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{{cquote|Another of my throwaways.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''Playboy Interviews''|1980}} | {{cquote|Another of my throwaways.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''Playboy Interviews''|1980}} | ||
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{{cquote|I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitars) in harmony — quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, ''Guitar Player Magazine'' Interview|1987}} | {{cquote|I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitars) in harmony — quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, ''Guitar Player Magazine'' Interview|1987}} | ||
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{{cquote|'And Your Bird Can Sing' was John's song. I suspect that I helped with the verses because the songs were nearly always written without second and third verses. I seem to remember working on that middle eight with him but it's John's song, 80-20 to John.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'', Barry Miles|1997}} | {{cquote|'And Your Bird Can Sing' was John's song. I suspect that I helped with the verses because the songs were nearly always written without second and third verses. I seem to remember working on that middle eight with him but it's John's song, 80-20 to John.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'', Barry Miles|1997}} | ||
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+ | '''Great outtake with giggling all the way through!''' | ||
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==Other Resources== | ==Other Resources== | ||
− | * [ | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Your_Bird_Can_Sing Wikipedia entry] |
− | * [ | + | * [https://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/aybcs.shtml Allan W. Pollack's Notes on "And Your Bird Can Sing"] |
[[Category:Songs]][[Category:Songs by John Lennon]] | [[Category:Songs]][[Category:Songs by John Lennon]] |
Latest revision as of 14:55, 6 May 2025
"And Your Bird Can Sing" | ||||
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Song by The Beatles | ||||
Album | Revolver | |||
Released | 5 August 1966 | |||
Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 26 April 1966 |
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Genre | Pop Rock | |||
Length | 2:01 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Revolver track listing | ||||
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“ | Another of my throwaways. | „ |
—John Lennon, Playboy Interviews, 1980 |
“ | Another horror. | „ |
—John Lennon, Hit Parader, 1972 |
“ | We wrote [the duet] at the session and learned it on the spot — but it was thought out. George learned it, then I learned the harmony to it, then we sat and played it. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, Musician Magazine, May 1990 |
“ | I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitars) in harmony — quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight. | „ |
—George Harrison, Guitar Player Magazine Interview, 1987 |
“ | One of my favorites on the Anthology is, 'And Your Bird Can Sing,' which is a nice song, but this take of it was one we couldn't use at the time. John and I got a fit of the giggles while we were doing the double-track. You couldn't have released it at the time. But now you can. Sounds great just hearing us lose it on a take. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
“ | 'And Your Bird Can Sing' was John's song. I suspect that I helped with the verses because the songs were nearly always written without second and third verses. I seem to remember working on that middle eight with him but it's John's song, 80-20 to John. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Barry Miles, 1997 |
Have a listen:
Great outtake with giggling all the way through!