Nowhere Man reaction: Fantastic song by Fab Four,but lyrics left me puzzled.
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- Nowhere man reaction,but the lyrics left me puzzled.The song itself is a gem,with the dreamy chords, John Lennon lushful vocals, lyrics and beautiful harmonies.
But the Fab Four do what they always do by giving you double meaning lyrics.I wasn't quite sure how to take the Nowhere man is like you and me lyric.
Enjoy this reaction.
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Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys once said that as he was watching the Beatles play this song during their last tour, which was extremely grueling, even above all the noise and chaos McCartney hit that last note dead on and Lennon looked over at him with a smile and a nod. Always giving their best.
I was there, too! And it was HARRISON, hitting that last chord when John gave HIM the nod, also bc of the way George struck the note!!
@@peterklutinoty244 Wow that is awesome (and thanks for the correction)!!
John says he was singing about himself like the lyrics of "Help!"
John said he was laying on a couch and thinking of his life and the Lyrics came pouring out.
John had said in interviews that the song Nowhere Man came about as he was trying to write a song, but was having writers block. After having a nap, John tried again to write, but couldn't. So, he started thinking about how he wasn't getting nowhere, and he started envisioning himself as a "nowhere man". From there, he was able to create lyrics to the song.
To understand where "Nowhere man" came from, we have to go back to 1965. The Beatles were on the height of their career and the band were introduced to another musical legend: Bob Dylan. Of Course the Beatles knew about Dylan and were full of praise over what he was bring to the table.
The admiration was mutual, Dylan was full of praise about the melodies the Fab Four came up with but, he argued, "Your songs aren't saying anything!" Songs like "She loves you", "I wanna hold your hand" and the likes weren't making a statement, weren't talking about real life. Of course to John and Paul, that was a challenge, writing songs about real life.
Paul began to write songs about the common man: "Paper back writer", "The fool on the hill", "Penny Lane"
John however decided to look in the mirror and started writing about the guy staring back at him and how he could barely cope with what it meant to be a Beatle.
- Grueling recording and touring schedules
- The fact that his marriage was falling apart and he barely knew his own son
- The fact that as a Beatle he was part of a money making machine
So the songs he came up with such as "Help", "Strawberry Fields forever", "You've got to hide your love away", "I'm only sleeping" were John expressing how fed up he was with all the madness.
"Nowhere man" is John singing about himself, how those tours would take the Beatles to the most incredible countries but how he couldn't even get out of his hotel room. He was going everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Losing complete touch with reality in the process. So he basically says to the listener, "Look at this man, completely lost, so please show some sympathy to him, after all don't we all have moments like that too in our lives?"
But it's also hopeful, "Nowhere man, don't worry, take your time, don't hurry, leave it all 'til somebody else lends you a hand." He knew that things would eventually be looking up for him in time.
I assume he was probably really just remembering an old comic book villian.
Bob Dylan is an idiot.
@@porflepopnecker4376 That may be so but his songs are legendary. Personally, I think Bob had to be at least a little unhinged to write such brilliant lyrics. :) I think that who he hung out with was a source of inspiration as well.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I agree, quite the snob. Always having to give an impression of coolness and of something he's actually not -even changing his name for that effect. He was quite envious of the Beatles on top of everything!
Wow!
If Nowhere Man puzzled you try "I am the Walrus". Thanks for the reaction.
"I Am The Walrus" has been a fool's errand to figure it out. If only people realized that John meant it to be a fool's errand in the first place.
@@yohannbiimu Hey man...go to the auto parts store and fetch me a 'muffler bearing'............
Oh, that's not fair. Walrus is just fun. Nowhere man has a far deeper message.
Exactly! John didn’t want everybody to read into all their songs so much! He wanted to write a fun song without any real meaning sometimes.
John racked his brain for hours trying to come up with another song for this album. So basically it's about his state of mind at the time
It's when you feel like your life is spinning around without any clue... It was certainly the feeling is was experiencing sometimes as we do as well
But it's more than this, it's when you feel that your life is a beautiful pattern of beautiful things that you still can't see at all
@@B.R.0101 Existential Crisis? Most people have one at least once in their life.
I think "Nowhere Man" is basically John Lennon being brutally honest about himself. He's baring his soul regarding his estimation of himself. It seems he was rather pessimistic about life in general. So many of his own songs that people would rave about he'd consider "throw-aways," he was so critical about his talent.
