TODNL

DMC has a great intro, but I think it was engineered in the studio. The beginning of the song is pieced together from 3 separate recordings. The first part is the guitar intro with Paul's bass hitting the 1 with the D he plays. That part makes complete sense. The second piece is Ringo's drum roll. And thirdly the first verse starts. If you listen closely to Ringo's piece, you can hear it does not sound right: he misses a beat. A 1/16, 1/32, whatever. You may contend that it was meant that way, but it could just as easily have been a mistake. When the whole thing was put together, timing was off. The intro was just a bit too short. And my guess is they left it that way because the result was interesting enough. So it all just "happened" in the edit. That's what I think. You can listen to the results of my experimenting if you're interested: http://timeofday.nl/DriveMyCar/