Please Please Me

Live At The BBC

Anthology 1

Autor: Paul McCartney
Sólový zpěv: Paul McCartney
Délka: 2:55

Začátek nahrávání: 11. února 1963

Producent: George Martin

Zvukař: Norman Smith

Hudebníci:
Paul McCartney - zpěv, basová kytara
John Lennon - zpěv, kytara
George Harrison - sólová kytara
Ringo Starr - bicí

Původním záměrem bylo natočit celé album živě, ale sešlo z toho a vše se natáčelo ve studiu. V této skladbě zanechal George Martin alespoň počáteční rozpočítání "one, two, three, four...". Paul skladbu složil při jedné noční cestě domů v Liverpoolu v roce 1961. Původně měl první verš podobu: Well, she was just seventeen, never been a beauty queen... Johnovi se to ale nelíbilo a tak uvažovali o něčem jiném a nakonec John přišel s: you know, what i mean... To byla jasná sexuální narážka a nejen, že se to líbilo všem v kapele, ale i posluchačům. Basovou linku si Paul půjčil ze skladby I´m talking about you Cucka Berryho.

Jde o jednu z pěti skladeb, které Beatles zahráli 9. února 1964 ve slavné Ed Sullivan show. John Lennon ji zahrál i v roce 1974 v Madison Square Garden, kde se k němu přidal Elton John.

Ukázka: I Saw Her Standing There 

Text

Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare,
So how could I dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there
Well she looked at me,
And I, I could see,
That before too long I'd fall in love with her,
She wouldn't dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.
Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her,
Now I'll never dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.
Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her,
Now I'll never dance with another,
Oh since I saw her standing there.
Oh since I saw her standing there.

Well she was just seventeen and you know what I mean
                                      B7
And the way she looked was way beyond compare
   E           E7           A7    C7
So how could I dance with another oh,
       E7      B7       E7
when I saw her standing there

     E7                      A7      E7
Well she looked at me and I, I could see
                                           B7
That before too long I'd fall in love with her
E            E7           A7
She wouldn't dance with another
C7          E7      B7       E7
Oh,  when I saw her standing there

        A7
Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room
                       B7         A7
and I held her hand in mine

        E7
Well we danced through the night
       A7              E7
and we held each other tight
                                        B7
And before too long I fell in love with her
    E          E7         A7
Now I'll never dance with another
C7        E7        B7       E7
Oh, since I saw her standing there

        A7
Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room
                       B7         A7
and I held her hand in mine

       E7
Well we danced through the night
       A7              E7
and we held each other tight
                                        B7
And before too long I fell in love with her
    E          E7         A7
Now I'll never dance with another
C7        E7        B7       E7
Oh, since I saw her standing there
E7              B7       E7
Since I saw her standing there
E7                 E7      B7       E7
Yeah, Well since I saw her standing there