 Magical Mystery Tour (1967) [ larger cover art ] |
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You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello.
I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye)
Hello, hello
(Hello, goodbye)
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
(Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye)
Hello, hello
(Hello, goodbye)
I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello, goodbye)
I say hello.
Why, why, why, why, why, why
Do you say goodbye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello.
You say yes
(I say yes)
I say no
(But I may mean no)
You say stop
(I can stay)
But I say go, go, go
(Till it's time to go)
Oh
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello-whoa-whoa
Hello-o-o
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (cha uh-cha uh-cha)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (whoo-oo)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (hey-la)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (cha cha cha)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (whoo-hoo)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (cha cha)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah (cha cha)
Hey-la, hey-ba-hello-ah
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 18:57 BLADERUNNER wrote: Back in the day, i had every single Beatle album and single.......and this is the only one to have survived all the upgrades and purges, and remains in my treasured vinyl collection. a sublime work of art. Yes, this is a fine Beatles album. It may not be their best, but I never understood why so many think Magical Mystery Tour is a lesser album. If I remember correctly, it didn't do as well as Sargent Pepper when it came out and the critics really slammed it, but I think it has aged well. | |||||
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 12:02 Takes me back to 'da day when they spelled PSYCHODELIC with an "O" instead of an "E" | |||||
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 11:36 LongGoneDaddy wrote: pop fluff? like "I wanna hold your hand"? Wrong era LongGoneDaddy. At least "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was a direct lyric. This one bounces aimlessly in a systematic roundabout of simplistic jargon. Just not for me so much and don't understand why it has such a high rating. | |||||
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 07:03 ziakut wrote: This doesn't deserve such a high rating. Ok, ok...it's The Beatles....but c'mon! It's pop fluff of theirs. pop fluff? like "I wanna hold your hand"? | |||||
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:42 This doesn't deserve such a high rating. Ok, ok...it's The Beatles....but c'mon! It's pop fluff of theirs. | |||||
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:37 OOmcha OOmcha | |||||
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 09:00 RobRyan wrote: I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically.  The lyrics are pretty silly. Apparently, even John Lennon called the lyrics "three minutes of contradictions and meaningless juxtapositions", but the melody is far from "ho-hum" - to me. | |||||
| BLADERUNNER (Port City on the Cape Fear) | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 08:19 billbangert wrote: It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP. Maybe you had to grow up listening to this to appreciate it even more now-a-days. For those who do not see the value of RP, i say good riddance to ye. | |||||
| BLADERUNNER (Port City on the Cape Fear) | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 08:02 Back in the day, i had every single Beatle album and single.......and this is the only one to have survived all the upgrades and purges, and remains in my treasured vinyl collection. a sublime work of art. | |||||
| cdnabroad (Monterey, CA) | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 14:58  | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 21:31 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... | |||||
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 14:33 I was living in Iceland when this song came out. It always brings back memories of a beautiful country and even more beautiful women. | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 21:04 crnkan wrote: I had a Mercury Cougar! Cool! I love this song... | |||||
| linzie | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 21:00 Is there a reason I can hear any song from these guys, at any time, and never dislike it? | |||||
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 13:59 kaybee wrote: I never understood why so many people (many of them staunch Beatles fans) disliked this album. I've always liked it. And you have to admit, "Strawberry Fields", "Penny Lane" and "I Am the Walrus" are neither trite nor ho-hum. (However, I am ashamed to admit I used to like "Baby You're a Rich Man", which really does suck poo!) I've always preferred this album to all their others, even Sgt Pepper. I can remember buying the 45s of this backed with "I Am The Walrus" and a few months later, "Penny Lane" backed with "Strawberry Fields" came out. I've always thought those two 45s were the peak of the Flower Power era of rock. | |||||
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 13:59 Good song. Great album. Same year as Disraeli Gears and Surrealistic Pillow... What a decade-! So much music and so many new artist's doing great work.... No mush-sounds all seeming the same. | |||||
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 14:48 Balthazar wrote: Exactly! And I owned almost all of their LPs. But this song was ho-hum even in my elementary school. I never understood why so many people (many of them staunch Beatles fans) disliked this album. I've always liked it. And you have to admit, "Strawberry Fields", "Penny Lane" and "I Am the Walrus" are neither trite nor ho-hum. (However, I am ashamed to admit I used to like "Baby You're a Rich Man", which really does suck poo!) | |||||
| Balthazar (Ljubljana, SI) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:31 RobRyan wrote: I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. Exactly! And I owned almost all of their LPs. But this song was ho-hum even in my elementary school. | |||||
| crnkan (Pleasant Hill, Mo) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:31 romeotuma wrote: 1967— a great year for The Beatles and Mercury Cougars... I had a Mercury Cougar! | |||||
| frank-peter (Siegen / Germany) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:29 Bill was meaning me? | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:28 1967— a great year for The Beatles and Mercury Cougars... | |||||
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:27 billbangert wrote: It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP. The reason why The Beatles are so transcendent is that they are impervious to overplay, I am saddened for you that you do not recognize their greatness.  | |||||
| crnkan (Pleasant Hill, Mo) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 11:26 HELA! | |||||
| flapser | Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 10:58 billbangert wrote: It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.  | |||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 19:45  The Fab Beatles Hello Goodbye by rising70 http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/ . | |||||
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 13:28 window wrote: In other words, "My acceptance of this free service is of such a high value that I can influence the programming by announcing that I'm tuning out." To which much be said: "Get over yourself." WORD!  | |||||
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:37 billbangert wrote: It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP. In other words, "My acceptance of this free service is of such a high value that I can influence the programming by announcing that I'm tuning out." To which much be said: "Get over yourself." | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:29 always soooo good to hear... | |||||
| stevebeaver (Washington DC) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:23 billbangert wrote: It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP.
