Sorry for the skipped song... very busy and exhausting day yesterday. Here it is!
"Her Majesty" is a quick little song that was added onto the end of Abbey Road due to Paul's fondness for it. Since it wasn't included in the original track listing, it's considered one of the first examples of a hidden track in rock music--a trick that everyone does nowadays.
As we know already, it was supposed to be placed between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam", which is why the notes at the beginning and end correspond with the end and beginning notes of those two songs (respectively). "Her Majesty" is the shortest Beatles song at 23 seconds, and it's one of the three Beatles songs that reference, but not name, Queen Elizabeth II (the other two are "Penny Lane" and "Mean Mr. Mustard").
I think this song is pretty cute; I think it's probably required for any British artist to mention the queen at least once, and this might be the best one of them all. :P
That's it for "Her Majesty", now for the album summary!
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Heard It Tally: 47
Songs Completed: 188
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