I LISTENED TO THE BEATLES - MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO ….
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This song is like "black comedy", Sweeny Todd/Penny Dreadful-kind of send up, which have been popular in England since the 19th century. Pretty cool take by McCartney!
I think comedic murder ballads go back further than that.
@@HuntingViolets I don't know about comedy, but Johnny Cash had the great line "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" from Folsom Prison Blues. And there's the great song, Tom Dooley. "I met her on the mountain, there I took her life. I met her on the mountain. Stabbed her with my knife." Tom Dooley was from the 19th century US.
And Johnny had Cocaine Blues, which I guess could be considered comedic. "I never will forget the day I shot that bad bi#@h down."
Insanely funny little bit of dark comedy to a bouncy, happy tune is Paul and the rest having ablast.
"I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things" ~ Tom Waits
This song is pure vaudeville.. it's great entertainment, and that's all it was meant to be. It's also mocking the pure joy some people get from watching movies and tv shows about serial killers, and the women that often love them (Rose and Valerie)
She’s not ready for Tom.
I’m a huge Tom Waits fan but she is just not ready for that yet.
@@Guildofarcanelore Yeah. I'm inclined to agree.
I figured throwing that quote out there was not only appropriate for this particular cut, but might put a bug in her ear "Tom Who?"... Maybe one day!
@@gerardbyrnes5780 I would definitely watch that episode! Which track? I’m thinking “the piano has been drinking” but I will take what I can get..
This is Paul doing what John use to humorously call "Granny Music" -- what he meant is that he sometimes writes songs that have an "old time" feel that predates rock and roll and goes back to pop and pub music from the 20s and 30s. Of course Paul's genius was that he could effortlessly write in so many styles e.g. Helter Skelter is often referred to as the "first" heavy metal song.
John wasn't being humorous. He was being scathing. He hated what he called "Paul's granny shit."
@@Firefoxy-rz1nw Totally agree. But there are two sides to that coin. John also deeply loved Paul and considered him to be the only artist in the world of rock who matched him talent wise. The respect ran very, very deep. John was scathing about everyone. That was his way. John and Paul were always equals as artists -- and John knew it and believed it deeply.
@@davidbronstein2745 Yes, I agree with all you said. There was a video I watched a few years ago on RUclips which was called something like, "John was in love with Paul" and it was a compilation of lots of moments of John looking at Paul with such a deep look of love, respect and admiration.
That being said, he and the other Beatles all hated songs like Maxwell, Obla Di Obla Da, Honey Pie, Your Mother would Know, etc.
@@Firefoxy-rz1nw Yes, all true.
I used to love this as a kid, when it first came out. It and Octopus's Garden are two crayons from the same box.
I'm glad your giving your honest opinion, and I can say that I often skipped over this this song when playing the album. That's also a downside of reacting to a whole album instead of finding several of the best songs from each one.
Also, nice early use of Synthesizer/Moog keyboard technology, in a Rock/Pop song! The Beatles were always looking for new, cutting-edge tools/effects/approaches to enhance their music!
good use of an anvil
Such a jolly-sounding little ditty - and it's about a bloody serial killer!
IP, have you heard Paul's "Oh Darling" from this album? It's an incredible song! Very bluesy and rocking! ** Whoops! I see that you did do Oh Darling! OK, good. Glad you did it. Moving forward...how about "I Want You (She's so Heavy)"? That's another great one!
We used to listen to this as kids. Kind of like the old murder ballads modernized. I always loved this tune. My sister had this album on 8-track.
If you picture this song, in your mind, as an old black and white silent movie like the "Key Stone Cops" movies you get the true comedic flavor of this tale about a villain and his escapades.
It’s okay, it’s John’s, George, and Ringo’s least favorite song too, they hated working on it.
My least favorite on the album. Octopus's Garden is about tied. Oh Darling was OK, but could have been better.
Side 2 of Abby Road is mostly a medley, meant to be listened to as one song. I love Maxwell's Silver Hammer. They were always unpredictable. The bang bang sound was roadie Mal Evans hitting an anvil with a hammer.
Princess, I totally agree with you, even though I am a huge Beatles fan and have been for 61 years. If you want to hear a truly funny Beatles song that has a really good story in it, listen to Rocky Raccon.
Maxwell must go free!
Write a song for everybody is the Beatle way and here´s one for the loonies, Altogether now...
Music is subjectve, it either resonates or it doesn't, your absolutely right to express your opinion.
