“Paul, I mean-uh...” is what I hear.

I hear: “Paul, you know ...”

I think I could watch a 3 hour long video on this one argument lmao

I still think a trip to Monty Python's Argument Clinic would have avoided most of this.

What keeps coming back to me about "Let It Be" is that we are, not overtly but subtle like, led to believe that this is a rehearsal for a performance when actually it is a unique view into the Beatles writing and creating process. A view very few had been privileged to experience and a group dynamic that was completely foreign to the general public's perception of the "Fab Four" from earlier films. Although anyone who has ever been in a band would relate quite easily.

I still hear “Paulina.” “It only occurs,” makes more sense and sounds more accurate. I agree about George’s comment about “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” probably being innocent enough.

Hearing it again about George telling Paul, "Let's do "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"', he wasn't being 'funny' acting about it. He was serious.

I think George most definitely says “it’s funny, though, how it only occurs when we...”

Minor note but vamp is just playing the chord. In johns instance instead of playing that swung guitar riff he was just going to play the chords to make it easier for him to sing his part.

I was one of the "Paulina's". I still think that's what George said. As I remember from the LIB movie, Ringo doesn't talk all day but at the end (first dayish) he says to Paul I think Get Back is the only good track today. I love this series. Thanks for all your work. You busted the All Things Must Pass myth too.

A vamp is a simple, straight chord progression, mostly strummed in a straight way, without much embellishment, as both a harmonic background and time keeping device.

Paulina. Clear as day to my ears. Not a question.

I just want to hear the entire Sept.9th, '69 boardroom tape!

George could of been teasing Paul by calling him Paulina. Good video, thumbs up.

as a previous transcriber, i can confirm it is soooo difficult to get things right when there's accents and dialects and emotions and noise involved.

Another Liverpudlian here. I think he says "Paul- you know" kinda like he's went to say Paul but its turned into a "you know" last minute. Also the cadence of his voice seems wrong. The high pitched "you", suits a defensive "you know" I often hear them giving if they're under any pressure; not exactly screaming vitriol. I think to call him a girl's name so casually would be a bit strange. Is there any other record of Paul being called Paulina? I could understand if its an in-joke but I personally doubt George would resort to emasculating name calling in this context. "Paul- you know" just seems to require fewer assumptions overall. I do wish he'd went home and wrote a song called "Paulina" alongside "Wah-Wah" though. Ps. I also agree that he says "occurs".

Wooooooah, if that is “but you know” I’m impressed. But I’m Texan so we don’t get a say in what is proper English at all. Lol

I am enjoying your informative videos very much! This coming fall I will be 70, I hope I remember to say (as I say goodbye to my sixties) “ POP GOES THE 60’s”! I am a life long Beatle fan since their 2nd appearance on The Ed Sullivan show.

As a Paul myself... no one says "Paulina" It's always "Paulianna" or "Paula"

Whatever he said he doesn't seem to be trying to antagonize Paul, but who can say? Great follow-up, I really enjoy these.

"how long does it take to hate maxwells silver hammer?" LOL

There is a recording of John playing a song for the others to evaluate/learn. I can't remember which song off-hand but it was at least a couple or more years earlier. John is initially playing it on the guitar with arpeggios or something else slightly ornate and then stops. He says that it's too awkward for him to sing and play the arpeggios at the same time (until he has practised it, being the implication) so he'll just strum the chords instead. Which he proceeds to do. This establishes that, like many musicians would, just playing the song on its simplest level until they had it solid was a default position if to do anything else was a problem. I think that The Beatles, like a lot of self-taught musicians did and do, often got formal musical terms slightly wrong or used them with a looser meaning than, say, a classically trained musician would. I think that they thought of vamping as synonymous with just playing the basic chords as an accompaniment. In a pre-internet era and when there was very little written material aimed at the popular musician most of what The Beatles knew about musical terms was from their peers and what they had heard in passing without necessarily understanding the exact definition. It's easy to imagine them seeing, say, a pianist playing a succession of chords as an introduction and being told that they are "vamping". That might seem that just playing the chords was a vamp, not the fact that it happened to be an introduction.

I hear "it only occurs when" but I don't hear "but you know".

Thank you for your intellectual honesty in re-examining your video and taking corrections where warranted. Kudos!!!

I've tried so hard to reinterpret what George is saying but it still sounds like 'Paulina' to me!

Thanks for the insight into Maxwell. I just listened to the first performance by Paul on piano on the 3rd. Ringo’s tapping along and laughing. It’s only the endless takes that turn everyone against this song.

Okay, I put George's sentence into Audacity, ran a bit of noise reduction on the guitar playing in the background, and then lowered the tempo to hear him speak a bit slower. At a slower speed, it's easier to hear that George is saying "well, you know" and not "Paulina".

