But the most important thing about it was that we were suddenly hearing sounds that we weren’t able to hear before…everything was blossoming at that time; including us, because we were still growing.”. “I’m looking through you and you’re nowhere” is another possible clash, but I like to assume that’s just a reference to “Nowhere Man” on the same album (compare the Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da reference on Savoy Truffle). Here’s a fun alternate interpretation: it’s a stealth song about being around sober people when you’re on drugs. Hello. You must select a language. Incorrect. I'm Looking Through You Lyrics: I'm looking through you, where did you go? The mono mixes for the entire “Rubber Soul” album were actually “fold down” mixes created by combining both channels of the stereo mixes. Jane left me once and went off to Bristol to act. I think I agree that it is better than the released version. That was when I wrote ‘I’m Looking Through You.” In his book “Many Years From Now,” Paul recalls writing the song “after an argument with Jane. The only difference is you're down there I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? These ‘alarms’ evoke the paranoia which one often feels around sober people when one is high on marijuana. Maybe Ringo sat at the organ or even played something on it. This mix was also used when the CD was remastered and re-released on September 9th, 2009, the remastered vinyl edition coming out on November 13th, 2012. This is repeated throughout the song with the solo sections pre-dating The Monkees stabbing organ sounds and "swinging" electric guitar solos. There’s not really a John song in that style anywhere I can recall. I’ve never heard an organ in the song. The alternate interpretation is “you’re not the same [as me]”. You don't sound different I've learned the game I'm looking through you You're not the same Id say its john, its a relatively easy part which I don’t see why hed have any trouble getting in less than an hour. Paul overdubed the bass while George overdubed lead guitar on his Fender Stratocaster (not his Epiphone). changes from beat to beat quite a lot as well as occasionally hitting only the rim as we hear in the second verse. Both the mono and original stereo mixes of the song were made on November 15th, 1965, in the control room of EMI Studio One by George Martin and engineers Norman Smith and Richard Lush. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Following this is another nineteen-measure verse, which is essentially identical to the second verse except for a new set of lyrics. Hit the Accept button to remove this message. It’s a flat, smacking sound. A year and one-half earlier, he sings lead on the song “Matchbox”. I think I´ve heard somewhere that “End of the line” by the Travelling Wilburys starts with the same acoustic guitar chords as here, so it might be George who plays it, while Paul plays bass and lead guitars, Ringo plays drums and organ (which it means that only the two of them were recording overdubs) and John plays tambourine (I´m not sure). Kind of hard to picture. It’s thought he might’ve just overdubbed everything himself, considering all vocals consist of him, and that this version has a very “Paul” sound. I didn’t treat women as most people do. On April 11th, 2006, the box set “The Capitol Albums, Vol. At 0:18, Ringo’s drums skip a beat. Writing and rehearsing in the studio leads to a lot of downtime for the non-participants while the principals decide what it is they ultimately want. Just two quick staccato stabs doubling the guitar lick that recurs throughout the song. The match-slapping is still heard but in a rather haphazard manner that is quite out of beat at times, such as in the fourth measure. It is supposed to be played on the same channel as the lead guitar. Newton. "I'm Looking Through You" is a Lennon–McCartney song, written by Paul McCartney, that first appeared on the Beatles ' 1965 album Rubber Soul. in there accompanying the guitar. I would write it out in a song and then I’ve got rid of the emotion. This first version was released in 1996 on Anthology 2. Paul’s lyrics, while depicting his disillusionment about the absence of his current girlfriend, are written more artistically than autobiographically revealing. New videos ever Sunday now for awhile. I'm Looking Through You The Beatles Buy This Song. