George Harrison once said that the spirit of the Beatles carried on into Monty Python. This is a song that shows the spirit of humor I think. I know it is considered just a song of sexual innuendo. I guess I am just a little more plain than that. I am a fan of the story as it appears in the song. I love the hook “I got a driver and that’s a start!”
A key element in the song could be seen as the “beep beep” at the end of V2 and 3. I don’t sing that bit. I have tried but I just can’t sell it. It does not feel right when I sing it so I just pass on it. Interesting that so many in an audience will add it in so when I do this song the beep beep appears totally outside the band.
The start of the song is one of the more complex and confusing of all Beatle songs. It is subject to almost as much discussion as the opening chord in Hard Days Night. After much research I think I have how it works. If you are counting the song, think of the second note in the riff as the first beat of the bar then it will count correctly.
I tend not to do it like this. I vamp the intro chords a few times followed by a big stop. Then I play the intro riff over a break. The song then falls into place at the end of the lick. I know it is not like the recording, but I can rely on it to work every time.
This is a song with little rhythm playing. It is mostly riff work in the background. Many of the harmonies seem more implied than actual. When I do hit a chord I tend to use some richer chords than you see in many transcriptions. I play with a sharp 9 and a 6 chord throughout the verse.
For the end of the song I like to fall into the La Bamba Riff. I think of it more as the Twist and Shout riff. You will often find me hiding song references throughout an evening. This is a clear one of those references. It makes for a fun ending to a fun song.
The start of the song is one of the more complex and confusing of all Beatle songs. It is subject to almost as much discussion as the opening chord in Hard Days Night. After much research I think I have how it works. If you are counting the song, think of the second note in the riff as the first beat of the bar then it will count correctly.
I tend not to do it like this. I vamp the intro chords a few times followed by a big stop. Then I play the intro riff over a break. The song then falls into place at the end of the lick. I know it is not like the recording, but I can rely on it to work every time.
This is a song with little rhythm playing. It is mostly riff work in the background. Many of the harmonies seem more implied than actual. When I do hit a chord I tend to use some richer chords than you see in many transcriptions. I play with a sharp 9 and a 6 chord throughout the verse.
For the end of the song I like to fall into the La Bamba Riff. I think of it more as the Twist and Shout riff. You will often find me hiding song references throughout an evening. This is a clear one of those references. It makes for a fun ending to a fun song.