Great follow up video Matt! Thanks for all the clarifications. Take care, Matt

Can’t wait for the next uploads! I really enjoy the in-depth analysis you make on your videos, really ties in and explains a lot of questions people have, giving some light to the otherwise dark original account of events.

Thank you. I have really enjoyed your insight.

thanks! I love the detail you go into

Thanks for the follow up.

Looking forwar dto more of these. Like many people i have the complete tapes but never wanted to listen to hundreds of hours, this breakdown with transriptions really brings it alive. I hope more and more of this stuff comes out this way.

I think it's a bit touching, you don't call your enemy Paulina, only a good and trusted friend who understands what you actually mean.

Absolutely love your channel. It’s shows time after time, you really do your homework! Kudos.

I just love and appreciate the in-depth research and details this gentleman puts into his work. Matt, you just got yourself a new subscriber

Love your videos. Thanks for making them. Appreciate the effort on trying to read every comment. I love watching your videos and enjoy reading the more insightful comments.

Love the content! So glad I found your channel.

In Mark Lewisohn's book he mentions several times in the early years portion about John "vamping" on guitar. I took it to mean playing rhythm since Paul at the time was the better guitarist and John was still playing banjo chords. It would have been a term they had all heard and used since their teens.

Very interesting I just love listening to there audio cheers mate

To vamp is simply to play a small section of music repeatedly until it's time to play something else. Some people are saying it's a chord but it can be a chord progression, an arpeggio, an ostinato, anything really. In musical theatre scores you frequently find the instruction to vamp a few bars of music under some dialogue and then continue with the song once the dialogue is complete.

That is another thing great about the Beatles. Their egos really didnt get in the way of them producing such great quality. especially for that time. I saw local bands collapse simply because of egos. I don't have an ego problem but I would rather record everything myself. Cuts down on the arguments for sure.

Great stuff! Thanks for the great videos. Really enjoy and am happy that I now don't think the boys were at each others throats like it was originally made out years earlier. Please keep these coming!!

I'm getting more and more impressed with your videos. You really dissect events, to the point where we are more likely to have an accurate interpretation of what happened.

Oh I hear it now!! "But you know..."

Thanks for the update. Your doing a great job. My wife and are avid Beatle fans. Her favorite song is Don't let me down. So we got in an argument about it being on Let It Be. I said no. So she walks over to her collection of CD's and pulls out "Let it Be Naked". Its on that version. Oh brother. Never even knew that version existed. I stand half corrected.

Excellent! Fascinating.

Ah, another conspiracy theory is born...Paul is actually a Polish woman called Paulina! No wonder George is so confused!

Love your videos Matt!!

Love your channel!

Love the channel. I'd like to see videos about different fights the had. Especially stories of times one of them walked out.

He said Paulina

Awesome Channel AGAIN! THANKS 😎

Well....they may have only given "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" a couple of 30-ish second runs because they hated it that much from the get-go(lol). As for John...wasn't Yoko attached to John's leg during most of those sessions? He may have been preoccupied with that. Thanks, so much, again Matt for doing these.

Keep on going Matt, you are really great ! You are a brother to all of us, you even can be called " a daddy of us all " !!! We all have different opinions but you are listening to everyone of us with respect, even if your knowledge is by far a lot greater than ours ! Thank you so much for your great work ! The Beatles will never be surpassed, till the end of time !!! Thank you great friend ! ❤

great catch.

This channel is prob the best historical music channel out there good stuff man would be awesome if u did a vid on The Beach Boys lotta topics like their dad and pet sounds all that stuff

You’re doing some great work on this, debunking many of the past 50 years of bad vibes on the Get Back project, keep it up, the truth will come out eventually.

To vamp, in this context, means to apply a simple, rhythmic pattern to the song’s chord sequence-that is, strum the chords. George was applying a wacky-action rhythm to the chords instead. Vamp, in a jazz context, refers to a repeated single-chord motif or two-chord riff used to set up the feel of a song. Vamps allow players and singers to begin the tune whenever they want. Yes, vamps are usually at the beginnings of songs. Great video, man. I’ve been enjoying your content.

I love this video for basically proving the idea that Beatles rumors or preconceptions are born almost always out of limited/incomplete information that’s often thought of as accurate, despite merely being projections/assumptions.

This is very insightful - thanks. I'll bet you're right that they probably argued about each record and that a big reason for Let It Be's reputation for being divisive is that it's the only sessions that were filmed.

