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Revision as of 01:09, 29 January 2014
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"Mother Nature's Son" is a Lennon–McCartney song, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released by the Beatles on The Beatles (The White Album). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India.[2][3] The same lecture inspired Lennon's unreleased song "Child of Nature", the tune of which he later re-used for "Jealous Guy".[2][3] The song was later covered by Harry Nilsson.
Recording
McCartney recorded it on 9 August 1968. He recorded 25 takes singing and playing acoustic guitar simultaneously. Take 24 was perceived to be the best (take 2 later appeared on Anthology 3). McCartney recorded overdubs of timpani, another guitar, and drums the next day.[4] The drums sound more like bongos and this was achieved by putting the drums halfway down an uncarpeted corridor with the mics at a far end which resulted in a staccato sound.[5] Lennon did not play on the recording, but McCartney said he contributed some words to the song in India. When Lennon — who hated it whenever McCartney recorded without the rest of the band — walked into the studio with Ringo Starr after McCartney had finished, "you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife," recalled engineer Ken Scott.[6]
Personnel
- Paul McCartney – double-tracked vocal, acoustic guitars, timpani, bass drum
- George Martin – brass arrangement
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald[7]
Covers and mashups
- Jack White covered the song at the White House when McCartney was being given the Gershwin Prize on 2 June 2010.
- Ramsey Lewis covered the song and used it as the title of his 1968 album Mother Nature's Son. The album includes other songs from The Beatles.
- Harry Nilsson covered the song in 1969 for his album Harry.
- John Denver covered the song and after his death it became the title of a biography of Denver by John Collis.
- Gryphon covered the song in 1974 on the album Raindance.
- Sheryl Crow covered it for the movie I Am Sam.
- Danger Mouse included a sample of the song in his "mashup" version of the Jay-Z song "December 4th" for his The Grey Album.
- DJ Reset used it along with Slick Rick's "La-Di-Da-Di" for the "mashup" song "Mother Nature's Rick".
- Glay covered the song on their 2007 single "Ashes".
- Brad Mehldau covered the song in a medley on his album Largo and also on the album Don't Explain together with tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm.
- Chihiro Onitsuka covered the song in her 2012 cover album FAMOUS MICROPHONE.
- On Angel Heart, a music storybook. Arranged by David Sanford and performed by countertenor Daniel Taylor, baritone Sanford Sylvan, mandolinist Mike Marshall, and cellist Matt Haimovitz and his all-cello ensemble Uccello.
Notes
- ^ Carlin 2009, p. 172.
- ^ a b Miles 1997, pp. 423, 490.
- ^ a b Sheff 2000, p. 200.
- ^ The Beatles Bible 2009.
- ^ Morin 1998.
- ^ "80 - 'Mother Nature's Son'". 100 Greatest Beatles Songs. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 305.
References
- "Mother Nature's Son". The Beatles Bible. 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Morin, Cari (1998). The Evolution of Beatles' Recording Technology.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Carlin, Peter (2009). Paul McCartney: A Life. ISBN 1-4165-6209-5.
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