Why don't we do either of them in the road? Well, the answer is we're civilized and we don't. But the song was just to pose that question. I like it, it's just so outrageous that I like it. I never try to make any serious social point.
Just words to go with the music. And you can read anything you like into it. Legitimate alternate verses seem unlikely since, if they were written, why wouldn't Paul have sung them?
No extra verses are included here; only three repetitious verses as heard on the record. It's just that we're not just completely rock'n'roll. When we played in Hamburg, we didn't just play rock'n'roll all evening, because we had these fat old men, businessmen, coming in, and thin old businessmen as well, coming in and saying, 'Play us a mambo or a rumba,' or something.
So we had to get into this kind of stuff. We just haven't got one bag, you know, in The Beatles. Recording History. By October 9th, , after well over four months in the studio recording the " White Album ," they surely had enough material to fill all four sides of what became their first and only double-album of brand new compositions. As things were winding down in the creation of the album on this day, however, Paul thought to extricate himself from some mixing and minor overdubbing in EMI Studio Two so as to create yet another track to be considered for inclusion on the album.
You know, just to make sure they had enough songs. In fact, if you include the two previously recorded tracks they decided to omit at the last minute George's "Not Guilty" and John's "What's The New Mary Jane" , they definitely did have enough material. But, just in case, Paul had another ace up his sleeve. Since no true producer was present, and Paul was in full control of the proceedings, one can easily signify McCartney as the producer on this track.
In the book that accompanies the Super Deluxe " White Album " box set, Ken Townsend describes the events of this session. Can we give it a try? I placed Paul on the left-hand side so I could see him through the window. That studio is a huge great barn - 22, cubic feet. After the first incomplete take, Paul said to Ken, "You look a bit worried," indicating the surprised reaction the engineer had because of the very wide dynamics and long reverberation caused by the size of EMI Studio One.
The following four takes consisted of Paul starting out singing softly and then changing to a loud and rough voice later in the song. The first verse was sung softly, the second loud, the third mostly soft but ending loud, and the fourth soft.
The lyrics in the fourth verse actually alter slightly from the previous verses to " people won't be watching us. Do you think that I could do it better? I think I could do it a bit better actually. See, I wanna just try and do one quiet verse, one loud verse; and then that's it, really.
He repeated the verse three times on this 'take,' the first verse in a soft voice, the second in a rough voice, and the third being a mixture of the two. Paul was apparently satisfied with what he had done, stating at the end, "Is that OK? However, I will move this microphone nearer the piano, should I? With Paul once again calling the shots, Ringo added drums while Paul overdubbed handclaps and a bass guitar. Paul also sang a new lead vocal, which wiped the majority of the original vocal and acoustic guitar from the previous day.
The only traces of the orignal vocal are found in the double-tracking on the first line of the second verse, and then the segment that encompasses the final line of the second verse and the first line of the third verse. Since all four tracks of the tape were now filled and Paul had one more idea for an overdub, a reduction mix was made, which combined tracks one and four, this becoming track one of what was now considered 'take 6.
There is an awesome cover of this track by Lowell Fulson. I was crushed. The drums are great, the vocals great, the recording is great. Excellent quick song, cheers to Paul and Ringo! Of course Julia was record by itself just like Blackbird. Both were acoustic guitar finger style songs with amazing lyrics and vocals.
I read somewhere that when Paul recorded this he was slightly picking fun at the Stones by keeping the drums, bass,and piano pretty simple. To me his vocal performance slightly resembles Jagger.
Just my opinion. A truly simple, short and silly song, but quite effective and powerful. The bassline in the last verse is the best part of the song. The capacity to switch from sweetness to roughness to falsetto is shown seamlessly and the falsetto takes you by surprise but then is clearly the only bit that goes there and IMO is what takes this song from just them having fun to greatness.
And you might not like him. In a word, yes, they still needed Martin, if for nothing other than his magnificent string and horn arrangements. He even recorded it by himself in another room. Him drumming. Him playing the piano.
Him singing. I enjoyed the track. We had no problems with that. So that was basically it. But the song was just to pose that question. Latest Comments. Friday 4 December This song is so damn awesome. Pablo Fanque Sunday 23 June This should have been the opening song on the album, so we would all know what was to come! Jack Sunday 7 February Another good song but too short. Vonbontee Monday 8 February Joseph Brush Sunday 13 February Sun king coming together Sunday 13 February Vocals were recorded in May Additional vocals were recorded April A male [monkey] just hopped on the back of this female and gave her one, as they say in the vernacular.
Unlike its heavy blues result, the song began as an acoustic guitar number with McCartney alternating by verse between gentle and strident vocal styles. On this first night, McCartney played all the instruments himself. On 10 October, McCartney and Ringo Starr finished the song, Starr adding drums and handclaps, McCartney adding more vocals, bass guitar, and lead guitar.
Upon learning about the recording, Lennon was unhappy that McCartney recorded the song without him. In his interview with Playboy , he was asked about it:. He even recorded it by himself in another room. Him drumming [sic]. Him playing the piano. Him singing. I enjoyed the track. Playboy: You never just knocked off a track by yourself? Lennon: No. He went off and made that without me. No one ever says that. It gets repeated all the time. So we had to get into this kind of stuff.
Why don't we do it in the road? No one will be watching us Why don't we do it in the road?
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