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December 8, 2009
The Death Of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock
Want to hear a really sloppy record?
It's a good song, but the recording's a mess. The drums consistently drag the rhythm; the bass player isn't quite sure how his part is supposed to go. If you listen carefully to the end of the second verse (around the 48-second mark in this video), the whole band gets lost for a moment and ends up adding an extra beat by accident. -- - Monitor Mix Blog : NPR
Posted by Vanderleun at December 8, 2009 11:55 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Nope, didn't add a beat, they let a bar hang over to finish a phrase. It's all in time and meter.
Maybe the critic needs to be as stoned as the band.
Posted by: james wilson at December 9, 2009 8:47 AM
I think the bass is excellent, and Ringo considered his drumming on "Rain" as his best ever. Someone missed badly in their critism.
Posted by: aynra at December 11, 2009 3:08 PM
"Rain" has always been one of my favorite Beatles songs.
Personally, I think they hit their peak in 1966. I've always liked "Revolver" more then "Sgt. Pepper". That is, the original 14-song British release, not the truncated 11-song American version.
(With the British Parlophone releases up through 1966, there was a clear demarcation between singles and albums. Singles were singles and albums were albums. "Rain" originally appeared as the B-side of "Paperback Writer". In America, Capitol Records reshuffled the British singles and albums to release more albums with fewer songs each, but including the singles that didn't originally appear on albums in England.)
Posted by: rickl at December 11, 2009 4:12 PM
"I give it a 95, Dick. It's got a good beat and you can dance to it."
Posted by: Corcosman at December 12, 2009 8:29 AM