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It is my favorite song...I love the vocals and the music...What do you think?

[Klang]

It's quite good. A lovely melody that could be served just as well at a slower tempo as a soft ballad, but the upbeat treatment works wonderfully, too. Interesting guitars as well. One of their best from the period.

 

Well, I went to see across the universe and the tempo was considerable slower

It's one of the better early Beatle tunes...forever memorable and justifiably so.

[Chris]

A great many of the Beatles' songs have a climactic moment -- an opening of the floodgates when the song moves into another dimension. Examples include the high octave harmony near the end of "Good Day Sunshine," the high harmony during the last verse of "And Your Bird Can Sing," the bridges (or "middle eights," as they always called them, no matter how many bars there actually were ) in "Sexy Sadie," and definitely the fantastic half-time ending chorus of "Dear Prudence." There are obvious examples, like the halfway point in "Hey, Jude."

I meant for that to be about two sentences. Sheesh. Anyway, one of these instances is heard in "All My Loving," when Paul and Paul harmonize (thanks to overdubbing) during the last verse. Geroge handled the low part onstage. The high part really sends it through the roof. That's mainly why I like the song. The rest of it is great, but certain tunes are so burnt into my brain by now, it's difficult to hear them objectively!

[fendertele]

its the best song on With The Beatles in my opinion.

and has a great running bassline like penny lane has.

and  sounds ahead of its time, it wouldn't have sounded out of place on rubber soul

[DaveRam]

I think it's a very cool song  

[Andy Smith]

one of the best early Beatles songs! the sound of it is amazing & the bass line
is very clever! brilliant piece of writing by Macca!

[BlueMeanie]

I think it was a great leap forward in terms of songwriting skill. Best song on With The Beatles, IMO.

[tkitna]

I like it, but its actually a hard song to play on the drums. The shuffle is fast.

[alexis]

I like it, but its actually a hard song to play on the drums. The shuffle is fast.

And those triplets by John are really hard to keep up too!

One of the things about this song that really keeps me hooked is the chording on the chorus:

All My Loving

I will send to   <<<<<<<<----------------  This line has some bizarre chord, like a C augmented. How do these guys barely in their 20s who don't know how to read  or write music come up with this chord that is REALLY uncommon in pop music? I don't get it, it's like they were touched by angels ...

You.

What do you music people think?

[fendertele]

its all about hearing it in you're head first almost like humming the next chord

So say youre on the G Chord and you're not quite sure which chord is next ? but you can hear it in youre head, hum it or play it in youre head then run up and down the top string to find the root note ( lets make it C) and then from there find the right chord whether its C major Cminor or any other add on by adding fingers on to get the desired sound.

i do it all the time if i can hear it, but dont know what im hearing.

hope that helps

[alexis]

its all about hearing it in you're head first almost like humming the next chord

So say youre on the G Chord and you're not quite sure which chord is next ? but you can hear it in youre head, hum it or play it in youre head then run up and down the top string to find the root note ( lets make it C) and then from there find the right chord whether its C major Cminor or any other add on by adding fingers on to get the desired sound.

i do it all the time if i can hear it, but dont know what im hearing.

hope that helps

I think I might understand what you're saying about figuring a song out, but as this was a finished product, not a pre-demo, I'm not sure how to consider that. Do you think that they liked what they heard as they were "figuring out" the song, and decided to keep it in the final version?

That's kind of my theory too ... Paul was in a "walking bass" kind of mood in this song, and he just walked the bass down from the C# , THROUGH the C, to get to the B (being the 5th note of the E chord). He kind of liked the sound, gave it to John (or George) to sing as an "Oooh", and there it was. Not that he thought "Hmmm, a Caug is a great transition to an E from C#m, think I'll incorporate that ...".

It's only "after the fact" people like us that think in terms of Caug.

That's my theory, FWIW!

[Chris]

It sounds like C9 diminished to me, but it's difficult to separate one guitar from another in any 1963 mix. It could be a C on John's guitar and an A7 on George's, for instance. I'd have to try out a lot of chords for my next change before I got to that! Many Years From Now is a great book if you're interested in songwriting, and where the guys got some of their jazzier chords.

[Magness]

One of my most favourite yhe Beatles' songs!!!!!!!

[PaulieBear]

I just think hands down it's a good song.

[Geoff]

It's a great early McCartney song that could have been a single. (Maybe was in some markets?) It shows you how fast he developed as a writer, too: compare it with "Like Dreamers Do" from a couple of years earlier.

[HeatherBoo]

One of their best in my opinion.  The best on the With the Beatles album.  So catchy, and yet not in an annoying way.  Great love song, and I love that it's upbeat.