#here today

[undying-love]

Paul singing Here Today in 2004. He repeats the "I Love You" part four times

[emotional-emotion]

PENN BADGLEY Here Today (2021) dir. Billy Crystal

[i-am-the-oyster]

I noticed something about Here Today. Look at how the first verse would end if it was completed the way the last is:

Well, knowing you, you'd probably laugh And say that we were worlds apart If you were here today, ooh [For you were in my ...., ooh] Here today

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And if I say I really loved you And was glad you came along Then you were here today, ooh For you were in my song, ooh Here today

[got-ticket-to-ride]

Paul's lyrics from Here Today reminds me of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 in a way that it immortalizes a loved one and the constancy of affection:

"And if I say I really loved you and was glad you came along

When you were here today

For you were in my song"

Sonnet 18 in modern English:

"And you will never die, as you will live on in my enduring poetry.

As long as there are people still alive to read poems this sonnet will live, and you will live in it."

[evrythingisabeatlesreferance]

Listening to here today allllways makes me want to start violently sobbing and screaming and vomiting but i’m in class so i have to stay nonchalant

[theprofessorofdesire]

[piovascosimo]

Paul McCartney | Here Today (live in Rio 16.12.23)

[soulllove]

fuck

[do-you-know-this-dw-story]

here today (audio: 2023)

[boanerges20]

Carpe Diem My Dudes & Dudettes...

[thecoleopterawithana]

Well I suppose that you could say that we were playing hard to get

I’ll Follow the Sun (1964): One day, you'll look / To see I've gone / For tomorrow may rain, so / I'll follow the sun | Someday, you'll know / I was the one / But tomorrow may rain, so / I'll follow the sun | And now the time has come / And so, my love, I must go / And though I lose a friend / In the end, you will know, oh

Teddy Boy (1968): Then came the day she found herself a man / Teddy turned and ran / Far away, okay | He couldn’t stand to see his mother in love / With another man / He didn’t know, oh no

Yvonne’s the One (1985): Yvonne’s the one I’ve been counting on / She said, hold on / You’re not the only one / And so I said so long Yvonne

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I’ll Be Back (1964): I thought that you would realize / That if I ran away from you / That you would want me too / But I got a big surprise

Nowhere Man (1965): He’s as blind as he can be / Just sees what he wants to see / Nowhere man, can you see me at all?

Jealous Guy (1971): I was trying to catch your eyes / Thought that you was trying to hide

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Only Love Remains (1985): And if you take your love away from me / I'm only going to want it back / I'll probably pretend I didn't see / But knowing me, I'll want you back again

I’ll Follow the Sun (1960): One day, you'll look / To see I've gone / For tomorrow may rain, so / I'll follow the sun | Someday, you'll know / I was the one / But tomorrow may rain, so / I'll follow the sun | Well, don’t leave me alone, my dear / Have courage and follow me, my dear

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See also:

Look At Me, My Love

Junk/Teddy Boy/Hey Jude

[undying-love]

''It [Here Today] was a love song,really. Not to John, but a love song about John, about my relationship with him.''

[tillthereweretangents]

Do either of you have thoughts on Ringo’s song Electricity? I’ve been wondering who other than Johnny Guitar could be the ‘gangster of love smiling from above’ and what that means about the song in general.

Not so long ago back in Liverpool Playing every show while working in the factory Music was the scene, I was on my way Chasing my own dream with Rory and the Hurricanes Before he became the keeper of the plane And by the name of Johnny Guitar Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers On the verge of a serious power surge Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity As it turned out good Made it here to Hollywood Playing just the same I guess there's things that never change Just like from the start Every night I gave my heart Trying to make it good Just like I know I could The gangster of love Is smiling from above So we play this one to Johnny Guitar Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity

First off, thank you so much for the comment!

We're sure this song is about Johnny Guitar (he's named right there in the chorus). Did you have other ideas who Ringo might be thinking of?

Johnny died in 1999 and the song was released in 2017, almost 20 years later, so it makes sense that Ringo is talking about Johnny looking down on him from heaven as it were.

Gangster of Love

This is in reference to a 1957 recording by Johnny "Guitar" Watson"

It didn't gain traction in 1957, but he rerecorded it in the 70s, which is what you see here, and then it did chart.

He could have chosen a different song from a different year. I find it quite interesting he chose a song from 1957, which was before he and Johnny met, but is the year that John and Paul met.

With this information we can absolutely say that "gangster of love" refers to Johnny Guitar and only Johnny guitar.

One other lyric we'd like to note, even though you only asked about this one.

Keeper of the plane

The Hawker Hurricane was a very famous plane from WWII. It would have been well-known to all the lads in Liverpool.

When Rory died, Johnny took over as leader of the Hurricanes. We're pretty sure that's what Ringo is referring to with "keeper of the plane".

So those are all our thoughts on "Electricity"

Ultimately, it's very clear Johnny held a special place in Ringo's heart even many years after his death. To us it sounds fairly romantic, maybe even akin to "Here Today," but it could also just be an ode to a good friend who had passed.

What do you think?

[thefrankshow]

Here Today

[slaygentford]

good evening everyone and thank you for being here to honor my dad's life and work. so, when rhea was planning this thing, she asked me to help out. with a tribute of a certain..................................flava

[rastronomicals]

5:59 PM EDT June 26, 2024:

Paul McCartney - "Here Today" From the album Tug of War (April 26, 1982)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

McCartney's first album after the dissolution of Wings