I consider this my favourite Beatles Ballad of all time. Why? Simply because of the placement of the minor chords, and the use of two languages to convey meaning, it's a simply satisfying song that suggests the spiritual sundering of their sizzling, sensational, sentimental passion due to a language barrier. You thought he only spoke English? Listen closer, the words you may be unable to make out are actually French; it was quite the revelation when I first learned of this. This song was originally written as just a party song by Paul McCartney, with just some French sounding mumblings, for an artsy party, but later, John suggested that he write words to it, and so the song was born. The line "Michelle, ma belle", was actually rhymed by Paul's French teacher,as well as the other main French line, "Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble", which is a translation of "These are words that go together well". The song was released on the Beatles' sixth studio album, Rubber Soul, in 1965, and only hit the top charts in Austria and Norway, reaching three and one, respectively. In my opinion, this song is about a couple who can't verbally communicate due to the lack of a common language, and Paul is pining to tell her how he feels. What's your favourite Beatles Ballad?
Alas! More Beatles! This song has much more depth than I though, and has hidden things that most cannot say they knew about, but to start, lets begin with the release information. I'm Only Sleeping was written by John Lennon, but is credited to Lennon-McCartney, as is all songs written by either John Lennon or Paul McCartney during their time with The Beatles. This song was released on The Beatles' seventh album, Revolver, on August 5 of 1966. However, this did not feature on the US Revolver release, as it was released in the US two months earlier in Yesterday and Today. This song has no intro, and begins immediately with the lyrics, which are actually about sleeping, and not about any drug induced euphoria, though some of the lyrics point to otherwise. My two favorite songs are George's electric guitar riff, and quiet lyrics that you can only hear if you pay close attention. George's riff was actually recorded backwards, so when it was reversed, it would give the sleepy sound that he wanted to accomplish. At 1:57, you can hear Lennon saying "Yawn, Paul.", and three seconds later, at 2:00, you can hear Paul yawning. I'm not positive if the times are correct in this video, but you will hear it somewhere around there. I hope you enjoyed more Beatles, long live Rock And Roll!
Beatles at last. Such an incredible band, and though people may have their "Beatles or Stones" opinions, the fact of the matter is, they are very different bands with completely different styles, I hate to use a cliche, but they're like apples and oranges. I was browsing through my Beatles collection, and this came on, such a lovely song. And I Love Her was written mainly by Paul McCartney, though John Lennon contributed with the bridge, or the middle eight section (A love like... near me). The original song didn't have the middle eight, but they added it in later, giving at a fuller feel. This song was released in The Beatles' third album, A Hard Day's Night, released on July 20, 1964, and was recorded in three days. The first day was pretty routine, but they changed out Ringo Starr's drum kit for bongos and claves (to put it crudely, sticks to hit together and make sound) on the second day. The third day contained the main track, and the lay-over of Paul's double on vocals, and Ringo's claves. In my opinion, that's what really brings the song together, Paul's double vocals. It really fills the song up, and adds an additional drop in sound during the middle eight, when the double is removed. when concerned with the subject, it's pretty straightforward, but the elegant use of the stars as his love was a smooth metaphor, though a little hackneyed.
