| 词条 | I'm a Loser |
| 释义 |
| name = I'm a Loser | cover = I'm_a_Loser.jpg | alt = | type = song | artist = the Beatles | album = Beatles for Sale | A-side = Rock and Roll Music | released = 4 December 1964 | format = | recorded = 14 August 1964 | studio = EMI Studios, London | venue = | genre = Folk rock,[1]{{sfn|Unterberger|2009}} country[2] | length = 2:30 | label = Parlophone | writer = Lennon–McCartney | producer = George Martin | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Audio sample | type = song | file = Beatles loser.ogg | description = "I'm a Loser" }} }} "I'm a Loser" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom, later released on Beatles '65 in the United States, both in 1964. Written by John Lennon,{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=195}}{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=176}} and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was considered for release as a single until Lennon wrote "I Feel Fine".{{sfn|Taylor|1964}} According to music critic Richie Unterberger, while the lyrics tell a story of romantic rejection, "I'm a Loser" is one of the first Beatles compositions that "goes beyond young love," including "the hypocrisy of keeping up a happy face when your world's falling down".{{sfn|Unterberger|2009}} Composition{{Quote box| quote=Looking back on it I think songs like 'I'm a Loser' and 'Nowhere Man' were John's cries for help. We used to listen to quite a lot of country and western songs and they are all about sadness and 'I lost my truck' so it was quite acceptable to sing 'I'm a loser' ... It's only later you think, God! I think it was brave of John. | source=Paul McCartney{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=176}} | width=21em | align=left }} In 1980, Lennon said the song was "me in my Dylan period" and added, "Part of me suspects I'm a loser and part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. [Laughs]"{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=195}} Country music and Bob Dylan were catalysts for the song. The country is in the fingerpicking, guitar twang and downhearted words; in 1964, the Beatles were listening to songs by Buck Owens and George Jones that McCartney said were "all about sadness."[2] Unterberger said the song was "notable for being perhaps the first Beatles' song to directly reflect the influence of Dylan, thus nudging folk and rock a little closer together toward the folk-rock explosion of the following year."{{sfn|Unterberger|2009}} Musicologist Alan Pollack said the song contained "a stronger blend of folk elements than almost anything else The Beatles had done to-date."{{sfn|Pollack|1992}} The line "I'm not what I appear to be" was Lennon's most introspective to date, the start of the progression that led to "Help" and "Nowhere Man" the following year.[3] Lennon hits a low G in the verses, a note usually reserved for baritone and/or bass singers. This was atypical of Lennon; he sang the bulk of his Beatles songs in a tenor register. "I'm a Loser" does not mark the only occasion on which Lennon sang a low G, he also did so in "Happiness Is a Warm Gun".[4] Recording and releaseThe Beatles recorded this song on 14 August 1964, the same day as "Mr. Moonlight" and "Leave My Kitten Alone". It was recorded in eight takes.{{sfn|The Beatles Bible|2009}} It was released four months after it was recorded, but beforehand, it was previewed on BBC Radio on 17 November, along with three other songs from Beatles for Sale and also the "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman" single.{{sfn|The Beatles Bible|2009}} It was also performed before its 4 December 1964 release date. The Beatles performed and recorded an appearance for a British edition of US music TV show Shindig! at the Granville Studio in London on Saturday, 3 October 1964. The performance was watched by London residents of the Beatles Fan Club. The Beatles performed three songs live: Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, I'm A Loser and Boys. The British edition of Shindig! was first broadcast in the US by ABC on Wednesday, 7 October 1964, but was never shown in Britain.".[5] On the original pressings of Beatles for Sale, the title was misprinted as "I'm a Losser".[6] Personnel
