These topics have gotten so many views and replies . I think it's a great way to expose some of the "bottom-feeders" (Not that any of these songs are bad -- they rule!).
Let's continue!
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Day 3: Taxman
They started this on the 20th April, but scrapped the whole lot and started from scratch the next day. George wrote it after he found out that he was in a super-tax bracket -- which meant that he had to pay 96p in a pound!
"I don't kknow if I'll ever be a millionaire," he said, "We only get two bob [10p] from every 1 pound we earn, and that's split four ways -- sixpence each!" He also name-checked a couple of politicians in it, and they became the first living people to be mentioned in a Beatles record.
The 1-2-3-4 count-in is fake, and was edited on as an afterthought. The real count-in (by Paul) can be heard underneath. And the guitar solo at the end is a straight copy of the middle-eight. (This same solo was later re-used as a tape-spool on 'Tomorrow Never Knows'.)
N.B.: The Kinks also released a tax-related song in 1966 -- their classic 'Sunny Afternoon' single. But Labour-loving Ray Davies took the opposite view to George, and took the p*ss out of moany-old rich.
This song is my second or third favorite on Revolver, next to songs like Here There and Everywhere, Eleanor Rigby, and And Your Bird Can Sing. It's SUCH a great rocker, one of their best openers, extremely catchy, very witty lyrics.... it's a masterpiece in lyrics, actually! Go George!
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