Paul McCartney is not ashamed to admit when a song didn’t turn out as he’d hoped. He has deemed many pieces from his time with The Beatles either “fillers” or botched attempts at singles. Some of these tracks never got released, and McCartney is happy that one song “died a death in some tape bin.”
Paul McCartney is glad ‘Etcetera’ never saw the light of day Paul McCartney | Samir Hussein/WireImage
“Etcetera” is a song Paul McCartney wrote for 1968’s The White Album. McCartney recorded a demo of it during a session for “Mother Nature’s Son”, where he also recorded “Wild Honey Pie”. While he listened to the demo playback, he never touched it again, and that’s the only recording.
In Barry Miles’ Many Years From Now, the British singer-songwriter said he wrote the track for Marianne Faithful. She rejected it, but McCartney is glad she...
Paul McCartney is glad ‘Etcetera’ never saw the light of day Paul McCartney | Samir Hussein/WireImage
“Etcetera” is a song Paul McCartney wrote for 1968’s The White Album. McCartney recorded a demo of it during a session for “Mother Nature’s Son”, where he also recorded “Wild Honey Pie”. While he listened to the demo playback, he never touched it again, and that’s the only recording.
In Barry Miles’ Many Years From Now, the British singer-songwriter said he wrote the track for Marianne Faithful. She rejected it, but McCartney is glad she...
- 6/2/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles have hundreds of fascinating stories involving how they recorded their music. The band had many innovative recording techniques but also did some weird tricks to boost the studio’s atmosphere. During a recording session for one of The Beatles’ more hardcore songs, George Harrison started a fire and ran around the room.
Paul McCartney was inspired to make ‘Helter Skelter’ after comments by The Who George Harrison | Fox Photos/Getty Images
“Helter Skelter” is one of the most hardcore songs by The Beatles. Many consider this song from The White Album to be one of the earliest examples of heavy metal. However, it was a change of pace for The Beatles, who often made calmer and lighter rock music. In an interview with GQ, Paul McCartney said he made “Helter Skelter” after reading comments by Pete Townshend of The Who.
“I can see why people would think it...
Paul McCartney was inspired to make ‘Helter Skelter’ after comments by The Who George Harrison | Fox Photos/Getty Images
“Helter Skelter” is one of the most hardcore songs by The Beatles. Many consider this song from The White Album to be one of the earliest examples of heavy metal. However, it was a change of pace for The Beatles, who often made calmer and lighter rock music. In an interview with GQ, Paul McCartney said he made “Helter Skelter” after reading comments by Pete Townshend of The Who.
“I can see why people would think it...
- 4/8/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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