Taxman" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and released as the opening track on their 1966 album Revolver. Written by the group's lead guitarist George Harrison, its lyrics attack the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson. Harrison said, "'Taxman' was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. It was and still is typical
Revolver is the only album on which Harrison has three songs. On all the others he only has two or fewer. On The White Album he had four, but it was a double album so he was only allotted his usual one track per side.
Taxman" is a song written by George Harrison released as the opening track on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver. Its lyrics attack the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson. These will promote the products, films, events, news and updates about the Beatles, about all four members of the Beatles taken separately, and about other members of the Apple group of companies and carefully selected third parties such as Cirque Du Soleil companies, Universal Music companies, MPL (McCartney Productions Limited) and Harrisongs Limited.
Written by George Harrison, ‘Taxman’ kicked off their 1966 album ‘Revolver. While its opening line Let me tell you how it will be, Here’s one for you, 19 for me may seem hyperbolic, it was actually quite true. At the time, the wealthiest in Great Britain were taxed at 83 percent, with a surtax that added an extra 15 percent. The surtax was abolished in 1973
Taxman is een nummer van de Britse band The Beatles uit 1966. Het is geschreven door George Harrison en staat op de lp Revolver. Het nummer gaat over de hoge belastingen, de zogenaamde supertax. In het lied worden twee politici met hun achternaam genoemd, Mr. Wilson en Mr. Heath. In het bekende Playboy-interview uit december 1980 vertelde John Lennon dat hij Harrison met de tekst heeft geholpen, omdat Harrison dat niet aan Paul McCartney durfde te vragen.
The Beatles – Birthday. Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Jukebox, Stereo, Green Translucent. Written-By – George Harrison. Companies, etc. Published By – SBK Blackwood Music Inc. Published By – EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Published By – ATV Music.
The opening of the album and this song shows a bit of a change in pace as opposed to most of the other Beatles albums. It still manages to send the fast-paced drive and up-tempo that captures the true essence of their artistry. The formation of this song is relatively flat, and there are many focuses back to the verse/chorus concept to allow the listener and/or musician to immediately find themselves uttering the same verse over and over again until you almost have to listen to another catchy tune just to get this one out of your head. Throughout the song, the intensity of the music increases and all of the different parts of the song (maybe not readily noticed until investigation) start to form a very effective thickness that is reminiscent of -well- themselves
Read The Beatles Taxman from the story The playlist by CathNoShadow (Kate) with 76 reads. muse, taylor, gorillaz. Taxman" is a song written by George Harrison and released as the opening track on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver. The song is in the key of D Major and in 4/4 time. Lyrics: Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me Cos I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman. Should five per cent appear too small Be thankful I don't take it all Cos I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
A | BirthdayWritten-By – J. Lennon-P. McCartney* |
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B | TaxmanWritten-By – George Harrison |
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Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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S7-17488 | The Beatles | Birthday (7", Single, Jukebox, Gre) | Capitol Records, CEMA Special Markets | S7-17488 | US | 1994 |