tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post8941541552718367653..comments2024-03-26T22:24:54.457+00:00Comments on Beatles Songwriting Academy: 10:29 I Will (pt.1 - Demo and Lyrics)Matt Blickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-22349659111065690972014-06-04T17:06:06.785+01:002014-06-04T17:06:06.785+01:00Thanks Daniel!Thanks Daniel!Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-5226626433805685962014-05-24T14:18:18.963+01:002014-05-24T14:18:18.963+01:00The whoa whoa part is effective as any lyric. I di...The whoa whoa part is effective as any lyric. I dig it.<br />heck, this is McCartney we're talking about here.<br />even lennon wouldn't touch McCartneys lyric sometimes (read: shoulder-heyjude)<br /><br />Daniel<br />MalaysiaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169849316176441098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-20515665929881915702014-05-22T14:47:53.735+01:002014-05-22T14:47:53.735+01:00The rest of the song is so good it carries you alo...The rest of the song is so good it carries you along. <br /><br />I think it's like fridge logic in movies Martin, where you only notice plot holes when you stop and think about it afterwards. Stevie Wonder has a similar thing with placing syllables on the wrong stresses. Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-43301127107013260542014-05-15T23:49:25.667+01:002014-05-15T23:49:25.667+01:00This McCartney lyric thing... Did it happen more ...This McCartney lyric thing... Did it happen more from the later period of The Beatles when they stopped helping each other out as much?<br /><br />I do think that McCartney is more prevalent of the "it'll do" mentality from a lyrical point, but they have all been guilty of it! <br /><br />The strange thing is though that with songs such as this and, dare I say, the classic post-Beatles songs My Love and Maybe I'm Amazed (there are some ridiculous bits in both of these songs), he gets away with it because they still come out as great songs. <br /><br />How does he do it? Matt, tell us, how???Martin Quibellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034685164852224771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-11468872909580297922014-05-11T11:29:31.007+01:002014-05-11T11:29:31.007+01:00Definitely with Rich on Eleanor Rigby. Will be int...Definitely with Rich on Eleanor Rigby. Will be interested to get to HT&E - from memory I think it's a great song with some of the lyrical flaws that I Will has - & I seem to remember he paints himself into an illogical corner with the V1=Here V2=there V3=Everywhere conceit. <br /><br />McCartney is sometimes guilty of keeping dummy lyrics (Hey Jude & Carry That Weight spring to mind) but also I think he just doesn't care as much about making sense.<br /><br />Discussions and comments around this recently have really opened my eyes to how much strong Lennon was as a lyricist.Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-34896589208122968282014-04-26T19:10:15.515+01:002014-04-26T19:10:15.515+01:00Well, to my ear, "Here, There and Everywhere&...Well, to my ear, "Here, There and Everywhere" is the most beautiful melody McCartney has ever written. And I think "Eleanor Rigby" is brilliant from start to finish. So, different strokes....Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939814047436743613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-53441412074660736912014-04-26T17:44:21.275+01:002014-04-26T17:44:21.275+01:00I have expressed my despite for Eleanor Rigby on t...I have expressed my despite for Eleanor Rigby on the Facebook page. Here, There and Everywhere is a contender lyrically, but the music is so sappy that it kind of poisons the song for me.rodiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347569007724687470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-41442773817990870022014-04-26T16:30:34.295+01:002014-04-26T16:30:34.295+01:00Good article, Matt. It reinforces what I've t...Good article, Matt. It reinforces what I've thought about McCartney's lyric writing for decades -- he only occasionally attaches any importance to words. It's hard for me to believe that the same man who wrote the words to "Eleanor Rigby" also wrote the words "Whoa whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa, my love does it good." As a songwriter yourself, I'm sure you're aware of the use of "dummy" lyrics -- words you make up while writing a melody, just as an aid to remember the music. (McCartney is also responsible for possibly the most famous example of that with "Scrambled Eggs" and "Yesterday"). But often it seems that he just kept the dummy lyrics. As we all know, the sense of competition between McCartney and Lennon kept them both on their best game, so it's no surprise that when Paul collaborated with Elvis Costello, the lyrics suddenly improved. (I think "My Brave Face" is one of the best things either of them ever did.) I love "I Will" -- as you say, Matt, it has a sort of timeless feel to it, which I think is great -- but I don't think it's his greatest love song; that would by "Here, There and Everywhere," the lyrics of which, while basic in content, show some real thought in their construction and effectiveness. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939814047436743613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-33520822488634953772014-04-26T03:13:49.499+01:002014-04-26T03:13:49.499+01:00I am not keen on the pop cliche' lyrics either...I am not keen on the pop cliche' lyrics either, I would suggest a strength supported by the melody is also evoking the feeling, whoever "you" is in the song. Interesting musically to me is that the chords (based on the Hal Leonard Beatles Chord Songbook) are true to the traditional key of F chords until the middle of the 3rd verse coincident with a change in rhyme scheme. There, a minor 4th Bbm, Fdim and Db7 are introduced and resolve back to the root F on the last "I will". To my ear, in the third verse "air" is an alliteration to the "r" sound in "hear".Andy Getchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595292637097397756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-14122181797141133682014-04-25T21:47:00.684+01:002014-04-25T21:47:00.684+01:00Well spotted! - fixed. thank you.Well spotted! - fixed. thank you.Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760552334873962879.post-20081492692923065882014-04-25T17:33:05.436+01:002014-04-25T17:33:05.436+01:00Good take on the lyrics. I love this song--it'...Good take on the lyrics. I love this song--it's one of the most satisfying songs to sing in the Beatles canon, I think. But what is it about? I've never made any sense of it. Does he know her? Does he hope to know her? Will he wait for her? Is he even interested in her? Who knows? It's hard to sing a song with conviction if you can't understand what it's supposed to mean.<br /><br />By the way, in the last section you have the second stanza marked as ABAB2, but I think you mean ABCB2, no?<br />rodiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347569007724687470noreply@blogger.com