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{{cquote|'What You're Doing' was a bit of filler. I think it was a little more mine than John's, but I don't have a very clear recollection so to be on the safe side I'd put it as 50-50. It doesn't sound like an idea that I remember John offering, so it sounds like a way to get a song started, some of them are just that. 'Hey, what'cha doing?' You sometimes start a song and hope the best will arrive by the time you get to the chorus, but sometimes that's all you get, and I suspect this was one of them. Maybe it's a better recording than it is a song, some of them are. Sometimes a good recording would enhance a song.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'', p.175-76|1997}} | {{cquote|'What You're Doing' was a bit of filler. I think it was a little more mine than John's, but I don't have a very clear recollection so to be on the safe side I'd put it as 50-50. It doesn't sound like an idea that I remember John offering, so it sounds like a way to get a song started, some of them are just that. 'Hey, what'cha doing?' You sometimes start a song and hope the best will arrive by the time you get to the chorus, but sometimes that's all you get, and I suspect this was one of them. Maybe it's a better recording than it is a song, some of them are. Sometimes a good recording would enhance a song.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'', p.175-76|1997}} | ||
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==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You%27re_Doing Wikipedia Entry] |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/wyd.shtml Alan W. Pollack's Musicological Analysis] |
* [http://www.beatlesebooks.com/what-youre-doing About 'What You're Doing' - Beatles Music History Website] | * [http://www.beatlesebooks.com/what-youre-doing About 'What You're Doing' - Beatles Music History Website] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 7 May 2025
| "What You're Doing" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | Beatles for Sale | |||
| Released | 4 December 1964 (mono and stereo) | |||
| Recorded | 29–30 September and 26 October 1964 Abbey Road Studios |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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| “ | We wrote this one in Atlantic City like 'Every Little Thing'. It's not that Atlantic City is particularly inspiring, it's just that we happened to have a day off the tour there. Ringo does a nice bit of drumming decoration in the introduction, and I double-track on the vocal as well as playing some piano. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, The Beatles Off The Record, p.135-36 (2000), 1964 |
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| “ | His [Paul's] song... I might have done something. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, 1980 |
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| “ | 'What You're Doing' was a bit of filler. I think it was a little more mine than John's, but I don't have a very clear recollection so to be on the safe side I'd put it as 50-50. It doesn't sound like an idea that I remember John offering, so it sounds like a way to get a song started, some of them are just that. 'Hey, what'cha doing?' You sometimes start a song and hope the best will arrive by the time you get to the chorus, but sometimes that's all you get, and I suspect this was one of them. Maybe it's a better recording than it is a song, some of them are. Sometimes a good recording would enhance a song. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p.175-76, 1997 |
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