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7.31pm
14 May 2013
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Well, in the song Lady Madonna , there’s that part at 1:02, where there’s a funny sound like “pohpopohpopohpoh-popohpopopoh”. Then, I wanna know: that sound is an instrument played by a guest musician or John, Paul and George making funny vocals?
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8.45pm
12 November 2012
Offline I thought it sounded like John, Paul, and George, but I checked Joe’s article on the song just to be sure and I pasted part of it is below.
“The Beatles returned to the song three days later. McCartney added his second vocal and another piano track, and all Beatles contributed handclaps. McCartney, Lennon and Harrison also recorded their “See how they run” vocals, and the vocalised imitation brass during the middle eight.”
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12.18am
1 November 2012
Offline Glass Onion said
Well, in the song Lady Madonna , there’s that part at 1:02, where there’s a funny sound like “pohpopohpopohpoh-popohpopopoh”. Then, I wanna know: that sound is an instrument played by a guest musician or John, Paul and George making funny vocals?
I was never mystified by that part — I always assumed it was a few voices (John, Paul and George most likely). I just had a re-listen: it sounds more like “buh buh buh buhhhh” etc. — kind of like mock chicken clucking at a falsetto pitch.
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5.21am
17 January 2013
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I just had a re-listen: it sounds more like “buh buh buh buhhhh” etc. — kind of like mock chicken clucking at a falsetto pitch.
That’s too funny! I’ve always thought of chickens clucking when I hear that! 
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8.48am
27 December 2012
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To me it sounds like a keyboard because I always played it on a keyboard, never knew it was vocals haha.
12.56pm
14 May 2013
Offline I alway thought they were vocals, but then I watched a video on YouTube which showed that sound as a trumpet, and since them I’m not sure anymore. But anyways, I watched that video again and I think I had misunderstood it. Yeah, they are vocals, not trumpets.
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29 November 2012
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It’s “mouth trumpet,” not a real trumpet or any instrument. You can tell if you listen to some of the outtakes, and it’s also confirmed by Lewisohn and MacDonald in both of their books. Plus, you can just tell by the sound 8)
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4.11pm
14 February 2013
Offline ROFL re: chickens. I have always thought that too!! 
I always thought it sounded similar to a kazoo.
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3.19am
1 November 2012
Offline Yeah, it’s reminiscent of a kazoo — and someone mentioned “mouth trumpet”, which reminds me of that damned “mouth saxophone” Paul did which I still want to know how he did it.
Paul’s mouth sax on “You’re Sixteen” (from the Ringo solo album) is much less “human” sounding (even less chicken sounding!) than the Lady Madonna part, and I can’t believe he didn’t use some kind of thing on his mouth, like even cellophane or something. Or is that noise coming out of his nose and not his mouth, per se…?
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12.09am
6 December 2012
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I’ve always thought that it sounds like The Beatles trying to imitate chickens trying to imitate trumpets.
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1.35am
17 January 2013
Offline Paul performed Lady Madonna on The Colbert Report the other day, and that part was just their vocals.
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