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. you’r not the same ” THe organ is ONE chord, and its played twice in a row three times, the first strike of the organ is played on the word SAME.. Hey Urban (Spaceman)… first you say you cannot hear any trace of organ sound, then you say you can hear it better on the CD. Ringo opts not to match-tap this time around while George keeps his guitar ramblings to a minimum. Love David Bowie? may be something other than a Hammond, but I’m far from certain.). There were a few of those moments.”, With the evidence of Jane all around him, he wrote the song in his attic room at the Asher's house on Wimpole Street. John once said The Beatles broke up because of boredom, and when one examines their “studio years”, it’s easy to see how this could happen, and over time how these situations magnified. ‘I’m Looking Through You’ was inspired by a disagreement between Paul McCartney and Jane Asher, and was written at her family home in Wimpole Street, London, where McCartney had his own room in which to compose and sleep. I remember specifically this one being about that, getting rid of some emotional baggage. The next line reveals his suspicions about the future of his relationship, namely “love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.” Some writers view this line as a threat that Paul will move on if things don’t change, but the saddened melody line and chord changes seem to depict his vulnerability rather than any jab of vengeance. In My Life – what's happening in your life currently? The biggest flaw is the ‘Why tell me why’ parts don’t fit at all. Sign Up Below for our MONTHLY BEATLES TRIVIA QUIZ! It couldn’t be Ringo since he was playing drums, nor could it be Paul since he was playing bass. Off the wonderful “Rubber Soul” album.One hell of a good song. Therefore, they entered EMI Studio Two at 6 pm for an unprecedented thirteen-hour recording session to complete the “Rubber Soul” album, which took them to 7 am the following morning. Therefore, the acoustic guitar introduction would be five measures long, ending just before the vocals begin. Why Ringo’s playing organs? Otherwise, the framework of the verse is identical to the first except for the appearance of George on electric guitar for the first time in the twelfth and thirteenth measures. I think Ringo playing the organ was something Paul did to keep Ringo from pouting! The Beatles recorded the rhythm track in one take, and later overdubbed vocals and an organ. i’m looking from a song that goes and i won’t run from you i’m giving you time to come through and the you and through are like yoooooouuu. At 1:18, after “You were above me,” the left guitar has feedback issues and rings for a brief moment. Guitar sounds quite high. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I wonder if they used the same fuzzbox that Paul used for “Think For Yourself”? As Barry Miles explains in “Many Years From Now,” Paul “normally preferred to universalize his songs.”. By late 1965, however, things had changed dramatically. FAVORITE (29 fans) The Beatles. The eighteenth measure is where Ringo apparently forgot to hit his organ stab twice, resulting in a slightly off beat overdub on another track to fix the problem. It was first released as part of the album Rubber Soul , released in the UK on 3 December, 1965. His "Out There" tour, which ran from 2013 through 2015, periodically included the song as well. Of course love does NOT disappear overnight. Paul and John played acoustic guitars on the basic track. Some commentators suggest he’s not on the track at all, but his usual penchant for filling in the gaps between vocal lines with guitar fills shows he definitely had a hand in the recording of this song. Therefore, they entered EMI Studio Two at 6 pm for an unprecedented thirteen-hour recording session to complete the “, The standard use of verses and bridges is returned to once again, culminating in a ‘verse/ verse/ bridge/ verse/ bridge/ verse’ format (or, Therefore, the acoustic guitar introduction would be five measures long, ending just before the vocals begin. Show original; Random article; I'm Looking Through You . It sounds like the acoustic guitar chords were played using the standard open G, C and Em ones, but 1/2 step up. I'm looking through you Where did you go? Why that credit got on the notes on the back of the jacket is a mystery. I agree too. It’s possible, but whatever. These tape cartidges did not have the capability to include entire albums, so two truncated four-song versions of "Rubber Soul" were released in this portable format, "I'm Looking Through You" being on one of these. It caused a few rows. The first measure of the second verse is marked by the last organ stab by Ringo as the downbeat, which is followed immediately by the lyrics of the second verse, namely “your lips are moving.” This verse actually becomes nineteen measures long because of one extra measure of high energy vamping at the end. This process took a total of 18 hours between four days, much longer than any other Beatles song to date. We began to have the tape rolling all the time and we got a lot of good takes that way.”, Working in this manner took more time, as evidenced in the time spent on some of the tracks on their late 1965 album “Rubber Soul.” There were also other reasons for more time being used as well, as Ringo continues: “There was a lot of experimentation on ‘Rubber Soul,’ influenced, I think, by the substances. Want more? The others hated the multiple takes on Obladi Oblada and I suspect that didn’t come out of nowhere. #JioSaavnReplay. Why WOULDN’T it be Ringo? The eighteen-measure first verse then commences with the bass, drums and matches-tapping coming in on the second measure to accompany the acoustic guitar and Paul’s double-tracked lead vocals. "I'm Looking Through You" was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with a majority of the songwriting attributed to the latter. This is followed by ‘alarm bells’ (the guitar). In the book he recounts how Ringo explained to him what the sound was. From their very first official EMI recording session on September 4th, 1962 through the following three years, The Beatles were usually able to churn out whatever song they were working on in a relatively short period of time. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Unlike John Lennon, McCartney is not nearly as obviously autobiographical. And realizing that it wasn’t quite all that it seemed. He must have had an argument with Jane Asher.”. There were a few of those moments. When asked about the song in 1980, John Lennon simply said, “Paul. Boylan also examines the ways we find connections between the people we once were and the people we become. The Beatles Bible uses cookies to bring you a better browsing experience. Ringo’s tapping percussion is a bit of a mystery. / I thought I knew you, what did I know? The handclaps were done in quick-paced eighth notes in the introduction, half notes during most of each verse, and quarter notes during the last four measures of each verse as well as during the instrumental sections of the song. It’s his acoustic style. The song is capoed on the first fret, and it’s in the key of G, so you are correct when you say it is in the key of G#. Pepper sessions because of the amount of overdubs that were done that didn’t require his services. eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'beatlesbible_com-box-4','ezslot_1',141,'0','0']));The group remade the song on 6 November, recording a faster version in two takes. The standard use of verses and bridges is returned to once again, culminating in a ‘verse/ verse/ bridge/ verse/ bridge/ verse’ format (or aababa). This gives you three open strings to work with for that rapid 3-note pull-off followed by the 2-note hammer-on. Is John singing low harmonies or is Paul overdubbing vocals? Several other anomalies happen throughout the final version of this song, and some people speculate that the final version was really only Paul playing. This comment brought to my attention the anthology 2 version. As for composer credits, Paul recollects: “I think it’s totally my song. My whole existence for so long centred around a bachelor life. The acoustic guitar sounds like it is played with a capo on the 6th fret, with chords in the key of D (Intro: D-A-D-G-D-G). Knowing that he was always surrounded by woman who would die to be with him, he admitted, “I knew I was selfish. The acoustic guitar is CLASSIC Paul. It was shattering to be without her. Weird. I have always loved that little lick and it sounds very much like what George would have contributed. The Beatles viewed “I’m Looking Through You” as only an album track so they overlooked it for any late 1965 or 1966 live performances. As is one’s wont in relationships, you will from time to time argue or not see eye to eye on things, and a couple of the songs around this period were that kind of thing. Paul McCartney wasn’t known as a songwriter who divulged much of his personal life in his lyrics. The guitar tone and style are Paul’s and the lack of Beatle harmonies is conspicuous. He must have been thrown by this change in circumstances to the degree that he, not once, but three times addressed the issue in song, something he usually wouldn’t do. December 6th, 1965, was the date that the US first heard “I’m Looking Through You” as an album track on the Capitol release “Rubber Soul.” Since the stereo mix sent from EMI still contained the two false starts from John’s acoustic guitar introduction, Capitol didn’t realize they were supposed to edit it out. A noticeable edit is heard in the fifth measure during the lyric “, phone doesn’t dispel what he suspects is true, saying her “, The third verse also contains some curious lines about her formerly being “, December 6th, 1965, was the date that the US first heard “I’m Looking Through You” as an album track on the Capitol release “. He had a Burns bass like I said. Listen to the earlier “Anthology 2” version to better hear the organ part: It’s the same, yet with a totally dissimilar, clean tone, and the guitar