The opening of "What You're Doing" off Beatles For Sale

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The guitar bit sounds so familiar! Who knows what it is?

― Shakeer Rahman (shakeer), Friday, 5 January 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

Uh, a Rickenbacker?

― Davey D (Dave Depper), Friday, 5 January 2007 22:16 (eighteen years ago)

the drum pattern is the same one ringo would use on tomorrow never knows

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 5 January 2007 22:57 (eighteen years ago)

I can't put my finger on it but I think there's some American record from a few years later that has a similar riff.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 5 January 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

This is perhaps my very favorite Beatles song.

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

You been listening to the Byrds?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

"Turn, Turn, Turn" to be specific.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

OK, I finally realized what the song I was thinking of with the sort-of-'What-You're-Doing'-riff is - "What Am I Going to Do" by the Dovers! A classic. (It's on Pebbles Vol. 2).

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

Ok I don't know how they call this but I absolutely love how they manage to rhyme 'doing' and 'blue and' in the opening line

Look what you're doiing
I'm feeling blue-and
lonely

Any other songs that do this sort of thing?

― Moka, Friday, 13 August 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago)

This drumbeat/riff is also reworked by Jens Lekman on "I Saw Her in the Anti-War Demonstration."

― rope (lloydwabbitt), Friday, 13 August 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago)

Good call rope, probably the song shakeer was searching for 3 years ago.

― Moka, Saturday, 14 August 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah that rhyming technique is totally awesome and one of the many countless reasons I often say that 'Beatles For Sale' is my fave Beatles album, no challops whatsoever

― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 14 August 2010 00:29 (fourteen years ago)

still like these songs more in the american lp contexts for some reason.

― akm, Saturday, 14 August 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago)

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