Wonderful, underrated. Beatles biographer Robert Rodriguez views this as surprising, given that McCartney's songs "Here, There and Everywhere", "Good Day Sunshine" and "Got to Get You into My Life" "were all the stuff from which hit singles are made", yet only the last of the three was immediately successful when covered by another artist. Paul McCartney’s Citi Field concerts to be released on CD and DVD, Lucy Vodden, who inspired Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, dies, The Beatles sign management contract with Brian Epstein.

Love Paul’s “trippy, meter-less” style. Bass? [58], McCartney re-recorded "Good Day Sunshine" for the soundtrack to his 1984 film Give My Regards to Broad Street. [22][24] During the same session, Ringo Starr supplemented his drum part with additional contributions on snare, bass drum and crash cymbals,[6] the latter at the end of the intro and over the choruses,[24] and McCartney played a second piano part. [5][7] Music critic Ian MacDonald describes the chorus as a section that "drop[s] beats left, right, and centre" in contrast to the "barrelhouse 4/4" of the verse. yea I agree with, the solo was awesome and for the people that didn’t know, Paul used his Fender Esquire for the solo.

Agree 100%…this is a fine song by John describing life in the suburbs, don’t know why he called it “a piece of garbage”.
Pepper. [41], The album's release took place midway through an unusually hot summer in the UK. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.

[10] Author Steve Turner writes that the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon" could have been another source of inspiration for McCartney. [12], According to author Mark Hertsgaard, the lyrics combine an appreciation of the sun's life-affirming qualities with a "standard boy–girl love story". The Beatles Good Morning Good Morning. Released as a single, it failed to become a hit.

[12] In musicologist Walter Everett's description, however, the B chord "reveals itself to be the V of V of A" once the verse is heard for the first time.
[29] Mark Hertsgaard cites "Good Day Sunshine" as an example of how "one of the best things about the Beatles' music is it makes you happy", and he deems it "a song whose joy is irresistible". Straight brass would have brought the song down to earth.

So original and different. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Great track, fantastic drumming.

Is it for comic effect? The final chicken clucking that mixes with the opening guitar of SPLHB Reprise is subtle genius. Yeah, too bad you can only hear it properly on the mono mix! He comments that the two songs "sounded nothing like each other" and "sonic commonality came from their shared old-timey soft-shoe sensibility".

The drums are the most impressive track here for me. [24] For the stereo version, both tracks containing vocals were panned across the stereo image, heightening the effect of multiple voices singing the song title. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I guess that you had to be there. I always saw this as one of Lennon’s darker songs. Of course, you can’t see the forest for the trees. [24] The final mixes were carried out on 22 June,[32] the day before the band flew to Munich to begin their 1966 world tour.

So those are not just random effects, there was actually a lot of thought put into all that. "Good Day Sunshine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. And we had nothing to say, but it’s OK. We saw life, the comings and goings of our parents and neighbors, in a very different light. Pauls guitar work – while aggressive- didnt possess the touch and the variety that we appreciate from George. [16] The ending is given extra emphasis through the melody ascending a semitone from the final chorus,[17] to an F7 chord.

Was that an awesome decision or what? I for one love the guitar solo on this.

Take 1 was selected for overdubbing, which they completed the following day. I’ve heard garage bands do this. The bari is most prominent. According to Phillip Norman’s biography of Lennon, it’s possibly a reference to an artist named Yoko Ono that John was hoping to run into at a gallery. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. [29], Mono and stereo mixes were created, with the only significant difference being the presence of Starr's bass drum during the coda, heard only in the mono version. Lotsa fine lead guitar(s), sure; but the parts they play are too obviously “composed” to function as a conventional solo per se. After all “Goodnight” is at the end of the “White Album”, and “The End” is well… at the end of “Abbey Road”. I heard a version of just the backing vocals on a show called “Breakfast with the Beatles” where they weren’t saying Good Morning at all, but something odd, like Good Morbing, or Good Mornink, can’t remember what exactly. [59] A live version from this tour was issued as the B-side of his 1990 single "Birthday". The recording includes multiple pianos played in the barrelhouse style and evokes a vaudevillian mood. [12][nb 1], Like the Revolver track "She Said She Said", the song closes with an imitative canon in the voices. He highlights the group's harmony singing as "some of their most uplifting", particularly over the fadeout, where the vocal effect suggests that "the good vibes ... will not end when the record does, but echo around the skies indefinitely".

John said to me during one of the breaks that he wanted to have the sound of animals escaping and that each successive animal should be capable of frightening or devouring its predecessor! It is indeed a rather perfect pop, rock song; IMHO. "All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked from Worst to Best", "Why 'Revolver' Still Matters: The 50th Anniversary of a Beatles Masterpiece", "Chart History: Claudine Longet (Adult Contemporary)", National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "Who covers Beatles songs in Netflix's new series Beat Bugs?

But let history be the judge. Paul’s done some flat-out brilliant lead guitar work, but this is not evidence of any of it. Yea, as a guitarist, I agree. (BTW, AYE? In November 2005, McCartney played it live to the crew of the International Space Station as part of a concert link-up to the space station. Grow up a little, maybe read ALL my posts , and you might actually know something. [6] When presenting the CBS News documentary Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution in April 1967, Bernstein praised "Good Day Sunshine" for its rhythmic surprises and key changes, citing these as examples of why the Beatles' music was superior to most of their contemporaries' work. Williams admired the lyrics and piano playing on "Good Day Sunshine", saying, "It grows on you like lichen, humble, unspectacular, but very lovable. [39][nb 4] Pattie Boyd, Harrison's wife, recalled holidaying on the French Riviera while the Beatles were away on tour, and giving local DJs an acetate of the song to play in the nightclubs she and her fellow model Zouzou visited there. "[46], "Good Day Sunshine" was one of the few songs that the Kinks' Ray Davies enthused about[47] when invited to give a rundown of Revolver in Disc and Music Echo.