algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: Apr 13, 2006 - 08:59 | |
That first guitar chord.....and you know without a shadow of a doubt which song it is. Amazing!!!
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Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 06:04 | |
I am reading the biography of the Beatles that came out right before Christmas. Great book, really enjoying it. Interestingly, read about this song last night. Towards the end of the filming of A Hard Day's Night, the producers realized they had no song to play over the credits. So they sort of "drew straws" to see who had to go tell John Lennon not only thatthey needed one more song (everyone was pretty frazzled at this point of things)but the song "had" to be called "A Hard Day's Night," because that was already the name of the movie.
Lennon, contrary to expectations did not explode when this request was made late one evening. The next morning the person (can't remember exactly who it was) that had made the request got a summons from John Lennon. When he went in to see him (expecting to get chewed out), Lennon handed him a scrap of paper with this song on it and told him in no uncertain terms not to ask him for any more songs.
The book also talks about the chord that starts the song, which was added by George Harrison.
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Geecheeboy
(buried under paperwork) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 06:02 | |
I love the counterpoint of Lennon's and McCartney's voices alternating, then blending in harmony. What a nice song. I remember the first time I recognized this tennis match of voices: it was on a southern textile mill factory floor about 1978 where i was grinding my young life down supporting a family and going to school... this song came on the loud-speakers and I stopped what I was doing and just listened in amazement, having never before recognized the difference in voices.
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valtouf
(La Chapelle de la Tour, France) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 06:01 | |
Darrooon wrote:Fun when you can recognize a song by the very first 1/2 second note/chord.
I'd even say great !
  
Tiiiigh yeaaaaaah
More cowbell !!! |
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apd
(Toronto, On) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 14:33 | |
trekhead wrote:
Peter Sellers the actor?! If so, what is that from?
Sellers recorded it in the style of Laurence Olivier as Shakespeare's Richard III. Olivier had recorded the opening monologue of the play ("this is the winter of our discontent") as a single (and it was a hit in Britain!) and Sellers decided to mash them up, god bless his twisted little mind.
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dolfan
(Kingsland, Ga.) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 14:27 | |
The first Beatles' song I ever heard 'round about 1968 or so (or was it "I Wanna Hold Your Hand?). I've thought they were cool ever since. |
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pianocomposer
(USA) | | Posted: Jan 15, 2006 - 06:30 | |
DisplacedNorthrnr wrote:
I used to be of the same mindset. Then a friend of mine suggested that I pick up the white album and listen to it from beginning to end. After that I gained a whole new appreciation for the rest of their music. Not sure what flipped the switch.
The "old beatles" pre Rubber soul sound old school to me (I was born about that time, circa 1963). But I LOVE LOVE the stuff that came after, especially Sgt. Peppers, Abbey Road, The White Album and the other grand experiments that created the movement now known as alternative rock. McCartney's newest album is much in the same vein. Introspective, less positive, but soul-searching. It's too bad he and Lennon stopped collaborating, but they had to become themselves without each other.
"You say you want a revolution...?" With the Beatles, you got the real thing! |
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2005 - 16:26 | |
The percussion on this is really great. In particular, Ringo's got some sort of galloping sound (bongos, maybe?) that come in every so often. It really gives the song momentum.
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willmcnaught
(Eugene Oregon) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:44 | |
People need to distinguish that each album should be taken on their own merit and the time that they were released. From the "pop" early stuff to their later works was a constant transition. Also some need to lighten up-- When the Beatles and the many other groups of that era came out it was NEW! , new in many ways, fans, media coverage, politics, etc etc--We didn't have the many many ways we have now for entertainment, it was a bigger deal then. Sorry had to get this off my chest!  |
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RParadise
(New York, NY) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:39 | |
Mugro wrote:
That is exactly it. I was only around for the last couple albums (born in 1969), but this is surely the reason that the earlier work doesn't resonate with you.
When I was growing up, you could not spin the dial without hearing a Beatles song on at least one station at any time day or night. The Beatles were the gold standard like no other band has been since. Stations that are now "alternative" used to play the Beatles regularly as part of their playlist, because their songs were still only 10-15 years old at the time.
However, I am glad that the Beatles are played more sparingly now. It helps us appreciate them more. Although I was a devoted fan, I forced myself to avoid listening to the Beatles for a good 5 years because I was getting so sick of hearing them constantly. It was a healthy move, because now I can appreciate them again as the true pioneers that they were.
It is hard, though, not having been an adult when they arrived on the scene to truly put the Beatles into the context of their time. They really did revolutionize the pop scene in a way that had never been seen before, and certainly not since.
