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"Be Here Now" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1973 album Living in the Material World. The recording features a sparse musical arrangement and recalls Harrison's work with the Beatles during 1966–1968, through its Indian-inspired mood and use of sitar drone.
The frequent use of added sixth chords in the song accentuate its dreamlike feel. [7] The song also has an example of major 9th harmony in the Cmaj 9 chord on "Here comes the Sun King"; here, above the tonic C major triad, both B (seventh) and D (ninth) combine in the vocals "to form a suitably lush fanfare for the monarch himself." [8]
The remix of "Free as a Bird" cleans up Lennon's vocal further, and uses a different take of Harrison's vocal phrase, replacing the lyric "whatever happened to the life that we once knew" with "whatever happened to the love that we once knew". The clip of Lennon saying "turned out nice again" was switched to play forward.
"Any Time at All" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, it was mainly composed by John Lennon, with an instrumental middle eight by Paul McCartney. [2] It first appeared on the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night album.
The verse opens on "Here" in the key of G (with simultaneous I (G chord) and melody G note) and moves to a I–ii–iii–IV chord shift (G–Am–Bm–C) through "making each day of the year". [13] This repeats on "Changing my life with a wave"; but immediately after (in bar 5) the song changes on "of her hand".
Mean Mr. Mustard" and the unreleased song "Madman" were also recorded during this session, although the Beatles ultimately abandoned them after a few run-throughs. [3] [4] The song features Paul McCartney on lead guitar because George Harrison had temporarily left the group at this stage of the sessions. [5] The song has a two chord riff. [6]
A well-known letter commonly attributed to President Abraham Lincoln was likely written by his secretary John Hay, finds new research.
Musically, the song is founded on a driving funk beat, with few chord changes and a simple melody in the key of D major. [7] [8] (The refrain is a 12 bar blues in D. The main chord is D7(♯ 9), also used in "Drive My Car" and "Taxman".) Paul McCartney said of this song, "John and I would like to do songs with just one note like 'Long Tall ...