" Better " is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney, with a lyrical contribution from John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney). It was recorded by The Beatles for the 1967 album Sgt. Lost Pepper Club Band.
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Composition
The song, which has been said to be musically reminiscent of the hit single "Penny Lane," moves forward with a regular chord, produced by guitar Lennon, McCartney electric piano, and George Martin, who struck the pianet string with a hammer. These highly accented and repetitive lines cause the song to sound as if it were based on the drone. Lead guitarist George Harrison added the Indian tambourine to the last stanza, which further accentuated this impact.
Bassline McCartney, in a match for this babbling, is portrayed by music critic Ian MacDonald as "dreamily" and "well thought out as part of production by McCartney". It was recorded after the main song finished, as were many bass lines at Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Starting in verse with the pedal on the root note (G) that jumps two octaves, McCartney moves to the quarter bass line (running) marching line for the first (and only first) chorus. In contrast, all subsequent choruses were played using fluid, swing feel, full of anticipated notes that pushed the song forward despite notes of a quarter from the guitar and keyboard.
The title and music of this song show optimism, but some of the song's lyrics have a more negative tone. In this sense, it reflects the contrasting personas of the two songwriters. In response to McCartney's phrase, "The longer the better," Lennon replied, "Could not be worse!" In an interview in December 1983, McCartney praised this contribution as an example of things he "can not do alone".
Referring to the lyrics "I used to be cruel to my woman/I beat her and made her separate from the things she liked/My Man is cruel but I change my scene/And I do the best I can", Lennon admits that he has done the thing - in a relationship in the past that he was not proud of.
In a 1980 interview on Playboy with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lennon, when asked about the song, said that the lyrics of the song came personally from his own experience of abusing women in relationships in the past. He stated: "This is a form of diary writing, all of which" I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and made her apart from the things she liked "is me I was cruel to my woman, and physically - I'm a hitter, I can not express myself and I hit.I fight with men and I hit women.That's why I'm always about peace, you see.This is the cruelest people who go for love and peace.Everything else. But I really believe in love and peace, I am a rough man who has learned not to violence and regrets his violence, I have to be much older before I can face in public how I treat women as young people.
According to writer Hunter Davies and music critic Ian MacDonald, the initial idea for the title track comes from a phrase often spoken by Jimmie Nicol, the group drummer who stood for Australian foot from a 1964 tour.
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Lennon on the roof
One of the recording sessions for "Becoming Better" is notorious for an incident involving Lennon. During the March 21, 1967 session in which producer George Martin added a piano solo to Lovely Rita, Lennon complained that he was not feeling well and could not focus. He accidentally took LSD when he intended to take over. Unaware of the mistake, Martin took him to the roof of Abbey Road Studios for fresh air, and returned to Studio Two where McCartney and Harrison waited. They know why Lennon is not healthy, and when he heard where Lennon was, rushed to the roof to pick it up and prevent the possibility of an accident.
Personnel
- Paul McCartney - double-track vocals, bass guitar, electric piano, handclapping
- John Lennon - backing vocals, rhythm guitar, handclapping
- George Harrison - supports vocals, main guitar, tambura, handclapping
- Ringo StarrÃ, - drum, congas, handclapping
- George Martin - piano, pianet, virgin
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald
Live show
Paul McCartney performed the song live for the first time by Beatle on a 2002 world driving tour. He then replicated the song on the 2003 Back in the World Tour.
cover version
- Davy Graham includes a version of the song on his 1969 album, Hat .
- In 1976, Status Quo covered the song for the musical documentary, All It and WWII .
- The 1978 film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band features a version of "Getting Better" by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees.
- Steve Hillage released a version on his 1979 album, Open
- Public Enemy sampled the song for the song "Who Stole the Soul?" on their 1990 album, Fear of the Black Planet .
- The Allied CCM Group sampled the chorus section in their song, "Jacque Remembers".
- In 1988, The Wedding Present covered the song on a multi-artist compilation, Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father .
- From 1995 to 2005, the song was recorded as a cover for an Australian television lifestyle gaming show, Better Houses and Gardens .
- In 2000, it was covered by Gomez on their album Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline ; this version was used as the theme song for Philips television advertising campaign in 2001.
- In the 2003 film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' Cat in Hat , this version of the song was recorded by the Smash Mouth band, with a substitute horn replacing the third verse, used in the order of Cat, Hal One and It Two clean the house wreckage.
- In 2007, Kaiser Chiefs re-recorded the song for It was 40 Years Ago Today , a BBC television film with contemporary acting recording album songs using the same studio, technician and recording techniques with the original.
- In 2007, Fionn Regan made a cover for the album Sgt. Pepper... With a Little Help From Her Friends presented by Mojo magazine.
- Les Fradkin has an instrumental version in its 2007 release Pepper Front To Back .
- Cheap Trick released Sgt. Pepper Live in 2009, which included the song.
- Elio e le Storie Tese tasted the song for the song "Il Congresso delle Parti Molli" on their 2008 album Studentessi .
- In 2009, Northern Irish band Kowalski covered the song on BBC Across The Line Headroom at Oh Yeah Music Center in Belfast.
- On their 2014 tour, The Afghan Whigs added a completely new version of the song, which is closer to their song, "Lost In The Woods."
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Source of the article : Wikipedia
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