Your Right,Read The Playboy Interview Were The Writer Went Over Every Beatle Song And Asked John Who Wrote It,And On Some He Would Say,"That's Mine Just A Piece Of Garbage"Or 'That's Mine,Just A Throwaway"And They Were Great Songs!
@@stephentoto6564 I believe that he wrote far better songs with The Beatles than he did after the breakup. I think he needed real validation by other musicians, and he couldn't get that with Ono telling him that everything he was doing was "great."
That said, I think that Paul and George lost the same validation after they went their separate ways too. To me the "magic" was gone for all of them after the breakup. It just wasn't the same anymore.
funny about that I have heard it was written about the Marishi
@@oldermusiclover Nope. He wrote it before they had any association with that guy.
@@yohannbiimu OK THANKS
A perfect song to put on my existential crisis playlist.
I’m overdue.
You have a list?! 🤔😂
You can listen to their music over and over and it still can bring amazement at just how good they were.
What I like the most from this song are the harmonies, no question.
I think this song comes out of John's depression. He actually wrote a song called I'm a Loser.
Lennon was a sharp tongue and often dismissive/aloof towards the other Beatles and even himself ... but one thing he was never wishy washy on was that Paul McCartney is the greatest rock n roll bass player in the world. John held Paul's bass playing in the highest regard.
There are many bass players much better than McCartney.
@@nonrepublicrat And all of them derivative of what he did. There was no one in rock n roll writing bass lines like his. Many after him came along and were amazing, and none would have existed if he didn't break the door down
@@nonrepublicrat Not singing at the same time!!!
@@GabrielSoares-lj9rv What do you mean?
@@stanzaloan3454 Being the lead singer, on one song (not in this one, of course), and playing the bass like him!
That´s what I mean!...
The lyrics are "Isn't he a bit like you and me", not "Isn't he like you and me". The word 'bit" is important, because it says we can all be a little like that, not that we are like that completely.
McCartney's playing style comes from the fact that he is Paul freakin McCartney musical genius. His playing style changed a bit when he switched to using a Rickenbacker bass that stayed in tune better than the Hofner violin bass. At this point in their recording career they started doing overdubs for vocals.
One of my top 10 Beatles songs! It's a universal message to me, as everybody experiences at least some small part of the Nowhere Man's issues, and it encourages us to do and stand for things that matter! Nice reaction! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️
I remember our 9th grade English teacher making himself officially ‘cool’ by having the class listen to this song and then going into the lyrics meaning. In this song that teacher saw poetry and also that it spoke to the ‘Everyman’. Yes, there is a little of this in all of us. We may not have a point of view or a plan for life. And even those who do may in the end be making those plans for no one or no impact. And that is just one of many perspectives on this song. The world is at your command.
Cool teacher
I use Dylan. It works every time. I read the lyrics as a poem; then play the song. Students were mesmerized. : o )
Another amazing thing about the Beatles is they did most of these songs in very few takes and aside from overdubs they played them as a band!!!👌🎼👍🎵✌️🎶😎
Nowhere Man was written by John Lennon. Beatle songs up until then had been about relationships, couples etc. This was the first song to break away from that. John wrote Nowhere Man about HIMSELF and how he was feeling at the time. He didn't want to be asked the usual questions about his opinion on various things. "Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to" If you listen to the song you will realize he's talking about himself and that time of his life. His marriage was not working anymore. There is a line in it "Take your time don't hurry, leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand" is about PAUL. He had been working on the song but he was having problems with it. That line meant he would just wait for Paul to lend a hand as they always helped each other. I always loved John's songs as he often wrote about how he was feeling at the time he wrote them. Nowhere man was simply John writing about how he felt at that time. In the midst of BEATLEMANIA. He's questioning why he feels like a NOWHERE MAN "The world is at your command" The huge influence they had was incredible, you had to be there to understand it fully.
P.S. I just love your enthusiasm for this music and I'm enjoying watching you discover these Beatle songs for the first time in 2021 after all these years.
I always listened to this song and thought about a time in life when you are "stuck"....
And here I thought the song was about Jeremy in Yellow Submarine.
I agree with you about the harmonies. Please check out “If I Fell” for an early Beatles song with lovely harmonies or “Because”, which came later but will knock your socks off with harmony. As always, I love your reaction. 😍
Add 'This Boy" and "Yes It Is' to the list.
