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The Beatles — I'm Only Sleeping
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 13:49
 
Great song! John was fanatically into thumbing it to whatever The Establishment considered the norm. I loved The Vines' version of it, too!

agd3
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 00:55
 
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 
You will like Alt-J.

agd3
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 00:53
 
If it's Revolver, then it's a 10.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 13:20
 
If we don't consider about 99.36% of all other songs ever recorded, this one isn't very good.   {#Good-vibes}

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 13:14
 
There's no need !

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 21:27
 
 flutgos wrote:
Underrated
 
Totally. Maybe some day these guys will get the recognition they deserve.  {#Wink}

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 21:22
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 16:07
 
gosh what a sweet song

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 14:30
 
 QueenLucia wrote:
I wonder what happend to Romeotuna.  Do you think he got kicked out of his hotel room for too much dancing?
 
Romeotuma is no longer. He is now known as Lazarus. He has a church in said room and is recuiting Radio Paradise members to join. I am starting a list and will post at a later date. All in can send me a private message that I will pass on to the minister. {#Wave}

three_crows
(In the trees and hills of Geauga County, Ohio, USA)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 13:52
 
 QueenLucia wrote:
I wonder what happend to Romeotuna.  Do you think he got kicked out of his hotel room for too much dancing?
 
A while later and I'm left wondering the same thing.

owchita
(On the banks)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 07:48
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Nice!
 
German understatement ?

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 23:44
 
Nice!

rascal
(Toronto)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 20:24
 
This song comes on and suddenly the sound quality leaps out. Different source?...vinyl/analogue?..sure was nice.

QueenLucia
(The dark side of the moon)
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 14:57
 
I wonder what happend to Romeotuna.  Do you think he got kicked out of his hotel room for too much dancing?

capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 04:29
 
I love the nice woody sound of Paul's Hofner bass with flat wound strings, a set up that he continues to use to this day.

bluejay08003
Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 19:04
 
Here's some context:  The Billboard Year-End Hot 100 for 1966.  The Beatles tracks on this list are, in ascending order, "Yellow Submarine" (96), "Nowhere Man" (90), "Paperback Writer" (28), and "We Can Work It Out" (16).  There's no question that "I'm Only Sleeping" stands out as different from these four tracks as well as pretty much everything else on that list.  The backmasking on this track (remember, decades before digital, and pretty innovative with audiotape) may not be a sound you like, but it makes it stand apart, even today.  

kcar
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 23:31
 
 RonCo wrote:
If it wasn't the Beatles this song wouldn't exist.  Some things you just can't separate.  Context is just that.  And context is ... valuable.
 
Maybe so, but I love it anyway. You also have to wonder how many other good-to-great works this song inspired, even though it might not have aired without being played by the Beatles. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:32
 
 flutgos wrote:
Underrated
 
{#Confused} huh?

avatar71
(Sebastopol, CA)
Posted: Aug 19, 2012 - 11:40
 
Good luck separating the phenomenon from the context...

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 19:30
 
Put it in it's context and it's got very high production values wrapped around a simple tune. Mind you, I did buy the original UK (extra tracks) LP in the day.

dave3ld
(What a great station!)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 08:30
 
I don't care that it's the Beatles. John wrote many songs that were better than this. This one is overly simple, repetitive and is ultimately uninteresting. Heroics in the studio can't save it! I give it a 3.



RonCo
(Columbus, IN)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 11:27
 
If it wasn't the Beatles this song wouldn't exist.  Some things you just can't separate.  Context is just that.  And context is ... valuable.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 11:26
 


wonderful...

ziakut
(The Windy City)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 09:14
 
 TJS wrote:

If this song wasn't the Beatles no one would like it.

 
Though I like the song, regardless...I think you've touched on a point. Such like the tune 'Within You Without You' off of Sgt. Pepper. It's rated high...and no one would rate it that high if it wasn't Beatles.

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 09:12
 

If this song wasn't the Beatles no one would like it.



d48m02h1918
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 09:11
 
 buddy wrote:
The greatest Beatles album of all time.
 
ABSOLUTELY........!!  {#Yes}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 09:10
 


Everybody in my hotel room misses John Lennon...  we love this song...

 

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 09:10
 
one of my favs off the album "Buddy Holly '66"    
{#Bananajam} 

buddy
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 17:57
 
The greatest Beatles album of all time.

rpdevotee
Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 23:08
 
Wow!  45 years ago!

Notice the backwards guitar...all analog mixing! 

Davie
(Lisburn)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 07:29
 
Masterful.

flutgos
(Centerville, OH)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 07:28
 
Underrated

Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 08:18
 
This one goes up to "11"

rashad
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 15:31
 
Yes, Sgt Pepper's, Abbey Road...you name it... were wonderful albums - but to me this is the essential Beatles.
It is the one that I reach for when I haven't listened to them for a while.
I just believe this is at the core of what made their music timeless.


Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 18:38
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

I (finally) got the mono box set last week, and the first thing I put on was this album, which I'd first bought—in mono of course—in the summer of '66. IMHO, most of the songs on this album would be hits if it were released today.

 
Congrats! Got mine for Christmas last year and it's sitting right here on my desk. I uploaded the disks into iTunes for my devices and stereo. I also renamed the albums by prepending the year each was produced (with an a and b for several that came out in same years) so they sort in chronological vs. alphabetical order by album name. (I could have done this with a smart playlist, too.) Anyway, it's interesting to see how they evolved over a brief time. Quite amazing, actually. One of the things I'm thankful for is to have had my "formative years" during the Beatles peak reign.


GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 18:28
 
Wow! what foreshadowing! John is only sleeping... if only there wasn't that Revolver involved... =S


bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 11:45
 
 audiophelia wrote:
So Simple, So Beautiful and Perfect! *Happy*
 

Exactly so. {#Yes}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 21:41
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
 

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 07:02
 
 bachbeet wrote:
"1966? Really? How far out (ahead) of time are (were) these guys?
Simply Amazing"

Yes, they were.  As an even earlier example, they used key changes in "If I Fell."  They weren't afraid to try doing things that weren't necessarily done (at least in Rock).
 
I (finally) got the mono box set last week, and the first thing I put on was this album, which I'd first bought—in mono of course—in the summer of '66. IMHO, most of the songs on this album would be hits if it were released today.


Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 02:16
 
Love the backwards guitar solo!

terrapin52
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 02:16
 
Cool!  A Beatles song written for me.  :P

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 18:49
 


love it!
 


emh
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 13:53
 
Eh.  Probably my favorite Beatles album, but never cared much for this track.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 17:32
 


great song from a seminal album...  love it...



kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 17:43
 
 Cynaera wrote:
This is not one of my favorite songs. In fact, I've only heard it once, and I was okay with never hearing it again. The Beatles did a lot of throwaway songs to complete recording contracts and placate critics. Our mission (should we choose to accept it) is to pick through all the Beatles music being presented and try to find what was actual, heartfelt artistic music and separate it from the total, bullshit mockery music.  Or, get lives and not care much about what's played here and how it does or doesn't fit into our criteria of what's good and bad.

I'd love to stick around and debate this, but I have to cook dinner and decide what to wear to work tomorrow.
 
For once, I have to disagree with you Cynaera.  This is not a throwaway song, it's misleadingly simple with a great deal of depth, a quietly dark piece. I think John was supposed to be going through a deep depression at the time he was writing for this album.



adroc
(slightly left of centre)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 08:39
 
 Cynaera wrote:
This is not one of my favorite songs. In fact, I've only heard it once, and I was okay with never hearing it again. The Beatles did a lot of throwaway songs to complete recording contracts and placate critics. Our mission (should we choose to accept it) is to pick through all the Beatles music being presented and try to find what was actual, heartfelt artistic music and separate it from the total, bullshit mockery music.  Or, get lives and not care much about what's played here and how it does or doesn't fit into our criteria of what's good and bad.

I'd love to stick around and debate this, but I have to cook dinner and decide what to wear to work tomorrow.
 
Curious about three things: 1.  How recording "throw away songs" would help placate critics.  2.  How does "getting lives" preclude us from debating the artistic merit of music? 3.  What did you end up cooking and wearing the following day?


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 29, 2011 - 16:37
 
This is not one of my favorite songs. In fact, I've only heard it once, and I was okay with never hearing it again. The Beatles did a lot of throwaway songs to complete recording contracts and placate critics. Our mission (should we choose to accept it) is to pick through all the Beatles music being presented and try to find what was actual, heartfelt artistic music and separate it from the total, bullshit mockery music.  Or, get lives and not care much about what's played here and how it does or doesn't fit into our criteria of what's good and bad.

I'd love to stick around and debate this, but I have to cook dinner and decide what to wear to work tomorrow.

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:27
 

Playing The Beatles after Neil Young? Blasphemy! Hope Gryn's not listening.{#Fire}



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:27
 
Another great tune off of one of my favorite all time albums!{#Notworthy}

myersei
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 17:58
 
 ziakut wrote:
God, I miss John Lennon. Without him The Beatles would not have had a slight darkness that kept them balanced. They would have only been happy, poppy tunes like Penny Lane etc. Even 'A Day In The Life' has that solemn melancholy sound...and then breaks for the Paul McCartney middle eight section...well I'm not knocking PM...I just love Lennon's contributions so much more.

you know, i'm not really a fan of Lennon or McCarney's solo stuff, but together they were magic.