Paul McCartney - YouTube Videos
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Alda:
love2travel:
Alda:
Alda are there any videos on the making of this song? I didn't realize that Paul played the beginning organ or melotron in this one!! Very cool song, I liked the calliope in this too. Wonder if it was a real calliope and if Paul played that too? Are there any videos?
I think some of your questions are answered below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/the_strawberry_fields_forever_demos_the_making_of_a_beatles_classic_1966.html Musical structure The song was originally written on acoustic guitar in the key of C major. The recorded version is approximately in B-flat major; owing to manipulation of the recording speed, the finished version is not in standard pitch (some, for instance consider that the tonic is A).[24] The introduction was played by McCartney on a Mellotron,[15] and involves a I- ii- I- ♭VII- IV progression[25] The vocals enter with the refrain instead of a verse.[4] In fact we are not "taken down" to the tonic key, but to "non-diatonic chords and secondary dominants" combining with "chromatic melodic tension intensified through outrageous harmonisation and root movement".[26] The phrase "to Strawberry" for example begins with a highly dissonant G melody note against a prevailing F minor key, then uses extremely dissonant B♭ and B notes (against the Fm chord) until the consonant F note is reached on "Fields". The same series of mostly dissonant melody notes cover the phrase "nothing is real" against the prevailing F#7 chord (in A key).[26] A half-measure complicates the meter of the verses, as well as the fact that the vocals begin in the middle of the first measure. The first verse comes after the refrain, and is eight measures long. The verse (for example "Always, no sometimes...") starts with an F major chord in key of B♭ (or E chord in key of A) (V), which progresses to G minor, the submediant, a deceptive cadence. According to Alan Pollack, the "approach-avoidance tactic" (i.e., the deceptive cadence) is encountered in the verse, as the leading-tone, A, appearing on the words "Always know", "I know when" "I think a No" and "I think I disagree", never resolves into a I chord (A in A key)) directly as expected.[27] Instead, at the end of the verse, the leading note, harmonized as part of the dominant chord, resolves to the prevailing tonic (B♭) at the end of the verse, after tonicizing the subdominant (IV) E♭ chord, on "disagree".[24] In the middle of the second chorus, the "funereal brass" is introduced, stressing the ominous lyrics.[4] After three verses and four choruses, the line "Strawberry Fields Forever" is repeated three times, and the song fades out with guitar, cello, and swarmandal instrumentation. The song fades back in after a few seconds in to the "nightmarish" ending, with the Mellotron playing in a haunting tone ? one achieved by recording the Mellotron "Swinging Flutes" setting in reverse [28] ? scattered drumming, and Lennon murmuring, after which the song completes
Alda thanks for those links. I don't see anything about a calliope so maybe that is something sampled on the mellotron. Of course that explanation is quite technical, but to me it seemed like they took two separate recordings of the song, in two different keys and melded them together by slowing/speeding each one to mesh with the other one? "Amazingly, the two tracks were recorded in different keys and tempos" Just amazing listening to the progression of the song, and 45 hours spent making it... a bit more than the earlier recording of 1 day for Please Please Me... It must have been so amazing to be a part of this. It's so blindingly brilliant... I remember first hearing this... Thanks for posting the article... the promotional video at the bottom is blocked in my country Do you happen to know the name of it?
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Alda:
Love2travel, here 's a other pic on the farm. Paul McCartney and Wings On Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder 1979.
Thanks for sharing this pic on the farm... have never seen this one before. I imagine Linda must have taken so many of them!! Here is one photo of Linda's that I saw in NYC... I really love this one! Kitchen Window in Scotland. It was so nice to see her contact sheet of all of her photos on the iPads at that show. There was also a great photo of an easel and green apples that was something Linda put together in homage to Magritte. I loved that one too!! There are so many of her photos that I really enjoy! Cook of the House
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Alda:
On The Farm.
This is not the farm in Scotland. It's the house in Sussex. Hmmmm...what is Paul doing there?
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Nancy R:
Alda:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/55681357/Paul++Linda+McCartney.jpg On The Farm.
This is not the farm in Scotland. It's the house in Sussex. Hmmmm...what is Paul doing there?
Playing that little teeny tiny harmonica, right?!
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Alda:
Paul McCartney Interview about Les Paul Guitars ( August 2010 )
This is a very very sweet picture of Linda, Paul and Heather... I'd not seen this one before... this photo says at least 1,000 words... awwww
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Alda:
Sir Paul McCartney On Deluxe Reissue Of RAM
Is this a pool table or a snooker table? From the video, ahhh so then burlap influenced the cloth on this set... (It should have won!!) Nice
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love2travel:
Nancy R:
Alda:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/55681357/Paul++Linda+McCartney.jpg On The Farm.
This is not the farm in Scotland. It's the house in Sussex. Hmmmm...what is Paul doing there?
Playing that little teeny tiny harmonica, right?!
Somehow I doubt that!
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Alda:
love2travel:
Alda:
This is a very very sweet picture of Linda, Paul and Heather... I'd not seen this one before... this photo says at least 1,000 words... awwww
There are other photos similar to this, but this is my favorite. Aside from a wonderful family photo, Heather always was very beautiful in any pic. I love her pics!
Yes, here's one:
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That day really wiped them out!
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Alda:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Z6Tw80UtG4/UUxtSF3U-UI/AAAAAAAABEo/Q8afHrV2oIA/s1600/486042_559890797378634_1294336211_n.jpg Now there is no doubt! Confirmed!!! Just wait for the sale of tickets in Brazil. Wow!!!!!!!!!!
Rick G will love this! Paul used his phrase "fans on the run."
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Alda:
Nancy, please! Is there this pic in colour?
Not to my knowledge.
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Alda:
That's Rick G with Paul (his screen name is Fans_on_the_run)
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love2travel:
Alda:
Sir Paul McCartney On Deluxe Reissue Of RAM
Is this a pool table or a snooker table?
Pool table. I don't think snooker tables have pockets.
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Nancy R:
love2travel:
Nancy R:
Alda:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/55681357/Paul++Linda+McCartney.jpg On The Farm.
This is not the farm in Scotland. It's the house in Sussex. Hmmmm...what is Paul doing there?
Playing that little teeny tiny harmonica, right?!
Somehow I doubt that!
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Alda:
Nancy R:
love2travel:
Alda:
Is this a pool table or a snooker table?
Pool table. I don't think snooker tables have pockets.
I think that there is only one difference: size of the tables. The other difference is about the rules, and has also difference about number of the balls.
Yes, I was wrong: http://www.pooltableplans.com/pool_vs%20snooker.htm
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Alda:
Too bad this is a backwards pic--it's a good one of Paul with Billy Joel & Bruce Springsteen!
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Nancy R:
Alda:
Too bad this is a backwards pic--it's a good one of Paul with Billy Joel & Bruce Springsteen!
This pic is displayed in the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. It's in a display about the Waldorf's famous guests. http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a614/Love2Travel3/P1000923_zpsc61f2bf6.jpg
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Alda:
Yes Alda... I see that one too I wonder if there are some Fireman pics from Rushes?
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The Fireman Great Balls of Fire!! Sun is Shining... wish Paul would play this in concert!! Love this song!!
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Alda:
Gahhh! *THUD*