I Feel Fine (BDJ Remix)

I Feel Fine is - probably - Lennon's first riff-based song. He would go on to write riff-based tunes for the rest of his career; listen to "Day Tripper', or 'Whatever gets you through the night' for example.

Lennon made it no secret that his riffs were inspired by songs he had heard; he credited the riff of I Feel Fine to Bobby Parker's 'Watch Your Step', and this also appears to have inspired Day Tripper. Not just that, the spectecular opening 'buzz' of I Feel Fine seems to be derived from the opening of Watch Your Step.....

Being an early single, I feel Fine was released in mono, and in extereme (vocal left, instruments right) stereo. Even the 2009 Remasters maintain this stereo format; although intersting, it makes for an awkward listening esperience. Capitol blended the left and right channels, and added a few bucket loads of reverb, which made things even worse for the American audience.

Here, for the first time, we present a true - balanced - stereo version of I Feel Fine. Thanks to advances in Technology, we can now fully appreciate the guitar and vocals parts, accompanied by Macca's bass line - although still modest by his standards-. Listen to Ringo's drumming, he hits the tom-tom twice and then taps the rim of the snare. Being a Lennon track, the drum pattern changes for the middle eight.....