[Music] A lively song with a very particular background -"Drive My Car"-1965

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Tonight, I'm sharing a fantastic song with you—a very lively and spectacular track. It opens the legendary album "Rubber Soul" and is titled "Drive My Car." I consider it to have a salsa and Latin rhythm, although it's actually more of a rock and roll song, and some music scholars place it in the rhythm and blues genre. It was recorded in October 1965 at EMI Studios in London, under the Parlophone label, and produced by George Martin. Of course, it's credited to Lennon McCartney.

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McCartney said the song was "a euphemism for various amusements in a car." On other occasions, Paul describes it as a "comedy number" along with "Norwegian Wood" (this song follows the first track on the album), since both are about girl fun, and he cites Melody Maker magazine.

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For me, it's somewhat comical to hear the iconic "beep beep beep beep Yeah," present at various points in the song, emulating the classic sound of a car horn, very eloquent and funny to me, hahaha. McCartney says that he "had the song in his head," but he never liked it, and Lennon liked it even less; he said it "was rubbish," and besides, he was going to start it with the trite line "you can buy diamond rings," which they had already used in previous songs, and they discarded that initial idea. Therefore, they almost completely restructured the song and little by little transformed "Drive My Car," as the phrase played well with the lyrics.

Beatles biographers and scholars say that this song was recorded in almost a single day, which was unusual, since they typically recorded several takes of different songs in a single day. This song took them almost an entire day; they dedicated themselves to every detail. I imagine that working on a single track all day must have been exhausting, but I remember that this album was the beginning, or the leap, towards something much more complex that was about to arrive. Just yesterday I shared my review of "Nowhere Man," another track from this LP, which also shows profound signs of artistic and professional maturity.

In this song, we can appreciate Paul on lead vocals, bass, guitar, and piano; John accompanying Paul with backing vocals, harmonies, and tambourine; George on backing vocals and lead guitar; and Ringo on drums and cowbell—all combined for a masterpiece. This song also appeared in the United States on the 1966 Capitol Records compilation album titled "Yesterday and Today," and on this album, as with the English "Rubber Soul," the track was used as the opening track on both LPs. The song was never released as a single; however, it was included on an EP along with three other songs from the same album: "Norwegian Wood," "I'm Looking Through You," and "You Won't See Me."

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On the other hand, this song was never performed live by them in a public setting such as a concert, television appearance, or radio show during the Beatles era. However, McCartney, as a solo artist, has performed it at some musical events, and notably, he always opens the show with it. I think this is to maintain that aura of the song as the opening number wherever it appeared—brilliant, isn't it? Well, my friends, that's all for this review. I hope you enjoyed it. We'll see you, read, and comment again soon... Blessings...!!!