![]() It's a crank 'em up AM radio-sounding recording that's just infectious. John from Dallas, TxAlthough, arguably, not really one of their best, I've always liked this one a lot.Clubber Lange from Ocean Gate, NjAwesome tune, but you know John was totally biting "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" with this one.Mem from Melbourne, Australiagreat song & great to sing along to.You can really tell when they sing "tell me why", because the T is split. K from Nowhere, OnJohn and Paul come in early a lot of the time.Barry from Sauquoit, NyA popular title for a song Bobby Vinton, The Belmonts, The Crew-Cuts, Gale Storm, Elvis Presley, Neil Young, & Matthew Southern Comfort all have released records with the title of "Tell Me Why"!!!.Megan from Stevenson, AlOk.I have to say this is MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BEATLE SONG EVER!!! Best album too! xD.Like "Michelle," "It Won't Be Long" and "Back in the USSR," great songs which also never charted, this tune is definitely infectious and yes, very underrated indeed. My former fave was "All My Lovin,'" which amazingly also failed to reach the Top 40 both times it was released. Les from Joplin, MoThis is my favorite Beatles tune too! Unfortunately, it was never released as a single so never charted and I discovered it only just recently.Jim from West Palm Beach, FlI like the shift in key from the brief opening into the chorus.George from Vancouver, CanadaI hear, from my own history (true) a girlfriend who uses tears to try to add veracity to her lies. ![]() And as David from CA pointed out the song swings as well as rocks which makes this song so cool. The fact that Lennon "just knocked it off" is a testament to how truly great the band was. Steven from Lancaster, Pa.Tell Me Why is definitely a very underrated Beatles song.See the American Film Institute restored version of 1996. Steve Shorten reports the original filmprint of A Hard Day’s Night has a different mono mix undocumented by Lewisohn, probably March 3, with the doubletrack vocal mixed differently, noticeably on “well I’m beggin’ on my bended knees, if you’ll only listen to my pleas”. on UAS 6366 is mono except that in the verses it shifts toward the left for the solo call (John solo) and toward the right for the response (group). Stereo has a noise at the very end edited off the others. UK: Parlophone PCS 3058 Hard Day’s Night 1964. US: United Artists UAS 6366 Hard Day’s Night 1964. mono made from 1964, by United Artists.US: United Artists UAL 3366 Hard Day’s Night 1964, Capitol T 2018 Something New 1964.ĬD: EMI CDP 7 46437 2 Hard Day’s Night 1987. UK: Parlophone PMC 1230 Hard Day’s Night 1964. Unusually, Paul sings a lower harmony to John’s lead during the chorus.įrom The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations: John, Paul, and George sing a three-part harmony. The song was part of the ‘studio performance’ sequence, which was filmed at the Scala Theatre, London, on 31 March 1964. “ Tell Me Why” was performed in the Beatles’ debut feature film, A Hard Day’s Night. Its basic structure of simple doo-wop chord changes and block harmonies over a walking bass line “ creates an illusion of sincerity through its sheer attack.” Lennon described the song as resembling “ a black New York girl-group song“. Paul McCartney said: “ I think a lot of these songs like “Tell Me Why” may have been based in real experiences or affairs John was having, or arguments with Cynthia or whatever, but it never occurred to us until later to put that slant on it all.” ![]() Credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was written by John Lennon in either Paris or New York and recorded in eight takes on 27 February 1964. In North America, it was released on both the American version of A Hard Day’s Night and the album Something New. “ Tell Me Why” is a song by the Beatles from their album A Hard Day’s Night.
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