The ticking in blackbird is not a metronome

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The ticking in blackbird is not a metronome

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The ticking in blackbird is not a metronome but is paul macartney tapping each of his feet that is why it is two tone and sounds like a metronome. I found this on the if these walls could sing documentary.
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Bambam34 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:56 pm The ticking in blackbird is not a metronome but is paul macartney tapping each of his feet that is why it is two tone and sounds like a metronome. I found this on the if these walls could sing documentary.
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I wish he hadn't. That noise has always ruined the song for me. To this day it is one of the Beatles songs I don't play.

Also, someone on SHF pointed out that the loud, low brassy instrument that comes in halfway through It's All Too Much is actually a "Tubon" an early synthesizer. There's a photo of Macca playing it.
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