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The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512941-0. Gilliland, John (1969). "Sergeant Pepper at the Summit: The very best of a very good year" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books.
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" is a 1966 novelty record written and performed by Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV), and released on Warner Bros. Records. The song became an instant success in the United States, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 popular music singles chart on August 13, [ 3 ] No. 1 on the Cash Box Top ...
"It's All Too Much" reflects George Harrison's experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, [4] commonly known as LSD or "acid". [5] Author Robert Rodriguez describes the track as "gloriously celebratory", with a lyric that conveys "his acid revelations in a childlike way". [6]
(2) a "side door Pullman car" was hobo slang for a box car with the cargo door open which made it easy to "bum" a ride. The "Yellow Dog" was the local name for the Yazoo Delta Railroad ; the "Southern" is the much larger Southern Railway .
The guitar and other instrumental tracks, performed by anonymous backing musicians from Germany, [2] are very similar to the original Beatles recordings, with the animal sounds taking the place of the sung lyrics. In addition to dogs, performances by other animals such as sheep, farmyard fowls and a cat are included.
The song's lyrics describe the titular "fool", a solitary figure who is not understood by others, but is actually wise. [2] In his authorised biography, Many Years from Now, Paul McCartney says he first got the idea for the premise from the Dutch design collective the Fool, who were the Beatles' favourite designers in 1967 and told him that they had derived their name from the Tarot card of ...
The second track on Cowboy Carter is a cover of the Beatles’ “Blackbird,” from the Fab Four’s 1968 self-titled album (best known as the White Album).
"Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents, equivalent to a U.S. quarter. "Four bits" and "six bits" are also occasionally used, for example in the cheer "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar." The final words may also be "get lost", "drop dead" (in Australia), [citation needed] or some other facetious expression.