About Me
Side one"Come Together"
Main article: Come Together
"Come Together", the album opener, was contributed by Lennon. The chorus was inspired by a song Lennon originally for Timothy Leary's 1969 campaign for governor of California titled "Let's Get It Together". A rough version of this can be heard in outtakes from Lennon's second bed-in event in Canada. It has been speculated that the verses, described by Lennon as intentionally obscure, refer cryptically to each of the Beatles (i.e. the "He's one holy roller" verse allegedly refers to the spiritually-inclined Harrison). The song was later the subject of a lawsuit brought against Lennon by Morris Levy because the opening line in "Come Together" - "Here come old flat-top ..." was admittedly lifted by Lennon from a line in Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". "Come Together" was later released as a double A-side single with "Something". George Martin has described "Come Together" as a personal favorite among Beatles tracks (in the liner notes to the Love album)."Something
"Something", the second track on the album, later became Harrison's first A-side single. Originally written during the White Album sessions, the first line is based on the James Taylor song "Something in the Way She Moves" (Taylor was signed to Apple at the time). After the lyrics were refined during the "Let It Be" sessions (tapes reveal Lennon giving Harrison some songwriting advice during its composition), "Something" was initially given to Joe Cocker, but was subsequently recorded for Abbey Road. "Something" was Lennon's favourite song on the album, and McCartney considered it the best song Harrison had written. Frank Sinatra once commented that "Something" was his favourite Lennon-McCartney song , the joke being that it was written by Harrison. The song was released on a double-sided single.Harrison was rapidly growing as a songwriter, and with Abbey Road, he gave what are perhaps his most significant contributions to a Beatles album. "Something" became the first Beatles number-one single that was not a Lennon-McCartney composition, while "Here Comes the Sun" has received significant radio airplay despite never having been released as a single. "Something" was sung by McCartney, accompanied for the first part of the song just on ukelele, at Concert for George on the first anniversary of Harrison's passing."Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
Main article: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer", McCartney's first song on the album, was first performed by the Beatles during the Let It Be sessions (as can be seen in the Let It Be documentary)."Oh! Darling"
Main article: Oh! Darling
When recording "Oh! Darling", McCartney attempted recording only once a day, so that his voice would be fresh on the recording.---------------------------------------------"Octo
pus's Garden"
Main article: Octopus's Garden
Starr wrote and sang one song for the album, "Octopus's Garden", his second composition released on a Beatles album. It was inspired by a trip to Sardinia that occurred when Starr left the band for two weeks with his family during the sessions for The White Album. While there, he composed the song, which is arguably his most successful writing effort. While Starr had the lyrics nearly pinned down, the song's melodic structure was partly written in the studio by Harrison (as can be seen in the Let It Be film), although Harrison gave full songwriting credit to Starr. (Harrison and Starr would later collaborate on Starr's solo single "Photograph", and Harrison also probably collaborated with Starr in writing "It Don't Come Easy"). Abbey Road is considered to feature some of Starr's best and most colorful drumming, work which is often listed as an influence by many drummers[citation needed]. The album features his only drum solo in The Beatles' catalogue, on "The End.""I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Main article: I Want You (She's So Heavy)
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)", is a combination of two somewhat different recording attempts. The first attempt occurred almost immediately after the "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions in February 1969 and featuring Billy Preston ..boards. This was subsequently combined with a second version made during the "Abbey Road" sessions proper, and when edited together ran nearly 8 minutes long, making it The Beatles's second-longest released song ("Revolution 9" being the longest). Perhaps more than any other Beatles song, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" reveals a pronounced prog rock influence, with its unusual length and structure, repeating guitar riff, and "white noise" effects; the "I Want You" section has a straightforward blues structure. It also features one of the earliest uses of a Moog synthesizer to create the white-noise or "wind" effect heard near the end of the track. During the final edit, as the guitar riff continues on and on, Lennon told engineer Geoff Emerick to "cut it right there" at the 7:44 mark, creating a sudden, jarring silence which concluded side one of "Abbey Road". The final overdub session for "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" would be the last time all four Beatles worked in the studio together.Side two"Here Comes the Sun"
Main article: Here Comes the Sun
"Here Comes the Sun" is Harrison's second song on the album and one of his best-known songs, written in Eric Clapton's garden while Harrison was "sagging off" from an Apple board meeting (which he considered tedious). It was influenced by the Cream song "Badge" (which was co-written by Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr). While not released as a single, "Here Comes The Sun" has received consistent radio airplay since its release. Joe Brown would later sing it at "The Concert For George"
