Joe said
I don't know who added the bell. There was also another percussion instrument, a chocalho, in some of the verses when the bell wasn't ringing. I've no idea why you'd presume it was McCartney - they all had access to the Abbey Road trap room containing effects and instruments, and raided it every now and then when a song needed something new (Yellow Submarine was one).

http://www.beatlesbible.com/19.....-monkey-2/

This is a handbell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbell - AFAIK they didn't use a drumstick, and it would have had a clapper inside.

Thanks Joe; from the wiki link I can see a person could ...]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:47:57 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59991 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59991

Long John Silver said
So you suspect melody of If I fell was Pauls, bell in this song is Pauls idea, you think Paul "scream" (if I remember correctly) is better than John. We get it, you prefer Paul but there is no need to open a new topic about it. You think John wasn't capable of thinking of something like this? A man who wrote Rain, Tomorrow Never Knows, I am the Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever etc... those are actually one of the most inventive songs in Beatles catalogue.

I was never that much into "who did what" in each ...]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:42:43 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59989 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59989 I don't know who added the bell. There was also another percussion instrument, a chocalho, in some of the verses when the bell wasn't ringing. I've no idea why you'd presume it was McCartney - they all had access to the Abbey Road trap room containing effects and instruments, and raided it every now and then when a song needed something new (Yellow Submarine was one).

http://www.beatlesbible.com/19.....-monkey-2/

This is a handbell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbell - AFAIK they didn't use a drumstick, and it would have had a clapper inside.

I was never that much into "who did what" in each song, and I don't say ...]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:55:51 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59960 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-handbell-in-everybodys-got-something-to-hide-cept-for-me-and-my-monkey/#p59960

Long John Silver said
Why you suspect it is Paul's idea?

I don't know, he seems to be more musically inventive and gimmicky for the sake of it.  John tended to be too concerned with "meaning", and George and Ringo tended to be rather mainstream in that department (despite the former's sitars).

And rapid striking is putting it mildly.  The use of it in this song is brilliant.  For years I thought, without listening too closely, that it was the center "bell" part of a cymbal being ...]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:39:24 +0000