@@phillydog17 - Yes It Is is their best harmonies, imho.
There's a video of Dave Grohl playing some of his fave Beatle songs. "Because" is one and he talks about hearing it with the vocal track isolated in the Cirque du Soleil show "Love." Sounded like an incredible experience!
No Way, man! Lucy In The Sky with diamonds in my ears
The Beatles...proving over and over they were--and still are--the best.
My fav Beatles era is the Revolver and Rubber Soul era. The songs became more cerebral and the melodies more unexpected, but still beautiful. This is def one of my fav John songs..
He only says a " bit" like you & me..LOL..John later reflected on this song to be mostly about himself.
You’re not puzzled at all. You totally got it. Beautiful man.
One of my favorite songs by the Fab Four. I'm glad the video got through this time. Oh, I see what you did. You didn't use the word Beatles. LOL Vocal harmonies and lead vocal are marvelous, amazing bass, iconic guitar solo. Lennon was talking about himself when he wrote the lyrics. He was sitting around trying to write a song, and he came up empty. When he gave up, this song came to him.
Can you just imagine that? Not pleased at all
@@HarriBestReactions ah, so that's how you finally got this video up! Hey, gotta do what ya gotta do. And it was worth the wait :-) I've always loved this song, and your reaction was great!
For me, this song is about all of the time we waste dreaming instead of doing. We're introduced to this fictional "nowhere man" who is constantly making big plans but never following through. He's always going somewhere in his head, but never in real life; so where is he? He's "nowhere." Then we're gently reminded that we all do this sometimes - the Nowhere Man is us. "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" is a bit of sardonic wit, sort of like saying, "does that remind you of anybody?"
I love the Beatles and this is one of my favorite songs. The harmonies, the bass, the lead guitar break (which is actually two Strats played in unison through a compressor), all of it. It's sublime.
The Nowhere Man was also a character in the Yellow Submarine animated movie. His other name was Jetemy !
True, but the only music specifically written for the film was George Martin's instrumental score, and Paul McCartney's 'All together now' . All the other songs in the film were already written,( although not all of them officially released prior to the 'Yellow submarine' album) and the directors and animators created narrative sequences to fit the choice of songs. The film fulfilled part of a commitment and The Beatles had very little interest or creative involvement in it, they were certainly initially very sceptical of it's merits, but finally came around when they saw the finished film.
The Beatles also did something no one had thought of....the lead guitar break is after the first verse! They fundamentally changed the way a song is structured. Another first .
Straight after the first chorus!
@@zetmoon yes. Thank you for that correction.
The Fabs were always good at harmonies. Everything they were was good. Musically, vocally, their writing, their imagination. Just out of this World. They led, others tried to follow.
"He's as blind as he can be/Just sees what he wants to see. . ." That sounds like a lot of us, Harri!
What really makes this song is George and Ringo, Ringo's drum roll, and George's high ping note mid way thru the song.
One of the greatest......couldn't come up with a song, ever! Definitely the best reaction person on the tube, Harri.❤👊
I think the song from this album 'You wont see me' has the best harmonies from this period.
Love that song. I first heard Anne Murray's cover before I knew it was a Beatles song
That song had always frustrated me. It sounds like the tempo gradually slows and I'm not sure it isn't a recording error that has never been fixed.
Harri, you always make me happy with your enthusiastic appreciation of the most melodic geniuses in popular music. They have the greatest versatility of any popular musicians with a profound range of genres, styles, harmonies, lyrics and energies. Their musicianship is also strikingly original and engaging with no need for excessive technical showing off but always with a tasteful and appropriate arrangement and production values. Unlike most temporary music, their elocution is so precise that I can hear every syllable clearly and the accompaniment is truly accompanying rather than distractive or unintegrated. But that was the basic approach for all popular acts in those days. Modern radio songs are too muddled and stuck in a rut. The Beatles rescued popular music of the late 50s and early 60s. Now the music of today also needs to be rescued from its stagnated state.
I have a friend who is a professional bass player. I once asked him what he thought of Paul McCartney as a bass player. He said that Paul was a "God" in that respect. I don't get hung up on the "a bit like you and me" lyric. I look at the song as giving a hopeful outlook, saying there is more to be had in life. "Nowhere man, please listen. You don't know what you're missing. The world is at your command."
As regards McCartney bass playing, yes a fantastic bass player, but playing the bass at the same time as singing! That's extremely difficult, but then again he is a genius.
