Comments on: Dig A Pony

By: christhislove

christhislove — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:19:04 +0000

What a communicative energy with this song. John’s voice is powerful. The falsetto singing of Paul is amazing. George plays a guitar so bright. Ringo’s toms sound wonderful.
One of my favourite song, definitively

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:46:05 +0000

That seems unnecessarily complicated.

By: dgw28

dgw28 — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:52:52 +0000

Matt has it right. The UK releases constitute the cannon as they represent the Beatles own intent for track selection, sequencing etc.

By: Yoko Ohno

Yoko Ohno — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 07:34:32 +0000

Always thought Lennon would not make it obviously about heroin (pony) especially after the LSD claims on Lucy.

I also doubt his complete nonsense claims.

I think whole thing is about sexual preference in women.

Consider the verb in start of each verse and how they all have sexual/attraction preference meanings:
I Dig, I do, I pick, I load, I roll, I feel…

And the objects:
Pony=young girls (celebrate youth)
Road Hog=groupie (penetrate because you can)
Moondog=hippie (radiate good vibes)
Stoney= stones fan (hate f*ck for their imitating)
Lorry= Boat load/many/orgy (syndicate a group of women)
Wind Blow=just a blow job (if you can indicate that’s all you want)

A song just about “all I want” and how it “has to be just like you want it to” in a sexual manner.

Not the highest of endeavors for a song but maybe why John dismissed it later.

I love it in any case.

By: Ms. Lane

Ms. Lane — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:20:20 +0000

Hi. Great site! This might also be a reference to John and Yoko. In a May 1969 interview with David Wigg, http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1969.0508.beatles.html, John says, “…John and Yoko are like the wind. You can’t see it, but when it passes the trees bend. You know, and that’s what we do…”

By: Marc Rebillet

Marc Rebillet — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:40:56 +0000

This is also my favorite Beatles song. The rooftop recording, the palpable energy, John and Paul’s partnership right there, one last time for the crowd. They knew they might never be on stage together again and you can FEEL it in this recording. Not to mention George’s beautiful, mature guitar work and Ringo’s track stopping intro.

This song represents everything I love so much about The Beatles. Their camaraderie and their extraordinary ability to perform together as musicians in a way no one else could. What a track.

By: Marc Rebillet

Marc Rebillet — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:28:13 +0000

You’re thinking of Yer Blues.

By: Jeff Carlson

Jeff Carlson — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 23:11:50 +0000

Lyrically not being a grand statement, and somewhat sloppily performed, the song is under respected.
That said, most of Let it be is like that and it would be a much lesser album without “I dig a pony”..
Blues,rock,R&B, Waltz all in one, with a great vocal performance. Could of been better with Martin producing using the Abbey road approach…….Still essential Beatles…

By: JFrench

JFrench — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:11:49 +0000

The date does not go unnoticed my friend!

By: Don Squires

Don Squires — Mon, 08 May 2017 07:23:59 +0000

the first time I heard this song,,,,it just got me..it done me good…A brilliant , interesting awesome display of lyric and lick…melded and welded by that witty , tough ,fragile, and funny fearless Johnny….He shines on and on and on….

By: behistan

behistan — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 04:54:00 +0000

Lennon is clearly reclaiming with a little help back from cocker whose iconic rearrangement of the song may be the most successful Beatles cover ever.. one of the few which Is often compared favorably to the original. Lennon’s? ego would never have tolerated people saying that the Beatles version was 2nd best of a song … so cleverly he took it back. he takes the organ glissando of cockers rearrangement and makes it a wicked riff that he and Harrison play in unison and takes cockers bluesy rewrite of the chorus as the main chorus of the song. after all he couldn’t be sued as he was the writer of the song and it’s rearrangement couldn’t be copyrighted!

By: Christal Beerman ? The Ninja Rocktographer

Christal Beerman ? The Ninja Rocktographer — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:29:55 +0000

Joe Cocker’s album was released in May 1969, but it was recorded in early 1968. The single of Joe Cocker’s version of “With a Little Help from My Friends” was released in the UK in October 1968 which was about three months before Dig a Pony was recorded. The Beatles had definitely heard Joe’s version of the song by the time Dig a Pony was recorded.

By: Mikey59

Mikey59 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:57:28 +0000

This song is one highlight of many from the rooftop. I love when Macca’s falsetto gives out on him( probably due to smoking & phlegm from the cold) on “Because”…at the end of the 2nd chorus, and he just goes ” Oooh—Ahh”, and it fits the moment perfectly. Another reason why he was a great adlib singer.

By: Mikey59

Mikey59 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:34:53 +0000

I owned one too, for years, but mine stayed in tune well.
It may be that the guys didn’t tune their guitars to the Rhodes, as they were used to tuning to each other and weren’t accustomed to having a kybrd player playing live with them—they may’ve not thought about it and George Martin wasn’t there to catch it! It just sounds to me like Billy’s piano is not always in tune with the guitars.

By: Mikey59

Mikey59 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:15:15 +0000

I agree. I think the “All I want is…” line is a bit too clever clever, and sounds like it was tagged on later. It’s not honest, and Lennon was rarely contrived or dishonest in his writing. That’s one of the best things Spector did when he mixed LIB, IMO.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:43:13 +0000

Let’s not over complicate Lennon’s word salads. The essence of any song is its title. Dig a Pony = Enjoy the high of Heroin.

By: Candlestick Parker

Candlestick Parker — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:25:04 +0000

John must have been reminiscing about his youth while stringing words together for this song, with references to the Moondogs and riding a lorrie. I’m not from England but isn’t a lorrie a flatbed truck like the one he and the Quarrymen used to get to a show…pre-Paul?

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:11:17 +0000

I have always loved this song.John Lennon considered this a throwaway of his. I have always this song just so enjoyable to listen to. It used to be on the radio a lot and then when I first got the “Let It Be” album. I love the ” all I want is you ” line, John’s vocals and George’s lead guitar work.

By: James

James — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:55:23 +0000

We used this as our wedding song. Married five years today.

By: Beatle womania

Beatle womania — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 17:30:29 +0000

Just like invisible touch by Genesis is about cocaine, once she gets under your skin, you’re never quite the same…she reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart