Helter Skelter is an overwhelming sucess for Paul pushing boundaries and taking risks with his approach to creating. I think Wild Honey Pie fails to do what What’s The New Mary Jane succeeds at, while also failing to stand on its own feet as a song the way Helter Skelter does. In both cases Paul is willing to take unorthodox appraches to songs, and maybe one day the perception of Paul’s ear for avant garde music will change with the release of Carnival Of Light
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2.07am
7 November 2022
Offline I just find this song to be enormously satisfying, from start to finish, like a scrumptious, juicy, delicious snack. I don’t know what wavelength other fans are on, but to me, that’s where the rubber meets the road in terms of a “good song”.
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10.23am
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Offline I don’t mind it. It’s only a filler, but it does turn quite McCartney with the final “I love you.”
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12.17pm
14 June 2016
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I just find this song to be enormously satisfying, from start to finish, like a scrumptious, juicy, delicious snack. I don’t know what wavelength other fans are on, but to me, that’s where the rubber meets the road in terms of a “good song”.
Agree with this, it’s a bit of fun. It works well as an interlude on a big tracklist.
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