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The Beatles — Blue Jay Way
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jnhashmi
(Manhattan Beach/Los Angeles)
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 11:40
 
An actual street in L.A. where George was renting a house when he wrote the song. Same house where Paul Simon would later write the first two verses of "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

I drove up into the hills looking for it the other day. Fun.



aquadonia
(Green Bay, WI)
Posted: Oct 20, 2007 - 22:06
 
GNGRBRDMN wrote:
I can vouch that this song works best while listening under the conditions in which it was conceived: tripping.




orpheus
(pacific northwest, finally!!!)
Posted: Oct 20, 2007 - 22:06
 

GNGRBRDMN
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Oct 20, 2007 - 22:05
 
I can vouch that this song works best while listening under the conditions in which it was conceived: tripping.
crinky
(New England)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:45
 
jlind wrote:
Worst ever Beatles song? First time I've heard something from them I didn't like.

Let me first say that I love this entire album. It was the first record I ever bought. But, listening to this song on headphones now, I see how odd the production is. Maybe the mono mix was better as was usually the case at that time since most people didn't have stereo record players in 1967.
Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:43
 
Ian911299 wrote:

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. They were all great! (though I haven't heard enough of Ringo's work to judge him fairly, but I've liked everything I've heard from him so far)

George was underrated during the Beatles years. When he released All Things Must Pass he poured out three discs full of material, much of which he wrote when he was allowed only one or two songs per Beatles album. In retrospect, George was a magnificent songwriter. Think of Abbey Road without Something or Here Comes the Sun.
denisbider
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:42
 
Awfully annoying. Turning the volume all the way down didn't help. Made me want to turn off the radio completely.
BigDaddy_PA
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:42
 
Another one of those off-beat, rarely heard Beatle tunes that are absolutely awesome! Merely the fact that you don't hear it very much makes me like it even more. Yesterday it was "Hey Bulldog" on RP, today this one... I'm liking it!
QueenLucia
(Corner of the USA)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:40
 
Ian911299 wrote:
You can never get enough Beatles!


Hear Hear!! I sure can't!!
jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:38
 
Worst ever Beatles song? First time I've heard something from them I didn't like.
MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 12:38
 


No
joyjoy
(DC)
Posted: Jul 18, 2007 - 14:59
 
This is the longest, trippiest song I've heard in awhile.
gopre
Posted: Jul 18, 2007 - 14:58
 
alwyas thought this was a toss off by George. Not one of his better ones.
Pyro
Posted: Jul 18, 2007 - 14:58
 
I think it's amazing that they could sound this "trippy" in the mid to late 60's. Thanks to George Martin, the "fab four" stayed WAY ahead of their time.
Ian911299
Posted: May 04, 2006 - 18:27
 
BC_Night_Heron wrote:
Most Beatles songs have long since worn out their welcome due to the weariness of being heard to often. This one not only still sounds good, it basks in the delicious ambiguity Dmax spotlights.
Another statement I need to disagree with. You can never get enough Beatles!
Ian911299
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 - 21:51
 
drover wrote:
Yet another illustration that George was the best songwriter of the bunch.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. They were all great! (though I haven't heard enough of Ringo's work to judge him fairly, but I've liked everything I've heard from him so far)
drover
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 05, 2005 - 13:59
 
rolo wrote:
" ... Now, it's past my bed, I know


and I'd really like to go ....... "


----- Sleep Well, George -----

Hear hear.
Relayer
(Oviedo, FL)
Posted: Nov 11, 2002 - 09:05
 
:???:

This song sucks? No way! Some of the comments below sound like they came from a Britney Spears fansite message board. Its the Beatles; even their worst song contains more talent that just about every other group's entire library!
BC_Night_Heron
(St. Cloud, Fl)
Posted: Nov 01, 2002 - 03:15
 
Most Beatles songs have long since worn out their welcome due to the weariness of being heard to often. This one not only still sounds good, it basks in the delicious ambiguity Dmax spotlights.
eschica
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Oct 11, 2002 - 15:59
 
"Classic Rock" seems to translate to 24-hour Pantera...
TheLoneIguana
(Fresno, CA)
Posted: Aug 21, 2002 - 13:33
 
I requested this on the local "Classic Rock" station once... got a few seconds of confused silence on the other end, then, "That's a Beatles song?"
Oy. One of those yet moments...
ndanger666
(Hackensack, NJ)
Posted: Aug 21, 2002 - 13:33
 
Originally Posted by TheLoneIguana:
Even a "marginal" Beatles song is light years ahead of most other songs :D



Why, when they put their mind to it, they can suck with the best of them. (This is a good example)
johndmessner
(Carmichael, CA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2002 - 17:09
 
Originally Posted by drover:
Yet another illustration that George was the best songwriter of the bunch.


Huh?
TheLoneIguana
(Fresno, CA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2002 - 16:28
 
Even a "marginal" Beatles song is light years ahead of most other songs :D

Originally Posted by roguewarer:
Not one of the better Beatles cuts. Marginal at best.

roguewarer
(Bloomfield, MI)
Posted: Jul 01, 2002 - 11:35
 
Not one of the better Beatles cuts. Marginal at best.
drover
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jul 01, 2002 - 11:34
 
Yet another illustration that George was the best songwriter of the bunch.
(former member)
(Shadow Valley Condos)
Posted: Apr 14, 2002 - 17:57
 
"Don't be long
Don't belong..."
CandoLex
(Lexington, MI)
Posted: Jan 31, 2002 - 19:32
 
One of my all time favorites. Thanks Bill!
red
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2001 - 19:43
 
George is on another level of the Magical Mystery Tour...
rolo
(New Orleans, LA)
Posted: Nov 30, 2001 - 13:53
 
" ... Now, it's past my bed, I know


and I'd really like to go ....... "


----- Sleep Well, George -----Edited By rolo at 1:58 pm on 11/30/2001