B-siden: Girl
1. april 2018
Det er efterhånden længe siden, jeg har dykket ned i singlernes B-sider. Men i dag kom jeg til at snuse lidt rundt i mine gamle singleplademapper, den med lutter Beatles- og Elvis-singler og -EP’er. Og så faldt mit blik på Beatles-singlen “Michelle/Girl” fra 1966 (Odeon SD5987) og jeg synes, det var rigtig længe siden, jeg havde lyttet til netop B-siden.
En af John Lennons sange. Til albummet Rubber Soul. En melankolsk sang om drømmepigen, som aldrig eller sjældent bliver til virkelighed (selv om Lennon mente, at Yoko Ono var den pige, der dukkede op mange år senere).
For at understrege det drømmerisk-intime i sangen, fik Lennon teknikerne til at optage hans stemme så man kan høre ham trække vejret – med en fin effekt.
Is there anybody going to listen to my story
All about the girl who came to stay?
She’s the kind of girl
You want so much, it makes you sorry
Still you don’t regret a single day
Ah, girl, girl
When I think of all the times
I tried so hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her
After all this time I don’t know why
Ah, girl, girl
She’s the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there
You feel a fool
When you say she’s looking good
She acts as if it’s understood
She’s cool, ooh, ooh, ooh
Girl, girl,…
Was she told when she was young
That pain would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
That a man must break his back
To earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he’s dead?
Ah, girl, girl, girl
Ah, girl, girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAPREIC3OKg
