Talk:I Want You (She's So Heavy)

message: Is there a reason for the information about the Paul version being deleted? I'm not sure specifically what text has that, but a link was provided to a website with that information.  It seems like that would be an important part in the song's history, unless there is proof against the bootleg version being authentic McCartney/Beatles.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.122.9 (talk) 01:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul Version 

message: (according to previous poster)
# I
# Want
# You
# So
# Bad
# It's
# Driving
# Me
# Mad
# She's
# Heavy
# Babe
# Yeah
# Know
:::Shouldn't "is" be counted as a word as well, even though it is contracted into "it's" and "she's"?
:::--Georgepauljohnringo (talk) 10:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of different words 

message: When in the song do they say "know"?  --128.164.73.92 14:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "You know I want you so bad / It's driving me mad" John Cardinal 18:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  number of words? 

message: Is the use of "2d generation" and "3d generation" deliberate? "2nd" and "3rd" are the usual English abbreviations, but I haven't changed them in case "2d" and "3d" are conventions in Beatles discussion. 86.132.142.2 00:27, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2d and 3d? 

message: The article mentions the song's 'hard-rock sound' Why isn't it then creditied as hard rock and not just rock? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheHungryHun (talk • contribs) 05:15, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:I want you.ogg

message: I've read on some sites that they played a rehearsal of I Want You at the Rooftop Concert, and it's venue in TBRB is the Rooftop Concert.--Das Ansehnlisch (talk) 21:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rooftop Concert

message: The article doesn't mention that John wrote it for Yoko, and when he was criticized by reviewers for the simple lyrics, he responded that he had nothing more to say.  He then mentioned that if you're drowning, you don't use alot of words to ask for help.70.29.79.11 (talk) 00:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Inspiration

message: I removed "heavy metal" as one of the listed genres. The link provided for a reference appears to be a blog entry, consisting of one author's opinion. While a lot of the entry has hard facts regarding things like chart performance and sales, statements like this are pure opinion:
::“Helter Skelter” and “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” are considered two of the first heavy metal songs.
:::Considered by who?  "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution" I can see, but not "I Want You". I'm willing to reconsider my position here, but not on such a weak reference. - ♥ harutake ♫ | talk 21:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: While I understand the need for a source, if this song isn't heavy metal, what else is? Huw Powell (talk) 09:30, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  heavy metal? 

message: Even back in the days of vinyl-only, the follow up to the abrupt ending of this song is the pretty sounds of Here Comes the Sun.  Was this ever intended?  Obviously, in the latter era of the CD, it is a direct segue.  In the modern era of the MP3 there is no such thing, of course. Huw Powell (talk) 09:39, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Sir, from what I have read it was indeed intended. This song (I Want You) was the last one the Beatles worked on. It has a long history and ample scholarship, along with some theories that it contained hidden messages and paranormal frequencies.Jimsteele9999 (talk) 23:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's brilliant sequencing, for sure, but I'm not sure there's much to say about it in the encyclopaedic sense. I do miss the days when albums had to split into two or more sequences. --Ben Culture (talk) 20:37, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there any way to comment on the segue? 

message: The info box lists the length as 7:47 while the text (in discussing the abrupt ending) says the track ended at the 7:44 mark. So which is it? 69.242.122.190 (talk) 07:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Track length? 

message: Can anyone explain why the D-E-F-G-A-E, C-C♭-B♭, C-D-A, F-E is a "riff" and not a "leitmotif"? The terms seem almost interchangable. Is there a reason?
BTW, "riff" doesn't have its own article; it is a section of Ostinato.
→Ben Culture (talk) 20:33, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Riff or Leitmotif? 

message: Music video for "She's So Heavy" using album version (7:47), edited version, or video version itself? Thanks. Wisnu Aji (talk) 10:21, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music video 

message: The genre doom metal has been repeatedly added to the infobox based on what appears to be a very loose interpretation of two sources which make passing references to doom metal or doom rock. The sources in question are quoted in their entirety below.
Guitar World (2015): "John Lennon’s rarely heard lead guitar shines in this bluesy rocker from Abbey Road. The “heavy” part kicks in at the 4:37 mark, then builds and builds into something a twisted disc jockey would play as the pillars of the earth are tumbling down around him. Also, this song might have inadvertently started doom metal."
Classic Rock (2014): "Eight minutes long, and constrained within an ominous repeated phrase, it was a giant leap from the buttoned-up cuteness of I Want To Hold Your Hand. Predating Black Sabbath’s creation of doom rock by several months, its intensity is alleviated a little by a Santana-like Latin blues section and some frothy Hammond breaks. By the end, the massed guitar build-up slathered in white noise and the jarringly abrupt edit add to the claustrophobia of a very weird, very grown-up love song."
The first source specifically calls the song a "bluesy rocker" and doesn't say that it is doom metal, only that it "might have" inadvertently started doom metal. The qualifier "might have" pretty much precludes this from being definitive or encyclopedic. The second source also does not say it is doom metal, only that it predates "Black Sabbath's creation of doom rock." If doom rock was created later, how could this song be doom metal? The source also refers to a "Santana-like Latin blues section and some frothy Hammond breaks" which suggests blues rock. It also refers to it as a "love song," not typical doom metal subject matter. Both sources seem to point more to blues rock, as the song is described by George Harrison in the article, than doom metal. Also, there has been debate in the past among editors doubting whether the song could even be considered heavy metal, let alone doom metal. I suggest removing doom metal unless a definitive reliable source can be cited. Piriczki (talk) 16:01, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it's too much of a stretch beyond what's stated in the sources. I removed the genre. Sundayclose (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Also agree. A couple of comments of this sort, about how one song can be seen as maybe prefiguring something else, do not suddenly place that song in a genre that would not exist, in most people's understanding, for years to come. It's kind of like describing Leonardo da Vinci, definitively, as a "helicopter designer". The editor in question is doing similar things elsewhere. N-HH talk/edits 21:23, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genres 

message: The short description appears to say that this is a 2021 song. That is probably an error.
Wyatt Stanton (talk) 21:05, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short description 

message: Is Stoner Rock actually a legitimate genre classification for this song? Since according to its page, Stoner Rock's cultural origins weren't established until the 90's. And 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' is a song from the 60's. So I propose that the genre is removed. Unless there's a clear explanation as to why we should ignore the fact that the page contains a genre that wasn't established until more than two decades later. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 11:32, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Stoner Rock?