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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Speech from Before Take 1; Take 4 and Speech at the End)The Beatles

Released: May 26, 2017

Songwriter: John Lennon Lennon-McCartney

Producer: Giles Martin

Speech from before Take 1
John Lennon: For the benefit of Mr. Kite
John: Iced water
[?]: Who gave me this cold [?] ?
Paul McCartney: One, two, one, two, three, four

Take 4

[Verse 1]
For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo Fanque's fair
What a scene
Over men and horses, hoops and garters
Lastly through a hog’s head of real fire
In this way, Mr. K will challenge the world!

[Verse 2]
The celebrated Mr. K performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate
The Hendersons will dance and sing
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring
Don't be late
Messrs. K and H assure the public
Their production will be second to none
And of course, Henry the Horse dances the waltz

[Instrumental]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la

[Verse 3]
The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H will demonstrate ten somersets he'll undertake
On solid ground
Having been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tonight, Mr. Kite is topping the bill!

[Outro]
[?]
Three, four

Speech at End
Paul: Two, three, four
George Martin: Don’t shut it off there, John. Just [?] it
John: Well, alright
Paul: [?]
George: You - you'll hear it. [?]
John: Well, we'll have the Massed Alberts on by then, won't we?
John: Two, three, four
[tambourine shake]

The Beatles

The Beatles are arguably the most famous, critically-acclaimed, and successful rock band of all time—certainly the preeminent group of the 20th century. They started out as four teenagers playing grimy basement clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, but they progressed to become world-beating rock stars who are still influential to this day.

John Lennon first formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen in March 1957. A fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined shortly thereafter, eventually inviting his friend George Harrison to audition for the band. After finally impressing John with his guitar skills, George was asked to join—but this juncture would be short-lived as John’s departure to college signaled the other quarrymen to go their separate ways.

By 1960, Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison had re-branded from ‘Johnny & the Moondogs’ to ‘The Silver Beetles’ at the behest of their new bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe. The name would eventually evolve into ‘The Silver Beatles’ by July of that year, before settling on ‘The Beatles’ come August—just in time for their trip to Hamburg with new drummer, Pete Best. Though club residencies in Germany would prove fundamental to the group’s progress as a whole, the tour turned out to be a blessing and a curse, following the deportation of a then-seventeen-year-old George Harrison, and the eventual tragic death of Stuart Sutcliffe.

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