Английская Википедия:Hey Bulldog

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"Hey Bulldog" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles released on their 1969 soundtrack album Yellow Submarine. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, but written primarily by John Lennon, it was finished in the recording studio by both Lennon and Paul McCartney.[1] The song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional film, and, with "Lady Madonna", is one of the few Beatles songs based on a piano riff.

It had a working title of "She Can Talk To Me". For many years, "Hey Bulldog" was a relatively obscure and overlooked song in the Beatles' catalogue; it has since been reappraised.[2]

Background and composition

John Lennon began composing "Hey Bulldog", originally "Hey Bullfrog",Шаблон:Sfn after United Artists requested another song by the Beatles for Yellow Submarine, the upcoming soundtrack album for their animated film of the same name.Шаблон:Sfn[3] Demo recordings made in the winter of 1967–68 at his Kenwood estate in Weybridge include the melody that later became the song's chorus, as well as a section working out the "she can talk to me" passage.Шаблон:Sfn

The finished composition of "Hey Bulldog" is in common time (Шаблон:Music) and employs a shifting key,[4] changing between B major, A major and B minor.Шаблон:Sfn Commentators have variously described the song as hard rock,[5][6] blues-based rock,Шаблон:Sfn psychedelic rock,Шаблон:Sfn pop rock,[7] acid rock[8] or a simple rock number.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In a beginning reminiscent of the Beatles' cover of Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)",Шаблон:Sfn the song's opening piano riff is played in octaves before being doubled in a higher register by two guitars and a lower bass register.Шаблон:Sfn The song includes two bridges and two middle verses, with the bridge closer in style to a refrain. The song's introductory riff repeats throughout the song, appearing at the end of the refrain and the outro, as well as further influencing the refrain.[4] The song's lyrics utilize heavy word play,[4] which Lennon later said "[mean] nothing".[3]

Recording

The Beatles went to EMI's Studio Three on 11 February 1968 to record a promotional film for "Lady Madonna",Шаблон:Sfn but decided upon arrival to record a new song instead.Шаблон:Sfn Lennon suggested his half-completed idea "Hey Bullfrog",Шаблон:Sfn which he and Paul McCartney finished while in the studio.Шаблон:Sfn McCartney later recalled misreading Lennon's handwritten lyrics, changing "measured out in news" to "measured out in you", which Lennon preferred to the original.Шаблон:Sfn[9]

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George Martin produced the session, assisted by balance engineer Geoff Emerick.Шаблон:Sfn The camera crew remained in the studio with the band as they recorded the basic track,Шаблон:Sfn featuring piano, drums, tambourine, bass guitarШаблон:Sfn and rhythm guitar.Шаблон:Sfn As the band neared the end of the basic track for "Hey Bulldog", McCartney attempted to make Lennon laugh by barking like a dog.[9]Шаблон:Refn Lennon changed the song's name to "Hey Bulldog",Шаблон:Sfn though the title phrase does not appear until the outro.[4]

After the band had recorded ten takes, the last attempt was marked "best".Шаблон:Sfn The camera crew left as the band continued working on the song with various overdubs onto take ten,Шаблон:Sfn including off-beat drums from Ringo Starr, a distorted Gibson SG from George Harrison for the song's intro, double tracked vocals from Lennon and a harmony vocal from McCartney.Шаблон:Sfn Borrowing Harrison's SG, Lennon recorded a lead guitar solo.[10]Шаблон:Refn

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After the band finished adding overdubs, Martin and Emerick mixed the song for mono twice. While the Beatles would often ad lib offhandedly at the end of recordings, their other songs faded out before this became audible.Шаблон:Sfn Martin and Emerick decided to instead leave the dog barks, shouts and screams in the final recording,Шаблон:Sfn at one point adding heavy compression to some of Lennon's dialogue and dog noises.Шаблон:Sfn They raised the song in pitch slightly, running the playback fast. With the mono version intended for use in the animated film, Emerick returned to Studio Three on 29 October 1968 to mix the song for stereo, this version being included on the original soundtrack LP.Шаблон:Sfn

Release

Apple released Yellow Submarine in the US on 13 January 1969, with "Hey Bulldog" sequenced as the fourth track, between "All Together Now" and "It's All Too Much".Шаблон:Sfn Release in the UK followed four days later.Шаблон:Sfn Emerick praised McCartney's bass playing on the recording, describing it as his most inventive since that of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Шаблон:Sfn

During these sessions, a film crew photographed the Beatles recording the song at EMI's Abbey Road studios for a promotional film to be released during their scheduled four-month retreat to India (which was later edited together as a promotional film for the single "Lady Madonna").[11]

The song was used in a segment of the animated film Yellow Submarine. Initially, it appeared only in some European theatrical prints. It was cut from the American version by the movie's producer Al Brodax as he and the group felt the film was too long.[12] It was restored for the film's 1999 re-release. To promote the reissue, Apple went back to the original footage shot for the "Lady Madonna" promo film and restructured it for use as a promotional clip for "Hey Bulldog" (as it is possible to identify what they were playing, and therefore possible to synchronise the music with the original footage). The 1999 clip was included in the three-disc versions (titled 1+) of the Beatles' 2015 video compilation 1.[13]

Personnel

According to Walter Everett,Шаблон:Sfn except where noted:

Accolades

In 2018, the music staff of Time Out London ranked "Hey Bulldog" at number 28 on their list of the best Beatles songs.[2] Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 81 in its list of the 100 best Beatles songs.[14]

Cover versions

The US rock group Fanny covered the song on their 1972 album Fanny Hill. The arrangement includes different lyrics to the original which were reportedly approved by the Beatles.[15]

On 10 November 2014, a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a live cover of the song by Jeff Lynne and Dave Grohl.[16]

Notes

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Citations

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External links

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Harvnb, quoted in Шаблон:Harvnb.
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb: "Finally, Lennon's "Hey Bulldog," also recorded in January, 1968, is a rhythm and blues-influenced pop-rock songШаблон:Nbsp..."
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb: "One of Lennon's most powerful acid-rock songs to date ('Hey Bulldog')Шаблон:Nbsp..."
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 Шаблон:Harvnb, quoted in Шаблон:Harvnb.
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 Шаблон:Harvnb: "Lennon's distorted lead guitar soloШаблон:Nbsp..."; Шаблон:Harvnb: "Lennon:Шаблон:Nbsp... lead guitar"; Шаблон:Harvnb: "John apparently recorded the biting guitar solo himself: At one point in the footage, he can be seen borrowing George's Gibson SG Standard, and the finished solo has all the trademarks of a Lennon performance in its jaggedness".
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  14. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  15. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Citation
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