Comments on: I Saw Her Standing There

By: MikeyGravey

MikeyGravey — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:35:01 +0000

Gabriel – Is it possible that you are mis-remembering hearing Take 1 of A Hard Day’s Night?

By: Sydney S Sherman

Sydney S Sherman — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:08:32 +0000

wow

By: Randall

Randall — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:29:22 +0000

“I saw her standing there” a most excellent song came out when I was only 2 years old.I didn’t discover The Beatles until they broke up in 1970 when I was 10 years old.But I heard their music when I was growing up.This song sounds like they captured that time frame of 1963 they were in when it was recorded.Its just that special unique Beatle sound that only they could do.

By: dgw28

dgw28 — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 01:34:42 +0000

Absolutely agree with Pablo. I’ve never understood why Love Me Do was chosen as their first single, ISHST is so strong. I guess in the end it didn’t exactly hurt them!

By: dgw28

dgw28 — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 01:28:08 +0000

There aren’t too many real driving rock n roll numbers penned after the golden age of the fifties, but this one is a true classic and stands up with the best of Berry and Richard. One of George’s best solos too.

By: Markku59

Markku59 — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 22:06:17 +0000

Unfortunately this masterpiece suddenly doesn’t feel so original to me anymore, since I found out that all the key factors to this song are borrowed. The melody structure of ISHST is nearly identical to ‘When the Saints go Marching In’, the song in their repertoire during time in Hamburg. The overall feeling, tempo, and the driving rhythm guitar are very much the same in these two songs. Plus the base riff from Chuck Berry. What a pity! Still a great song, of course, from the number one band.

By: Glen

Glen — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 03:11:59 +0000

November 28, 1974. Thanksgiving at Madison Square Garden. It’s available on the Here and There CD (not the original vinyl) which was released in the 1990s. This was also Lennon’s last concert performance, six years before he died. The CD edits out the seven- or eight-minute standing ovation Lennon got when he came out.

By: Jeff Maas

Jeff Maas — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:59:39 +0000

I remember reading that Paul was 16 years old.

By: Semolina Pilchard

Semolina Pilchard — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:17:44 +0000

Elton John. Reg bet Lennon that “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” would become a #1, and when it did, John would have to play live w him and his band. Lennon didn’t see it happening, so he agreed. “I’d like to Elton and the boys for having me up tonight, and we’re going to play one last number so I can get out of here and be sick. Its by an old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul, and it goes like this”:

This was also the night of Lennon’s reconciliation w Yoko and she was there as well (at the invite of EJ?) And I do not recall the date of the concert but Sean was born within the year of this show.

Lennon also said how well his choice of songwriting partners was: “Paul, Yoko, Elton and Bowie. Only the best.”

By: Bongo

Bongo — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 01:20:49 +0000

They still play this song at live sporting events and I never tire hearing it then.

By: matt sarconi

matt sarconi — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:00:14 +0000

Lightning in a bottle. What a powerful way to start a record -and with a brilliant count in. There was nothing like it, and they were off. I generally prefer their later lp’s and songs to their earlier ones, but rank this song right up there with any of my all time favorites.

By: George fan

George fan — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:58:51 +0000

I just want to say that as great as this song is, the mixer/producer can ruin the song or send it to another level. I refer to the count in edited onto the beginning of the song and the ringing of George’s guitar in the early part of the recording, especially the one chord fill in the second verse after “I’d fall in love with her.” It always sends a chill up my spine when I hear it. One of my top five Beatles songs, if one can narrow down a top five.

By: peter nelson

peter nelson — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 03:45:06 +0000

this may be the best beatle song ever – I think their early hits were the best and this is their first song on their first album

By: jennifur Sun

jennifur Sun — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:53:45 +0000

i’ve read tha Paul wrote this about Rory Storms sister whom Paul casually dated. she was also a dancer. and this is another reason why personally i love the Beatles Second Lp the best

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 02:02:56 +0000

Does anyone know of a bootleg of this song. (I saw her standing there). I remember listing to Breakfast with The Beatles on 97.1 radio station with host; Deirdre O’Donoghue. Once in a while she would play good gems. And she would always say, “get your tape recorders ready.” She played, I saw here standing there but this one in practiculer was George’s Lead solo. All I remember that it was awful. And you can here John and Paul laughing hysterically. I’m very sure it was during the recording sessions.
I have many bootlegs and all 9 takes of ” I saw her standing there”. But this one in practiculer I can’t find. Does anyone know about this one? Or I’m I wrong on the song?
And by the way, I did get my tape recorder ready but my dumb sister eventually got this one tape and recorded over it.

By: Walrus

Walrus — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:37:29 +0000

Absolutely. George Martin’s decision to patch in the 1-2-3-4 count-in from a different take was a master stroke. It grabs your attention and says that what you’re about to hear is something new and exciting (by 1963 standards anyway). Too bad no one told Vee Jay.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:49:51 +0000

Great choice as an opening track to your first album by The Beatles. A McCartney song with great input by Lennon. Paul McCartney’s vocals are brilliant and others have said a wonderful lead guitar solo by George Harrison.”Please Please Me” is a great debut album, to open with this and close with” Twist and Shout”, breathtaking!!

By: Jae Penn

Jae Penn — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:47:19 +0000

But do you know what bet, and who it was with that took place beforehand that made him agree if he lost the bet he would perform it with this person?

By: sertaneja

sertaneja — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 22:21:52 +0000

It is only a matter of taste. For me it is a classic as important as those hits by Little Richard and Carl Perkins’ Blue Suede Shoes. I wonder how old they were when they penned it. I know they completed in 62 but it seems they were still students when they had the idea. They were really born to rock and change the musical world.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 07:33:40 +0000

Harrison’s solo is brilliant! Definitely ahead of the times for then, IMO. Not the usual pentatonics. I have been playing just about ever since that song came out, I have learned many difficult songs and solos by ear, but that solo has a couple of turns that are pretty challenging. And he was just nineteen, know what I mean? (sorry..)