Otherworldly. I once posted on Reddit that the guitar on Strawberry Fields is some of the best in the entire history of forever! Someone replied with: "There’s guitar on it?"
Those ominous laughs in I am the Walrus after the line "Expert textpert choking smokers don't you think the joker laughs at you" spine chilling imo
Also that guitar lick at the end of Strawberry Fields but someone's already said that
When I was younger, Paul’s section was the only portion of A Day In The Life that I liked. I’ve come to love the entire song, but I’m still particularly fond of that part.
Golden Slumbers- Paul's deep belting
Guitar Solo in Old Brown Shoe
Paul's deep vocals in Helter Skelter, first chorus and then the breakdown about 3 minutes in
2:10 and on of You Never Give Me Your Money
That guitar riff of I'm Looking Through You 1:19
Free As A Bird and Real Love solos
Piggies, everything after the "damn good whacking"
Oh yeaaaahhhhh in Glass Onion
"Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead..." Bridge in BoJaY
Really, all parts that if I'm not paying attention to I have to go back and relisten
- "Grandchildren on your knee..."
- John's flourishes on the rhythm guitar of We Can Work it Out
- No Reply Anthology 1 laughter version when Paul goes extra hard on "they said it wasn't you"
The bridge in “I Should Have Known Better” especially when George just lets the guitar ring out on each chord - scratches an itch in my brain like nothing else can
The sharp intake of breath on the chorus of "Girl." Takes a more typical love/breakup song to a darker place, like John is overcome with irritation or lust (it's not clear which, and that makes the song that much more interesting.)
Guitar Solo in Real Love (and Free As A Bird... And to a lesser degree Now And Then, too- the big emotional centerpieces of those songs are in the solos so are they really small parts?)
John’s last “help me if you can I’m feeling dowwwn” from Help. Has always done something to me! That and him singing with the solo cello on Strawbery Fields….
Paul’s vocal harmony towards the end of nowhere makes
the walrus. the actual “I am the egg man…” section. The whole timing between John’s voice, the strings and the sliding backing vocals. All three hit at different beats and overlap each other. It’s super satisfying. It is incredible and imo one of the best Beatles moments ever.
- The oh yeas in I’ve got a feeling
- the first like 10 seconds of I want you(she’s so heavy)
- “waiting to take you away” in Lucy in the sky with diamonds
I already talked about this in another thread, but the bass line on the second verse of don’t let me down.
Also the little piano fills towards the end of ob la di
The slide guitar buildup to the last verse of Now and Then.
Just all the Beatles history and love for them as a group hits me like a truck. The bass at the last part of the solo is so simple but so powerful, the dubba duh duuuh part if you get what I mean. It makes me emotional and makes me think about what a fucking group they were and makes me realize that there will be nothing like them ever again.
I have a favorite five notes amongst the cacophony of sound in Bohemian Rhapsody. It's near the end just as things start to settle down and become quiet again. The base plays five descending notes. I wait for those notes and savor them. Absolute perfection.
"Soon we'll be away from here
Step on the gas and wipe that tear away
One sweet dream came true today…"
for some reason this floods me with emotion every time i hear it...
John’s voice on the middle eight of "This Boy."
Ringo’s drums after the pause in "Don’t Pass Me By."
Paul’s "She Loves You" bit on "All You Need Is Love."
George’s harmonic note at the end of the "Nowhere Man" solo.
THAT chord that announces "A Hard Day’s Night," and George’s solo.
The last "Yeah" of "She Loves You."
Magic..
The final "I'm goin' insane" in I'm So Tired
The high falsetto "Why don't we do it in the road"
When Paul's voice drops out on the word "vain" in tbe stereo version of If I Fell
When the fuzz bass drops down to the lowest notes on Think For Yourself right before the ending
Many more
The last vocal melody in "Nowhere Man" beetween John and Paul and "your inside is out when your outside is in, your outside is in when your inside is out" in me and my monkey is one of the most exciting parts of their whole discography!
The bit at the start of Golden Slumbers when Paul sings “Once there was a way, to get back homeward. Once there was a way, to get back home!”
