Taxman (track)
by The Beatles

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Taxman by The Beatles
Year: 1966
From the album Revolver (track #1)
Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 1,124 votes)
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From 09/07/2025 05:44 | #310843
A banging album opener, penned by George Harrison. Probably the first overtly political song that the Beatles released referring to both Harold Wilson (the then Prime Minister of the UK) and Edward Heath (the opposition leader). I always thought that the guitar solo towards the end was Harrison but turns out it was McCartney, so a little more respect there for McCartney’s guitar playing than I had originally given him credit for.
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From 08/27/2019 09:26 | #241736
they were millionaires for a long time but they did not want to share their wealth
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From 08/06/2019 15:07 | #240829
Inspired Paul Weller to write a number one.
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From 06/23/2019 03:30 | #238107
The lead guitar was absolutely amazing here!
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From 09/12/2018 13:32 | #220976
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From 09/10/2017 20:00 | #197726
Horrible Mixing on the remastered version
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From 11/23/2016 14:12 | #178953
Groovy as hell, awesome riffs and sharp lyrics! The perfect kick-off to a brilliant album :)
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From 08/18/2016 18:54 | #173058
For the first(and last time), a George Harrison song kicks off a Beatles album. And what a song it is. It's angry and vitriolic and Harrison is simply scathing about the amount of tax he has to pay in every English pound. It's an extremely powerful start to a stunning album with great lyrics, great vocals from George, and an absolutely blistering guitar solo from Paul McCartney, which all add up to make this a fantastic opener and one of George Harrison's best ever compositions. I wonder if The Jam ever listened to it?
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From 05/16/2016 21:13 | #166209
Pure acid rock
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From 03/24/2015 13:39 | #137655
A very energetic start to the album!
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