Recording dates according to Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head:
Revolution I: 30 May–21 June 1968
Revolution 9: 6–21 June 1968
Revolution: 9–12 July 1968
But "Revolution" was released at the end of August, while the White Album didn't come out until the end of November.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Lennon wanted Revolution (1, White Album version) to be a single, the others said no — John said it was because the rest of the band thought it was too slow, but there's speculation that Paul/George might not have wanted to invite controversy (especially after the Bigger Than Jesus stuff, which had somehow only been only about 18 months ago!)
So he rocked it up a bit and they put it out as a double-A with Hey Jude, while the first/original version was retitled "Revolution 1" and made its way onto the record.
I read somewhere that the song got a lot of flak from the New Left for not being politically-committed — especially compared to Street Fighting Man. I think Tariq Ali had some particularly unkind words. Wonder how much of that sting led Lennon to stuff like bed-ins and Power to the People.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You.
Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You.
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
a lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison
Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You.
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
Another one I like to bore people at parties with is Sonny Curtis recycling a bit from That'll Be the Day for I Fought the Law — the little drum break after the solo at "robbing people with a zip gun" mirrors the last "when you-made-me-cry-y."
Reading this, I was reminded of another shocking Lennon lift — the descending minor chords in Do You Want to Know a Secret are straight out of Till There Was You.
Considering their rapid output, I'm surprised there aren't more Noel Gallagher-esque melody borrowings in the Beatles career.
Another one I like to bore people at parties with is Sonny Curtis recycling a bit from That'll Be the Day for I Fought the Law — the little drum break after the solo at "robbing people with a zip gun" mirrors the last "when you-made-me-cry-y."
Ace observation. That one passed me right by but spot on.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board