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The Beatles — Two Of Us
Album: Let It Be
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Released: 1970
Length: 3:31
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard-earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

'''Spoken:'''
We're going home
Better believe it
Goodbye
Comments (276)add comment
 redbloodchrist wrote:

I hate this fucking song :(


Hate, really?
I can see not liking it, but it just doesn't seem hate-able, somehow.
Ah well, hate away, I guess. 
Posted 5 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I love The Beatles. I do. 
But this song just gets too much airplay, imo. Seems like I hear it every few days or so or maybe I’m hearing a few rebroadcasted segments, but I kind of cringe now when it plays, and I’m usually not in a situation where I can “PSD.” Oh well. I’ll manage somehow. 
Posted 6 months ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
 torontobus58 wrote:
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Posted 7 months ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
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WTF?
Posted 7 months ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
I dont care what Paul said, this song make sense only if he wrote it thinking about John and him.
Posted 7 months ago by Sbed    [ Reply ]
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Posted 9 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
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Posted 9 months ago by torontobus58    [ Reply ]
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Posted 10 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 redbloodchrist wrote:

I hate this fucking song :(



Can you show us on the doll where the song hurt you?
Posted 10 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
A lost, past time that truly brings a tear to remember.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
watch that movie, get back

watch each these guys and look for the one whos pissed off

it aint paul, ringo, or john. not yoko. not linda.
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
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Posted 2 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:


All I said was "I really don't think McCartney needs to lie about who wrote it. He wrote it about him and Linda. "

No need to get your panties in a bunch. Or get defensive.



"Knotted Knickers" is a cool band name...
Posted 2 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
I can't quite explain why but I love this melody and their two simple voices.
Seeing them trying it on the same mic on Peter Jackson's Get Back was amazing  :)
Posted 2 years ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
The Peter Jackson cut of the Let It Be sessions is amazing. This song is particularly interesting, in some of the takes they are sharing a mic looking at each other from less than a foot.
Posted 2 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
 Stratocaster wrote:

Would be a 10 if it started with “I dig a Pygmy, by Charles Hawtrey and the deaf aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats”!



Thank you @BillG. "I dig a pygmy" has been added! THAT is customer service!! And THAT is why I'm a supporter. Jacked it up to a "10" 
Posted 2 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
Would be a 10 if it started with “I dig a Pygmy, by Charles Hawtrey and the deaf aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats”!
Posted 3 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
I didn't get them at first, feeling that the Motown I was listening to was much more polished with better vocals.  As few of you will remember, they covered a lot of standards with their second album. If I'd known the word at the time, I would have thought they did it with a reasonable amount of panache.  To my memory, my third Beatles album was a British "Beatles for Sale" and I loved them until some of the stylish late stuff.    Over, and I was just 16.
Posted 3 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
 redbloodchrist wrote:

I hate this fucking song :(



I hope you will heal from your hurt...
Posted 3 years ago by skossow    [ Reply ]
sure wish i could sing like this
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
this is a dandy

bring on the movie!!!!
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
My wedding song, just a great song about traveling together in love....
Posted 3 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
burning matches ... soon kids will ask what are matchess and what is a raincoat and what is a home
Posted 4 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
 redbloodchrist wrote:
I hate this fucking song :(
 
...but more importantly...how do you really feel?
Posted 4 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 Ropes wrote:
Boy, did I need this today. Thank you, Bill.
 

Posted 4 years ago by stanohlohovec5    [ Reply ]
I hate this fucking song :(
Posted 4 years ago by redbloodchrist    [ Reply ]
Boy, did I need this today. Thank you, Bill.
Posted 4 years ago by Ropes    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

All I said was "Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song".
No need to get your knickers in a knot.
 

All I said was "I really don't think McCartney needs to lie about who wrote it. He wrote it about him and Linda. "

No need to get your panties in a bunch. Or get defensive.

