Comments on: In Spite Of All The Danger 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: Graham Paterson https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-448521 Tue, 10 May 2016 10:46:41 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-448521 A lovely song, even though not written by John it is sung by him and suits his voice. Like others I love this in the film “Nowhere Boy”. A McCartney-Harrison composition, though the evidence can be a bit contradictory,( and it was a long time ago),McCartney may have wrote most of it.

]]> By: Jon https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-447729 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:19:11 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-447729 George sings all aahs and u-ahuas; Paul sings harmony. The same way they share vocals on That’ll Be the Day.

]]> By: Alanna https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-447249 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:45:19 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-447249 During the part of the song that had the high pitched “Ahh ahh ah ahhhh,” who’s singing? I’ve heard it’s George but it really sounds more like Paul to me.

]]> By: ADROSOU https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-446914 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:38:16 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-446914 For me, the Elvis song that inspired “In Spite of All the Danger” is “Playing For Keeps”, the B-side to his “Too Much” single in early 1957 (it charted #6 in the UK).

]]> By: Pepperland https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-446619 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:35:35 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-446619 But to make things more complicated, Mark Lewisohn says in Tune In that it was an acetate and he knows his stuff.

]]> By: Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-445704 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:26:34 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-445704 The “oh,oh,oh,oh’s” are inspired by the chorus in a song Elvis covered,the gospel “It is no secret””, which Paul also heard that same year, 1957.

]]> By: Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-445703 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:24:32 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-445703 In fact, that’s regarding the verses ONLY, but the chorus, the “oh,oh,oh,oh’s” are also inspired by another song Elvios covered, the Gospel “It is no secret””, which Paul also heard that same year, 1957.

]]> By: Bill https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-445688 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:55:14 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-445688 It’s well-known that Pete Best received a windfall in royalties due to the release of Anthology 1. What about Colin Hanton & Duff Lowe? Did they get royalties for the release of both sides of this acetate on Anthology 1 also?

]]> By: Mickie https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-442198 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:28:02 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-442198 I don’t think the director did that intentionally. I think it just happened to coincide with the events. John seemed to be upset for quite some time. I think they should have put something in there with Paul trying to write the song or some way to mention that he did write the song (it’s not like they don’t have a source). I actually like the quality of the song. Sometimes, the songs are better when they haven’t been remastered. I think it’s a good reminder of how far they’ve come.

]]> By: cmjrblucas https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-440286 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:06:56 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-440286 Paul made a comment in Rolling Stone Magazine, July 17, 2014, that differs from prior comments that he made regarding this song. He said, “Like, this whole idea of the first song we recorded, “In Spite of All the Danger,” being John’s ode to his mother. That’s not true, but in a film (Nowhere Boy), it works better. I remember the session, and I remember all the circumstances around that – and we wrote it together.” Wow! I had thought that Paul wrote the song with George. Paul had also said that he really wrote it alone. Now he says that he and John wrote it.

]]> By: Mocker https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-439772 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:17:03 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-439772 What strikes me about it is George’s ‘aah-aahs’. There are several comments made by Lennon and such which put down George’s singing ability and this would’ve been 4 years later. I know he isn’t singing but I think this song shows that he was always a good harmoniser/backing vocalist. The other part that strikes me is the change in Lennon’s voice as he goes into the bridge ‘I’ll look after you’ – his voice goes several octaves higher at this point, so much so that initially I thought it may have been Paul taking over the lead vocal. Historical moment in the Beatles’ history – beautiful stuff.

]]> By: Bill https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-429005 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:48:08 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-429005 Interesting to see how good they were at 3-part harmony so early on. I always wished that this song had been worked up for commercial release, if not by them, at least by one of the other artists they gave early songs to. This song is actually more advanced than some of their early EMI recordings. Maybe that has something to do with the song that directly influenced it…

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-428591 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:56:44 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-428591 Just checked and the lowest temp for July 1958 was 11.7C
This was recorded on Anglesey, just down the road.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-428590 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:42:30 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-428590 Hmmm .. I can see that it does say 17 and 6 in the book which matches the following quote:

” They asked for some time to rehearse, but Phillips refused, saying, “For seventeen and six 17/6d you’re not here all day”.”

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-428589 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:32:07 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-428589 re: scarves
There`s also this:

“After recording “That’ll Be the Day” (Lennon suggested that Hanton put a scarf over the snare drum to lower the volume), ”

^ “The Beatles story, Liverpool: The Quarrymen and Skiffle — the United Kingdom Years”. PR News wire Europe Limited. Retrieved 2 July 2008.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-428588 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:19:13 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-428588 Hi Joe

Re; scarves
This is what the Savage Young Beatles site says:

It has recently been drawn to my attention that this is NOT the
date of this session. A source close to “Duff” Lowe says Lowe recalls
that the session was in cold weather, perhaps October or November,
and specifically remembers the band having to wear scarfs. Also, in The Quarrymen by Hunter Davies, a similar story is related by Colin Hanton. Clearly, this indicate later in the year.
I’ve left this page at this date simply because it is the “announced” date.

]]> By: Jeff Allen https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-428586 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:33:16 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-428586 Has Paul ever commented on why The Beatles never chose to rerecord this as part of one of their early albums? Is it because Duff kept it and Paul simply forgot about it (out of sight out of mind)? There are some incredible harmonies hidden in here and I would love to see how that song would have sounded with the full weight of The Beatles including Ringo and George Martin.

]]> By: Joe https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-426599 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:59:08 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-426599 According to this site, the studio log book mentions a skiffle group recording on 12 July 1958 (a Saturday, which would make more sense than the following Monday), with it pressed straight to disc. There’s a photo of the log book on the page. It’s not definitive proof that that’s the date, but the one on the plaque does appear to be incorrect.

Perhaps it was an unseasonably cold day. Where did the group mention wearing scarves? I’d be interested in reading their account.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-426572 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:47:13 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-426572 Hi Joe

According the blue plaque on the wall of 38 Kensington, the recording date is given as Monday 14th July 1958 (the day before Julia Lennon died).

Read more at: http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1950s/58.07.14%20phillips/58.07.14phillips.html

However, further reading of the article shows that although the above date is given it was probably not on that date as a couple of the lads remembered wearing scarves due to the cold.

]]> By: David https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-253643 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:11:10 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-spite-of-all-the-danger/#comment-253643 I’ve just learned the song and have been playing it since. Great one! And I would give credits for George’s guitar solo, it’s simple but fits very well. Peace.

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