Let Blogging A to Z 2025 begin! My theme this year is Novelty Songs. For Day One, I present:
Written primarily by Paul McCartney (but credited to Lennon and McCartney), "All Together Now" was recorded during the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour period, but not released until it was included on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack.
From Wikipedia:
McCartney described the song as a children's sing-along with the title phrase inspired by the music hall tradition of asking the audience to join in. He also described a "subcurrent" in the song, a dual-meaning where "we are all together now". According to music critic Tom Maginnis of AllMusic, McCartney created the song "to match the same light-hearted spirit" of "Yellow Submarine."
"All Together Now" appears in an animated sequence in the film Yellow Submarine, and is also introduced by the Beatles themselves in a final live-action scene of the film. During the latter scene, translations of "All Together Now" into various languages appear written on-screen.
While searching Youtube, I came across this children's version of the song:
We're off to a fun start!
ReplyDeletelove it!!!
ReplyDeleteHow fun, great theme.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post! I had no idea that this was a Beatles song, I thought it was a Muppet song. https://youtu.be/M3skpf3FYLk?si=LsZnPhRgFAPFmnsn I consider myself fairly Beatle literate. I did write a parody to Yesterday for today's post after all. However this is at least the third time that I've heard a Beatle's cover and thought it was an original by the other artist. Speaking of novelty songs and the Muppets, the group Alabama did a song with the same name and it's used in the movie Follow That Bird and appears on the soundtrack. https://youtu.be/n3lkQO7Cz4w?si=vSrXSSKcJtVxdYQM
ReplyDeleteThis should be a fun theme. (I don't know if I know this song, but I'm in class right now, so I can't play the video to check.)
ReplyDeleteI can see that your theme is going to expose my musical ignorance.
ReplyDeleteThat was a fun song. I remember it well. It was confusing that they would do that and Yellow Submarine, though. Not my favorite Beatles work, but fun! Thanks for dropping by my blog today!
ReplyDeleteThat was fun and not sure if I heard of that Beatles tune
ReplyDeleteThat's a great song to start off your alphabet collection!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you for this one! I don't think I have heard this one and it is lovely. Great to use in a classroom for sure
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great way to kick off the start of the challenge—with music! I love it!
ReplyDeleteSuzy x
I didn't know this was a Beatles song, either.
ReplyDeleteInteresting!
ReplyDeleteDonna: My 2025 A-Z Blog
I have heard this song but I thought it was a kid's song
ReplyDeleteThis will be fun! Super start to the A/Z. I don;t remember this song, but the kid's version was fun to watch and hear. :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of good material to work with
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