Posted 4 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
I dunno. I came up as each new Beatles song/LP was released and played in heavy rotation in the household, in a blended family where my mom had run off with another man and started another family. I was the tag-along, oldest kid in that mix. This one always reminds me of being the outsider. As wherever they were "going home" wasn't really mine.

Just another interpretation. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
The song that makes you think and remember to hold your partners hand and say thank you
Posted 5 years ago by ai63    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
 
 
Actually I think there is a rule for these sort of things to go alphabetically therefore Lennon/McCartney is correct.
Posted 5 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

All I said was "Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song".

All Beatles songs written by either John or Paul are credited to both. 
PAUL: 
“We had a meeting with [Beatles manager] Brian Epstein. I arrived late. John and Brian had been talking. ‘We were thinking we ought to call the songs, Lennon and McCartney.’ I said, ‘That’s OK, but what about McCartney and Lennon? If I write it, what about that? It sounds good, too,'” McCartney said (via The Telegraph). “They said, ‘OK, what we’ll do is we’ll alternate it: Lennon and McCartney, McCartney and Lennon.’ Well, that didn’t happen. And I didn’t mind.” McCartney eventually viewed “Lennon/McCartney” as “a good logo,” like Rodgers and Hammerstein. “Hammerstein and Rodgers doesn’t work,” he quipped.


Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song.
 I really don't think McCartney needs to lie about who wrote it. He wrote it about him and Linda. 

 
All I said was "Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song".
No need to get your knickers in a knot.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song.
 I really don't think McCartney needs to lie about who wrote it. He wrote it about him and Linda. 

Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 Tomasni wrote:
8 down to 7 
 
Are you insane? This is at least a 10. But then, I rate most Beatles at 10 as they are the standard from which to measure.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 stephw wrote:
1972 - memories of sitting in the back of our Dodge Dart on our way to our annual summer vacation to PEI {#Roflol}
 
Maybe that same summer, I drove my Dodge Dart from northern NJ. to a rock concert in southern Maine. 

Not the Beatles.  Grew up listening to them.  Liked them then.  Like them now.  None better, IMHO.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
8 down to 7 
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
It's about Paul and Linda. McCartney, who wrote it, stated this many times.
 
Both Lennon and McCartney claim to have written the song.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Shaggy27 wrote:
This must have been written way before '70, cause john and paul hated each other in '70....
 
It's about Paul and Linda. McCartney, who wrote it, stated this many times.
Posted 6 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
This must have been written way before '70, cause john and paul hated each other in '70....
Posted 6 years ago by Shaggy27    [ Reply ]
{#Arrowd} okay I'll say "You Never Give Me Your Money" and Lennon's "Sun King" were better
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 

 Skydog wrote:
lots of great songs on this album, to bad it wasn't finished properly
this one for example is better than anything on Abbey Road 


kingart wrote:

Last line here: absolute crap. IMHO. 

 
take away the shiny sparkly production of Abbey Road and then yes I do belive that this song, as a song, is better than any song on Abbey Road

Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
lots of great songs on this album, to bad it wasn't finished properly
this one for example is better than anything on Abbey Road 

 
Last line here: absolute crap. IMHO. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
lots of great songs on this album, to bad it wasn't finished properly
this one for example is better than anything on Abbey Road 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
So much talent....hard to imagine what might have been had they been able to stay together for another decade......
Posted 8 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
They could knock-up a song in minutes and it would be brilliant.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Masters of forever music {#Hearteyes}
Posted 9 years ago by Babette55    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

https://www.thefootballramble.com/images/blog/nigel+framed.jpg

 

It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
And now it's time for a Radio Paradise listener comment quiz!
The famous Beatles song, "Two Of Us", was written by:

1.  Paul McCartney
2.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney
3.  Ringo Star
4.  Pete Best
5.  All of the above 

