Blue Jay Way
“There's a fog upon L.A.”
Harrison composition for Magical Mystery Tour, lead vocal by Harrison. Written in Los Angeles while jet-lagged waiting for publicist Derek Taylor to find the fog-shrouded Hollywood Hills street the song is named for.
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This song is one of only 3 Beatles songs with Flanging/phasing.
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[ADV] it[NOUN] my[VERB] their[WORD] haveonly [VERB]their [NOUN]very [VERB][ADV] it's [NOUN][ADV] to [VERB][ADV] will be[NOUN] my [NOUN][VERB] their [NOUN][VERB] themselves [WORD][WORD] have [VERB]a [WORD] oni [VERB] [VERB]may be [ADJ]my [NOUN] iof [NOUN] [NOUN]only [VERB] toreally [VERB] toso [WORD] [ADV]the [NOUN] of[VERB] to [WORD] [WORD][WORD] on the [NOUN]and i [VERB] themmy [NOUN] i [VERB]only [VERB] to [VERB]the [NOUN] of [NOUN]
Cover-shared shape
[ADV] in[ADV] it's[ADV] to[NOUN] i[VERB] a[VERB] don't[VERB] of[VERB] them[VERB] to[WORD] a[WORD] ona [WORD]be [ADJ]be [VERB]have [VERB]i [VERB]in [ADJ]it's [NOUN]my [NOUN]my [WORD]of [NOUN]really [VERB]so [WORD]the [NOUN]they [VERB]to [VERB]to [WORD][ADV] they [VERB][NOUN] i [VERB][VERB] [ADV] in[VERB] a [WORD][VERB] of [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] to [WORD][WORD] [ADV] toand i [VERB]in [ADJ] [WORD]on the [NOUN]in [ADJ] [WORD] [NOUN]
Distinctive word
fogjay
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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