Love you to

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Love you to
The Beatles
publication July 28, 1966
length 2 min 58 s
Genre (s) Rock , Indian music
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Listen
album revolver

Love You To ( English love for you or love with you ) is a song by the British band The Beatles from 1966. It appeared on the album Revolver . It was written by George Harrison .

background

George Harrison says in his autobiography: “ Love You To was one of the first tunes I wrote for sitar . […] This was the first song where I consciously tried to use the sitar and tabla on the basic track […] ”(“ Love You To was one of the first pieces I wrote for sitar. […] This was the first Song, where I consciously tried to use the sitar and tabla on the basic track […] ”) Later he added:“ I wrote Love You To on the sitar because it sounded so beautiful and I became more and more interested in it. I wanted to write a melody specifically for the sitar. The piece also had a tablet part; it was the first time that we used tablaas. "

composition

The in 4 / 4 - stroke penned song is listed in C and has a length of 2:58 minutes. The tempo is indicated with Moderato or Rubato and Giusto . "The melody, which is based on the top five notes of the Doric C minor ladder, is dull and monotonous, in keeping with Harrison's melancholy streak." Despite the use of sitar and tabla, Love You To does not become one hundred percent Indian music counted.

text

The text begins with “Each day just goes so fast I turn around, it's past” (“Every day just goes by so fast, I turn around, and it's over”), a thought George Harrison wrote four years later Song All Things Must Pass takes up. The following verse “you don't get time to hang a sign on me” (“you don't have time to hang a sign on me”) refers to school scenes: “[…] pompous people, like teachers or school swots, have signs hung on their backs which read 'Kick Me.' Hee hee. " ("[...] inflated people, like teachers or nerds, have had signs hung on their backs that read 'Kick me.' Hi hi.")

“George's text is based on Buddhist principles and invites wisdom.” But thoughts from the ancient school of the Epicureans are also echoed in Love You To : “Love me while you can before I'm a dead old man” (“Liebe me as long as you can, before I'm a dead old man ”) This is where the idea of carpe diem meets .

The refrain “Make love all day long make love singing songs” is ambiguous: “[…] it can either mean making love while singing or that singing is making love.” ("[...] it can either mean love while singing, or singing is love.").

The last verse contains an opaque thought: “There's people standing 'round who'll screw you in the ground they'll fill you in with all their sins” (“There are people standing around who want to screw you into the ground ; they will fill you with all their sins ”).

"The text (partly with a philosophical touch, partly love song for his wife Patti ) develops the skepticism of Think for Yourself ."

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The piece was recorded on April 11th and 13th, 1966 at Abbey Road Studios 2 and 3. The producer was George Martin .

publication

Was published Love You To August 5, 1966 in the UK on the album Revolver on the label Parlophone . In Germany, the LP was released on July 28, 1966 on the Hörzu label .

Reviews

“ Love Your [!] To , like Within You Without You, proves to be a structurally European piece with an Indian flavor. However, in contrast to Love You To , with Within You Without You , in addition to the increased use of characteristics of Indian music, you can also determine content-related relationships between text and musical language. "

- Eva Diettrich: Trends in Pop Music. Illustrated using the example of the Beatles, p. 54

"George's obvious infatuation with Eastern values ​​and sounds makes Love You To a fresh invention."

"George's obvious infatuation with Eastern values ​​and sounds makes Love You To a fresh invention."

- Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary, p. 186

"[...] the lyrics of Love You To - while they preach against Western greed - express the same bitterness that characterizes Don't Bother Me and Think For Yourself ."

"[...] the text of Love You To - by preaching against Western greed - expresses the same bitterness that characterizes Don't Bother Me and Think For Yourself ."

- Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. Revolver through the Anthology , p. 40

"[...] probably the first song in Western pop to be written in emulation of the North Indian music rather than as a parody."

"[...] probably the first song in western pop music, written more in imitation of North Indian music than in a parody."