Correct Answer: #5 All of the above
 
Correct answer is #6: Nigel Tufnel
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Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
OOps...
If everybody (i mean really everybody, because the list grows everyday), why I can not be credited too?
After all I´m old, very old, enough to have did it too...{#Cool}

 rpdevotee wrote:
And now it's time for a Radio Paradise listener comment quiz!
The famous Beatles song, "Two Of Us", was written by:

1.  Paul McCartney
2.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney
3.  Ringo Star
4.  Pete Best
5.  All of the above 

Correct Answer: #5 All of the above 

 


Posted 9 years ago by thais    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
And now it's time for a Radio Paradise listener comment quiz!
The famous Beatles song, "Two Of Us", was written by:

1.  Paul McCartney
2.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney
3.  Ringo Star
4.  Pete Best
5.  All of the above 

Correct Answer: #5 All of the above 

 
I thought Don Knotts wrote this.  Ya' learn something every day.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
And now it's time for a Radio Paradise listener comment quiz!
The famous Beatles song, "Two Of Us", was written by:

1.  Paul McCartney
2.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney
3.  Ringo Star
4.  Pete Best
5.  All of the above 

Correct Answer: #5 All of the above 
Posted 9 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
This song was written by Pete Best and everybody fucking knows it!
 
At least that's what he tells strangers on the street between swigs of malt liquor.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
This song was written by Pete Best and everybody fucking knows it!


 
It's awsome, whoever wrote it.  One of my faves!  {#Mrgreen}
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
This song was written by Pete Best and everybody fucking knows it!

Posted 10 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:
The melody to this song was actually written by Ringo. He met the brittish director and art collector Sir Derek Clive in a bar one night, and Clive asked him to write a tune for the movie he was filming at the moment, called "The mirror never talks back, or does it?". Ringo went up to his room and wrote the melody using George's guitar but when he presented it to Paul and John they turned it down. Ringo has always claimed they stole the tune and just added the words to it. The film completely flopped, btw.

 
dude - this song was one of the first songs lennon/mccartney wrote but they never recorded along w/909....years before they met ringo.

{#Dancingbanana_2} 
Posted 11 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
1972 - memories of sitting in the back of our Dodge Dart on our way to our annual summer vacation to PEI {#Roflol}
Posted 11 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
The song displays the relief felt by McCartney at being able to leave these troubles behind and enjoy uncomplicated moments with Linda.
"As a kid I loved getting lost. I would say to my father - let's get lost. But you could never seem to be able to get really lost. All signs would eventually lead back to New York or wherever we were staying! Then, when I moved to England to be with Paul, we would put Martha in the back of the car and drive out of London. As soon as we were on the open road I'd say, 'Let's get lost' and we'd keep driving without looking at any signs. Hence the line in the song, 'Two of us going nowhere'.

Paul wrote Two Of Us on one of those days out. It's about us. We just pulled off in a wood somewhere and parked the car. I went off walking while Paul sat in the car and started writing. He also mentions the postcards because we used to send a lot of postcards to each other."

Linda McCartney
A Hard Day's Write, Steve Turner

Posted 11 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
One of the first albums my parents bought, everything else was reel to reel. Played it until it wouldn't!{#Whipit}
Posted 11 years ago by Yeoleman    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:

Hahaha, SweTex, you are hilarious!
 
You're not suggesting I'm making this up, are you? {#Liar}{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:

Hmmm..maybe it's out of print. I got it in January 2000, I remember that because I got Paul Mccartneys "Venus and Mars, part Two" at the same time and that's one of my favorite albums of all time.
 
Hahaha, SweTex, you are hilarious!
Posted 12 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:
I looked on Google, Amazon US, Canada and UK and found no mention of this book. 

  SweTex wrote:
 
I got that from a book I found on Amazon called " My life in nylons and suspenders" written by Sir Derek Clive and that particular story's in the fourth chapter. I'm assuming you wouldn't want to call Sir Derek a liar. He used to be a very respected European  director, free form artist, art collector and militant atheist. He tragically died in 1989 from a spider bite.  
 
