Talk:Dig a Pony

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This is the greatest beatles song ever 71.127.222.180 00:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Stub?
Is this article really a stub? It seems good in length and information to me. Democraticmacguitarist (talk) 11:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It was a stub in August 2006 when Kingbotk did the above assessment. At that stage the article looked like this though. This article's been tagged as a stub since 2005. I'd tend to agree with you though, it's got beyond the "stub" stage. WP:STUB suggests that if you feel this way about an article, you shouldn't be afraid to remove its stub tag, so I'll do that now. -- Bobyllib (talk) 16:40, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll make note of that in the future. Democraticmacguitarist (talk) 20:37, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Ringo may have been blowing his nose
This article doesn't source the claim about Ringo putting down a cigarette during the song's false start. The about.com site says he is seen blowing his nose during that part in the Let it Be film. I haven't seen it yet, but that sounds quite credible as I distinctly recall the sound of air being forced briskly at that point in the song. I always assumed one of them stopped to smoke something or other, but I guess the film might show the real story.... Ender and  Peter  15:21, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

So, I finally saw the Let it Be movie and from what I can tell, Ringo does indeed appear to be putting down a cigarette. It's hard to tell what his precise movements are because the drum set blocks some of the view. Immediately before the false start, you do see him bringing his arm down with the cigarette in hand. But right after he says "Hold it!", you can very briefly see that he is still holding on to the cigarette and is only now taking a few seconds to put it out. On the album, there is what I thought was a swift breathing sound, but it could be the sound of him putting it out. This is followed by a very audible sigh of relief, which sounds like it's still coming from Ringo. You can then hear someone mocking Ringo's interruption followed by Harrison counting off again. This is my best determination of what's going on. It does not look like Ringo is blowing his nose, contrary to the about.com article. Ender and  Peter  04:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm rewatching the roof performance as it is on the newest Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary and I can clearly see that Ringo starts smoking a cigarrete in between Get Back (take 2) and Don't Let Me Down while his bandmates are running instruments and quickly puts it down before they start. Later on George and John share a cigarette between I've Got a Feeling and One After 909. One songs later Ringo has a new non lighted one on his mouth while Lennon asks for someone to bring him the Lyrics for Dig A Pony (relevant timestamp is 1:47:00 of episode 3). While Lennon gets Kevin to hold the papers for him, Ringo starts to smoke while Preston rehearses a bit in the background. Ringo and George join in the rehearsal for a while. When the real take is ready to roll Paul is giving one last rehearsal for the starting bass line and John is playing some chords while glancing at the scribbled lyrics in front of him, right as the cinematographer tells them they are ready to start. Ringo gives his cigarette one quick last smoke but Paul counts to three right as he's placing it down on the roof's floor, both sticks on his right hand and unprepared to play. He shouts "Hold it!" at the same time Paul has already played the first note on his count to three. Lennon glances back to see why Ringo stopped the start and as he gets ready to restart he sniffles a bit (we can see he was freezing a bit on that roof through the performance, trying to warm his hands as best as he could).

Mystery of the false start solved. ProfesorRod (talk) 01:54, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Intro Riff
Did anyone else notice that on the mix of the song on Let It Be...Naked, they just copied the intro riff from another part of the song and pasted over the more tacky intro riff found on the mix released on Let It Be?

No doubt I prefer the naked mix over the album one.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 08:01, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Pls add St. Vincent Cover of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lan-UQfN0zs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.225.206 (talk) 01:39, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

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Is it really in 3/4 time?
Normal 3/4 time has 3 beats in a measure, each of which can further subdivided into 4 beats.

Here each of the 3 beats can be subdivided into 3 beats, not 4. This would typically be considered 9/8 time. Given how fast those 9 beats are, and how any reasonable person would transcribe it, maybe you end up in 9/16? But that seems ridiculous.

Maybe the less ridiculous approach is to say the song is in a compound time based on 3/4, which is less informative but correct, probably sufficient, and a lighter touch to current text. 144.92.154.84 (talk) 16:52, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * We have to rely on reliable sources. Currently it's sourced to Ian MacDonald, an authority on the Beatles. Do you have a reliable source that contradicts MacDonald? Sundayclose (talk) 17:42, 22 October 2022 (UTC)