https://www.beatlesbible.com Not quite as popular as Jesus... Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/hold-on/comment-page-1/#comment-451541 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:25:34 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/#comment-451541 Ringo sings “cookieS” to rhyme with Japanese.

]]> https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/hold-on/comment-page-1/#comment-192714 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:30:18 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/#comment-192714 My dad was always disparaging all-things Beatles which I always found to be funny because he would make frequent comments about a song he’d heard that he liked. When I would point out that it was a Beatles’ tune he would drop into silence – subject closed. In this songs case, my dad demonstrated some maturity. I was playing this and, being a guitar player himself, was attracted by the sound of the guitar here. It’s not an incredibly difficult riff but the tone (a frequent John trademark) makes it sound bigger than it really is. It’s very blues and the track is subdued and close. I can almost taste a small nightclub atmosphere in the ambience. Unfortunately, John’s ego-centric lyrics again make for limited mass appeal thus it will be overlooked. His injection of the word ‘cookie’ in the instrumental bridge is peculiar as well and temporarily dispels the mood. It has been the stuff of legends why John said this but all I can say is ‘cranberry sauce’.

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