![]() The idea of making a cartoon film about Yellow Submarine came in 1967, when the studio United Artists were chasing The Beatles for a follow-up to their film Help! The Fabs still owed them a movie as part of their deal, so it was decided to fulfil the contractual obligation with an animated film.ĭirected by Canadian animator George Dunning and designed by German artist Heinz Edelmann, the film was made in London. The Beatles come a cropper in the Sea Of Holes from the Yellow Submarine film.Ĭollection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo Or were “yellow submarines” actually Nembutals otherwise known as pentobarbitone, a well-known tranquiliser that came in a pleasingly submarine-shaped yellow pill?Sadly not - as McCartney said at the time: “It's a fun song, a children's song.” Were The Beatles tripping when they made the record? Are they referring to smoking joints or something, like Donovan did with Mellow Yellow - which was meant to be about smoking banana skins.! Once the track had reached the general public, the interpretations started - especially once the use of the psychedelic drug LSD had become more widespread in the UK. The recording of Yellow Submarine at Abbey Road studios was remarkable for the party that was held during the session: the Beatles, together with friends, wives and even Rolling Stone Brian Jones added sound effects, vocals and roadie Mal Evans playing a big bass drum to get an authentic marching band effect. The Beatles record a promo for TV at Abbey Road studios, May 1966.īob Whittaker/KEYSTONE Pictures USA//Alamy Live News I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, so I wrote it as not too rangey in the vocal. He recalled: “I was laying in bed in the Ashers' garret. Paul McCartney was thinking about such a song when he was living with the family of his girlfriend Jane Asher in Wimpole Street, London. ![]() Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo The Beatles performing live on Top Of The Pops in June 1966. Traditionally, a Beatles album would include a “Ringo song”, designed to please fans of the Beatle drummer, in the same way as he’s get a vocal spot in their live shows. The genesis of Yellow Submarine as a song came in early 1966 as the band were preparing songs for their seventh album Revolver. ![]() John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney at the premiere of Yellow Submarine, 17th July 1968. But why had The Beatles recorded such a child-like song in the first place? Why did it become so popular it made Number 1 in the charts and found a place on the band's "greatest hits" collection The Beatles 1962-1966 aka the "Red Album"? And what were they doing making cartoons anyway?
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