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Title: Leave me alone?
Post by: Fool_on_the_Hill on February 27, 2004, 05:55:18 PM
At the end of the fourth video of the Anthology there's a song sung by Ringo. I've never heard this before. Is it by the Beatles and is it named Leave me alone? And if it is, on what album is it?
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: on February 27, 2004, 07:45:09 PM
I believe you're thinking of If You've Got Troubles, recorded around Help! but not officially released until 1995 (Anthology).

It's pretty bad, actually.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Fool_on_the_Hill on February 27, 2004, 09:32:26 PM
So it's on the Anthology album, then? Hmmm i haven't listened to it in a long time so this might explain why i don't know about the song. I'll go check it out...
(computer)
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Fool_on_the_Hill on February 27, 2004, 09:37:58 PM
and yes you seem to be corect. The song can be found on the Anthology album number 2 disc 1.
I kinda like it!
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Bruno on February 28, 2004, 03:05:34 AM
I like that song too! I don't get why it wasn't included in Help, I rather have 'If you've got trouble' rather than 'Act Naturally' which was a cover
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: tkitna on March 01, 2004, 02:13:27 AM
[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1077904518,s=4 date=1077937534]I like that song too! I don't get why it wasn't included in Help, I rather have 'If you've got trouble' rather than 'Act Naturally' which was a cover[/quote]

Exactley! The first time I heard "If You've Got Troubles" I wondered why it wasnt included somewhere. I liked it much better than the "Act Naturally".

Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: The End on March 01, 2004, 01:27:45 PM
[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1077904518,s=5 date=1078107207]

Exactley! The first time I heard "If You've Got Troubles" I wondered why it wasnt included somewhere. I liked it much better than the "Act Naturally".

[/quote]

I like the tune and the arrangement of this track, although it could have done with being tidied up a bit! The lyrics though are a bit naff (as in bad!); "go and count a ring or two"!? Also, this was not the first time Lennon/McCartney had rhymed 'things' and 'rings' - just listen to Can't Buy Me Love & I Feel fine! Perhaps if this had been a real serious contender for Help!, they would have fixed a few things.

I think it's a very original track though - there's nothing else that sounds anything like it... and it CERTAINLY IS better than Act Naturally!
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: KuiOtis on March 04, 2004, 12:22:17 AM
ya, act naturally sucks.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: justanotherbeatlescover on June 10, 2004, 05:34:43 PM
act naturally rocks
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: on June 10, 2004, 06:06:32 PM
act naturally is great.

What Goes On sucks and If You Got Troubles was rightly aborted.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: pc31 on June 10, 2004, 11:45:09 PM
i feel fine
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Rowdy on June 12, 2004, 04:50:30 AM
I like "If You Got Troubles"....it wasn't worthy of being on an album, but could have made a great b-side. I REALLY love "That Means A Lot" though.....definitely should have been finished and given mad props.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Pepper on June 22, 2004, 07:27:41 PM
I like If You Got Trouble, too. What I like of Act Natually is this harmony with Pauls voice (my god, today my english sounds so bad :/ )

I read in the Anthology-book that George didn't liked If You Got Trouble at all.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: The End on June 22, 2004, 09:13:47 PM
[quote by=Pepper link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1077904518,s=12 date=1087932461]I like If You Got Trouble, too. What I like of Act Natually is this harmony with Pauls voice (my god, today my english sounds so bad :/ )

I read in the Anthology-book that George didn't liked If You Got Trouble at all.[/quote]

Your English is great, so please don't worry! :)

I think this track was side-lined because the lyrics were so bad - nothing wrong with the music though!
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: Pepper on June 25, 2004, 12:28:01 PM
[quote by=The_End link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1077904518,s=13 date=1087938827]

Your English is great, so please don't worry! :)

I think this track was side-lined because the lyrics were so bad - nothing wrong with the music though![/quote]

Thank you very much! :)

This reason sounds logical *singing* "You say you're worried. You can't be as worried as me (...) You'd better take yourself home. Go and count a ring or two."  ;D
What does he mean? (thinker)
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: The End on June 25, 2004, 05:11:49 PM
To me, it sounds like it's a song about a rich girl who's complaining about money... I might be wrong though! :)
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: zipp on June 26, 2004, 09:02:03 AM
It's true the words are strange.
What does 'You're quite content to be bad' mean?
Could it possibly have been written with the Help film in mind?
Maybe Ringo could have sung it to the girl trying to get his ring.
Title: Re: Leave me alone?
Post by: The End on June 26, 2004, 02:00:13 PM
I'm not sure it was ever intended as a film song, I think it was always meant to be Ringo's song for the album, ie Side Two. In the end, of course, Act Naturally was used instead. The good thing about Beatles films is that the songs do not tell the story, not in the sense of other musicals of the day. For instance, Elvis might be driving along with a pretty girl beside him and suddenly he bursts into song, usually with a really bad film back-drop behind him!

Regarding the line "You're quite content to be bad", well, the next line kinda fits in the 'rich-girl' scenario: "with all the advantage you had over me".