For
my first post, I feel obligated to write about, what has to be my favourite song;
Happiness is a Warm Gun by The Beatles.
This
song was written and performed by John Lennon and was featured on The
White Album. According to Lennon, the name of the song was derived simply.
One evening, George Martin showed Lennon a gun magazine. "I think he showed
me a cover of a magazine that said 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun.' It was a gun
magazine. I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun
means you just shot something."
He
wrote the song in three entirely different sections, which explains the
complexity of the melody itself. The imagery in the song is so surreal, and
that level of creativeness is said to have come from when Lennon and Derek
Taylor were both in the midsts of an acid trip while writing to opening
lines.
The
song has a unique sound with its frequent shifts in tempo, distorted
guitar, and peculiar sayings ["A soap impression of his wife which
he ate And donated to the National Trust"]. Very rarely, The
Beatles would incorporate what is referred to as polyrhythm in
their songs. This track is an example of that.
Paul
McCartney and George Harrison both admit to it being their favourite song on
The White Album, which was recorded during tense times among the band members.
It was one thing that they could all finally agree on, which was that it was
a truly spell bounding track.
Happy Listening!
V.V
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