Some have called this song "the song that broke the back of the Beatles". In an interview, John stated Paul was trying to turn this song into a single, which John stated "it was never going to be". But Paul got stubborn about it and dug in on this song. When he asked John if he wanted to sing on it, John declined. After working on multiple takes, Paul asked John again if he wanted to sing on it, to which John replied "I don't think so". John said he had memories of Paul doing take after take on this song with George and Ringo "grinding them into the dust". Ringo said he really hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", stating it was the worst song he ever worked on in the Beatles, while on the Beatles Anthology George stated that "Paul would come up with these songs that were really 'fruity'". George pointed directly to this song as a prime example.
🌸 if you want to know why my generation is kind of crazy and messed up, this song is a pretty good example..lol
The other Beatles did not like this song either. I never did as well but I do like many of Paul's songs. John and George were my favorite song writers.
LOL the thumbnail😭 No one is gonna roast you don’t worry, hopefully, you’re just sharing your opinion, and to be honest many have that same opinion on this one, me included, it’s just one of Paul’s “granny songs”, as John used to describe them. Not everyone has the same taste in music, but that’s why almost everyone like the Beatles, they did so many different genres that there’s something for everyone. I think you might like “I want you (she’s so heavy)” that’s coming up on the album, really good song.
In the same genre: “Martha my dear” also sung by Paul Mac Cartney, about his shepherd dog.
Show tunes ?
The BEATLES ARE TRULY AMAZING 🙂
This was one of my Beatle favorites. Of course, I was a cynical 14 year old at the time. I still love music hall style, even if john didn't like the granny music. 'You Gave me the Answer' is another, fuller example. Note also, very few artists were using synth at this time - leave it to the guys to be on the cutting edge once again.
You are really feeling it
This song can make me grin even on a day that’s not going well.
The funny thing is, back in the 1970s there was a weekend pop show for kids, broadcast on Radio 1 early on a Saturday (and possibly Sunday?) morning, hosted by Ed "Stewpot" Stewart. Presumably because it had a playful, whimsical sound, this song was played pretty often. Looking back on it as an adult, it's baffling that a song about a serial killer was considered appropriate for children!
Itsprincess' Serial Killer Dance 💃💃
McCartney once explained, that the track should be understood as a metaphor. When things are going well, something bad usually happens, that ends it (Bang bang, Maxwell's Silver Hammer on your Head). McCartney could've produced something more impressive and it's not one of the Beatles' masterpieces (but I still find it kind of funny...)
The meaning of the song…. Paul said….It’s symbolic of the unexpected downfalls that life can bring …
I'm not surprised you don't get the tongue-in-cheekiness of this. Oh well.
Whats going on is, whether John or Paul wrote the lyrics, Paul was influenced by records his uncle listened to( thirties toons) and John is influenced by American music.
I agree not my fave lol. But still well written.. Yeah Paul did have his playful tunes like this one and when I’m 64, Honey Pie, and Yellow Submarine
A 1960s exercise in "the incredible lightness of being".
This is a song that comes from a group of boys clowning around in a session . It is goofy.
Great reactions! You can’t listen to Side 2 of Abbey Road 1 song at a time. Everything after Here Comes the Sun is the “Abbey Road Medley”. Split it up into 2 start the second one w Golden Slumbers ..unless u want to do the whole medley in one shot
the other Beatles didn't like it either... especially George, who had a bagful of great songs John and Paul wouldn't allow on the album.. so after the Beatles broke up he proceeded to put them on his solo album All Things Must Pass which is in the running for the best Beatles solo album
Not my favorite song on this album but a cheerful changeup from Paul, it fits right in with the blend of tunes on it. I can't wait when you get to
I Want You, (She"s So Heavy). Enjoy!
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John and George weren't keen on it either Princess, you're in good company 😉
The rest of the band besides paul felt just like you recording it
Lol
Greatest band ever!!🎶🍻
I feel you. I would always skip this song. It reminds me of When I'm 64 but not catchy.
I've been a life long Beatles fan but this is one of only a handful of their tracks that I would skip. None of Paul's bandmates liked it either, it was everything that John and George hated about some of Paul's songs. John called them 'granny' music and George called them 'fruity' songs. Paul made everyone spend endless hours and hours on this track, and really tested everyone's patience to breaking point, even Ringo's who was the most amiable. On an otherwise superb album this was a serious lapse of good taste.
Of course, I think this is a sort of piece of joke by the Beatles. They had that kind of humour.
Liverpool Dark Humor.The boys hated the song, Paul insisted on doing it and spent a lot of time having them perfect it at a time when they were slowly breaking up in 1969. But Ringo [drums] has said without Paul beng the workaholic and pushing them to record after their manager Brian Epstein died in August 1967, they would have never put out the great music that they did. i know it sounds like a song for Halloween doesn't it? Hahaha
LOL... The White Album was all about experimentation. Rocky Raccoon, Octopuses Garden, and this tune are odd, fun, weird and/or silly.
Insanely funny little bit of dark comedy to a bouncy, happy tune is Paul and the rest having a blast. I was just barely 6 and long time Beatlemaniac. This and Octpuses Garden delighted me and made so happy!
It's a great song, what are you talking about?
As as a decades long Beatles fan since the early 80’s, this it one of the few that I don’t like. I don’t actively dislike it (like I do Octopus’s Garden), but it just turns me off. Nothing to do with the subject matter, there’s no reason a person can’t write a good song about a serial killer or anything else related to the human experience, but as a song, I think it is, well, stupid.
Try some music by YES one of the greatest progressive rock groups of all time. You haven't reacted to them at all. Some good ones include "Roundabout", "Close to the Edge", "The Gates of Delirium". "Awaken", "Turn of the Century"... Loads of good ones. I'll subscribe if you do a YES song and so will many other YES fans.
...I think Paul's intention with this song was a good one, giving the album a splash of lightness, mixed with black humour - he had done a similar thing on almost all other albums as well, but I also cringe a bit with this one... don't find it really enjoyable... the good news is, that from here on his song writing and performance on the album is sky-rocking - everything else is legendary!!!
Everybody has different opinions - likes and dislikes - but yeah ... I don't like this song either. It's actually better without lyrics, which are meant to be zany fun. There's a decent handful or two of Beatles songs that I don't like, and aside from the catchy melody, this one goes there. I happened to cite this as an example of a bad song a few weeks ago with a friend, and he said, "What? I love that song!" 🤷♂
That pesky little Maxwell.
They dont like it eather
The Beatles like to paint pictures with their words. The songs may have NO MEANINGS or PERSONAL ties to the song. A lot of times it is a funny story, or just clever turns of phrase and rhymes. John Lennon wrote a little more about his experiences, and Paul McCartney (wrote and sang this song) told lots of stories and wrote lots of "granny songs" as John would put it. Their road manager, Mal Evans, is playing an actual steel anvil with a hammer on the song. The other 3 Beatles HATED this song because of the relentless perfectionism that Paul wanted. John Lennon took a couple days off while they finished recording the song. Even a song about a killer can be funny to the 1969 mindset.
The Beatles last few years (1966-70) instead of focusing on "teeny bopper" dance tunes, they focused on "head music". Songs that were designed to be listened to with headphones, eyes closed, lying on your bed. Head music was not "dance music'. This is why with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin crowds in concert are just staring at the stage, without much dancing or motion.
The songs without meaning just required a lot more IMAGINATION involved in the art form.
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It's not the best song on the Abbey Road album, nor is it a bad song, I find it nice but I prefer Oh Darling or You Never Give Your Money both by Paul
It’s not my favorite either.The Beatles were and still are the best but some of their songs kinda suck. They would be the first to admit some of their songs weren’t up to their standards.
You're right, Maxwell's not the best on the album. Paul was a genius but occasionally fucked up. The other Beatles hated it
I love Beatles music, but not this one! This is Paul McCartney's song, the other 3 reluctantly played on it! Even the GOATS had a few stinkers. Mostly towards the end of the Beatles because they abandoned their earlier rule of all 4 voting on a song. It had to have 4 votes to be passed as good enough to be a Beatles song. They recorded some truly great songs between 67-70, but a few stinkers got through as they starting drifting apart, doing their own projects.
I never liked this song either. Fortunately, there are hundreds of others.
I hate that song.... My least favorite Beatles Song
Who the F are you to tell anyone not to listen to it again?
Weak song on a strong album. Listen to the rest of Abbey Road. It's brilliant.
Not The Beatles best tune. In fact, probably their WORST.
Not a good Beatles song. This one was desperately trying too hard.
This is an example of Paul writing a very old fashioned type of show tune that I also did not like and had no use for whatsoever. Paul wrote a few songs like this, that as far as I’m concerned, aren't worth the time it takes to listen to. Especially considering how many really excellent songs The Beatles did that are incredible. But then there's the ones like Maxwell, When I'm Sixty Four, Honey Pie, All Together Now, Rocky Racoon, probably a couple of others. You can save these songs till the very end after you've already heard all the good ones. Cheers!