 
Hmmm..maybe it's out of print. I got it in January 2000, I remember that because I got Paul Mccartneys "Venus and Mars, part Two" at the same time and that's one of my favorite albums of all time.
Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
I looked on Google, Amazon US, Canada and UK and found no mention of this book. 

  SweTex wrote:
 
I got that from a book I found on Amazon called " My life in nylons and suspenders" written by Sir Derek Clive and that particular story's in the fourth chapter. I'm assuming you wouldn't want to call Sir Derek a liar. He used to be a very respected European  director, free form artist, art collector and militant atheist. He tragically died in 1989 from a spider bite.  
 


Posted 12 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:

Now did this happen before or after monkeys flew out of Ringo's ass?
 
I've never heard about that incident so I'm not able to answer your question.
Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
Great Beatles tune written by PAUL.
Posted 12 years ago by rotten    [ Reply ]
{#Jump}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

I have a wall of books about the Beatles and have never, ever come across this fable. Citation required, please, otherwise this gets filed the "complete bullsh*t" circular file.
  
I got that from a book I found on Amazon called " My life in nylons and suspenders" written by Sir Derek Clive and that particular story's in the fourth chapter. I'm assuming you wouldn't want to call Sir Derek a liar. He used to be a very respected European  director, free form artist, art collector and militant atheist. He tragically died in 1989 from a spider bite.  
Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
If I´m not wrong last concert at the rooftop London...
always great{#Notworthy} 
Posted 12 years ago by orquidea    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:
The melody to this song was actually written by Ringo. He met the brittish director and art collector Sir Derek Clive in a bar one night, and Clive asked him to write a tune for the movie he was filming at the moment, called "The mirror never talks back, or does it?". Ringo went up to his room and wrote the melody using George's guitar but when he presented it to Paul and John they turned it down. Ringo has always claimed they stole the tune and just added the words to it. The film completely flopped, btw.
 
I have a wall of books about the Beatles and have never, ever come across this fable. Citation required, please, otherwise this gets filed the "complete bullsh*t" circular file.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
love love love this song, has special meaning to me. 
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
One of the relatively rare true duets from the two musical geniuses.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
got this album some 40 yrs ago - old age and cheap underwear - both creep up on you
Posted 12 years ago by drivingunit103    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP for finding an underplayed Beatles gem that sounds so fresh and current.
Posted 13 years ago by EdmoJoe    [ Reply ]
GLORIOUS - A SOLID TEN
Posted 13 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]

Not from her bum,from her arse.

For you yanks,thats a butt.

The worst job he ever had was retrieving lobsters from Jane Mansfields arse!

 


Posted 13 years ago by kretinburger    [ Reply ]
Not one of my Beatle favs, only gets an 8 which is a dreck rating for the fab four.{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:

Derek and Clive? You know the worst job they ever had? Retreving lobsters from Jayne Mansfield's bum.



dmax...I knew SOMEONE would get that...{#Roflol}
 


Posted 13 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
Silence after listening Beatles is still Beatles!
Posted 13 years ago by guigo    [ Reply ]
Almost 42 years ago....{#Smile} Boy, these Guys ROCKS !

Posted 13 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Not that this is a huge surprise.  I am sitting here, realizing again how truly good the Beatles are.  Even the songs that aren't their hits, are really great.

 
Posted 13 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Gotta cite for this?

 
Nope.

Posted 13 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is so poignant...  it is a great song whether one knows the history of it or not...  I love it every time I hear it...
 
As do I.
Posted 13 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Very underrated song IMO..Still love it.
Posted 13 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:
The melody to this song was actually written by Ringo. He met the brittish director and art collector Sir Derek Clive in a bar one night, and Clive asked him to write a tune for the movie he was filming at the moment, called "The mirror never talks back, or does it?". Ringo went up to his room and wrote the melody using George's guitar but when he presented it to Paul and John they turned it down. Ringo has always claimed they stole the tune and just added the words to it. The film completely flopped, btw.
 
