Comments on: She Said She Said

By: Billyshears

Billyshears — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 13:55:21 +0000

FWIW Chris Carter of Breakfast with The Beatles says a couple of takes were made with Paul playing bass before he left. He thinks the song features Paul’s bass playing.

By: Bill Tempinski

Bill Tempinski — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:04:40 +0000

One noteworthy fact is that this was Leonard Bernstein’s favorite Beatles song. Also, Revolver was his fave album by the Beatles. He made this comment in the foreword of the Beatles book with the Andy Warhol cover.

By: Mikey C

Mikey C — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:23:19 +0000

I’d still love to know WHY Paul didn’t appear on this track. For him to walk out on a session sounds uncharacteristic. certainly for this period. Indeed this predates Ringo’s White Album walkout by 2 years!

I’m surprised none of the other Beatles have mentioned what happened. Was Paul really anti LSD or this song at the time, as it seems REALLY odd for John to ask George for help?

By: JFrench

JFrench — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:28:15 +0000

George’s guitar speaks volumes

By: TED YBARRA

TED YBARRA — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:55:21 +0000

The guitar works really make the song. You can hear John’s jangling guitar rhythm through out the song. George Harrison’s opening guitar into and lead work all over the song plus what he did in the middle break is strong, unique, and effective. George made that song. It would have been a totally different sound without George. George never got the credit he deserved on so many Beatle songs.

By: Brian Carter

Brian Carter — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:56:36 +0000

yes ! the pinnacle indeed-that’s always the way i felt about this LP. where could they go from here ? it was indeed time for sgt. pepper’s band to play. and beyond that back to rock was “helter skelter” “yer blues” “birthday” “warm gun” etc. they did not disappoint. good lord they were good. and they were so young & did everything so quickly.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:39:29 +0000

Interesting that Paul wasn’t involved in the song or the acid trip that inspired it. Coincidence?

By: rmfegley

rmfegley — Sat, 06 May 2017 19:04:47 +0000

50 years later, this song still sounds amazingly modern. Great lyrics, concise arrangement, sleek and powerful production and mix. Sonically, it really doesn’t sound dated at all, despite the technical limitations of the time (and the “interesting” stereo choices they always made then). One of my favorites, in a way it’s the pinnacle of their original combined straight-ahead guitar rock combo sound and pop songwriting hooks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:51:29 +0000

Completely agree with you about Ringo. To be honest I used to think he was good but I didnt class him as a great drummer until I saw his live work in the movie Eight Days a Week. He was sensational in those concerts. He gave the band their sound.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:30:35 +0000

If it had gone on to become a multi million selling world wide hit you might have 😉

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:28:58 +0000

And for ‘Fixing a hole’.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:25:30 +0000

‘Apparently’? And you know this how exactly?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:23:37 +0000

Possibly about the subject matter LSD which Paul had resisted for a time. Maybe the group reminissing about the event alluded to in the song made Paul feel out of place and a row started due the pressure he may have felt about it.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:18:41 +0000

Is it possible the ‘barney’ Paul refers to and which excluded him from the recording was about taking LSD which Paul had resisted at the time?

By: Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:10:41 +0000

Heard this song a few years ago for the first time and didn’t listen to to it much since then. It’s probably been at least two years since I heard it. Anyways, I dropped some acid the other day and the first verse kept recurring in my head along with that weird quacking sound from Tomorrow Never Knows. And now Revolver is by far my favorite album and those are my two absolute favorite songs off the album. Incredible.

By: untilbeyond

untilbeyond — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:49:04 +0000

What if there really was a death and replacement of Paul? Wouldn’t that help explain why Faul can’t remember some details of Paul’s life and work? I appreciate both artists for their amazing contributions.

By: untilbeyond

untilbeyond — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 03:43:26 +0000

“Rife with inaccuracy.” Apparently, Paul has difficulty with details from before September of ’66.
No problem remembering details of Sgt. P thru Abbey. This supports PID theory.

By: J Neo Marvin

J Neo Marvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:46:08 +0000

Speaking strictly from my own experience, a friend of mine once played me two incomplete songs she was working on, one about a breakup with her boyfriend and one about the death of her dad. Out of the blue I said “what would it sound like if you put those two together?” and the result sounded brilliant. I never would have dreamed of asking for a cowriting credit just for doing that.

By: katie blom

katie blom — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 05:26:26 +0000

When I was a kid and first started exploring my parents’ record collection, I remember my mom telling me she and her friends figured this song was about John’s mother. I always just assumed that was the case, since it does make sense, what with Julia being bipolar and their relationship being so complicated. I’m both amused and a bit disappointed to know we couldn’t have been more off-base.

By: Paolo

Paolo — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:06:30 +0000

The studio log indicates that the bass was on the same track as drums (track 1), so it it coudn’t be overdubbed; it was necessarily live with the rest of the band (two guitars on track 2). Probably Paul did actually walk out of the session, but after he played the bass in the early takes.