Hardness

Toughness, hardship, or unyielding surfaces as imagery.

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early2 · 22%

Mid-period2 · 22%

Late5 · 56%

Book

Revolution in the Head

Ian MacDonald

Book

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Alan Aldridge

Merch

Yellow Submarine Coffee Mug

Half Moon Bay

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Pushes others away
2	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Threats: 'let you down and leave you flat'
3	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Full-throated scream vocal
4	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Aggressive threatening tone
5	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	'Damn good whacking'
6	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Gun, trigger, shoot imagery
7	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	'They're gonna crucify me' - defiant edge
8	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Anguished, rough vocal delivery
9	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Oppressive, weighted imagery