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[edit] The Intro

First of all, I'm not sure the intro of this song is so very "unusual", as the article states, though it is notable. But prior to the advent of pop/rock, many songs had these unrelated/unrepeated introductions. It would be called the "verse", while what we now call a "verse" would be called something else. In the days when published sheet music was on an equal footing with recordings, the "verse" would be marked as optional! Paul McCartney has talked about this in relation to "Here, There, and Everywhere", which, you'll notice, has this very same feature. It's not even that unusual for the intro/"verse" to be in a different key. I would say, no offense to the author of this article, but one needs to listen to older music, other than pop, to fully understand how The Beatles developed. They spent a lot of time in the Hamburg clubs playing old oldies, what were considered "oldies" in 1963. If you become familar with this old material, certain things about The Beatles will seem less innovative (though no less enjoyable).
Secondly, I don't think it's particularly worthwhile to describe the intro as "a series of descending barre chords". That's only applicable to the guitar -- it's not a musical observation, it's a practical matter. They're only barre chords because no open chords exist for chords like Ebm or Bbm9. Let's not make it out like this is further evidence of Lennon's genius.
Third, what on Earth is "unusual" about a D ninth? Again, it's only unusual if you only listen to rock. A ninth chord is common as dirt outside of rock music. I would think the G minor sixth might be more notable (there is a Gm6, isn't there? I know it's a Gm of some sort.) You wanna talk about "unusual" chords, check out whatever Brian Wilson was doing at the time. Or maybe Burt Bacharach.
Fourth, I just wanted to comment that I've never heard anything but the version in which Paul's harmony vocal cracks all to hell (on "... was in vain"). There's a better version, but the stations don't play it? How absolutely rotten of them. It's that old stereo vs mono thing again, isn't it? Part of the reason I'm not more of a Beatles fan than I am is how wretched and tacky their stereo albums sound up 'til Sgt. Pepper (and when I was a kid, in the pre-CD era, you couldn't find the UK mono editions!) I'm afraid this comment doesn't help the article any, however. Thanks for reading.
--63.25.4.206 (talk) 08:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)