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"In My Life" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on their 1965 studio album, Rubber Soul. Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song is one of only a few in which there is dispute over the primary author; John Lennon wrote the lyrics, but he and Paul McCartney later disagreed over who wrote the melody. [3]
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was released on The Beatles on 22 November 1968. [43] [44] As one of the most popular tracks on the album, it was also issued as a single, backed by "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", [45] in many countries, although not in the main commercial markets of the UK and the United States. [46]
The harpsichord-like solo on "In My Life" led to a wave of baroque rock recordings. [340] [341] Rubber Soul was also the release that encouraged many folk-music aficionados to embrace pop. [208] Folk singer Roy Harper recalled: "They'd come onto my turf, got there before me, and they were kings of it, overnight. We'd all been outflanked ...
(This article is unintentionally a counterpoint to my colleague Owen Gleiberman’s considerably more-positive take on the Beatles’ “Let It Be” film, restored by Peter Jackson and released ...
"She Said She Said" is in the key of B ♭ Mixolydian, based on three chords: B ♭ (I), A ♭ (♭ VII), and E ♭ (IV). [37] The key centre shifts to E ♭ major during the bridge sections by means of an F minor (v) chord, a pivot chord that the Beatles had used to modulate to the subdominant before on " From Me to You " and " I Want to Hold ...
"Long, Long, Long" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). It was written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist, while he and his bandmates were attending Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India, in early 1968.
The song uses the three blues chords I, IV and V. Structurally, it employs two bridges while avoiding instrumental solos and double verses between bridges. [ 11 ] Among musicologists and authors, several describe "I'll Cry Instead" as country , including Ian MacDonald , Jean-Michael Guesdon & Philippe Margotin, Alan W. Pollack , Tim Riley and ...
The Beatles made a total of ten black-and-white videos that day, [23] [24] filming clips for the new songs as well as for their previous hit singles "I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride" and "Help!" [21] [25] [nb 1] Three of the films were mimed performances of "We Can Work It Out", [25] in all of which Lennon was seated at a harmonium.