About This Track
“Mean Mr. Mustard” is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their album, Abbey Road. The Abbey Road version was recorded with “Sun King” in one continuous piece.
Written in India, Lennon said that the song was inspired by a newspaper story about a miser who concealed his cash wherever he could in order to prevent people from forcing him to spend it. He obviously didn’t think highly of the composition, as he described it in Anthology as “a bit of crap I wrote in India.”
A demo version of the song was recorded in May 1968 at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s home in Esher, and appears on Anthology 3. In that version, Mustard’s sister is named Shirley. Lennon changed it to Pam when he saw the opportunity to ease the segue into the song “Polythene Pam”, which follows “Mean Mr. Mustard” on the album. According to Lennon, “In ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’, I said ‘his sister Pam’—originally it was ‘his sister Shirley’ in the lyric. I changed it to Pam to make it sound like it had something to do with it.” Additionally, the original version of the song was a quieter acoustic rendition and was over 4 minutes in length.
Written in India, Lennon said that the song was inspired by a newspaper story about a miser who concealed his cash wherever he could in order to prevent people from forcing him to spend it. He obviously didn’t think highly of the composition, as he described it in Anthology as “a bit of crap I wrote in India.”
A demo version of the song was recorded in May 1968 at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s home in Esher, and appears on Anthology 3. In that version, Mustard’s sister is named Shirley. Lennon changed it to Pam when he saw the opportunity to ease the segue into the song “Polythene Pam”, which follows “Mean Mr. Mustard” on the album. According to Lennon, “In ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’, I said ‘his sister Pam’—originally it was ‘his sister Shirley’ in the lyric. I changed it to Pam to make it sound like it had something to do with it.” Additionally, the original version of the song was a quieter acoustic rendition and was over 4 minutes in length.
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LostChord_Mark wrote:
what a great tune -- in the middle of so many other great tunes - - Abbey Road! always shout something obscene!
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Mastah_Ev wrote:
Abbey Road Medley
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egroh08 wrote:
she's a go-getter
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bostoncrab wrote:
alfred jevons
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shadowrunner87 wrote:
the bass sounds like king kong farting [4]
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stejay2003 wrote:
one of my faves, love it
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Brunanalyzed wrote:
John.
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Brunanalyzed wrote:
THE DRUMS! RINGOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! <3
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Leliel12 wrote:
"1:06 minutes of bliss" [8]
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Oath_Police wrote:
the bass sounds like king kong farting [3] Still a great song though. :P
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ilovemuzik214 wrote:
the bass sounds like king kong farting [2]
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Moluccella wrote:
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Retro_Saiyan wrote:
1:06 minutes of bliss (Over 9000!)
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bowie_fan87 wrote:
"6:66 minutes of blizz" [666]
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Norwegian__Wood wrote:
i love it so much.
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lmbj wrote:
tooo shorrrrt
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Soyerz wrote:
Such a mean old man...
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jsnruf wrote:
the bass sounds like king kong farting
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Night_Special wrote:
"1:06 minutes of bliss" [7]
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Mr_Whirly wrote:
Fuzz bass! :D
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