Gotta cite for this?

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:


Please let me know where I can find any of your other fictional wiritng SweTex, this story is quite entertaining .
 
Hehehe.....Are you calling me a liar? {#Roflol}


Posted 13 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:
The melody to this song was actually written by Ringo. He met the brittish director and art collector Sir Derek Clive in a bar one night, and Clive asked him to write a tune for the movie he was filming at the moment, called "The mirror never talks back, or does it?". Ringo went up to his room and wrote the melody using George's guitar but when he presented it to Paul and John they turned it down. Ringo has always claimed they stole the tune and just added the words to it. The film completely flopped, btw.
 

Please let me know where I can find any of your other fictional wiritng SweTex, this story is quite entertaining .
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Everytime I hear another Beatles tune that I haven't heard in awhile I am on one had amazed at the incredible body of work they produced in such a short period of time.....and who knows what might have been had they not broken up.......too bad we'll  never know. 
Posted 13 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
these guys are Good!
Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Love this song. Love this album!
Posted 14 years ago by sandyclaws    [ Reply ]
The melody to this song was actually written by Ringo. He met the brittish director and art collector Sir Derek Clive in a bar one night, and Clive asked him to write a tune for the movie he was filming at the moment, called "The mirror never talks back, or does it?". Ringo went up to his room and wrote the melody using George's guitar but when he presented it to Paul and John they turned it down. Ringo has always claimed they stole the tune and just added the words to it. The film completely flopped, btw.
Posted 14 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
Enjoying the music.  Ignoring the negativity.  Mmmmmm.
Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
8 to 9...
Posted 14 years ago by Coaxial    [ Reply ]
 Poacher wrote:

You have told us seven time on this page alone. 

Fu**ing troll. 
 
dude - lighten up - go poach an egg or something

Posted 14 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
 Bat wrote:
Who wrote this?  My guess is Paul McCartney but he and John Lennon seem to be taking 50/50 vocals.
To the bitter end all songs were credited to Lennon/McCartney but by the time this album came out they hadn't been writing together for years.
 
Both Lennon and McCartney have claimed authorship of the song in separate interviews. My guess is they both contributed and neither wanted to admit it was a collaboration. In this case the Lennon/McCartney credit is probably accurate.

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Who wrote this?  My guess is Paul McCartney but he and John Lennon seem to be taking 50/50 vocals.

To the bitter end all songs were credited to Lennon/McCartney but by the time this album came out they hadn't been writing together for years.
Posted 14 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
 Radio_Dweeb wrote:
I had this song on my list to play at my wedding reception.  The DJ instead took matters into his own hand any played overused top-40 stuff the entire time (probably a pre-set thing they do EVERY wedding).  Disappointing ...
 
I would have fired him on the spot, then whipped out my collection and taken over.{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Jungle_Jim wrote:
I was strumming this song at a backpackers hostel once, and this guy rushed over and joined in supplying the harmonies. He didn't speak any English, and we'd obviously never met, but for the duration of the song it felt like we were old friends together. It was a magic moment, with a very special song.
Nice! Thanks for including us in the memory.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
I was strumming this song at a backpackers hostel once, and this guy rushed over and joined in supplying the harmonies. He didn't speak any English, and we'd obviously never met, but for the duration of the song it felt like we were old friends together. It was a magic moment, with a very special song.
Posted 14 years ago by Jungle_Jim    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:

Sigh!  Oh, all right... I'll give it a 7!  But you can still tell they were fed up with each other!

 
Yes, this is not one of my favorites of theirs - not even one of my favorites on this album.  Guess I was spoiled by their prior output.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is absolutely amazing...  as good as ever...  love it...
 
You have told us seven time on this page alone. 

Fu**ing troll. 


Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This is one of my all-time favorite songs...  as good as it gets...  the Shakespeares of rock-n-roll...
 
