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Topics: S-Z John Lennon dedicated this song to Yoko One. It was the first song he wrote for Yoko, who he married on March 20, 1969. Released as the B-side of "Get Back," this song was recorded the same day. It was going to be on the Let It Be album, but when the tapes from the sessions were turned over to Phil Spector to produce, he took it out. This
was one of the songs The Beatles played at their impromptu rooftop
concert in 1969. The concept of the album was The Beatles performing new
songs for a live audience, with film footage of their rehearsals used
to make a documentary TV special. George Harrison didn't like the idea,
and when things got tense during recording, he left the sessions and
returned only after they agreed to cancel the live performance. The
Beatles were still under contract to make another movie, so they decided
to use the rehearsal footage as their last movie, Let It Be. In
order to end the movie, they needed a big scene, so they went to the
roof of Apple Records and started playing. John Lennon forgot some of
the words to this song while the Beatles were playing their rooftop
concert. (thanks, Jonathon - Clermont, FL) Billy
Preston, who The Beatles met when he was on tour with Little Richard in
1962, played keyboards on this track. Preston was one of the few
outside musicians (excluding members of orchestras) to play on any
Beatles song. George Harrison brought him in to smooth tensions in the
studio. He did the same thing during The White Album sessions,
when he brought in Eric Clapton. The presence of a musician The Beatles
respected had a way of making them put aside their differences. When Apple Records remixed the album Let It Be and released it in 2003 as Let It Be... Naked, this was included. An alternate take was used. It was the only song on the new album that did not appear on the original. Lennon asked Ringo to crash his cymbals loudly to "give me the courage to come in screaming." Billy
Corgan's band Zwan covered this. They rearranged the entire song so
only the melody was the same. They added a guitar solo at the end.
Others artists to cover the song include Randy Crawford, Crown of
Thorns, Dylan & Clark, Garbage, Gene, Marcia Griffiths, Taylor
Hicks, Julian Lennon, Annie Lennox, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, The
Persuasions, Phoebe Snow, Stereophonics and Paul Weller. (thanks, SJ -
skalj, Denmark) Garbage
lead singer Shirley Manson is from Edinburgh, and in 1999 they played
this song at the opening of the newly-elected Scottish Parliament, which
was celebrating autonomy after 300 years of British rule. (thanks,
Bertrand - Paris, France)
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"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band The
Beatles. Although formally attributed to John Lennon and Paul McCartney,
the song is acknowledged as having been composed predominantly by
Lennon. It was inspired by a Salvation Army house near Lennon's
childhood home.
"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single by Chuck Berry originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music. The song has been covered by many other artists and Rolling Stone ranked it #97 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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