Well though out, raunchy but with some twists of sophistication…uses a lot of the Gretsch tonal range in just one solo (not pickup changes either). Actually, I put this solo right up there with the one from “I Saw Her Standing There”. The solo: Totally a Gretsch….I used to play a Country Gentleman and had a Tennessean…and Rick 320 and 330…there is no way the Rickys could roll out that bold twangy solo. What can you say about John and his vocals that hasn’t been said already? Lennon at his finest…and perhaps already tampering with lyrics for fun (Actually when I was playing it for years, I misheard the lyrics too…or did I? I listened a few times just now and some of John’s lyrics can’t be pinned down, like Louie Louie, lol). It just pounds along and doesn’t give you a moment to catch your breath! Martin’s piano really added a nice dimension to the sound, which makes it better than the live/BBC versions. Slow Down has always been a fav of mine, ever since being a kid.
Loved reading all of the comments here……. It has a very bright almost too clear sharp tone to it allowing for very well defined leads whereas Lennon’s Rickenbacker is distinctive for its sound playing chords as can be heard on songs like Misery and the choppy rhythm on I Saw Her Standing There. Think the opening lines of Don’t Bother Me… the solos on Roll Over Beethoven and I Saw Her Standing There. Regardless this is a Harrison solo the sound of the Gretsch is clear from its use on every track not played on 12 string or acoustic. And with the summer of 1964 coming on and every major rock band in england breaking into the American market it seems odd that such a showcase for Harrison as a guitarist would be treated so cavalierly if any time was at all available to correct this. The fact that so many flubs would occur in George’s attempt at a solo and that this song would be released as a single and album track in America and an EP track in England does indicate how little regard George Martin had for the Beatles identity as a guitar based rock and roll band. Lennon would likely have been playing chords and rather forcefully at that if he had been charged to do a solo. This is a George Harrison solo played on his Gretsch and working the same Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry style that George is known for. The chimey rhythm guitar that begins just before the first vocals are John and they continue from beginning to the end of the song. Slow down Baby, now you’re moving way too fast You gotta gimme little loving, gimme little loving Ow! If you want our love to last Well you know that I love you, tell the world I do Come on, pretty baby, why can’t you be true? I need your loving baby, oh so bad The best little woman I ever had You better slow down Baby, now you’re moving way too fast You gotta gimme little loving, gimme little loving Brrr! If you want our love to last Well, I used to walk you home, baby, after school Carry your books home, too But now you’ve got a boyfriend down the street Baby what you trying to do? Slow down Baby, now you’re moving way too fast You gotta gimme little loving gimme little loving Ow! If you want our love to last Well, come on pretty baby, won’t you walk with me? Come on, pretty baby, won’t you talk with me? Come on pretty baby, give me one more chance Try to save our romance None of the performers appear to have taken it too seriously, with vocal fluffs (most noticeably during the line “But now you’ve got a boyfriend down the street”), a somewhat workmanlike guitar solo and generally sloppy playing.īut that’s the essence of rock ‘n’ roll, and John Lennon’s vocal has enough brio to make the result worth searching out by Beatles fans. George Martin added a piano part three days later. The rhythm track of take three was the best, and onto this was overdubbed a double-tracked Lennon vocals. ‘Slow Down’ was taped swiftly in six takes in the afternoon of 1 June 1964. Taped for the Pop Go The Beatles programme, it was the group’s only BBC recording of a Larry Williams song. It was also included on the Something New album.Ī version of ‘Slow Down’, recorded on 16 July 1963 at the BBC Paris Theatre, London, was included on Live At The BBC. In the US, the song was released as a single in August 1964, with ‘Matchbox’ as the b-side. ‘Slow Down’ had been a part of The Beatles’ live repertoire between 19, and they had stopped playing it prior to its revival during the A Hard Day’s Night sessions. John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar Paul McCartney: bass George Harrison: lead guitar Ringo Starr: drums George Martin: pianoįirst appearing on The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally EP, ‘Slow Down’ was a cover version of Larry Williams’ 1958 song, and was originally the b-side to his hit single ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’.
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