edna Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 George Harrison wrote "Taxman" in 1966, when he realised a 98% of his earnings was gone in taxes. "I´ll never be a millionaire", he said. In the chorus line you can hear "Taxman, Mr Wilson (Prime Minister, in the picture above), taxman, Mr. Heath" (Leader of the Conservative Party by then) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 George's original version was much softer and mellower than the version that made it to the introduction of the Revolver album. It was John that worked with George to give the song a rough edge, speed it up and add the real names of british officials in the lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 ...and the seering guitar solo is Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 ...and the seering guitar solo is Paul. That's correct! And that solo was reversed and looped in Tomorrow Never Knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Nice info.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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