Talk:We Love You

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Title of article
Might be a problem as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and the Psychedelic Furs also have songs by this name. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 19:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Relationship with "All You Need Is Love"
"We Love You" was recorded on June 12, 1967. "All You Need Is Love" was recorded and performed live on June 25, 1967 as part of the "Our World" special. There is no conceivable way, short of time travel, that "We Love You" can be a response or reaction to "All You Need Is Love". On the other hand, since Lennon and McCartney did backing vocals on "We Love You," it is possible that "All You Need Is Love" is a response or reaction to "We Love You", even though the latter was released weeks after the Beatles' effort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.15.82.61 (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Starkey says, somewhere in the Beatles Anthology, I think, that Lennon had written ‘All You Need Is Love’ weeks or months before their invitation to broadcast. As the deadline was suddenly approaching, and nothing new had been written, Lennon pulled it out, said ‘What about this, then?’

They had nothing else, so that was it.2001:44B8:3102:BB00:1C21:A21:FE1:D72D (talk) 02:00, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Well obviously the idea exists before the song. The point is "We Love You" was being committed to tape before the content of "All You Need Is Love" became a matter of public information.

Furthermore, this article cites multiple claims that "We Love You" is inspired by and/or outright copies another song without any evidence that the musical content is the substantially similar. Admiralkrank (talk) 01:51, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Versions
I find the final paragraph of this section to be quite confusing. After a bit of research, I think that what is meant is "A version of the song was played by Furthur (a band formed in 2009 by ex-Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir) at the Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse on November 11, 2011." Mikenlesley (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Influence...
Listened to this track today (2021) again for the first time since its release. Sounds very Beatle-ish now, and influenced by Lennon’s ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, the final track on Revolver and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. Psychedelic, baby. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:1C21:A21:FE1:D72D (talk) 01:54, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Similar to strawberry fields because they both have a horn arrangement? The melodies and rhythm are quite different. Admiralkrank (talk) 01:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

The same is true for tomorrow never knows. The error in the line of thought is that it ignores the fact that other songs sound like those same Beatles songs in the same vague way "We Love You" does. Admiralkrank (talk) 02:00, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

A song that pre-dates both "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Strawberry Fields," and indeed any psychedelic Beatles material, is "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadows." "We Love You" sounds quite like that song. Admiralkrank (talk) 02:06, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

That last part is incorrect. I was thinking of mothers little helper Admiralkrank (talk) 02:08, 14 February 2023 (UTC)