The Beatles Were An English Rock Band Formed In Liverpool In 1960. With The Line-Up Comprising John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison And Ringo Starr They Are Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Bands Of All Time. The Group Was Integral To The Development Of 1960s Counterculture And Popular Music's Recognition As An Art Form. Rooted In Skiffle Beat And 1950s Rock And Roll Their Sound Incorporated Elements Of Classical Music And Traditional Read More On Last.Fm
"Girl" Is A Song Written By John Lennon Credited To Lennon/McCartney And Recorded By The Beatles For Their 1965 Album Rubber Soul. It Was The Last Complete Song Recorded For The Album. Composition The Song's Instrumentation Has Specific Similarities To Greek Music As With "And I Love Her" And "Michelle". As For The Inspiration Of The Song's Lyrics Lennon Stated That The "girl" Was An Archetype He Had Been Searching For And Would Finally Find In Yoko Ono. He Said "'Girl' Is Real. There Is No Such Thing As The Girl She Was A Dream But The Words Are All Right. It Wasn't Just A Song And It Was About That Girl – That Turned Out To Be Yoko In The End – The One That A Lot Of Us Were Looking For." In An Interview For Rolling Stone Magazine In 1980 Lennon Said Of His Song "Woman" "Reminds Me Of A Beatles Track But I Wasn't Trying To Make It Sound Like That. I Did It As I Did 'Girl' Many Years Ago. So This Is The Grown-Up Version Of 'Girl'." Paul McCartney Claimed That He Contributed The Lines "Was She Told When She Was Young That Pain Would Lead To Pleasure" And "That A Man Must Break His Back To Earn His Day Of Leisure." However In A 1970 Interview With Rolling Stone Lennon Explained That He Wrote These Lines As A Comment On Christianity Which He Was "opposed To At The Time". Lennon Said "I Was Just Talking About Christianity In That – A Thing Like You Have To Be Tortured To Attain Heaven ... – Be Tortured And Then It'll Be Alright Which Seems To Be A Bit True But Not In Their Concept Of It. But I Didn't Believe In That That You Have To Be Tortured To Attain Anything It Just So Happens That You Were". The Deep Breaths In The Chorus Were Rumoured To Have Symbolised Taking A Long Inhalation Toke Of A Marijuana Joint.