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Encyclopedia > And Your Bird Can Sing
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
"And Your Bird Can Sing" cover
Song by The Beatles
from the album Revolver
Released August 5, 1966
Recorded April 6-June 21, 1966
Genre Rock
Length 2:01
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
Revolver track listing
Good Day Sunshine
(8)		 "And Your Bird Can Sing"
(9)		 For No One
(10)

"And Your Bird Can Sing" is a song by the British rock and roll group The Beatles, released on their 1966 album Revolver (but on Yesterday...and Today in the U.S.). The songwriting credit is Lennon-McCartney, though the song was written solely by John Lennon. The working title was "You Don't Get Me". The song, with references to "green birds", "prized possessions," and "seven wonders" seems to be an inspired psychedelic vision of reality. Lennon was later very harsh on the song, referring to it as an embarrassment and a throwaway, "fancy paper around an empty box". But Lennon's often fickle judgement of his past is too hard on the song, which endures as one of The Beatles' many vibrant and inventive works from this period, and a favourite of fans. Cover of The Beatles album Revolver. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... Good Day Sunshine is a song by the Beatles on the album Revolver. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... Yesterday . ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ...


The song itself has a guitar sound similar to that found on the rest of Revolver, and a dual-harmony lead guitar intro played by George Harrison and Paul McCartney (along with his usual bass guitar contributions). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. ...


A Byrds-like version of the song featuring 12-string guitar was recorded on April 20, 1966, but this was scrapped and the group recorded the album version on April 26. This rejected version is heard on the Anthology 2 album, and features a vocal track in which Lennon and McCartney are giggling hysterically. While the Anthology liner notes do not go into detail into what has caused this (the original tape, the liners say, does not indicate why they are laughing), some have suggested that they were under the influence of marijuana at the time of recording. L-R: David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn The Byrds were an American rock music group founded in Los Angeles, California in 1964 by singers and guitarists Jim McGuinn (he later changed his name to Roger McGuinn), Gene Clark, and David Crosby. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... The Beatles Anthology 2 is an album released in March 1996, and includes rarites and alternatives tracks from the sessions for Help! through the sessions for Magical Mystery Tour and singles they were planning to release before their trip to India in 1968. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...


A number of incidents have been proposed as inspirations for the song's cryptic lyrics. Prior to the Revolver sessions, Lennon had received a singing mechanical caged bird as a gift from his first wife Cynthia, which he took as a horrible metaphor of his unhappy marriage. While high on marijuana, McCartney had reportedly jotted down that the secret of life was in "seven levels" ("seven wonders" in the song), which later became a joke with the group. The song is also sometimes said to be a message from John to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, in reference to Jagger's pop star girlfriend ("bird" in slang) Marianne Faithfull. The popular Beatles-influenced band The Jam covered this song as a B-side. The Georgia-based college band Guadalcanal Diary also covered this song, released as a CD bonus track on their 1987 album 2X4 Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Marianne Faithfull on the cover of her album A Secret Life Marian Evelyn Faithfull[1] (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... You may be looking for one of the following three articles: Guadalcanal Diary (band) Guadalcanal Diary (film) Guadalcanal Diary (book) ...


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Yesterday . ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

References

  • Turner, Steve. A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 0-06-095065-X

External links

  • Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "And Your Bird Can Sing"
The Beatles
John Lennon | Paul McCartney | George Harrison | Ringo Starr
Pete Best | Stuart Sutcliffe
Management
Brian Epstein | Allen Klein | Neil Aspinall | Apple Records
Production
George Martin | Geoff Emerick | Norman Smith | Phil Spector | Abbey Road Studios | Jeff Lynne
Official studio albums
Please Please Me (1963) | With the Beatles (1963) | A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Beatles for Sale (1964) | Help! (1965) | Rubber Soul (1965) | Revolver (1966)  | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) | Yellow Submarine (1969) | Abbey Road (1969) | Let It Be (1970)
Filmography
A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Help! (1965) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | Yellow Submarine (1968) | Let It Be (1970)
Related articles
Line-ups | Bootlegs | Discography | Love (Cirque du Soleil) | Lennon/McCartney | Anthology | Influence | The Quarrymen | London | Beatlemania | Fifth Beatle | Paul is dead | British Invasion | Apple Corps | Northern Songs | Yoko Ono | Billy Preston | Tony Sheridan | Chas Newby | Jimmy Nicol | Mal Evans
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And Your Bird Can Sing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (433 words)
"And Your Bird Can Sing" is a song by the British rock and roll group The Beatles, released on their 1966 album Revolver.
The song, with references to "green birds", "prized possessions," and "seven wonders" seems to be an inspired psychedelic vision of reality.
The song is sometimes said to be a message from John to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, in reference to Jagger's pop star girlfriend ("bird" in slang) Marianne Faithfull.
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