My favourite Beatles album!!!!
Also contains 1 of the most beautiful songs ever written
I think,George Harrison's"Something".What a masterpiece!!!
"I want you" has got that magical & soulful guitarsolo by
George Harrison.That whole album is so great!
/peace Manki

she's so heavy is one of the most amazing tracks the beatles ever recorded, in my humble opinion.

manki said:

Glad to see everyone agreeing! And you're right "Something" is great. They all had an amazing sense for melody.
BTW, I'm not familiar with most of their other stuff, did Ringo Starr also write some tunes?

calldapplwondery83 said:

He did "Octopus garden" on that 1.
/peace Manki

He should remake Abby Road, no lie. And, yes, he would rock it.

interesting notes on She's So Heavy from the Beatles Anomolies website (amazing site!!)

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)



1:55
Loud plink from centre guitar.
2:19
....

I think its one of the best songs lennon has written...

not to mention Georges guitar playin

Pauls amazing bass riffs...


geez, that song is a jazy rock song.. fucking incredible.

interesting notes on She's So Heavy from the Beatles Anomolies website (amazing site!!)

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)



1:55
Loud plink from centre guitar.
2:19
In earlier editions, I wrote here :-
Next to last note of arpeggio is wrong
I’ll modify that, and say that it is strange. It unexpectedly makes an augmented 5th chord. But Jud McCranie says
To me it still sounds like he missed the string and didn't play what he intended. It is different from the other times.
2:21
George audibly flicks his pick up selector to change the tone of the guitar.
3:08
Pickup click again, and some stray guitar notes.
3:37
Fluffed bass note.
3:40,3:42
(Center) click/edit/crackle in guitar channel, and then John’s pickup clicks.
4:28
Distortion in John’s "Yeeah" ... prompting someone (rumoured as in the control room) to yell at him (4:32). Sounds like Paul’s voice to me, and Michael Bain/Laurent Cerveau agreed on this.
4:32
Left channel, shout, something like "Turn it down man/Mal" or "Bloody loudmouth!"
4:34
Faint "Yeaah" scream. (couldn’t be print-through, it’s too far away from 4:28)
Latest thinking from JWB
That's incorrect. That's an urban legend about the song.
Nobody was yelling at John. (There is no reason anybody would DARE!) Someone was just yelling in approval or excitement. It certainly doesn't come from the control room, control rooms are sound-proofed from the rest of the studio. That's why they use talkback intercoms. It's one of the other Beatles shouting during the performance.
It definitely isn't "mal" at least. Mal wouldn't be in charge of turning ANYTHING down.
Even though he's not always right, Lewisohn says:
"Close scrutiny of the original Trident tapes reveals the indecipherable shout to belong to a fellow Beatle, off-microphone, taped on 22 February, and that it was certainly not one of disapproval."
Yelling "turn that down" off-mic in the center of a studio while a song is being played is not an efficient way of letting the engineer know that you want something turned down, nor is that something a Beatle would do anyway. And after all....the engineers can only hear the shout as well as we can. They're soundproofed from the rest of the studio. They don't hear the studio sound. They hear what's going onto the tape.
So after assessing the facts, I have concluded without a shadow of a doubt that:
The shout is made by another Beatle in the studio. (I can't tell which one. It sounds like Ringo to me but it would be louder if it was him. It's probably Paul.)
The shout was just an "I'm excited about that scream in this rocking song" noise. (Paul is quite prone to those.) They DEFINITELY aren't saying "turn that down". It doesn't sound like that to me, and it isn't logical either. That rumor was started by someone who probably doesn't know a whole lot about studios or how the Beatles recorded.
[Edited 9/9/05 7:42am]

Sdldawn said:

Paul's bass on that song is phenomenal, some of the best rock bass playing I've ever heard.

JonSnow said:

Very interesting, thanks for that! Any recommendations for Beatles sites?

I'd say along with Helter Skelter, this was probably the heaviest the Beatles ever go. Love it to death, but it's not even in my top half songs on Abbey Road.

Axchi696 said:

Helter Skelter scares the heck out of me too, because Paul or Lennon screams out, "I have blisters all over my hands". That song also inspired Paul Manson, and that's why it so mythical to me.
[Edited 9/9/05 14:27pm]