Post by RockoRoll on Apr 16, 2014 6:14:47 GMT -5
Hey Bulldog
from the album: Yellow Submarine (1969)
Released: 13 January 1969 (US), 17 January 1969 (UK)
Recorded: 11 February 1968
Genre: Rock
Length: 3 min 14 sec
Label: Apple Records
Writer(s) : Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s) : George Martin
Release history
Written by John Lennon (but credited to Lennon & McCartney), the song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional video, and is one of the few Beatles songs to revolve around a piano riff. During the recording, Paul McCartney started to bark without warning. The next lines (initially intended as "Hey Bullfrog") were changed mid-song to "Hey Bulldog". This served, of course, as the song's title. During these sessions, a film crew photographed the four Beatles recording the song and intended the footage to be edited as a promotional film for "Lady Madonna". It was one of the few times they allowed themselves to be extensively filmed recording in the EMI Abbey Road studios, for a promotional film to be released during their scheduled four-month retreat to India (which was later edited together to accompany the single Lady Madonna).
The Beatles' engineer, Geoff Emerick would go on to claim this was the last song the band recorded that featured a team dynamic with enthusiasm from every member. When the group reconvened in the studio in May 1968 for the The Beatles sessions, their group cohesion had already been undermined by the business, artistic, and personal differences that would culminate in their eventual breakup.
The song was used in an animated segment of the Yellow Submarine film which initially appeared only in European theatrical prints. It was restored and seen for the first time in 30 years for the film's 1999 re-release. To promote the reissue, Apple went back to the original footage shot for the "Lady Madonna" promo film and restructured it for use as a promotional clip for "Hey Bulldog" (as it is possible to identify what they were playing, and therefore possible to synchronize the music with the original footage).
The guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog" was included in the 2006 album Love in its version of "Lady Madonna".
Cover versions
"Hey Bulldog" has been covered by Eric McFadden, Ween, Elvis Costello, Honeycrack, Ian Moore, Gomez, Rolf Harris, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Firewater, Alice Cooper, The Gods, Skin Yard, Dave Matthews, Paddy Milner, The Golden Ticket, Dave Matthews & Friends as well as the Roots, who cover it during jams in their live shows with the Beatles' vocals replaced by rapping from their MCs.
Gota and the low dog, a Japanese band recorded a version in 1995.
Song Facts
The Beatles recorded this while they were filming the promotional video for "Lady Madonna." Since they had to be in a studio while filming, Paul McCartney thought they should record a song.
They started recording this as "Hey Bullfrog," but Paul barked at the end and made John Lennon laugh. They kept in the barking and changed the title, even though there is no mention of a bulldog in the verses or chorus. "Hey Bulldog" is chanted 4 times before John and Paul's playful banter and then twice during the fade-out.
This was the first recording session John brought Yoko to.
This was the last song The Beatles recorded before leaving for a retreat in India to study meditation with the Maharishi.
They wanted to use this in the movie Yellow Submarine, but it didn't make the cut. When the film was re-released in 1999, the scene with this was included.
While John and Paul are yelling and barking towards the end, Paul can clearly be heard saying, "Hey, don't look at me man, I only have ten children."
The official promo film for "Lady Madonna" (studio footage) is actually the recording session for this song.
This was covered by Toad The Wet Sprocket and used in the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The British Psychedelic Rock band The Gods covered this in 1969 and released it unsuccessfully as a single.
The Gods featured 2 future Uriah Heep members Ken Hensley (guitar/vocals) and Lee Kerslake (drums).
John "A good sounding record that means nothing."
The original title was "You Can Talk To Me."
Paul circa-1994: "I remember 'Hey Bulldog' as being one of John's songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it's mainly his vibe. There's a little rap at the end between John and I, we went into a crazy little thing at the end. We always tried to make every song different because we figured, 'Why write something like the last one? We've done that.' We were on a ladder so there was never any sense of stepping down a rung, or even staying on the same rung, it was better to move one rung ahead."
