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The Beatles — And Your Bird Can Sing
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 23, 2013 - 12:24
 

Shazam!  Love it!  Amen!

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: May 20, 2013 - 18:28
 
Both The Jam and Guadalcanal Diary took a swing at recording this one.  It's a great song.


It's on this Jam album, which is their posthumous "Odds and Sods" collection Polydor put out 10 years after Weller & Co. called it quits.  It's quite a great collection of 26 songs (including some demos of a few hits). 




Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 09:24
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 09:12
 
One of my 10 fav Beatles songs. And there are a lot of songs that vy for the 10. 

softjeans
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 22:05
 
 Lakeview wrote:
I wonder if this is one of those songs you need to hear in the context of the whole album. On its own it's not turning my crank. Ho Hum

 
Don't think so. It's a good song but on this spectacular record easy
to overlook.
segueman
(Spring, TX)
Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 12:38
 
 max_p wrote:
go George!
 
And Paul!  Harmony guitar lines!

Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion)
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 15:00
 
 psg wrote:
I keep hearing "You don't get meat"
 
Well, how can you get any meat if you don't eat your pudding?

psg
(Ottawa)
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 06:16
 
I keep hearing "You don't get meat"

max_p
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 13:07
 
go George!

dave216j
(DC)
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 15:03
 
Pretty staggering that this is maybe the 50th or 60th best Beatles tune, written in about a 6 year stretch...and it's still a 9 from this jury...

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 15:03
 
Wow. What a segue from Bobby 'Blue' Bland. BTW, listen to McCartney's bass on this one. Guy was friggin' amazing.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 15:03
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
One of my favorite guitar songs of any Beatles tune.
 
i'm with you.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 19:12
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Rocking all the time. And yeah, the room is big. Oh - and I heard a rumor that there's a rollercoaster on the roof of the building.  Or maybe it was an Olympic-sized swimming pool.  I keep forgetting... {#Whistle}
 
Miss you, Ann...

rest in peace... 

Rottinger
(Madrid, Spain)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 00:05
 
 Baketown wrote:
What  a great bass line!
 
Agreed! Shame it's hard to hear it properly...Good excuse to turn up the volume ;)



RoelantSiekman
(Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 00:05
 
Heard the version on Anthology? Even more fun than this one. Fantastic song, indeed one of their better ones. (9/10)

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 07:35
 
 Proclivities wrote:

That guitar sound (as well as the solo sound from "Nowhere Man") can be replicated (approximately) with a delay and/or harmonizer effects pedal.  This is one of my absolute favorite Beatles' songs.

 
Yeah, I think he did it with a neat combination of effects, including at least a delay and flanger. Regardless, Pugh's ability to recreate that sound on stage was uncanny. I wonder how The Fab Faux do it? That's Will Lee's group. Maybe two guitars, hm?

Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 06:48
 
I see a word. The word is "medication". Not sure why....

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 10:00
 
 johnjconn wrote:


How big is your hotel room?
Must be one rocking place
 
Oh, it is a luxury suite...

my womens kicked off their shoes and starting dancing when this song started...

 

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:23
 
Simply one of their best.

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:23
 
What  a great bass line!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 17:11
 
Have to stop and sing along.

suesblues
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 02:25
 
never heard this song before, but I love it, sounds so fresh and contemporary (well like those brit pop bands.....like the beatles) {#Music}

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 12:08
 
 johnjconn wrote:


How big is your hotel room?
Must be one rocking place
 
Rocking all the time. And yeah, the room is big. Oh - and I heard a rumor that there's a rollercoaster on the roof of the building.  Or maybe it was an Olympic-sized swimming pool.  I keep forgetting... {#Whistle}

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 12:02
 
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 
 

How big is your hotel room?
Must be one rocking place

tclodes
(the ether)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 17:18
 
I read that when Danny Gatton learned to play this song, he assumed it was only one guitar playing the lead riff. He was that awesome.


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 17:11
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I want this on my MP3 player. I just love this song - those guitars ring like the best bird-song ever heard, so pure and harmonious. One of my absolute favorite Beatles songs.
 
{#Yes}


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 17:11
 


awesome...  love it...
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 30, 2011 - 21:10
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 18:16
 
I want this on my MP3 player. I just love this song - those guitars ring like the best bird-song ever heard, so pure and harmonious. One of my absolute favorite Beatles songs.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 18:14
 


Absolutely brilliant...  this song is still as great as it was the day this album was released...