From the same era, too.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
even when they couldn't stand each other and were just mailing it in (see: let it be movie) - they could still make great songs and beat any other band hands down.  sad
Posted 14 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
1971. 11pm. Small campfire, Percy Quinn State Park. McComb, Mississippi. My big sister and her mousy friend are playing guitar and singing this song. Not yet interested in adult things, but hearing her friend plaintively singing this song gives me a glimpse into a world apart from childish interests. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da


Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 shawshank wrote:
Good for the ears {#Bounce}
 
just turned on rp and am hearing this.   i need it.  *sigh*  feel so good.

Posted 14 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
Good for the ears {#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
 Jungle_Jim wrote:
A touchingly understated ode to the end of the Beatles (McCartney says it's about him and Linda but it's about the end of something).
 
I love this interpretation! {#Cheers}\

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead...
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
A touchingly understated ode to the end of the Beatles (McCartney says it's about him and Linda but it's about the end of something).
Posted 15 years ago by Jungle_Jim    [ Reply ]
Thank you!  Perfect for a sunny autumn afternoon ...
Posted 15 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

The original of this song is great. I don't like the covers.


Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:

Sigh!  Oh, all right... I'll give it a 7!  But you can still tell they were fed up with each other!
 

You were right the first time.  Even 6 is generous.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 keelo wrote:

If by "this" you mean "Two of Us" you might be right, but Let It Be in general is by no means the "Beatles live with no overdubs". It was certainly intended to be so, but then Phil Spector was brought in to clean up the tapes and he unfortunately brought in tow his "wall of sound" mixing board. Listen to the IMHO overproduced "Let It Be" and the way, way overproduced "The Long and Winding Road". The lads may have recorded without overdubs, but the final production paid no quarter to their efforts. I have often wondered how much better the album could have been if Messrs. Lennon and Co. had stuck with the trusted George Martin and gave him marching instructions to maintain a raw mix. I agree that they were the best, but I would respectfully argue this album did not come off as was so well intended.
 

I really like the outcome of the "overproduced" "The Long And Winding Road".
But, as they say where I come from, "There is no point to argue on taste and smell" (although they are the funnest arguments).
Posted 15 years ago by eladg    [ Reply ]
I had this song on my list to play at my wedding reception.  The DJ instead took matters into his own hand any played overused top-40 stuff the entire time (probably a pre-set thing they do EVERY wedding).  Disappointing ...
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]


The Beatles cover by The Corrs - "The Long and Winding Road" Live

Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
hmmm... I wonder if the Finn brothers ever heard this one growing up.  ;)

so simple and wonderful.   9

 
Neil and his son Liam did a version of this.

Posted 15 years ago by m3rvt    [ Reply ]
My favorite from the album!
Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 keelo wrote:

If by "this" you mean "Two of Us" you might be right, but Let It Be in general is by no means the "Beatles live with no overdubs". It was certainly intended to be so, but then Phil Spector was brought in to clean up the tapes and he unfortunately brought in tow his "wall of sound" mixing board. Listen to the IMHO overproduced "Let It Be" and the way, way overproduced "The Long and Winding Road". The lads may have recorded without overdubs, but the final production paid no quarter to their efforts. I have often wondered how much better the album could have been if Messrs. Lennon and Co. had stuck with the trusted George Martin and gave him marching instructions to maintain a raw mix. I agree that they were the best, but I would respectfully argue this album did not come off as was so well intended.
 

As Nigel Tufnel would say "Well, that's— that's nitpicking, isn't it?"
Posted 15 years ago by johndarb    [ Reply ]
Great song. Love the bridge. {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
This was also the title of a made-for-TV show a few years back about Macca having visited John at the Dakota. I cannot attest as to its total accuracy (only one person knows the real story), but it made for entertaining viewing.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
hmmm... I wonder if the Finn brothers ever heard this one growing up.  ;)

so simple and wonderful.   9

 

Well I know Neill has claimed the Beatles as a major influence on his music.
Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]