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.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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.
Plus there's the video version of the single, which has the shooby-doo-wahs of Rev I.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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.
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.
a lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison
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."
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.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board