Damn! Why did I wish/want/also hear it was Paulnia, as what George said! I did not think it was said as/ in "hate' but it was in "look buddy" a calling out.as in a working art enviroment! oh well props to you for "fixin a hole where the rain comes in" BTW it shows how something you want to believe can be really far away from the truth! Ringo Drum God Knows how to be a good band mate to 3 Dejas! Face it when your working with Paul McCartney now known as "Paulina", John Friggin Winston Lennon, and Guru George Harrison it is best to be quiet. Actully it's best! as is he! Love the question about "how long does it take to hate Maxwell Silver Hammer" BTW I had to go back several times to transcribe what you said about what they said. Love your hard work, great job.

It all sounds perfectly innocuous. A band learning new songs, trying out different things, throwing ideas out there, searching for the right style, discussing things, bouncing ideas off each other. The song writer is perfectly within his rights to have final say on how his song will sound. This is Paul looking for the right style for his song. Of course as a band everyone should be able to contribute ideas. If George has ideas then he will put them out there for Paul to ponder. If John has no specific ideas at this time, he will wait and let the others go at it, maybe he will add ideas later. However, ultimately it would be for the songwriter to have final say. I don't know if there is vision to go with this audio but you can't really judge this on audio alone. You don't know what John is doing at this point. He is most likely paying close attention so that he knows what's going on. From the vision I've seen, I know this is true of Ringo. He doesn't say much but he knows exactly what's going on and what's required of him. The other thing to keep in mind is that these guys have been doing this since high school. I feel quite sure they can have a gentle dig at each other without anyone taking offense. And I'm also pretty sure this wouldn't be the first time someone's had a whine because somebody did or said or didn't do or didn't say something. Re: Maxwell's Silver Hammer, I can totally imagine a little grin on George's face as he says this as if to say "I know you all hate this song, that's why I'm suggesting it. I just want to get a little rise out of you all." And right after this Ringo throws a drumstick at him and he runs for cover. In other words I'm just having a little fun, don't take it so seriously. But really, this sounds like a normal day at the office for a band working up new songs. ps vamping is just doing a rhythmical chord strumming. the rhythm guitar in Get Back would be vamping. I think George does it on the rooftop while John is playing lead and riffs. the classic Chuck Berry style of rock 'n' roll rhythm playing would be considered vamping. But it could also be the more chunky style used in heavy rock / metal.

Well, cheers to everyone for finding a new level of Beatles minutia that would make Mark Lewisohn blush! lol. So firstly, it sounds like "Paulina" but as others have investigated, it's "Pol' ya na" (Paul, you know) with a quick blurting Liverpool slur. (or arguably "bu ya na" - But you know - with a hard 'B' or "We' ya na" - Well, you know) As a long time obsessor of such things, there certainly is no context or precedent for George to feminize Paul's name. (...But I still hear "House of Paul" instead of "House of Lords" in Day in the Life, so make up your own mind! lol) Secondly, I'll agree with our host that "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" was too early in the process for this to be a sarcastic remark. During the recording process, the band member's generally remained respectful of the songs brought to the table. You can hear the laughter in the very recording of "Ob La Di" and Meditation student Paul Saltzman speaks of John cheerfully singing the same song with Paul in India. It was only after Paul clicked into perfectionist mode that the others tired of such works. The comment sounds more like humouring a child having a bit of a tantrum. Just to change gears but still working on a new song that Paul had brought to the table.

great vid

As someone from liverpool I can confirm there is no way he's saying 'but you know', he's saying paulina

"Paul you know?"

"How long does it take to hate Maxwell's Silver Hammer?" In my case a 30-sec runthrough is more than enough 😂

I think George calling Paul , Paulina is actually a sign of affection. I heard it when I was young and Rod Stewart and Elton John have female nicknames, I might be wrong but I have heard it used.

This one and #051 were very interesting. I seem to recall when I was watching the Anthology shows that it was implied that George left on the day when he made that statement "I'll play whatever you want me to play or I won't play at all". However, when you listen to the entire conversation, it kind of puts his statement in a different light.

Matt, At the risk of raining on some people's parade, this whole Let It Be stuff really wears on me. It's just not what addicted me to the Beatles. For a break, I watched the 'Hey Bulldog' video that, I presume. was filmed in the studio. John starts singing 'Hey bullfrog' so I guess that the barking helped change the title. In any case, I watched five times in a row, grinning all the time. Heck, even John was grinning. While I do appreciate some of the 'deeper' stuff, songs like 'Hey Bulldog' lift my mood while grooving on the guitar and bass, and everything else."Let It Be' just drags my mood down. I guess that it depends what you want from the Beatles, but from the moment that I heard 'I Want to Hold Your Hand, ' the Beatles were my go-to good feeling band.

Matt, you mention disagreements and walkouts during rubber soul and revolver. Can you do videos on those? Thank you for all the insight!

