Yer Blues - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Yer Blues

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"Yer Blues" Is A Song By The Beatles The Second Song On The Third Side Or Second Disc Of The Beatles Also Known As The White Album. It Is Credited To Lennon/McCartney But Was Written By John Lennon While In Rishikesh India. Lennon Said In A Rolling Stone Interview That He Used The Humorous Title As Something Of A Defence Mechanism So That If Anyone Criticised The Song He Could Write It Off As A Parody. The Lyrics Are Extremely Suicidal And Include References To Bob Dylan's "Ballad Of A Thin Man" As Well As Cosmology And Were Possibly Reflective Of Lennon's Well-Documented Battles With His Psychological Demons. In The Original Demo Of The Song Lennon Sings I Feel So Insecure Now Just Like Dylan's Mr. Jones As Opposed To Suicidal. "Yer Blues" Was Recorded In EMI Studio Two's "annexe" Which Was Actually A Large Closet In The Control Room. In Interviews For The Beatles Anthology Series Ringo Starr Affectionately Recalls Recording This Song In The Stripped-Down Conditions Saying It Was Like The Old Days Of Beatles Live Performances. The Stripped-Down Bluesy Nature Of The Song Bears Similarity To Much Of Lennon's Early Solo Output Including "Cold Turkey" And His 1970 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Album And Marks A Retreat From Lennon's Concern With Studio Experimentation That Marked Such Songs As "Tomorrow Never Knows" And "Strawberry Fields Forever".