The beatles carry that weight
The beatles carry that weight
Carry That Weight
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 2, 3, 4, 30, 31 July; 15 August 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald
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Abbey Road
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Recorded as one with ‘Golden Slumbers’, ‘Carry That Weight’ was written by Paul McCartney as part of Abbey Road’s long medley.
‘Carry That Weight’ referred to the troubles The Beatles were having, both within the group and in their business dealings at Apple.
‘Carry That Weight’ also features the melody from ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’, firstly performed on brass instruments and then sung with different lyrics by McCartney alone, the song’s only vocal passage without the other Beatles, although it was double-tracked to give harmonies.
The arpeggiated guitar motif from the end of You Never Give Me Your Money also reappears towards the end of ‘Carry That Weight’, acting as a bridge into ‘The End’. McCartney’s weaving of elements from other songs in the Abbey Road medley gave a sense of continuity and completeness which would otherwise have been absent.
McCartney sang ‘Carry That Weight’ on 6, 7, and 9 January 1969, during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. Discussing the song on the latter date, he raised the possibility of it being sung by Ringo Starr.
In the studio
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr began recording ‘Golden Slumbers’/’Carry That Weight’ while John Lennon was in hospital after a car accident in Golspie, Scotland.
On Wednesday 2 July 1969 the three Beatles recorded 15 takes of the songs, most of which were incomplete. Harrison played bass and Starr was on drums, while McCartney played piano and sang a guide vocal.
The eight-track tape had Starr’s drums on track one; Harrison’s bass guitar on two; McCartney’s piano on three; and a guide vocal on eight. Takes 1-3 from this first session were released in 2019 on some formats of the 50th anniversary reissue of Abbey Road.
The best of the takes were 13 and 15, which were edited together on 3 July. On that day McCartney and Starr double-tracked their vocals in the chorus, and Starr recorded additional drums.
The next day Harrison added electric guitar arpeggios and Starr recorded extra drums, both on track seven, and McCartney recorded lead vocals on track six.
On 30 July more vocals were added to the chorus, and again the next day. They also overdubbed timpani and more drums on 31 July. The orchestral arrangement, meanwhile, was recorded on 15 August.
Carry That Weight
2, 3, 4, 30, 31 июля, 15 августа 1969
| Golden Slumbers (14) | Carry That Weight (15) | The End (16) |
Средняя часть песни, в которой звучат медные духовые инструменты, электрогитара и вокал, использует мотивы, представленные ранее в песне «You Never Give Me Your Money», однако с другим текстом. В окончании песни звучит характерная арпеджированная гитарная фактура, присутствующая и в нескольких других песнях данного альбома (например, «Here Comes the Sun», «I Want You (She’s So Heavy)» и «Because»).
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Когда припев песни («Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, сarry that weight a long time»; в переводе: «Парень, тебе нести этот груз, нести этот груз долгое время») повторяется в последний раз [
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Carry That Weight — The Beatles Veröffentlichung 26. September 1969 Genre(s) Popsong Autor(en) Lennon/McCartney Album Abbey Road … Deutsch Wikipedia
Carry That Weight — Song infobox Name = Carry That Weight Artist = The Beatles Album = Abbey Road Released = 26 September 1969 track no = 15 Recorded = 2 July 15 August 1969 Genre = Rock Length = 1:36 Writer = Lennon/McCartney Label = Apple Records Producer = George … Wikipedia
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The beatles carry that weight
“ CARRY THAT WEIGHT”
(John Lennon – Paul McCartney)
There are quite a few Beatles songs that took shape in the recording studio differnt from how they were originally conceived by the composer. For instance, John’s » Come Together » was originally intended as a Chuck Berry-style rocker until it was transformed into a more subdued swampy-sounding hit song. » I’ll Be Back » was attempted in the studio in a Waltz beat, as evidenced on the compilation album «Anthology 1.» And Paul’s tender acoustic ballad » And I Love Her » was first tried as a full band arrangement with electric guitars and drums.
However, probably the biggest transformation to a Beatles song from what the composer originally intended would be “Carry That Weight.” As detailed below, Paul McCartney has gone on record to describe what he originally had in mind for the song. He instead decided to abandon this entirely in order to piecemeal a segment of his initial idea into the “ Abbey Road ” medley to good effect.
