The Beatles Nowhere Man REACTION AND REVIEW
Added 2024-11-12 15:15:44 +0000 UTC
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One of my most favorite Beatle songs!
Michael Gray
2024-11-13 05:22:03 +0000 UTCTo think they were in their mid twenties when they branched out into this lyrically and hamonically sophisticated music!. They perfected the power pop sound along with The Byrds, Kinks, Hollies and the Who were contributing to the jangly, crisp guitar chords ringing out from their Rickenbackers, Epiphones and Gibsons along with the rich harmonies inspiring future bands like Badfinger, Big Star, REM, Cheap Trick and scores of Indie bands from the 80s 90s and beyond.
ChasBeauregarde
2024-11-12 22:41:34 +0000 UTCThat joke never get old, Justin! Lyrically introspective, following the song 'Help!' earlier in the year. The Dylan influence writ large again as John struggled to come to terms with unimaginable fame. A real step change from standard love songs. The sound is very Byrds like as well - although of course The Byrds were directly influenced by The Beatles! The harmonies from John, Paul and George are glorious. As you say, the guitar solo was performed by both John and George in unison on their identical Sonic Blue Fender Stratocasters. George then added the final touch to the solo by adding a harmonic to ring out into the next verse. Always wanting to try new things, they suggested having a more brash sound for the solo. In the book “The Beatles Recording Sessions,” Paul explained: "I remember we wanted very treble-y guitars – which they are – they’re among the most treble-y guitars I’ve ever heard on record. The engineer said, ‘Alright, I’ll put full treble on it,’ and we said, ‘That’s not enough,’ and he said, ‘That’s all I’ve got, I’ve only got one pot and that’s it!’ And we replied, ‘Well, put that through another lot of faders and put full treble up on that. And if that’s not enough we’ll go through another lot of faders and…’ so we were always doing that, forcing them. They said, ‘We don’t do that,’ and we would say, ‘Try it. Just try it for us. If it sounds crappy, OK, we’ll lose it, but it just might sound good.’ I always wanted things to be different because we knew that people, generally, always want to move on, and if we hadn’t pushed them the guys would have stuck by the rule books and still been wearing ties. Anyway you’d then find, ‘Oh, it worked!,’ and they were secretly glad because they had been the engineer who put three times the allowed value of treble on a song. I think they were quietly proud of those things."
Jeremy B
2024-11-12 20:15:40 +0000 UTCOne of my favourite Beatles songs penned by John! Such a strong melody and great vocal harmonies! I can't remember hearing that harmonic at the end of the solo before. Perhaps the 2009 remaster has brought it out more in the mix.
sheldon howells
2024-11-12 18:42:24 +0000 UTCI do love The Beatles, but I've never liked this one particularly. Though I like the harmonic. :)
Saturninebear
2024-11-12 15:43:05 +0000 UTCAnother gem from the what at the time seemed like an unending vein of pure pop magic. I wish everyone could understand the vacuousness of popular music at the time that The Beatles arrived. Only classical or jazz was considered “serious music”. But gradually songs like Nowhere Man, Fool on the Hill, and Eleanor Rigby made people take this new sound, at least when The Beatles made it,seriously. The power and artistry are undeniable, even today.
Gregory Weakland
2024-11-12 15:34:39 +0000 UTCAlways one of my favorites
Chuck Drennen
2024-11-12 15:31:40 +0000 UTC
