Comments on: What Goes On

By: Vinilophilia

Vinilophilia — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 03:44:00 +0000

Ringo drumming is amazing. He plays with an absolute perfect tempo…

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:58:27 +0000

No Reply lite. It has the feel of a cover song and is one of my least favorite Beatles’ originals because of it. I think it is a weak effort and I don’t think I would care for it any more if it were sung by John or Paul, but I could change my mind if I ever heard the 1963 attempt or the demo. Confounded album deadline. I wish there had been time for a better song to emerge. I usually skip over it.

By: Normy

Normy — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:32:24 +0000

I agree, George’s Rockabilly chops are in full bloom, I really dig hearing those old Gretsch pickups growl

By: Dan C

Dan C — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:27:36 +0000

I love the guitar work here. The choppy rhythm guitar sounds really cool.

By: art uro

art uro — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:30:55 +0000

blue suede shoes…

By: MattyJ

MattyJ — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:51:04 +0000

I have tried to listen to this song in all the different mixes that have come out.. Mono. stereo, Capital releases.. etc.. I can never hear John’s guitar at all.. it is buried so deep in the mix… I personally believe that the whole Rubber Soul album should be remixed.. I agree with ttimlin.. on this album the drums are lost.. if you listen to early Beatles recordings.. I think Ringo’s drums are much more prevalent …

By: ttimlin

ttimlin — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:59:50 +0000

My opinion: That’s usually the case on a lot of 60’s records, and often the drums edge gets lost in the mix as well. Often times reverb really screws up a good edgy sound too.

By: ewe2

ewe2 — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:17:17 +0000

Yes, the mono version shows up the bass really nicely, you can hear some nice little runs and hear Paul thinking on the run, a stutter here and there, but damn good for a one take! One of the failings of the stereo remaster is that that nice edge on the bass sound is completely lost 🙁

By: thewaltermittys

thewaltermittys — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:12:37 +0000

I love McCartney’s bass on this song especially in the solo when it gets a little overdriven growl to it—almost Jazz bass sounding.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:51:25 +0000

Anyone know why the mono mix omits the last guitar fill at the end of the song?

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:32:48 +0000

Never knew Lennon mainly wrote this one. It never pegged me as a Lennon-esque song. I imagine it could have turned out much better if John sang it, or even Paul.

By: appmanga

appmanga — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:01:24 +0000

I believe I read somewhere that John and Paul had given George and Ringo a small percentage (I think it was five percent for each) of their share of the song publishing (which was 50 percent, with the other half going to Dick James who was simply lucky enough to be asked by Brian to be their publisher). This, if true, was a very generous gesture. The royalties from “Yesterday” alone turned out to be greater than the GDP of a lot of small countries.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:20:37 +0000

I was always curious as to what the differences were between the ’63 & ’65 versions of this song. What did Ringo actually contribute to warrant a co-writer’s credit? Or did John & Paul throw him a bone because he was the only one without songwriter’s royalties coming in yet?

By: GeorgeTSimpson

GeorgeTSimpson — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:26:36 +0000

I think it would have been better in a version sung by lennon and mccartney and released on with the beatles or so. Is there a recording of them playing the early version live?