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tepista wrote:
18 Mar 2018, 10:51am
what was first, Revolution or Revolution I?
Recording dates according to Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head:
Revolution I: 30 May–21 June 1968
Revolution 9: 6–21 June 1968
Revolution: 9–12 July 1968

But "Revolution" was released at the end of August, while the White Album didn't come out until the end of November.
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Lennon wanted Revolution (1, White Album version) to be a single, the others said no — John said it was because the rest of the band thought it was too slow, but there's speculation that Paul/George might not have wanted to invite controversy (especially after the Bigger Than Jesus stuff, which had somehow only been only about 18 months ago!)

So he rocked it up a bit and they put it out as a double-A with Hey Jude, while the first/original version was retitled "Revolution 1" and made its way onto the record.

I read somewhere that the song got a lot of flak from the New Left for not being politically-committed — especially compared to Street Fighting Man. I think Tariq Ali had some particularly unkind words. Wonder how much of that sting led Lennon to stuff like bed-ins and Power to the People.

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I like Rev I better because I think it's all all all all all all all all all all all all all all alright.
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Plus there's the video version of the single, which has the shooby-doo-wahs of Rev I.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Mar 2018, 12:02pm
Plus there's the video version of the single, which has the shooby-doo-wahs of Rev I.
yeah, the half and half version, i like that
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Great long read on the recording sessions for Please Please Me: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/feat ... ur-w517921
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Great long read on the recording sessions for Please Please Me: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/feat ... ur-w517921
Fantastic. One of my all-time favourite albums.

Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You. 😎😎😎

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Inder wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:09pm
Flex wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 3:05pm
Great long read on the recording sessions for Please Please Me: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/feat ... ur-w517921
Fantastic. One of my all-time favourite albums.

Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You. 😎😎😎
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
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Silent Majority wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:11pm
Inder wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:09pm
Flex wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 3:05pm
Great long read on the recording sessions for Please Please Me: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/feat ... ur-w517921
Fantastic. One of my all-time favourite albums.

Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You. 😎😎😎
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
Another one I like to bore people at parties with is Sonny Curtis recycling a bit from That'll Be the Day for I Fought the Law — the little drum break after the solo at "robbing people with a zip gun" mirrors the last "when you-made-me-cry-y." 😎😎😎




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Inder wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:20pm
Silent Majority wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:11pm
Inder wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 6:09pm
Flex wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 3:05pm
Great long read on the recording sessions for Please Please Me: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/feat ... ur-w517921
Fantastic. One of my all-time favourite albums.

Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You. 😎😎😎
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
Another one I like to bore people at parties with is Sonny Curtis recycling a bit from That'll Be the Day for I Fought the Law — the little drum break after the solo at "robbing people with a zip gun" mirrors the last "when you-made-me-cry-y." 😎😎😎



Ace observation. That one passed me right by but spot on.
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I'm starting a Beatles binge as it's been a while.

You Can't Do That is playing now, what a great vocal from Lennon, as are all his vocals on A Hard Day's Night. He fucking owns that album.
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