[quote by=Revolution_9 link=Blah.pl?b=albums,m=1098907126,s=37 date=1104141269]
Right. Well, it doesn't really matter what people think of Her Majesty, if you really look at it, there are songs before Her Majesty, and there is nothing after Her Majesty. Based on these two factors, there's really no denying that Her Majesty closed the album. There is absolutely no point trying to say Her Majesty isn't an album closer, and anyone who tries to will get no-where. Her Majesty is at the end of the album, although I admit it is kind of dodgy to see that it's after The End, but nevertheless is closes the album. What's the point denying it? Do you expect to wait two seconds after Her Majesty and hear more? You won't. It doesn't matter if the song was supposed to close the album or not. It doesn't matter if it was thrown on the end of the Abbey Road mix against Paul's orders. What matters is that it is at the end of the album, and when Her Majesty finishes, the needle rises, or the disc stops and displays Track 1 (depending on the format you're listening it in). Anyway, on the vinyl cover, Her Majesty isn't even mentioned. If you can't face the fact that Her Majesty is the last track on the album, why not pretend it's still part of The End? If not, tough. What's done is done.[/quote]
Nice rant, but...
It's not on the album track list because it wasn't supposed to be. The End was what the Beatles intentioned to be their closer, and it's obvious by the feeling of the song. Her Majesty was supposed to be after Mean Mr. Mustard. Her Majesty should only be considered a bonus track, because it really doesn't matter if it IS in the end of the album, the point is the last song they all recorded together and the last song they all went, "OK, this will close the album," was the Golden Slumbers Suite. A lot of us don't care that Her Majesty really ends the album, because it wasn't supposed to, and some of us don't consider it a true ending, and it was definitely not the ending that was intended. Since the Beatles and George Martin didn't really say Her Majesty was going to be the ending, then The End is, and it's much more suitable and, IMO, the REAL swan song of the Beatles.