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The story of this song begins in Hrishikesh, India, where The Beatles were on a retreat learning Transcendental Meditation from their guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Also on the retreat was Mike Love of The Beach Boys , who told us: "Paul (McCartney) came down to the breakfast table one morning chef jobs saying, 'Hey, Mike, listen to this.' And he starts strumming and singing, 'Back in the U.S.S.R.,' the verses. And I said, 'Well, Paul, what you ought to do is talk about the girls around Russia, Ukraine girls and then Georgia on my mind, and that kind of thing.' Which he did. So I think it was the fact I was there, which caused Paul to think in terms of Beach Boys, and then my suggestion for what to do on the bridge, he took that suggestion and crafted, like only Sir Paul can, a really great song." McCartney was impressed with the idea and used some Beach Boys' elements chef jobs in this song: Instead of "California Girls" it was "Moscow Girls." Plus, the definitive Beach Boy "Oooeeeeoooo" in the background harmonies. The title was inspired by Chuck Berry's " Back In The U.S.A. " The Beach Boys had been influenced by that song and also " Sweet Little Sixteen " to come up with " California Girls " and " Surfin' U.S.A. "
Paul stated chef jobs in 1968, "In my mind it's just about a (Russian) spy who's been in America for a long time and he's become very American but when he gets back to the USSR he's saying, 'Leave it 'til tomorrow to unpack my case, Honey, disconnect the phone.' and all that, but to Russian women."
Elton John performed this song when he toured Russia in 1979, and he got a huge response. This was the year before Moscow hosted the Summer Olympics, which the United States boycotted. Elton told Q magazine: "The first night as an encore chef jobs I did 'Back In The USSR.' And they went apes--t. It was like playing ' Philadelphia chef jobs Freedom ' in Philadelphia. You just noticed that the people there were as ordinary and as good as the people you'd notice anywhere else." Billy Joel got a similar reaction when he played the song in Moscow in 1987.
On August 22, 1968, following an argument with McCartney over the drum part for this song, Ringo walked out on The Beatles. He flew to Sardinia for a holiday to consider his future. While there he received a telegram from his bandmates saying, 'You're the best rock 'n' roll drummer chef jobs in the world. Come on home, we love you.' On his return, he found his drum kit covered with flowers. A banner above read, 'Welcome Back.'
Paul McCartney told Mojo magazine October 2008 that the song's middle-eight was a spoof of the Beach Boys leading up to Pet Sounds . He added: "The rest is (sings first bars of the melody line of the opening verse) more Jerry Lee (Lewis). And the title is Chuck Berry, Back In The U.S.A. , and the song itself is more a take on Chuck. You'd get these soldiers back from Korea or Vietnam, wherever the hell, and Chuck was picking up on that. I thought it was a funny idea to spoof that with the most unlikely thing of way back in Siberia."
There was a rumor in the Soviet Union that The Beatles had secretly visited the U.S.S.R. and given a private concert for the children of top Communist party members. They believed the song was written chef jobs because of the concert. Actually, some fans still believe so. (thanks, Alex - Tomsk, Russia Federation)
it was my understanding that mike love suggested to paul that he write a "beach boys" type song when they were together in india on a meditation holiday with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. most of the material for the "white album" was written there. also on the retreat were fellow musicians, mick jagger; donovan and paul horn.
Alan from Milwaukee: "Flew in from Miami beach BOAC" BOAC stood for British Oversea Air Corporation (or was it company?) a pre-runner of BA British chef jobs airways. And yes, it is paperbag - you are given them to throw up in, hence "Man it's been a dreadful flight". Paul was lucky he didn't go aeroflot!
Luke, from camp hill, I haven't listened to this song or Dear Prudence for a long time and after reading your post about the plane carrying over to Dear Prudence I do remember it does carry over. Wow, I hadn't remembered that till now. Great post. Always a rush to have something from the 60's be remembered.
From what I can hear there are at least two drum tracks. In the right channel is a basic beat mixed very low and on the left is a bright snare with tom fills, hi hat cymbal chef jobs with not much happening it seems on the kick drum. McCartney being at least the main drummer if not the only drummer does a competent enough job and clearly does it how he wants it done but he so lacks the right feel. He also drums on Dear Prudence and at NO time during the entire song are the bass and drums in sync. THEN Glass Onion comes on and Ringo and the album roar to life. The White Album generally wasn't Ringo's best drumming but he really earns his keep on it... his highlights are "Ye