Comments on: I’m Looking Through You

By: Mr. Kite

Mr. Kite — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:34:02 +0000

“Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight” is a catchy line, but it’s absolute nonsense. Of course love does NOT disappear overnight.

By: N

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:25:49 +0000

For those who can’t hear the organ, it was put overtop of the lead guitar, and was overdriven like hell. If you have your doubts it’s an organ, listen to the the right channel during the fadeout, you can hear the organ fade at a different volume, and it even moves to the center a little bit.
Some fun tidbits about this song: this take sounds notably rushed; at around 0:58 you can hear tapping to the right that doesn’t keep to the beat well. At 1:18, after “You were above me,” the left guitar has feedback issues and rings for a brief moment. At 0:18, Ringo’s drums skip a beat. From 1:05 to 1:20 you can hear little plinking on the right guitar, as if whoever’s playing is tuning or has forgotten how to play, which happens again at around 1:49.
Several other anomalies happen throughout the final version of this song, and some people speculate that the final version was really only Paul playing. It’s thought he might’ve just overdubbed everything himself, considering all vocals consist of him, and that this version has a very “Paul” sound. It’s possible, but whatever.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:01:01 +0000

Some ghostly feedback can be heard after Paul says “You were above me”. For those having trouble hearing Ringo’s organ it is the loudest part of the song after each chorus “Youre not the same”.

By: Peter Fusco, Sr.

Peter Fusco, Sr. — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 15:06:38 +0000

Capo on first fret, definitely.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:10:21 +0000

Hey Urban (Spaceman)… first you say you cannot hear any trace of organ sound, then you say you can hear it better on the CD. Which is it?

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:01:45 +0000

I Think paul is playing his epi casino

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:15:54 +0000

key thing is figuring out what acoustic guitar was used. Obviously paul being a lefty its quite glaring in that he would only have been able to use his Epi Texan whereas john used the Gibson which was an electro acoustic and miked from the amp (doesn’t sound like a real acoustic). Similarly when George played bass on a few tracks its clear because he had to play the right handed Fender VI bass. Id say its john, its a relatively easy part which I don’t see why hed have any trouble getting in less than an hour.

By: SUDIP BHANDARI

SUDIP BHANDARI — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:45:30 +0000

I have always loved that little lick and it sounds very much like what George would have contributed

By: Andy Beyer-Bowden (Internet Enzyme)

Andy Beyer-Bowden (Internet Enzyme) — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 18:52:39 +0000

This comment brought to my attention the anthology 2 version. And wow, it’s great. I think I agree that it is better than the released version.

By: Man-ley

Man-ley — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:18:37 +0000

Guitar sounds quite high. High capo placement? John was a careful guitarist quite nimble (have a look at him in Let It Be film)… but it doesn’t seem his style in this song… I just feel it – happy to be proven wrong. When Paul wrote it, it would’ve been on guitar, why hand it over to John?
Also, organ is obvious after the words ‘You’re not the same’, regardless who plays it.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 06 May 2017 01:41:54 +0000

Why WOULDN’T it be Ringo? It’s one chord that is played in sync with the lead guitar. Right up Ringo’s alley.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 06 May 2017 01:38:20 +0000

You were there?

By: Edward T. Moore

Edward T. Moore — Sat, 06 May 2017 00:40:56 +0000

All I knew were the “false starts” on the American album. Thought it was clever. I read somewhere that Capitol had EMI rush the masters and they sent that in error.

By: Mirko

Mirko — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 02:46:42 +0000

I agree too. John tended to do clawhammer on acoustics, and Paul had that lighter more articulate strummed touch- If they did this live, then It must have been john, but if it was overdubbed, then I’d say paul. It’s his acoustic style. Listen to the intro.

By: Jeff Thompson

Jeff Thompson — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 03:52:52 +0000

No false start on the mono US Capitol original album release

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Thu, 05 May 2016 11:27:04 +0000

Paul McCartney’s very pointed message to Jane Asher. Unlike John Lennon, McCartney is not nearly as obviously autobiographical. But on this one he is. Great lyrics. Off the wonderful “Rubber Soul” album.One hell of a good song.

By: Patricio Garcia

Patricio Garcia — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:16:31 +0000

Its a very percussive, very simple organización part.

By: Ondra

Ondra — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:03:43 +0000

Incorrect. As has been mentioned in the first post. The basic rhythm track played live consists of drums, bass, acoustic guitar, tambourine. I guess we all agree that it’s Paul on the bass so most probably John is on the acoustic and George on tambourine. Notice the same line up as We Can Work It Out basic track.

By: Dbw

Dbw — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:33:17 +0000

I have to agree with you. The acoustic guitar is CLASSIC Paul. John did not play or strum in this style, I could be wrong, but Id go and say this is Paul doing the acoustic guitar for sure.

By: Dbw

Dbw — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 06:53:41 +0000

The organ is very clearly there, and easy to pick out. It’s at the end of the verses, along with the lead guitar. You can clearly hear the organ after ” I’m looking through you . you’r not the same ” THe organ is ONE chord, and its played twice in a row three times, the first strike of the organ is played on the word SAME..