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OK, it states in the article that George Harrison played lead guitar in the song. But in the credits, it says George Harrison and Paul McCartney both played lead guitar. Which is it, one or both? Democraticmacguitarist ( talk) 11:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
There are two guitars on the solo. One is doing a high part, one is low. Ive read McCartney played both. But when live it would have to be George..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.153.204 ( talk) 13:20, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
A suggestion with these line-ups is avoid over-relying on Ian MacDonald's book, because he was a music critic, not an authorized Beatles biographer like Mark Lewisohn, John C. Winn or Walter Everett. 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 05:04, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
There's no tambourine on this song. There are maracas though. The fact that it is sourced as being a tambourine makes me think that the writer of the book cited was mistaken, which happens. I am changing it to credit Ringo as playing maracas and I am removing reference to the tambourine. 76.100.57.219 ( talk) 06:31, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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I assume it's McCartney on the piano, it would be good to have that confirmed. |
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"The whole being alternated with a second melody" - what does that mean? If it refers to the background singing,then it's not a "second melody" - it's background singing. I don't hear a "second melody". Please explain. Thanks.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 04:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
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I'll get a review posted for this shortly.
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Further to the film's premise of Starr being targeted for assassination by a cult– Without context, this seems like a strange thing to mention in passing. Maybe this should get its own sentence. Something like "The film's premise involves Starr being targeted for assassination by a cult. In line with this, the Beatles perform the song under the protection".
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OK, it states in the article that George Harrison played lead guitar in the song. But in the credits, it says George Harrison and Paul McCartney both played lead guitar. Which is it, one or both? Democraticmacguitarist ( talk) 11:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
There are two guitars on the solo. One is doing a high part, one is low. Ive read McCartney played both. But when live it would have to be George..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.153.204 ( talk) 13:20, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
A suggestion with these line-ups is avoid over-relying on Ian MacDonald's book, because he was a music critic, not an authorized Beatles biographer like Mark Lewisohn, John C. Winn or Walter Everett. 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 05:04, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
There's no tambourine on this song. There are maracas though. The fact that it is sourced as being a tambourine makes me think that the writer of the book cited was mistaken, which happens. I am changing it to credit Ringo as playing maracas and I am removing reference to the tambourine. 76.100.57.219 ( talk) 06:31, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:The Night Before (song)/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
I assume it's McCartney on the piano, it would be good to have that confirmed. |
Last edited at 15:18, 29 October 2011 (UTC). Substituted at 08:17, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
"The whole being alternated with a second melody" - what does that mean? If it refers to the background singing,then it's not a "second melody" - it's background singing. I don't hear a "second melody". Please explain. Thanks.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 04:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Thebiguglyalien ( talk · contribs) 21:37, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
I'll get a review posted for this shortly.
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Further to the film's premise of Starr being targeted for assassination by a cult– Without context, this seems like a strange thing to mention in passing. Maybe this should get its own sentence. Something like "The film's premise involves Starr being targeted for assassination by a cult. In line with this, the Beatles perform the song under the protection".
Spot checks:
The article covers the aspects I'd expect of a song article: production, composition, release, and reception. It does not go off topic at any point.
Gives a fair analysis of the reception. No aspect of the song or its creation is given undue weight.
No recent disputes.
Both images are non-free. Both have valid non-free use rationales with justifications for their use.