Steve M.
04-13-2005, 03:43 PM
Here are some sly, dastardly tricks the Beatles pulled in their songs -
"I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul's count-in sounds like he's saying "One-two-three-f:censored:!"
"I Feel Fine" - On some foreign pressings of the song, several seconds of mysterious whispering are heard.
"Girl" - Paul and George sing a naughty word that rhymes with "sit" in the background.
"Paperback Writer" - John and George sing "Frere Jacques" in the background.
"Rain" - The song fades out with a backward Lennon vocal.
"Yellow Submarine" - At the end of the third verse, where Paul repeats the lyrics in an exaggerated spoken voice, Ringo seems to sing "slubmarine."
"Strawberry Fields Forever" - John says "cranberry sauce;" millions believe he said "I buried Paul."
"Penny Lane" - Paul later admitted that he had something other than fire engines in mind when he sang about a fireman keeping his "machine" clean; fish and finger pie is Liverpool slang for something you can't get at a fish-and-chips place. (If you tried to get it in the Bible Belt, you'd be in big trouble!)
"A Day In the Life" - the song is followed by a dog whistle (which is actually nearly audible on compact disc; you'll feel a low twinge in your ear), then followed by repetitive gibberish at the end that sounds like, "Never curse your tanning underwear."
"I Am The Walrus" - Oswald's death scene in King Lear (Act IV, Scene 6) is heard from a September 1967 BBC Radio 3 production of the Shakespeare tragedy. (Sir John Gielgud played the title role, but while Lear is in Act IV, Scene 6, the portion of the scene on record features only Oswald, Edgar, and the Earl of Gloucester.) Also, the Mike Sammes Singers chant "Everybody's got one" in the fadeout.
"Hey Jude" - An undeleted expletive is heard nearly three minutes into the song.
"Savoy Truffle" - The saxophones were recorded cleanly, then deliberately distorted by George with electronic overload.
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - John and George shout out "arm," "leg," and "foot" in the background. Also, there's that reference to transvestism in the last verse.
"Get Back" - Another transvestism reference, plus some coy drug slang - "California grass" had nothing to do with a manicured lawn in Orange County.
Any others? :D
"I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul's count-in sounds like he's saying "One-two-three-f:censored:!"
"I Feel Fine" - On some foreign pressings of the song, several seconds of mysterious whispering are heard.
"Girl" - Paul and George sing a naughty word that rhymes with "sit" in the background.
"Paperback Writer" - John and George sing "Frere Jacques" in the background.
"Rain" - The song fades out with a backward Lennon vocal.
"Yellow Submarine" - At the end of the third verse, where Paul repeats the lyrics in an exaggerated spoken voice, Ringo seems to sing "slubmarine."
"Strawberry Fields Forever" - John says "cranberry sauce;" millions believe he said "I buried Paul."
"Penny Lane" - Paul later admitted that he had something other than fire engines in mind when he sang about a fireman keeping his "machine" clean; fish and finger pie is Liverpool slang for something you can't get at a fish-and-chips place. (If you tried to get it in the Bible Belt, you'd be in big trouble!)
"A Day In the Life" - the song is followed by a dog whistle (which is actually nearly audible on compact disc; you'll feel a low twinge in your ear), then followed by repetitive gibberish at the end that sounds like, "Never curse your tanning underwear."
"I Am The Walrus" - Oswald's death scene in King Lear (Act IV, Scene 6) is heard from a September 1967 BBC Radio 3 production of the Shakespeare tragedy. (Sir John Gielgud played the title role, but while Lear is in Act IV, Scene 6, the portion of the scene on record features only Oswald, Edgar, and the Earl of Gloucester.) Also, the Mike Sammes Singers chant "Everybody's got one" in the fadeout.
"Hey Jude" - An undeleted expletive is heard nearly three minutes into the song.
"Savoy Truffle" - The saxophones were recorded cleanly, then deliberately distorted by George with electronic overload.
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - John and George shout out "arm," "leg," and "foot" in the background. Also, there's that reference to transvestism in the last verse.
"Get Back" - Another transvestism reference, plus some coy drug slang - "California grass" had nothing to do with a manicured lawn in Orange County.
Any others? :D