Comments on: I Me Mine

By: vonbontee

vonbontee — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:10:56 +0000

There’s no tiiiiime for fussing and fight-ing-my-friends 😉

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:50:23 +0000

I sort of agree that AR side-2 is a lot of fragments (not necessarily good ones, either) that were sewn together to make something of a “whole”.
I’ve never considered it to be among their best work, though there are a few gems there. “…Sun”, “Because” are full, complete songs and great ones. But after that, “…Money”, and “Golden Slumbers” are the only ones that actually sound like they could’ve been extended to standalone tracks.

By: Nigel Parker

Nigel Parker — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:48:43 +0000

So what about Henry the horse?

By: Piet Nel

Piet Nel — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:44:51 +0000

If I Needed Someone is pretty good, too.

By: vonbontee

vonbontee — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:41:50 +0000

Yeah, Phil deserves much of the crap he gets for his work on this album…but I do think he and Hewson did nice, tasteful subtle work on the orchestrations here, if nowhere else. As for artificially lengthening the track, it was a sound decision and well accomplished. But I can’t help thinking that a George Martin would’ve just anticipated the problem during the arranging process, and maybe gotten the Threetles to just perform the second repeat, and punch it in later as something other than a mere cut-and-paste job.

By: Hugh Jones

Hugh Jones — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:24:27 +0000

Monty Python fandom.. indeed, if it wasn’t for George, The Life Of Brian would never have happened. It was he who put up the money to make the film when John Cleese couldn’t find anyone else to invest in it. “Why are you doing this, George?” He asked (gratefully). “Because I want to see the film!” was George’s answer. 🙂

By: Pablo Castro

Pablo Castro — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:14:31 +0000

Strange, because Yer Blues is almost the same 3/4 rhythmic pattern. Do you have a source ?

By: David mackin

David mackin — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:10:16 +0000

Lennon actually hated the song telling Harrison we don’t do waltz. But to me it’s one of George’s finest songs. According to Spector Harrison had little confidence during All Things Must Pass.Going against the heavyweights wore George down.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:39:40 +0000

Abbey Road. That shitty B side? They threw it together? That shitty B side on Abbey Road?
Did you really mean to write that?
Ouch.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:14:01 +0000

There are a number of George’s songs that outshine Paul’s or John’s, also consider when George started writing songs and what he accomplished after the breakup (solo and with the Traveling Wilburys). George’s songs were frequebtly dismissed by John and Paul (i.e. All Things Must Pass was written for Abbey Road album but they threw together that shitty B side instead of using it). George was also ranked #11 by Rolling Stone in Top 100 Guitarists, no less accomplished than Paul! John, Ringo and George all called a lot of the songs that Paul was writing in the later years “old bitty songs” and complained about having to record them… That being said “good songs” are a matter of preference, I would rather listen to While My Guitar Gently Weeps than Martha My Dear.

By: Hennyon

Hennyon — Wed, 10 May 2017 08:53:09 +0000

During 1963-1969 The Beatles brought the future to popular music. Where would we have been without them?

By: Tony_M_1956

Tony_M_1956 — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 02:49:50 +0000

I prefer those Beatles songs which have some contribution by all the guys. As good a song as IMM is, not having Lennon on it is to its detriment. Even songs like Yesterday, She’s leaving Home, Julia, Blackbird and many others, as great as they are do not sound like Beatles songs with only one or two of the group playing or singing. George Martin, for all the credit he greats as being the fifth Beatle did not control the recording sessions. Had he acted like a movie Director and not a glorified engineer, then the Beatles may have acquired some studio discipline and towed the line when it came to recording. Of course, EMI did nothing to help the Beatles stay together. They offered them nothing., not even complimentary guitars, or even decent toilet paper, and the early contract was a ripoff. Ringo is the only Beatle who did not disrespect his bandmates, and his excellent playing is the backbone of many Beatles songs. Knowing what I now do, how would Paul have liked Ringo to sneak into the studio while the others were away, and re-recording Paul’s baselines with those of his own. Before I knew better, I felt I Me Mine was George telling us what life was like in the studio. At the end, John did not want to contribute, and George and Paul were at each other’s throat. Ringo looked bored in the Let It Be movie. Thank God Billy Preston was there to calm the madness, and his contributions were an appreciated addition to the Beatles Songs. I listen to Let It Be with sadness, but there are gems in the album.

By: Young Fred

Young Fred — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 03:53:16 +0000

Great song. Great drumming by Ringo! That change of tempo and beat in the chorus gives the song a unique feeling.

By: Elias

Elias — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:24:56 +0000

Nobody noticed the classical guitar during the “I me mine, I me mine, I me mine” parts? I wonder if it is the Ramirez he used for “And I love her”…

By: Marcus Tiro

Marcus Tiro — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:56:21 +0000

This is also, IMO, a good example of how a great song-writer like George could use thoughts that applied to one context–in this case, LSD and the revelation of the ego–and let the listener hear them as applying to an entirely different context–how the band-members’ egos were destroying the unity of the band. The meaning of the song seemed obvious, even at the time, but Harrison crafted an artistic origin for it that protected him from having to directly criticize his band-mates.

By: David mackin

David mackin — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:26:47 +0000

The reason it was final recording was let it be was worked on after abbey road. Because the song was in the film Spector wanted a better recording of it. So it was worked on in Jan 1970 Lennon had left in sept 69 so even if he wasn’t on vacation god knows if he would have gone to session. Paul was already working on McCartney album but he agreed to help George record it. At this point Paul was pissed off but was still cooperating but after he heard Phil Spector final mix of album he was no longer nice to the other Beatles. It was war between him and the other members. Those bad vibes didn’t calm down til about 1973.

By: David mackin

David mackin — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:18:01 +0000

I read somewhere Lennon hated the track and George and him argued about it. But it’s a great record from George and sums up human nature we are all selfish bastards.

By: flangerfairlie

flangerfairlie — Sat, 21 May 2016 17:30:13 +0000

Does anyone have any insight into the recording of I Me Mine (particularly the vocals)? Even as a youngster, the vocals never sounded quite right to me; they always sounded a bit lo-fi and muddled.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:41:58 +0000

George as good a song writer as John and Paul?! So Hard Day’s Night (none of George’s songs), Rubber Soul (2 of George), St. Pepper (1 crappy Indian song), etc etc needed more of George? I don’t get the hostility to Paul from many Beatles fans. John dominated the first half of the Beatles life, Paul the second. Paul was and is one of the most accomplished bass players in rock history. Even John admitted that.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:09:42 +0000

Great George Harrison song, that only he could have written. Love the message. This is one of my favorites off the”Let It Be” album.I love the tempo changes in this song. Great sequence in the “Let It Be ” film with John and Yoko waltzing to this.