I Will (Beatles song)
"I Will" is a song by the Beatles that was released on The Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and features him on lead vocal, guitar, and "vocal bass".
Background
"I Will" was one of the songs worked on by the Beatles and their associates while in Rishikesh, India. Although the music came together fairly easily, the words were worked on in India, and remained unfinished even as recording began back in London.
Recording
This quiet song required 67 takes, and George Harrison did not play (during The Beatles sessions, the Beatles often recorded in separate studios). However, the reason for Harrison's absence from the session has never been clarified.
During take 19 of "I Will", McCartney ad-libbed an untitled and uncopyrighted song (referred to as "Can you take me back?" by author Ian MacDonald), a 28-second segment of which ended up on side 4 of the album The Beatles as what MacDonald described as “a sinister introduction to "Revolution 9"”. Also ad-libbed by McCartney was "Los Paranoias", released, together with take 1 of "I Will", in 1996 on Anthology 3.
I Will (disambiguation)
I Will may refer to:
Albums
Songs
Hail to the Thief
Hail to the Thief is the sixth studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich and released on 9 June 2003. Following the electronic and jazz styles of Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), Hail to the Thief returned to the guitar rock of Radiohead's earlier albums, but retained electronic elements such as drum machines, synthesisers and digital manipulation. To avoid the protracted recording sessions of previous albums, the band recorded it quickly, employing a live, "spontaneous" approach.
Many of the album's lyrics were written in response to the War on Terror and the resurgence of right-wing politics in the West after the turn of the millennium. Songwriter and vocalist Thom Yorke said the album expresses "frustration and powerlessness and anger, and the huge gap between the people that put themselves in control and the people that allegedly voted for them."
Despite a high-profile internet leak ten weeks before its release, Hail to the Thief debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and number three in the United States. It produced three charting singles: "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5". It is certified platinum in the UK, Canada and the US. It was acclaimed by critics and became the fifth consecutive Radiohead album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. It was the last album released under Radiohead's six-album record contract with Parlophone.
The Wheels
Another empty page and I wonder what to lay upon it.
Maybe an apology, a declaration of remorse.
The weight of the words is subjective
but I've only so many lines until the rhymes of the next song begin.
Will this one mean anything by then?
Perhaps it's just the pattern of life,
we mind the matter and not the meaning.
It's not always gleaming so don't avert your eyes in fear of going blind.
Luminosity is more subtle than you'd think,
and your intentions are more important than anything.
All is fleeting and I can't wait for this page to burn.
The smoke will turn the wheels
the way the wind moves you to the place you've earned.
You'll have nothing once you're there
but the songs once in the air will replay in your head.
You'll repeat the mantra with more intent.
Would you believe that you have everything you need?
Dig it.
This can't just be the pattern of life,
to mind the matter and not the meaning.
It's not always gleaming so don't avert your eyes in fear of going blind.
Luminosity is more subtle than you'd think
and your intentions are more important than anything.
Hold on to nothing, all you see is on its way out.