part is completely different. But I did ask Ringo about ‘I’m Looking Through You’ and that tapping percussion sound on it. Visit the Beatles history section. McCartney wrote the song about English actress Jane Asher, his girlfriend for much of the 1960s, and her refusal to give up her stage career and focus on his needs. It only requires two fingers on the left hand. I thought I knew you What did I know? Suffice to say that this one was probably related to that romantic episode and I was seeing through her façade. An excellent mono mix of the song was made shortly afterward, presumably on October 25th, 1965, in the control room of EMI Studio Two by George Martin and engineers Norman Smith and Ken Scott. These new mixes were used on the 1987 compact disc release of “Rubber Soul.” The only noticeable difference from the original stereo mix of “I’m Looking Through You” is that both the left and right channels are panned slightly to the center, allowing the vocals to come through slightly on the left channel. My life generally has always been very lax, and not normal. Also, for some strange reason, one of Ringo’s organ stabs at the end of the third verse is centered in this new mix. The song first appeared on 1965 album Rubber Soul. All I knew were the “false starts” on the American album. Certainly it can disappear overnight – for the party that doesn’t see it coming. wow u guys just don’t like Ringo. Just purchase the box set “The Beatles In Mono,” which contains their whole mono catalog as well as the entire “Help!” and “Rubber Soul” albums with their original stereo mixes, all remastered. However, it wasn’t until 10 November that they hit upon the final arrangement used on Rubber Soul. I don’t remember any of John’s assistance.”. If you have your doubts it’s an organ, listen to the the right channel during the fadeout, you can hear the organ fade at a different volume, and it even moves to the center a little bit. I don’t hold grudges so that gets rid of that little bit of emotional baggage. The basic rhythm track played live consists of drums, bass, acoustic guitar, tambourine. Backing track: 1) drums (Ringo), bass (Paul), acoustic guitar (John), tambourine (George), Overdubs: 2) McCartney’s lead vocal 3) McCartney’s double-tracked vocal with Lennon singing harmony plus handclaps (on laps?) Happens all the time. I must say that I doubt that Ringo plays the organ on this song. If you listen closely enough during this introduction, you can hear Paul practice his vocals in the right channel repeating “, The first measure of the second verse is marked by the last organ stab by Ringo as the downbeat, which is followed immediately by the lyrics of the second verse, namely “. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO KEEP THIS WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING, PLEASE CLICK BELOW. “You don’t look different but you have changed (my perceptions of you have changed)”. Notice the same line up as We Can Work It Out basic track. Was it really John playing the acoustic guitar part in the recording? Despite the huge volume of books about the breakup of The Beatles, I don’t think there’s yet been one that really does a good job. Hindi; Punjabi; Tamil; Telugu; Marathi; Gujarati; Bengali; Kannada; Bhojpuri; Malayalam; Urdu; Haryanvi; Rajasthani; Odia; Assamese; Update. No false start on the mono US Capitol original album release. Don't miss our sister site, the Bowie Bible, now live! The song sounds like it is in the key of G#. There’s a pic of him playin in durin the Paperback Writer sessions. I thought that line rang completely true. Join the Fab Forum discussion on I'm Looking Through You, Paul McCartney sues Sony over Beatles song rights, Television: Paul McCartney interviewed for Scene Special. And Ringo also misses the snare drum again in the fourteenth measure after the words “you’re down there.”. I guess he got bored with the drums! Both parts are a joy to play this way. It also does this on the reel to reel releases. Simple lyrics but with a direct message to Jane- “You were above me, but not today…”. The acoustic guitar has a sound associated with open chords. Alright, I’m going with Paul on the acoustic as well. Of course you do. “Something’s missing!”, I thought I was dreaming this up, my musician friends looked at me like I was crazy but I had the same LP with the false starts! When Paul wrote it, it would’ve been on guitar, why hand it over to John? I might still be dreaming but this one is now reality, thank you all:). George admitted to playin on a lot of songs. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Paul McCartney also appeared to have overlooked it throughout … By 11:30 pm, the song appeared to be complete. The majority of their first album was even recorded in one day! 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