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The Beatles: Something (Drum Cover)

George Harrison’s love song to his first wife Pattie Boyd. Released as track #2 off of Abbey Road, “Something” marked the first time a Harrison song had been released as an A-side of a single, backed with “Come Together” and released as a double A-side single on October 6, 1969. The song, along with “Here Comes The Sun” marked Harrison’s level of songwriter to that of Lennon/McCartney. The song is the second-most covered Beatles song after “Yesterday” with over 150 cover artists covering it. In 1969, the song also received the Ivor Novello Award in the “Best Song Musically and Lyrically” category. It really is a great song! The song was introduced during a session for The White Album on September 19, 1968 where he played it for Chris Thomas who was acting as a stand-in producer for George Martin. It was one of the many compositions he offered during the 1969 Get Back/Let it Be sessions. Rehearsal footage from January 28 can be seen in the recent Get Back documentary with Harrison asking for help with the second line of the song where Lennon suggests “like a cauliflower” and then Harrison’s “like a pomegranate.” Two run throughs were attempted that day, the only instances the song was rehearsed during the sessions. About a month later on his 26th birthday, Harrison taped solo demos of this song, as well as “Old Brown Shoe”, and “All Things Must Pass”. This demo included an extra verse in place of the guitar solo. This is probably my favorite recording of “Something”, I love George’s vocals in this particular version. All three of these recordings were later released on 1996’s Anthology 3. The Beatles starting working on the song on April 16, but was later remade on May 2. The line up included Lennon on piano, McCartney on bass, Harrison on guitar fed through a Leslie speaker, Ringo on drums, and Billy Preston on Hammond organ. Three days later, McCartney re-recorded his bass track and Harrison added lead guitar. This version featured a coda at the end of the song led by Lennon’s piano, resulting in the song being over eight minutes in length. On July 11, Harrison added a guide vocal track and the song was mixed down removing the piano coda, as well as most of Lennon’s piano track. The piano is only heard in the middle eight section. On July 16, Harrison added a new lead vocal track, with McCartney adding harmony vocals, and Starr added a second hi-hat and suspended cymbal track. The finishing touches of the song were added on August 15, with George Martin’s orchestration and Harrison adding a new lead guitar part, with a solo that has been described as his best playing. The end result was magical. The drum part for this song is similar to Ringo’s part in “Here, There, and Everywhere” from Revolver. He is really holding back during the verses. Most of the song is just kick and snare. Starr starts playing 8th notes on the ride cymbal during the solo and during the final chorus. The middle eight section proved to be a challenge to record. Whether this is the exact way Ringo played it I’m not sure. To my ears, Ringo did not have a tea-towel on the floor tom at all, maybe only half on the tom and half off. I have nothing on the floor tom for this cover as it sounds that way to my ears. What’s here may not be perfect, but it is what I came up with. If you happen to hear squeaking throughout the track, that is my bass drum pedal. It started squeaking during the recording and I tried to mix it out, but I wasn’t able to completely remove it. So if you happen to hear anything strange, it is that. The song really is special. It has been praised by John Lennon, even citing it as the best song on the album, Paul McCartney, George Martin and many others. Sinatra had called it “the greatest love song of the last 50 years.” It is a magical song. I wish I could have the track louder, but, as you know, copyright prevents this. Thank you to everyone who supports this channel. It is appreciated. If you are new here and you like what you see/hear, please consider subscribing so you do not miss out on more covers in the future! There’s still some more Abbey Road left to do!