This was my first album, given to me for Christmas by my Dad, when I was 12. I still have it. My favorite group ever. John was the best song writer ever.
Such a great song!
I love your reactions to Beatles songs! I first heard them when I was 14 years old and have loved their music for the last 58 years. The evolution of the music through their years together was amazing, especially considering they were only recording together for about 8 years. The influence they had on the music and culture of my youth was immense and I appreciate that you enjoy their music.
The song doesn't say he's like you and me, it is 'he's a lot like you and me". To me that says that the Nowhere Man is a mirror of all of us at different times in our lives.
just to clarify, the song says "he's a bit like you and me" which can still mean the same thing. take care.
@@ronaldalagia9211 You are correct, I guess I wasn't paying attention to details like I should have. Thank you for correcting my error.
“Isn’t he a bit like you and me?”
Just a little historical footnote. The first Beatles cover EVER was Misery by Kenny Lynch who was a good friend of John Lrnnon while on tour with The Beatles. He got first crack at a Beatles cover
Same category is "Fool on the Hill".
I am waiting eagerly for you to listen to "Within Without You" and "I am the Walrus"..... Cannot wait for you to listen...I think they will blow your mind, they still blow mine, even after listening to them all my life. Peace and love ❣️
John Lennon was singing about himself in this song. He felt that way. And yes, the harmony singing was incredible.
Another bass player that sings fantastic is Timothy B Schmit of the Eagles. But, the Beatles started it all and deserve to be the best of all time!
this was one of the first one or two 45's I bought as a kid... when I was 11... and I played it over and over and over and over again... I remember my father yelling down to the rec room telling me to stop!
McCartney was a monster bassist. He played lead guitar better than most.
Everything is Cool with Rubber Soul. Frim the striking cover to the impeccable song selection. No weak tracks, just 14 superbly crafted pop gems and it remains my favourite Beatles album!
If you want to get deep in Beatle lore, “My Bonnie” was recorded by them when they got a gig as a backing studio band for Tony Sheridan in their Hamburg days. Definitely worth a reaction.
In 1966 I was in 11th grade living in Levittown PA. I felt it described me perfectly.
John had a great sense of time (of course, they all did) and sang at the back edge of the beat. Never in a hurry and always in rhythm. Like his personality.
One of my favorite Beatles songs ever
I enjoy your reactions SO much😜 We are all a little nowhere-especially since this whole shut down thing.
I Love all their music❤️❤️❤️
hahahaha i knew that ending harmony would get you ! such a fantastic song on every level. Their first shot at social commentary. AND....the guitar part....the very definitely of 'JANGLY'. gorgeous
'definition'
@@stevenmurano7863 Unless I'm mis-remembering, this is the first song where George and John played their new Fender Stratocasters - they'd sent Mal Evans out to the music shop to get them a couple - he just pulled a matching pair of Sonic Blue ones off the wall and brought them back - I don't think anyone had guitar techs back then. To get that rather extreme "jangle" they were run from one channel of the mixing board with the treble cranked all the way up into another channel - also with the treble cranked all the way up - totally freaking out the engineer (Geoff Emerick?) with the amount of treble on the guitars. "We want them that way" they said. And they were right.
Self reflective pop from John Lennon, one of my favourite songs ever!
Feeling lost and lone. I do have moments when I don't know what I'm efforting so much for, or that I don't belong anywhere. I think I kind of get the feeling of the song, it's not just depressive but a self scolding of sorts.
The lyrics are genius!!! "But isn't he a bit like you & me?" Yes, he is a bit like all of us. Think about it!! Unless we're really aware of our society & we're not changing it for the better, etc. Also, watch Yellow Submarine. They came up w a cute character for "The Nowhere Man." Watch the damn movies!!!!
I saw in an interview with John where he said the nowhere man was written because he was fed up with people trying to analyse his lyrics and their meanings. So he wrote a song about nothing and nowhere and no one.
That was " I am the Walrus" after he heard schools were analyzing his lyrics.
@@mysterymac38 I wonder what those analyzers did with "goo goo g'joob"!?
My favorite Beatles tune...
How John felt at the height of Beatlemania. Instead of singing "I'm a real nowhere man" he sang 'He's a real Nowhere Man". Very great song! 1965.
For me,this is one of the most perfect 2.5ish minute pop songs.
