12:25 Her Majesty

Reporter: Have you got a leading lady for your movie? 

George: We’re trying to get the Queen. She sells.

I'm all conflicted. I want to skip over this 23 second Paul McCartney vignette but for the sake of completeness AND because I know people who love this little guy here it is.

I don't think this song has much to teach us, but here's my best shot on the pros and cons

Good Points

• An original angle

 'I'm in love with the Queen of England (I'm sure that's the context rather than any generic queen) but I see her as just a “pretty nice girl” who I'm going to date'. Name me one other song with the same subject and angle. You can't. Boo Yah! Having a totally unique angle (Ticket 42) will pop up again when we look at one of the remaining Abbey Road songs. Can you guess which one?

• A nice nimble melody
• The unexpected Bsus2 chord on “love her a lot”

Bad Points

• It's one more incomplete song on an album full of incomplete songs
• Stock jazz chord progression
• What's with the nasty slide in the 13th bar?
• Weird effect due to panning and reverb as the track fades in
• The placing in the running order ruins the effect of 'The End' being The End.

Next time – The First and the Last Long One song.