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- Common Knowledge: That "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Here Comes the Sun" are Siamese Twin Songs with a particularly harsh Mood Whiplash transition. This is sort-of true on CD or digital, but in the album's original vinyl format you would've had a side change at this moment, making the transition between the two tracks far less instantaneous.
- Covered Up: Paul suggested Joe Cocker cover "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" and it became a live staple for him, and better known than the original.
- Harsher in Hindsight: John Lennon's repeated muttering of "Shoot me" in "Come Together". In context, he is referring to the heroin addiction he struggled with at the time, but it is hard not feeling somewhat uncomfortable hearing it when thinking about how he would eventually die.
- Heartwarming Moments: The last lyric of their last song together.And in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love
you make
[the four of them croon an "Ahhh-Ah" as the song closes with a harmonious yet bittersweet farewell] - It's Popular, Now It Sucks!: "Come Together" was initially really well liked amongst Sweetness Aversion rock fans for being the "cool" Beatles song amongst their popular Silly Love Songs and pop ballads. However, due to classic rock stations overplaying the hell out of the song, several classic rock fans got very tired of it and wish other Beatles were played instead.
- Older Than They Think: "Golden Slumbers" is partly based on Thomas Dekker's 1603 "Cradle Song"
(Paul happened to find the sheet music for it, but since he can't read musical notation, he made up a new melody, slightly altered the words, and added some new lines). - Suspiciously Similar Song: "Come Together" famously drew a lawsuit because of its structural similarities to (and one quoted line from) Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me", but it's really close to being a slowed-down rewrite of Dr. John's "I Walk on Gilded Splinters". Both songs use Word Salad Lyrics over spooky music anchored by similar basslines.
- Sweet Dreams Fuel: Just try listening to "Octopus's Garden" or "Here Comes the Sun" without the biggest smile on your face.
- Tear Jerker: The whole medley from "You Never Give Me Your Money" to "The End" generally. If it's impossible not to hear it as the band saying goodbye, that's because it is the band saying goodbye.
- Vindicated by History: Received a mixed critical reception on release (with the negative reviews generally finding it unfocused and a bit too slick), but became their best selling album and is now regarded as one of their finest works, displacing Sgt. Pepper in the popular imagination as the band's masterpiece.
