Yes I'm Lonely...wanna Die...if I Aint Dead Already, Girl You Know The Reason Why

Picture yourself on a boat in a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies


EDIT: I think George will make it

I voted George! Lately, I've really be diggin Hey Jude. And Abbey Road.

I heard a story today, I'm not sure if it is, but if it is then its really funny. I heard that Nixon tried to kick John Lennon out of the country, but he couldn't. After he resigned he wanted to move into the condo complex Lennon lived in (I can't spell Dakoda) but they wouldn't let him because Lennon was living there. So the Nixon didn't have enough power to throw Lennon out of the country, but just Lennon living some where was enough to keep Nixon out :lol:

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]I heard a story today, I'm not sure if it is, but if it is then its really funny. I heard that Nixon tried to kick John Lennon out of the country, but he couldn't. After he resigned he wanted to move into the condo complex Lennon lived in (I can't spell Dakoda) but they wouldn't let him because Lennon was living there. So the Nixon didn't have enough power to throw Lennon out of the country, but just Lennon living some where was enough to keep Nixon out :lol:[/QUOTE]
:lol:
It must be a seriously posh apartment complex

[QUOTE=DonMancini][size=7]AH GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS[/size]

Long live Helter Skelter[/QUOTE]

Does anybody know who says that
I always thought it was John, but I read a book that said it was Ringo :confused:

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]I heard a story today, I'm not sure if it is, but if it is then its really funny. I heard that Nixon tried to kick John Lennon out of the country, but he couldn't. After he resigned he wanted to move into the condo complex Lennon lived in (I can't spell Dakoda) but they wouldn't let him because Lennon was living there. So the Nixon didn't have enough power to throw Lennon out of the country, but just Lennon living some where was enough to keep Nixon out :lol:[/QUOTE]

He also labeled Timothy Leary as "The Most Dangerous Man In America". All he did was spread the word of Psychedelics :p

:)

[QUOTE=Sgt._Joker]What are some of you fav. quotes from song lyrics from beatles songs.?

Mine

Goo Goo G'Joob[/QUOTE]

Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see

Turn off your mind relax and float down stream (as well as basically the rest of the lyrics from tomorrow never knows)

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need

All the lyrics in Within Without you

t doesn't really matter what chords I play What words I say or time of day it is cause it's only a Northern song

All you need is love

The farther one travels the less one knows (and the rest from the inner light)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe (and the rest of the lyrics from acroos the universe)
this is all I can think of right now

[QUOTE=Badmoon]He also labeled Timothy Leary as "The Most Dangerous Man In America". All he did was spread the word of Psychedelics :p

:)[/QUOTE]

Yeah when Abby Hoffman was making an appearnce at the white house she tried, but failed to tab Nixons coffee with LSD before he had a press conference. Come on that would be the best thing EVER. Nation wide footage of a trippin Nixon.

[QUOTE=eghed]Does anybody know who says that
I always thought it was John, but I read a book that said it was Ringo :confused:[/QUOTE]

It was Ringo after they played [i]Helter Skelter[/i] for half and hour (the song originally lasted around 29 minutes).

I've always wandered what happened to that version... They should release it.

[QUOTE=slowhand]It was Ringo after they played [i]Helter Skelter[/i] for half and hour (the song originally lasted around 29 minutes).

I've always wandered what happened to that version... They should release it.[/QUOTE]


Part of it is in Anthology but not the entire thing

[QUOTE=eghed]Part of it is in Anthology but not the entire thing[/QUOTE]

But Anthology only has the acoustic version, right?

Anyways, what do you guys think is the best track on the Anthology set? I have to say the best track there is the acoustic version of [i]While My Guitar Gently Weeps[/i]. It's a very well sung, and very well played by Harrison. It gave me a whole new point of view on my favourite song.

[QUOTE=slowhand]It was Ringo after they played [i]Helter Skelter[/i] for half and hour (the song originally lasted around 29 minutes).

I've always wandered what happened to that version... They should release it.[/QUOTE]

:amaze: I would do ANYTHING and I'm mean anything to any use you can imagine, to hear that.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]:amaze: I would do ANYTHING and I'm mean anything to any use you can imagine, to hear that.[/QUOTE]

It would be totally awesome... The longest Beatle track ever. And I think George played rhythm guitar, and not lead. It was John who played lead.

