For example, the “silvery sound” that permeates “Wait” is supplied by Ringo’s generous use of tambourine which rises into a shiver of maracas and then, into drums. However, the song is not without innovation. As Hunter Davies comments, the boys are “head-to-head, as they used to do in the old days.” ( The Beatles Lyrics, 133) Compared to the sitar-trimmed “Norwegian Wood” or the elegant harmonium-embellished “In My Life,” “Wait,” hearkens back to a simpler time in the band’s history. You find The Beatles playing their customary instruments and performing their customary tasks. Percussive innovation – Of all the songs on Rubber Soul, “Wait” is one of the least innovative.But in “Wait,” some seem confused about the fact that John is singing (and therefore, wrote) the lines about longing for his wife, while Paul is singing (and therefore, penned) the lines hinting at a bit of mischief. It’s interesting to observe that people often cite this song as evidence of John’s infidelity, when in fact Paul sings the line, “I’ve been good…as good as I can be.” Listeners can easily discern that Paul sings (and therefore, has written) the more optimistic lines in “We Can Work It Out,” and John (sings and therefore, has written) the more pessimistic view of “Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend” in that same song. And if you accept the song as a collaboration, then it is both. If one assumes that John penned it, then it’s dedicated to Cynthia, waiting back at home. Debated Dedication – If one assumes that Paul wrote the song, “Wait” becomes a song directed to Jane Asher, as Margotin and Guesdon assert in All the Songs.Paul stated, “I seem to remember writing ‘Wait’ in front of him, and him being interested it being written.” However, many experts (including Tim Riley in Tell Me Why, 168) state that “Lennon wrote the verses and the refrain and relied upon Paul for the bridge.” “Wait” appears to be a collaboration, and Bill Harry says it was, “jointly written by John and Paul.” ( The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia, 682) In Revolution in the Head, MacDonald calls it “the first fifty-fifty Lennon-McCartney collaboration.” (More to follow on this topic in our “Fresh, New Look” segment.) In later life, Paul recalled young American actor Brandon de Wilde watching Paul create the song in the Bahamas. Debated Composership, Again – As with “In My Life,” “Wait” has been claimed by both John and Paul.2, 969, and MacDonald, Revolution in the Head, 128.
2, 57-58, Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 99, Riley, Tell Me Why, 168-169, Miles, Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, 278, Womack, The Beatles Encyclopedia, Vol. Sources: Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, 196, Lewisohn, The Recording Sessions, 60, Harry, The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia, 682, Davies, The Beatles Lyrics, 133, Margotin and Guesdon, All the Songs, 394-395, Winn, Way Beyond Compare, 363, Hammack, The Beatles Recording Reference Manual, Vol. *** from Hammack’s The Beatles Recording Reference Manual, Vol. Ringo Starr plays one of his Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl Super Classic drum sets. He is using a Gretsch Bigsby vibrato (and tone pedal). George Harrison plays lead guitar on his 1963 Gretsch G6119 Chet Atkins Tennessean electric guitar. Paul McCartney, co-composer, sings lead vocal on the middle eight and plays bass on his 1962-63 Hofner 500/1. John Lennon, co-composer, sings lead – except for the middle eight – and plays his 1965 Rickenbacker 325 Capri electric guitar. Stats: Recorded initially for the Help! LP in 4 takes. Second Engineer: Phil McDonald and Ken Scott But for now, let’s discover why The Beatles made the decision to wait on “Wait.” Read on…ĭate Recorded: 17 June 1965 (and 11 November 1965) Please come by and chat with him when you’re there.
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Piers, who is busy completing the second volume of his series (“The Blue Book”) will be attending the April 1-3 New York Metro Fest for Beatles Fans. This month, Piers Hemmingsen, author of The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania! (known as “The Red Book”) joins Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series, for a fresh, new look at the only song on the LP “left over” from the Help! soundtrack recordings. Through 2021 and the first few months of 2022, the Fest for Beatles Fans blog has been walking through The Beatles’ artistic and pivotal 1965 LP, Rubber Soul. By Jude Southerland Kessler and Piers Hemmingsen
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