Personnel per Ian MacDonald{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=124}} CoversMarianne Faithfull covered the song in 1965 on her eponymous album.[7] Vince Guaraldi covered the song on Live at El Matador in 1966 with Bola Sete.[8] Dennis Tufano and Carl Giammarese covered this song on their first duo album "Tufano & Giammarese" in the early 1970s[9] after the breakup of their previous band, the Buckinghams. This song was covered by the Lost Dogs on their 1993 album, Little Red Riding Hood.[10] In 2004 the Punkles did a cover of this song on their third album Pistol.[11] The bands Sum 41 and Eels have also covered it live in concert, the latter releasing it on Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs).[12] Doug Kershaw covered the song on his 1977 album Flip, Flop, and Fly.[13] The Buckinghams covered the song on their 1997 album Places in Five.[14] Shaun Micallef and the cast of 'Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL' also covered this song for the closing credits of the show broadcast on Wednesday 27 March 2013. In 2016 James Corden sang a version of this in Beat Bugs as Morgs the Stick Bug. Notes1. ^{{Allmusic | song | im-a-loser-mt0010100320 | "I'm a Loser"}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=71 - 'I'm a Loser'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/im-a-loser-19691231|work=100 Greatest Beatles Songs|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Hwertsgaard|first1=Mark|title=ADay In The Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles|date=1995|publisher=Delacorte Press|location=New York|isbn=0-385-31377-2|page=104}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://oldies.about.com/od/thebeatlessongs/a/imaloser.htm |title=The Beatles - I'm A Loser - History and Information on the Beatles' I'm A Loser |publisher=Oldies.about.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-21}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/10/03/television-shindig/|title=Television: Shindig!|accessdate=30 March 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Beatles-Beatles-For-Sale/release/7280034|title=The Beatles - Beatles For Sale|website=Discogs|accessdate=20 November 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Marianne Faithful - Marianne Faithful|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/marianne-faithfull-mw0000738724|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: Live at El Matador - Vince Guaraldi|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/vince-guaraldi-and-bola-sete-live-at-el-matador-mw0000267603|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Tufano - Giammarese – Tufano-Giammarese|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tufano-Giammarese-Tufano-Giammarese/release/2795383|website=Discogs|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Lost Dogs - Little Red Riding Hood|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lost-Dogs-Little-Red-Riding-Hood/release/3447066|website=Discogs|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Pistol - The Punkles|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pistol-mw0000459947|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Eels - Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) 2003 KCRW Session|url=https://www.discogs.com/Eels-Sixteen-Tons-Ten-Songs-2003-KCRW-Session/release/1686321|website=Discogs|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Flip, Flop & Fly - Doug Kershaw|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flip-flop-fly-mw0000457639|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 September 2017}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Places in Five - The Buckinhghams|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/places-in-five-mw0001165213|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 September 2017}} References{{Refbegin|2}}
| last1=Womack | first1=Kenneth | last2=Davies | first2=Todd | year=2006 | title=Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, And the Fab Four | publisher=SUNY Press | isbn=0-7914-6716-3 | ref=harv }}
| work=The Beatles Bible | year=2009 | title=I'm a Loser | url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/im-a-loser/ | accessdate=14 April 2009 | ref={{SfnRef|The Beatles Bible|2009}} }}
| last=MacDonald | first=Ian | year=2005 | authorlink=Ian MacDonald | title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties | publisher=Pimlico (Rand) | location=London | edition=Second Revised | isbn=1-84413-828-3 | ref=harv }}
| last=Miles | first=Barry | year=1997 | authorlink=Barry Miles | title=Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now | publisher=Henry Holt and Company | location=New York | isbn=0-8050-5249-6 | ref=harv }}
| last=Pollack | first=Alan W. | authorlink=Alan W. Pollack | title=I'm a Loser | date=28 May 1992 | work=Notes On ... Series | url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/ial.shtml | ref=harv }}
| last=Sheff | first=David | year=2000 | authorlink=David Sheff | title=All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono | publisher=St. Martin's Press | location=New York | isbn=0-312-25464-4 | ref=harv }}
| last=Taylor | first=Derek | year=1964 | authorlink=Derek Taylor | title=Beatles for Sale | publisher=Parlophone | others=The Beatles | url=http://www.norwegianwood.org/beatles/disko/uklp/sale.htm | ref=harv }}
| last=Unterberger | first=Richie | year=2009 | authorlink=Richie Unterberger | title=Review of "I'm a Loser" | work=Allmusic | url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t462339|pure_url=yes}} | accessdate=25 September 2009 | ref=harv }}{{Refend}} External links{{Wikiquote|Beatles for Sale}}
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