Thursday 18 August 2011

Abbey Road Post Index




Here's a complete list of all the posts on Abbey Road

0 Abbey Road introduction – Let It Be vs Abbey Road
1 Because 1 – background, Beethoven and chords
2 Because 2 – vocal harmonies
3 Because 3 - bridge
4 Because 4 – music/lyric disconnect
5 Because 5 – lyrics
6 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1 – lyrics (hall of shame)
7 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 2 - questions about keys, sections and starting points
8 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 3 – answers about keys, sections and starting points
9 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 4 – that D minor chord
10 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 5 – contrasting sections
11 Polythene Pam
12 Mean Mr Mustard
13 Sun King
14 The End
15 Come Together 1 – nonsense songs
16 Come Together 2 – parallel lyrics
17 Come Together 3 - melody
18 Come Together 4 – structure, missing notes, misc ideas
19 Maxwell's Silver Hammer 1 – why is it so bad?
20 Maxwell's Silver Hammer 2 – lyrics (hall of shame)
21 Here Comes The Sun 1 – contrasts and parallels
22 Here Comes The Sun 2 – intro and hooks
23 Carry That Weight
24 Golden Slumbers
25 Her Majesty
26 You Never Give Me Your Money 1 - structure
27 You Never Give Me Your Money 2 – six good points
28 The Long One (Medley) - overview
29 Octopus's Garden 1 – how to write a bad song
30 Octopus's Garden 2 – good points
31 Oh! Darling 1 - strengths
32 Oh! Darling 2 – weak points
33 Something 1 – story, influences and cover versions
34 Something 2 – unusual elements
35 Something 3 – melody
36 Something 4 – descending melodies, harmonies and bass line
37 Old Brown Shoe (hall of shame)
38 Something 5 – lyrics
39 Something 6 – contrasting sections
40 Something 7 – misc ideas
41 Something 8 - bridge
42 The Ballad Of John And Yoko 1 - overview
43 The Ballad Of John And Yoko 2 – blues structure
44 I Want You (She's So Heavy)
45 Abbey Road Concluding thoughts


Other related posts

The Fab Faux play The Long One (Medley)
Separated At Birth? Something/For No One – how two completely different songs use the same chord sequence
Three Hammer Prevention Questions – how to avoid writing a song like Maxwell's Silver Hammer

4 comments:

  1. blinking heck, that's a lorra posts.

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  2. I'm sure there was more than one post about I Want You (She's So Heavy)? I remember mentioning something about Motley Crue in a response - it's the song Slice Of Your Pie by the way from Dr Feelgood. The ending section sounds very much like it, especially the bass and drums.

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  3. No there was deifinitley only one Marv - what? 46 posts not enough for ya????

    After much searching around I found the comment on your facebook link...thought I was losing my marbles!

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  4. Ahhh that must be satisfying to collect together in one place.

    Quite a smorgasbord; kudos, Matt!

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