Comments on: All You Need Is Love

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:15:08 +0000

Well, yeah. Not the best song they ever made. But, don’t you ever think, “they did this song too??” And don’t you get amazed at how Lennon had culled this idea, at such short notice, into what the four of them did?

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:17:03 +0000

I’ll settle it once and for all.
It was Pete Best singing “She Loves You”.
There.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:59:49 +0000

Always sounded like “get together” to me. There was a song out around that time with that title. Who knows….

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:57:01 +0000

Give it a rest. I’ve known the last part sounds exactly like John since I was 8. Now, what?

It’s been explained above…

By: edward rinn

edward rinn — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 22:49:55 +0000

wow, how could ANY of you think that it is john singing the “she loves you” at the end..that’s paul..I’ve known that since i was 10

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:16:40 +0000

Never one of my favorites, either. It was simply a case of “right song, right time”.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:30:33 +0000

Important note, according to John Ringo never actually played drums on this song. Apparently one of the Beatles held an upright bass while Ringo hit the strings with his drumsticks and another Beatle hit a tambourine. If you isolate one side of the record you can hear the wood of the drumsticks hitting the wood of the bass.

By: johan cavalli

johan cavalli — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:31:31 +0000

Thank you Hennyon. Your comment is the most interesting I´ve read here. I would really appreciate if you could give me some example on horizontal melodies to vertical harmonies. I have only one example, for the moment, except Lennon: In Puccinis Tosca there are several — opposed to Boheme — melodies with that structure. It´s wunderful.

By: johan cavalli

johan cavalli — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 17:16:52 +0000

Hey Slipper of the Yard.
Just listen. The hymns or psalms you sing in the church, on the divine services, are always melodies with long notes, like the bit “…love love love…” and more, in All You Need Is Love.
For me I cannot hear any song in “pop” music resembling this melody. As a matter of fact I even think that All You Need Is Love has big similarities with Wagners overtyre to Tannhäuser. Both melodies are magnificent and grand. And In Tannhäuser there are repeating three long notes in differrent shapes, very very typical for Lennon i many songs.

By: Fifth beatle

Fifth beatle — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 02:35:53 +0000

You’re wrong. Paul didn’t say “woh”, is John. And, John didn’t say “he’s dead”?

Sorry for the conspiration. I share the perception of Slipper.

By: Sgt. Pepper 67

Sgt. Pepper 67 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 05:24:36 +0000

What if Ringo sang backing vocals on the Song? I would have loved it

By: Slipper of the Yard.

Slipper of the Yard. — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:56:57 +0000

Hey, just noticed a young Eddie Kramer engineered on this session. He went on to Engineer for Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin sessions

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:26:22 +0000

Hah, well spotted, though it sounds more like the bass was ‘dropped out’ at these points rather than a wrong note.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:20:37 +0000

Great point, in fact the melody to ‘If I Fell’ is arguably the most melodious song the Beatles ever recorded.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:15:58 +0000

Not sure where you get the ‘divine service’ info from. Coukd you oblige and post a link to your source?

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:13:03 +0000

Billy, give it a rest. Joe told you clearly what John sang. Its clear as a bell.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:07:35 +0000

I think your final thoughts are correct. I would think it is included to stress that the message of the song is international.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:00:07 +0000

Late to the party here but yes that link settles it. It is both of them. Great shout.

By: Ms. Lane

Ms. Lane — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:08:19 +0000

I hear, Yes it is.

By: Ms. Lane

Ms. Lane — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:06:12 +0000

I share your perception of Jagger’s jealousy.