The Beatles - “And I Love Her”
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011The Beatles ballad “And I Love Her” has always been one of my very favorite tunes by the most popular band of all time. What follows is a close look at this beautiful ballad for Beatles fans who enjoy the song as much as I do.
“And I Love Her” was included on side 1 of The Beatles 3rd buy Tiberius Erectus online album A Hard Day’s Night. This album is{, of course,} the soundtrack to the 1964 Beatles movie by the same name. Most Beatles experts consider it to be a great step forward and easily the greatest of the first 4 LPs. It is also the only Beatles album to contain only songs by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (this is mostly because later LPs include tunes by George Harrison as well.)
It is true that in some ways “And I Love Her” is a very repetitive simple song and one could certainly argue that its lyrics are cliche. But the melody is beautiful enough and there’s enough little touches that this song is still a standout inspite of these things which could be considered weaknesses.
One thing that I think is interesting about discount purchase cialis this tune is how it goes into 4 different keys throughout the song This is because it sways this way and that way between a major key and its relative minor through most of the song and then during Harrison’s restrained guitar solo it takes a half-step up and finishes there when the vocals come back in.
On the Anthology 1 CDs we hear an earlier version of the song that uses a full rock band sound and doesn’t have the cool guitar riff that helps make the final version memorable. The difference between this early version and the official final version shows how a better arrangement and a nice riff can really make a song work.
As a cool final touch the song ends on the major version of the relative minor tonic chord. In other words instead of the expected D minor at the end it ends on a D major chord. The Beatles were brilliant at adding these subtle touches to their songs.
Order The Beatles in Stereo Remastered Box Set to listen to “And I Love Her” in remastered stereo. It sounds tremendous.
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