Octopus's Garden

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Octopus's Garden
The Beatles
publication 26th September 1969
length 2 min 51 s
Genre (s) Pop rock
Author (s) Richard Starkey
album Abbey Road

Octopus's Garden ( English garden of an octopus ) is a song by the British band The Beatles from 1969. It was written by Ringo Starr .

background

octopus

Ringo Starr fell out with the rest of the Beatles while recording the song Back in the USSR and temporarily left the band. He traveled to Sardinia , where he borrowed a yacht from his friend Peter Sellers . The captain of the yacht explained the life of the octopus to him in a conversation, in particular about the fact that they build a kind of garden in front of their cave. Starr took a liking to this idea and composed Octopus's Garden .

In early 1969, the composition of Starr and George Harrison was further expanded. The latter particularly liked the text of the supposed nursery rhyme , in which he recognized a deeper meaning. For a while, Octopus's Garden was supposed to be Ringo Starr's vocal contribution to the album Let It Be , but was ultimately not recorded for it. In the documentary Let It Be, however, a scene remained in which Starr and Harrison briefly allude to the song.

admission

Octopus's Garden was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in April 1969 . The song was produced by George Martin , assisted by Jeff Jarratt and Phil McDonald .

On April 26, 1969, 32 takes of the song were recorded. Starr took up his vocals three days later, but on July 18, 1969 he completely re-recorded them. On July 17, 1969, the recordings for McCartney and Harrison's backing vocals took place. Some sounds have been added to the song, including a. a bubbling produced by Starr blowing air into a water glass with a straw .

publication

On September 26, 1969, Octopus's Garden appeared on the album Abbey Road . It was not released on single . An early alternative version (Take 2) appeared in 1996 as part of the Anthology series. The title can also be found on the 1967-1970 compilation .

Cover versions

Like many other songs, Octopus's Garden has been covered since its release , including a. by Noel Gallagher , The Punkles or Melissa Joan Hart . The song was heard several times in the Muppet Show and in Sesame Street , also in a German version ("I want ', I would be' / under the sea / in the garden of an octopus ...").

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/ringo-starr-on-his-new-album-missing-john-lennon-and-never-growing-old/
  2. ↑ Octopus's Garden on beatlesbible.com
  3. ^ Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions . Hamlyn, 1988, ISBN 0-681-03189-1 .