1 Overlooked Gem Song From Every Beatles Album
1. Two Of Us - Let It Be
Given that the Get Back documentary gave us hours of footage from the Let It Be recording sessions, with the band going over take after take of each song, none of them feel entirely overlooked right now.
Nonetheless, when people talk about this Paul-led album, it’s generally the title track, Get Back, and The Long And Winding Road that get the plaudits. Paul also contributed Two Of Us, an upbeat electric track that evolved into a gentle acoustic strummer, powered along by Ringo’s brisk drumming and topped off with Everly Brothers harmonies.
“You and I have memories, longer than the roads that stretches out of here.” John and Paul harmonise the song's verses and then Paul croons the above words and it’s hard not to think of their own relationship, which has been described as the greatest romance of the 20th century, and the fact that at this point their friendship and songwriting partnership has much more time behind it than there is left.
Yes, any knowledgeable Beatles fan will tell you the song isn’t really about John and Paul, it’s about Paul’s new love Linda. While it’s true that those lyrics about Sunday driving and wearing raincoats in the sun were written with the future Mrs McCartney in mind, the meaning of a song evolves in the studio.
Watch John and Paul stare into each other’s eyes as they sing this song (and third man George Harrison quietly fuming in the background) and try to kid yourself they weren’t singing to and thinking about each other.
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