Love your videos. Especially the British invasion and Beatle stuff. Great job!

I think in the previous video you did on this “argument”, you can clearly hear Georgie Girl say to Paul “I don’t care anymore, anything you say doesn’t bother (or upset?) me anymore.”

Thought it was funny if he had called him Paulina but agree it must've have been something like "Paul, you know..." My take on John is he just wanted to get on with the song and working it out.

I don't hate Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I bought Abbey Road when it came out, and loved everything on it

Listened again I asked other people and they all agree Paulina listen accents can be tricky thanks I enjoyed watching both parts 🙏

Great observation that John was just--well, observing! One thing I've noticed listening to these tapes is how often John brings up things that were referenced days earlier (and half the time it seems like the others don't even notice it). One that stuck out to me was how Paul compliments the flutes on a canned heat song and an entire week later, during the lunchroom tape, John specifically says he "can't hear the flutes" when he's doing arrangement. It's hard to call someone who is listening that closely disengaged--though it comes across as a bit passive aggressive at times when he's clearly not speaking directly to the others about how he feels.

He said "Paulina."

John explained what he means by vamp/vamping at 4:13 of the other video (#51). Instead of the kind of "podding horse" style at 4:09 (or galloping at 1:18), he wanted to simply strum the chords, because he was finding it "annoying" to do that at the same time as singing. Essentially, he was supporting what Paul was saying.

Personally I don't think the argument was that big of a deal. Pretty tame to me. Enjoy your videos. Glad you have more coming about Let It Be. And I hope when they release the Anniversary project of Let It Be, they don't screw us on the bonus out takes, like they did on Abbey Road!

I feel that George changed his mind somewhere down the line, and pulled back on All things must pass...to keep it for himself....

Paul but you know .. the but part fades out that’s why it sounds like Paulina

Very cool I subscribed

Hi Matt, thanks for everything, I’m looking for the audio clip where the three guys are telling Paul “obladi oblada, how could you made that to us” or something like that. ( or was it for Maxwell?) I thought I heard that on your channel but cannot find it anymore…

Great points. And 4:40 I agree. When I saw your previous video, I assumed John is staying out of it because it’s between George and Paul. And while John stays out of the discussion, I believe he can be heard in the background rehearsing some of the guitar parts. There are occasions where John is disinterested and tuned out, but to me, this was not one of them.

Could you make a video explaining the rubber soul argument between john and paul. Thanks a lot, love your content

I've always like John's song the best especially from 1965 onward. I think that's because he was more willing to let the others contribute to the arrangement. For me it makes them more memorable but in later years he said many of them weren't performed/recorded properly. Paul knew what he wanted to hear and how to get it even if they had to spend hours getting it. John was more abstract, he wanted a certain feel and sometimes left it to George Martin and the engineers to get that.

one can hear some slight sarcasm in george's voice when he says " do you wanna do... maxwell's silver hammer" the way he pauses before uttering the name of the song says a lot. i agree also on the fact that it doesnt take long to love or hate a song.

1:01 When you play it at a regular speed, it kinda sounds like George's saying "Paulina", but when you slow down that portion a bit, it kinda sounds like he's saying "but you know". The "b" in "but" sounded softer, but the "na" in Paulina sounded close to "know" if that makes sense. Also, kinda weird for George to call Paul "Paulina" don't you think? Just my 2 cents on that bit. 1:57 I get the mix up with "cares" with "occurs". When you hear how he sings "care" in Do You Want To Know A Secret, or Beware of Darkness, it always sounds like an "urr" to me ("You never know how much I really curr..." "Take curr, bewurr..."). I always call that a "George thing". Great followup!

I'd like to know more about the fight that actually led to George quitting, which I think was in the middle of the song, "Get Back."

I'm from Northern England myself. George says But You Know, not Paulina

Non Scouser here ,it definitely sounds like "Paulina" to me.

I have to agree with the bloke who suggested "palina" , not "Paulina". They sound identical, but "palina" fits the subject of the discussion best.

Great that some discrepancies were cleared up. However, I do believe there was a Paulina present. She was the lady who dusted off the amps and emptied the ashtrays.

How did you get access to all this ? Great stuff.

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I'd still like to imagine that George just randomly called Paul, "Paulina."

I love how people accuse John of being checked out when he allows Paul and George to work it out for themselves. It's clear from what he does say, he's trying to set a tone so he doesn't make anything worse. But had he said more, everyone would have been jumping on John about butting in. Sometimes John can't win with people.

Matt, can you do a segment on what some of the Beatle's solo songs would sound like as full Beatle's songs? As we know, all the former Beatles were very prolific just after the breakup. It's a great "what if"!