Showing posts with label July 20. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 20. Show all posts

Thursday, December 6, 2012

And I Love Her

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.