If you want to try a really time-consuming and perhaps futile experiment, get copies of the Top 40 charts from the two or three years before the Beatles arrived and listen to the top hits. Then just listen to Meet The Beatles. I guarantee you that while you may not suddenly think those early songs are now polished diamonds, you will certainly hear the difference in quality, in harmonics, in beat, in song structure, in the use of vocal chords which weren't being used until they first appeared in the Beatles' performances. It may be true that "you had to be there", but like any revolution, it can be appreciated even today if you understand what came before and what came after. |
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sonasona
(Off the coast of Mahabalipuram) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:36 | |
MikeWC wrote:I really have no idea why the Beatles are so popular. I understand their place in music history, they're certainly one of the most important bands ever... but they just don't do anything for my ears. The lyrics are syrup and the music is pop. Groundbreaking pop... but it's dated.
Finally, someone else who understands. I completely agree. |
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GoldenBoy
(Queens) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:36 | |
thewiseking wrote:great nostalgia, but really only works on that level, like most of the beatles repertoire.
So wrong.  |
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kazuma
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:36 | |
This first time I ever heard this song was on an album called "Chipmunk A-Go-Go". I admit it ... I was a little out of the loop as a kid.
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meghan89
(between 2 vertices) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:36 | |
OneRuler wrote: MORE COWBELL!!!!
YES!!! |
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Darrooon
(177 mi south of Paradise) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 09:35 | |
Fun when you can recognize a song by the very first 1/2 second note/chord.
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Mark1970
(Grayson, GA) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 12:01 | |
fab4fan wrote:This is a great early rock hit of The Beatles even though it was recorded a year before I was born!  :D So if the song had been recorded the year you were born or after, then it wouldn't have been a great rock hit???? LOL....
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thewiseking
(New York, New York) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:02 | |
great nostalgia, but really only works on that level, like most of the beatles repertoire.
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DisplacedNorthrnr
(whereIBiswhereIM) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:02 | |
MikeWC wrote:I really have no idea why the Beatles are so popular. I understand their place in music history, they're certainly one of the most important bands ever... but they just don't do anything for my ears. The lyrics are syrup and the music is pop. Groundbreaking pop... but it's dated.
I used to be of the same mindset. Then a friend of mine suggested that I pick up the white album and listen to it from beginning to end. After that I gained a whole new appreciation for the rest of their music. Not sure what flipped the switch. |
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:02 | |
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:As one who wasn't around until a couple years before Lenon died, I don't have the perspective of being blown away by their earlier songs. I grew up with them, but they never really hit me as being that special. "She loves you yeah yeah yeah"?! Give me a break! I am sure they were huge at the time and have only been diminished by decades of immitations. Their Rubber-Soul and later songs, on the other hand, hit me hard as a kid, and still do.
That is exactly it. I was only around for the last couple albums (born in 1969), but this is surely the reason that the earlier work doesn't resonate with you.
When I was growing up, you could not spin the dial without hearing a Beatles song on at least one station at any time day or night. The Beatles were the gold standard like no other band has been since. Stations that are now "alternative" used to play the Beatles regularly as part of their playlist, because their songs were still only 10-15 years old at the time.
However, I am glad that the Beatles are played more sparingly now. It helps us appreciate them more. Although I was a devoted fan, I forced myself to avoid listening to the Beatles for a good 5 years because I was getting so sick of hearing them constantly. It was a healthy move, because now I can appreciate them again as the true pioneers that they were.
It is hard, though, not having been an adult when they arrived on the scene to truly put the Beatles into the context of their time. They really did revolutionize the pop scene in a way that had never been seen before, and certainly not since. |
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marie_pain
(Mexico City) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:01 | |
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fab4fan
(US) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2005 - 20:47 | |
This is a great early rock hit of The Beatles even though it was recorded a year before I was born! :D |
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ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle WA) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2005 - 18:10 | |
As one who wasn't around until a couple years before Lenon died, I don't have the perspective of being blown away by their earlier songs. I grew up with them, but they never really hit me as being that special. "She loves you yeah yeah yeah"?! Give me a break! I am sure they were huge at the time and have only been diminished by decades of immitations.
Their Rubber-Soul and later songs, on the other hand, hit me hard as a kid, and still do.
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Johray63
(Behind my Apple in Meppel) | | Posted: Nov 20, 2004 - 10:11 | |
trekhead wrote:
Peter Sellers the actor?! If so, what isthat from?
He reads the lyrics like they're a Shakespeare play or something. Very funny and well done. |
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johndmessner
(Carmichael, CA) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 16:56 | |
Not in the top tier??? The song is wonderful. I also love the rest of the song, not just the opening chord.
Shimmer wrote:Not in the top tier of Beatles songs, but I'm certainly not going to complain. I do love the opening chord, though.
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OneRuler
(, CA) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 15:09 | |
ah crap ... just realized red5_bc beat me to it. Ah well ... it's worth saying more than once!
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OneRuler
(, CA) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 15:08 | |
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 15:07 | |
Not in the top tier of Beatles songs, but I'm certainly not going to complain. I do love the opening chord, though.
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Danny_G
(Lima) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 15:06 | |
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RichardPrins
(Ω³) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2004 - 18:12 | |
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jberko
(Franklin, TN) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 11:25 | |
Sweet music, sweet band, sweet time in life.
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