Talk:I'm Looking Through You

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There is a version of "I'm Looking Through You" done by The Muppet's team for a special halloween special in season one of The Muppet Show.

Dates?
Asher and McCartney met in 1963 and this song was written in 1965. The phrase 'his girlfriend of five years' seems to imply that they were together 5 years when the song was written, which is obviously not accurate. Could someone rewrite this sentence? 205.194.127.36 (talk) 19:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Ringo Starr on organ
It says in I'm Looking Through You that Ringo Starr played organ in the song and I see that it is cited. But I have seen many other sources that say the only notes Ringo knew on the piano were C. An organ manual is essentially the same as a piano keyboard but with fewer keys (61 keys instead of 88) so it must have not been very good organ playing (I haven't really heard this song before) and I don't see how he would have known how to play any keyboard instruments. I know that John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison played keyboards in many Beatles songs, but I don't know about Ringo. Furthermore, Ringo was a drummer, not a keyboardist.--Kevjgav (talk) 20:58, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

I just read The Beatles Bible and it says that Ringo actually did play organ in the song. Furthermore in List of the Beatles' instruments it says that all four Beatles played keyboards in some songs. Also in The Beatles (album) and Abbey Road it says that Ringo played piano in Don't Pass Me By and Octopus's Garden. Ringo also wrote those songs.--Kevjgav (talk) 01:14, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

It says in the article that Ringo played quick two-note vamps on the organ in this song, just like he played only three chords on the piano in Don't Pass Me By. "I'm Looking Through You" and "Don't Pass Me By" are the only songs (to my knowledge) where Ringo played any keyboard parts.--Kevjgav (talk) 07:54, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Personnel - all Paul?
There's speculation (https://wgo.signal11.org.uk/html/content/i.htm#ilty) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpgRj5ryiR4) that the instruments were entirely played by Paul, citing the song's "messy" quality (missed drum hits, imperfect lead guitar passages, etc.) that would have been uncharacteristic for the others' guitar/drum styles.

The recording was made late in the Rubber Soul sessions, after two failed attempts (the first of which made it to Anthology 2). Considering that Paul's bandmates may well have gotten tired of working on the song, it's possible that they rushed the recording to meet the tight deadline, neglecting their usual standards for quality in favor of getting the recording done.

This speculation, however, suggests that Paul opted to simply record the song himself, rather than drag his bandmates through yet another remake, or tear them away from other work on the album tracks.

Paul would, of course, go on to create multiple self-overdubbed recordings ("Why Don't We Do It In The Road," his demo for "Come And Get It," and, of course, much of his solo work), so it wouldn't have been beyond his capabilities to record all of the parts himself. Then again, Ringo has said that he tapped on an empty matchbox to produce the distinctive percussive sound on the track.

Is there anything to this idea other than pure speculation? Elliosenor (talk) 20:32, 27 July 2022 (UTC)


 * That is a very unconvincing scenario, given that the basic track had acoustic guitar, bass, drums and tambourine recorded onto one track of the four-track tape.
 * Ringo was also the drummer on “Why Don’t We Do it I the Road?”. 27.32.208.244 (talk) 04:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC)