Nowhere Man (song)

December 3, 1965

Nowhere Man (Eng. [ mutatis mutandis ], husband to nowhere ') is the title of a song by the British band The Beatles in 1965 was first published on December 3, 1965 on the album Rubber Soul. . Principal author was John Lennon. Under the same name was released on July 8, 1966, the twelfth British EP of The Beatles. It was published under the copyright of Lennon / McCartney.

Formation

As Lennon Nowhere Man wrote, he stood and Paul McCartney under pressure to leave enough pieces for the upcoming album Rubber Soul. Lennon remarked to the effect that he had tried to write a piece for the upcoming album, but could not think of anything to him in interviews. He had actually given up, when he suddenly became aware of his situation and he "You Nowhere" saw himself as the.

McCartney recalled in his biography at the time of inception of the song:

" The next day I came out to him to compose with him, he absolutely dog ​​on the couch, totally bleary-eyed. It was a real anti - John song, written by John. Only later he told me that he was acting by himself, since he had had the feeling to be in vain. I think it was really about the state of his marriage. It was at a time when he was very unhappy about the course; after all, it led to a very good song. "

Recordings

The recordings for Nowhere Man took place at London's Abbey Road Studios on 21 and 22 October 1965. Producer was George Martin, executive engineer was Norman Smith.

After the group had rehearsed the piece some time on 21 October 1965 created two takes, however, found no further use. The following day the Beatles began with a completely new recording. John Lennon sang lead vocals - which was doubled by means of double-tracking, - and played acoustic rhythm guitar. Paul McCartney played bass guitar and sang background vocals. George Harrison played lead guitar and was also involved as a backing vocalist. Ringo Starr played the drums. The guitar solo was played by Lennon and Harrison together on their recently acquired Fender Stratocaster.

Paul McCartney called Nowhere Man as an example of the small battles that had to discharge the Beatles with the technicians of their recording studios in Abbey Road.

"We were always forcing them into Things They did not want to DO. Nowhere Man what one. I remember we wanted very treble -y guitars, Which They Are, they're among the most treble -y guitars I've ever heard on record. The engineer said ' All right, I'll put full treble on it ' and we said ' That's not enough' and he said ' But that's all I've got, I've only got one pot and that's it! ' And we replied ' Well, did put through another lot of faders and put full treble up on that. And if that's not enough we'll go through another lot of faders and ... ' so we were always doing that, forcing them. "

Publications

In the UK the song appeared on the album Rubber Soul and on the EP Nowhere Man, apart from this item contained three additional tracks on the album Rubber Soul.

Nowhere Man did not appear on the U.S. version of the album Rubber Soul, instead, Capitol Records decided the title on February 21, 1966 release as a single. This single with the song What Goes On on the B - side reached the third place in the U.S. charts as a best placement. On June 20, 1966 Nowhere Man also appeared in the U.S. on the album Yesterday and Today.

Yellow Submarine

The piece was used in the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine, where the song was the inspiration for the character of Jeremy Hilary Boob. It is a small male with fur, pink ears, a hare -like tail and a blue face. When the Beatles Nowhere Man sing, he realizes how pointless his life is.

On the original soundtrack to the film Nowhere Man was not included, but on the new version from 1999, which was published under the title song Yellow Submarine track.

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