The Beatles - Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End

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I made this video. I'm actually quite proud of it. "Golden Slumbers" (based on lyrics but not the music of Thomas Dekker's 17th-century song of the same name), "Carry That Weight" which features chorus vocals from all four of The Beatles, although Lennon was in hospital at the time of the primary recording because of a car accident with Ono, his son Julian and Ono's daughter Kyoko—he recorded his vocals at a later date), and the climax, "The End". The latter is notable for featuring Starr's only drum solo in The Beatles catalogue. Starr hated solos and had to be persuaded to do it. It was even edited down several bars from its original recorded version. Toward the end of the song, immediately prior to "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" line played over piano chords, are nine bars or measures of guitar solo: the first bar is played by Paul McCartney, the second by George Harrison, and the third by John Lennon, then the sequence repeats. Each had a distinctive style which McCartney felt reflected their personalities: McCartney's playing included string bends similar to his lead guitar work on Another Girl from the Help album; Harrison's was melodic yet technically advanced and Lennon's was stinging and had the most distortion. Immediately after Lennon's third solo the piano chords of the final line "And in the end...." begin.

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time

I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down

Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time

Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 15, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Author: Matty06P

Length: 00:05:25
Rating: 4.93
Views: 304685

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Video Comments:
lilyannavalos (January 9, 2009 at 1:08 am)
i love the beatles, tenia muchisimas ganas de escuchar golden slumbers todo el dia la estuve tarareando
paul20motorbikes (January 7, 2009 at 8:24 am)
Fantastic. Thats it.
RAYJAGAN (January 7, 2009 at 5:53 am)
really artistic...
smittersmitter (January 6, 2009 at 10:44 pm)
I never looked more foward to a bands next album than with the Beatles. They always produced ground breaking high fidelity music and I miss that.
Chiffon56 (January 6, 2009 at 7:05 pm)
"And in the end... the love you take, is equal to the love you make." I've heard that John Ritter had that put on his tombstone. I want that on MINE, too.
myenglishland (January 4, 2009 at 8:31 am)
they do, it still gets sent to the person you reply to, it just doesn't go underneath their comment anymore because otherwise newer comments might go off the 1st page before older ones. that's the only reason
ludovicky11 (January 4, 2009 at 8:17 am)
what they made for me was huge
their songs take a weight off me
evablunt420 (January 3, 2009 at 1:55 pm)
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH, THANX!!!!!
juffan (January 2, 2009 at 3:09 pm)
smiles await you when you rise..... or smiles awake you when you rise.  Await makes more sense i thinks
Dawnforge (January 7, 2009 at 10:10 pm)
Awake. The lyrics are based off on a lullaby by Thomas Dekker, a British poet from the 16th century.