Comments on: Revolution

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:37:49 +0000

I was always under the impression that Hey Jude/Revolution was released as a double A side until now. I’m sure it was written in lists as Hey Jude/Revolution but obviously Revolution was the B side.

By: Doc

Doc — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:57:15 +0000

There is no better version of Revolution. They are all great. I love watching John on YouTube with the starting riff then the Beatles come in. It’s a beauty.

By: James Ferrell

James Ferrell — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 04:00:25 +0000

You’re right about who plays what guitar part, which you can discern when the guitars are separated. Lennon really does the heavy lifting on this one, including the nice little licks over the “Don’t you know it’s gonna be…. all right” part.

And the left hand on Nicky Hopkins’s part is amazingly out of time when you listen to the isolated tracks. The right hand is great though.

By: Paul C.

Paul C. — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:30:28 +0000

I don’t believe John and Yoko started heroin until late ’68, after the White Album session but before the Get Back sessions.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:29:32 +0000

If “Revolution 1” were in Bb to make it easier for the horn players, you’d be right, but it’s actually the non-horn version that’s in Bb.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:59:50 +0000

Yeah, you missed it by nearly two years chum. So close.

By: Ms. Lane

Ms. Lane — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:51:06 +0000

I will date myself here, but so be it… I remember sitting in the basement of the house I grew up in and playing Hey Jude, then Revolution, over and over again, flipping the 45 back and forth between the two, and marveling at how they complemented each other 🙂

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:39:23 +0000

It wasn’t a double-A single. “Revolution” is the B-side.

By: timcoxcomposer

timcoxcomposer — Tue, 16 May 2017 23:15:06 +0000

Was John on heroin at this point? I’ve always felt like he was more sober than usual on this take. It’s very vintage John, very focused vocals.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:51:01 +0000

Any single by the Beatles was double-A, no question about it.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:48:51 +0000

Yeah, the “shooby doo wop” by Paul and George is really incredible….it made the song better…the 67-70 album doesn’t have it.

By: Eli Rosen

Eli Rosen — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:11 +0000

So what sounds like the bass part of the piano is actually Paul’s organ?

By: SaxonMothersSon

SaxonMothersSon — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 06:18:50 +0000

Both versions of Revolution are valid. The laid back, almost lounge version is darker, more biting than the loud one, actually. Lennon with a sardonic grin, “shooby doo wop, you effen hippies”. The single version is pure street, dirty and gritty. Both work.
Take nothing John Lennon did at face value. He was a brilliant man. The mind was always spinning.

By: chuliman

chuliman — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:28:31 +0000

you’ve made me lost the chance to be the first to post about the “borrowed” introduction of that song “unto” Revolution…John was a blues listener…

By: Mark Collard

Mark Collard — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:11:17 +0000

Iconic song. Surprising that ‘Hey Jude’ is up there among the best songs of all time but ‘Revolution’ is further down the list. Has to be the best double-A side record of all time.

By: maninthemac

maninthemac — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:23:53 +0000

Great song, great recording. Also shows what a great rhythm player Lennon was. His riffs and voicings keep you riveted the whole way through.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:57:31 +0000

Brilliant John Lennon song. First obtained this when I got the “Hey Jude” album.As is typical of The Beatles, this provides a real contrast to”Hey Jude”,a McCartney classic on the A side. A long with The Rolling Stones equally brilliant “Street Fighting Man”, summarizes so well the tumultuous year that 1968 undoubtedly was.Funnily enough Nicky Hopkins played on both songs. What a brilliant musician he was.

By: Eli Rosen

Eli Rosen — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 04:42:10 +0000

It's pretty hard to follow John's rhythm guitar throughout. I've been listening to isolated tracks provided by rock band and the guitars inexplicably seem to switch channels time after time.

By: I'msixtyfour

I'msixtyfour — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:41:37 +0000

There is yet another version of Revolution that I have heard on Chris Carter’s “Breakfast With the Beatles” show out of L.A. (used to be on Sirius radio). It’s Lennon messing up the guitar intro, long missed chord kinda hanging there…Only place of have ever heard it, no idea where it’s from.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:05:38 +0000

Yes, the ascending line. Or rather just before the ascending line. And it’s more like another electric piano to my ears, not organ; it’s deep under John’s rhythm guitar throughout the song