RUMOUR: The recording also boasts heaping references to this timeless treat
Posted on 11/16/2008 5:39:26 AM PST by maquiladora
Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed that 'Carnival of Light', an epic 14 minute track recorded by The Beatles over forty years ago, exists and could be released in the near future.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 presenter John Wilson, McCartney confirmed that the band recoded the track 5 January 1967 in-between recording Penny Lane and that he likes it because "it's the Beatles free, going off piste". He added that "he would love to release the track. All he needs now is the blessing of Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and George Harrison's widow Olivia."
Beatles producer Sir George Martin, described the track as "a kind of uncomposed free-for-all melange of sound".
Yeah, we’ll see what Yoko thinks....
Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn, who listened to the song in 1987 while compiling his book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, says the song included "distorted, hypnotic drum and organ sounds, a distorted lead guitar, the sound of a church organ, various effects (water gargling was one) and, perhaps most intimidating of all, John Lennon and McCartney screaming dementedly and bawling aloud random phrases like 'Are you alright?' and 'Barcelona!'
Sounds absolutely delightful (not!). As if “You Know My Name Look Up the Number” and “What’s the New Mary Jane” weren’t bad enough. Paul, don’t you already have enough money?
Please, not another “Revolution No. 9” !
RNR ping!
From the description it sounds like Yoko wrote it.
Evidently this is something that hasn’t even surfaced on Beatles bootlegs.
Probably a total piece of crap that only Obama voters will love. If it were any good, they would've found an album home for it back in the 60s.
piste????
I’d rather have them release the 30 minute “Void”, precursor to Tonorrow Never Knows and the long, blues version of “Helter Skelter”.
Sounds almost like a description of Inna-gadda-da-vida (the album version).
Yep.
They're piste off.
RUMOUR: The recording also boasts heaping references to this timeless treat
TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'. The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure. There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming. I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed. I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know. I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it. That was how I felt--I was really asking a question. As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.
“As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.”
Gee, John, you certainly benefitted from playing the capitalist game. Yoko continues to enjoy the fruits of this EVIL system.
Imagine no capitalist game, John...where would Yoko be now?
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
A million workers working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
I gotta ask you comrades and brothers
How do you treat you own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can free herself
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Now, now, now, now
Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Yeah, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
I still think it’s “I buried Paul.” I guess acid was the drug of choice for the lads back then.
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