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"Love of the Loved" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is one of his earliest compositions and featured in the Beatles live act in their early days. The group recorded the song at their 1962 audition for Decca Records , but never issued it on any of their official releases.
The Beatles first recorded the song on 20 April 1966 [24] at EMI Studios (subsequently Abbey Road Studios) in London. [25] The arrangement was markedly similar to the Byrds ' sound; [ 26 ] it featured lush vocal harmonies and jangle -style guitars, [ 27 ] with Harrison playing his Rickenbacker 360/12 electric guitar.
Beatles biographer Bob Spitz said the song is "restlessly dark and moody", and compared it to the Shirelles' "Baby It's You" (a song the Beatles previously covered) and early Drifters recordings. [10] It was one of three songs Lennon was the principal writer for on With the Beatles, with "It Won't Be Long" [11] and "Not a Second Time". [12]
Love Me Do" is a song based around three simple chords: G7 and C, before moving to D for its middle eight. It begins with Lennon playing a bluesy dry "dockside harmonica" riff, [ 10 ] then features Lennon and McCartney on joint lead vocals, including Everly Brothers -style harmonising during the beseeching " please " before McCartney sings the ...
The title of the song can be ironic, considering it’s everything a love song stands for: disco beats (aka the bass), a former Beatles member (Paul McCartney) and lots of ‘I love yous ...
The song has remained a favourite of McCartney's in his post-Beatles career and is one of the few Beatles songs he played with his later band, Wings. [41] An acoustic rendition of "I've Just Seen a Face" was among the five Beatles songs McCartney played during the 1975–76 Wings Over the World tour , [ 97 ] being the first time he included ...
"It Won't Be Long" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released as the opening track on their second UK album With the Beatles (1963), and was the first original song recorded for it. [1] Although credited to Lennon–McCartney , it was primarily a composition by John Lennon , with Paul McCartney assisting with the lyrics and ...
"Lovely Rita" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written mainly by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney .