"triple-tracked harmonies. Following it are Lennon's ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" (written during the Beatles' 1968 trip to India) and ""Polythene Pam"". These in turn are followed by four McCartney songs, ""She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"" (written after a fan entered McCartney's residence via his bathroom window), ""Golden Slumbers"" (based on Thomas Dekker's 17th-century poem set to new music), ""Carry That Weight"" (reprising elements from ""You Never Give Me Your Money"", and featuring chorus vocals from all four Beatles), and closing with ""The End"". ""The End"" features Starr's only drum solo in the Beatles' catalogue (the drums are mixed across"
"of three Beatles songs to make reference to (but not specifically name) Queen Elizabeth II – the others being ""Penny Lane"" (""In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hour glass, and in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen"") and ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" (""Takes him out to look at the Queen""). In October 2009, MTV Networks released a downloadable version of the song (as well as the entire album) for the video game """" that gave players the ability to play the missing last chord. Apple Corps granted rights to this and to other changes to Harmonix"
"Mean Mr. Mustard ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), recorded by The Beatles and released on their album ""Abbey Road"" as the third song of its B-side medley. The ""Abbey Road"" version was recorded with ""Sun King"" in one continuous piece. The song was written in India; Lennon said that it was inspired by a newspaper story about a miser who concealed his cash wherever he could in order to prevent people from forcing him to spend it. On reflection, Lennon did not think highly of the composition, dismissing it in ""Anthology"" as"
"results and pushed to sue for breach of contract. The Queen is the subject of ""Her Majesty"", featured on the Beatles' 1969 album ""Abbey Road""; McCartney played the song at the Party at the Palace concert during the Elizabeth's golden jubilee in 2002. She is also mentioned in the song ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" (also featured on ""Abbey Road""), and in the 1967 Lennon and McCartney song ""Penny Lane"". In 1977, The Sex Pistols issued ""God Save the Queen"", which became a controversial hit single, inspiring the punk rock movement with its lyrics suggesting ""She ain't no human being"", and there"
"consumes a young girl's paper windmill) that will reduce Pepperland's colourful hills and plants to bare thorns and grey wasteland, with the only green existing in the form of giant apples that the ""Apple Bonkers"" pluck from trees to ""bonk"" on peoples' heads. Later in the film, the Meanies kidnap the Beatles' friend and comrade, Jeremy Hillary Boob, also known as the ""Nowhere Man"". After the Beatles finally arrive in Pepperland, the Chief Blue Meanie is incensed when he sees the hills and trees returning to their proper colours at the sound of their music; he sends his fiercest weapon,"
"River Mersey would burst its banks and flood the city of Liverpool. This is somewhat similar to the mating story. An all female rock group from Liverpool called The Liverbirds was active in the 60s. They moved to Hamburg in 1964, where they were billed as ""die weiblichen Beatles"" (the female Beatles). During the 1970s, ""The Liver Birds"" was the name of a popular British sitcom dealing with two young women in Liverpool, a play on the British slang term ""bird"" meaning a young woman. The crest of Sir Paul McCartney is a calling liver bird holding a guitar, in"
"Stupid Girl (The Rolling Stones song) ""Stupid Girl"" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on their 1966 album ""Aftermath"". It was also issued as the B-side of the U.S. ""Paint It, Black"" single. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, ""Stupid Girl"" is noted for its apparently degrading lyrics towards women, a claim also made about other Stones songs like ""Under My Thumb"". On the song, Bill Janovitz says in his review, On the song's lyrics, Richards said in a 1971 interview with ""Rolling Stone"", When asked about the song and its influences, Jagger"
"Lovely Rita ""Lovely Rita"" is a song by the Beatles performed on the album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is about a female traffic warden and the narrator's affection for her. The term ""meter-maid"", largely unknown in the UK prior to the song's release, is American slang for a female traffic warden. According to some sources, the song originates from when a female traffic warden named Meta Davies issued a parking ticket to McCartney outside Abbey Road Studios. Instead of becoming angry, he accepted it with good grace"
