Comments on: Mother Nature’s Son

By: John Richardson

John Richardson — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:43:33 +0000

This is the true prototype of the “Ram” album.

By: Hodgie Nelson

Hodgie Nelson — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:32:45 +0000

Beautiful song and fascinating to learn how the horn arrangement evolved. Seems like the end result was more a combination of Lennon and Martin’s ideas than McCartney’s. Also this shows that the orchestral arrangements in general were a combination of the Beatles ideas and Martin’s. I always assumed the song was recorded and then Martin went off on his own and scored the orchestral parts on his own and dubbed them in.

By: Slave

Slave — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 07:31:40 +0000

I always thought this song should have been cut from the White Album. It has a very similar feeling to Blackbird and I Will and it’s placement after Yer Blues just slows the album down. It’s not that it’s bad it’s just a bore. Should have been on McCartney instead with Not Guilty or Sour Milk Sea in its place.

By: Is there anybody going to listen

Is there anybody going to listen — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:10:50 +0000

Thank you for sharing, Jim. I’ve always thought, that the Ken Scot’s testimony has a overweight role, when evaluating the Beatles relationship during the White Album sessions.

By: randomguy000005

randomguy000005 — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:19:12 +0000

That’s something that ended up happening a lot near the end of the Beatles’ career, is that when it would just be Paul writing or doing music, he would write things like guitar solos that have the feel of someone else as a way of kind of including them. However, the group ended up sort of resenting him for this, as he often didn’t actually invite them to play the solo.

By: Jim Ferrell

Jim Ferrell — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:52:41 +0000

There’s a snippet of conversation on one of the Purple Chick CDs (PC 12 Vol 3 Disc 02 Track 13, “Blackbird-Mother Natures Son – rehearsal i”) where Paul and George Martin are talking in the studio about the arrangement for Mother Nature’s Son. Paul suggests a string quartet starting in verse 2; George counters by suggesting “an arranged sound coming from a distance, a fairly complicated one like a bit of decoration you’ve got on the back of a painting”. Then John comes on the studio intercom and suggests “a little bit of brass band… a very nice little bit of brass band… a little bit of Nilsson’s brass band…”

I thought this was kind of interesting. Despite the tension between the individual Beatles, there was John pitching in. It was surprising to me to hear how collaborative the arrangement for this all-Paul song was. Especially surprising given Ken Scott’s comments.

By: TEFFAF

TEFFAF — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:33:09 +0000

C’est dans ce style très personnel, que l’on s’aperçoit que Paul est un fabuleux guitariste. Bravo à ce grand monsieur qui a marqué la musique pop !

By: Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:44:38 +0000

I don’t fancy the drums or the Horns being in the song. It would have sounded better with just Paul, his guitar and a second guitar overdub.

By: J Neo Marvin

J Neo Marvin — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:26:39 +0000

I always wondered whether Paul might have been giving a slight wink to the Bonzo Dog Band on this song. “I’m Bored”, which came out a year earlier, included the lyric: “I’m bored/with Mother Nature or her son!” Since Paul produced a single of theirs and they were in Magical Mystery Tour it seems like more than a coincidence.

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:28:19 +0000

I like John Denver’s version. It seems an appropriate song for his genre.

By: Robert Baggs

Robert Baggs — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:40:41 +0000

John Denver covered this,and in doing so, ruined it. He had other music, some quite fine.

By: alberto

alberto — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:32:21 +0000

Just for You, not to be published as a reply:

There are no timpani here:

http://recordingthebeatles.com/1968ProductionPreview.pdf

And what about the book hardcover tapping?

Ciao!

By: Gordon Joffrion

Gordon Joffrion — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:00:36 +0000

I am a film producer and this song always brings images of soldiers playing their guitars in their off time and images of them fighting in the fields….one of my favorites… sounds like Nam to me…

By: 2much4mymirror

2much4mymirror — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:31:35 +0000

Full of peace indeed. When he gets to the line “swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun” my spirit is in such peace and at the same time elevated by the beauty of the song. Beauty enhanced by profound quietness.

By: LikeASir

LikeASir — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:44:18 +0000

Does anyone else think the intro to this sounds a bit like the intro to Michelle?

By: Rolindadice

Rolindadice — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:20:43 +0000

It’s a bit of a shock to me to learn that George Harrison did not play the guitar break on this track. It has the ‘style’ of George, and exhibits a very confident hand, particularly the note selection and vibrato in the end chords. Kudos to Paul if he played this.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:10:14 +0000

Probably the Martin D-28. This website is amazing, they list all Paul, George and John’s guitars:
http://www.thecanteen.com/mccartney7.html

By: Tkj

Tkj — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:11:28 +0000

Does anyone know what guitar Paul used on this song? The Epiphone Texan perhaps?

By: Mark Menendez

Mark Menendez — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:02:38 +0000

On the brass backing, if you listen closely, and you’ll hear the same musical phrase as “Doctor Robert” from “Revolver”.

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:02:30 +0000

I love the brass backing. What chords are created when the brass backing is added? It has a fantastic effect on the atmosphere of the song.