JOHN 1966: “After we’d done the session on that particular song– it ended at about four or five in the morning– I went home with a tape to see what else you could do with it. And I was sort of very tired, you know, not knowing what I was […]
Past Masters Volume 2
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JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul… I think it was inspired by ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’ That’s my feeling, although I have nothing to go on. I know he wanted to write a ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’” PAUL 1986: “I had alot of bad times in the ’60s. We used to lie […]
JOHN 1969: (to Ringo, regarding the cymbal smash in the intro) “Give me a big ‘kzzzsshhhh!’ Give me the courage to come screaming in.” JOHN 1980: “That’s me, singing about Yoko.” PAUL circa-1994: “It was a very tense period. John was with Yoko, and had escalated to heroin and all […]
JOHN 1968: “Well, when Paul first sang ‘Hey Jude’ to me… or played me the little tape he’d made of it… I took it very personally. ‘Ah, it’s me,’ I said, ‘It’s me.’ He says, ‘No, it’s me.’ I said, ‘Check. We’re going through the same bit.’ So we all […]
JOHN 1980: “Completely me. We recorded the song twice. The Beatles were getting real tense with each other. I did the slow version (Revolution 1) and I wanted to put it out as a single: as a statement of the Beatles’ position on Vietnam and the Beatles’ position on revolution. […]
PAUL 1968: “Forget the Indian music and listen to the melody. Don’t you think it’s a beautiful melody? It’s really lovely.” About “The Inner Light” “The Beatles’ song “The Inner Light,” authored by George Harrison, made its debut on a non-album single in March 1968, serving as the B-side to […]
PAUL 1969: “We were sitting in the studio and we made it up out of thin air. We started to write words there and then… When we finished it, we recorded it at Apple Studios and made it into a song to rollercoast by.” JOHN 1980: “‘Get Back’ is Paul. […]
The Beatles’ quotes about “Day Tripper” JOHN 1972: “Me. But I think Paul helped with the verse.” JOHN 1980: “That’s mine. Including the guitar lick, the guitar break, and the whole bit. It’s just a rock ‘n roll song. Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? […]
JOHN 1972: “Paul. I think I might have helped with some of the lyrics, Yes, I did. But it was mainly Paul’s tune.” JOHN 1980: “‘Paperback Writer’ is son of ‘Day Tripper’ …meaning a rock ‘n roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy loud guitar.” PAUL circa-1994: “I […]
JOHN 1969: “It’s something I wrote, and it’s like an old-time ballad. It’s just the story of us getting married, going to Paris, going to Amersterdam, all that.” About “The Ballad of John And Yoko” “The Ballad of John and Yoko” is a song written primarily by John Lennon, although […]
John Lennon’s quotes about “Across The Universe” JOHN 1972: “One of my best songs. Not one of the best recordings, but I like the lyrics.” JOHN 1980: “I was a bit more artsy-fartsy there. I was lying next to my first wife in bed, (song originally written in 1967) you […]
JOHN 1980: “Paul did the first half, I did the middle-eight. But you’ve got Paul writing, ‘We can work it out/ We can work it out’ real optimistic, you know. And me, impatient, ‘Life is very short and there’s no time/ for fussing and fighting, my friend.’” PAUL circa-1994: “I […]