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You Get What You WantJulian Lennon |



Julian
Lennon on how Billy Joel came about to play piano on 'You Get What
You Want':
"... well he popped in a couple of times because he wanted to check out what I was doing, you know, so he stood at the back of the room like 'hmm, hmm', so I mean, originally, 'You Get What You Want,' was like a South American...I don't know what you call it....It had the basic three chord rock or blues bit underneath, but in the break it turned into a total (sings tune)-one of those jobs. So Phil said, 'Well, it feels like a rock 'n roll song,' so he said 'Let's get Billy in and take that (sings tune) out and see what Billy could do.' So Billy came in...five minutes, three solos...but, I'll tell you an interesting thing...the beginning bit, the rock 'n roll beginning bit, now that originally wasn't there, nor was the guitar bit. I just came in and one day while nobody was there, I was listening back through some of the tracks and the assistant engineer rolled it back too far and I said, 'What the hell is that doing there, what is it?'...we just caught the end of it (sings tune). So, we rewinded and found this little piece in the middle of nowhere so we said, 'Right, this is going to be nice and clever.' I didn't tell Phil about it for awhile and then I played it to him and he said, 'Yeah, that's a good idea' so we got John McCurry in to do a bit of guitar work and it just turned out great, you know. That shocked Billy because Billy didn't know because he was just doing that for a practice to get warmed up. He had a heart attack. He said, 'Where'd you get that from?'" |



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I know what I want Can't get it now She knows what I want Can't get it now Well, she's packed her bag, she's home tonight You better hope that she don't miss the flight You know what I need I need it now She knows what I need We'll share it now Well, my baby's comin' home tonight I better hope that she's gonna be all right We know what we need We'll get it now We'll get together And show ya how Well, they say she's not the type for me What do they know? I know me I know what I want Can't get it now She knows what I want Can't get it now Well, she's packed her bag, she's home tonight You better hope that she don't miss the flight You know what I need I need it now She knows what I need We'll share it now Well, my baby's comin' home tonight I better hope that she's gonna be all right We know what we need We'll get it now We'll get together And show ya how Well, they say she's not the type for me What do they know? I know me Do do do do do. Do do do do do do do do do. © 1986 Charisma Music/Pun Music Inc., ASCAP |



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