1968
The end of the Indian era
(Getting out the material)
- The influence of Donovan
During his stay in India from February to March 1968, Donovan played a key role as a key man.
He tells John and Paul about 3 finger finger picking, but Paul is fooling him with the 2 finger he knows. It is a well-known story up to this point, but it seems that Donovan has also introduced a new playing style called Travis Picking (which is more important) and a new chord form.
- The basic 3-finger finger picking is Dear Prudence, but John has a unique sound because the bass tone is fixed at 5 strings.
- Travis Picking adds a melody to the chord form, Julia (described in'TIPS' in'Julia').
John is thought to have created'Julia' when he used Strawberry Fields Forever as a practice table.
- Paul has made an anomalous two-finger that strokes after the first beat of Travis Picking ( Mother Nature's Son ).
Since then, Paul's acoustic guitar playing style has this pattern, and even'Yesterday' does not play the original way .
- The I've Got A Feeling riff's famous chord form (a part of the 2nd fret is forefingered) is presumed to be via Donovan, and poles at this time are often used ('Mother Nature's Son' and' (There is description in "TIPS" of Helter Skelter')
- In June 1968, the end of the Indian era suddenly arrived. Surprisingly, Ravi Shankar becomes the key man. (There is a description in "Overview" of'THE BEATLES')
- In October 1968, processing the tone of the bass by mixing work was
first done on the 13th with Dear Prudence. In the stereo version, the bass around 2'50" has a hard sound with low frequencies cut by EQ (reference : The mono version ).
The stereo version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps the next day is famous, but the mono version is also a normal tone.
Paul and the Civil Rights Movement
As he enthusiastically explained the background of "Blackbird" to the Japanese performances in recent years, Paul in 1968 had a strong interest in the civil rights movement. The song is intended to be a cheering song for black women, and it is abstracted as a bird and free to flap its wings.
The direct cue may be that in April 1968, when he returned from India, Rev. King was assassinated at the same time.
In the 1960s, it was the civil rights movement in the United States that African Americans (so-called black people) eliminated racism and demanded the application of civil rights.
It had two powers with the same purpose but different means. One is "White and Black coexistence" by Rev. King, and the other is "If you are free (assuming the same rights), you can stay in the (isolated) state" by Malcolm X.
Paul's manifestation began to be reflected in the song after Rev. King was assassinated.
In the summer, he replaced black people with "Blackbird" and raised the problem implicitly, but in the autumn immediately after, he called "Brother Malcolm" in the original song of " Let It Be ", so Paul's standing position is the same. Perhaps he was close to Malcolm X (the deceased at that time), which was a civil rights activist but a confrontational axis.
It is clear from the release date that John's conjecture that "I was inspired by (Simon & Garfunkel)'Bridge Over Troubled Waters'" was different from the release time, but many songs of similar color were released at this time. In that sense, it means that he had a target.
Standing position in'Let It Be'
Pastor King's "White and Black Coexistence" is Paul's song " Ebony And Ivory," and Malcolm X's " Let's stay as it is" concept is'Let It Be'. Is.
In the first place, one of the quotes ("words of wisdom") left by Malcolm X is as follows, and the line "let it be" is used as an ideal state.
You let that white man know, if this is a country of freedom, let it be a country of freedom; and if it's not a country of freedom, change it.
It would be more correct
to hear this "words of wisdom" and write "Let It Be" . The original song is a complete R&B, and there is an explanation that "Brother Malcolm" appears in the lyrics.
However, Paul is wondering if this should be expressed.
"Brother Malcolm comes to me, speaking words of wisdom'let it be'.", which I hadn't used during the entire get-back session, suddenly revived on the last day (69/1/31). That's also the third lyrics where they place the important lyrics.
And during this recording (Twentieth to 27th Take), Paul continued to worry and eventually decided not to include it.
The first (20th take) uses the first lyrics for the final verse. This is the traditional Beatles songwriting method.
The following 21st take fails to reach the final verse, but "Brother Malcolm" suddenly appears in the 22nd take. Another way to make the final verse is to get the most out of it. That's why Paul was in the game.
The 23rd take is also "Brother Malcolm", but in the 24th take it returns to number 1. My heart still seems to be shaking.
John tried the "Brother Malcolm" again in the 25th take and seemed satisfied with the performance, but was rejected by Glyn Johns.
This is the turning point of fate, and the following 26th take is a failure take (I used the 2nd lyrics!), but in the final 27th take I wrote a new song.
There is some debate over whether "There will be no sorrow." used in the movie version is the correct lyrics, but it seems that this was not an important issue for Paul.
After the Beatles disbanded, Paul moved to Rev. King.
In the mid 70's, "Martin Luther" (Pastor King) was invited to the house ( 'Let'Em In' ), and the conclusion reached around 1980 is probably'Ebony And Ivory' .
Since then, 'Let It Be', which has been misaligned, has become the mother's song.