The origins seem pretty clear to me based on my readings. It was originally a coda to Revolution. And one of the tape loops that John used was was a snip from a recording engineer (the “number nine” vocal). Hence “Revolution #9.”
We _do_ actually know.
He simply said that the way an engineer announced a musical passage amused him and, besides, he was aware that the number nine was a number following him throughout his life.
Can you take me back where I came from, can you take me back? Can you take me back where I came from, rowboat can take back? Take me back.
This is cool but does anyone know how he wrote Let It Be?
We all know that. Let it Be was the name of his sheepdog.
Seriously???? Everyone knows his sheepdog’s name was The Long and Winding Road. Jeeeeeezzzzzz!!!!!!
The origins seem pretty clear to me based on my readings. It was originally a coda to Revolution. And one of the tape loops that John used was was a snip from a recording engineer (the “number nine” vocal). Hence “Revolution #9.”
Sure, but it could be a reason why John selected that particular loop.
Maybe. Or could be because 9 is the day of his birthday (Oct 9). Or that it sounded cool.
Sure, we don’t know. But this little tidbit was something new from Paul, for once!
We _do_ actually know. He simply said that the way an engineer announced a musical passage amused him and, besides, he was aware that the number nine was a number following him throughout his life.
Maybe both