And in the end …

The very last songs ever recorded by The Beatles were the medley on Side B of Abbey Road. The songs are “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” and “The End”. If you have listened to the album, you will know that after “The End’, there is a significant pause then the whimsical ditty “Her Majesty’s a Pretty Nice Girl” starts playing. This unexpected delay with its surprise ending was considered revolutionary and has been successfully imitated by several other top bands,...