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"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", otherwise known as simply "Norwegian Wood", is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written mainly by John Lennon, with lyrical contributions from Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.
On Rubber Soul, the Beatles departed from standard rock and roll instrumentation, [1] particularly in Harrison's use of the Indian sitar on "Norwegian Wood". [59] Having been introduced to the string instrument on the set of the 1965 film Help! , Harrison's interest was fuelled by fellow Indian music fans Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the ...
Commentators often interpret "4th Time Around" as a response to the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", [2] written by John Lennon for the 1965 album Rubber Soul. [13] [a] "Norwegian Wood" obliquely addresses Lennon's romantic affair with a journalist. [15] Dylan and the Beatles first met each other in August 1964, in New York ...
Norwegian Wood may refer to: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", a 1965 song by the Beatles; Norwegian Wood, a 1987 novel by Haruki Murakami; Norwegian Wood, a 2010 Japanese film based on the novel; Norwegian Wood (music festival), an annual music festival in Oslo, Norway; For woodland in Norway, see Geography of Norway#Flora
According to Lavezzoli, Harrison's introduction of the instrument on the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood" "opened the floodgates for Indian instrumentation in rock music, triggering what Shankar would call 'The Great Sitar Explosion' of 1966–67". [255] Lavezzoli recognises Harrison as "the man most responsible for this phenomenon". [256] [nb 20]
[3] [4] "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is the 1977 mix first used on the Love Songs compilation. The rest of the songs appear in their original stereo mixes, although four of these - " Yesterday ", " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ", " She's Leaving Home " and " Here, There and Everywhere " - had the left and right channels reversed ...
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. [1] The novel is a nostalgic story of loss. [2] It is told from the first-person perspective of Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo. [3]
1962–1966, also known as the Red Album, is a compilation album of songs by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title.Released with its counterpart 1967–1970 (the "Blue Album") in 1973, the double LP peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom.