# Beatles Question - \`\`Get Back **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279 "2001-01-03T19:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/1 "2001-01-03T19:34:51Z")
In `Get Back", what's that squeaking noise right after Paul says `Get back, Loretta!" I’ve heard it on LP’s, tapes, CD’s (``1"), so it’s not a recording defect, unless it’s present on the original tape, in which case you’d think they’d have filtered it out by now. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/2 "2001-01-03T19:57:27Z")
and furtherance of knowledge. If you’re talking about the sound uttered at precisely 2:00’ into the song on the ‘1’ CD, I would venture to guess that it’s one among many ‘ooo’ Macca was and is particularly fond of, i.e. a short, guttural sound. Nothing more. There are a few other, longer, ones sprinkled in the rest of the song. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/3 "2001-01-03T19:57:58Z")
I think that’s one of the other Beatles yelling, “Ow!” And there’s no reason to think they can always filter out defects, if this is one. They wanted to get rid of the alarm clock on “A Day in the Life” but couldn’t figure out how. Now, it’s part of the song, so it stays. There’s an irritating click after “Tuesday afternoon is neverending” on “Lady Madonna” that never has been removed, though. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/4 "2001-01-03T20:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s an irritating click after “Tuesday afternoon is neverending” on “Lady Madonna” Wow. Impressive. Even with the headphones glued to my ears, there is nay an irritating click to be heard (at least on the ‘1’ CD). Maybe my trusty ears are failing me in my old age. P.S.: For whatever reason, for the longest time I thought that **Ringo** was the singer on _Lady Madonna_. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/5 "2001-01-03T20:12:38Z")
Should have been _nary_ instead of _nay_ of course. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/6 "2001-01-03T20:55:54Z")
You can also hear some sort of toy (a rubber duck?) making squeaking noises at the end of the guitar solo on “Helter Skelter.” I never noticed it 'til I listened to the song on headsets. ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/7 "2001-01-04T00:47:15Z")
There’s a LOT of annoying extraneous noise on “Revolution Number Nine”. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/8 "2001-01-04T02:35:58Z")
Funny, I didn’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/9 "2001-01-04T02:55:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*Funny, I didn’t notice. \*\* Among other things, apparently they had a problem with some dude coming into the studio and repeating “Number Nine” over and over again . . . ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/10 "2001-01-04T03:14:35Z")
No, no, no. He came into the studio and said, over and over to no one in particular, ‘Turn me on, dead man!’. One of the engineers thought: “Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we play this backwards and see what happens…” The rest, as they say, is History. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/11 "2001-01-04T04:03:48Z")
The little noise after the ‘Loretta’ part of _Get Back_ always sounded to me like a rubber squeak toy. I thought Paul’s sheepdog Martha had wandered into the studio. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/12 "2001-01-04T05:52:25Z")
You sure it’s not Yoko screeching in the background? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/13 "2001-01-04T13:59:34Z")
I haven’t listened to any of these in a long time, but is it possible that the squeeks are caused by fingers sliding on wound guitar strings?? ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Me\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/14 "2001-01-04T18:01:15Z")
Don’t know if it’s still on any CD versions of the song, (it could possibly be edited out), but at least on the vinyl copy of “Sgt. Pepper”, during that neverending final note of “A Day in the Life”, the studio microphones were turned up so loud to get that note, you can even hear the air conditioners humming in the background! ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/15 "2001-01-04T18:35:28Z")
Not to mention the creaking of the piano pedal being released… ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/16 "2001-01-06T23:35:52Z")
Could any of you bat-ear-endowed Dopers tell me what is said just before John begins with “There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done…” at the beginning of ‘All you need is love’? ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/17 "2001-01-08T05:10:27Z")
“Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love.” ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/18 "2001-01-08T14:18:05Z")
**don** : I _know_ about the ‘Love, Love, Love, etc.’ part. What I’m looking for are the few words spoken by one of the Beatles about one second before you hear John’s voice. You have to listen very closely. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/19 "2001-01-08T14:37:39Z")
> [@](#): > > **The little noise after the ‘Loretta’ part of _Get Back_ always sounded to me like a rubber squeak toy. I thought Paul’s sheepdog Martha had wandered into the studio.** _Get Back_ was recorded during the rooftop concert. There were no studio sounds. Since it was outdoors, the noise could be almost anything. You also have to remember that the Beatles, at this point in time, didn’t really care about the music. The movie “Let It Be” was intended to show the Beatles as they were naturally, playing and recording their music. That’s why the _Let It Be_ album sat around so long, and was issued **after** _Abbey Road_. (It’s also why there was so much controversy about overproduced album versions of some of the songs, like _Long and Winding Road_). ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279/20 "2001-01-08T15:20:11Z")
There was more than one version of ‘Get Back’ (rooftop and studio), as was the case with ‘Let It Be’, for example (three in all that I can remember - film, LP and 45 RPM). As for the late release of the _Let It Be_ LP, I believe much had to do with legal wranglings (the famous Allen Klein management episode) and internal problems at Apple. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-get-back/48279.md?page=2)