Harmonies and Beatles melody: My housemate and I were doing some disecting, and were enjoying how Lennon and Mccartney harmonise at specific points to thicken vocal melody. Ticket to Ride was a perfect example, where Lennon is solo for half of each verse. This is what every Beatles fans best friend - Wikipedia has to say about he composition of the track:
Lennon proudly claimed that it was the first heavy metal song given the droning bassline, repeating drums, and loaded guitar lines.
The song features a coda with a different tempo that extends the song's length past three minutes, the first Beatles single ever to do so. Lennon said this double-time section (with the lyric "My baby don't care") was one of his "favourite bits" in the song.
Lennon proudly claimed that it was the first heavy metal song given the droning bassline, repeating drums, and loaded guitar lines.
The song features a coda with a different tempo that extends the song's length past three minutes, the first Beatles single ever to do so. Lennon said this double-time section (with the lyric "My baby don't care") was one of his "favourite bits" in the song.
Oh dude i loved this song. sure it was way before my time but it was legit
ReplyDeleteMan, im so mad that I was born way after the beatles.. They are one of my fave bands and I never got a chance (not even close) to seeing them live :(
ReplyDeletealso, very nice video blog there man
The beatles are gold! I'm born in 91 but I still listen to them regulary, just as the rolling stones, and U2. Exept U2 was a tad later, but whatever :P
ReplyDeleteMan I love the Beatles too glad I found a fellow fan.
ReplyDeletegreat stuff, very enjoyable
ReplyDeleteI love to hear this, but I have only a question :
ReplyDeleteHow did you get this.
Great.
I hope you post more Beatle songs.
Regarding the droning heavy metal concept that Lennon spoke of: The Rolling Stones' "The Last Time" charted a month or two before this and is far more heavy...and droning. This sounds sort of Byrds-ish by comparison. Nice breakdown of the vox and instruments, however.
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