IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO KEEP THIS WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING, PLEASE CLICK BELOW. He used a Fender bass on it. Lyrics Begin: I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in, and stops my mind from wandering where it will go. A guy arrived at my front gate and I said, ‘Yes? The composition is structured as follows: intro, verse, verse, bridge, verse, verse (guitar solo), bridge, verse, and outro (fadeout). John Lennon appears as the first to totally discard the “I Want To Hold Your Hand” mentality, constructing his storylines on whatever suited his fancy – anything but romantic relationships. Pepper' (which was maybe why I didn't enjoy that so much), where Paul had fixed an idea in his brain as to how to record one of his songs. If anything this would put lsd in a positive light and there are bits of this song that strongly suggest lsd was part of the reason he decided to fix his life. In the diary of roadie and friend Mal Evans, this entry is found for the day January 27th, 1967: “Started writing song with Paul upstairs in his room, he on piano…Did a lot more of ‘when the rain comes in.’” This insinuation that he co-wrote “Fixing A Hole” with Paul appears to be valid as substantiated by a taped interview Mal made shortly before his death in 1976. Fixing A Hole Paul McCartney Top Paul McCartney Lyrics Band On The Run Don't Let It Bring You Down Same Time Next Year Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five Can't Buy Me Love Treat Her Gently - Lonely Old People The Long & Winding Road Junk Long Tailed Winter Bird Helen Wheels The stereo mix wasn’t created until April 7th, 1967, in the control room of EMI Studio Two by the same Martin, Emerick and Lush team. He wasn't open to anybody else's suggestions. SKU: MN0100564 The rhythm track is predominantly in the left channel while both lead vocal parts from Paul are centered in the mix. The tanks are covered in a coating of zinc, which protects the underlying metal from rust and corrosion. I used to do it more, but I don't as much now because I invited one in once and the next day she was in The Daily Mirror with her mother saying we were going to get married. The first verse is then repeated twice as the song fades away, Paul altering the melody line substantially from what he sang earlier, double-tracked all the way. Sometime in 2016 or 2017, George Martin's son Giles Martin, along with engineer Sam Okell, returned to the master tapes of "Fixing A Hole" to create a new stero mix of the song for release on the various editions for the 50th Anniversay of the "Sgt. Ringo begins playing his full drum kit for the first time here, the first four measures alternating his snare beats with two taps on the tom (somewhat like a slow rumba beat) and then plays a more conventional beat for the next three measures. The first of two recording sessions for the song was at Regent Sound Studio in London on February 9, 1967 in three takes. Many writers have used the word rain to mean the blues. If I want I’ll paint the room in a colorful way. Of course, Ringo was on drums, but the other instruments heard on the rhythm track are harpsichord, bass guitar and maracas. June 2nd, 1967 was the US release date of the album “Sgt. But, as usual, the group has other tricks up its sleeve to make “Fixing A Hole” unique. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I'm filling the cracks that ran though the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go. The “damned studio” that he found was Regent Sound Studio in London where many of the early Rolling Stones hits were recorded, as well as other popular artists. Pepper" 50th Anniversary release in 2017. Paul's vocals are double-tracked throughout the bridge, singing a high pitched single note reminiscent of what John was prone to write (see “Help!” and “Girl” for two of many examples). What it does have, however, is a straightforward pop/rock arrangement using conventional instrumentation, the only eccentric touch being the inclusion of a harpsichord. I’m fixing the hole, I’m fixing the crack in the door, I won’t allow that to happen anymore, I’ll take hold of my life a bit more. Common practice for the past year had them overdubbing the lead vocals and bass guitar, as well as many other things, afterward in order to "fine tune" these performances. Ringo even forgot to stop for the planned "Beatle break" in the eighth measure, remnants of hi-hat and snare inadvertently making it onto the released product. Over … We wrote ‘, ubdued than on the mono mix but the lead guitar passages are more prominent. Last we ever saw of Jesus!”, With Jesus Christ in the corner, The Beatles began their studio time on this day with extensive rehearsals led by Paul, at least six unofficial takes being recorded before they had the arrangement ironed out. It’s all okay, I can do