![]() ![]() Singer Marianne Faithfull said the song was addressed to Mick Jagger and written about her, since she was Jagger's girlfriend (or "bird" in English slang) at the time. Gould adds that while Lennon would have been amused to read about Sinatra having an assistant dedicated to maintaining his 60 "remarkably convincing" hairpieces, Lennon was piqued at the recognition afforded Sinatra, at the Beatles' expense, in the recent 1966 Grammy Awards. Talese quoted a press release for Sinatra's upcoming TV special, which stated it was a show for those who were "tired of kid singers wearing mops of hair thick enough to hide a crate of melons", and he said Sinatra aimed to "communicate his talent to some rock-and-rollers – in a sense, he was battling The Beatles". the man who can have anything he wants", and repeatedly mentioned his use of the word "bird" to mean a penis. Written by Gay Talese, the article detailed Sinatra's wealth and power, describing him as "the fully emancipated male . In his 2007 book Can't Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould says that Lennon wrote "And Your Bird Can Sing" about Frank Sinatra after reading a hagiographic article on the singer in Esquire magazine. The lack of an explanation from Lennon himself has led others to speculate on its meaning music journalist Robert Fontenot states that the lyrics are among "the most speculated-upon of any Beatles track". One of the most popular interpretations of Lennon's lyrics is as a riposte to Frank Sinatra (pictured performing in a 1966 TV special with his daughter Nancy). This discarded version was released on the 1996 outtakes compilation Anthology 2 and includes the sound of Lennon and McCartney laughing their way through a vocal overdub and unable to sing. The Beatles first recorded the track in the style of the Byrds. One popular theory is that Lennon was addressing Frank Sinatra in response to a hagiographic article on the singer in Esquire magazine another contends that the song was directed at Mick Jagger with reference to Marianne Faithfull. Its oblique lyrics, and Lennon's failure to reveal their meaning, have encouraged several interpretations. The song's working title was "You Don't Get Me". Lennon was later dismissive of "And Your Bird Can Sing", referring to it as "another of my throwaways . The recording features an extended dual-guitar melody, played by George Harrison and Paul McCartney, which anticipated the harmonised guitar arrangements commonly used by Southern rock, hard rock and heavy metal bands. The song was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on their 1966 album Revolver, apart from in the United States and Canada, where it instead appeared on Yesterday and Today. ![]() " And Your Bird Can Sing" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Cover of the Northern Songs sheet music (licensed to Sonora Musikförlag) ![]()
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