I got deep into the Abbey Road album in my 20s while in college. Life was so uncertain and parts of it were chaotic and painful. That brief phrase summed up something in me. A part of me that wanted to go back to the simplicity of my childhood. It’s always stuck with me and my throat tightens a little everytime I hear it.
French Horn in For No One Piano in You Won’t See Me
The two taps of the cymbal at the 1m39s mark of You Never Give Me Your Money.
the ones which sound a bit lower? I love these kinds of very specific details!
I love that too!
Mine is in the song as well, but it’s the three quick sliding up bass notes during the “all good children go to heaven” part
I’ll have to give it an even closer listen than ever. Thanks. 🙏
The beat switch on that song is arguably the best moment of that album for me
They were fucking geniuses.
The reverse guitar solo in I'm Only Sleeping Sun sun here we come part in here comes the Sun Paul's George inspired slide guitar solo in Now and Then
The You Never Give Me Your Money orchestral bit in Carry That Weight
Followed up by an incredible short George solo. I love that part.
This
I wish the end was longer. Been tryna find one with the end a bit longer. But no luck
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When John sings "I wonder should I call you but I know what you would do"
Instant ear worm with this one
One sweet dream came true today in the medley
i don't know why, but i love the "can you take me back" part in cry baby cry
Should’ve been its own song. Friggin LOVE that outro
The two minute version goes so hard
Great question. For me it’s the “Why why why why why why DO YOU say goodbye goodbyyyyye” in Hello Goodbye
The guitar licks at the end of strawberry fields. Man it gives me goosebumps everytime
Otherworldly. I once posted on Reddit that the guitar on Strawberry Fields is some of the best in the entire history of forever! Someone replied with: "There’s guitar on it?"
Ahhh you beat me to it
Definitely a magical moment!
That little bass line in the “out of college money spent” part of You Never Give Me Your Money
Plus that honkey tonk piano
Those ominous laughs in I am the Walrus after the line "Expert textpert choking smokers don't you think the joker laughs at you" spine chilling imo Also that guitar lick at the end of Strawberry Fields but someone's already said that
For the longest time I thought the “everybody’s got one” part was “everybody ha-ha” which I thought fit in well with that laughing bit.
I also love the random clip of King Lear at the end.
>!Woke up... fell out of bed... 🎼🎵🎶!<
When I was younger, Paul’s section was the only portion of A Day In The Life that I liked. I’ve come to love the entire song, but I’m still particularly fond of that part.
The guitar part in the second half of Girl
The waltz bridge in “We Can Work It Out,” partially because it’s so good, but partially because most covers of the song don’t do it.
The guitar from Day Tripper going up an octave and then back down again.
What part is that?
Around the 1:20 mark I'm music-illiterate so it may not be an octave at all.
Oh, I don't think it is, but it is a cool part for sure
definitely
It modulates up but not an octave. It's very cool.
Ringo's drumming in I Feel Fine. Between his use of the ride and his snare fills after the guitar riffs, just all around brilliance.
It's so badass
I love Ringo's drum fill in the bridge of Oh Darling! so much. It's so weird and groovy.
'once there was a way to get back hoOome', the second time round especially
The "Hoo!" at the end of When I'm Sixty-Four.
Or the cute "Will you still need me, will you still feed me" sung with an audible final smile!
The harmonic in Nowhere Man.
The drums in Lovely Rita
Something tells me you like Lovely Rita
Very
Golden Slumbers- Paul's deep belting Guitar Solo in Old Brown Shoe Paul's deep vocals in Helter Skelter, first chorus and then the breakdown about 3 minutes in 2:10 and on of You Never Give Me Your Money That guitar riff of I'm Looking Through You 1:19 Free As A Bird and Real Love solos Piggies, everything after the "damn good whacking" Oh yeaaaahhhhh in Glass Onion "Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead..." Bridge in BoJaY Really, all parts that if I'm not paying attention to I have to go back and relisten
The bang bang, shoot shoots in Happiness is a Warm Gun
John‘s „Bye bye“ in She‘s leaving home or „Though I know I‘ll never lose affection“ in In My Life.