what I want and I’m going to set about fixing things. Pepper” were only available for a short time and are quite collectible today. Then he'd overdub...whatever else." The Beatles may never have performed the song in concert, but Paul did periodically include the song in his 1993 “New World Tour” set list, the tour stretching from February 18th (Milan) to December 16th (Chile). ... SITING IN A TRUNK THATS FLIPPED OVER WHILE ALL THE OTHERS AROUND HIM,BELIEVED TO ANOTHER REFERENCE TO PAUL BEING DEAD,MEANING IN A CASKET. (Thinking for yourself, and being creative.) There he staed: “I stayed with (Paul) for four months and he had a music room at the top of his house with his multi-colored piano and we were up there a lot of the time. “That’s Paul…again writing a good lyric,” John himself stated in 1980. So, would you mind?’ I didn’t mind, because I was so in love with the group that it didn’t matter to me. The result is nothing less than imaginative and articulate for its time. People just make it up! “It’s pretty much my song, as I recall,” Paul himself stated. Mending was my meaning. Five attempts at the mono mix was made (for some reason labeled remixes 2 through 6), an edit of remix 3 and 6 being used for the final product. Therefore, the bass John could have used on this session was the right-handed Burns Nu-Sonic which was used by the band in 1966.) After all, with phrases like “I get high” and “I’d love to turn you on” peppered through the album, as well as the supposed de-coding of the title “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” to stand for LSD, it was not a far jump to say this song concerned getting a “fix” by shooting heroin. The Lyrics for Fixing a Hole by The Beatles have been translated into 6 languages. George Harrison was also quick to follow suit, focusing primarily on higher consciousness-attaining subjects. There has been some question through the years as to the identity of the players of the instruments. Unusually, they reverted back to the recording technique of the early Beatles sessions by recording the lead vocals live right along with the rhythm track. Galvanized water tanks are relatively sturdy and cheap, making them useful for such applications as watering livestock and storing large amounts of water. As tantalizing as “Here, There And Everywhere” and “Good Day Sunshine” are, he didn’t stray too far from the "romance" formula. This can happen though meditation. We are really a hot item and we don’t want to make it ‘Lennon  / McCartney / Evans. Rate These Lyrics 3 Votes And, while engineer Richard Lush wasn’t present on this day, he is quoted in Andy Babiuk’s book “Beatles Gear” as saying: "I do remember that Lennon played the bass on that track. Ringo plays more vibrantly on his full drum kit for the bridge as John’s bass bounces along effortlessly but simply in an alternating two-note pattern performed while singing lead vocals simultaneously during the recording of the rhythm track. The “Sgt. You’ll get your royalties and all that, because Lennon and McCartney are the biggest thing in our lives. This being done, they recorded overdubs, which comprised Paul double-tracking his lead vocals in strategic spots, George Harrison adding his lead guitar part and then double-tracking it, George Martin performing an additional harpsichord part, and John and George performing backing vocals. Does it mean what we think it means? Two interesting US vinyl reissues of the “Sgt. Another thing that you can see is that many old people at the time were really conservant people, who wouldn't agree the youth's use drugs, music and other things. I knew myself what had happened.”, On February 9th, 1967, about two weeks after the song was finished being written (according to Mal Evans’ January 27th diary entry), the group entered the studio to work on the song. Like ‘Got To Get You Into My Life,’ it is described by Paul as ‘another ode to pot,’ the drug that got him out of the rut of everyday consciousness and gave him the freedom to explore.”, Paul himself then explains: “’Fixing later became associated with fixing heroin but at that time I didn’t associate it really. So, who played what? This, of course, would leave the maraca playing to be by George Harrison, his lead guitar work being added in later as an overdub. Or stated otherwise, Mr. McCartney was super stoned throughout the era in which he wrote this song and at the time was a known advocate of grass smoking. It was decided, at this point anyway, that overdubs would be perforrmed onto what they here stipulated as 'take two. I wonder if he played a game with Jesus in-between takes? I introduced him to the guys. The interesting mono mix of “Fixing A Hole” is finally available again, thanks to the remastered box set “The Beatles In Mono.” This deluxe set also hit the market on September 9th, 2009. It was the idea of me being on my own now, able to do what I want. And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right where I belong I'm right where I belong See the people standing there Who disagree and never win It was the idea of me being on my own now, able to do what I want. His lead (and possibly harmony) vocals are done effortlessly as usual, his harpsichord work showing his usual keyboard talents. For those wanting to hear it with the warm vinyl sound they remember in 1967, the CD was remastered and re-released on September 9th, 2009. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right Where I belong I'm right Where I belong See the people standing there who disagree and never win And wonder why they don't get in my door I'm painting a room in a colorful way … Interestingly, the first chord heard in the verse is F major but then it switches immediately into a minor key for the remainder of the verse. The drums are a little more subdued than on the mono mix but the lead guitar passages are more prominent. Pepper” formula, he threw off these shackles (at least temporarily) for his eccentric “Fixing A Hole.” Like Lennon’s “Tomorrow Never Knows” and Harrison’s “Love You To” from the previous year, listeners were now also scratching their heads about this McCartney track. singing harmonized “ooh”s in the first four measures and “dit, dit” in the last four (not the naughty “tit, tit” as heard in “Girl”). Intro:) F C+ Fm7 Bb9 F C+ Fm7 Fm6 I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in and Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 stops my mind from wandering where it will go. And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong. Pepper" album was released based on the superior mono mix of 1967. George Harrison then comes in for the first time in the seventh and eighth measure with his descending double-tracked guitar phrase. Print and download lead sheets for Fixing a Hole by The Beatles Includes complete lyrics in F Major (transposable). Still with me? Song meanings ©2003-2021 lyricinterpretations.com. The hole represents government and school which keeps your 'mind from wandering.' Apparently, this idea didn’t work out as planned and they dropped it, probably due to do sonic difference between combining recordings done at two different studios. The album continued to be reissued in the US on vinyl throughout the years. Where it will go. Another very possible inspiration to the song lyrically, although not confirmed, is in the 1956 Elvis Presley song “We’re Gonna Move,” which contains the words “Well, there’s a hole in the roof where the rains pours in.” Being the huge Elvis fans that The Beatles were, these lyrics are too close to those in “Fixing A Hole” to not have been thought of, if not subconsciously. Paul adds one more double-tracked “, however: Paul enjoys allowing his mind to “, June 2nd, 1967 was the US release date of the album “, The Beatles may never have performed the song in concert, but Paul did periodically include the song in his 1993 “. Wanting to be free enough to let my mind wander, let myself be artistic, let myself not sneer at avant-garde things. var opts = { The song alternates between the key of F minor (in the verses) and F major (in the bridges) in basically 4/4 time. With the maracas prominent in the mix through the fade-out, George continues playing his descending guitar phrase throughout all of the measures of the second repeat of the concluding verse, syncopating the phrase in the third and fourth measures in the rhythm track while playing it straight during the double-tracking, creating an interesting back-and-forth effect. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall, writing in the magazine “The Beatles Monthly,” claims to have witnessed Paul playing the distinctive harpsichord part. They know I’ve got a farm, they know it has a roof, they know I might be given to handyman tendencies so it’s a very small leap for mankind…to make up the rest of the story.”. This stereo mix fades a little sooner so as not to hear the “hey” exclamations as heard on the mono mix. From the Album: The Beatles - Sgt. The guitar solo verse is next with all instruments playing as if it was a regular vocal verse. While not making too many people’s "Favorite Beatles’ Songs" list, and also not known for getting much radio airplay, it nonetheless stands the test of time as a strong group performance. If I want I’ll paint the room in a colorful way. Both tracks of George’s lead guitar are panned to the right channel as are the background vocals of John and George. 'Take three,' which is contained on this reissue as a bonus track, shows that the obvious musician playing the harpsichord on the song is Paul as Neil Aspinall remembered, him singing lead vocals at the same time. I said, ‘Well, you’d better come in then.’ I thought, Well, it probably isn’t. 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