SinisterDexter
Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 08:23
 
One of my favorite guitar songs of any Beatles tune.

kcar
Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 22:45
 
 Rooney wrote:


I hardly ever took Beatle songs in context.  If it was a good song, it was a good song, regardless of the flow of the album.  I never concerned myself with thoughts like :  gee, does this fit or not.  Having said that I find the harmony and guitar solo on this song astoundingly good.  One could make that argument for almost all of their albums.  Anyway, this song got a 10 from me and deserved it.  You should hear them laugh and giggle through it on their out-takes.  Sonofabitch that was a great guitar solo. 
 
Well put. As it was, this came out during the very early days of the "album" concept—IIRC some people say Revolver was the first real instance of it.  Even if you don't think all the songs fit together well, you should regard each song on its own. These days, people don't even think of CDs as albums anymore. 

And yes that guitar solo rocked. They all sound like they're having fun. Given how much time John, Paul and George played together in Hamburg, they had every reason to sound great.  

zeelandhills
Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 22:39
 
 jimbaca wrote:
Oh, the guitar!
 

oh, the voice(s)!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 29, 2011 - 06:59
 
 johnjconn wrote:
so is the crabs
 Are the crabs. Several boats are getting catchy with the crabs just beyond my window as I type this. I know that's not your reference, but I'm moving it to a much tastier plane, as this song deserves!


johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 17:47
 
 zataomm7 wrote:
So ... damn ... catchy ...
 
so is the crabs


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 17:46
 
Yesterday....

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 05:00
 
 Stingray wrote:
I love the BEATLES - truely!
But always had very mixed emotions about "REVOLVER".
Never let this album into my heart!
Can anybody tell me why...? Maybe?
 

I cannot help you, it is probably my 2nd favorite Beatle album after Abbey Road of course.{#Lol}

jimbaca
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 16:29
 
Oh, the guitar!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 16:29
 
 Rooney wrote:


I hardly ever took Beatle songs in context.  If it was a good song, it was a good song, regardless of the flow of the album.  I never concerned myself with thoughts like :  gee, does this fit or not.  Having said that I find the harmony and guitar solo on this song astoundingly good.  One could make that argument for almost all of their albums.  Anyway, this song got a 10 from me and deserved it.  You should hear them laugh and giggle through it on their out-takes.  Sonofabitch that was a great guitar solo. 
 
What a great comment, Rooney.  I absolutely love this song, for the same reasons you cited.  I wish George and John were still with us - a Beatles reunion could possibly restore the spirit of a despondent, disillusioned world...


zataomm7
(MI)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 22:20
 
So ... damn ... catchy ...

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 11:30
 
 socalhol wrote:
 pdemeester wrote:
I wonder if this is one of those songs you need to hear in the context of the whole album. On its own it's not turning my crank. Ho Hum

  I concur
 

I hardly ever took Beatle songs in context.  If it was a good song, it was a good song, regardless of the flow of the album.  I never concerned myself with thoughts like :  gee, does this fit or not.  Having said that I find the harmony and guitar solo on this song astoundingly good.  One could make that argument for almost all of their albums.  Anyway, this song got a 10 from me and deserved it.  You should hear them laugh and giggle through it on their out-takes.  Sonofabitch that was a great guitar solo. 

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 12:12
 
 pdemeester wrote:
I wonder if this is one of those songs you need to hear in the context of the whole album. On its own it's not turning my crank. Ho Hum

  I concur



crnkan
(Pleasant Hill, Mo)
Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 12:12
 
I believe I read once that John did not like this song that he wrote. For me I am glad he did!!

nini
(Bahgdad by the Bay)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 09:06
 
Same here, and I'm American.  Plus, I always want to hear "If I Needed Someone" right afterwards.  For me, those two songs just seem to belong together.

 kaybee wrote:
Being Canadian, it's odd for me to hear this and see the Revolver album posted and not Yesterday and Today. 


 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 09:03
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Yep. 10. No explanations or justifications.
 


Indeed...  we be dancing...  great song...

 

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 15:58
 

At McCartney's ear, a some parasite  is watching you %username% {#Wink}

McCartney's ear




Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 17, 2010 - 21:03
 
Give a listen to the out-take of this song.  Paul starts getting into a fit of giggles, and then John joins him.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 22:36
 
I could listen to this a zillion times and still love it and want to hear it again. Thank you, RP.{#Notworthy}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 22:08
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is absolutely marvelous...

 
 
Yep. 10. No explanations or justifications.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 22:00
 


This song is absolutely marvelous...