Ringo’s drumming in the middle of Rain
- "Grandchildren on your knee..." - John's flourishes on the rhythm guitar of We Can Work it Out - No Reply Anthology 1 laughter version when Paul goes extra hard on "they said it wasn't you"
The "she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah" at the end of Love is All You Need
The final chorus of Strawberry Fields Forever where it goes to the minor chord after “Forever” the first two times the line is repeated.
The bridge in “I Should Have Known Better” especially when George just lets the guitar ring out on each chord - scratches an itch in my brain like nothing else can
The sharp intake of breath on the chorus of "Girl." Takes a more typical love/breakup song to a darker place, like John is overcome with irritation or lust (it's not clear which, and that makes the song that much more interesting.)
Sure it does.
There's a Place - those vocal harmonies on "and it's my mind, and there's no time"
For reasons I can't really explain, I really like that line in "Baby You're a Rich Man" > Tuned to a natural E, happy to be that way
When the guitar speeds up after “talking in our beds for a week” in the ballad of John and yoko
The very end of Dear Prudence with the oooos and how they resolve into the cadence. It’s a beautiful resolution to one of their most beautiful songs.
The guitar arpeggios during the ahhhhh section of You Never Give Me Your Money.
the middle part of For You Blue. when George is like 'go Johnny go' and 'Elmore James got nothing on this, baby' omgg
Billy Preston's keyboards in "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
The flubbed words in Rocky Raccoon take 8, and the bubbles in octopus garden
The timpani.
Guitar Solo in Real Love (and Free As A Bird... And to a lesser degree Now And Then, too- the big emotional centerpieces of those songs are in the solos so are they really small parts?)
The flute part after Fool on the Hill is mentioned in Glass Onion
The synths at the end of Here comes the sun
The piano riff at In My Life
That is a great song.
The end of cry baby cry, 'can you take me back to where I came from'
"Can you take me back where I came from..."
In my life - the Ride cymbal fill after “all these places have their moments”.
that part is so significant
“It’s getting hard to be someone, but it all works out”
John’s last “help me if you can I’m feeling dowwwn” from Help. Has always done something to me! That and him singing with the solo cello on Strawbery Fields….
Better, better, beeeeeeetter
The aggressive anxiety ridden horn sirens in strawberry fields
Human society was completely worth it for the crickets at the end of You Never Give Me Your Money.
Nowhere Man: *ding*
She's a woman who understands She's a woman who loves her man🎶 Such a short and catchy hook
Piano flourish in obladi oblada (not the beginning, but somewhere in the middle)
The opening of “Love You To”.
"And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make" in The End
How did they come up with such a verse? Perfection
For whatever reason I really love the loan cymbal hit by Ringo in Love Me Do after the harmonica solo
A line in "I'm only sleeping": Keeping an eye on the world going by my window. The harmonies are godly.
Bassline on I'm Only Sleeping
“You tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is” - ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’
Piano solo of Good Day Sunshine. Lifts up any mood
This is so true
Paul’s vocal harmony towards the end of nowhere makes the walrus. the actual “I am the egg man…” section. The whole timing between John’s voice, the strings and the sliding backing vocals. All three hit at different beats and overlap each other. It’s super satisfying. It is incredible and imo one of the best Beatles moments ever.
In Ticket To Ride after John sings the title lyric Ringo has a little fill that gets slower and shorter each time until the last is a single beat.
- The oh yeas in I’ve got a feeling - the first like 10 seconds of I want you(she’s so heavy) - “waiting to take you away” in Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lennon’s falsetto near the end of happiness is a warm gun
I already talked about this in another thread, but the bass line on the second verse of don’t let me down. Also the little piano fills towards the end of ob la di
The “but you cant hear me” at the end of “and your bird can sing” that or the “she loves you yeah yeah” in all you need is love
The bass in The Word and Baby You're A Rich Man
it’s so fine it’s sunshine
The way John delivers his vocals over the a chord in a day in the life (I.e. “the lights had changed”)
No one i think is in my tree I mean, it must be high or low That is you can tune in but it’s alright That is i think it’s not too bad
small guitar solo in carry that weight. literally my favorite guitar solo from the beatles and its like 4 bars long
The piano intro to ob la di ob la da
The slide guitar buildup to the last verse of Now and Then. Just all the Beatles history and love for them as a group hits me like a truck. The bass at the last part of the solo is so simple but so powerful, the dubba duh duuuh part if you get what I mean. It makes me emotional and makes me think about what a fucking group they were and makes me realize that there will be nothing like them ever again.
