Jon Savage on song: The Residents create the first Beatles mash-up

The Residents' cut'n'paste collage is a sinister love letter to the Fabs, portraying the 1960s as both golden era and pop prisonThe Residents' third 7in answers the age-old musical question: what really happens after the dramatic finale of the Beatles' A Day in the Life. You thought it was just the whistle – pitched at 15 kilocycles, undetectable by humans but easily picked by dogs – and the backwards muttering on the original run-out groove, but you're wrong. It's much scarier.John Lennon a...

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