Composite and conceived by Paul McCartney, track came out on the album Abbey Road (1969) and featured a roadie of the band “Touching” Bigorna
The recording of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” Perhaps it was one of the most critical moments in the trajectory of Beatles. Composed and idealized by Paul McCartneythe music was simply hated by John Lennon And it gave a work to be registered in the studio.
For the start of conversation, John called her “Another song by Grandma de Paul”second Geoff Emerickband sound engineer. He didn’t want the track to enter the album Abbey Road (1969).
George Harrison and Ringo StarrEven though I was unclesy, they were convinced to make vocal harmonies. They also played their respective instruments.
However, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” Also had the producer George Martin in the Hammond organ and A curious special participation: Roadie Evans assuming an anvil as an unusual instrument, according to Geoff Emerick (via Music Radar).
“For the hammer pieces, we had to rent a real blacksmith anvil. The thing weighed a ton, as well as the hammer used to blow it. Ringo tried, but couldn’t lift the hammer so that he would beat him in the anvil at the right time, so Mal Evans (one of the Beatles roadies), who was a big man, ended up doing so.”
Geoff Emerick likes “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
Particularly, Geoff Emerick likes music and says he has good memories of his work to record it in the studio. The engineer highlights experimentation with new sounds and instruments:
“Another thing was the moog synthesizer soils in the middle and in the end, which sound almost like a Theremin. Moog was a new and fascinating instrument for everyone – George (Harrison), in particular, loved working with him – but Paul (McCartney) touched these soils. He stirred until he got a really amazing space sound that worked very well.”
As we know, Paul won the internal dispute with John Lennon. “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” was inserted in the repertoire of Abbey Roadone of the most acclaimed works of the Beatles.
The theme of the letter
The lyrics of the song speaks of a student called Maxwell Edison who becomes a killer and commits his crimes using a hammer. In Paul’s words, this was an analogy for times when “Something goes wrong out of nowhere, as with such frequency” in life.
Read the translation of the letter of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” (via letters.mus.br):
“Joan was funny, studying sciences
Patapaphic at home
Nights in clear, alone with your test tube
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Maxwell Edison, Graduating in Medicine
The league on your phone
I can take you to the cinema
John-Oa-Oan?
But while she got ready
Heard a knock on the door
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Get down on his head
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure she had died
Back to school, Maxwell is dizzy again
The teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid a scene
It will be displeased
She tells Max to stay in class after the end of the class
So he is left behind
Writing fifty times: I can’t be
ASSI-I-I
But when she turns to the boy
He appears behind her
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Descended on his head (do, do, do, do)
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure she had died
The police 31 says: We took a bad guy
Maxwell is alone
Trying to defend yourself
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Rose and Valerie shout from the gallery
They say he needs to be released (Maxwell needs to be released)
The judge does not agree and tells the
Her-a
But while the words come out of your lips
A noise comes after him
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Get down on his head
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure he had died
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Silver hammer “
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