Talk:Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)/GA2

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Reviewer: Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) 10:21, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. The article looks pretty close to the GA criteria already and I see the "usual suspects" of Norman, Everett, MacDonald and Lewisohn in the sources, so this should be a pretty straightforward affair. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:21, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Should we mention the song is primarily Lennon's work (or at least that is what the majority of the sources seem to lean towards), or is that too controversial?
not the first song to feature an Eastern-inspired sound in a rock composition, or even the first Beatles track ... the first Beatles track to do what? I can't think of another Beatles raga rock track before Rubber Soul, and I don't think the string quartet in "Yesterday" counts.

Composition

it was Lennon who began writing the song in February 1965, while on vacation at St. Moritz in the Swiss Alps with his wife, Cynthia Lennon - this needs rewording, as at the moment it implies John began writing the song with Cynthia, which obviously wasn't the case.
while filming the second Beatles movie, Help!, at Twickenham Film Studios, George Harrison first encountered the sitar, a prominent feature in the song - I don't recall any sitar on the song "Help!", this needs clarifying
On 25 August 1965, during the Beatles' American tour, Harrison's friend David Crosby of the Byrds discussed in detail his thoughts about Indian classical music - (personal opinion) David Crosby has a tendency to let his ego run away and take credit for anything he possibly can, are we sure Roger McGuinn didn't have a hand in this?
Can we mention the time signature here? (6/8 I think) Most Beatles songs before this (and, indeed, most rock 'n' roll) were straight 4/4 after all.

Recording

Though the group completely reshaped "Norwegian Wood", it was far from the album version. I don't understand what this means
Afterwards, the Beatles skipped the rhythm section, and decided to jump to the master take. What does this mean?

Summary

That's pretty much it as far as I can see, I'll put the review on hold pending resolution of the above issues. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:37, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Ritchie333 Since there are various accounts by John and Paul, I think it is best to just leave it at Lennon-McCartney, and explain the context in the body as is. I clarified the points made and included the time signature. The first point for "Recording" simply means a lot of changes were made to the song, but it did not yet resemble the final version.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 18:01, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The citation to Howlett's book you added needs a page number. I've made some other fixes and once that issue is resolved, we should be there. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:39, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ritchie333, done. That was a quick one!TheGracefulSlick (talk) 00:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, it's a pass. Well done. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 09:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]