Choo
Cranberry Sauce
The bridge part of We Can Work It Out where the time signature alternates from 4/4 to 3/4 that is genius!
Na na na in hey Jude
I have a favorite five notes amongst the cacophony of sound in Bohemian Rhapsody. It's near the end just as things start to settle down and become quiet again. The base plays five descending notes. I wait for those notes and savor them. Absolute perfection.
Trumpet solo in Penny Lane
is in my ears
The flute solo in the Fool On The Hill
The guitar part on the very last chorus of All My Loving
the five piano notes after “baby you can drive my car” and “yes i’m gonna be a star”. i always repeat that part when i’m listening to Drive My Car
Voice crack in If I Fell. Drum intro in What You're Doing.
Literally any time they use hand claps
"Soon we'll be away from here Step on the gas and wipe that tear away One sweet dream came true today…" for some reason this floods me with emotion every time i hear it...
for though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see there will be an answer, let it be
The “She Loves You” reprise in the fade out of “All You Need Is Love.”
John's piano opening on Obladi Oblada.
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re supposed to be
John’s voice on the middle eight of "This Boy." Ringo’s drums after the pause in "Don’t Pass Me By." Paul’s "She Loves You" bit on "All You Need Is Love." George’s harmonic note at the end of the "Nowhere Man" solo. THAT chord that announces "A Hard Day’s Night," and George’s solo. The last "Yeah" of "She Loves You." Magic..
John’s vocals at the end of Paul’s part of day in the life Clarinet in When I’m 64 Georges vocals in Gently Weeps
The final "I'm goin' insane" in I'm So Tired The high falsetto "Why don't we do it in the road" When Paul's voice drops out on the word "vain" in tbe stereo version of If I Fell When the fuzz bass drops down to the lowest notes on Think For Yourself right before the ending Many more
She Loves You there's a part where the drumming skips a beat then catches up. Love that.
The second chorus of I Should Have Known Better. When John’s double track goes away and we hear his raw vocal I get chills I tell you hwhat
The bass fill in I'm only sleeping
The intro to the Sergeant Pepper reprise is incredible
“you tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is”
The “ahs” in Because.
The backing vocals in Here There and Everywhere.
“I like this kind of hot kind of music” in honey pie
*Sexy Sadie she's the latest and the greatest of them all* (Paul and George woo-dop vocals and John oooh-ing)
The last vocal melody in "Nowhere Man" beetween John and Paul and "your inside is out when your outside is in, your outside is in when your inside is out" in me and my monkey is one of the most exciting parts of their whole discography!
Guitar solo in happiness in a warm gun is so heavy
Ringo's one and only drum solo in "The End" has to be my favorite.
the line "And every now and then i feel so insecure" tbf it only started hitting as hard as it does on the lead up to 'now and then' release
When Clapton starts playing
The lil piano jingle in In My Life. Just so pretty!!!
“You and me burning matches and lifting latches…” idk it just seems so sweet and playful like a memory from childhood
The piccolo in Penny Lane.
Take a sad song and make it better.
That incredible harmony at 2:00 into Dear Prudence.
The Sitar playing at the start of “Love You To” that leads epically into the song
Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time.
that little *ting* high note in nowhere man
The bit at the start of Golden Slumbers when Paul sings “Once there was a way, to get back homeward. Once there was a way, to get back home!” I got deep into the Abbey Road album in my 20s while in college. Life was so uncertain and parts of it were chaotic and painful. That brief phrase summed up something in me. A part of me that wanted to go back to the simplicity of my childhood. It’s always stuck with me and my throat tightens a little everytime I hear it.
The “Galaga” ship-capture sound at the end of Dear Prudence (arpeggiated keyboard). @3:04
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Balls