Tag: revolver
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87: I Want To Tell You
I Want To Tell You is a track from Revolver, written by George Harrison. It is an excellent example of the progress Harrison was making with his songwriting during this period. The Beatles global fame and fanbase may have peaked around 1965, at which point they had broken America, produced two films and continued a…
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88: I’m Only Sleeping
I’m Only Sleeping is a track from the Revolver album, written by John Lennon. As the title suggests, it is intended literally, as a defensive celebration of sleep. Every article I’ve read on the song (including the excellent Beatles Bible and Wikipedia articles linked above), provide essentially the same story, so I may as well…
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122: Good Day Sunshine
Good Day Sunshine is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney for the Revolver album. In his authorized biography, McCartney explains that it was a conscious attempt to emulate the Lovin Spoonful’s Daydream. This was one of a number of feelgood Summer-themed hits at the time, and Paul fleshed out the idea while driving to…
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171: Yellow Submarine
Yellow Submarine was a track on the Beatles revolutionary and mind-blowing Revolver (isn’t the album title a great example of their flair for double – and triple – meanings). It was also one A side of a double-A sided single (with Eleanor Rigby), and a prominent feature of the eponymous film and LP. The beatlesbible.com…
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198: Love You To
This strangely titled song from the ground-breaking 1966 album Revolver is another Harrison composition, and the first to be based around the sitar. (Norwegian Wood also features the sound of a sitar but it is just a seasoning in that song). Later that year Harrison would meet sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and travel to India…