And do you guys know why Paul wrote [i]Helter Skelter[/i]?

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Yeah when Abby Hofman was making an appearnce at the white house she tried, but failed to tab Nixons coffee with LSD before he had a press conference. Come on that would be the best thing EVER. Nation wide footage of a trippin Nixon.[/QUOTE]

:lol: Good story.

Abby Hoffman? Do you mean Albert Hoffman? Or does he have a female twin :p

:)

[QUOTE=slowhand]It would be totally awesome... The longest Beatle track ever. And I think George played rhythm guitar, and not lead. It was John who played lead.

And do you guys know why Paul wrote [i]Helter Skelter[/i]?[/QUOTE]

That's cool, I think in the one on the album John plays bass, or at least that's what it says in the books.

[QUOTE=eghed]That's cool, I think in the one on the album John plays bass, or at least that's what it says in the books.[/QUOTE]

Yea? Hmm.. I really don't remember the lineup for that song. I only know it was a weird one.

[QUOTE=Badmoon]:lol: Good story.

Abby Hoffman? Do you mean Albert Hoffman? Or does he have a female twin :p

:)[/QUOTE]

It might, I don't know the person who told it to me said Abby, but you probally know more about it.

[QUOTE=slowhand]But Anthology only has the acoustic version, right?

Anyways, what do you guys think is the best track on the Anthology set? I have to say the best track there is the acoustic version of [i]While My Guitar Gently Weeps[/i]. It's a very well sung, and very well played by Harrison. It gave me a whole new point of view on my favourite song.[/QUOTE]

Yes I think they could have released both of them, I recently learned how to play the acoustic one on guitar. It's very beautiful

[QUOTE=slowhand]Yea? Hmm.. I really don't remember the lineup for that song. I only know it was a weird one.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I think it's cool when they change around who's palying what. like on Good Morning Good Morning wher Paul plays lead guitar

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]It might, I don't know the person who told it to me said Abby, but you probally know more about it.[/QUOTE]

I think it's Albert.

Albert Hofmann was the Switz chemist who discovered LSD on accident; I'm guessing it's him.

Yeah I would kill to get that copy of Helter Skelter. That explains the fade in and out toward the end.

I'm pretty sure John played bass, not sure who played lead and/or rhythm.

Well, to tell you of how [i]Helter Skelter[/i] came to be... Paul once read an interview of the Who where they were saying that they had made the loudest album ever. So, Paul wanted then to have a very loud song, and so he wrote [i]Helter Skelter[/i].

And I suppose everyone knows that [i]Sexy Sadie[/i] was originally called "[i]Maharishi[/i]," because of Lennon's dissapointment on the so-called Beatles' spiritual teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Well, originally, the song had this lines:

"You little teat
Who the f[b]u[/b]ck you think you are?
Who the f[b]u[/b]ck you think you are?
Oh, you c[b]u[/b]nt."


--Edit: And the exact time on the original [i]Helter Skelter[/i] was 27 minutes and 11 seconds, making it the longest Beatles track ever recorded. And it was a live jam, with long instrumental passage (so basically, each Beatle had a solo on that track). They played with the echo live, instead of adding it later. And on that version, the song went into a bizarre version of [i]Blue Moon[/i].

Another thing about Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter is a ride in an amustment park in England.

Also did John write the lyrics, I always thought he did?

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Another thing about Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter is a ride in an amustment park in England.

Also did John write the lyrics, I always thought he did?[/QUOTE]

No, it was a McCartney song.

[QUOTE=slowhand]No, it was a McCartney song.[/QUOTE]

Huh interesting. Well I guess you learn somthing new every day.

Oh, and when John played bass, it was on September 9, when they did a remake of [i]Helter Skelter[/i]. So the one with the jam, I suppose that it meant that everyone was playing their role on that song.

On that Sept. 9 session, John also played sexophone (which he didn't have any experience with, so it was ... well, bad), Mal Evans played an equally amateurish trumpet, there were two lead guitars (guess who), built in destortion and feedback. And while Paul was singing his lead vocals, George was running around the studio with a flamming ashtray held above his head.