"Mr. Mustard (Frankie Howerd) and his henchman the Brute drive to Heartland in their computer- and robot-equipped van. Mustard gets his orders via computer from a mysterious entity called F.V.B., who directs him to steal the magical instruments from City Hall, keep the drum, and bring the other instruments to them and others. Mustard does as directed. Without the instruments, Heartland, now under Mustard's control, quickly degenerates into a hotbed of vice and urban decay. Strawberry travels to Hollywood, manages to find Billy and the band at a recording session, and tells them of Heartland's plight. The band and Strawberry"
"as a single and later included on the U.S. ""Magical Mystery Tour"" album) and ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" (also from ""Abbey Road""). The song was recorded in three takes on 2 July 1969, prior to the Beatles beginning work on ""Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight"". McCartney sang and simultaneously played a fingerstyle acoustic guitar accompaniment. The decision to exclude it from the Abbey Road medley was made on 30 July. The song runs only 23 seconds, but the Beatles also recorded a longer version of the song during the ""Get Back"" sessions. The song was originally placed between ""Mean Mr. Mustard"" and"
"Out There! Tour. Lovely Rita ""Lovely Rita"" is a song by the Beatles performed on the album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is about a female traffic warden and the narrator's affection for her. The term ""meter-maid"", largely unknown in the UK prior to the song's release, is American slang for a female traffic warden. According to some sources, the song originates from when a female traffic warden named Meta Davies issued a parking ticket to McCartney outside Abbey Road Studios. Instead of becoming angry, he accepted it"
"Martha My Dear ""Martha My Dear"" is a song by the Beatles written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), which first appeared on the double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as ""the White Album""). The title ""Martha My Dear"" was inspired by McCartney's Old English Sheepdog, named Martha. McCartney has said that the song itself is probably about his longtime love interest Jane Asher. Asher broke off their engagement in mid-1968. McCartney chides her with the lyrics in the song ""...when you find yourself in the thick of it, help yourself to a bit of what is all around you..."""
"fills as if playing them himself. The four of them each change instruments. For instance, Harrison is seen playing McCartney's bass and looks confused. Starr is shown playing acoustic guitar and Lennon mimes playing drums. Another scene was filmed at the Cloisters, a famous Bahamian landmark. The George Martin Orchestra covers the track on ""Help!"", their instrumental reworking of the Beatles' album. Another Girl ""Another Girl"" is a song by the Beatles released in 1965 on the album ""Help!"" and included in the film of the same name. The song was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon–McCartney. The"
"old crooner, and sit and listen to it"". [Baird probably meant ""My Son John""—sung by David Whitfield—which was released in 1956]. After Julia's death, the two girls (aged eleven and eight) were sent to stay in Edinburgh at Aunt Mater's (Elizabeth) and were only told two months later by Norman Birch (Lennon's uncle) that their mother had died. The commercial success of the Beatles allowed Lennon to buy a 4-bedroomed house in Gateacre Park Drive, Liverpool, for Baird and Jackie to live in with Lennon's Aunt Harriet and Birch. They had previously been made legal guardians of the two girls;"
"UK performed at the festival. Baird now lives in Chester with her partner, Roger Keys. Baird claims she was never told that her mother was buried in the Allerton Cemetery, in Liverpool, although the graveyard's location is approximately 1.19 miles east of 1 Blomfield Road. The grave was unmarked, but was recently identified as ""CE (Church of England) 38-805"". The Stanley family finally put a headstone on her mother's grave. The headstone reads: Mummy<br>John<br>Victoria<br>Julia<br>Jackie. </div> Julia Baird Julia Baird (née Dykins) (born 5 March 1947) is the younger half-sister of English musician John Lennon, and is the eldest daughter of"
"Shakespears Sister took their name from the song. Shakespeare's Sister (song) ""Shakespeare's Sister"" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. Released in March 1985, it reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart. It is also featured on the compilation albums ""Louder Than Bombs"" and ""The World Won't Listen"". The title refers to a section of Virginia Woolf's feminist essay ""A Room of One's Own"" in which she argues that if William Shakespeare had had a sister of equal genius, as a woman she would not have had the opportunity to make use of it. Sean O'Hagan"
