Comments on: Flying 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 By: John Billett https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-452653 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:15:12 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-452653 It was actually a publicity advert for the Air Training Corps, which also showed the air cadets flying in training gliders.

]]> By: Steve Rogers https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-452121 Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:42:05 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-452121 Well, not necessarily! I can imagine John just wanting to play something on the Mellotron. He was keen on varied keyboard sounds in the Pepper/MMT/White Album period and played quite a range of them.

]]> By: Andrew Swan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-451866 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 04:46:40 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-451866 Yeah, I wish it was longer.

]]> By: Dark Overlord https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-451789 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:47:26 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-451789 There are 3 guitars, George’s rhythm guitar is played on a Fender Stratocaster with the built in tremolo effect from his Vox amp, Paul’s Epiphone Casino and George’s amplified Gibson J-160E are played clean.

]]> By: Ross Hamilton https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-451754 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 20:46:48 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-451754 I’d love to know how the main guitar track’s tone was accomplished. Definitely sounds like a Strat but played through what… effects, amp, pedals, the board? Love this cut so much.

]]> By: John Williams https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-450903 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:41:02 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-450903 Well, the guitar playing has “love” from me — very slinky and languid! I’d, however, be absolutely astonished if it were played on either a Strat or an acoustic guitar.

]]> By: oldFartBassPlayer Walt https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-450592 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:52:18 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-450592 Let’s get some love for George’s glorious, slippery, silky guitar work.
(not the rhythm comping on bass notes, but the high register work)
Not flashy, just subtle-ly seductive in melody and timbre.
Can’t decide if it was an electrified acoustic guitar, or his strat…

]]> By: Leslie Tucker https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-450398 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:05:42 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-450398 I wish they would release the full version out, I love it a lot more and I could finally have some peace of mind. 2 minutes isn’t enough for me

]]> By: Leslie Tucker https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-450397 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:02:55 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-450397 It sucks that I can’t watch this anymore because UMG_MK blocked it in my country. I live in America, I used to love listening to this now it’s gone

]]> By: Bongo https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-448059 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:20:21 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-448059 I wish MMT would be considered as the original EP here (and everywhere in this Forum for that fact), and not the Capitol LP. We are talking about a historical EP & Movie, nothing to do with North America & Capitol Records.

]]> By: Marcus Kaufmann https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-444933 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-444933 There is something noticeable for “Flying”! The Fabs must have taken the original idea (or Paul or John…), for more development, from the instrumental b-side of the 1960’s Chuck Berry’s single “I Got To Find My Baby”/”Mad Lad”! The similarities between “Flying” and “Mad Lad”, on the rhythm, on the time signature and on the beats on the compasses, are, from my humble point of view, evident! Best regards to all of you Beatle people!

And Joe, as I said it before here somewhere sometime, you’re the man! Great, great, great job on writing, researching and compilation!

]]> By: Mister MIke https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-444672 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 19:39:21 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-444672 Listening to the entire 9:36 of Flying made me so grateful that someone decided that was too long – ugh!

]]> By: piston broke https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-443876 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:43:23 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-443876 The first time I heard this was on a weird advert that commercial TV used, as a filler between shows, of shiny new Harrier Jump Jets. That would be interesting to see again.

]]> By: Golden Slumber https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-443874 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:59:16 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-443874 Well, Lennon played the Mellotron, so it must have been his melody.

]]> By: Barry Smith https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-443723 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:45:53 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-443723 According to McCartney, “Flying” was his song. Well, he wrote the basic melody. I’m curious what the contributions of Lennon, Harrison & Starkey were to the song.

]]> By: Daniël Wolfpack https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-440722 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:11:20 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-440722 ‘Magical Mystery’ isn’t really an album. It’s a compilation. An EP combined with some singles.
It’s now considered an album, but not at the time.

]]> By: adam https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-439594 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:41:38 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-439594 The footage used in MMT is from “Dr Strangelove” and not 2001. Kubrick filmed MILES of footage in the Arctic, most went unused. The proviso was that the Beatles could use as much as they wanted from Strangelove , as long as no frames were duplicated in MMT.

]]> By: me https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-439164 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:59:21 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-439164 hard to believe but i heard this song for the first time a few weeks ago. cannot get it out of my mind. such a beautiful thing knowing they did it so long ago.

]]> By: Grant https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-433697 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:47:11 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-433697 The bootleg 9 minute version is incredibly eerie, about as trippy and psychedelic as it gets.

]]> By: Dan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/comment-page-1/#comment-432423 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:26:57 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/flying/#comment-432423 Feels like a tribute to Joe Meek to me. What a great track this is.

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