When Paul first introduced the song to the rest of the group on January 6th, 1969, during the rehearsing and recording of what eventually became the «Let It Be» film and soundtrack album, he stated his original intentions for the song. «I have a bit that I might finish,» he stated while sitting at an organ. «It might interest him. I was thinking it was a song for Ringo.» Since every Beatles album included a song for their drummer to sing, Paul was thinking ahead and intended this country-and-western-style song for Ringo if it appealed to him.
Evidence of the original intention for «Carry That Weight» was recorded on January 9th, 1969. On this day, Paul was sitting at the piano and playing the newly paired medley of “ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” to Ringo, this medley undoubtedly being offered up for the “Let It Be” project. In the process, Paul was explaining to Ringo his inspiration for each segment and how they were written. As captured on tape, Paul explains to Ringo how “Carry That Weight” was originally conceived:
Paul elaborates yet further in “Many Years From Now”: “There was what my Aunty Gin would have called a bad atmosphere – ‘Oh, I can feel the atmosphere in this house, love.’ It wasn’t difficult, she wouldn’t have liked it there. It was ‘heavy.’ ‘Heavy’ was a very operative word at the time – ‘Heavy, man’ – but now it actually felt heavy. That’s what ‘Carry That Weight’ was about: not the light, rather easy-going heaviness, albeit witty and sometimes cruel, but with an edge you could exist within and which always had a place for you to be. In this heaviness there was no place to be. It was serious, paranoid heaviness and it was just very uncomfortable.»
As outlined above, the first time «Carry That Weight» was put to tape was on January 6th, 1969 (at precisely 11 am, according to the slate announcement heard on the tape), at Twickenham Film Studios as The Beatles were rehearsing material for what became the «Let It Be» project. Paul’s concept for the song at this point was for it to become a country-and-western-style song for Ringo to sing, George being briefly instructed as to what the chords were. Four attempts at playing the song were made, with Paul on organ and vocals, John on electric guitar and periodic backing vocals, and George making attemps at joining in on piano.
On the next day, January 7th, 1969, Paul rehearsed the song again, but this time in a medley form with “ Golden Slumbers ” as we all have come to know it. This was performed by Paul alone on piano. This apparently was the day that Paul decided to pair the two songs together, only using the chorus of “Carry That Weight” and scrapping the country-and-western song idea.
Then on January 9th, 1969, as detailed above, Paul sat at the piano with Ringo and rehearsed the “ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” medley for him, explaining the origins of both compositions. Since this medley was dropped entirely for the remainder of the month-long rehearsals and sessions that became the “ Let It Be ” film and album, this composition was apparently viewed as a lesser priority and was shelved for the time being.
It wasn’t until the decision was made to make one final Beatles album that Paul dusted off the “ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” medley and brought it to EMI Studio Two to record. It was the second session after that decision was made, on July 2nd, 1969, that Paul, George and Ringo laid down the rhythm track for the song, John being hospitalized at the time because of a road accident he had during a vacation in Scotland.
The following day, July 3rd, 1969, was devoted entirely to additional work on the “ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” medley. As the session began at 3 pm in EMI Studio Two, the first order of business was editing together ‘take 13’ and ‘take 15’ to create a satisfactory rhythm track for overdubbing purposes. Once this was edited together, the result still being called ‘take 13,’ the three Beatles took to adding various elements (John still being hospitalized). Onto track four, Ringo added some extra drum beats and Paul added more vocals. Also on track four, Ringo and Paul overdubbed their spirited «carry that weight» vocals in both choruses, Ringo’s voice being up front in consideration of this song originally being intended for his vocals. These vocals were then overdubbed onto track seven of the tape for added emphasis. Mark Lewisohn’s book «The Beatles Recording Sessions» stipulates that both Paul and George added guitar parts to the song on this day, most likely including Paul reprising John’s travis-picking guitar work from » You Never Give Me Your Money » for the final seconds of «Carry That Weight.» This guitar part was played through a rotating Leslie speaker to create a thick swirling effect.
With this complete, it was seen that all eight tracks of the tape were full. Therefore, a reduction mix was needed to open up more tracks for further overdubbing. Two attempts at the reduction mix were made, documented as takes 16 and 17, ‘take 17’ being deemed best, which transferred Ringo’s newly recorded drum work from track four onto track one with his original rhythm track performance, thus creating a deeper percussive sound. This recording session was complete by 8:30 pm.
There was one unidentified overdub that was recorded onto the newly reduced recording of the song on the following day, July 4th, 1969, although the identity of this overdub is not documented anywhere. This session ran from 2:45 to 5:30 pm in EMI Studio Two, attention being paid to the Wimbledon Ladies’ tennis match between Britain’s Ann Jones and America’s Billie-Jean King during the proceedings. It can be presumed that Paul put in another attempt at nailing the perfect lead vocal performance on this day.
“ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight” was then shelved for about a month so that work on many other “ Abbey Road ” tracks could be done, John being released from the hospital during this time. Work did resume on the composite track, which was now finally documented as “ Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight,” on July 30th, 1969 in EMI Studio Three. The Beatles entered the studio at 3:30 pm for overdubs on various “ Abbey Road ” tracks, Paul adding yet more vocals onto “Carry That Weight” at this time, quite possibly the harmonies for the » I never give you my pillow » segment of the song.
Paul and his touring band recorded a live version of “Carry That Weight” in medley with “ Golden Slumbers ” and “ The End ” as heard on the “ Abbey Road ” album on December 9th, 1989 in Montreal, Canada. This recording was released on both his albums “Tripping The Live Fantastic” and “Tripping The Live Fantastic: Highlights!”
Song Structure and Style
Next comes the first of two consecutive verses, the first being entirely instrumental and only seven measures long. The first four measures are highlighted by the orchestra which plays the “ You Never Give Me Your Money ” melody line in the score with Paul on piano and rhythm guitar, George on bass and Ringo on drums. Starting with a crashing cymbal on the downbeat, Ringo accentuates prominent beats of the melody line that is being played, adding a drum fill in measures two, three and four for good measure. The remaining three measures of the verse have Ringo playing a straight 4/4 drum beat using the hi-hat while the orchestra lays down a lush backing to highlight a masterful lead guitar line from George. Paul’s piano and rhythm guitar, as well as George’s bass, are still there to fill out the arrangement.
Sometime in 1978, Capitol re-released the “ Abbey Road ” album as a picture disc. Side one had the iconic front cover while side two contained a close-up of the wall photo of the back cover minus the song title listings. This release quickly went out of print but was re-released on September 27th, 2019 on 180-gram vinyl to commemorate its 50th Anniversary.
An interesting US vinyl edition of “Abbey Road” was released on December 28th, 1979, this being manufactured by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab in Chatsworth, California as the first Beatles installment in their » Original Master Recording » series. Their practice was to prepare a new master utilizing half-speed mastering technology from the original master tapes, in this case using the leased sub-master from Capitol Records. Stickers on the shrinkwrap proclaimed this album as being “A Brand New Experience,” which proved to be the case. This version of the album sounded superior to all previous British and American pressings at that time. Unfortunately, this excellent edition of “Abbey Road” was only available for a short time and is quite collectible today.
On September 27th, 2019, various other editions of » Abbey Road » were released in connection with its 50th Anniversary. The «Deluxe» 2CD set contains the new Giles Martin mix of the entire album as well as the never-before-heard ‘take one’ of «Carry That Weight.» as recorded on July 2nd, 1969. The «Triple Album» vinyl set and the » Super Deluxe » 3CD + Blu-ray edition contain these tracks as well, along with the isolated orchestral score of the » Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight» medley and the July 30th, 1969 trial edit and mix of the entire » Abbey Road » medley, as described above, which contains «Carry That Weight» as it was recorded thus far.
On November 1st, 2002, Paul’s live album “ Back In The US ” was released in America featuring Paul’s solo piano performance of “Carry That Weight.” This, in fact, was a newly styled medley of “ You Never Give Me Your Money ” which transitions into “Carry That Weight” and then back into the first song for its conclusion. The album went Double-Platinum and peaked at #2 on the Billboard album chart.
Paul then included the above-described “ You Never Give Me Your Money / Carry That Weight” piano medley on his “ Driving World ” tour of 2002, which spanned from April 1st (Oakland, California) to November 18th (Osaka, Japan). His 2003 “Back In The World” tour also featured this medley, this tour starting on March 25th (Paris, France) and ending on June 1st (Liverpool, England).
So as the impressive final Beatles album draws to a close (their previously recorded «Let It Be» soundtrack album not being released until seven months later), the «Carry That Weight» segment of the lengthy » Abbey Road » medley dramatically stands out. Since the listener is left to his own interpretation of what » weight » needs to be carried, speculation ensues.
Both of these interpretations are very fanciful to say the least, retrospectively assuming that its composer was summing up his band’s career in song. And to think: “Carry That Weight” was just Paul simply wanting to write a fictional country-and-western song for Ringo to sing!
“Carry That Weight”
Written by: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Instrumentation (most likely):
Written and compiled by Dave Rybaczewski