- Steve Turner: Beatles '66. The Revolutionary Year , p. 147

literature

  • Andy Babiuk: The Beatles Sound . Press Project Verlag. (Bergkirchen) 2002. ISBN 3-932275-36-5 .
  • The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology. Ullstein, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-550-07132-9 .
  • Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs . Little, Brown and Company, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-316-24716-0 .
  • Eva Diettrich: Trends in Pop Music. Shown using the example of the Beatles. Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1979, ISBN 3-7952-0241-8 .
  • Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. Revolver through the Anthology . Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-512941-5 .
  • Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores . Hal Leonard, Milwaukee 1993, ISBN 0-7935-1832-6 .
  • Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America . Portrait, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7499-5166-5 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius, Klasing & Co., Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through revolver (1965-1966). Gearfab. Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-1983704550 .
  • 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 .
  • 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. Bärenreiter, 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 .
  • Barry Miles : The Beatles Diary. Volume 1: The Beatles Years . Omnibus, London 2001, ISBN 0-7119-8308-9
  • NN : The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ. Music Sales, London undated
  • Dominic Pedler: The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles . Omnibus, London 2003, ISBN 978-0-7119-8167-6 .
  • John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Backgrounds . Knesebeck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-395728-176-0 .
  • Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary. First Vintage Books, New York 1989, ISBN 0-679-72198-3 .
  • Robert Rodriguez: Revolver. How The Beatles Reimagined Rock 'N' Roll . Hal Leonard, Milwaukee 2012, ISBN 978-1-61713-009-0 .
  • Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song . Heel, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-500-X .
  • Steve Turner: Beatles '66. The Revolutionary Year. Harper Collins, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-06-247548-0 .
  • 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. ↑ Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song, p. 211: “The meaning of the title that was inserted at the last minute is unclear. During the recording, the song was still codenamed 'Granny Smith' (after the type of apple ). “Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs, p. 156: “[…] I can't understand the confusion, for the last two lines make it perfectly clear where the title comes from: ' I'll make love to you, If you want me to. '”(“ […] I can't understand the confusion [about the title] because the last two lines make it very clear where the title comes from:' Me will make love to you if you want to. "). Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. Revolver through the Anthology, p. 40: “The odd locution of the final title, a twist on the lyrics '' Love to you '[…]” (“The strange arrangement of the final title, a rearrangement of the text part' Love to you '[' Love for / with you '] [...] ")
  2. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 100 (first edition 1980)
  3. ^ The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology , p. 209
  4. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 640-645; John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Background, p. 143
  5. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 330
  6. ^ NN: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 141
  7. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 640 and 641
  8. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 211
  9. ↑ Dominic Pedler: The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles, p. 263: “[…] these quasi-Indian songs […]”
  10. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine , p. 102, verses 1-2
  11. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 102, verse 3
  12. ^ Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs, p. 157
  13. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 330
  14. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 102, verses 4-5
  15. ↑ Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America , p. 353: “Lyrically, 'Love You To' is the pop equivalent of a carpe diem poem.” ("From the text , 'Love You To' is the pop equivalent of a carpe diem poem.")
  16. ↑ The advice to use the time is also given in the philosophy of the Stoa , e.g. B. Seneca , Epistulae morales I 2: “Hold on to every hour. So it will happen that you will be less dependent on tomorrow if you have laid hands on today. While life is postponed, it rushes by. "
  17. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 102, verses 9-10 and 11-12
  18. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 102, verses 13-15
  19. ^ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, p. 7: “sourness” ('bitterness') - the extent to which “screw” has sexual connotation is uncertain.
  20. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 211
  21. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. Das Song-Lexikon, p. 211. Barry Miles: The Beatles Diary. Volume 1: The Beatles Years, p. 238: “It also inaugurated a less happy tradition, of John Lennon not contributing to the recording of Harrison's songs.” ('It also started a less fortunate tradition that John Lennon did not attend the recording of Harrison's songs.')
  22. ↑ Indication of the instruments according to Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965-1966), p. 113
  23. ↑ Andy Babiuk: The Beatles sound . 2002, p. 182: "At the beginning Harrison played the acoustic J-160 E and sang, then he played additional tracks with a sitar, tambura [...] and even a distorted guitar." Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966), p. 113 names the sitar manufacturer: Rikhi Ram
  24. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 330: Bass
  25. ↑ Robert Rodriguez: Revolver. How The Beatles Reimagined Rock 'N' Roll, p. 115: “Anil Bhagwat was credited on the album; why the others were not is one more Beatles mystery. " ("Anil Bhagwat was mentioned on the album; why the others didn't is another Beatles secret.")
  26. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, pp. 72 and 73
  27. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 84
  28. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 50; Christoph Maus: Beatles woldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962–1972, p. 168