#maxwell’s silver hammer

[brutalrules]

THE SILVER HAMMER

[rolloroberson]

Linda McCartney’s film of the Beatles’ recording sessions on July 11, 1969 showing George and Paul performing overdubs for Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Photos by Linda McCartney / Linda Enterprises Ltd. © Paul McCartney (https://www.lindamccartney.com/)

[franklyimissparis]

thinking about when my best friend asked me, a publicly annoying beatles superfan, if i had listened to maxwell’s silver hammer. because she listened for the first time and was immediately like “oh this? it’s the beatles best song” because of how camp it is 😭

[joen-lenawley]

MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER IS A GOOD SONG

It's a jaunty Paul song about murder that has Tally Hall vibes!

[tenitchyfingers]

I thank the heavens for McCartney: A Life in Lyrics because there is nothing I wanted more than to hear Paul talk about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer for 30 minutes thank you Paul bless 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[vencifer]

Someone had to do it

[ogradyfilm]

For reasons I won’t delve into here, a lot of users on Twitter have been trashing The Beatles in general and “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” in particular for the past several days. Leaving my own thoughts on the matter aside (I’m an unapologetic fan of the band, but I understand this most recent wave of criticism), the discussion reminded me of an idea that I had for a superhero parody a few years back:

I really should develop this basic premise into a proper story at some point…

[phrackingineffable]

We’re listening to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and my 43 (FORTY THREE) year old husband looks at me and says “wait, why is this about a serial killer?” All these years and you never noticed??? “I just liked it because his name is Maxwell Edison.”

[ringosmistress]

[beat-blogging]

"kill them with kindness" WRONG. BANG BANG MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER CAME DOWN UPON THEIR HEADS🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🪦🔨🔨🔨🔨🪦⚰️🔨🔨🔨💀⚰️☠️🔨💀☠️⚰️⚰️☠️🔨💀💀⚰️🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨💀🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨☠️🔨🔨🔨⚰️⚰️🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🪦🪦⚰️🔨🔨🔨🪦🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨💀🔨💀🔨🔨🔨🔨💀🔨

[brutalrules]

BENT LEG TURK

[rolloroberson]

George Harrison in Studio 2 Abbey Road during the recording sessions for “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” circa July 10, 1969. Photo by Linda McCartney / Linda Enterprises Ltd. © Paul McCartney (https://www.lindamccartney.com/)

[cosmonautroger]

[joen-lenawley]

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer sounds like a collab between Lemon Demon, Tally Hall, and Will Wood and the Tapeworms, where Neil came up with the concept, the Tallies (maybe Andrew and Joe working together?) wrote the lyrics, and Will wrote the tune.

[foreverin2007]

:(

[paperbackwriiter]

Get Back (2021): Day Four - Tuesday 7th January, 1969 "Ever since Mr. Epstein passed away, it's never been the same."