Yellow Submarine
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El contrato firmado por Los Beatles con United Artists, no solo era de tres películas, sino también por las correspondientes bandas sonoras, y aunque por entonces les había parecido un acuerdo increíble, ahora no era más que una carga para ellos. La posibilidad de crear una pelicula de dibujos animados y la necesidad de completar otro álbum para ello no los entusiasmaba. Por este motivo decidieron utilizar canciones grabadas con anterioridad pero no lanzadas que formarían la cara A del disco, mientras que la cara B estaba enteramente dedicada a la partitura de George Martin para la película. Yellow submarine tiene tan solo 4 canciones nuevas (Yellow Submarine y All You Need Is Love también se incluían) y de ellas, en mi opinión, solo una vale la pena. |
Tracks 7-13 are instrumentals by George Martin and his Orchestra
(Lennon/McCartney) Lead vocal: Starr In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed up to the sun Till we found the sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine And our friends are all on board Many more of them live next door And the band begins to play We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine As we live a life of ease Everyone of us has all we need Sky of blue and sea of green In our yellow submarine. We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
McCartney
John:Guitarra Acústica y Voces
Paul:Guitarra Acústica y Voces
George:Pandereta y Voces
Ringo:Batería y Voz
Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Pattie Harrison, George Martin, Neill Aspinall, Geoff Emerick y The Beatles: Coros
Músicos de Estudio:Sección de Viento
(Harrison) Lead vocal: Harrison If you're listening to this song You may think the chords are going wrong But they're not We just wrote it like that. When you're listening late at night You may think the band are not quite right But they are, they just play it like that It doesn't really matter what chords I play What words I say or time of day it is As it's only a Northern song It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear Or how I fare or if my hair is brown When it's only a Northern song. If you think the harmony Is a little dark and out of key You're correct, there's nobody there. And I told you there's no one there.
Harrison
Título de Trabajo: Not Known
John: Piano
Paul: Bajo
George: Organo y Voz
Ringo: Batería
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Era sentimental, pero la película Yellow Submarine que se estaba rodando en el verano de 1967 decididamente aplaudía el concepto de los Buenos - los Beatles - luchando contra las fuerzas del mal, representadas por los Blue Meanies [Los Malitos Azules]. No obstante, los Beatles verdaderos estaban decididamente poco entusiasmados con la película durante su producción (aunque después de su estreno en julio de 1968 comenzaron a tomarle cariño). Brian Epstein había ratificado el proyecto de Yellow Submarine para finalizar el contrato de tres películas que el grupo tenía con la United Artists. El formato de tebeo permitió que los Beatles evitaran actuar en la película, pero estaban obligados a proporcionar la banda sonora. Aparentemente molestos frente a esta obligación, los Beatles apenas se implicaron en la producción y, según George Martin, sólo contribuyeron con canciones «de segundo orden» al proyecto. Por ejemplo, «Only A Norther Song», de Harrison, había sido comprensiblemente rechazada como no lo bastante buena para aparecer en Sgt. Pepper, mientras que «It's All Too Much» era poco más que un griterío sin forma. |
(Lennon/McCartney) Lead vocal: McCartney One, two, three, four Can I have a little more? five, six, seven eight nine ten I love you. A, B, C, D Can I bring my friend to tea? E, F, G H I J I love you. Bom bo pom po pom Sail the ship, Bom po pom Jump the tree Bom po pom Skip the rope, Bom po pom Look at me All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... Black, white, green, red Can I take my friend to bed? Pink, brown, yellow orange blue I love you All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... Bom bo pom po pom Sail the ship, Bom po pom Jump the tree Bom po pom Skip the rope, Bom po pom Look at me All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now.... All together now....
