Taxman Song

Taxman is a song written by george harrison released as the opening track on the beatles 1966 album revolver.

Taxman song. George harrison wrote this song. It was released as the opening track on revolver it s a powerful piece of guitar rock with a stomping. Maybe they used a different take from the same taxman session for the tkn solo adding it on 22 april. Live in tokyo japan it s george harrison and eric clapton.

Two names that said togather echo greatness through out the world. The taxman solo was recorded on 21 april the second solo at the song s end was a repeat edited in on 21 june. Written by the group s lead guitarist george harrison with some lyrical assistance from john lennon it protests against the higher level of progressive tax imposed in the united kingdom by the labour government of harold wilson which saw the beatles paying over 90 per cent of their earnings to the treasury. One of his strongest albums ever taxman deals largely with the struggles of the new south africa.

It was also covered by invisible dirt señor mostaza off our rocker den fiori and other artists. Taxman was only the sixth song by george harrison that appeared on a beatles album. The beatles originally released taxman written by george harrison and the beatles released it on the album revolver in 1966. Its lyrics attack the high levels of progressive tax taken by the british labour government of harold wilson.

Let me tell you how it will be there s one for you nineteen for me cause i m the taxman yeah i m the taxman should five per cent appear too smal. Provided to youtube by universal music group taxman remastered 2009 the beatles revolver 2009 calderstone productions limited a division of universal. Please note the text from wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. The music was inspired by the theme song for the popular 1960s tv series batman which was written and originally recorded by the conductor trumpeter neal hefti and covered by the surf rock group the marketts early in 1966 in a version that hit 17 in the us harrison was a big fan of the show.