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Or something along the lines of " I am the Walrus"

Yes ladies and gentleman. . the latest hit single from the Dolphins " beep womp womp dolp hin womp quo"

Thank god for those stupid humans

As long as you remember to thank those stupid humans for god...

and who should we thank for the "Day Tripper" riff? John Lennon? Paul McCartney? George Harrison? George Martin?

Absolutely...plus Dennis O'Bell...and Ringo!

Or Denis O' Dell?

Sorry...of course that's the guy, my fumbly two-fingered typing to the contrary...

Surprising the Forum spell-checker missed that one...(unless the Forum spell-checker is actually you, JJ)...

I believe, bass-wise, "Lovely Rita" is one of the tougher tunes, if only because Paul doesn't seem to play the same thing twice throughout the tune. Lots of pedal-point motion in the bass.

And apologies if this has been brought up, but I believe the classical guitar part on "Bungalow Bill" is actually a demo loop on the Mellotron.

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Andrew: Never heard that the 'Bungalow Bill' intro was a Mellotron. I always thought is was Ringo (the best guitarist in the group). That's very interesting. Well, at least I know for sure it was Ringo playing the lead bits on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'...

The 'Bungalo Bill' intro is indeed a mellotron sample. I have a King Crimson collectors club release...or it might even be the official "Epitaph" box set...anyway, it's a live recording from 1969. In the midst of a typical doom and destruction King Crimson composition, the Bungalo Bill intro comes bouncing through.

Kinda like the beach ball bouncing though the set of "The Prisoner"...

Very observant, Number 836.

I am convinced the "day tripper" riff came about when one of them tried playing "oh, pretty woman" and messed it up!

John, it's a hoot and a challenge to sing "Pretty Woman" to the "Day Tripper" riff, and really corn-fuses an audience. They register disbelief (those who aren't already wearing their "beer-muffs") and then get up to leave.

On second thought...

At the time it came out, I recall some country western folks saying the Daytripper riff was lifted from a country song.

I read somewhere Lennon got the riff from Bobby Parkers, Watch Your Step, but I don't hear it. I tend to believe it was just a re-configuration of 'Pretty Woman', like John said in his post.