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The intro to the Beatles song 'I Feel Fine' uses feedback intentionally. Are there any other pieces of recorded music previous to this that do the same?

Question #151059. Asked by elvislennon.
Last updated May 06 2024.
Originally posted May 06 2024 1:44 AM.

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According to John Lennon, no.
"Including the guitar lick with the first feedback anywhere. I defy anybody to find a record, unless it is some old blues record from 1922, that uses feedback that way. So I claim it for the Beatles. Before Hendrix, before The Who, before anybody. The first feedback on record."

Then again, someone may have an old '20s blues record!

link https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/how-the-beatles-pioneered-recorded-guitar-feedback-and-scored-a-1-hit

There were others using feedback in live performance.
A deliberate use of acoustic feedback was pioneered by blues and rock 'n' roll guitarists such as Willie Johnson, Johnny Watson and Link Wray. According to AllMusic's Richie Unterberger, the very first use of feedback on a commercial rock record is the introduction of the song "I Feel Fine" by the Beatles, recorded in 1964.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_feedback#Early_examples_in_popular_music

Response last updated by looney_tunes on May 06 2024.
May 06 2024, 6:33 PM
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