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Howdy,

Have ya'll noticed how the Beatles (I think John more so, but anyway..) could absolutely blind-side thier listeners with a Bm chord? I say that in a complimentary sense.
Think of it: "Help", "Ticket to Ride", "I want to Hold your hand" (at the end), "Nobody Told me" (John, solo), "Any Time at All". There must be others.
Making my list doesn't necessarily involve merely USING Bm in a song, such as "A Hard Day's night"; IMHO the listener isn't ambushed by Bm, like in "Ticket To Ride" ("..When I was AROUND". Beautiful!!)
Am I off the deep end here with this observation? Maybe nobody agrees or has noticed such nonsense

Larry
PS: There's a bit of comfort knowing that John's probably in Rock-n-Roll heaven pestering Elvis to sing "she done me wrong" songs together

Jeez, Larry,

I clicked on this link to offer sympathy, because I thought you meant Bm in the medical sense.

Nobody likes it when they're blindsided by a Bm in the medical sense.

But you mean the chord.

Never mind.

john lennon blindsided listeners in "how" in the middle 8......"you know life can be long...."

I just saw on the telly that a pair of John's glasses just sold for $96,000...talk about gettin' blindsided...

Larry,

I agree with you. the use of minor chords in Johns songs, in places you would not expect, certainly made the Beatles singing and their overall sound exciting and unusual.

...notably their use of relative minors. D/Bm, C/Am lots of that about I think

Very funny indeed Paul.

I believe the correct term is impacted Bm.

Quite the contrary, Bob.

Larry.... I would NEVER stoop to these type of scatalogical comments! ... Yes, I've also noticed that... Bm in particular (when you play it in the original key). I never put a term to it, but "blindsided" is a good word for it when it fits just right but also gives the song an unexpected boost at the same time.

(... anyone got any Tp? I'm all out)

"Quite the contrary, Bob." haha! Yes you are correct Paul.

Was this Lennon & McCartney's secret to success?
Sadly, we may never know.

As this thread deteriorates by the minnit, let me flush it well and good:

My wealthy uncle used to call TP, "s**t tickets".

He used to say, "Ya can't take a s**t without a ticket!"

Pure class.

Where's 'Red_Rob' Callaghan when he's needed!!

Er....... pure WHAT, Paul??

Did you tell him that this Bm did'nt need a ticket?