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| − | {{cquote|'Taxman' was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. It was and still is | + | {{cquote|'Taxman' was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. It was and still is topical.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison|1980}} |
{{cquote|I brought my old Epiphone electric guitar out, which was like a cheap Gibson in the early days. It's the guitar that I played the opening riff of 'Paperback Writer' on, so it's a lovely guitar. It can be quite varied — sort of horny and hard, like the 'Taxman' solo; that was the other thing I used it on. George let me have a go for the solo because I had an idea -- it was the early Jimi Hendrix days and I was trying to persuade George to do something like that, feedback-y and crazy. And I was showing him what I wanted, and he said, 'Well, you do it.'|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sir_paul_rides_again/page/3 "RollingStone Interview]|2005}} | {{cquote|I brought my old Epiphone electric guitar out, which was like a cheap Gibson in the early days. It's the guitar that I played the opening riff of 'Paperback Writer' on, so it's a lovely guitar. It can be quite varied — sort of horny and hard, like the 'Taxman' solo; that was the other thing I used it on. George let me have a go for the solo because I had an idea -- it was the early Jimi Hendrix days and I was trying to persuade George to do something like that, feedback-y and crazy. And I was showing him what I wanted, and he said, 'Well, you do it.'|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sir_paul_rides_again/page/3 "RollingStone Interview]|2005}} | ||
Revision as of 14:04, 19 August 2011
| "Taxman" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | Revolver | |||
| Released | 5 August 1966 | |||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 20–22 April, 16 May, 21 June 1966 |
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| Genre | Rock, Psychedelic/Acid Rock | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Writer | George Harrison | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Revolver track listing | ||||
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| “ | 'Taxman' was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. It was and still is topical. | „ |
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—George Harrison, 1980 |
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| “ | I brought my old Epiphone electric guitar out, which was like a cheap Gibson in the early days. It's the guitar that I played the opening riff of 'Paperback Writer' on, so it's a lovely guitar. It can be quite varied — sort of horny and hard, like the 'Taxman' solo; that was the other thing I used it on. George let me have a go for the solo because I had an idea -- it was the early Jimi Hendrix days and I was trying to persuade George to do something like that, feedback-y and crazy. And I was showing him what I wanted, and he said, 'Well, you do it.' | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, "RollingStone Interview, 2005 |
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| “ | There was a bit of tension on that session [...] because George had a great deal of trouble playing the solo — in fact, he couldn't even do a proper job of it when we slowed the tape down to half speed. [...] So George Martin went into the studio and, as diplomatically as possible, announced that he wanted Paul to have a go at the solo instead. I could see from the look on Harrison's face that he didn't like the idea one bit, but he reluctantly agreed and then proceeded to disappear for a couple of hours. [...] Paul's solo was stunning in its ferocity — his guitar playing had a fire and energy that his younger bandmate's rarely matched — and was accomplished in just a take or two. It was so good, in fact, that George Martin had me fly it in again during the song's fadeout. | „ |
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—Geoff Emerick, EMI Recording Engineer, Here, There and Everywhere, with Robert Massey, 2006 |
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| “ | I was pleased to have Paul play that bit on 'Taxman.' If you notice, he did like a little Indian bit on it for me. | „ |
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—George Harrison, Guitar Player Magazine interview, 1987 |
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| “ | I remember the day he (George) called to ask for help on 'Taxman,' one of his first songs. I threw in a few one-liners to help the song along because that's what he asked for. He came to me because he couldn't go to Paul. Paul wouldn't have helped him at that period. I didn't want to do it. I just sort of bit my tongue and said OK. It had been John and Paul for so long, he'd been left out because he hadn't been a songwriter up until then. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Playboy Interviews, 1980 |
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| “ | George wrote that and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Playboy Magazine interview, 1984 |
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