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"She said she said" is the best. Except for "Taxman" of course.

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the Parlophone (UK) version was slightly longer than the Capitol Records pressing. When I was in college, I found the import Revolver at the swap meet held monthly at the Capitol Records parking lot in Hollywood. "Here, There and Everywhere" is a staple for my jazz trio.

#1 wirraway on 2014-02-09 17:47 (Reply)

The original U.S. version didn't have "Dr. Robert", "And Your Bird Can Sing", and "I'm Only Sleeping". They were released on a U.S. only compilation album called "Yesterday & Today" - the one with the notorious, deleted "Butcher" picture on its cover.

#1.1 T.K. Tortch on 2014-02-10 22:32 (Reply)

I had a modest collection of Beatles bootlegs, studio outtakes, rehearsals, all from that record swap, and all, unfortunately, gone the way of the baseball card collection. and the one-sheets. thanks, Mom.

#1.1.1 wirraway on 2014-02-11 02:30 (Reply)

A lot of good advice here, and good sitar:

"Each day just goes so fast
I turn around, it's past
You don't get time to hang a sign on me

Love me while you can
Before I'm a dead old man

A lifetime is so short
A new one can't be bought
But what you've got means such a lot to me

Make love all day long
Make love singing songs

Make love all day long
Make love singing songs

There's people standing round
Who'll screw you in the ground
They'll fill you in with all their sins, you'll see

I'll make love to you
If you want me to"

#2 tennesered on 2014-02-09 21:31 (Reply)

I liked Tomorrow Never Knows the best, off of this album.

#3 steve on 2014-02-09 21:36 (Reply)

Absolutely love this album. Had a friend turn me on to it while I was in college, and for one summer it was the first thing I put on when I got home from work at nite.

Weird story, I walked by a new store selling used CD's in Tempe. I thought (to myself), "maybe I'll find a copy of Revolver." When I walked in, the owner greeted me, handed me disk to look at before he put it on the shelf: it was Revolver. And of course I bought it.

#4 DrTorch on 2014-02-10 06:01 (Reply)

I'm trying to figure what it is about the song, "Taxman" that BD doesn't enjoy; the message, or George Harrison's composition?

#5 cas on 2014-02-10 08:49 (Reply)

Oh, I think that BD likes this song. I know i do. What's not to like? It is a timeless theme so enjoyed by us of the hoi polloi. Feckless pols spending my hard-earned $$$ to guide me in my flight. Even Joe Biden wears thousand dollar suits, the pockets of which are lined with our dollars. Ah, but it is just the price of living here in America, the land of the once free, and the currently free lunch, if you are properly connected. Of course, there really is no such thing as a free lunch. We will be getting to payment somewhere down the road. We will be dunned. Or damned.

Thank you: Mr.Wilson, Mr. Heath; for enlightening those care free lads, The Beatles, to our everyday world. Imagine if John Lennon had tried to change the tax code rather then the world; maybe we would all be righteous consumers, all rich and living in green economic prosperity. That darn LSD.

There was even a tax angle on the Christian story of the birth of Jesus.

#5.1 tennesered on 2014-02-10 09:49 (Reply)

Speaking of the Taxman, this is a distant memory from the late 60s - early 70s. I seem to recall some or all of the Beatles taking up residence in the USA, for a time, in order to avoid high taxation in their home country. Anyone remember this?

#6 Jim on 2014-02-10 09:47 (Reply)

Could have been any of them; lower taxes certainly wasn't something that kept Lennon from moving here. "Taxman" was a George Harrison tune, and he sings it.* It definitely could have been him!!

You could be thinking of one of the Rolling Stones, too, I think.

*The guitar solo is actually by Paul. Don't know if he came up with the bass riff or not. But when those guys were in their prime they bled talent from every pore.

#6.1 T.K. Tortch on 2014-02-10 22:27 (Reply)

Sorry. Paul does not appear on this song a-tall. George played both the lead and bass guitars.

#6.1.1 tennesseered on 2014-02-10 23:16 (Reply)

Fun fact: "She said she said" was based on an acid trip that John Lennon took in 1965 during which he had an extended conversation with Peter Fonda (who was also tripping) about the subject matter of the song.

#7 JM on 2014-02-10 12:09 (Reply)

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