Good riddance. If 3 minutes can't be spared to enjoy this.....well I don't even know what to say except it must be a hard life. | |||||
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 12:21 Back in Chicago in the 70's we had a local band that did Beatles and Kinks stuff and they'd sing this song as such: You say eat sh!t and I say f!ck off and so on....  | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 21:40 This really is a great song from a fantastic album... | |||||
| ddbz (The Midwest) | Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 21:37 Love .. love .. I have this as my ring tone... | |||||
| (former member) (Infinity and Beyond) | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 15:33 RobRyan wrote: I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. Hey Jude > Hello Goodbye > All Together Now | |||||
| billbangert (Cincinnati) | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 15:33 It's stuff like this that drives me back to Slacker and Pandora. Great in it's day but that day is long gone and I have heard this song more times than I want to. Adios RP. | |||||
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 14:01
It's a Macca-penned song, after all. | |||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 19:44 | |||||
| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 09:34 In context - when this was on the radio it was pretty unique; 1 To Sir With Love/ The Boat That I Row Lulu 2 There's A Kind Of Hush Herman's Hermits 3 Penny Lane Beatles 4 Somethin' Stupid Frank & Nancy Sinatra 5 All You Need Is Love Beatles 6 A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You Monkees 7 Ode To Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry 8 The Letter Box Tops 9 Light My Fire Doors 10 The Rain, Park & Other Things Cowsills 11 Green Green Grass Of Home Tom Jones 12 Happy Together Turtles 13 Gaslight Ugly Ducklings Back 14 Never My Love Association 15 Georgy Girl Seekers 16 I Can See For Miles Who 17 Pleasant Valley Sunday Monkees 18 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum 19 I Think We're Alone Now Tommy James & The Shondells 20 Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley 21 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplaine 22 Happy Jack Who In the company of Hermans Hermits, The Association, Frank and Nancy Sinatra, etal. the cachet of this song and it's presence stood out. Even in the company of their other charted efforts at the time - All You Need is Love, Penny Lane, - Hello, Goodbye had the experimental roll of "Walrus", that made it stand out. And next to Pleasant Valley Sunday and Green, Green Grass of Home, it was like orange barrel. Really freaking weird (at the time). As you were. | |||||
| ICHawk | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 09:08 Not their strongest effort...but damn if it isn't a whole lotta fun.  | |||||
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 09:08 RobRyan wrote: I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. Oh, but it's such a fun song ... and I don't think that's a bad thing.  | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 09:07 This really is a great song... | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2009 - 18:48 This is such a great song... fantastic music, clever lyrics, pure positive energy... | |||||
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 07:06 RobRyan wrote: I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. Even as a Beatles fan, I find it hard to disagree with that. | |||||
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 06:14 horstman wrote: It's what you get from the police for being a bad person (and getting caught and convicted)! Record = Disc = Album = Platter = 33 1/3, 45  a/k/a LP = Licorice Pizza | |||||
| HarrO (Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | Posted: Feb 08, 2009 - 16:46 I say no. | |||||
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 21:38 Love it... | |||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 12:19 no comment - 9. | |||||
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 18:19 I'm not the very very biggest Beatles fan ever, but I like 'em pretty well, and from most of their "phases." But I always found this song quite trite lyrically and very ho-hum musically. | |||||
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 18:08 ematt wrote: what's a record? It's what you get from the police for being a bad person (and getting caught and convicted)! Record = Disc = Album = Platter = 33 1/3, 45 | |||||
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 02:14 I remember seeing two Beatles movies as a child. Yellow Submarine was one, and I think MMT was the name of the second....man, the years have condemned my memory somewhat! | |||||
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