in there accompanying the guitar. Anyone ever hear Ringo’s organ part on this song? Want more? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO KEEP THIS WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING, PLEASE CLICK BELOW. I said OK then, leave, I’ll find someone else. The majority of their first album was even recorded in one day! ‘I’m Looking Through You’ was inspired by a disagreement between Paul McCartney and Jane Asher, and was written at her family home in Wimpole Street, London, where McCartney had his own room in which to compose and sleep. He had a Burns bass like I said. George also adds a couple of interjectory fills in measures four and eight this time around. . Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art. Right up Ringo’s alley. Leave. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Ringo opts not to match-tap this time around while George keeps his guitar ramblings to a minimum. Guitar sounds quite high. "[13][14] Record Mirror's reviewer recognised Starr's unfamiliar role as an example of the album's "spirit of everybody having a go at everything". The version on the album is a second version the Beatles recorded. Jane went off and I said, ‘OK then. You can clearly hear the organ after ” I’m looking through you .
It caused a few rows.
I had a Capitol Records cassette of Rubber Soul which had 2 false acoustic guitar starts before the song starts proper. Luckily, this unhappy time in Paul’s life resulted in three gems of The Beatles mid-career catalog that even he can return to in concert at times without any pain…that we know of. The song was completed the following day with the addition of vocals and handclaps.
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As Barry Miles explains in “Many Years From Now,” Paul “normally preferred to universalize his songs.”. This is followed by ‘alarm bells’ (the guitar). Great lyrics. Non-lyrical content copyright 1999-2020 SongMeanings, Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, I'm looking through you, where did you go. The new George Martin stereo mix from 1986 was used on the April 30th, 1987 released “Rubber Soul” compact disc, and was also used when the CD was remastered and re-released on September 9th, 2009. (Also, I think the organ (or organs?) And Ringo also misses the snare drum again in the fourteenth measure after the words “you’re down there.”. Unlike John Lennon, McCartney is not nearly as obviously autobiographical. The extra time needed was especially evident during the recording of Paul’s recent composition “I’m Looking Through You.” It was common for The Beatles to continue working on a song on another session, and even to re-record the same song from scratch on a later day. I'm looking through you, Lyrics meaning: Mwen menm ki t' ap gade nan nou la a, Any other way. I’ll find someone else.’ It was shattering to be without her. Why WOULDN’T it be Ringo?
The organ is very clearly there, and easy to pick out. Backing track: 1) drums (Ringo), bass (Paul), acoustic guitar (John), tambourine (George), Overdubs: 2) McCartney’s lead vocal 3) McCartney’s double-tracked vocal with Lennon singing harmony plus handclaps (on laps?) I agree too. If you listen closely enough during this introduction, you can hear Paul practice his vocals in the right channel repeating “where did you go?” on the vinyl record, although the CD mix wiped this away. When The Kingsmen recorded the hit version, their lyrics were indecipherable. Lyrics meaning: Poukisa, di m' Poukisa te fè ou pa trete m' bon?
I think they put Ringo’s name on there, just to have his name on the album cover in some way. Only the bridge, which was written as an afterthought, tells the story without the veil of poetic license. The key is to change how you parse “you’re not the same”. Agree that it sounds like a Paul solo track. Why, tell me why did you not treat me right? The false starts were what I grew up on, listening to the Capitol version of Rubber Soul. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
It is also not mentioned on the session tape notes. McCartney wrote the song about English actress Jane Asher, his girlfriend for much of the 1960s,[2] and her refusal to give up her stage career and focus on his needs. Right around the halfway mark of recording their latest album, after seven songs being all or nearly completed, they devoted October 24th, 1965 to recording Paul’s latest composition “I’m Looking Through You.” They entered EMI Studio Two at 2:30 pm for two back-to-back sessions that amounted to nine hours. There’s a theory that Paul Played everything on this track. An eight-measure bridge is next heard, which maintains the double-tracked lead vocals as well as the tambourine as heard in the final measures of the previous verse.