Come and Get It Lyrics
Mmm-mmm-hmm, make your mind up fast.
If you want it, any time, I can give it,
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
But you better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast.
Mmm-mmm-hmm, make your mind up fast.
If you want it, any time, I can give it,
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last.
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
But you better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast.
You better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast
...Fool and his money...
But you better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast.
You better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast!
You better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast!
It's a excepcional song, I've got the Beatles' version and it's excellent too. Paul in piano and bass playing so good. Could have been a hit if The Beatles had published this song at that moment.
The McCartney demo on Beatles Anthology is note-for-note the same. Basically, I have read, McCartney told Badfinger, "record it like this, or I'll take it to the Beatles and have a hit with them.
@fredthepig I believe he would've said that. McCartney's not the saint he portrays himself to us as, by a long shot
@fredthepig I believe he would've said that. McCartney's not the saint he portrays himself to us as, by a long shot
Geez! This is such a great song; I can't believe more people haven't viewed it/commented on it! This was the song (written & produced by Paul McCartney) that got Badfinger off the ground, so to speak.
The demo on the beatles anthology is awesome (as is everything the band did) Paul recorded the entire thing in under an hour during an abbey road session in august 1969
@Freddie77 Calm down. They had some good stuff, but they're very overrated
@Freddie77 Calm down. They had some good stuff, but they're very overrated
Great song by McCartney. A nice gift to the Beatles' new acts under their Apple Records contract. Must have been a nice two-way street there for both bands!
I love this shit
Quite clever--The song is written TO Badfinger, here it is boys, I'm giving you this song, better take it. Could also be seen as a general pitch to young talent to sign with the just-formed Apple label.
@haystax lol, the same thing just occured to me. Pretty funny.
@haystax lol, the same thing just occured to me. Pretty funny.
From Badfinger's point of view, it did sound too good to be true, didn't it? "I'm Paul of the Beatles and will sign you and give you a hit song I wrote".
From Badfinger's point of view, it did sound too good to be true, didn't it? "I'm Paul of the Beatles and will sign you and give you a hit song I wrote".
I’ve always heard McCartney wrote it about the pressure he was under to sign with Alan Klein, which he didn’t. I may be mixing stories but he may have recorded this after being left alone at the studio by the others over the contract.
Basically, this is a generic pitchman's song. While it made an excellent theme song for the British film The Magic Christian (1969) and might have some subtler "in-joke" meanings for the writers and singers involved, the meaning for the general public is right there on the surface: the narrator is giving something of considerable value away for free, and insists there's no catch and no hidden cost. Everybody likes free stuff, and the self-deprecating pitchman depicts himself as "a fool and his money" (which, as nearly every native English speaker knows from the old saying so often repeated as to be a cliche, "are soon parted") to encourage his listeners to come get their handout; but as with all such offers, supplies and time are limited, so his listeners need to come and get their handout now or else not at all. ¶ On a personal note, this pitch has been a personal theme for me recently while volunteering at a food pantry. On slow days, and when there's considerable lag time between our receiving an order from headquarters and the client who applied for the handout actually arriving to pick up everything we've assembled, I'll often be quietly humming or singing this song to myself while waiting. It's my way of saying (oh-so-subtly) "Our donors have supplied us with money and groceries, and we've given our time to assemble them for your benefit; so why the delay? We're ready when you are, people."
I really liked hearing Squeaky Fromme reciting this to an interviewer to mock the straights who didn't understand the coming Armageddon. It was the typical thing a person of unsound mind would do. I think Susan Good was there, too. Good times and tune