For you blue

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For you blue
The Beatles
publication May 8, 1970
length 2 min 30 s
Genre (s) blues
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Apple
album let it be

For You Blue ( English blues for you ) is a song by the British band The Beatles from 1970. It appeared on their last studio album Let It Be . The song was written by George Harrison .

background

George Harrison comments on the song as follows: " For You Blue is a simple twelve-bar song following all the normal twelve-bar principles except it's happy-go-lucky!" ('It's a simple twelve-bar song that follows all the usual twelve- bar principles, except that it sounds completely carefree. [...] that For You Blue is a blues in twelve bars that fulfills all the usual clichés of the genre, but happy and sounds carefree. ') The lyrics of the song are addressed to his then wife Pattie ; Here George Harrison explains the reason for his love: "because you're sweet and lovely" ('because you are sweet and lovely'). Originally, according to Harrison's manuscript, the title was For You Blues ; but the "s" has disappeared for some reason.

composition

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in D major company and has a length of 2:30 minutes. The song was "an exercise in writing a traditional-sounding blues song."

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The recordings took place on January 25, 1969 (Apple Studios) and January 8, 1970 (Olympic Sound Studios). Producers were George Martin , Malcolm Davies and Phil Spector .

publication

For You Blue was released on the album Let It Be in Germany on May 8, 1970. As the B-side of the single The Long and Winding Road it was released on July 26, 1970. In 1976, it also appeared on the compilation The Best of George Harrison .

Reviews

For You Blue is a slight boogie […] It's harmless […]

" For You Blue is a slight boogie [...] He is harmless [...]"

- Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary, p. 302

"This rather insignificant twelve-stroke [...]"

- Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon , p. 356

"[...] charming love song [...]"

"[...] a charming love song [...]"

- Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison, p. 142

Cover versions

During Concert for George was For You Blue along with Something and All Things Must Pass by Paul McCartney performed.

literature

  • Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison . Continuum International. New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0 .
  • Andy Babiuk: The Beatles Sound . Press Project Verlag. (Bergkirchen) 2002. ISBN 3-932275-36-5 .
  • Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. Revolver through the Anthology . Oxford University Press. New York 1999. ISBN 978-0-19-512941-0 .
  • Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores . Hal Leonard. Milwaukee 1993. ISBN 0-7935-1832-6 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld 2013. ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • George Harrison: I Me Mine . Genesis, Guildford 2017. ISBN 978-1-905662-40-1 .
  • Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison. Praeger, Santa Barbara 2010. ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3 .
  • Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps. Firefly, London 2003. ISBN 0-946719-50-0 .
  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn. London 1988. ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon. Bear Rider. Kassel 2000. ISBN 3-7618-1426-7 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962–1972 . Print competence. Mühlenrade 2004. ISBN 3-9809137-1-6 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973. Print competence. Mühlenrade 2005. ISBN 3-9809137-2-4 .
  • John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Backgrounds . Knesebeck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-95728-176-0 .
  • Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary. First Vintage Books. New York 1989. ISBN 0-679-72198-3 .
  • Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song . Heel. Königswinter 1996. ISBN 3-89365-500-X .
  • Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Digital printing service. Hall 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 152
  2. ^ A b Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song, p. 183
  3. ↑ a b c Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 638
  4. ^ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, p. 14
  5. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 153
  6. ^ Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. Revolver through the Anthology, p. 232: “likely a corruption” ('probably a corrupted passage')
  7. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores , pp. 292-296
  8. ^ A b Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. Das Song-Lexikon, p. 356; John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Background, p. 255
  9. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 638. In the score (Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, p. 292–296) bass notes are missing.
  10. ↑ Andy Babiuk: The Beatles sound . 2002, p. 239: "In the film, Lennon plays a Hofner lap steel slide guitar for the song For You Blue ."
  11. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles woldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 countries 1962–1972, p. 172
  12. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 76; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 181
  13. ↑ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, pp. 126-127