Along with the rest of the songs on Rubber Soul (and Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out which were released as 45 single only),this is them at their best as the Fab 4,singing and playing together.
It was simply magic being alive at that time, and hearing those songs come out on the radio. Buying the albums (or finding them under the Christmas tree) and playing them till the grooves fell off. Our generation won the cosmic lottery, being just the right age to live through Beatlemania and get to love those songs for all these decades.
Well here in the States Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out was on the album Yesterday and Today which was a great album because it was a mix of the British Rubber Soul and Revolver albums .
Nice one Harri. What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. In my shop, tunes cranked listening to the Beatles while I prep my Harley for it's first spring ride.
I used to be a Nowhere Man, but now I'm a Somewhere Man; it's better. Loved the reaction 👍👍
Hi Harri, you're actually answering a lot of your questions very well. The Beatles, like others at that time were quite busy going somewhere, surrounded by many smoking their time away as it were. What I think is impressive is John recognizing a little of the nowhere man in himself i.e not being overly critical of others. Perhaps the 60s Love revolution came to an end through a little too many with the nowhere man's attitude.
At this point was when Paul started putting the bass forward. This changed things for many bass players. If you want to hear great bass playing by Paul, listen to the flip side of Paperback Writer, RAIN. It'll blow your mind. Another amazing bassman was Jack Bruce, of Cream . Listen to Im So Glad, from the album Goodbye Cream .
You are thinking in 2021 instead of 1965. Rock music back then was just beginning to develop social conscience, mostly influenced by Folk Music that transformed society. These days life is all about social conscience while the music is just whacked.
I was in high school when I first heard this song and really liked it. I don't know what John Lennon meant by a "Nowhere Man" but it always made me think of Charles de Gaulle, the French leader. By the 1960's he seemed to be taking France in a contrary direction from that of the other Western allies. He had become somewhat aloof and obstinate.
]The bass in this track is a song in itself! And those harmonies! And the solo, played in unison by George AND John in their Fender strat guitars!
I think most of us have been nowhere men at some stage of our lives from time to time, a little Insecure!! Don't forget that the Beatles were only in their mid twenties!😁🇬🇧
We are all a "Nowhere Man" somehow, because weare are all dreaming our little dreams that nobody else is interested in, making our little plans that nobody else interested in, but someday - remember John says "The World is at your command" - someday, we will be able to realize these little dreams and plans, and with them, we will change the world. :-)
Peak Beatles IMO. Mid 1964 to mid 1966. AHDN, Beatles 65, Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver. The group at their most collaborative selves.
What's AHDN?
@@eviekelpie1 A Hard Days Night
John wrote the song while he was trying to write a song and had no idea about what it should be. Nowhere man refers in special that single situation. In general it refers to his personal situation in that time (1965). He felt lost and without target, his marriage was going worse. The song is connected to 'Help' which refers to the same situation.
There's always so much more than you think you got !
Paul is a musical genius. He plays every instrument superbly. He only played bass in the Beatles as John had the rhythm spot, and George was very good on lead. You need to review Paperback Writer. Amazing harmonies.
Again Ringo...best beat ever. This is the album where I got into Paul's bass.
John said he wrote this song about himself even if it sounds like he's singing about someone else.
Any live version of this is awesome. Watching McCartney and Harrison doing the harmonies live is just magic.
Luv u man...
The Byrds were debuting with their stellar Mr. Tambourine Man around the time Beatles released Rubber Soul. Similar Folk Pop harmony songs but for my money, The Beatles were the finest act. Obviously an influence on The Byrds, both bands were Top Notch!
I have subscribed to your channel as of yesterday. Again, the lyrics are up for interpretation as The Beatles are known for. And, yes, the harmonies and bass are exquisite!
Welcome aboard!
Your my should give' a listen to the Beatles Your Mother Should Know. Thanks again for the great music.
Paul's bass playing is so underrated..
Nowhere man is from The Beatles album Rubber Soul that came out in December 1965 this song was also featured on the Beatles film yellow submarine from 1968 along with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds strawberry Fields Eleanor Rigby it's all too much George Harrison song that song that was from 1968 hey bulldog Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and All You Need Is Love was in the cartoon film yellow submarine from 1969
Dude...It speaks to who ever is listening. It could be about a loser, or some one depressed, or just confused. And could mean something totally different to the author that wrote it. It speaks to your soul differently then it speaks to me. It’s poetry...simply! As are all lyrics! 👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The song goes "Isn't he a BIT like you and me?" The song is an invitation to all those people who never participate in society to come and join the rest of us ... "The world it at your command." Fool on the Hill by Paul is very different but the same idea of someone who stays outside of their world against his own self-interest. I'm bi-polar. Very congenial, a hail fellow well met when I am around people with a tendency toward keeping to myself. Love ya, Harri. You're my primo (my English cousin like all of my Nicaraguan primos ... I've been here a long time. Salud and cheers, Harri!
