JOHN 1980: “It’s a good sounding record that means nothing.” PAUL circa-1994: “I remember ‘Hey Bulldog’ as being one of John’s songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it’s mainly his vibe. There’s a little rap at the end between John and I, we went […]
1969
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GEORGE 1969: “‘Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it’s lovely. Ringo gets bored with just playing drums all the time, so at home he sometimes plays a bit of piano, but unfortunately he only knows about three chords. He […]
GEORGE 1969: “A very strange song of Paul’s with terrific lyrics, but it’s hard to explain what they’re all about.” JOHN 1980: “He wrote that when we were in New York announcing Apple and we first met Linda. Maybe she’s the one that came in the window.” About “She Came […]
GEORGE 1969: “It does two verses of one tune, and then the bridge is almost like a different song altogether, so it’s quite melodic.” PAUL 1988: “We wanted to dabble, and I had a bit of fun making some of the songs fit together, with key changes (into the long […]
JOHN 1969: “‘Come Together’ changed at the session. We said, ‘Let’s slow it down. Let’s do this to it, let’s do that to it,’ and it ends up however it comes out. I just said, ‘Look, I’ve got no arrangement for you, but you know how I want it.’ I […]
JOHN 1969: “He (Paul) did quite alot of work on it. I was ill after the (automobile) accident while they did most of the track, and I believe he really ground George and Ringo into the ground recording it. We spent more money on that song than any of them […]
GEORGE 1969: “It is very heavy. John plays lead guitar and sings, and it’s basically just an old blues riff he’s doing, but again, it’s a very original John-type song as well… It’s a very good chord sequence he used on this particular one.” JOHN 1969: “We used a Moog […]
JOHN 1971: “I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing ‘All Together Now.’” PAUL circa-1994: “When they were singing a song, to encourage the audience to join in they’d say ‘All together now,’ so I just took it and read another meaning into it, of– we […]
GEORGE 1980: “‘It’s All Too Much’ was written in a childlike manner from realizations that appeared during and after some LSD experiences and which were later confirmed in meditation.” GEORGE 1999: “I just wanted to write a rock ‘n roll song about the whole psychedelic thing of the time– ‘Sail […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul. Apparently he was under strain at that period.” PAUL circa-1994: “I’m generally quite upbeat, but at certain times things get to me so much that I just can’t be upbeat anymore and that was one of those times. ‘Carry that weight a long time’– like forever! […]
PAUL 1969: “I like John’s ‘Because’ on the second side. To say, ‘Because the world is round it turns me on’ is great. And ‘Because the wind is high it blows my mind’” GEORGE 1969: “I think my favorite one on the album is ‘Because.’ The lyrics are uncomplicated… but […]
JOHN 1969: “I think that’s about the best track on the album, actually.” PAUL 1969: “I like George’s song ‘Something.’ For me I think it’s the best he’s written.” GEORGE 1969: “I wrote the song ‘Something’ for the album before this one, but I never finished it off until just […]