September 2009
28 posts
“I wanted to have it be connected thematically, to be about the demise of...”
– Sean Lennon, on his 2006 album Friendly Fire. (TY <3 to alone-with-everybody for this one! :3)
Dhani Harrison - on "Revolver"
“One interviewer asked me: ‘How do you feel that you’ve betrayed your father?’ That wasn’t really very cool.” Among his top records, the Beatles’ Revolver is high on the list. “I think it might be the best album ever,” he says. “I know people rate Sergeant Pepper, but for me, and I think for my father, it would be this and Rubber Soul,...
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“Got To Get You Into My Life was one I wrote when I had first been introduced to...”
– Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, Barry Mile
I'm Only Sleeping
I’m Only Sleeping, John Lennon’s most soporific contribution to Revolver, was inspired by Paul McCartney’s habit of having to wake him up for afternoon songwriting sessions at Lennon’s house.
The subject matter was close to Lennon’s heart. His lack of routine while away from the rigours of touring left him content to while away the hours at his home in Weybridge,...
“I was at his (John Lennon’s) house one day - this is the mid-Sixties - and...”
– George Harrison, switching between 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures, She Said She Said was written by Lennon with some help from Harrison
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“We were really starting to find ourselves in the studio. We were finding what we...”
– Ringo Starr