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Paul and Julian had always been close - perhaps closer than the father and son had been - and he knew that John's new relationship with Yoko Ono had to be hitting Julian pretty hard at the age of six. Paul wrote the melody and lyrics to the song on the way to Cynthia's home in Weybridge during June of When he returned home that day, he recorded a demo version on his piano.

When Paul presented the song to his bandmates, Lennon immediately announced it was the best song McCartney had ever written. My understanding is that it is Paul McCartney who utters the expletive because he got the piano part wrong. However, they mixed it very low and you can hear it only if you listen closely. The cited source for its information is Geoff Emerick in , one of the audio engineers present during the recording. More probably was captured by the mics during the recordings of the instrumental parts.

In the book Beatles Undercover,Pete Swettenham says he said the expletive after putting on headphones that were too loud during a vocal overdub. Oh, well. After the next Na Na Na. If you hear it differently. Of course I could be wrong. I have been before. And I have seen a video of this session. Just John, Paul and Ringo — and it sounded great. Those boys could really nail it when they wanted to. George plays bass here. It needs correcting! Happy New Year and congratulations for the fine work!

Long live Beatles Bible! The bass is Paul and the huge thud of the bass notes is from his Fender Jazz Bass. He overdubbed the part. Even if there was no room for a lead guitar at all in the arrangement, George was certainly capable of handling the bass guitar duty while Paul stuck to piano, if Paul had thought to ask.

I think George did play bass guitar. They talk about the right handed 6 six string fender bass in the studio on the Anthology. George also mentions in interviews that he played bass for some Paul songs. Is there? This would have been amazing! I would have loved for that to happen, George really deserved a larger part in that song.

I love that. It made the song even better, it really did just knowing that George has a larger part. Funny you say this Von, I actually did a demo myself of Jude 10 years or so ago in my studio and did an extended guitar fills over the lyrics and adlibbing at the end never thinking someone else thought it a good idea or something George could have done. No I Paul was right, the last thing this track needs it widdly guitar playing which serves no purpose.

I speak portuguese, and I never noticed this, but now, I listened it again, and I noticed it too. Paul does seem at times to have been too bossy in the studio but I think the writer of a song does have the right to final say as to how it should be done. Axing the answering back guitar idea was a good one. Well, someone had to fill the leadership void left by Lennon, and Paul was the better equipped to do it.

A group without a leader or moderator gets nothing accomplished. I also agree with you in that the writer of a song should get the final word. I mean, no one could have talked George out of all the sitars. One thing I am curious about is that Paul has told the story about the inspiration of Julian many times, but when was it first mentioned? I think John mentions the Julian inspiration in the Playboy interviews.

But did he learn it from a Paul interview, or did Paul tell him at the time who it was about? And when was the first time that the public learned about the Julian connection? Did Paul mention it in an interview? Unless the public learned it from John mentioning it? It started off as a song about my son Julian because Paul was going to see him. This is the earliest mention I can find, unless anyone knows of an earlier mention by John or Paul of the song being about Julian.

If you watch the video of the david frost show. Now, thats probably not the released recorded version of the song, But we now know that Paul played alot of lead guitar, Drums, both George and John played Bass on some records. This you can clearly hear if you listen closely. I see it as Paul speaking to both Julian and John.

Pauls inspiration and creativity is much different than Johns. But not really about his dogs. Maybe a line or two and then he just goes off the reservation. Which she says in her book. As I understand it, Ringo had essentially just returned from his self-imposed exile from the Beatles in time to film the David Frost show.

I find this odd because in concert Ringo is found playing a number of songs that he has already played dozens of times. Any other ideas? I think it was a Peter Brown book. Not sure. Obviously, it is a rumour at least, perhaps the reason Starr walked out. He did and on Dear Prudence. Ringo is on record talking about one of his pet hates was coming back from the toilet to find Paul playing his drums.

The White Album became every man for himself. My guess is Ringo was the odd man out. He was probably treated like one of the EMI staff. Think about this, only 2 months later, Paul pulled them altogher to do the Let it Be project…Being filmed in the studio. It turned out badly, but the music was great! This song should have been In hindsight, george should have got the guitar solo on Hey Jude instead of the long fade out. George knew enough to re-do the solo for the album version.

The Lads wanted to stop touring. Paul took advantage of all the studio time to create great music. Paul was the Beatles from Revolver to Abbey Road. Maybe even from mid — Always rewriting the rule book. However, why at that point was he putting the towels all over the drum-skins?

A song can start in one point then transition to another. Paul writes indirectly about things, could be influence of old songwriters like Cole Porter or his personal temperament.

Not sure if I buy the Julian Lennon story. To state the obvious, drugs were part of the daily diet of the Beatles at the time of the recording. John did have a heroin issue. I would never have guessed that. I am skeptical when it comes to veiled references and clever word choices in their songs. On another note: I really like this web-site. Joe you do a great job.

However, this song is very clearly about Julian Lennon. I do not wish to argue, but just point out that this is by far the most valid point of this song. Paul McCartney himself said that he thought of the song on his way to visit Julian, and then played it later for John. The lyrics explain themselves. He is just telling Julian to accept her into his life.

However, John feels that part of that verse is about him. Billy, you said it was a reference to heroin, but John Lennon was the one who was on heroin. I quote:. I must say, the best source of information would be the lads themselves.

The finished version of Hey Jude featured a massive orchestral accompaniment and the finished track clocked in just over 7 minutes - one of the longest singles ever to make Number 1. Paul McCartney still performs Hey Jude as part of his live set, a testament to its enduring popularity. Red Hot Chili Peppers. He's saying, 'Hey, Jude — hey, John. The final product of "Hey Jude" was credited to Lennon as well after he made a few contributions, including keeping the fifth verse line, "The movement you need is on your shoulder," which was originally a placeholder line.