More than anything, they reminded me of gunslingers, with their guitars strapped on, looks of steely-eyed resolve, determined to outdo one another.
Geoff Emerick, the Beatles’ recording engineer, later recalled: “John, Paul and George looked like they had gone back in time, like they were kids again, playing together for the sheer enjoyment of it. The solos begin approximately 53 seconds into the song. The idea for a guitar instrumental over this section was Harrison’s, and Lennon suggested that the three of them each play a section. McCartney, George Harrison and Lennon perform a rotating sequence of three, two-bar guitar solos. The take in which Starr performed the solo originally had guitar and tambourine accompaniment, but other instruments were muted during mixing, giving the effect of a drum solo. His solo on “The End” was recorded with twelve microphones around his drum kit in his playing, he said he copied part of Ron Bushy’s drumming on the Iron Butterfly track “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”. Starr disliked solos, preferring to cater drumwork to whoever sang in a particular performance. Orchestral overdubs were added 15 August, and the closing piano and accompanying vocal on 18 August.Īll four Beatles have a solo in “The End”, including a Ringo Starr drum solo. The first vocals for the song were added on 5 August, additional vocals and guitar overdubs were added on 7 August, and bass and drums on 8 August, the day the Abbey Road cover picture was taken. At this point, the song was called “Ending”. Recording began on 23 July 1969, when the Beatles recorded a one-minute, thirty-second master take that was extended via overdubs to two minutes and five seconds. Which again proves that if he wants to, he can think.” Lennon misquoted the line the actual words are, “And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make…” McCartney said, “I wanted to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet.” In his 1980 interview with Playboy, John Lennon acknowledged McCartney’s authorship by saying, “That’s Paul again … He had a line in it, ‘And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give,’ which is a very cosmic, philosophical line. The song features one of the few drum solos recorded by Ringo Starr. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album.
It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. “The End” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. And it climaxed with, “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”… Paul McCartney – From “The Beatles Anthology” book, 2000 And we finally persuaded Ringo to play a drum solo, which he’d never wanted to do.
Opening with Can't Buy Me Love, he entertained a capacity crowd with songs spanning more than half a century, including George Harrison's Something.īut it was his performance of I've Got a Feeling that got heads turning, when he was joined by a surprise guest: John Lennon.In ‘The End’ there were three guitar solos where John, George and I took a line each, which was something we’d never done before. McCartney, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday - making him the oldest musician to headline the four-day festival - paid tribute to his former band mates in the near-3-hour show. Surprise appearances from Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl and "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen capped off an evening described by some as "something to tell your grandkids about". Paul McCartney is making headlines for his performance at Glastonbury Festival in the UK, where he took to the stage for a "virtual duet" with former frontman John Lennon, who was fatally shot in 1980. It's been some five decades since The Beatles split, but it looks like the band is back together (well, sort of).
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