"Another Girl ""Another Girl"" is a song by the Beatles released in 1965 on the album ""Help!"" and included in the film of the same name. The song was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is addressed to the singer's girlfriend, who is informed that the singer has found ""another girl."" McCartney wrote the song while holidaying in Hammamet, a resort in Tunisia. With an up-tempo swing-beat that McCartney favoured (""Can't Buy Me Love"", ""She's a Woman"") it opens with a short refrain, powered by block vocal harmonies, that segues straight into the verse, which is"
"of our second album."" At the end of the episode, the album's back cover is revealed, on which Homer is seen turned away from the camera, as opposed to the rest of the band. This is a parody of the ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" LP reverse, in which Paul McCartney is in the same position. Barney's Japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of Yoko Ono. Their song repeats the phrase ""Number 8"" and a burp by Barney, a reference to the Beatles' ""Revolution 9"". The group performing atop Moe's Tavern at the end of the episode is"
"Shakespeare's Sister (song) ""Shakespeare's Sister"" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. Released in March 1985, it reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart. It is also featured on the compilation albums ""Louder Than Bombs"" and ""The World Won't Listen"". The title refers to a section of Virginia Woolf's feminist essay ""A Room of One's Own"" in which she argues that if William Shakespeare had had a sister of equal genius, as a woman she would not have had the opportunity to make use of it. Sean O'Hagan says that the essay was ""one of the"
"With a Little Help from My Friends ""With a Little Help from My Friends"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and intended as the album's featured vocal for drummer Ringo Starr. The group recorded the song towards the end of the sessions for ""Sgt. Pepper"", with Starr singing as the character ""Billy Shears"". A subsequent recording of the track by Joe Cocker became a hit single in 1968 and an anthem for the Woodstock era. In 1978,"
"lyrics. Harrison, as the Beatles' most knowledgeable soul-music enthusiast, contributed heavily to the recording by suggesting they arrange the song with a dual guitar–bass riff in the style of Otis Redding's contemporary single ""Respect"". In their joint lead vocals, McCartney and Lennon sing dissonant harmonies, a quality that is furthered by Harrison's entrance and signifies what Everett terms a ""new jazzy sophistication … in the vocal arrangement"". The lyrics convey an actress' desire to become a film star and her promise to the narrator that he can be her chauffeur. According to Riley, the song satirises the ""ethics of materialism"""
"Sister Morphine ""Sister Morphine"" is a song written by Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her Decca Records single ""Something Better"" on 21 February 1969. A different version was released two years later by the Rolling Stones for their 1971 album ""Sticky Fingers"". The personnel for the Faithfull version is Marianne on vocals, Jagger on acoustic guitar, Ry Cooder on slide guitar and bass guitar, Jack Nitzsche on piano and organ, and Charlie Watts on drums. The original UK Decca single credited Faithfull as a co-writer, but"
"was from the front page of the ""Daily Mirror"", about a girl named Melanie Coe. Although McCartney invented most of the content in the song, Coe, who was 17 at the time, claims that most of it was accurate. In actuality, Coe left with her boyfriend, a croupier. She did not ""meet a man from the motor trade"", although her boyfriend previously had been in that trade. She left in the afternoon while her parents were at work, while the girl in the song leaves early in the morning as her parents sleep. Coe was found ten days later because"
"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) ""Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their album ""Led Zeppelin II"", released in 1969. It was also released as the B-side of the single ""Whole Lotta Love"". The song is about a groupie who stalked the band early in their career. A misprint by Atlantic Records resulted in the original UK pressings of ""Led Zeppelin II"" being titled ""Livin' Lovin' Wreck (She's a Woman)"", with the ""Wreck"" corrected to ""Maid"" and the subtitle changed on the US and later releases. This"
"more treble to the vocal, which, in Everett's description, matches the sound and timbre of the brushed cymbal played by Ringo Starr. In the song's middle eight sections, McCartney and Harrison sing the word ""tit"" repeatedly as vocal harmony. McCartney stated that this part of the vocal arrangement was influenced by the Beach Boys. He recalled: ""The Beach Boys had a song out where they'd done 'la la la' and we loved the innocence of that and wanted to copy it, but not use the same phrase."" In early 1966, ""Girl"" was issued as the B-side of ""Michelle"" in several"
"continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, the track was covered by Vashti Bunyan and Max Richter. Martha My Dear ""Martha My Dear"" is a song by the Beatles written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), which first appeared on the double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as ""the White Album""). The title ""Martha My Dear"" was inspired by McCartney's Old English Sheepdog, named Martha. McCartney has said that the song itself is probably about his longtime love interest Jane Asher. Asher broke off their engagement in mid-1968. McCartney chides her with the lyrics in"
"able to restore harmony (and indeed melody) to Pepperland. The Meanies, in his absence, cause the lovely and colourful Pepperland to turn into a very grey, dull and oppressive place, wrought with thorns and thistles. Later in the story, a Meanie abducts the Beatles' companion, Jeremy Hilary Boob, the so-called ""Nowhere Man"", and we see, when the Beatles arrive in Pepperland, how the Meanies have laid waste to the former paradise and petrified the natives. The Beatles find Pepperland's confiscated musical instruments and their own look-alikes, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and bring music back to Pepperland. This restores"
"hair. After releasing the book, ""John Lennon, My Brother""—written with Giuliano, and a foreword by McCartney—Baird travelled to New York during 1989 to appear at a Beatlefest convention, and was asked if she could prove she was really Lennon's half-sister. Baird declined, saying she was not going to produce her passport, and the audience would just have to take her word for it. In 2000, Baird was present at the unveiling of six road signs, erected on major routes into Liverpool, saying, ""Liverpool welcomes you – to the birthplace of THE BEATLES"", and in October she planted a tree in"
"Sisters of the Moon ""Sisters of the Moon"" is a song by British-American rock group Fleetwood Mac. It was written and performed by band-member Stevie Nicks and was released in the US as the fourth single from the 1979 album ""Tusk"". It peaked at No. 86 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song was not released in the UK, where ""Not That Funny"" had been released as a single instead. The rare 'single version' of ""Sisters of the Moon"" is included on the compilation ""The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac"" and both the 2004 and 2015 remaster of 'Tusk'. When"
"""Falling in Love Again"" (McCartney) ""Ask Me Why"" (Lennon) ""Hallelujah I Love Her So"" (club manager Horst Fascher) ""Be-Bop-A-Lula"" (Fred Fascher, Horst's brother) ""Till There Was You"" (McCartney) ""Sheila"" (Harrison) McCartney explained that the Beatles had only experienced sex with girls from Liverpool, but when they got to Hamburg the only women who hung around the clubs late at night were strippers, dancers, or prostitutes. Harrison (who was then only 17) called Hamburg ""the naughtiest city in the world"". McCartney said: ""By the time you got to Hamburg, a girlfriend there was likely to be a stripper, so to be"
"at the end of the song. In 2001, Cocker's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. With a Little Help from My Friends ""With a Little Help from My Friends"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and intended as the album's featured vocal for drummer Ringo Starr. The group recorded the song towards the end of the sessions for ""Sgt. Pepper"", with Starr singing as the character ""Billy Shears"". A subsequent recording"
"maketh music"". The four are discovered at the very last second (Ringo accidentally steps on a bagpipe) and a clown sounds the alarm, causing the Beatles to flee hastily from the Meanies' vicious multi-headed (and multi-bodied) dog. Once in the clear, after defeating some apple-bonkers, the four rally the land to rebellion, singing ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", eventually forcing the Blue Meanies to retreat. The Chief Blue Meanie retaliates, sending out his main enforcer, the Dreadful Flying Glove, but John easily defeats it by singing ""All You Need is Love"". Pepperland is restored to colour and its flowers"
"a surprise visit to her mother, Broadway singer Jessica Howard, who lives in New York City. Melinda believes that her mother lives in a mansion, however, Jessica's alcoholism has reduced her to singing in a Greenwich Village saloon, and the mansion actually belongs to Adolph Hubbell and his wife. The Hubbells' butler, Lefty Mack, and his fiancée, Gloria Davis, the maid, are a down-on-their luck vaudeville team and are good friends of Jessica and have been forwarding her letters to Melinda. Lefty pretends that Jessica has rented the house to the Hubbells while she is on tour, and, when a"