George 1999: "We now have an unreleased video of 'Hey Bulldog,' as you know. When we were in the studio recording 'Bulldog,' apparently it was at a time when they needed some footage for something else, some other record (Lady Madonna), and a film crew came along and filmed us. Then they cut up the footage and used some of the shots for something else. But it was Neil Aspinall who found out that when you watched and listened to what the original thing was, we were recording 'Bulldog.' This was apparently the only time we were actually filmed recording something, so what Neil did was, he put (the unused footage) all back together again and put the 'Bulldog' soundtrack onto it, and there it was!"
from the album: Yellow Submarine (1969)
Released: 13 January 1969 (US), 17 January 1969 (UK)
Recorded: 11 February 1968
Genre: Rock
Length: 3 min 14 sec
Label: Apple Records
Writer(s) : Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s) : George Martin
Release history
Written by John Lennon (but credited to Lennon & McCartney), the song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional video, and is one of the few Beatles songs to revolve around a piano riff. During the recording, Paul McCartney started to bark without warning. The next lines (initially intended as "Hey Bullfrog") were changed mid-song to "Hey Bulldog". This served, of course, as the song's title. During these sessions, a film crew photographed the four Beatles recording the song and intended the footage to be edited as a promotional film for "Lady Madonna". It was one of the few times they allowed themselves to be extensively filmed recording in the EMI Abbey Road studios, for a promotional film to be released during their scheduled four-month retreat to India (which was later edited together to accompany the single Lady Madonna).
The Beatles' engineer, Geoff Emerick would go on to claim this was the last song the band recorded that featured a team dynamic with enthusiasm from every member. When the group reconvened in the studio in May 1968 for the The Beatles sessions, their group cohesion had already been undermined by the business, artistic, and personal differences that would culminate in their eventual breakup.
The song was used in an animated segment of the Yellow Submarine film which initially appeared only in European theatrical prints. It was restored and seen for the first time in 30 years for the film's 1999 re-release. To promote the reissue, Apple went back to the original footage shot for the "Lady Madonna" promo film and restructured it for use as a promotional clip for "Hey Bulldog" (as it is possible to identify what they were playing, and therefore possible to synchronize the music with the original footage).
The guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog" was included in the 2006 album Love in its version of "Lady Madonna".
Cover versions
"Hey Bulldog" has been covered by Eric McFadden, Ween, Elvis Costello, Honeycrack, Ian Moore, Gomez, Rolf Harris, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Firewater, Alice Cooper, The Gods, Skin Yard, Dave Matthews, Paddy Milner, The Golden Ticket, Dave Matthews & Friends as well as the Roots, who cover it during jams in their live shows with the Beatles' vocals replaced by rapping from their MCs.
Gota and the low dog, a Japanese band recorded a version in 1995.
Song Facts
The Beatles recorded this while they were filming the promotional video for "Lady Madonna." Since they had to be in a studio while filming, Paul McCartney thought they should record a song.
They started recording this as "Hey Bullfrog," but Paul barked at the end and made John Lennon laugh. They kept in the barking and changed the title, even though there is no mention of a bulldog in the verses or chorus. "Hey Bulldog" is chanted 4 times before John and Paul's playful banter and then twice during the fade-out.
This was the first recording session John brought Yoko to.
This was the last song The Beatles recorded before leaving for a retreat in India to study meditation with the Maharishi.
They wanted to use this in the movie Yellow Submarine, but it didn't make the cut. When the film was re-released in 1999, the scene with this was included.
While John and Paul are yelling and barking towards the end, Paul can clearly be heard saying, "Hey, don't look at me man, I only have ten children."
The official promo film for "Lady Madonna" (studio footage) is actually the recording session for this song.
This was covered by Toad The Wet Sprocket and used in the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The British Psychedelic Rock band The Gods covered this in 1969 and released it unsuccessfully as a single.
The Gods featured 2 future Uriah Heep members Ken Hensley (guitar/vocals) and Lee Kerslake (drums).
John "A good sounding record that means nothing."
The original title was "You Can Talk To Me."
Paul circa-1994: "I remember 'Hey Bulldog' as being one of John's songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it's mainly his vibe. There's a little rap at the end between John and I, we went into a crazy little thing at the end. We always tried to make every song different because we figured, 'Why write something like the last one? We've done that.' We were on a ladder so there was never any sense of stepping down a rung, or even staying on the same rung, it was better to move one rung ahead."
George 1999: "We now have an unreleased video of 'Hey Bulldog,' as you know. When we were in the studio recording 'Bulldog,' apparently it was at a time when they needed some footage for something else, some other record (Lady Madonna), and a film crew came along and filmed us. Then they cut up the footage and used some of the shots for something else. But it was Neil Aspinall who found out that when you watched and listened to what the original thing was, we were recording 'Bulldog.' This was apparently the only time we were actually filmed recording something, so what Neil did was, he put (the unused footage) all back together again and put the 'Bulldog' soundtrack onto it, and there it was!"