Well it was made using a solid state console but that alone doesn't explain the relatively huge amount of hiss. I've just remembered there's a new mix of Something on 1+ and that definitely has less hiss than the original, although it's still noticeable. It does have some weird distortions that aren't present in the original mix though, e.g. drum hit and guitar strum after "Attracts me like no other lover". I don't hear those distortions on the Rock Band multitracks either so who knows why they exist in the 1+ stereo and 5.1 mixes.
I thought it was like a cross between Post Office (back then telegrams were often used to get messages through before there were answering machines on phones), and a play on Bed & Breakfast (B&B), which rhymes nicely with "tea"
I’m surprised. To me the local Bird and Bee is so obviously a pub. Interesting to hear so many interpretations. Is there a US/Brit line here?
Common enough today, the pairing of words in the name of an inn or tavern was rare before the mid-17th century, but by 1708 had become frequent enough for a pamphlet to complain of 'the variety and contradictory language of the signs', citing absurdities such as 'Bull and Mouth', 'Whale and Cow', and 'Shovel and Boot'. Two years later an essay in the Spectator echoed this complaint, deriding among others such contemporary paired names as 'Bell and Neat's Tongue', though accepting 'Cat and Fiddle'. A possible explanation for doubling of names is the combining of businesses, for example when a landlord of one pub moved to another premises. Fashion, as in the rise of intentionally amusing paired names like 'Slug and Lettuce' and 'Frog and Firkin' (see Puns, Jokes and Corruptions below) in the late 20th century, is responsible for many more recent pub names.
So finally had an optimum listening night for the remix discs ( empty house etc) and .. I really enjoyed this new version , some songs noticeably crisper and harder guitars , johns songs and vocals really shining thru , favourite new mix being dear prudence and cry baby cry . Dont think it will displace the original mono mix for me , but a lot of fun . Certainly prefer to the standard stereo mix . Pleasantly surprised Might try and grab a vinyl copy now too
"The local bird and bee" implies that it isn't a pub to me. Every town would have to have a pub called The Bird & Bee for that to make sense. I think it's just a nonsense line based on B&B as in 'bed and breakfast' (guest house).
I think your logic is flawed on the first sentence as not every pub would have to be named The Bird and Bee. The bird and bee could be a pub in just one town, but Lennon could be referring to the name generically, as in your local pub (whatever its name) which is like my local pub named The Bird and Be. But I do agree with your second sentence. I've always thought it was a Lennon nonsense line based on B & B (bed and breakfast). The idea of a local 5 and dime (local variety store) also comes to mind.
I'm from the Philippines. I first heard the song when I was seven. Back then I knew "the local Bird and Bee" was referring to a pub.
It's hard to believe they won't offer this, isn't it? Maybe this is something for after the first of the year?
They could have made the remix in the box set white and increased its desirability while leaving the standalone black.
That would have been cruel! But yeah, an all-white vinyl box would have been absolutely mega. A limited, numbered, white vinyl standalone will do me now though. Surely they have to do it at some point? I mean, c'moooooooooooooooooooooon.....surely?! How can they possibly not?!!
Yeah, but it is meant as “the local (insert generic pub name)”. Not that they would all literally have that name.
That's what I said! Reminds me of the story of Jimmy Page & Peter Grant sending umpteen dozen telegrams to John Bonham's local pub trying to lure him into joining the "New Yardbirds"
I believe it was confirmed by one of our insiders that there will not be a colored vinyl pressing of the remix.
FWIW, from: BRITGUIDE---an introduction to Britishisms in the Beatles' Lyrics "The local Bird and Bee - a typical-sounding name (The Bird and Bee) for a local pub, in this case an imaginary one to fit the imaginary kingdom about which Lennon writes. It's also common to use the term "the local" for same, as in "I'm just off down the local for a quick half" ( = half-pint of beer, lager, bitter, etc.)."
