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Blue Jay Way Lyric Interpretation
Topic Started: Nov 6 2013, 10:35 PM (268 Views)
meaning-less
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On the second verse of Blue Jay Way, and periodically throughout the track, very strange and ethereal sounding "lyrics" can be faintly heard in the background over George's lead vocal. These are voices to be sure, but it's very difficult to understand what the voices are saying. Any clue?
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RockySassoon
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meaning-less,Nov 6 2013
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On the second verse of Blue Jay Way, and periodically throughout the track, very strange and ethereal sounding "lyrics" can be faintly heard in the background over George's lead vocal. These are voices to be sure, but it's very difficult to understand what the voices are saying. Any clue?

Just had a look in the "Recording the Beatles" book. While mixing the track for stereo, they flew in a backwards version of the whole song and faded it up at various points. This could be what you're referring to.
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namralos
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Yes. The stereo mix contains elements of the song BACKWARD.
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muffmasterh
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having been brought up with the mono ep first hearing the song in stereo was a shock.....almost as big as when i heard Thank you girl...
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I've been listening to the stereo version for 20 years before I got to hear the mono one...
Everywhere on the net (and in some books) you read that stereo mixes were merely regarded as a side note and done very quickly without much effort. I always believed that this doesn't hold true - at least for the 66-68 period. As in the case of Blue Jay Way - why would anyone bother to do extra work on a stereo mix if it's considered to be rather unimportant in comparison?
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