McCartney
John:Banjo y Voces
Paul:Guitarra Acústica, Bajo y Voz
George:Armónica y Voces
Ringo:Batería y Voces
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(Lennon/McCartney) Lead vocal: Lennon Sheepdog standing in the rain, Bullfrog doing it again Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles What makes you think you're something special when you smile Child-like No one understands, Jack knife In your sweaty hands, Some kind of innocence is measured out in years You don't know what it's like to listen to your fears You can talk to me, You can talk to me, You can talk to me, if you're lonely you can talk to me Big man Walking in the park Whigwam Frightened of the dark Some kind of solitude is measured out in you You think you know me but you haven't got a clue You can talk to me, You can talk to me, You can talk to me, if you're lonely you can talk to me Hey bulldog! Hey bulldog! Hey bulldog! Hey bulldog! Hey bulldog!
Lennon
John: Piano, Guitarra Solista y Voz
Paul: Bajo y Voces
George: Guitarra Solista y Pandereta
Ringo: Batería
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El único diamante en bruto de Yellow Submarine era «Hey Bulldog», una gran canción gruñona y rockera grabada justo algunos días antes de que los Beatles partieran a la India en febrero de 1968. Los cuatro Beatles interpretan esta composición de Lennon con una intensidad feroz y tensa, azotando su surco sencillo hasta alcanzar un estado febril. Los ladridos y las risas enloquecidas compartidas por John y Paul durante el fade out no sólo confirman el recuerdo de la sesión del ingeniero Geoff Emerick como algo «realmente divertido», también indican el afecto mutuo de los Beatles a estas alturas. Para entonces, la película Magical Mystery Tour había llegado y pasado, después de haber sido destrozada por los críticos, que declararon que era el primer fracaso verdadero de los Beatles |
(Harrison) Lead vocal: Harrison It's all too much, It's all too much When I look into your eyes, your love is there for me And the more I go inside, the more there is to see It's all too much for me to take The love that's shining all around you Everywhere, it's what you make For us to take, it's all too much Floating down the stream of time, of life to life with me Makes no difference where you are or where you'd like to be It's all too much for me to take The love that's shining all around here All the world is birthday cake, So take a piece but not too much Set me on a silver sun, for I know that I'm free Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea It's all to much for me to see A love that's shining all around here The more I am, the less I know And what I do is all too much It's all too much for me to take The love that's shining all around you Everywhere, it's what you make For us to take, it's all too much It's too much..... It's too much With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue You're too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much Too much too much too much
Título de Trabajo: Too Much
Harrison
John:Guitarra solista y voces
Paul: Bajo y voces
George: Guitarra Solista, Organo y Voz
Ringo Starr: Drums Músicos de Estudio: Cuatro Trompetas, Un Clarinete.
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It's All Too Much también se grabó específicamente para Yellow Submarine, y George la describió como "grabada de manera infantil a partir de realizaciones que aparecieron durante y tras algunas experiencias con el LSD que posteriormente confirmó la meditación". La canción es un tema bastante caótico. De hecho está editada de una toma más larga (más de 8 minutos) y es parte improvisación, parte canción preestablecida. De hecho parece una auténtica pesadilla para Ringo, y el ritmo se pierde un par de veces por culpa de los cortes en la edición. |
(Lennon/McCartney) Lead vocal: Lennon Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. Nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It's easy. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. There's nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. All you need is love (All together) All you need is love. (Everybody!) All you need is love, love. Love is all you need Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Love is all you need (love is all you need) Yes he's dead Yee-hai! Oh yeah! She loves you, yeah yeah yeah. She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.
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La BBC afrontaba la
retransmisión de Nuestro Mundo, el primer enlace mundial de televisión, con
26 países participantes, y tenía que presentar un número. La elección
evidente era los Beatles. Cualquier otro grupo hubiera estado preparando el
evento durante meses, sin embargo John compuso la canción poco antes de que
hubiera que grabarla. Tan solo 10 días antes de la retransmisión (25 de
Junio de 1967) los Beatles empezaron a grabar la pista básica de la canción.
El resto debía de tocarse en directo en frente de las cámaras en el estudio
Uno de Abbey Road, de tal manera que pareciese que los Beatles estaban
grabando una nueva canción y eran sorprendidos por las cámaras. |
Copyright EMI Capitol International 1968
Copyright Apple Corps. 1968-1987