"[3][4] Written by Warren W. Herlihy, the article told the story of how Herlihy had introduced his teenage son to shooting and how much the young man had come to enjoy the sport. PAUL 1968: "The idea of 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' is from an advert in an American paper. Its surreal lyrics and peculiar three-part structure conspire to make it sound dark, threatening and mysterious. Happiness is a warm gun Chords by The Breeders. Amos added: "The Beatles had the ability to make you think about the world, not just your own little world. The reviewer said that "The firearm becomes feminine and the lyrics ambiguous in this strange subject matter for a song. Last updated on 03.29.2010 [23][24] Author Simon Leng highlights Harrison's guitar playing on the completed track – ranging from stinging riffs beside Lennon's picked chords, to the heavily distorted solo that introduces the "I need a fix" bridge – as an example of Harrison's empathetic musicianship on Lennon's White Album songs. [25] A tape containing just the 25 September instrumental overdubs reveals that the guitar solo was added to the previous day's backing track, along with organ (over the opening section of the song), tambourine and extra hi-hat, and piano (throughout the closing, "doo-wop" portion). [15], Recording for "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" began at 7 pm in Studio Two at EMI Studios in London on 23 September 1968. Lennon derived the title of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" from that of an article in the May 1968 issue of American Rifleman, the magazine of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Genre: Rock. Highlight. Heyo! Watch the video for Happiness Is a Warm Gun from The Breeders's Pod for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Home / B / Breeders / Happiness Is A Warm Gun tab. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. fresh tabs top tabs lessons submit videos RIFF-it good. [5], Some commentators suggested that the "warm gun" could refer to Lennon's sexual desire for Yoko Ono or, due to the drug connotations in the lyric "I need a fix", to a syringe. [26] Over the "Gunman" section of the song, Paul McCartney and Harrison sang backing vocals in the doo-wop style, including the lines "Bang bang, shoot shoot" in response to Lennon singing the title phrase. It was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. [10] The three sections were described by Lennon as "the Dirty Old Man", "the Junkie" and "the Gunman (Satire of '50s R&R)". [8] American and British censors were unhappy with the song, and it was banned by the BBC. [1] The song was composed into three distinct sections, referred by Lennon as "the Dirty Old Man", "the Junkie" and "the Gunman (Satire of '50s R&R)". Although tensions were high during the recording sessions for the White Album, the Beatles worked together as a unit to complete the song's challenging rhythmic issues and time signature changes. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Sign up for Deezer and listen to Happiness Is A Warm Gun by The Breeders and 56 million more tracks. Go directly to shout page. [13][14] Lennon extends the "Mother Superior" part,[15] segueing into a portion addressing Ono by name, which does not appear in the Beatles' recording. Highlight. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Remastered 2009) "[31] Hubert Saal of Newsweek was also highly critical of the Beatles' propensity for pastiche, yet he included "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" among the few successes that result when they abandoned their attempts to be "Alexander Pope or Max Beerbohm". [8] The musical keys used in the song are E minor, A major, A Lydian and C major. Review: RIFF-it. Stolworthy described it as "A loaded weapon of a track" and "one of Lennon's best songs". He helped with the time signature changes through his knowledge of Indian classical music. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. That's genius. It’s one of the highlights on The Breeders’ excellent debut album, Pod. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. [22], Having spent over two years studying the sitar, George Harrison had become familiar with the complex time signatures typically found in Indian classical music. Download Pdf #-----PLEASE NOTE-----# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. [2] The magazine had adapted the headline from the title of the bestselling book by Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, Happiness is a Warm Puppy. Here are the most popular versions Guitar tabs, Chords, Ukulele chords. Watch the video for Happiness Is a Warm Gun from The Breeders's Pod for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Chords and tabs aggregator - Tabstabs.com They sang of drugs and guns without telling me what to feel about it. According to Ian MacDonald,[38] except where noted: "Understanding Through-Composition in Post-Rock, Math-Metal, and Other Post-Millennial Rock Genres", "The Unsung Beatle: George Harrison's behind-the-scenes contributions to the world's greatest band", "The White Album: Our Less-Than-Positive 1968 Review of the Beatles' Masterpiece", "The Beatles' White Album tracks, ranked – from Blackbird to While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Live Phish, Vol. Listen to Happiness Is A Warm Gun by The Breeders, 6,693 Shazams, featuring on ’90s Indie Essentials, and Under Cover: The Beatles Apple Music playlists. Cohn added that although the song "includes more than its share of half-baked poeticisms", it develops into "a marvelous parody of high school rock in the mid-fifties of groups like the Diamonds and the Monotones", during which Lennon's bandmates support his repetition of the title phrase with interjections of 'Bang bang – shoot shoot'". The band was first formed by Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly in 1989. [8] According to Kenneth Womack, this consists of shifts from 4/4 to 6/4 time in the "Dirty Old Man" section; 9/8 and 12/8 in "the Junkie", although the drums play in 6/8 throughout; four-bar sequences of 6/8, 6/4, 6/8 and 7/4 over the "Mother Superior" portion; and 6/8 and 4/4 for "the Gunman" (even though the drums remain in 4/4). Choose and determine which version of Happiness Is A Warm Gun chords and tabs by The Breeders you can play. Lyrics to "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" by THE BREEDERS: She's not a girl who misses much / Do do do do do do, oh yeah / She's well acquainted / With the touch of a velvet hand / Like a lizard on a window pane / Man in the crowd / With the multicoloured mirrors / On his hobnail boots / … [32], Record Mirror commented that the song starts as "a serene ballad, but is soon taken over in the true vein of this foremost stylist", with the arrival of the "deep guitar" solo and lyrics referencing Mother Superior and the sensation of "my hands on your trigger". The song has been covered by Tori Amos, U2 and the Breeders. Stream Happiness Is A Warm Gun by The Breeders from desktop or your mobile device [19] Work on the song was completed at 5 am on 26 September. Cohn concluded that "Just this once, the take-off has edge, it's not pure self-indulgence. The original line-up also included bassist Josephine Wiggs of The Perfect Disaster, and drummer Britt Walford of Slint. Read about The Breeders by Happiness is a Warm Gun and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [12], The demo recorded by Lennon in May 1968 shows the song in its initial stage, with only the "I need a fix" and "Mother Superior jump the gun" portions present. Happiness Is A Warm Gun Writing about the Safari EP by The Breeders reminded me that I had long planned to mention this song for a while. "[33] Barry Miles wrote in International Times: "'Happiness is a Warm Gun' is one of the greatest numbers on the album. Do you know any background info about this track? RIFF-it good. The Breeders released it on the album Pod in 1990. Nevertheless, it was banned by the BBC due to its sexually suggestive lyrics. Breeders – Happiness Is A Warm Gun tab #-----PLEASE NOTE-----# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. Artist: The Breeders. He derived the title from an NRA magazine and explained that the lyrics were a double entendre for guns and his sexual desire for Yo… Lennon benefited from Harrison's input in the arrangement for "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", further to the pair having joined different sections together for Lennon's 1966 song "She Said She Said". [11][26] In his description of this tape, music critic Richie Unterberger comments that the organ part, which appears low in the final mix, sounds "so churchly downcast it would do the Zombies proud". "[36] Beatles biographer Bill Harry comments on the irony of Lennon having written a song titled "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and then, following his fatal shooting in New York City in December 1980, becoming the "most high profile" of the many musicians who have died as a result of the wide availability of guns in the United States.[37]. He said it featured "an orgasmic ending that Mick Jagger would admire". Although tensions were high among the Beatles during the album's recording sessions, the band collaborated as a close unit to work out the song's challenging rhythmic and metre issues. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). He derived the title from an NRA magazine and explained that the lyrics were a double entendre for guns and his sexual desire for Yoko Ono. [5], Author John Winn divides the completed composition into five sections: the fingerpicked guitar intro, with the line "She's not a girl who misses much"; the portion when the full band enters, containing more of the lyrical images supplied by Taylor; the blues-based "I need a fix" section; the "Mother Superior" refrain; and the doo wop-style section exploring the "warm gun" theme. [8] This results in a three-part through-composed structure. The Breeders is an alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, USA. [28] All four of the Beatles later identified it as their favourite song on the album. [36] In her commentary with the selection, American singer-songwriter Tori Amos highlighted "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" as a rare example of social commentary that successfully makes its statement "without preaching". # #-----## is a warm gun by john lennon & paul mccartney performed by the breeders transcribed by Edmond Hum Am … [2] Lennon recalled his reaction to the phrase: "I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. Album: Pod. The band was first formed by Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly in 1989. [2] The magazine belonged to George Martin, the Beatles' producer, who had brought it with him to the recording studio. Happiness Is a Warm Gun by The Breeders was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and was first released by The Beatles in 1968. [11] The composite structure features several changes in time signature. "[7], Lennon said he "put together three sections of different songs ... it seemed to run through all the different kinds of rock music ..."[3] and described it as a miniature "history of rock and roll". A warm gun means you just shot something. Artist: The Breeders. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. [20] Piano, organ and tuba parts in this recording are unattributed; the tuba was all but removed through mixing. [27] "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" reportedly was Harrison and McCartney's favourite track on the White Album. Originally intended as a side-project for Deal and Donelly while still in their full-time bands Pixies and Throwing Muses, respectively, The Breeders quickly became Deal's primary recording outlet. SONGLYRICS just got interactive. Listen to Happiness Is a Warm Gun by The Breeders - Pod. [16][17] This two-minute solo performance of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was edited for release on the Anthology 3 compilation album in 1996, with over 30 seconds being cut from the middle of the song. 13: 10/31/94, Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY – Phish", Full lyrics for the song at the Beatles' official website, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Happiness_Is_a_Warm_Gun&oldid=1013580969, Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer), Song recordings produced by George Martin, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 March 2021, at 11:52. To the Lennon–McCartney partnership ) lyrics White album structure conspire to make it sound dark, threatening and.... 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