I love both this song and "Fool on the Hill" and for me, they bookend, equal and opposite in character and theme.
@@melenatorr I agree. Cheers.
@@briandonovan1584 Thanks! Back at you, take care!
With RAIN possibly my favorite Beatles songs. Definitely my favorite prime Beatles phase.
The harmonies are indeed diamonds (perfect phrase). The playing tight as hell. The lyrics are evocative yet meaningful.
For rich harmonies try YES IT IS!!
The Beatles were destined to meet and become the greatest, excellent band nobody ever can ever touch!! George felt like he wasn't allowed to write and sing and felt it wasn't fair! One thing that George did was play that lead guitar with such expertise!! And as far as Ringo was concerned if he was a Beatle with such great timing and rythym!! He too was so excellent or he wouldn't be a Beatle!! I've been listening to them since 1964 and I never tire of any of their songs!! Try out some really early Beatles like Misery, Anna, and A Taste of Honey!!! Many times they had 3 part harmony! I miss the Beatles!!
When I was a 17 yr old homeless runaway kid in 1971 my 16 yr old girlfriend once said I was like this song. RIP Laurie
I was born in 1950 and can quite vividly recall the 60s' explosion in music very much at the hands of The Beatles. It was widely believed back then, and I still believe now that "Nowhere Man" was about then President Lyndon Johnson, in his bubble of nowhere advisers making world altering decisions based on nowhere information. (Vietnam War)
Congratulations on the analysis, I really think that this song gets a lot of interpretations.
and I wanted to offer you the analysis of Full on the Hill. Which is one of their most interesting lyrics, in my humble opinion.
Hugs!!! Stay safe man !!!
It's actually "Fool" on the Hill. Auto correct doing it's thing again.
@@eviekelpie1 yes sorry i'm brazilian and i use the google translator to communicate. Thanks
Aw wow, if you want to hear the finest Beatles “ If I Fell “ is incredible, absolutely genius harmonies. Incredible even today...unmatched if youask me please give it a go !!!
George Harrison lead guitar work here is stellar, its about enhancing the song, not standing in the spotlight all the f-in time. Yet it makes the song whole. Without it the songs stands alone, but VERY alone. These guitar riffs and [some of Lennon's and McCartney's also] on all the songs are now classic. A real band has teamwork...the Beatles were the epitome of teamwork. same goes for Motown musicians and Wrecking Crew Musicians. Except the Beatle were their OWN Wrecking Crew.
One thing that stands out from paul as a bass player…he never plays the same fill twice in any given song. There’s always a slight variation.
He’s an amazing musician.
"Nowhere man" was visualized in the Beatles cartoon "Yellow Submarine". Unfortunately I can't find a link. youtube has probably deleted everything again ...
That little bit of YS made me like this song even less than I did before. The song isn't bad; it's quite good. If it were bad it wouldn't bother me as much. Danged song picks at every insecurity I have. I feel like I've spent most of my life making nowhere plans for nobody.
Think of a man on an island on his own. He is just living his day to day life. This nowhere man is sitting in his nowhere land making all his nowhere plans for nobody. He doesn't have a point of view and he knows not where he's going too isn't he a bit like you and me. He's telling you to be this man, take time out and enjoy the ride of life without rushing or worrying. Be happy and enjoy life.
I think the first 'non boy-girl love song' from the group?
According to my readings, these recordings were well engineered and mixed for mono. A stereo mix-down would be done later and mainly for the US market release. At this time and due to ever increasing 4-track studio recording complexities, Rubber Soul almost missed the 1965 UK Christmas run-up sales being late-released around 3rd December along with the single; We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper. As many fans will remember, normally the album and associated singles would have different release dates. Liked.
Just makes me think of Fool om the Hill so sad as many of Beatles songs are.
Beatles song Think for Yourself, a George Harrison under the radar song
Writing about writers block. Genius.