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Paul Must have burned one too because Desmond suddenly becomes female singer too!.
"Desmond has a barrow in the market-place" was a reference to the first internationally-renowned Jamaican ska and reggae performer Desmond Dekker who had just had a successful tour of the UK.
According to studio engineer Geoff Emerick, John Lennon "openly and vocally detested" the song, calling it Paul's "granny music shit". Lennon left the studio during a recording of the song (after several days and literally dozens of takes of the song, trying different tempos and styles), then returned while under the influence of marijuana,
went immediately to the piano and played the opening chords much louder and faster than before. He claimed that was how the song should be played, and that is the version they ended up using.
When singing the vocals for the song, specifically the last verse of the song when sung the second time, McCartney made a slip and said "Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face", rather than Molly, and had Molly letting "the children lend a hand". Reportedly, this mistake was kept in because the other Beatles liked it. George Harrisonand Lennon yell "arm" and "leg" during a break in the song; between the lines "...Desmond lets the children lend a hand" and "Molly stays at home.."
"life goes on Bra!" was an expression used by Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney.
[video=youtube;jU5h2izGG-Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU5h2izGG-Y[/video]
"Desmond has a barrow in the market-place" was a reference to the first internationally-renowned Jamaican ska and reggae performer Desmond Dekker who had just had a successful tour of the UK.
According to studio engineer Geoff Emerick, John Lennon "openly and vocally detested" the song, calling it Paul's "granny music shit". Lennon left the studio during a recording of the song (after several days and literally dozens of takes of the song, trying different tempos and styles), then returned while under the influence of marijuana,
went immediately to the piano and played the opening chords much louder and faster than before. He claimed that was how the song should be played, and that is the version they ended up using.When singing the vocals for the song, specifically the last verse of the song when sung the second time, McCartney made a slip and said "Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face", rather than Molly, and had Molly letting "the children lend a hand". Reportedly, this mistake was kept in because the other Beatles liked it. George Harrisonand Lennon yell "arm" and "leg" during a break in the song; between the lines "...Desmond lets the children lend a hand" and "Molly stays at home.."
"life goes on Bra!" was an expression used by Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney.
[video=youtube;jU5h2izGG-Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU5h2izGG-Y[/video]