Oh, and did I tell you guys that the name 'Sexy Sadie' was suggested by George when John showed him the song before they left India. George told him to change it to that to avoid any legal affairs that might cause.

So is there like any remote way I could get this recording because it gets better and better every time you mention it.

Well, the Sept. 9 version is the one everyone knows. That's the one they used on the album (minus the sax and the trumpets).

The other one, which was recorded on July 18, and had three different takes (one of 10 mins, the other of 12, and then the infamous 27'35'' version), and has never been released. So if you ever get the chance to go to Abbey Road and have a look on their recording library, check to see if they have it. Maybe one of the Beatles took it (if John did, that means that Yoko has it now... if George did, Olivia has it).

[QUOTE=slowhand]Well, the Sept. 9 version is the one everyone knows. That's the one they used on the album (minus the sax and the trumpets).

The other one, which was recorded on July 18, and had three different takes (one of 10 mins, the other of 12, and then the infamous 27'35'' version), and has never been released. So if you ever get the chance to go to Abbey Road and have a look on their recording library, check to see if they have it. Maybe one of the Beatles took it (if John did, that means that Yoko has it now... if George did, Olivia has it).[/QUOTE]

Oh man well hopfully its still at Abbey Road.

Man I thought I was cool when I extened the song to 10 min :upset:

They will probably come out with it before all of the baby boomers are dead... give it a few years

I never knew John played bass for any of the tracks, do you know any more?

I'd like to hear the 27 1/2 minute version just to see if it works.

[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]I never knew John played bass for any of the tracks, do you know any more?[/QUOTE]

He plays bass ALOT on Let it Be. Just watch the movie, whenever Paul's on piano, there he is on bass.

Of course not many people have seen it, but luckily I have a copy (a bit bad quality) of it.

[QUOTE=Seafroggys]He plays bass ALOT on Let it Be. Just watch the movie, whenever Paul's on piano, there he is on bass.

Of course not many people have seen it, but luckily I have a copy (a bit bad quality) of it.[/QUOTE]

Wow, I'll have to look for it now, I think its the only one I haven't seen

[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]Wow, I'll have to look for it now, I think its the only one I haven't seen[/QUOTE]

On the song [i]Let it Be[/i] he plays bass, as well as in the [i]Long and Winding Road[/i].

George plays bass on the live version of [i]Hey Jude[/i] or at least when they were shooting the promo. The 'bass' is actually a guitar that comes tune an octave lower. Jack Bruce of Cream used one like that in the beginnings of Cream and when he was on the Graham Bond band, saying that because they didn't have a guitarist on the band before Cream, he could do some guitar stuff with it.

[QUOTE=slowhand]On the song [i]Let it Be[/i] he plays bass, as well as in the [i]Long and Winding Road[/i].

George plays bass on the live version of [i]Hey Jude[/i] or at least when they were shooting the promo. The 'bass' is actually a guitar that comes tune an octave lower. Jack Bruce of Cream used one like that in the beginnings of Cream and when he was on the Graham Bond band, saying that because they didn't have a guitarist on the band before Cream, he could do some guitar stuff with it.[/QUOTE]


Yeah George also plays "bass" on Two of us

A lot of people only think of the Beatles in terms of 'one man, one instument.' It was always amazing that John , Paul and George were so interchangeable in switching from guitar, piano and bass. Granted, their individual talents were always more evident on their particular instrument, but their versatility in all instruments is what gave the band their recognizable style and longevity.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]Sad... no love for The Beatles thread. I have a question for everyone: what is up with Revoluion 9? Like, what is it? I've hear rumors that it says "turn me on dead man" backwards, but its more likely than not one of those coincidence things, seeing as I don't see how anyone could purposely put a backwards message in a song. Anyone know of any meaning to the song, or is it just random crap?[/QUOTE]

Lots of bands purposely do it. The beatles have one at the end of I'm so tired.

I can't beleive that nobody really cares about the only bona fide backwards message that is in "Rain"

It doens't say anything about Paul being dead, it is just some of the lyrics reversed

In my history class we were talking about a European arms treaty, and my teacher started the lecture with "20 years ago today, Gorbachev taught the band to play". Nobody got the reference but me :D

/copied from the community thread