Comments on: Carry That Weight

By: Corley Lance

Corley Lance — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:56:21 +0000

Love Wings. Anyone with any sense loves the top 25 or 26 Wings songs. You must be an idiot.

By: David mackin

David mackin — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 18:58:42 +0000

The burden we all carry a lifetime. How McCartney at 26 could come up with that is amazing.

By: Rodney forbes

Rodney forbes — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:01:42 +0000

The lead guitar sections here are astonishing. The notes say George played them but they seem to have Paul or John’s attack.

By: John Pepper

John Pepper — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:49:10 +0000

0:01-0:22; 1:06-1:27, leads out into The End. It’s quite clean and you can’t much tell it apart from the piano and all the strings.
George certainly plays that little solo at 0:35-0:42.

By: Maxwell Hammer

Maxwell Hammer — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:55:11 +0000

George’s bass playing impressed Musicologist Alan W. Pollack, and i agree: `The bass work is particularly impressive, alternating between evenly accented perpetual motion for the refrains and syncopated scale work for the bridge.’

By: Bob Moslow

Bob Moslow — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 06:15:27 +0000

Can someone tell me about the trade-offs on guitar leading up to ‘The End’…does each take turns on a lead guitar part?

By: Sheldon Sturges

Sheldon Sturges — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:50:25 +0000

Nicked from Thomas Dekker –

Cradle Song

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:16:09 +0000

Love this, it fits perfectly with “Golden Slumbers”. Both are pieces of McCartney magic.

By: Dan L

Dan L — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 03:09:59 +0000

Years back, my 3-year-old son, then enamored with Twist and Shout, would belt out, “We’re shaking the baby now!” I agree, what little kids hear can be priceless!

By: kirbygene

kirbygene — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:49:43 +0000

Like the rest of you I wanted to comment on Ringo’s vocal prominence in the refrain. I love the effect! Poor Ringo hardly ever got any vocal moments and here he is singing his heart out.

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:00:43 +0000

Ringos voice is clearly heard!

By: K

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:31:19 +0000

I can hear the Lead Guitar solo but I cant hear any rhythm guitar. Was it left out of the final mix? Also, I think that the lead guitar part was played by Paul but I may be wrong.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:48:28 +0000

That’s funny Joe, amazing what kids hear isn’t it? 🙂

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 03:57:30 +0000

An absolute tour de force. I thought the enormous response the juggler Chriss Bliss got was not for his juggling but the fact he was doing it to this medley.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:57:31 +0000

My three-year-old son sings “Boy, you’re gonna carried away, carried away a long time.” Dumb kid ears are no bad thing!

On the subject of You Never Give Me Your Money, it’s the one bit that binds the two medleys together. It’s often thought of as one long song cycle, but there’s a natural break before Golden Slumbers. When they return to YNGMYM it brings cohesion to the whole thing.

By: Kristen Maxwell

Kristen Maxwell — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:15:55 +0000

The way that they brought back the elements from “You Never Give Me Your Money” makes this medley feel like a more cohesive version of the “concept” approach on Sgt. Pepper’s… basically a sequel with more attention paid to continuity and a feeling of progression.

Also, unrelated: as a kid i always heard the lyric as “carry that WAVE,” which seemed like a lot more work– having basically the entire ocean on your back! 🙂 I wish i could claim that it had audio/radio undertones (i.e. carrier wave), but i’d never heard those terms back then, so it was just dumb kid ears.

By: Rockpile

Rockpile — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:08:54 +0000

By far the worst moment on Side 2 of Abbey Road. It bleeds of Wings.

By: Rigby's quartet

Rigby's quartet — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:29:49 +0000

I get chills every time hearing this song on the heels of ‘Slumbers.’ There’s something about the transition from the most exquisite tune in the catalogue to all Four belting it out in unison…words cannot express.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:43:18 +0000

If you're referring to The End, you'll find the answer on that song's page.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:02:50 +0000

in what order are the solos played?