Song fragments that really grab you | Page 19 | Fab Forum | The Beatles Bible

• On “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, the harmony on the word “heavy”, especially Paul’s, is ri-fucking-diculous, so powerful.
• The solo and key change in “And I Love Her ” are great, and the lyric ‘Bright are the stars that shine/dark is the sky’, has always struck a chord with me, even though they’re not the most amazing lyrics or anything, just the way Paul sings that line is awesome.
• The harmonies on “This Boy “, considering Paul, George and John will have recorded it live, and they’re all playing their instruments and singing their harmonies with no mistakes AT ALL at the same time, is incredible. Also if you listen for George’s harmony in this and “Yes It Is “, he’s singing some really weird melody that, instinctively, sounds like it shouldn’t work, but totally does.
• John and Paul’s “Woooah-oh!”‘s on “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You “, they’re so minor-y and the mood changes completely.
• John’s sketchy as fuck solo on “You Can’t Do That “, it’s so raw and noisy that it’s awesome.
• The ‘Someday when I’m lonely’ in “Things We Said Today “, just comes out nowhere and changes from minor to major with a really awesome bottom harmony.
• Fuzz bass in “Think For Yourself “
• Paul and Ringo’s playing in “The Word “, a great example as to why they were a great rhythm section. Gotta love those sloshy hi-hats.
• The bassline in “I’m Only Sleeping “. Holy crap, nobody ever talks about this one, but it’s brilliant, it flows so smoothly, and then that little fill before the ‘Keeping an eye on the…’ bit is great, Paul was probably the first pop/rock bassist, maybe bassist full stop, to play chords, there’s some as early as 1963 on “Not A Second Time ” too.
• The drums on “Tomorrow Never Knows “, just genius. I want to slow those right down and use them for a hip-hop track, Beastie Boys style
• More drums, the fills in “Blue Jay Way “, especially the one right before the song speeds up, are just brilliant, the main reason why I like the song so much, gives it a load of momentum it wouldn’t have otherwise.
• Kind of cheating, but the whole of “Strawberry Fields Forever “, is and always will be my favourite song ever written. Just pure genius, and sounds like nothing else I’ve ever heard.
• Paul’s basslines in “Mr. Kite” and “Good Morning, Good Morning” are oft-overlooked, but they’re great fun to play, especially all the dead notes in “Good Morning” (you can hear them better in the Anthology version).
• The bass tone on the White Album , especially on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps “, just really crunchy and gritty, I’ve never been able to properly replicate it.
• The middle part of “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide”, that little bass fill is simple but it’s so so awesome. Also comeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeonAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
• ‘Every one of them knew that as time went by, they’d get a little bit older and a little bit slower’
• Paul’s vocal in “Oh Darling!”, especially the middle eight, is my second favourite vocal performance of all time (after “Show Must Go On” by Queen), you can just hear the strain he’s putting on his voice, but it’s so raw and powerful.
• George’s vocal on “Long, Long, Long ” is really haunting and eerie, one of top 10 Beatles songs, and it never gets any love
• The bass part for “Only A Northern Song ” is actually genius, there’s some really cool walking parts and some odd sounding chords in there, it’s really fun to play, and the weird stunted bits where the bar gets extended by two beats in some places. Also the whole songs sounds slightly out of key, in a cool way
• The little descending country style guitar fill on “For You Blue ” is cool, and John’s slide guitar rocks
• The middle bit of “Rain “, where the drums and bass both play little fills at the same time. Just awesome, so underrated as a song.

That’s all I could think of for now, I’m a bassist/drummer, so I tend to notice those instruments more, that’s why most of mine are centered around them

  this part of ”wait” gotta be one of the best of the song (i believe it’s called a bridge idk), it always really got me