Talk:What's the New Mary Jane

4 chords relativity?
Is the 4 chord bit of trivia relavent? If it is, another sentence or two is needed to justify why it is included. Thousands of pop songs use a limited number of chords.

-jmh

I am assuming that it is mentioned because of the length of the song? What I dont understand is why the whole "Bob Dylan introducing The Beatles to marijuana" is included, when the connection between this song and the drug has never been confirmed, and although it is very likely, must we now include these lines on ever Beatles song that may or may not have a drug reference?


 * I agree, and I'm gonna be bold and remove the majority of that paragraph, including the Dylan anecdote. The opening sentence is the only bit of info that's even remotely relevant, and even that's questionable and borders on original research. Vonbontee (talk) 15:33, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

1. They're not the only four chords in the song. The opening chord of the chorus is different on piano and the other instruments also create chords.

2. The song is clearly based on a A.A.Milne poem:

What is the matter with Mary Jane? She's crying with all her might and main, And she won't eat her dinner, rice pudding again ... What is the matter with Mary Jane? "When We Were Very Young", A A Milne 1924

Syd Barrett
I have recently obtained a very poor quality bootleg that has Syd Barrett singing with John Lennon on this song. This verifies, at least in my mind, the rumours about Syd's influence on this track. I am hesitant to add anything about it to the article both because of the No Original Research policy (I think someone could construe it as such if they so choose) and because I am not 100% sure about it. Again, it is low quality and obviously from acetates, so there is really no way to be sure. I'm pretty sure I recognize Syd's laugh at the end of the first verse, and the song really does sound like something he would have had something to do with. If anyone has this bootleg and can corroborate this, please let me know.

Dry Wiki wit
To whoever put the "citation needed" tag after the word "song" in the lead sentence, whether meant seriously or as a leg-pull, I appreciate it. J. Spencer (talk) 02:41, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I removed it. Humor is fine on talk pages, but not on article pages. The article needs better sourcing, but cluttering up the lead with nonsense "cn" messages doesn't improve the article. — John Cardinal (talk) 14:34, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Personnel
In addition to the instruments currently mentioned (piano, guitar, handbells), someone is playing some other instrument - an accordion, a harmonium, or some such reed keyboard instrument, it sounds like. Does anyone know any more details about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jro571 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Acetate
There's a rather famous acetate in existence, which is one of the "rarest" (ie most expensive) records in existence. It shows cat number Apples 1002, which was assigned to the release before it was cancelled. This acetate and the surrounding info should be added in, if anyone has the facts and sources to quote. (I think the B-side of "Let It Be" shows the cat number but scratched out, in the run-out groove.) 81.159.220.74 (talk) 11:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Alternative bootleg title
I don't recognize this song title at all. I think I know this song from 1970s white-sleeved LP boots under the title "Mary Jane had a pain at the party". Varlaam (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2012 (UTC)